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sighs
07:47 Apr 23 2009
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And here it is almost midnight for me and I am just getting onto VR for the day...

Today was nuts and crazy all at the same time.

Well.. I need to be in bed by midnight.. I think at this rate I may have to start drinking coffee again...

COMMENTS

PhoenicianDream
23:43 Apr 23 2009

If coffee doesn't work. I recommend Fast Lane tea, from celestial seasonings. I'm pretty sure you can only get it on their website. It's the caffeine version of crack. Waaay more caffeine than coffee and it doesn't give me that sick feeling when I drink a lot of coffee. Erm unless you're sensitive to caffeine, then just stay the hell away from it.

Silverbow
07:56 Apr 26 2009

!!! I am SO going to find this stuff.. You are rocking!

Theban
14:21 Apr 30 2009

Sounds like fun, I wonder If we do it over here!

Catching my breath
06:26 Apr 22 2009
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So I have spent the last 24 hours trying to get things around my house done and catching my breath.

I got asked about the things that I do in a day and so I started going through them and realised.. I am a busy person.

I never foresaw myself being this busy on a day to day basis. Between the kids, the house, the volunteering, VR, SNA, Gor and making sure I am online at a specific time to talk to KO while he is deployed.. Its a wonder that I have some sleepless nights.

And yet there are still things that are left undone at the end of the day and I find little time for just me when all is said and done. KO is unhappy with that and has scolded me already. The kids have noticed I have become short tempered with them a lot more, but I chalk that one up to being tired of repeating myself with them.

I have cut my volunteering back to only three days a week and about 4 hours a day, but still I am feeling that I am not getting things done. Its frustrating.

Blah and I am rambling. What I intended to post when I started this was that I am behind on my journal reading. I have approximately 35+ journals that I read on a regular basis and I hope to start getting caught up with them here within the next week.

COMMENTS

moonkissed
15:52 Apr 23 2009

family needs to come first SilverBow. KO and the kids really are the most important thing right now.

*hugs

Heroghans
05:36 Apr 14 2009
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I heard back on my application that I put into a group who puts together Heroghan's for Fallen Military Members. All the squares for the heroghan's must be in the colors of red, white and blue and measure 12 inch. I had to make a commitment of 2 to 4 squares a month to be sent to the assemblers to be put together.

Now I need to design a card to attach to each square saying who I am and where I am from, so that the family knows who helped with the projects.

I have been trying to get into this group for a few months now and I feel it is a great thing. There are so many stories that I have heard from people who have helped with these heroghan's and they move you.. They make you think.

I do not like to think about what I would do if I lost KO but I know that is always a risk. I know that because of our affiliation with the military we are at a higher risk of the possibility of death. But I knew this going into this relationship and marriage.

So.. You may see from time to time me post images in my journal about the heroghan's or the squares. They are just another way for me to contribute to the military community.

COMMENTS

MirageInAComa
05:39 Apr 14 2009

What do you mean?

Show me.

LadyChordewa
01:26 Apr 18 2009

That sounds incredible. Good luck!

Puppies
23:40 Apr 07 2009
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Well Ela is no longer with us, her stop in our life was short as we knew it would be upon receiving her yesterday.

I hope that a good home is able to be found for her but she is in the best hands. I wish that we could have kept her but we where not ready for a puppy..

KO asked why I took the puppy in the first place, knowing we could not keep her, I said that I could not leave her where she was.

It was a restless night for us all, Ela included. Lots of barking, lots of whining, lots of whimpering. Most of it from the dog. :)

Wolfbite ended up letting the dog sleep on her bed during the night so we could all get some sleep.

COMMENTS

sahahria
12:47 Apr 08 2009

You did the right thing. After adopting Megan when she was 1.5 years old, I wish that the homes that had her prior to me had the same sense- and had gotten rid of her sooner.

When I got her she was afraid, and if it wasn't for Holmes I simply don't know how she would have adjusted. But I was very lucky to have a dog that loved her from the moment he met her as he trained her to our household. Now I can't imagine not having her.

But still the years of abuse pop up now and then, even with her having been with me for 10 years. You gave that puppy a day of normal, so that it knows how to learn to adjust. That is a kindness you may never understand how completely it helped that dog.

Silverbow
01:47 Apr 09 2009

It was hard to give her up.. even knowing that I had too.

I made very sure to praise her every time she did something right and after correcting her for doing something wrong, I praised her again for correcting herself. She seemed to respond well to it.

The abuse became very evident through that night though. We had someone from a local shelter in our home observing her for about an hour. He watched how she interacted with us and our cats and said that it was good we where letting her and the cats work out their issues. He pointed out key things she was doing as well that showed definite signs of abuse.

Someday we will have a dog, that day is just not right now. :)

puppies
04:20 Apr 07 2009
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grrr.. I just HAD to say yes.. Call it a feeling..

The neighborhood kids down the street we had issues with came to our door today.. They asked, after knocking on many doors, if we would be willing to take their 5 month old puppy off their hands.

I took one look at those kids and sent Wolfbite down to get the dog.. They are mean vicious little brats and I could not imagine a puppy in their claws.. there are for of those kids, two boys and two girls.

The puppy was so excited to be in Wolfbites arms she was wiggling all over the place.

Currently Ela is curled up on my feet as I type. I cant keep her and am actively looking for a home for her. I have a few options that where given to me in the few hours since Ela came into our lives.

I do not know her full pedigree only that it is mixed, the main contributor being German Shepard. She is adorable and I really wish that we could keep her but it is just not possible.

So why did I say yes? Still trying to figure that out.. sighs.. KO is going to kill me if I cant find a home for Ela.

Edited to add a picture.

This is Ela