Merry Christmas

It is Christmas morning and I am sitting here quietly waiting on everyone else to wake up. It was a late night last night, but I still can not seem to sleep in like everyone else. I was not up at 4 like when I was little.... but still here I am. On a regular morning you have to practically drag me out of bed.
I wouldn't think I would be up and excited. This Holiday has not been my best. For the first Christmas I can remember I have not made any Christmas treats, sent out any Christmas cards, or been in a jolly mood. I did not even by anything for Christmas dinner until yesterday after noon.
Even now sitting here it is not like I am waiting all excited or happy. I am just awake.
I think I will go get some coffee.
Merry Christmas Colette......be happy for your kids..... tomorrow is just another day, but today is Christmas.

Christmas Lights

Well I decided to go with the first thing I thought of...... and that was Christmas lights. I really love looking at the lights. Both on the trees and on the houses..... even at the mall. I always think of the Christmas when Cassie was almost 2 and we were driving around looking at all of the pretty lights. She would go OOOOOOOOOOOO, more? She would repeat this over and over again. It was so cute. It was also what I was thinking put in the simplest way.

I don't know where the time is going this Christmas. We have both trees up, but I still need to put ornaments on the big family tree yet. We have some of the outside lights up, but none of the new stuff we bought last year. Dale bought this really cool music thing that syncs with the lights, but he still has not had any time to get it up. He also bought these rope lights to put on the ground so when it snows on them they light up the snow. Well the snow is on the ground, but no rope lights to make it glow. Maybe next year. I bet it is really pretty. I will have to take a picture if we ever do it.

Okay, now one of my favorite Christmas memories. It was the Christmas I finally asked my parents if Santa was real. I need to keep pretending for my little sister Rhonda. I was always the first one up on Christmas. Well actually I would get up in the middle of the night to see what Santa left, since he did not wrap our gifts.....play for a little while, and then go back to bed and wait for the sun to peak up over the horizon. Then I would run through the house wishing everyone a Merry Christmas to wake them up.

Well, on this particular Christmas my sister and I were sleeping in our playroom right next to the family room. I woke up in the middle of the night as usual, but Santa had not been there yet. I hurried up stairs and woke up my mother and told her she forgot to put out the Santa gifts. Then I went back downstairs to wait with my sister, who was suppose to be sleeping, but was waking up. She asked if Santa had been there yet, and I said no, and since my mother was now making noise, I told my sister we had to play a game for Santa to come. I would plug her ears and she needed to hummmmmmm. She did and it worked. Santa came!

I am afraid this Christmas is going to be here before I know it. I have not sent out cards, or made any goodies. I have done most of my shopping (thank goodness for the internet!) I just have to wrap it all. I usually really enjoy that part, but I need to set down and relax and take time to enjoy this holiday season. Maybe sit back and look at it thru my little girls eyes. That just might do it! I will have to blog about all my new outlooks while I am doing that, but in the mean while I really need to feed the little girl.

Being me.....

Well hello Colette, nice to see you after so long. So are you going to try and work on your blog?

I was thinking about it. I talk to myself all day long so I guess I could just type to myself on here. I wonder if I will ever go back and read any of these? I think I would have to make this blog pretty interesting to not only type it once, but come back and read it some other time. Way to much pressure. I think I will just go with the flow and not think about this so much. I think that is why I had trouble keeping up with my blog before. There was pressure that I put on myself to make it interesting.

Well I thought I might do this.......but the big guy just called and had a fit I was typing on my blog. Well I will take my sick little self and go down stairs and try and figure out more of this book work. I think trying to do book work with a fever should be a no no. But what do I know. This business was never my idea. I wasn't even asked if I thought we should do it....... Just like everything else, I was just told we were and now I have to find my silver lining. I guess that would be that Brendan and Ashley live here now. That does make a nice silver lining.

Oh well, Until next time........ or when ever Dale deems it ok that I blog.

Okay, this a test and only a test to see if I can really post on my blog from my phone....... If this works be afraid.....very afraid!!!!

