Family

26 08 2007

I have been a bad blogger in the last month.  Having and adjusting to a teen, who thinks she is a superhuman is WAY more work than we planned. After many of gray hairs, Ron wanting to kill her, and a few arguments, she is coming around….How frustrating though….She’s in School, working at the bank as a teller, and starting to understand rules are made for a reason…

 I also have had a problem with a 4-legged creature. It seems that Sugar, our golden-rot, will be on her last week. Hip dysplasia has made it so that I am carrying her outside, inside, to the bedroom.  I am really struggling with this and have called the vet just so they know I will be bringing her in sometime real soon.  She’s retaining water….but her tail still wags. I never thought I would see my Max outlive her.  So even though I ended up getting a job as a Controller Asst., my brain is not thinking about it….I know there is nothing I can do, but we’ve had her since she was 4 weeks old and she’s almost 9. 

On a better note, we are searching for a housekeeper/nanny. We have realized that Ron’s income just won’t do it all the way and since my sister is getting married in Mexico in May, we need a better cash flow.  And you can write off a nanny….so we will see.





the strangest moth…

21 08 2007

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appeared on my dining room tablecloth last night. Ryan thought he was a leaf until he moved.

We, after jumping to catch him, let him out to be in the trees.





The TomMater’s are a comin’!!!!!

3 08 2007

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I am getting very close  to the ripening of all the plants. So the rule is, eat tomatoes 24/7 in the house, take off the vines…..don’t care…..but it looks like some canning will be going on real soon.  I already have people wanting and ordering my Sphincter Salsa……It is time…..

And all of our japanese beetles seem to be happy….So happy, that they are swarning onto the Elm trees.

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 Happy Days!!!!