Father/Daughter Day

Happy Valentines Day!!

My last post about the dog stated he got into poison. Well, he recooped just fine. Did spend the night in doggie hospital with several IV's. When we picked him up, he refused to look at us. Instead, he sat on the seat looking out the window. Would not acknowledge us at all.

OH...LIKE WE WERE THE PROBLEM!!! :) But he is back to normal and being a brat. I did tell the dog that the next time he decides to eat poison, it had better be something that will kill him and not a "oh, the poison won't kill him, but the complications of it will." How do you tell the vet no with a prognosis like that? But as I said, he's normal again. Chasing a vole outside right now. Digs them out and then plays with them until he accidentally kills it and then pouts that his "playmate" died. DOGS!

My youngest daughter is in a girls club at a local church called GEMS . They had a Father/Daughter night and so my hubby took her. They had so much fun building a potato car. Yes....a potato car! They raced him on a pine derby track and out of 6 races, my daughter lost only one!!!!! WAY TO GO!

POISON!!!

Stupid dog!
Nearly ended this blog!

That's as poetic as I can wax tonight. Coco is in the hospital tonight (1-12-09) because he decided to jump on a chair and take the asthma inhaler! I didn't know that he had done it and the next sound I heard was a clink and a whoosh of air that I initially thought was water. I thought he maybe got a water bottle somewhere. Instead, I found the inhaler with a tooth puncture in it.

Needless to say, albuterol is poison to a dog. This 12 lb. brats heart started racing. Then about 40 minutes later, he starts vomiting. The vet decided to send us to the vet hospital. Guess what? His potassium levels are low, but his phosphate levels were so low they didn't even register! So he had to stay and get IV treatments for both things, as well as a heart drug to slow the heart which was going 230-275 beats per minute.

He responded very well to the heart meds and the heart is back to normal as of this writing at 160 bpm. The rest will have to wait and see. We have an estimate on the bill for the hospital stay and both of us wondered how much euthanisizing him would cost comparatively. BUT since our youngest daughter is crying herself to sleep tonight, I think that is out of the question.

I will say I am thankful we took him in. A racing heart in a dog leads to heart arrest (heart attack in humans) and sure death. I would have hated to wake up and find a dead dog. That trauma on my youngest (and my hubby) I can live without!!!

Anyway, the vet says he'll be home tomorrow. We stopped by to visit him tonight before bed and he has an IV in his front leg and a HUGE collar around his neck. He's acting like himself and just looked at me as if to say, "You have got to be kidding! You can't leave me here to look like this." Wish I had had my camera!

Now for a little different news....For those of you who know us, you know we changed churches 3 years ago because our old church went Rick Warren on us. Well, our new church has finally created a web page where you can learn about our pastor and you can download his sermon series. Since he is a systematic preacher (meaning he goes through a whole book of the Bible), you can download his whole sermon series on almost any book of the Bible. His series on Revelation was excellent and that is available online to download! When we first started at Texas Corners Bible Church, he was just beginning Genesis. It took us just over 2 years (105 messages) to finish the book.

You are welcome to check out the web page at www.texascornersbiblechurch.org

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Yes, I'm posting on Christmas Day 2008. How weird is that! This December has been a crazy filled 25 days. The first week seemed calm enough, but then the second week was a whirlwind. Grandma came to visit and see the school Christmas program. We have the pics to prove it! After some shopping and a nice visit, she had to return home....just before the snow blew in!

And did it blow in! The last day of school before Christmas break for both girls was canceled due to blizzard conditions. Coco hates too much wind and getting too wet. So he spent his blizzard days curled up in Dad's arms because Dad couldn't get to work either. Then the weather calmed for a day, but stormed something awful on Sunday and church was canceled. So we had no real social contact for at least 3 days! Talk about making the girls (and mom) cranky!

But Monday, the 22nd, was no picnic either. It kept snowing and blowing and Dad had to stay home again because his boss called and told him to. And driving around on Tuesday and Wednesday was no picnic! The parking lots were snow packed and with mounds of snow pushed aside, try seeing what's at the corner when you get there.

So today .... on Christmas Day we finally have a little sunshine! The girls had opened their gifts by 7:30 a.m. and were onto the rest of their day. They both really liked what they got, considering they didn't have anything on a list. We just guessed at what they might like.

Coco got a couple of new toys and a pair of sunglasses and a scarf from Grandma! Of course, he wants to destroy both things and not wear them. I took quick pics and they're not great, but they'll suffice. :)

May all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!!

Thanksgiving!

Well, November shot by like a rocket. Whew! A lot has happened.

At the beginning of the month, my youngest daughter was in the Christmas parade. Of course, she wanted me to walk with her and it was windy and chilly. BRRRR!! The pictures did not turn out because my hubby was in a crowd and too cold and jostled to get a good angle.

Then my youngest daughter had a living history night at school. She drew a name from a hat and it was Laura Ingalls Wilder. She had to give her "speech" in first person...."Hi, I'm Laura Ingalls Wilder. As a young girl, I grew up in the prairie..." She did a great job. She was also to dress as her person. Do you know how hard it is to find a prairie girl costume? Thank the good Lord that our backyard neighbor, Amy, has a daughter who was a prairie girl for Halloween. She let us borrow the hat and skirt!

Once again, I had to smile at the sovereignty of God. Here is our little Michigander doing living history night. And who does God have her choose? A pioneer girl from South Dakota, which is where her Dad hails from and her Grandma and most of her cousins still live! Whether she likes it or not, God is making her learn more about the Dakota's than she probably ever wanted to know. :)

And my oldest wanted the Chex puppy chow/muddy buddy mix for Thanksgiving. There are pics of her licking the bowl. No big secret....she just loves chocolate!

Then Thanksgiving. Driving to family in Illinois with the dog! Quite a road trip!!! But we had fun. Like making gingerbread houses with Aunt Kathy and her grandkids. Our oldest made her house for Grandma and left it with her, but our youngest brought hers home. She wants to eat it so badly, but we're trying to hold off for a little while longer. I'm pretty sure it won't make it past the 8th (which is A. Kathy's & Karen's birthday...and our now late but wonderful Grandpa Leroy). Maybe we can dig into it then to celebrate their lives!