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Gotta Love Summer

Boy do I love summer!!!! It is not only because my birthday is in July, and anyone who knows me knows I love my birthday....... even if it means I am getting another year older. My parents always made a big deal about birthdays when I was growing up and so the expectation has always been very high. But I digress..... summer is about more than my birthday, or two of my four children's birthdays.( I just happen to be sandwiched in between) Or my husbands or his sisters or even one of the grandsons. Wow, we have a lot of birthday in the summer! Okay, I am digressing again.

I love that you can be outside more...... I love the feel of air conditioning on my skin when I come in from the heat. I love the longer days. I love the smell of rain on a hot summer day. I love to relax and just gaze out at the lake. I love dangling my feet in the cool water. I love the smell of bar-b-que. I love the feel of the sun on my skin and the smell of sun tan lotion. I love all of the festivals there are to go to. But most of all I love seeing family and friends.

It always seems like summer is when we either visit family and friends or they visit us. We just got back from South Dakota visiting my parents, sister and her family. Now we will be seeing Dales sister and her husband soon. Then my eldest son Brendan and his girlfriend for his 21st birthday! (opps I said the B word again) Then we have my best friend from Kansas and her son coming to visit. I am so excited!!!
We still have plenty of summer left for more visitors.......and now you all know how much I love them.

One of the nicest things about summer is having my son Marc here all summer with us!

The Old Fashion Photo....or 2 ....or 3

Well, we are still visiting family in the Black Hills. The weather has been more like April than June, so we have been limited on our days that we can go outside to play! I still love playing tourist with my kids and being lead around by which ever family member draws the short straw for the day....... but we have had to modify our activities because of all the rain.

One of the things I really wanted to to while we were up here was get an old fashion photo taken. Just happens that is something we can do on a rainy day...... First time up in Keystone we had Marc and Cassie get a photo. It was so fun to see those two all dressed up. Cassie loved her dress and wanted to buy it..... Marc loved holding the guns and a whiskey bottle...... but complained that they didn't even put anything in it. I don't think he was hoping for whiskey...... just to look like he REALLY had some whiskey. After all, how tough is a cowboy that has an empty whiskey bottle?

Well after Cassie was done charming the photographer and Marc was done charming all the bystanders, we ended up with some really cute photos.
Now it continues to rain more and more ever day. Marc and I got to go to Deadwood on Saturday with Rhonda and Hali. While Cassie stayed home and watched her grandparents. Not only was it rainy, but very chilly on Saturday....... and since we are not big gamblers we had to find something fun to do in Deadwood. First Rhonda came up with this great idea while I was looking in one of the many gift shops. We should all get funky hats to wear while we walked around Deadwood....... after all it is raining. Really we had a blast with this, and I think Marc has decided to wear his for all special occasions.
I guess we got so into the dress up thing and our choice we limited to do in the rain so guess what we did?????? We had an old fashion picture taken!!!!! The place was really busy, and we had to wait, but it was so much fun. Marc was such a good sport. He was game to do pretty much whatever we wanted, but when the girl was trying to dress him and couldn't find a jacket to fit the length of his arms she called him "orangutan arms". All in all we had more fun getting ready for the photo than having photo taken. It just did not compare to the place in Keystone...... and there prices were outrageous!!!!!

The next day my brother-in-law Marty got back into town, so we decided to head back up into the hills. Mom stayed home to cook..... and Dad to watch mom cook. (He says this does not happen often and didn't want to miss it!) The kids and I went with Rhonda and her family. All plied in my new Suburban!!!!!! (So that is what all the seats are for.) Of course it was rainy and we had to look for indoor activities. We went to the National Presidential Wax Museum, which was very interesting, but then we went looking for something else to do. Hmmmmmmmmmmm, I have heard these old fashion photos are fun to do!!!! I know you are so thinking NOOOOOOOO! Step away from the studio. But no, we wander on in and get all excited about a new idea we have. After all now there are 6 of us, and who knows when we will be together again. We had a great day, and the photographer was the same one that was so good with Marc and Cassie. All in all we had lots of fun even though it rained. And now I have some great photos to add to my wall at home!

