Yep, a post!!! Full of pictures!!!

**** If there are typo's please forgive me, I tried to use the spell check, but boogers it wouldn't work!!! I proof read it, but it's 5:32 AM, and I haven't been to bed yet... LOL..****

Here I am, 3 months later...LOL.. I am alive, some times not to much, but I am OK.

1st is GOOD news! They have granted us a re-modification on our home, so we are NOT losing it, not right now anyways! Thanks for all your prayers on that, as I know it helped.

We are trying to re model it some, as we were afraid to do anything to it, until we knew. They put a new roof on a few months ago, which is paid for through insurance. Our roof was very damaged in a bad storm, and have been waiting to see what the mortgage people were going to do, as the insurance check was made out to us and them. The new roof and gutters look nice. I don't have a pic yet with the new gutters, as it was a month later they replaced those. Also that big front window was damaged also, and will be replaced in a week or so, all paid for through State Farm :)

This weekend a friend of ours is putting in laminate hardwood floors for us in the hallway, living room and dining room, and tile in the kitchen and main bath. The main bath now is carpeted. UGH!!! We will keep carpet for now in the bedrooms, as we can't afford it. We used David's profit sharing money from Walmart he just received for this, as well as a friend is doing it cheaper. I will take pics and share when we are done. Can't wait to get this stinky, ugly carpet up!! The doc has told us we needed to do this for David's COPD. I hope it helps him. 

We also have added some cabinets in the kitchen. We have bought a few on Craigslist and some unfinished ones from Home Dept, that we refinished. Excuse the mess, as we were still working on it. If you can tell, I adore roosters!!! I LOVE them!!

All those are new cabinets!! I had so little cabinet space and counter top space, now I have more!! We still need to put new counter tops on the other counters in the kitchen that match these. It's so much more a workable kitchen now. We still have more plans down the road, as we try to save some money.

The dogs are doing great!!! We love them so much. Cookie has really filled out and she is so sweet and happy. 

As far as my health goes, I am OK. I am having some stomach issues with the gastroparesis, and my pancreas seems to have quit making enzymes, so the doc has put me on some big time enzyme pills. So far so good. If they don't work, it's back to the gut doc to see what else can be tried. I also saw my eye specialist yesterday, and she thinks I have had a small stroke, as the left eye isn't dilating like it should. The right one is fine, but the left is always way larger than the right. That's just one theory. My pressures (Glaucoma) is doing good on the 2 different drops I am using. I have some catarats, but not bad enough yet for surgery. :) I am having some strange things happen, like last week, my left leg was numb and hurting, and this morning I woke up and can hardly walk, as the legs so tingly and weak. One day, I hope they figure out what is going on. I am still using my insulin pump and love it. Just keep me in your thoughts and prayers, if you will.

The grands are doing well. We have # 16 coming on September 6th. She will be named Kynlee Faye. She is the 4th child to my step daughter Stephani. She will have 2 boys, 2 girl's!!! I will share pics when I get some. Can't wait!!!!

My oldest grandchild Taylor is a senior this year. Here is one of her senior pics. She is so pretty, smart and talented.

Here are Carrie's kids on the 1st day of school for the 2012-2013 year. She has a senior, her first child and her last child in kindergarten..LOL. With 2 daughters in 4th and 6th grades in the middle.

Here's Taylor.. Senior.. 12th grade.

Morgan  6th grade

Sydney  4th grade

Cooper   Kindergarten

   My oldest daughter, Aubrey, her 3 children on 1st day. They live in Mississippi. Matthew, Dominique and Briannah. I believe Matt is a junior, I do know that's right, and Dominique is in 5th and Briannah in 3rd. I believe that is correct. Hard to remember all the grades...LOL

Stephani's 2 oldest, Skylin, 1st grade and Jayden, 2nd grade. I believe. They live in Georgia.

My son's son, Brice isn't in school yet, but here is a pic of him. His parent's are getting a divorce, so please pray, Brice will be OK. They are sharing custody. Makes me sad, but things happened, and my son needs out of that relationship. 

Here is a pic of Brice and Jeremy, when they came to Ohio in July. They live in Arkansas.

 I don't have 1st day school pics of my step son's 4, but here are some recent ones.

Miranda 12years old.

Arryssa, 8 yrs old.

Kirra  6 yrs old

Daniel  3 years old.

They are all growing up, way to fast!!!!

