Dogs

Some people are animal lovers. And some just aren't. I was raised with animals and can't imagine them not being a part of my life. One animal doesn't ever seem to be enough for us. We have always tried to keep animals as long as we can. We have had to loose a few cats though that had some issues. But my mom has a dog that came from my grandparents dogs. They gave Melissa the dog and mom inherited the dog down the road. She had a poodle and then her dogs gave us Spot. Her dog has been around a long time. She had to put him down here recently. Man he lived a very long doggy life. I think he had to be about 15 or 16 maybe. He was a pretty and good little dog. Our Spot is getting up there. She is 11 now but still quite frisky. But our other dog Buddy who is possibly Great Dane and lab or golden retriever is probably about 12 or 13. That is very old for the size dog that he is. We have had him 11 years. He is quite elderly now. I have had a few times where I stop and watch his breathing to see if he is still with us. We are watching him decline rapidly now. He has been struggling with his back hips off and on for years. Not a terrible struggle, just work for him. His hips have never been super strong. But now he has had some days with great weakness in his legs and he has had a few potty issues which he never has. So this could be his last summer with us. He has lost weight and his back legs don't look good. That is pretty sad for me even though I have never been a big (I mean by large) dog lover. He is a very good dog we rescued from the pound in Nampa. He has had a long and happy life with us. He has played with puppies and put up with kittens he would have rather have nowhere near him, but he was kind. Kids could crawl all over him and he would just lay there and let them. He barely chased after tennis balls but he chased the neighbors cat until the fence was bent in and could care less about the cat anymore. If you have seen Morley( Marley?) and Me. Well that movie got me because the end of movie is where we are. And coping with the kids when he goes will be the hardest part of all. But that's a part of life's lessons isn't it? Then you realize then how much of a gift that pet was in your life. The kids still mourn the cat that had to be put to sleep years ago. So Buddy is still here right now and hopefully he will die peacefully here. I don't know. He is about 70 -100 pounds. Maybe I won't think about those details quite yet. We will remind the kids to appreciate every time they let him out and in from now on. Because it might not be for much longer.

The best news!

I guess the very best part of my job is the 3 month vacation that starts in 3 days. YAY! I am worse than the kids counting down.

We just redid our bathroom and it looks much nicer and like a real bathroom with real baseboards and EVERYTHING! If you have been to my house-the lower half of the walls did not change. The upper half got a fresh coat of shade of green I love and the border is purple. We put beadboard above the shower and put in a new shower curtain and I had to get a new toilet seat mainly because I broke the other one while painting.

Things are winding down a little. Thank goodness. I keep saying that and the wind down is slow. We went to the movies 2 nights in a row. We saw Diary of a Wimpy Kid last night and we saw Percy Jackson and the lightning Thief tonight. Kylee and Kelsea saw The Last Song. Hannah studied Greece and mythology quite thouroughly so I thought she would really like it. We were late and it scared her badly at first. She started crying and we had to step out. Then she stepped out when she thought it was too intense but she knew all the gods and the creatures in the movie she was interested and she knew the part that has to do with the Lotus flower. It was still interesting to her but still too intense. I don't even know what she knows about it all.

Kelsea has had a lot of nasty girl drama with a TP job gone mad with food smeared all over the car she drives. It was saran wrapped too. We know who did it, she denied it of course. I called the police and they said I had to go throught the SRO at the school. They listened to the kids and in the end said "We just made sure they know how the school stands on these things and they aren't going to have contact with each other anymore." I am seriously peeved. It is a long story I won't go into here. I tell you, Texting and Facebook ups the whole scenario into another level of craziness.

Autumn has a toe that is crazy infected that we have been to the doctor for at least a half dozen times. It gets better and then gets worse. Poor kid.

We have another teenager in our house for the summer. Kelsea is sharing her room with her and it's like one big slumber party.

Lee Joe has a new job. He was suppose to start today but there was a delay so he may not start until the end of June. It should be better and we will know his schedule daily instead of him having to call daily to find his next days schedule. But a job is a wonderful thing.

I haven't blogged in so long and it's like I have lost interest or there isn't anything new fantastic or profound to really blog about or it's stuff that really shouldn't be put out on the web for all to read.

Anyways-3 more mornings of early rising for me! I wish it was warm enough to feel like summer is really here.