Storybook Island....... again......

If you have ever been to Rapid City,SD and you have a little one you have probably been to Storybook Island. It is definitiley one of the jewels of this city. I have to admit that I was really looking forward to taking Cassie there. All of my other children have been there multiple times, and I have tons of pictures of them with the various character. It is always fun and interesting to see who they have added since our last visit. Well, it has been quite a few years and they have really improved the park.

We have always had a routine for going threw Storybook Island..... go to this setup and pose with this character........ Thus we have all the kids with the different characters throughout the years..... add the new ones as they are added to the park. You wouldn't think that we actually go to someplace like this to let the kids play? Not when you have a prime photo opportunity like this.
Problem number one..... someone forgot to inform Cassie of our plans. She seem to think she was there to run all over and play. This child is use to having her picture taken, but when there are so many wonderful things to see and play with you can't really expect her to stop and smile on command. So both mom and grandma had to get really good of catching her on the fly.

Problem number two.......something like a dozen school buses dropped off a bunch of wild animals impersonating children. OK, I have been to Storybook Island dozens of times over the years and I have never seen so many wild children out there before. So to make the challenge of getting Cassie's picture at the designated spots even more challenging..... we had to snap our shots in between the little heads that kept running in front of the camera.

All in all we had a wonderful day..... and it was very enjoyable to see Storybook Island again......Secretly, I think Marc was more excited to see it than Cassie..... or maybe that was just him putting on a good face for his mother. Yeah, probably just a good face. He was a very good sport. He was even very helpful keeping some of the wild children out of our shots. At 6'2" he is very intimidating to the little ones. Except Cassie.... she knows she has him wrapped around her little finger.
Well we are off to do more exciting things in the Black Hills today.

HELLLLLOOOOOO OUT THERE!!!!!!

Wow..... It has been a long time since I blogged. My husband being laid off is really throwing me off. I have been going crazy on so many levels that I should have been using this as therapy. My daughter has regressed and is now screaming and rolling on the floor every time I try to get her to go to the potty. I will have the only 10 year old that is still not potty trained. If I ever get it figured out how to finally get her potty trained I should write a book just in case some other poor soul finds them self in my predicament. Who knows.... maybe this is Cassie's secret to securing herself a college education.
In his attempt to help with the potty training, daddy bought his princess a fitting potty seat. It is literally a princess potty seat. It is padded purple seat with pink swirls and a crown and says princess. Cassie really likes it...... as a HAT! She runs around the house with it on top of her head. I think she still has yet to use it to go to the potty. Well good try daddy!!!
Well off of the potty training, we are visiting my parents, sister and her family in South Dakota. I am sure I will have lot to blog about and pictures to post. You might just get spoiled by all the new post I have on here......

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Ashli's Feet..... gotta love em!

Looking for my signature photo.

Okay, after having not blogged for so long I feel like I have so many different things to blog about. I have decided to go with my most recent thought. "I need a signature photo." My daughter Ashli just got back from hiking the Lost Coast in California and she sent me photos from her trip. I have have included some of my favorites, but there were so many to pick from. The one that tickled me and stood out from the rest was the simple one of her feet. Ashli has this very unique signature when ever she is away and taking pictures, she take at lease one of her feet. Okay, I don't know if she always takes pictures of her feet, but I have noticed that at least the pictures of her trips that she shares with me seem to have pictures of her feet..... Maybe she just thinks I would be interested her choice of shoes? Anyway...... I think of it as her signature photo, and now I want one. Maybe I should start taking one of my hand? No, to similar..... how about one blurry one? That seems to always happen when I am taking pictures. Ohhhhhh, I know, I could shoot one and miss the top of someones head...... once again, seems to always happen. Maybe I need to think of something more artistic...... If anyone can give me a good idea, I am open for suggestions. Mean while, I think I will post some of my ideas on here in the future, and see what kind of feed back my mother gives me...... she is the only one to ever comment on my blogs.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire!!!

