Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now......

This morning when my sister walked in my house she said the litter box was very stinky, GASP!!! Well, not really that shocking. I've been so sick that I have let a lot of things go, and the litter box was one of them. I can't smell anything right now due to a major sinus infection so really, the stinky things have been at the bottom of my priority list. Probably not one of the best choices I've made, but.........I'm only human.

I had Codi take the box out and dump it. I walked into the garage to get litter and.....OH NO! No more litter! So I threw all the cats out and decided I had to go to the store after taking the kids to school. I really needed to go to the store anyways, we needed milk, and a few other things.

When I got home I noticed the box needed to be sprayed out....thanks to dear old Grandma, I now check this stuff. So I sprayed the box let it air dry, and kept the cats out.

About 30 minutes later the box was dry. I brought it in and called in the cats. They came in like a heard of buffalo being chased by a lion!

I had three cats very interested in what I was doing. They all three ran over with me to put the box in it's place, I open the bag and Lucy screamed at me the entire time. As I poured it in the box Toots did circles around me. Blue sat on the table and watched me with his usual cross-eyed look.

Once I had the litter in the box the three of them fought over who got to use the box first!

Apparently Toots was doing the pee pee dance around me, and Lucy was yellin at me to "hurry up" and Blue must have been in so much pain he couldn't do anything but sit and stare at me cross-eyed!

You'd think the dirt field across the street would have worked, but I guess they don't want to do their business where they play! Stinking up my house is a much better idea!!!!

I make me laugh

I've been sick for a week now. I felt like I was coming down with a really bad case of Strep Throat.....but some days I would feel fine. Just when I'd pick up the phone to make an appointment my sore throat would go away and my symptoms would subside. My illness was tricky! It went from a tiny sore throat, to a really bad sore throat, then to a clogged nose, then my nost ran, and then.....my eye gooped shut! Yes, gooped shut! I pulled out so many eyelashes in the cleaning process every morning I don't think my eye will ever be the same!

After alot of "encouragement" from my mom, and one too many sleepless nights and many many days with such a heavy head and acky neck and back I caved.

Today I went to the doctor pretty sure I would get a strep test and the doctor would give me the (much loved) Z pack! and in 2 days I would be just fine.

Dr. Buhr, my beloved doctor had a different schedule. It is funny how professionals know best!

He checked my nose, ears, throat, and glands.

"Hey doc, swab my throat! What are you doing?" That was all I was thinking.

He said when he was done, and I quote him "your throat looks really good!"

"How can that be doc, that hurts the most!!!!"

So finaly pushed on my sinuses....ding ding ding.....it hurt!!!!

I have a sinus infection! That explains so much. That explains the headach.....I always get a headach with a sinus infection.
That explains the sore throat.....drainage!!!
That explains the eye goop.....it traveled up to my eye.
And the clogged and drippy nose....duh! It's gotta go somewhere!

So I walked into the doctor office with a strep throat, and walked out with a sinus infection.

As I was driving home all of a sudden my cheeks became really puffy, I almost couldn't see over them! I felt the drainage coming down my throat, and my other eye started to feel really goopy!

My mind is very powerful!
And that is all I have to say about that!

My new favorite quote

I was just on facebook and I ran across a quote put up by my second cousin's wife. I am not a quote person, but this one particular quote really grabbed me.

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them" ~Mother Teresa

Isn't this so right? It is so hard to not judge the actions of others. It is so easy to mock others and put down their actions and words. But really, are we that perfect that we have the right to judge others?

Ummmm, I think not!

I am guilty of the judging, I try really hard not to be, but every day as I reflect on my day I am convicted of judging. I judge my kids, my parents, my husband (He gets it more than others unfortunately), my friends, and yes I even judge the almighty God. But what can I say...I am only human. I wasn't given that gift of perfection. I was however, given the gift of forgiveness through the blood of Jesus Christ!

So next time you catch yourself judging remember........how can I be loving this person just as Jesus would if I am spending all my time judging them?

Patietently waiting.......

When Shannon and I first got married I shared with him my love for the Dachshund! I told him I had always wanted to have a few, and a few litters. I think they are just the cutest dogs in the world. So my loving husband, always wanting to fill my every want, went out and bought me two of the cutest mini doxy's I've ever seen. Ross is a blond/creme doxy with the cutest little legs, and the most cheer full disposition. Bridgette looks like a little dairy cow. We almost named her Jearsey. She is known as the baby. She has this baby complex and totally eats it up when receiving any type of attention.

