Three years of blogging!

I started this blog in 2007. My twins were almost two years old. My boys were 7 and 6. I just wanted to re-post one of my entries from August of 2007. This one was written on August 18, 2007.

Twins...everyday chaos

It was Tuesday that Kenny and Claire got into the powered sugar that I, oops, left on the kitchen island. They had powdered sugar all over the carpet, the couch, and of course, themselves. They were pouring it into little cups and just sticking their little wet hands in the cups, then directly into their mouths. This all happened while I was talking to a friend on the phone and cleaning, yes, sometimes I clean. My mom asked me why I didn't take a picture. I didn't take a picture because stuff like this happens every single day...every day. In fact earlier that Tuesday, Claire took an entire cup of purple Kool-aid(actually, at our house, it's usually 'flavor-aid') poured it right in the middle of the carpet on the living room floor. Wednesday, I was enjoying a little time with Claire, she was sitting on my lap for no reason... I noticed that Kenny was being very quiet, so I reluctantly took Claire off my lap to check on Kenny, who isn't usually the adventurer, good thing I did because Kenny discovered the Windex bottle (actually real Windex) I checked the label and I guess you'd have to drink more than one bottle to hurt yourself, because it didn't say to call poison control. He had it all down his chest, all over his shirt, and I'm pretty sure he got a little taste....He's ok, so it's ok to laugh now. I will keep the Windex and the powdered sugar in their proper places today. Friday, we seemed to have stayed pretty safe, but today with Jeremy home (that's two adults) we were unloading groceries and they got the BUTTER! Whaaaa???? I noticed, again, that K & C were being a bit too quiet... anyway, somehow they got the butter out of the package, it was four sticks in a box, and they took all the wrappers off and put the butter back in. The butter had a car trip home, so it was nice and soft for them. They had to have all the butter washed out of their hair today. I made a birthday cake for them and thankfully I had butter in the fridge for the frosting because otherwise we would be enjoying a hairy cake tomorrow at their birthday party. So, stuff like this happens all the time. I take pictures a lot, but ya just can't get it all!

Just another day in paradise!

Puppy Update

Yes, we still have the puppy.

No, we will not keep her.

Yes, she's cute.

Yes, she's getting much, much better.

Puppy...oh, yeah, so I DID name her, but we still can't keep her. Her temporary name is Blossom.

She had worms and fungus.

The worms was easy to fix. The fungus, two types, involved a pill every morning and a lotion to put on her spots twice a day. I can see her fur growing back on the ringworm spots. The fungus spots are getting better and I can barely see some hair growing in. So, she's going to be in good shape when we bring her to a no kill shelter, if we don't find someone to give her a new home.

Oh! Today Pastor Andrew told me I have 'no heart' for keeping the puppy outside in this Texas heat... to Pastor Andrew: See paragraph above and the next one below! ;)

I keep filling her water bowl up with ice. Actually it's not a bowl, it's a three compartment Tupperware like container. I had to come up with something flat that would hold water because she tries to dig at the water dish to make it bigger so she can cool off. This results in no water for her because she tips the bowl over every time. The Tupperware works much better....it's very fun to watch her try to lay in it. Oh, and she does have shade... We can't bring her in....allergies...BAD allergies...and the ringworm, of course. Kids and dogs can catch the ringworm from her.

It should just get cooler from here on out so she should be OK. Oh, but Pastor Andrew, you are welcome to come get her and bring her into your house!

She really is a sweet, sweet little puppy. Very playful and also enjoys a great belly rub. She is also a protective little pup. On the way home from the pool (when she followed Jeremy and the kids home) she saw some other people and got between Jeremy and the kids and the new people and growled and barked to make sure the other people wouldn't harm her new people. She's gonna LOVE whoever takes her. It really should be YOU! :)

THE DOG

OK. I'm nursing this little puppy back to health and then you should take him home.

Thank you.

-Susie

Puppy Power

We found a puppy yesterday. Followed the kids...and my husband home. It's a cute little girl. Makes me want to go out and buy a pink rhinestone collar for her...

I know better. We cannot keep the dog. No....but Thomas LOVES her...but Sammy is allergic to her. So she would have to stay outside...that's if we kept her...which we shouldn't, really, but we might.

Oh, yeah, we have a dog already. Sammy's not allergic to him. Here's how that works if ya don't know. When you are allergic to dogs, you are actually allergic to their saliva. When a dog grooms itself, the fur gets saliva on it and when it sheds, that fur with saliva goes everywhere. The dog we have now is a long-haired dog. His hair is more like ours, not as much like fur as a normal dog....so when he loses hair, it's very little and plus, the long-haired dogs don't groom themselves as much. So that explains that...that explanation works for poodles, too. Our dog is a Lhasa Apso.

But that puppy is cute...aside from the fungus, she's great! She's a mutt.. looks like a boston terrier, but white with black spots...kinda backwards. She's ten weeks old. Want her? I'm gonna fix her up. She's already had her first set of shots and is taking medicine for the ringworm, oh and had her dewormed, too. :) You can only have her if Thomas can come visit her.

-Susie

The Edge of the Divine by Sandi Patty

Sandi Patty's The Edge of the Divine was created in response to Sandi Patty's life changing decision to have gastric bypass surgery. What the book was really about was making large, possibly life-changing decisions and trusting God with them.

I'm sure many people will be encouraged by this book. There are some very touching stories in it. However, I personally couldn't bring myself to read much further than the first half of the book. I think it would be a wonderful book for someone who is contemplating gastric bypass surgery or facing other life-changing decisions. It’s also quite possible that a new Christian would gain much by reading this book. It just wasn’t for me.

Thank you to Thomas Nelson for providing me with a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for this honest review.