Okay, what is worse than having your husband being laid off with no new job in sight? Having the same wonderful husband having surgery on BOTH feet at the same time. Yes, I said both at the same time. I know it makes sense to him to get them both out of the way now so he can have his 6 week recovery time all at once, but do you know how restricted that makes him? Remember that I also have a 3 year old, new puppy and now an invalid to top things off. One of the biggest challenges is keeping the little one and puppy off of the now waiting target. He is like this big beacon reclining in the living room, and that just seems to be to much for them to resist. I need to make a cage to protect his feet. The rest of him is up for grabs..... just do not touch the feet!!! It doesn't help that this is the same husband that can hardly sit still for more than 5 minutes. He is always doing something, and now he is restricted to bed or his recliner. You can imagine what a joy he is to be around..... He keeps wiggling all over. That wouldn't be so bad, but we bought him a new recliner at Sams since we didn't have one before, and the leather squeaks and groans with every move. Or maybe that is just my nerves squeaking and groaning. Anyway, this should be an interesting few weeks. Maybe I will start crushing the other half of Dales pain killers and put them in his food. He is being the tough guy and only taking half of his pain medicine, I really think I need him to take the other half too! Speaking of medicine...... I should be recording him. He is having little mental laps. Today someone called and every time I would walk bake into the room he was telling this person the same thing I heard him telling them the last time I was in the room. After 4 times of this happening I was starting to think I should warn people who call to talk to him. If nothing else this should be very entertaining..... I will have to keep bloggin the highlights. Some day I might look back on this and laugh:)

This little one is not a girly girl!!

When she is all dressed up you might be able to get a very pretty picture of her.... if you are very fast. This little one loves nothing more than to jump in the nearest puddle and squish her hands in the gooest stuff she can find. As long as it does not smell bad...... she hate things that smell bad, but everything else is fair play. It does not matter if she is wearing the new dress mom bought for her birthday or a nice clean white top.... the dirtier the better. If I was really smart I would dress her in brown all the time.

Oh my aching back!!!

Okay, I have heard all the hype about how great yoga is..... and really I think I will grow to love it...... that is if my aching back survives. My lower back is telling me I need to ease myself into this whole work out thing. My heels are right on board with the lower back...... I am sure at some point this will all start to feel really good..... and I hope that day is not to far off. Maybe I should really think the water aerobic thing threw some more. That might be a little less stressful on my poor body.
Back to me doing yoga..... Somebody could make a mint (or what little money I have)if they had a video tape of me trying to do this stuff. I am not limber enough to go into the full poses so I have to stop and hold about halfway there. While doing this I tend to sway and almost tumble.....and produce some untimely morning toots. Do I really wonder why my back is hurting so much? At least I am able to now do yoga without Cassies help now that Dale is home. When I was doing anything on the ground on all fours she would crawl up on my back and ride me like a horse. Like I need the extra weight while I work out....
Wish me luck.... I might be on bed rest if I keep doing my back in. At least I might get a lot of blogging done.

SPRING!!!!!

We are in the 50's!!!!! I am so ready for spring!!! This seems like the longest winter. I don't know if that was because I was trapped with an overly energetic toddler. Or just because winter is Chicago is not fun and you want it to be over as soon as possible. I love it here the other 3 seasons... well maybe not on those super humid summer days, but thankfully those aren't all the time.
I know we are the known as the "Windy City", but that is not because of the weather. It was because of the politicians. I think it was more windy in Kansas..... Hello!!!! Wizard of Oz!!!! All and all spring and fall are my favorites. Most people are getting itchy to plant things. Me I love to enjoy the fruits of their labor while I go around and take pictures of it. I am looking forward to getting out more and taking pictures. I should be able to do it more now that Cassie is getting older. (Mental note: you are delusional!!!!!)
I love tulips!!!! I would love to make a trip to Holland Michigan for the tulip festival.... or maybe go to Holland???? (yes I said delusional)
Well I am off to enjoy our first spring day!!!!
HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!!!
Oh by the way, I am exercising now, not upping my meds. This would account for the good mood!