Well, here we are two years later and I have one pregnant dam and one very satisfied stud!

Bridgette has been pregnant for what feels like FOREVER! I guess that is partially my fault. When I saw the "deed" being done I counted wrong on the calendar. I figured the puppies would be here around May 5. Boy was I wrong! Here we are May 18 (Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband) and no puppies. Day 63 falls on Friday (today is Tuesday) however, the vet tells me it could be "any day now". Those words are dangerous to an anxious mother to be. I have had a week's worth of sleepless night checking on my mother to be constantly throughout the night. Every noise she makes, I'm up! She is one noisy sleeper! She moans and groans all night long.

I swear Bridgette has been in labor, I mean full blown labor at least 4 times since last Wednesday. I think she snuck on my computer and read up on the signs of labor just to mess with my mind. She has even gone as far as turning her nose up at food. She digs around in her "nest", her belly gets really tight and she strains. I know these are all things that just happen to pregnant women, but when you are a person and the dog in the one that is pregnant, it is kind of hard to know the difference. Do dogs get Braxtin Hicks???

Last night was the the worst. I just knew I would get to wake my kids and husband up with new puppies. ERRR, wrong! She woke up this morning, ate a full breakfast, and ran around the house and greeted everybody like any other normal morning. I am truly 100% baffled!

So I'm sitting here on my laptop with my dog that has been "in labor" all night long laying next to me and she is sleeping the day away like nothing ever happened.

I called the vet and asked if there was something she could do like take a walk, have sex, you know the normal things a doctor would tell a woman to do to jump start labor, and she laughed at me and said "No, we have to let nature take it's course." I am definitely not a fan of "nature" right now. Enjoy the pictures of my poor little girl looking as big as a barn!

The Lonley Housewife

I forget how lonely it is being a stay at home mother. I'm not talking about all the quiet time during the day while the kids are at school, and the husband is at work. I actually find myself very busy during this time of the day, and I am not looking for conversation then. In the morning I am so busy with cleaning, prepping for dinner, laundry, driving "forgotten items" to the kids school (and my mother), cleaning up after animals and resting for the busy activities of the evening I don't have time to think. I also have a phone buddy I call once a week. We catch up on the latest and greatest of Kerman, mommy tricks, and of course our husbands.

In the late afternoon from the hours of 3-7 I am also so consumed with my children's homework, dinner time and practice. I don't even think about life around me. That is when I feel like I should have gone to clown school and learned some juggling tricks!

When I say I am a lonely housewife I am speaking of the few hours just before bed time, my bed time. The kids are all in bed, the house is quiet the chores are for the most part done, dinner is cleaned up and nobody needs me. I'd love to just sit and talk about my day, and about the new things the kids did, but for some reason I have a hard time finding somebody that wants to do that with me. I need an ear......

Shannon is so consumed with homework right now, and his new job that I hate bothering him. When I do approach him with something to talk about, he doesn't blow me off, but I can tell that he is bogged down with a million, billion other things. I feel like my daily interests are just not that exciting, or important right now.

I am an individual with NEED to tell everything! (If your my facebook friend you definitely can tell I need an ear.)

I can vaguely remember this feeling about 4 years ago when I used to stay home. I remember having a pitty-party for myself every evening.

When I went to work, I didn't feel so lonely. I didn't feel the need to talk about stuff so much. Maybe I was just so tired by the end of the day I just didn't care. I also found that my interests were interesting to Shannon. I wonder if that is because they were about other adults??? I wonder if he could relate to them more???

I guess as time has gone by I have grown. I have learned that it isn't all about me. (Gasp, how could that be?) I don't have a pitty-party anymore, I just know this is how it is. Will I just get used to it?

At the end of the day, every mommy just wants somebody to sit and chat with about the adventures she has gone through.

Sigh......The lonley life of a Mom! (I'm not complaining, just explaining)

ps. I better not hear from one person "You should think about going back to work" I DO NOT need to get out of the house. I love that I am home and here for my family. I just wish they could be here for me a little bit more.