Miss Miley

Meet Miley.  She's our newest foster dog.  We picked her up yesterday.  Don't know much about her.  She was picked up by county animal control as a stray.  No one claimed her.  Hope Rescues saved her.  And now she's with us.  She was obviously someone's pet.  She knows "sit" and "shake".  She's spayed.  And she's just as friendly as she can be.
I think maybe she should be named "Bear", though.  Look at that face!

Dear Motivation

Dear Motivation,


Where are you?  Why have you abandoned me?  Do you not realize how much I have to do?  How much I could do?


How am I supposed to keep climbing Mt. Washmore, the mountain of laundry that never gets smaller no matter how much gets washed, without you?


How am I supposed to keep cooking meals that no one likes, clearing counters that never stay cleared, picking things up that just wind up back on the floor, without you?


What about all the other things I need to do or just want to do?  Working on my art, training Ginger not to bark at people walking past, teaching Chili some tricks, getting our tax stuff in order, redecorating some of our rooms, decluttering, etc.


None of it gets done because I just can't find you.  Could you let me know when you'll be back?  Could you just drop me a postcard?  Give me a little encouragement?  Promise me you'll be back once you've "found yourself" or whatever it is you're off doing?  I need you.


Barb

Happy Hour Friday

Hello Everyone.  Thanks for stopping by.  Since it's Friday, I'm going to join Rxbambi in Happy Hour.

I'm happy that my email account has gotten hijacked.  Someone sent all of my contacts an add from an online drugstore where they could buy viagra.  That's just great.  My kids' teachers are all in my contacts, my Aunt and Uncle are in my contacts.  I got a call from someone at the bank about it.  Even Dr. Grumpy is in my contacts!  Sorry!  I guess I'm just glad it wasn't porn or something!

I'm happy that I walked my dogs today.  These poor dogs.  Since I sprained my ankle I haven't been able to walk them.  But the ankle is on the mend and I walked without pain.  It was only about a 20 min walk (less than half what the dog whisperer says they should get everyday).  But it was better than nothing.

I'm happy that I've been decluttering.  Our neighborhood has an annual garage sale in the spring.  So I'm gathering up stuff to get rid of.  Other people who love the dog rescue we volunteer with will also bring their stuff over (Bambi has already unloaded a bunch of stuff.  I'm thinking about charging her a storage fee) and all of the proceeds will go to the doggies.  (and kitties, too).  We only made about $300 last year for the rescue.  I'm hoping we'll do better this year.  I'm also happy that I've gotten my kids into this purging, but they want to keep the money their stuff brings in.  I guess that's fine.

I'm happy to be going to a Habitat for Humanity function tomorrow and a Hope Rescues function on Sunday.  Both will involve a lot of fun and both are great causes.

I'm happy that this is the last week for basketball.  It's been a good experience, but I'm ready to have my Saturdays back.  At least until baseball starts.

I'm happy I figured out how to add a button to my blog.  It seems that all the cool kids have them.  I wanted to be cool too!  I used my favorite ATC (that's artist trading card) for the art on my button.  What do ya think?

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you are having a great Friday!  Happy weekend!

Random Thoughts Tuesday

Hi, All.  It's Tuesday.  The Un-Mom is hosting random thoughts today.  Go check it out!

Just finished sweeping and mopping in the hearth room.  It's one of the dustier rooms in our house.  I saw a yahoo article that said household dust contains not only human skin, dog dander and hair, decomposing bug parts, and dirt from outside, but also arsenic, lead, and DDT!  Makes me (almost) want to go and dust the rest of the house right now!

Got my hair cut today.  I look rather sassy, but hubby is too busy to go to lunch with me.  So I'm letting the dogs enjoy my new haircut while I mop and dust the house.

That reminds me, I was going to put something in the crock pot for dinner.  Better get to that as soon as I'm done with this post!

Our Monday nights just got a tiny bit less busy as we had our last basketball practice for the 3rd grader.  First grader's last practice is Thursday.  Last games are on Saturday.  I love the place they are playing.  It's a little church-y (we aren't really)(Upward Basketball) and they have a Bible verse to learn each week (won't kill 'em) but it has a really positive atmosphere, everyone gets to play, they don't keep score so everybody wins.  It's been a good experience for them.

The next sport they are doing is baseball, which is a summer sport here.  So we have a break for a couple of months.

Chili is so cute with the tip of her tongue sticking out!

She went to the door yesterday and looked at me.  So I let her out and she pooped!  I guess we are getting there.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'm off to clean up some of that arsenic!

Sassy Sunday

Hey All, Sassy here.  This is my favorite corner of the kitchen.  How's your Sunday?  I'm busy laying on the couch, sitting for cookies, and watching for squirrels.  You have no idea how busy I am!

So, I've learned that puppies do some really strange things.  Here's Chili in the dishwasher.  She's learned from Ginger that Barb needs help cleaning the dirty dishes when they first go into the dishwasher.  But on this day she just climbed in and lay down.  I guess maybe it was nice and warm.  Barb was unloading the clean dishes so there wasn't anything to clean.

She's also been seen trying to chew the corner of a cabinet in the kitchen and the corner of a wall.  Of course she does that cliche thing of chewing on people's shoes.  I don't get it.  Gross!  But I guess I like her pretty well.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Happy Sunday.

Six Word Saturday

birthday party, basketball games, police tour

These 6 words describe my busy day today.  See Show My Face for more Six Word Saturdays.

Happy Hour Friday

Thanks to Rxbambi , it's time for Happy Hour Friday!  Link up with her and tell everyone what you're happy about!

I was going to say that I was happy Chili hadn't had any "accidents" in the last several days.  But this morning she peed on 3rd-grader's coat.  It was on the floor (not where it's supposed to be).  She likes to get on something (a coat, a pillow, a pile of dirty laundry) to pee.  Grrr.  But then look at that face.  Can't stay mad at that!

I'm really happy that my 13-yr-old has decided to be in charge of his own laundry.  He's been doing it now for more than a week.  But would it kill him to throw a few other things in?  His last load was one shirt.  The one he wore yesterday so he could wear it again today.  At least it's clean.  A few weeks ago he'd have just worn it dirty. 

I'm happy to have channeled my inner Martha.  I organized my pantry.

Got the cereal boxes all in a row.  Put stuff in order by category.  Used these pretty glass jars for pasta, rice and nuts.  (Look at the difference in color of two brands of brown rice.  Huh.)

I'm happy that I'm able to get some cardio back into my workouts.  My ankle is still "on the mend" rather than all better, but it can take some exercise.  I just need to be careful not to re-injure it.

I'm happy I got to spend time with my sister this week.  And she helped me with menus, too.  I asked her on Tuesday what she was having for dinner.  She said Italian beef in the crock pot.  So that's what I served.  Then yesterday I asked her what was for dinner.  Taco soup, also in the crock pot.  So that's what I served!  It was great.  Wonder what's she's making tonight.

I'm happy that one of my neighbors, one that I don't know all that well, sent me a gift subscription to a scrapbooking magazine.  That was really nice of her.  And totally unexpected.

Sassy's sitting next to me.  I'm happy she still does something she's done since puppyhood.  She chews on a blanket and kneads it like dough with her front paws.  Eventually, she falls asleep with the blanket still in her mouth.  It's precious.  Of course, she also chews the blankets into little pieces that I have to pick up from the floor and occasionally from the yard.  She only chews fleece, though.  Isn't that weird?

I'm happy that my Aunt Barb reads my blog then sends me encouraging and helpful emails.  Hi Aunt Barb!

K.  I think that's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by!  What are you happy about?