Happy Birthday Cassie!!!

My little girl is now 3....... She still poops her pants in the closet,but otherwise she is really growing up.
We went to the All Aboard Cafe .... aka the Choo choo resturant. Then came home and opened present and had cake. I baked the cake myself, and it took me 2 hours to decorate it. I only spent $38 at Wiltons on the stuff to make it. What was I thinking? My hands will never be the same again. All this and my daughter said it was icky cake. Oh well,,,,,, I liked it.

We have been holding our breath and counting our blessings for months, but my sweet hubby got laid off a week ago. You know what they say....."When everyone else gets laid off it is a recession, but when you get laid off it is a depression."
It has been nice having him around for a the last week, and he is getting lots of things done around here. Check back with me in a week or two. He is disrupting our routine, and question every thing we do. Today he was trying to be nice and make Cassie a sandwich while I was doing something. Cassie came crying to me. She was crying to hard, and I couldn't understand her, so I followed her back upstairs. What was so upsetting that this little girl was having a break down? Daddy cut her sandwich the wrong way. Oh,,,, and the crust was still on it. See if he tries to make her a sandwich again.
We were hoping to use some of this time that Dale is laid off to go visit my family in South Dakota, but my car has decided it is getting tired and doesn't really want to take us that far. The transmission is acting funny and since it is a Lexus it will cost an arm and a leg to fix it. Dale is cursing because I didn't by American. He is good with cars but he just doesn't understand these foreign cars. Wish us luck and maybe we will get things fixed in time to visit my family. Dale thinks this could be a long lay off since so many guys are already out of work. Come on stimulus...... lets get things stimulated. My transmission would be a good place to start. Okay, maybe that is not what the stimulus is for.

And you thought you were having a bad day!!!

This is how my poor puppy looks this week. We call him cone head now..... I know, not funny. He is starting to have second thoughts about if he really likes this family. We took him in on Monday to have him neutered and then they had to pull 4 baby teeth. I have never heard of taking a dog to have baby teeth pulled, but I trusted their advice and had them do it. He is eating much better now. That could be because he likes his food softened with warm water, or he is afraid we are going to starve him again....... He did not get to eat anything for over a day because of his surgery and teeth being pulled.
I feel so bad for him..... he is so low to the ground, he keeps getting his cone caught on the carpet and things. Watching him get in and out of his crate is also good for a laugh or two.
He seems to be doing better now, and we are trying to give him some time without his cone...... Now Cassie is wearing it like a hat. I think she thinks it is something special her puppy got from the vet. Who knows.

Happy Valentines Day

Valentines Day has always been a very big deal for my family. Most likely because my parents anniversary is today. My sister and I grew up thinking of this as the biggest day after Christmas, Birthdays, and Halloween. It probably beat Halloween except for the dressing up part. Mom only occasionally dressed us up as cupid and made us run around and shoot arrows at dad. He was very good at avoiding the arrows and we were good at shooting the walls. (Okay the last part might have been a slight exaggeration, but only because mom didn't think of it.)
Other kids would anticipate the party at school, but me and my sister knew the really fun stuff would be at home.
I have tried to keep the Valentine excitement going for my family over the years, but I have not done the job my mother did. My kids will always look forward to the treats they will get, and I love doing it, but some how over the years things have tapered off. Maybe it will be renewed with Cassie, but I still have to convince my sweet hubby what a big day this is. I did get flowers...... I picked them out when we bought groceries last night. I am making a special dinner, so that should be nice. I just need to find how to bring out that specialness again. Cassie did start her day off with a dry pull up and chocolate, so that should make for a special day........ Oh!!! and I had a chocolate donut...... there you go..... special day on the way!!!!

I am so ready for summer!!!!

