puppies and flea markets

Today I spent my day with DH at the big Lucasville flea market. He was in complete ectasy and I was ankle deep in mud. It rained all day yesterday and poured the rain last night most of the night. There was high water everywhere but not high enough to keep us from the flea market. My DH bought a bunch of tools. This man already has more tools than Sears but he can't help himself. We stopped at Sears because, well, just because we drove by one and that is reason enough for my hubby to stop. They had a cordless drill on sale. He whinned around like a little kid and got his drill which he is using right now to try to make the kitchen escape proof for the puppies. Those little boogers are Houdini's when it comes to getting out of their enclosures. This week I hope it warms up enough that we can start some serious potty training, or outside training. It has been so cold and wet I can't make them go outside and it gets old mopping the kitchen floor up over and over.
I bought very little at lucasville today. I bought a bunch of different makeup so DD and I can figure out what looks good on her for prom. I also bought DD a couple of Longeberger (however you spell that) purses. I found a sweet woman up there willing to bargain so I bought her two. She was happy with both of them.
I guess I had better go play with puppies so they will sleep tonight. They are getting this really annoying habit of waking up between 4 and 5 AM and wanting to play and eat and I have a better habit of sleeping at that time. I hope to change their habit and not mine!

Misc. thoughts

I don't know why I decided to name this post Misc. thoughts when most of posts are exactly that. Oh, well here we go.
Easter was great, lots of friends, family and food. Church was great and was decorated so nice.
This is probably the first year we didn't color any eggs. We don't have anyone that will hunt them so why bother. We all got lots of candy and I hope to be on a sugar high for a few days.
Next Sunday my Aunt, who is a nurse, is going to do blood sugars at Sunday school so I need to get it out of my system by then. She was nice enough not to do them on Easter Sunday!
My nephew D is back from Iraq. My parents went to Indiana to visit him this weekend. I know my mom is really relieved. She has had a miserable year just waiting to hear that something has happened to her Grandson. He has a month of leave now and has to decide whether to reinlist or not. My mom doesn't want him to at all since he has already done two rounds in Iraq. He is thinking of doing it for the lack of something else to do.
My sweet niece is back in NJ. She cried the night before she left and told me she didn't want to wait 3 months to come back. I told her it would go fast since she has school until almost the end of June and then she can come straight here for the summer. She left her turtle here for me to let loose as soon as the weather warms up a little. I didn't realize how much tomato a little turtle can eat but he can put it away.
My DD is on spring break this week and she started it out by cleaning her already pretty clean room. I don't know where she got her cleaning genes but it wasn't from me. I decided to clean my room today and I can't get very far. I think so far I have made myself about 3 more loads of laundry. Well I had better get moving or the sheets won't be dry by bedtime.

He is risen!

It is almost Easter and life is good. I love this time of year because everything is new again. The trees are leafing out, the flowers are blooming and at least here in Ohio it is SNOWING. The low tonight is supposed to be 19. We had 85 degree weather earlier this week but now it is 30. I liked it at 80. I want it back and I am prepared to lie on the floor and kick and scream until I get my way. Well, maybe after I eat the ears off a chocolate bunny.
Today my second puppy left. He went home with a friend of my boys. I like D and I am glad he has my Dozer. I also will be seeing D quite often and can check up on Dozer when I want to. I know he will be well taken care of. I just need to find homes for 2 or 3 more and I am finished. If I can't my vet has a plan to get them adopted so that is always an option. I have been laying in the floor with puppies crawling all over me for the last little bit and it is quite enjoyable. They are so funny to watch, especially Buddy who is smaller than the rest. He doesn't get quite as excited as the others and kind of stays back a little. He is so trusting you can hold him however you want and he will just lay there in your arms or on your lap until you move him. Rusty is the sneaky one, Layko has always been the bully but lately he has become more of a baby, wanting to be held and babied and then there is Daisy. I love Daisy, she is the only female and she is a little more laid back. I can pick her up anytime and lay her in my arms like a baby and she will go to sleep. She has gotten a little more unlady like with the boys. They used to push her around a little and she puts them in their place now if they bother her too much. Dozers new owner just IM'd me to tell me his mom, brother and nephew were all in love with Dozer now. That makes me happy!

Today I got home from work just as the last teenager was leaving for classes. I was so stoked because it was only 12:30 and my DH doesn't leave for work until 2:10......It would have worked out too if only hubby was home. He did call a few minutes later to tell me he was on his way so it turned out nice. We had an hour together which is more than we usually get.
I just realized that Easter is this weekend. I know my kids are older but I always do Easter baskets for them, and the Easter bunny brings them after they go to bed. I just put a little candy and more practical stuff in them, phone cards for cell phones or makeup and shampoo for my daughter. I will do that until they move out and maybe drop one off of their porch, if they live close, even then. I probably should go buy something to put in the baskets though, at least before Saturday night. That is one of the good things about older children, they are old enough to understand if the Easter bunny or Santa doesn't bring them exactly what they want. I have been fortunate through the years that I don't have children that whine or beg for certain things. They do sometimes mention something they want, but they don't complain if they don't get it.
Well I am off to town and then to the vet to get my poor little Koko. When I left her at the vet this morning she was shaking so bad she couldn't stand up. She loves to go bye bye with me but the last 3 times I have taken her it has been to the vet so she is going to quit wanting to go with me soon. I think when she feels better I will take her to Mcdonalds and get her a hamburger through the drive through.