Well, I am sure I could write more, but to those of you who read this much, thanks!!! I imagine I have lost some of my readers, as I am so bad at blogging. Some times, I feel that I am boring to y'all, and don't have great things to say, so I don't blog. I once again, will try to do better. I will not promise, as I hate to not keep promises. Please know that I love you all!!! If you were here, leave me some love please. I wish you all a great day and a great early fall. Was that a HOT and DRY summer or what? ACK!!! I love hot, but this one was extreme, and my body didn't like it at all!!

God Bless~

Debbie

Happy Memorial Day!!

MAY 28, 2012 - MEMORIAL DAY

We remember with immense gratitude those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today. "When America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." 

- Alexis de Toqueville

I pray everyone had a nice and safe day, and remembered the real reason for the day. David and I spent a quiet day at home, resting. I love y'all!!!

God Bless~

Debbie

Stressed.. Beyond that...

Oh what a stressful last few weeks we have had. Sometimes, it feels when you do good, something turns around and bites you in the butt.


You know how we rescue dogs. All of my dogs have been rescues. Sometimes when we rescue them, we know they will not be here forever, and sometimes we think, this one will never go. Well, we rescued our lil mini doxie, almost 5 yrs ago. She was a forever dog, or so we thought. She was David's Baby Doll to say the least. Her name is Baby. We named her that from the movie Dirty Dancing, "No one puts Baby in a corner!! She not only looked like a lil baby, she was David's Baby. It all started a few weeks ago, and we don't know why. Baby and Isabella, the Yorkie, started getting into fights. At first we thought, oh they are just playing. Then one morning I went to open the door to get the doggie door ready for the day, and Baby and Izzy, really got into it, I mean the kind of fights you see on TV, on the Dog Whisperer, the ones like he calls Red cases. I was screaming for David to come help me separate them, but he didn't hear me. I finally got them separated and they went out and did their morning business, and was OK. It happened again and David witnessed it and got them a part. Well, we went to my daughter's for Mother's Day and take her some furniture we were giving them. On Sunday after noon, Mother's day, they got into it bad!!! My son in law, Chad tried getting them a part. Baby bit him hard, through his thumb nail and hand. He literally had to pry open Baby's mouth to get her off Izzy's neck. We thought for sure she'd kill Izzy. We tried keeping them a part, but on Monday afternoon, we were getting ready to go to my granddaughter's softball game. I walked by and saw them all snuggled up on the chair on the patio and thought, wow, how nice, and walked into the room, to get my camera to take to the game. Well, I heard it again, and out I went and there Baby was at Izzy again. I tried to separate them but couldn't, and Chad once again got bit, and separated them. We were about to leave, so we were going to put each dog in their crate while we were gone. Chad took, Izzy and I picked up Baby. She looked me in the eye and bit my arm bad. I was devastated to say the least and in big time pain. Izzy had blood all over her head. I tried shaking Baby off my arm, and finally had to throw her off. She landed on her back on concrete and I thought I had broke her tiny back, but I didn't. Chad says she was still in fight mode and didn't know she was biting me, but she looked in my eyes, before she bit me. I haven't cried like that in a long time. It tore my heart up. So we kept them a part after that. if they even saw each other, through a gate, they went after each other. We had a decision to make. Either Izzy or Baby had to go. I love them both. We love them both. The reason, we decided on Baby was, David's COPD and her dander. He has a hard time with her shedding hair, and breathing.  Izzy and Cookie are shed free dogs. So some of y'all saw my Face book ad, begging for a good home for Baby. It was the hardest decision we have had to make in a long time. I also put a ad in Dayton's Craigslist, and Cincinnati's Craigslist. Several wanted her, but we decided on a couple from West Chester Ohio, down by Cincinnati, that just moved here from Tennessee, and had to re home their big dog they had had for 5 yrs to move here. They understood the heartache we were going through. She and her son spent a few hours in our home, getting to know Baby before they decided. They fell in love with her. If she is not with Izzy, she is a wonderful sweet dog. We still do not know what started the whole thing.


Here is a pic of my arm. Well several pics.

Here is a pic of the lady whom adopted her.

She is a very sweet lady, and updates us on how she is doing. We didn't ask a re homing fee, it wasn't about the money, we wanted a good home. Baby will be 7, July 7th, and wanted a good home to live out her older years. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers, mainly David as it was a hard decision for him. I actually let him decide which dog was to re homed. Since Baby has left, Izzy is calm and fine. When Baby and Izzy got into it, Bucky and Cookie would go in different directions to get away from the stress. After Baby bit me, Bucky was so upset. I picked him up and held him to calm him down. He was shaking and upset. That dog hates to see me cry.  He still seems sad. I am sure he misses Baby also. They have been buddies for 5 yrs. They both will be 7 in July, Baby the 7th and Bucky the 4th.