Really, it is spring that I am ready for...... but summer would be nice too. It has been cold for so long. We were teased by a couple of nice days, and now we are cold again.
I am looking forward to planting flowers and going to the lake. Cassie is going to love the lake...... that is if she will get in. Last year she wouldn't even put her feet in. She was afraid the fish would eat her. We didn't see any fish, but she was sure they were there and going to eat her toes.
I should have been thinking about the lake sooner. I really need to get with it if I am going to wear a swim suit or shorts this summer. Heck, I need to get with it to wear Capris.
I love being by the water..... I love being outside. That might be where Cassie gets it. I really hope I can talk my parents into coming out in May and stay for a long visit. This way it would save them from having to do all there garden work and they would help me with mine.:) Mom said I had to promise to not be so grumpy this time. Hmmmmmmmmm, maybe I should up my meds.
Before long I will probably be blogging how hot it is and how I can't wait for it to cool down. I really need more 70 - 75 degree days. We do not see those enough. We are always hotter or colder. I guess I need to move to San Diego. Because the cost of living is so cheap there....... NOT!!!!
Oh well,,,,, here's looking forward to warmer days, and some special days at the lake.

My Quiet Area.....

Yesterday was a very challenging day with Cassie and Cisco. Mostly Cassie. Things were to cold, until I heated them..... and then they were to hot. She was going crazy throwing toys and chasing puppy and screaming, but when I told her it was time to pickup thing...... then she "couldn't" feel good. Then she felt to good to take a nap...... and during all of this she didn't want to play with her toys!!!! By the time daddy got home I was more than ready to let him take over.
She was so challenging that even daddy was loosing patients.(That hardly ever happens!) During dinner she decided to make "paw prints" with her ketchup. That really upset daddy. (Mommy thought it was kind of cute.)
So after this challenging day all I wanted to do is relax a little. I love to read to relax, so I went to my room and sit down in my chair with a throw and a good book. Of course Cassie kept coming in and wanted to sit with me. I told her this was mommies quiet area where mommy reads. She could only come to my quiet area if she was going to be quiet. And of course she insisted she would be quiet. Okay, maybe Cassie and I just have different idea of what quiet is. She went to her room and grabbed her blankie, woody doll, and some books. Then she crawled under the throw I had on my legs repeatedly. In and out.... In and out.... getting more books, rearranging everything. Then when the puppy would try to play, she would scold him and say, "This is my area!!!!" How could I be upset then? That was so cute.
So mommy has her quiet area..... and Cassie has her area. To bad they are in the same space. Oh well, this was still the highlight of my day.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Such an innocent question....... yet, as you get older it can weigh very heavy on your mind. Okay, probably not for every one. Some people decide at some point when they are younger and then start making progress towards that. Some have obstacles come up in their lives that make that choice a challenge. Some just go with the flow and never really decide.
I wonder how many people really become what they thought they wanted to be? I have thought for years that I still needed to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up..... but when I think of what I use to write in my School Days book (a little book my mother would put my school picture, report cards, and any other special papers in)...... a nurse, a teacher, and a interior decorator...... I just figured out that is what I grew up to be.
As a mother and a wife I am all of those things and more. So I really did grow up to be what I wanted to be!!!! And all this time I have been feeling like such a failure. All I have to do is look at my beautiful, healthy, compassionate, intelligent, resourceful, wonderful children, and I have to know I am a success!
Okay, one of them is still not potty trained, but we are getting there. Maybe we just need to put a potty in her closet?
Well, this just shows that when you take a different look at things, you just might be surprised at what you see.
It also shows that maybe I should have put more thought into what I wanted to be when I was younger and maybe I would not be going so crazy right now!!!! I am thinking a librarian in a nice quiet library is more my speed.

Could you potty in 5 degree weather?

