April 26th ~ I should blog but..

I should blog, but I'm stuck.

I can't explain my stuckenness....

I just have to get past it.

Ever just feel stuck in life ...or in a moment.....or a mood? I thought I'd blog my way through....but can't seem to form a sentence that explains anything. So much for being self-evolved. lol

April 18th ~ Here's Gracie

Here's Gracie...our new pound puppy. :)

She's about 8 months old..a cross between a german wire-hair pointer and some small dog like maybe a basset hound. She'll get up to about 40 pounds. So cute....so sweet....playful....loving....and has cost us about 500.00 so far (in this first week) between adoption fees and vet appointments due to various issues. I think she's ok now.....LET US PRAY! :)

I'm behind in blogging (both posting and reading) ...but I'll catch up this week. I hope all of you, my blogland pals, are doing well...I miss reading about your lives...but I'm thinkin aboutcha!

April 6th ~ Am I nuckin futs?

We got a dog.

Our dog of 17 years passed away about a year and a half ago.

We've talked casually now and then about getting another. I'd walk through the animal shelter once every few months...but I wasn't really sold on getting a dog again. Hubby DEFINITELY wasn't sold on the idea.

But last weekend I found one.

She's an 11 month old brown mutt.....looks like a Schnauzer/Terrier/Pointer mix. She's about 20 pounds, brown, adorable yet sorta homely (hard to explain), and in need of a bath.

The shelter people said she passed the behavior tests with flying colors. They could take food out of her mouth and tug on her while she was eating etc...and she remained sweet and docile. The kids met her Tuesday night. Two of the three LOVED her. My oldest was more ambivalent about the whole idea of getting a dog.

We were number 2 on the list to adopt her yesterday.

Family number 1 never showed up.

I felt sudden panic. Oh my God....am I doing the right thing? Do we want a dog? Except underneath all of that..I still felt like if we were going to get a dog....this one would be right for our family.

So I picked up the kids from school.....called hubby to see if he could meet us at the shelter (he hadn't met the dog yet) and held my breath.

The kids and I were on the lawn outside of the shelter with the dog when hubby drove up. He took one look at all of us and the dog, and I could tell he was partially won over.

The dog had been playing in that pouncing puppy kind of way with me and the kids....but when hubby walked over her whole demeanor changed. She sat down and started thumping her tail against the ground and looked at him with her ears perked up.....so sweetly! When he offered her his hand to sniff.....she licked it in a very ladylike fashion....and sat on his feet like, "I'm the best, most obedient, docile, dog in the world! Pick me! Pick me!" lol It was so funny. She completely won hubby over. He walked her around and she walked right next to him. With the rest of us she was bouncing around tugging at the leash.

Back inside I filled out the paperwork....and wrote the check (jeeeeeeeez it's expensive to adopt a dog) and she sat with hubby next to my chair licking me now and then. Our daughter climbed on my lap while I was writing....so then the dog thought she could too. lol

We can't pick her up until next week after she's "fixed"....so we'll be visiting her in the Big House until then.

I woke up this morning in a panic. Do I even want a dog?

:)

April 1st ~ An April Fool

I have been a bit blog blocked lately, but I was thinking in honor of April 1st:

What is your most embarrassing moment?

Here is mine:

When hubby and I were first married (16+ years ago) we had some close friends and their baby move in with us for about a week. They were having their hardwood floors refinished and needed a fume-free place to stay.

Now, I pride myself on being a gracious hostess.

But my 24/7 hostess gene has an expiration date.

4 days

I'm a great hostess for 4 days.

After that....my abilities curdle like old milk.

It's not that I become rude.....it's just that I'm no longer enjoying it in quite the same way...and I don't feel as eager to make sure everyone is having a great time.

SO anyway, our friends and their baby moved in for a week. We had a blast, great meals, fun conversations, cute baby experiences (we didn't have our own munchkins yet), shared laughter, etc etc etc

for 4 days.

On day 5 I woke up missing my privacy, missing alone time with hubby, missing feeling "kidless" and free.

I'd babysat our friend's baby a few times while they stayed with us.....like any good 4-Day hostess would. On the morning of Day 5 ( a Saturday), they asked if I'd take care of her again for a few hours.

Of course, I agreed....because I don't know how to say no.

But within 15 seconds...I was regretting it.

Now please.....know this.....I'm an honest person. I have tons of integrity...I don't lie....but I was desperate. Not that its an excuse, mind you.

"I just need to call my office to make sure they don't need me. I'm on call."

(lie lie lie)

So I went into my bedroom.........picked up the phone.....faked a phone call to the office.......said loudly, "Oh! Ok...I'll be there in an hour! I understand." And I knew that our friends properly overheard me.....

except I made one mistake.

As I was "talking" on the phone I made the mistake of leaving my finger on the "hang up" button.

And the phone rang.

Loudly!

Right in the middle of my lying fake conversation!

I was never so embarrassed!

"WOW! That was weird! I've never had the phone ring while I'm talking before! Hello? Hello?"

They knew.

But they were kind enough not to humiliate me further.

Maybe they noticed my expiration date and had pity on me. I'm still hot with embarrassment over it all these years later.

Anyone wanna come over for 4 days?