Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Events of the day

Tried out a restaurant for lunch today that I either have never been to or only went to once many years ago. I went to Beauregard's. I would go again. I especially liked the fried pickles.

I saw the young lady today that stole packages off my porch when I lived in the apartment in Madison! I never thought I would see her again but hopefully she is staying out of trouble now. I'm not sure she acted alone but she was the only minor involved so she took the blame for everything knowing that even if I pressed charges she wouldn't get in too much trouble. I chose not to press charges and what she still had she returned and what she didn't she paid for.

Spent lots of money today at walmart and Lifeway and petsmart. I just got food at petsmart and just needed items at walmart and well, lifeway............

Oh, I also went to gamestop and got a game for the wii that may go to D&T and family to go with their new wii my parents and I got them for Christmas.

Got my vehicle registration renewed on the arsenal today. I was reminded when I went in the gate after lunch that Monday is Dec 1st and it expired the end of this month and of course the badging office is closed on Friday of this week as well. This caught lots of people unawares I guess according to the badging office. It was standing room only when I got there. Luckily I had a book in the car to keep me occupied while I waited.

Kept messing with a sore spot under my nose and it started bleeding and I thought it might NEVER stop. Thankfully it finally did though.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Newsflash

Carrabba's has holiday hours starting this Friday. They open at 11am everyday thru the end of December! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait to have some lunches at Carrabba's over the next month. Maybe I will even try some new things??? Don't hold your breath though!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

YUCK, MEDS!!!!!!!!!!





My kitties do NOT like Benadryl! Chance gags and Gracie foams at the mouth. It is a good thing I read on the internet that Benadryl reacts with the cat's saliva and can cause them to foam at the mouth or I would have been flipping out. Gracie didn't seem to like that experience at all. I thought it was rather amusing since I was prepared for it.

On Purpose for a Purpose

I just started an online bible study with Shelley Hendrix called On Purpose for a Purpose at www.atlantaencounter.blogspot.com. It is a study on Esther.

In her introduction online she talks about how she believes that each of us are here "for such a time as this". We are here at this time on purpose for a purpose. All that is true about us and all that has happened in our lives both good and bad God allowed on purpose for a purpose. I guess I had never thought about it in those terms before.

On Purpose for a purpose. Hmmmm. I'm just trying to let that sink in.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Chance & Gracie update

I took both kitties to the vet today and that actually went fairly well with them both there. I took them in the crate though as I don't think I could hold on to them both at the same time without one or both escaping.

They both got shots. Gracie meowed like it hurt but Chance just took it.

They did NOT hear a heart murmer in Gracie this time so hopefully that was just a fluke thing and she doesn't actually have one.

Gracie weighed 2.4 pounds and Chance weighs 3.4 pounds.

I mentioned the sneezing Gracie does and Chance sneezes or coughs some too and she told me to give them benadryl and how much so I will pick up some of that tomorrow and see if that helps any.

They didn't change Chance's splint but I have all the stuff to do it and actually put this last splint on so I took it off when we got home and it is still off right now. I am not sure what is best - to put it back on or leave it off. It seems to be growing some and maybe slightly stronger since he got this different splint where the paw sticks out of it. It is kind of a catch 22 situation as far as leaving the splint on and taking it off.

I saw Dr. Johnson again today and saw Dr. White on the way out. He asked about Chance and I mentioned the surgery Dr. Johnson told me about and he commented that yes, there were some other things we could do so maybe I will try to see him the next time we are there if he is there. I don't want to put Chance thru a ton of stuff but it may be worth it to put a pin/plate in there to stabilize the foot a little better. I have some time to think about all that though since we can't do that until the growth plate closes up which will probably be several months down the road.

Unless they have problems before then, I do not have another appointment until we go back for shots in three weeks! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! And, my next appointment is on a Friday morning so maybe I can get back to the water aerobics on Monday nights.

Friday, November 14, 2008

November scrapbook challenge

I got three pages out of the stuff in our November challenge kit! I still need a soccer ball brad that a friend has for one of the pages but they are basically done.





I was supposed to get my oil changed today and get allergy shots but I haven't felt super well today so I decided I would just stay home and rest/relax until time to go out for the crop tonight. I have been extra tired for some reason lately.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

100 things about me

This is my 100th post and I'm told you are supposed to post 100 things about yourself on the 100th post so here goes........

