Sunday, June 7, 2009

Trying To use this thing (once again)

Hey!!!! I haven't logged on in quite some time....UGH! I am aweful about that, I know.... As I have said before, I am mostly a Myspacer, but I am even using that less and less often lately, as well...I have turned to live video cam. I can visit with my friends and family in real time, and that is even BETTER!

Anyhow, I was trying to comment on Jen's profile on the pics we all took! I had a BLAST that weekend and miss everyone SO MUCH....and I REALLY miss Lilly's cooking!!! ;-)

Mom wants to go to the gulf coast on my birthday weekend (Labor Day), but I am not sure if we will be able to make it....Rumor has it that Joey's job will be laying off another 30% at the end of the month...we are trying to hang on to our assets during the rough economy! ACK! Just another bump in the road to life, I guess....We will make it with God's good grace, but it will take us a bit to get there again. I have to say, we have had a blessed couple of years while it lasted. I just pray that we will get through this tough time.

Skyler is enjoying his summer, but I wish I could be home with him like I was last summer. I will miss our trips to the water park and the other places that we visited. Maybe next year will be a better one ;-) Crossing fingers ;-)

I sure hope we can all get together again soon! I NEED this family time in my life right now.....

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Say WHAT???? LOL

Oh, I GET IT!!!!


Thought I would post some dorky pic of my mug for you all who have forgotten what I look like, LOL

I have had my hair brown for a while now, but I just had it re-done yesterday....My GRAYS were shinning through ;-) YUCK!!!!

Friday, October 24, 2008

I QUIT!!!!

Well, some things have changed since the recovery of our dog.....

I am VERY happy to say that he is doing SO MUCH better.....He is running around like a puppy again, and is doing FANTASTIC!!!

However, I could not handle the stress of working for a vets office. So much happens in there. The Vet that I was working for was not what you would expect someone who cared for animals to be, and it simply did not work well with my stomach, mind and body.....

Basically, I started to physically shut down due to the stress of everything. I was physically sick for over a week, completely missed a monthly cycle (even though I was not PG), and it was not a good situation....

Anyhow...I went on an interview today, and landed another job (doing accounting) again. Hopefully it will work out better for ALL of us.....you KNOW what they say...."If Mom isn't happy, NO ONE is happy" ;-) LOL.....

Monday, October 13, 2008

Our Dog Doo Doo


I know it has been a while...but here is an update on what has been going on in my world, lately....

I went back to work about a month ago....I got a job in a vets office. It is OK, but the good part about it, is that I landed it, "just in time". Our 130 lb. Norweign lab, Doo Doo (aka Sampson), got REALLY super sick. When I brought him to work with me that day, I found out that our sweet dog had to have a blood transfusion!!! I was shocked! Anyhow...I actually got to help with this process, (as squimish as I was, we needed THREE people, and guess who # 3 was...yeah...ME!) ACK! But I wanted our pooch to live ;-)

We didn't think he would survive it. About three days later, he was actually WORSE than when I had brought him in. We made the decision that if he was going to "go", that we wanted him to be at home, with us, and the other dog that he had been with all of his life, Mutley.

We brought home our baby, with full intentions of losing him, to whatever was ailing him. I would sit on the floor with him and hand feed him chicken and rice, hamburger, etc. We had been given some anti-biotics and a red-blood cell booster. Within a couple of days, we started seeing some improvement....and after about 4 days, he was heading through the road of recovery.

Since his transfusion, he is doing MUCH better. He has become a "house dog" now, though, because it is getting colder, and I don't want him to get sick again.

We don't know what caused his illness. We know that he had some internal bleeding, but it has healed and he is doing well, so far......

That has been the big thing that we are going through over the last couple of weeks.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

What we have been up to....


Hey everyone!!! I have been getting ready for "back to school". Skyler and I went clothes shopping and he found all the cool stuff that he wanted...Abercrombie, Hollister and Aeropostal shirts.....we had a No TAX day here, and took advantage of that.


We are also planning his 10th birthday party. We are going to do another swim party at the rec. center we have here ;-) It is just too hot outside to not include water ;-) He has decided on a a "football" theme, and wants ME to make a Football cake...this outta be interesting! LOL He said that MY cakes are better than The Cheesecake Factory cakes, and insisted on me baking one for his big day....I don't know about ALL THAT, but I guess Duncan Hines is a hit in my house ;-) ROFL....Joey said the same thing....I have made cakes from scratch...frosting from scratch, but nothing topped the box and can of premade stuff that you add water, eggs, oil, and some secret other stuff....I think it is all in the bottled water I use ;-) LOL....(Eye roll)


I will post pics ;-)


Other than that, nothing else has changed much...I am still at home, but will be finding a new job once Skyler is in school....I think I would pull my hair out sitting here all day by myself.
My sister-in-law gave me a picture that she took with her camera (above) , of me in my faux pas fashion crisis outfit.....thought I'd share it...Connie will appreciate this one, because she ALWAYS loved the way I dressed myself when I was 5!!!! LOL... If you look real close you will see that I am wearing BOOTS with Capri's. Soooo Sexy, isn't it? ROFL.... Hey! If you are gonna play with cows, you MUST wear BOOTS, right?????
I miss you guys!!!!!






Friday, July 25, 2008

I'm still here! ;-)

Hey everyone!! I am Still here! We have had company ....I have come to the realization that I am too old for little ones, and my house isn't even remotely CLOSE to being "child proofed" even though I still technically have a child in the house, ROFL....

I think I will stick with cats.....which we are happily thinning out on.....we only have 6 outside cats now, as oppossed to 15 outside cats!!! YEAH! We have been giving them to people who like them for chasing mice, rats and snakes away from barns and such.

Nothing new and exciting here.....we are getting ready for school to start August 14th, and for Skyler's 10th birthday on August 18th. I am not sure where we will have it, or what theme it will be, but he is getting excited. Last year we had a swimming party at the recreation center here, but I am not sure what he wants to do this year. Maybe skating????

Other than that, all is well!!!!!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

I have been TERRIBLE about posting!!!


I know, I know, I have been SO BAD about blogging on here! Sorry!!!

We have been doing a lot of summer activities lately.....We bought season passes to two theme parks...one is kind of an "Old West" theme (think Knott's Berry Farm) and the other one is White Water Bay.....We have had a BLAST!

Summer is going by too quickly!!! That is for SURE! Come August, when school starts, I might actually have to get out there and get a part time job once again...YUCK! I am getting used to this stay at home Mommie stuff ;-)

Anyhow....I miss all of you!!! And I will try to be better about the blogging thing ;-)


Up above is my latest picture of me at my Sister-in-laws house...I was playing with cows!!!! HAHAH!!! This one ate out of my hand, and let me hug her! She was a total sweetheart!