I mean REALLY.... how could I expect this little white furry thing to go potty outside when it is only 5 degrees? We shouldn't even be outside in this weather, let alone walking around in snow expecting this little guy to tinkle. There is something just wrong with watching him shiver and shake while sniffing the ground. Much to his credit, he has been able to achieve this goal a couple of times. Problem is, now every time I even look like I might be going for the back door he tries to bolt! He is pretty bright.
I am typing this while Cassie is suppose to be taking a nap....... she just said,"Holy Moly, (yes she got that from me)......that made me feel better...... I toot so much mommy!!! I toot so much." She keeps repeating this over and over..... what am I suppose to do? Go congratulate her? She is such a card. I am guessing there will be no nap today.
We had our first visit to the vet today. I even took my camera so I could take pictures to put on here. Notice no picture from the vet....... yeah, I forgot I was going to do that until we got home. I was a pretty good trip. Cassie sang, Cisco (I think that is his name) rode very well in his cage, but mommies car was having issues. It would not shift into 4th gear again....... this is happening more and more. So we stopped in a parking lot to shut the car off and let it reset or what ever it does. Cassie starts looking around and says where is the doggy doctor? So I explained to her that mommies car was acting up , and we were giving it a chance to reconsider. So after applying the much needed lip gloss to both of us, filing a nail, and getting some gum, we were off and on our way...... and yes mommies car did reconsider acting up.
Okay,,,, somebody is still tooting to much so I better go see if this is an issue.

It's offical..... I have lost my mind!

If you did not read the post before this one, this one will not have the same meaning, but here I go.........
Either my sweet hubby is not as good at running interference or he secretly wanted his little angel to have a puppy. After my last post I spent a lot of time researching best puppies for kids and then the Bichon Frise it self. The more I read and after talking to obviously the wrong people. (my mother and my dog loving neighbor)I decided that we should make a trip back to visit the puppy. All my sweet hubby had to say was,"Go read you blog!!"
My mother has been secretly or not so secretly wanting a dog for a while now. I think she thinks we will want to get this new little cutie a new home and is just waiting to jump in and rescue him.
So on to our new little bouncing bundle of joy!!! He is a Bichon Frise...aka little white fluffy dog. His name is still up for grabs.... Dale calls him Buddy, Cassie calls him Doggy, and I keep trying new names to see if anything seems to grab me or him. So far I am leaning towards Cisco. He seems to like it best.
We are all very taken with him. The morning after we got him, when Cassie woke up and went to the kitchen and saw him she said with much delight," I have a dog!!!"
I figure that potty training her was not enough of a challenge for me, so I upped the ante.... I would say wish me luck, but I really did bring this one on myself.
Oh well, it will probably mean more to blog about. Or maybe Cassie's competitive nature will make her want to be potty trained before the puppy!
He is pretty cute, but my favorite shoes are still intact, so we will see how I feel about him later.
As a friend told me yesterday......I really should have upped my meds.

How much is that puppy in the window.....

Yes..... that was me this evening. We have been to the local pet store 4 times in the last few months. Cassie and I look at all the cute puppies and ooooooo and awwwwww. Then Cassie goes to look at the mice while mom stands there and tells herself that if Cassie had a puppy to chase, maybe mommy would get a break.
I know....... if you are reading this you are probably thinking, "Is she crazy?". Well I think we have covered my mental soundness, or lack of before. This is when having a second party who is still somewhat mentally sound being present is very helpful. The second party in this case was daddy, and he did a very good job of letting both of his girl down genitally.
A little time, and a little of the frigid air, and mommy has come to her senses. What was I thinking? Is it not bad enough that I am still trying to potty train my little angel? Do I really think I would be getting a little break by having a barking, drooling, pooping, peeing, and whining little ball of fur around. Oh yeah, I remember how this goes...... They also chew everything in sight. Oh.... and on really cold days like today, someone has to take them outside and walk them. So do I leave Cassie inside alone while I do it? Let her take the puppy out all by herself? (No, I am not serious) It would be more like me getting both of us all decked out in our winter wear, and then trying to convince Cassie that both the puppy and mommy are FREEZING so we need to go in.
Well at least we will not have to experience the reality of that for a while.