It would seem that it has been the week for boo-boo's when it comes to my Lily-Belle. After a long weekend of wrestling with her brother and his friends, she had her share of bruises and skinned knees. She fell into the hearth at Grandmomma's pretending to be a ghost (with her coat over her head) and she got a BIG bloody knot on one side of her head. It was too tender to even wash her hair for a couple of days and she couldn't even stand to sleep on that side. Thankfully, that boo-boo is all better and she's back to her normal rough and tumble self.
Sam has been a handful with his finger sucking. We bought the finger guard and it worked for maybe one night. Then he figured out how to slip his fingers underneath the guard and suck them. I should've listened to you, Kendra!!! I then returned to the medical tape, but I tried the kind that would not stick to his fingers only to itself. Well, the little turd figured out how to slide the tape off the end of his fingers and then slide it back on in the morning. The only reason I noticed is because one night I went upstairs to check on them after they had gone to sleep and he was just as happy as a bug in a rug, sucking away on his fingers and the next morning the tape was right back in place over the top of his wrinkly wet fingers. So, now we have gone back to the ultra sticky tape that has to be cut off in the morning. I don't know how he could get it off without cutting it, because I can't get it off any other way myself.
Brad and I have been seriously talking about getting another dog. I will admit that it is terribly lonely around the house with the dogs gone. We want to get a big dog that could protect itself against our "unknown (probably a coyote) predator". Brad went to the animal shelter and they didn't have anything for adoption, then he tried the humane society without finding anything that really grabbed him. We looked online and just haven't found anything that we are crazy about. We have seriously considered a Great Pyrenees. They are huge dogs that are especially good at protecting livestock and they are said to have a very good, loyal relationship with their humans. The downside is that they also have fluffy white coats that require a lot of grooming. They drool a lot, eat a lot, and they love to be in the house with their families. We've also read that they roam and need to be inside a fenced yard. They are also really expensive. So, we really don't know but are open to suggestions from anyone who has them. We have heard that a lot of people are losing their adult pets because of the economy (being unable to feed them, having to move, etc.) and would love to help in that way, but then part of us wants to get a puppy and be able to train it from the beginning. Just don't know.
My student teacher at school has started teaching for two out of three of my classses so I am hopeful that my stress level will decrease for a couple of weeks and I can get some time and energy to get my house clean. It is filthy... and I mean, FILTHY!! I was afraid to sit down on the toilet in the mine and Brad's bathroom last night. Who has time? When I get time, I am so tired I just don't care that my children are sleeping on the same sheets from three weeks ago. Does that make me a bad mom and a lazy person?
I really do worry sometimes that I am just lazy and that most people have the energy to do all these things I find so difficult to get done. This includes exercise! I did go walking one afternoon this week and I had plans to walk another afternoon with my friend Kathy and it rained us out. She and I have been dieting together and trying to get ourselves started exercising. It is a slow process but we are gung-ho right now. She wants to go on Biggest Loser but I told her I refuse to go on national television and expose my fat rolls to America. I just refuse. My clothes are my friend. And anyway, I really think I could lose some weight if I didn't have BRAD! (I hope he's reading this!) Last night he came home from the grocery store where he bought supplies for their scouting trip this weekend and he brought a box of chocolate covered doughnuts home. I could kill him!!!! He knows I have a weakness for chocolate. I would just like a little support, you know!
2 comments:
oh man! you are going to have a time breaking him of the fingers.... good luck but KEEP at it.
One of my co-workers is trying to find a home for a brittney spaniel they just got. He's a puppy but he's already pretty big. Not as big as a great pyranese though. They live in the city and it needs a big yard. He's very hyper and destructive, but what big puppy dog isn't? Let me know if you're interested.
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