puppy dogs and little frogs (or turtles)

Well tomorrow is the big day for my poor little dog Koko. She has to be at the vet early and her hysterectomy is scheduled for early. I have this feeling that I will leave her there and cry all the way to work. She is such a big baby she panics when I leave her anywhere strange. She actually gets upset when I leave her at home too, unless someone else is here. When I leave she goes to my room and gets an article of my clothing and lays down on it until I get back. I probably should take something for her to sleep on to the vets but they probably don't want my old pants or underwear, which is what she likes to sleep on. She can't have anything else to eat until after the surgery tomorrow and that will be hard in the morning because she is waiting to eat as soon as I get up. My plan is to be about ready to go when I go to bed so I can get up and get her out of the house early. She also
My niece is here from New jersey and she brought Franklin back with her. Last summer she caught Franklin (a turtle) when she was here and took him back and has now decided he needs to be with his own family. I thinks he also decided she doesn't need to keep cleaning out his cage.
So tomorrow Franklin goes back to the wild and Koko goes to the vet.
I did something bad yesterday I think. My DD and I stopped at a grocery store and we had 3 puppies with us that we had taken to my moms in town so my niece could play with them. There was a man walked up to me with his grandson and asked if they could have one and I gave it to him. They were nice enough people and the grandson was thrilled but I can't believe I let them just have a puppy without talking to them. I had dreams all night about the puppies and in them the puppies were having puppies and there were hundreds of little tiny puppies about the size of a thumb everywhere and I couldn't separate the puppies so they would quit having puppies. I think their gestation period was about 5 minutes in my dream. I think it must have been something like Gremlins that mulitplied when they got wet...

I have come to the realization over the years that I am a pushover. I cannot say NO to anyone (with the exception of my children if the request really warrants it.) I'm not too good at saying no to them either and have been lucky enough that there have been very few times they ask something I have to give a firm no to. I have a great husband that I have trouble saying no to, though I'm sure he would argue that point but we work different shifts and he gets home at 1 AM and I have to get up at 6:30 so wait until one of the 3 freakin days we have off together OK. (sorry long long day) I have a wonderful husband that is also a pushover and his little old ladies need him and think no one else can fix their stuff but him. I really do respect him for taking his precious time off from work to help them. It seems to go in waves and right now all 4 of them need him for something and I miss him. He charges them a small amount to do the work and they feel like they are paying him and getting by cheap. Every one of them have bunches of rental homes and have much more money that we ever will, but that is their security blanket and they hate to spend it. In a month or so they will be caught up and happy for a while without him. I also love the fact that anyone in my family and his can call him and he will help them with anything he can. He has helped many in my family build or remodel their homes. How lucky am I to have married a man so thoughtful. He built our home with a little help from my dad and a few others that stopped by a few times. We built a home for so much cheaper than you can ever imagine. We could never have afforded to have someone else build it. My home isn't large, but it is big enough for us.
Ok back to my lack of abililty to tell people no. I don't even remember where I was going with that point. I do know that for many years I tried to volunteer at school and church, work and take care of my family and my home. I was pulled in so many directions I couldn't breath at times. It was so sad to me when my children got old enough that they didn't need me to volunteer at their school but once I got used to it I kind of liked it. I drove my son to school for 11 and a half years. Every day. Then he got his drivers license. It was so scary, but at the same time it was great. I could take my time getting ready for work, and not have to get off of work early to be sitting in the parking lot at school at 2:40 every day. I could send him to the store for milk when I forgot to stop after work. What does he do a couple of weeks after he got his license? Rolled my husbands Explorer. He was stopped at a stop sign and went to turn onto a narrow road and turned too wide and the hill dropped off right beside the other side of the road. It was a wreck he will never forget, but at least it wasn't bad. If he had been driving fast he would have been killed. He graduated last year and my daughter got her license a week into this school year. Once again I had to go through the complete and total fear that comes with watching your children take off in a car that can kill them if they aren't careful. I also had 2 teenagers on my car insurance which is crazy by itself. I pay every month for car insurance what I used to pay every 6 months.
Well I can see that if I keep this up I will be rambling on and never getting to my point, if I could even remember what my point was. I guess I had better go and get ready to go to town. My DD has an appointment to get her prom dress fitted and my sweet niece is waiting on us at my moms. Thursday my dog has to get her hysterectomy..that should be fun, she doesn't like anyone but us and a few select others. She never gets to go to the vet and just get a checkup. Every time she has had to go lately there has been something wrong. She isn't going to enjoy this one at all, especially if I have to leave her there. When I leave her there she cries and I can hear her until I get in my car. I should be crying by the time I get to work which will make for an interesting day.

Shoot....I did an entire post and it disappeared. I guess I really need to learn a little more about computers and go into cyberspace after it. I guess this picture will just have to do it for today. the littlest puppy couldn't stand up on his back legs long enough to stay in the picture, but the rest did.