1. I am a Christian
2. I will turn 40 on my next birthday
3. I have four nieces and nephews.
4. I have one brother.
5. I am the oldest.
6. I wanted to trade him in for a sister. (he wanted to trade me for a brother)
7. Mom said it didn't work that way.
8. I have twins in my family. (niece & nephew)
9. My grandfather was a pastor.
10. I was in the marching band in high school and played flute.
11. I was glad I didn't play tuba because the flute got very heavy after awhile.
12. I was born with a dislocated hip.
13. It wasn't discovered until I was several months old.
14. They hung me up by my ankles in the hospital after it was discovered. Only my head and shoulders touched the bed.
15. I wore a cast from my waist to my ankles for the first year of my life.
16. After that I wore a brace that kept my legs miles apart for about another year.
17. I'm told the cast and brace didn't really slow me down much.
18. I had my first kiss at the age of about three with an older boy in Germany.
19. The pictures suggest I initiated it!
20. I'm not quite sure what happened to that kid. (me)
21. I LOVE to read.
22. Karen Kingsbury is one of my favorite authors.
23. I enjoy scrapbooking.
24. I like having pictures but I don't really like to take them or be in them.
25. I've been on a cruise to Alaska. (this year)
26. I almost drowned once in a wave pool hanging on to the side.
27. I went to a private kindergarten.
28. I've lived in three states - Alabama, Texas (briefly), and Missouri. (one year)
29. I LOVE to travel.
30. I would like to see all 50 states.
31. I don't like to clean.
32. I'm taking water aerobics and love it.
33. I have diabetes. (insulin-dependant)
34. I like the smell of ink.
35. My favorite restaurant is Carrabba's.
36. My 2nd favorite restaurant is Olive Garden.
37. I was paddled in the 3rd grade - along with half the class.
38. I flooded my apartment once. (well, the kitchen)
39. I left the water running in the kitchen sink.
40. I was filling it up to wash my uniform for work.
41. I got distracted watching my soap opera that I watched at the time and forgot to turn the water off.
42. My roommate wanted to know why every sheet and towel we owned was soaking wet in the bathtub when she got home.
43. I've been camping - once.
44. That was enough.
45. I took piano lessons.
46. I played clarinet for a year.
47. I hated it - couldn't stand the reed. It was like that sensation of someone running their fingernails down a chalkboard to me.
48. I took gymnastics.
49. I hated that too.
50. I did cheerleading (pep squad) for a year or two around the 4th grade timeframe.
51. I am a pet owner for the first time as an adult.
52. I have two kittens.
53. I have a male orange tabby named Chance.
54. I have a female black & white cat named Gracie.
55. I didn't come up with the names for either of them.
56. I love going to women of faith conferences.
57. One of my favorite memories as a kid was seeing the Harlem Globetrotters.
58. I think I'm addicted to frappacino's.
59. I don't know how to sew.
60. I cannot sing (well).
61. I'm a little afraid of heights.
62. I want to get two dogs once I get a fence.
63. My favorite movie is Shadowlands.
64. My most recent nickname is rubber duckey.
65. I almost never remember my dreams.
66. When I do remember them it is just bits and pieces and I usually think they are weird.
67. My dream vacation would be to go on a cruise back to Alaska and do some things we didn't get to do before.
68. My dream house would be one that cleans itself!
69. I'm afraid of snakes.
70. Roaches and mice gross me out.
71. My grandmother used to call me her little angel when I was growing up.
72. I went by the name Shelly until I started 3rd grade.
73. I hate to be called Shelly now.
74. I wanted to go by LeAnne (my middle name) starting in 4th grade but my mother wouldn't let me change my name that I went by again.
75. We had dogs and cats when I was growing up.
76. The pet we had the longest was a german shepherd dog named Thunder.
77. I like to spend my days off with friends or family or just vegging around the house in my jammies doing something relaxing like reading or scrapbooking.
78. I plan to go on a hot air balloon ride for my 40th birthday next year.
79. One of the stupidest things I have done was when I was about ten and I jumped up into the air and landed flat on my bottom on purpose.
80. Knocked the wind right out of me and gave me an instant headache.
81. One of my most embarrassing moments was when I was sliding down the stairs at my grandmother's house on my stomach and my pajama bottoms didn't come with me.
82. I bought my first house a few years ago.
83. My favorite ice cream is blue bell strawberries and homemade vanilla.
84. I enjoy an afternoon nap when I have the opportunity.
85. One of my favorite scriptures is Romans 8:38-39.
86. I have a webkinz account.
87. I like to watch Dancing with the Stars.
88. I enjoy playing Sudoko.
89. I'm currently reading the Yada Yada Prayer group series and they are very good.
90. I'm also currently reading The Uncommon Woman and it is good as well.
91. I can't wait to do Beth Moore's new bible study on Esther.
92. I enjoy doing counted cross-stitch but haven't done it in awhile.
93. I love bath and body works stuff.
94. Don't wear perfume much anymore but when I did my favorite perfumes were Red Door and White Diamonds.
95. Most recent movie I saw at the theater was Fireproof.
96. I bought my first pair of reading glasses about a week ago. (lowest strength)
97. I'm a huge procrastinator.
98. I'm a very sensitive person which I've found is one of my greatest strengths and also my biggest weakness.
99. I love banana milkshakes from red robin.
100. This was NOT an easy task.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

