Safely Back Home

I am glad to announce that our girl is back at home. I went to pick her up this morning as soon as they opened and when the nurse brought her out, she was soooo excited to see me, I was worried she'd giver herself a hernia!! She whined for a few minutes after I held her, as if to say, "Mom, do you know what you put me through?" I just held her, trying to juggle paying the receptionist, keeping her in my arms (they're not supposed to walk) and signing papers. I had her bed all set up in the car and when she got in the bed, she rolled around it happily...... When we got home, I put her water in front of her and she drank it vigorously until ALL of it was gone. She must have not drunk at the vet's office very much at all. Now she is happily sleeping in a ball right beside me and the stitches look good. I am so happy to have her back home with us :)

Bella

This morning, bright and early, I had to take Bella into the vet to get fixed. UgghH!! This killed me.....first of all because of not knowing anything about this vet, I just had to take it for granted that they were going to be kind. I know, I'm just admitting it now- I'm a serious dog lover , especially my pooch. All of this morning, while getting ready for the vet , Bella was at my feet knowing something was going to happen. She gets so excited to go for a car ride and when I got her leash out she went crazy with excitement.... I just kept thinking, "O Bella, you have no idea what's coming.." As we pulled into the parking lot and I took her in the door, she was definitely NOT happy. First of all, right inside the door was a Giant Mastiff looking her straight in the face probably thinking, "I wonder if you squeak?" or "how much chewing could I get out of you?" Well, the receptionist came and switched leashes with me, and just took Bella and placed her in this room (probably with dog cages) - Bella reluctantly followed. 

Grant it, this problem is probably my fault because Bella never goes into her cage unless we are gone from the house. We let her sleep with us....so she had a serious reality check, I'm sure. I know that this a common surgery, but nevertheless, she's my baby and I hope everything goes well. She's there overnight and I can pick her up sometime tomorrow.  

Just one of those nights........

Ever have one of those nights where you can't think of anything but sad things? Well, as you might have guessed I'm having one of them tonight. Everything's pretty quiet around here: Chris is sleeping, Bella is sleeping- I'm the only one who seems to not be able to enjoy that luxury. Our college that we attended is starting up tomorrow back in Tennessee and I'm remembering all the fun times there and the different memories that are there....and missing friends that are there. A.K.A  Nikki, Matt, Mike, Justin, Danielle and so many others. I miss you guys!! 

Then my thoughts move on to my home in Ohio.... I miss late-night talks at Joel and Deena's house with mom calling me 3 or 4 times to see if I'm coming home yet ;) (love ya mom!) I miss mom and I's spur-of-the-moment mall trips just so we could get a cup of Gloria Jean's coffee, an Auntie Anne's pretzel and steal some good deals from Christopher and Bank's! I miss my B.F.F. Maggie ( remember that Mag?) and all our weird, but extremely fun times together. And I never thought I'd say this but I even miss the state of Ohio. And that is a HUGE accomplishment....(After 19 years of living in the same house, and everything being the same, I kind of wanted to get out and see new horizons) but as they say, "There's no place like home." Dad, I even miss you saying, "Whatever!" I'm learning the older I get to never take such a great family, like mine, for granted. 

Don't get me wrong, I love where I'm at now and I'm enjoying getting to know my in-laws better. Life changes but the changes are good for us and are exactly what God has designed for us......I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful husband, a great church, a great family (on both sides), great friends and last but not least, a great God! 

I'm sorry if I've just depressed all of you that are reading this but it's nice to be able to write my feelings down and get them out. I don't know- maybe I shouldn't write sentimental blogs at night when I'm tired and my emotions are very vulnerable, but a life can't always be perfect- there will be sad times, and glad times. If we can remember what is what like to go through the  sad times, then when we get to the glad times, we don't take them for granted..........

FINALLY- off to bed..............

My Free Piano

So indeed we did end up getting the piano and it is safely moved into the house. It is a very, very old piano, but surprisingly in pretty good condition. I'm going to have to have a tuner come to look at it and tell me everything that needs to be done, but once it is totally restored it will be beautiful! I'm so happy to have my own piano now...

P.S. I'm still looking for a piano bench though :)

FREE??!!

I'm sure all of you know by now that I LOVE the piano and have wanted a piano for a long, long, time, but simply could not afford it...

Well, today a good friend called me from church and told me that she had seen an ad in the paper for a piano in good condition, beautiful cherry wood, and the best part- FREE!!! I called the number in the paper and a sweet little old lady answered the phone and she said the only problem with it was that it needed to be tuned. Now, if that truly is the only problem then I've got myself a pretty good deal. She said that she had several people coming to look at- one one on Thursday and the rest on the weekend. I told her that I really was interested and asked if I could come tonight after Chris gets off work and she replied, "Well, I guess the early bird gets the worm!" 

SO....I really, really, really hope this works out. I have wanted and prayed for a piano for so long and I hope this is it! I'll post later after we go look at it to let you all know how it goes....

A Riddle

Okay.....try to figure this one out:

1. There is a man found dead in a phone booth with slit wrists; there are broken holes on either side of the phone booth with broken glass and the phone is left dangling from the hook. Also, the trunk of the man's car outside of the phone booth is filled with guns, tackle, and fishing gear.
   

 WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKE THIS MAN DIE?

    

My day...

It's been a quite a day.......quite a day. My eye indeed feels better. Besides some redness, and slight sensitivity to light everything feels normal, so I probably just scratched the eyeball a little and it will slowly heal itself. It is amazing the small things that you take so much for granted until you have to live without it, and let me tell ya- living without being able to open your eye is NO fun - nope- no fun at all. Yesterday I tried to nurse my eye all day, keeping all of the lights out in my house all day and not stepping a foot outside. I did other things like keep a wet rag over my eye and put eyedrops in it frequently. I had already scheduled a recording last night at our church to record piano playing and singing, so I did everything possible to be able to do that. Well, I made it to the recording and went ahead and played a few songs with low lighting and everything worked out just fine. We were at the church until a little after midnight last night and were very exhausted when we got up this morning, so I can't really say the day ever had a chance of being a good day......

Ever met a person that all they can talk about is negative things and something is ALWAYS wrong, but yet they have all the solutions for everyone else's problems?? Well, I had the pleasure of dealing with such a person this afternoon for a few hours and let me tell ya for sure, there's nothing that'll make your day better than someone loading a ton of more problems on your back that you really could've lived without having. Well, anyway...it's not the end of the world but it's just amazing that whenever one thing happens bad in a day, EVERYTHING has to happen bad in the day. 

There were more aggravating things like Bella repeatedly getting in the trash , tripping and falling on my beloved backside, and the husband unexpectedly working overtime....

Oh Well....things could always be worse right?? Hopefully church tonight will help me  :) I am looking forward to our first class tonight with our teens!

P.S. While I am typing this, the dog has just accidentally fallen off the back of the couch and landed in between the window and the couch. I guess a tragedy always needs the comic relief!