Needless to say, I didn't get pics of my Mother's Day. I also forgot the camera to take to Sydney's softball game. After all that, I didn't even think of pictures. 

I also hit my leg when I fell moving the furniture into the u-haul we rented. I look like a abused woman...LOL

My leg.. It goes across my whole upper knee. 

Otherwise, we are OK. I have a endocrinologist doctor appointment tomorrow. Hope my numbers are better, but with stress comes not good numbers. The pump does help although.

We still know nothing about the house. We should know they say by end of June. While we were up at my daughter's we kept our eye's open for a rental. If they take the house, we will be moving up to the Bowling Green area near Toledo, to be where my daughter lives. It is all left in God's hands now, and what he feels is better, will happen. I turned it all over to him. He knows what is best for us. We can't continue with this stress. We will not have a brain or a marriage left if something doesn't let up. God is Good, and I put my faith, and trust in my Lord and Savior. I am not trying to preach, but with him, all things are possible and I BELIEVE!!!

 David and I will be celebrating our Wedding Anniversary Thursday. 11 yrs married, 14 together.

I pray all of you are doing well and enjoying the spring. Summer will be here soon. It is supposed to be 90 degrees this weekend here. **SMILING**

I love you all!!!

God Bless~

Debbie

Catching up.

***Edit*** I did look back, and there has been 3-4 other times without comments, back in 2008.


I have been blogging for awhile. This is my 299th post. The last post I did, didn't get 1 comment. I think in my history of blogging I have never gone without any comments. I guess I have lost my followers. I have been bad about posting, so blaming myself. It has made me wonder if I should give up blogging at all. I do blog for myself and it's kind of a journal for myself. I haven't decided yet. Oh and I have been having problems leaving comments on blogs. I write them, then post them and they are gone! I may have found a solution. not sure. If I am on Google Chrome, it seems to work, on Explorer it doesn't. Do not know why. So if you think, I haven't been leaving comments, I have, they have just been disappearing.


Today, Saturday, I guess it's now yesterday was my Mom's 81st birthday. I talked to her on the phone tonight. She sounded pretty good. Last month she was in the hospital for a week, very sick, so glad she could celebrate today and is better. First pic is on her the day she was discharged from the hospital.

This is a pic from today, that my sister sent me. They had taken her out to eat for lunch at a nice restaurant in Charleston, SC. That's where I am from and where she and my family live. Well 2 of my sisters, my Mom, and nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and some friends live.

Here she is in 1972. Pretty isn't she?

I wish I could have spent the day with her, but money doesn't allow it. It's been since my sister's funeral, that I have seen her. That will be 4 yrs in October.

Happy Birthday, Mom, I love you!

On the 25th, Wednesday, my baby, my son, Jeremy turned 31. I am so proud of the man he has become.

Here is a pic of him with my grandson, Brice.

Very good looking guys, I must say!!! We should see them in July, as they usually come up that week of the 4th.


Taylor, my 1st grandchild had her Jr Prom tonight. She is 17, and Captain of her cheer leading squad. Here is a pic of her with her boyfriend, Garrett. Isn't she beautiful? She wants to become a pediatrician. 

Here she is by herself.

Back of her dress.

So PRETTY!!!!

Here are the 4 furbabies eating...LOL.. Little pigs!!!

Think they are pigs? 

I am living in that black hole again, not knowing anything about our house, etc., so I ask for some prayers please. This hole is lonely, dark and cold and I want out of it. Please if you pray, say one for me and David. Thanks :)

Well it's late and so I must close. If you were here, leave me some love. Have a good Sunday, everyone.

God Bless~

Debbie

Happy Easter

I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!

We will be spending a quiet day at home. I am cooking a ham, mac and cheese, brussel sprouts and David made some great home made cheese bread.

I made goodies for the neighbors again, but didn't get pics this time. I am sure you are tired of seeing those pics...LOL.

****EDIT****

Just thought I would come back and add a few  pics to the post. Our lil adopted grand daughter from down the street came and ate with us. Here is a pic of Amber at the dinner table. She ate everything but the brussel sprouts..LOL. She HATES them..LOL. We love them. Pic was taken with my cell so it's not real good.

Here is a pic of David opening a bottle of wine. And NO, Amber didn't have any. She's only 14. I did have a small amount. It was quite tasty.

Looks like David had already drank some with that expression. He was just being silly.

I gave Amber a Easter bag. She LOVED it.

Here she is with Bucky. She adores that dog!!! he eats up the love!!!!

Hope everyone had a great day!!! We did!!!

God Bless,

Debbie