1st place

Cora's team got first place in the soccer tournament today. It was a very close game today and actually went into overtime! It was a good bit cooler outside today than it was yesterday and the other kids were freezing. They had on two jackets each but didn't have hats or gloves or anything. Mom, Dad, and I wound up each having one in our laps to try to keep a little warmer. I had Emma this time which surprised me. Ridgey is Gramma's boy so she had him of course and Dad had Colin. Mom, Dad, and I went to Arby's after the game and then they they headed back to Ozark and I headed to Kroger and then home.

I think I am going to get to stay home for the next two days. I hope to get a bit more cleaning done which I have been SO far behind on as well as some reading and my scrapbook challenge for Friday.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Cora's soccer tournament




My oldest niece plays AYSO soccer and she had a tournament today. They played two games in Cullman and won them both so she has another game tomorrow. I think that is the last game regardless of whether they win or lose. They played really well today - even Cora and she wasn't feeling too good.



The boys were "falling" over backwards in their chairs and thought that was so much fun. Ridge would hold onto Gramma and Colin would hold on to me while they pushed themselves over backwards.


CHOCOLATE TIME!!!!!! Gramma ALWAYS visits with chocolate of some sort and the kids love it of course.


Colin was trying to show me the candy in his mouth but I never got a good shot of it. (I'll have to admit I was sneaking him candy today)He also got $5 for finding Gramma's lost earring!

The kids are growing like crazy. I noticed that Emma seemed to be getting really tall and Ridgey has grown a good bit too. It is not too easy to pick him up anymore.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Awwwwwwwwww!!!!!

I just went to get something out of my room and this is what I found.......


Thursday, November 6, 2008

New toy




This is the new toy I got the kitties this afternoon. They are not spoiled in the least!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Gracie update

Yes, the black kitty now has a name! Gracie seems to fit her somehow.

The vet thinks she has internal parasites even though none were detected in her stool. She is on a liquid dewormer for five days, an antibiotic liquid for 14 days, some probiotic stuff you sprinkle on their food and special food until her stool improves. The special food will probably be the biggest challenge since I will have to be careful to remember to pick up Chance's food so she can't get to it for awhile. The special food they gave me is canned so not sure what I will do about leaving them tomorrow...if I will just leave them both put up or just not leave any hard food out??? I don't think Chance really eats too much typically while I am gone anyway, but......

She has gained 0.4 pounds since she last went to the vet last Monday so that is good. She weighs 1.8 pounds now.

Chance update

Chance saw Dr. White yesterday and he put the splint back on. He felt some curvature of the bone this time with the splint being off several days. We're going to do this for a few weeks and see how he does. He doesn't have full support in the splint but enough to allow him to use it more than he could with the full splint. His leg may be as good as it is going to get at this point. I just hope it doesn't revert back to the way it was to begin with. It did develop a little bit more of a curve while the splint was off but he still walked on it like he is supposed to. He gained 0.4 pounds since last week and is up to 2.6 pounds now.

He did pretty well at the vet this time. He still gets scared but this time he walked around on the table and sniffed everything and even played with the tech some! Usually he acts pretty spooked the whole time so I'm glad he seemed a bit mroe relaxed this time. The techs were fighting over who got to call him back! I am glad they like him there and shower him with love and attention.

He continues to act like he feels good and is pretty active these days so hopefully whatever was wrong was just a virus or something that made him so lethargic several weeks ago.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Her white spots


I forgot to upload a picture showing her white spots. She has a little place under her chin that is white also and stray hairs throughout her coat that are white as well. She is a pretty cat.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Various kitty photos


I love this picture! Yes, I gave her a bath. I didn't like how she smelled when I got her home. She still gets pretty stinky though! I am changing her diet to see if that helps any.


They almost look like they like each other here! It took some doing to get a decent shot of them together where they were not fighting.



I love this picture too. He and I were playing when I took this one. This was before the new kitty came along.

Chance was actually grooming the new kitty today! Of course that didn't last too long before he was biting her instead. It seems like they are having fun together even though it seems they play pretty rough sometimes - especially Chance. And I was worried about him getting bullied but it seems he is more of the bully.