Rain Storm= Perfection!

This day has really been a good one! And it's only half way through!!

Woke up this morning in a good mood. Josh and I had fun walking the dogs. And my DEAR amazing friend Nicole invited me swimming tomorrow! Which is perfect because I have been really wanting to go. And to top it all off it is now storming!! My garden has needed the rain! Plus I'll be able to get the t post out of the ground. It even hailed a little! Not enough to finish totaling the car but hey every little bit helps! ;)

This weekend was a ton of fun! I hung out with a friend from high school and had a blast. We walked around down town talked and looked through a few shops. I even helped him find a few cuff links for his brother. My best friend and her family threw my a mini birthday party since they are going to be gone on my ACTUAL birthday! Love them! Her husband grilled and there was mac n cheese and mashed tators (the veggies for the night lol) Along with a very yummy cake!

Then her husband helped me get my nephews car seat properly in the car. They are amazing people, let me just tell you.

I watched my nephew all of Saturday night and part of Sunday. He was a great baby! And so precious!! The only bad part was that Joshua was at his parents all day Saturday. But he was a huge help Sunday when he got home. He moped, did dishes and even did some laundry along with helping me feed my adorable nephew Lane! It was all so cute!

Josh even cooked fillet mignon and some vegies on the grill for me.... I LOVE grilled food. I am so thankful his parents let us have their old one, now we can grill when there is snow on the ground!!

After church we went to an ice cream social and had even more fun!

Can I just say that I am so blessed and so thankful that God led us to this church? There are so many great people there and I love going to church and learning something new every Sunday. For example last night Pastor Brad spoke on the cost of worship and it really hit home that I haven't been giving God the time he deserves and when I do I haven't been giving him my full attention.

By the way Goblyn is so much better. He is pretty much his old self...sometimes a pain in the butt but hey I am so glad he is better! We are still giving him his meds though, he has like 12 more I think. As soon as we walked in the door from the social it was like he was a brand new dog, not at all the sick dog we had left only a few hours before. He is even eating....everything...again...

Gotta go! The rain stopped so nows the best time to get those posts!!

Today is a better day!

Goblyn does have parvo. And yesterday was a really hard and stressful day.

And I'm going to tell you about it because we don't read blogs for that same old mechanical stuff. The best ones are when real people talk about their real lives, so that's what I'm going to be doing from now.

Yesterday I wrote about how the vet bill may end up being $300. It turned out to be only $124, which as much of a blessing as that was it was also a little bit of a gut punch. We hadn't planned for that money to come out. So we are skating on ice. It seems like for every amazing blessing God has given me, the devil has provided substantial blows. But like I said yesterday the hardest part is usually before the end.

I cried in the vet office yesterday when they told me he was positive for parvo. I love the Pea Ridge Vet Clinic they were so patient and kind with me. Which in its self was a big help. I cam home and my best friend offered to take me to lunch and let me borrow her vacuum/shampooer which was such a big help! I love her and her family so much! I came home and started cleaning and felt so drained. I haven't felt that drained in a long time.

Joshua came home and was a big help. He finished shampooing the carpets and helped me take care of Goblyn. I know he loves me with out a shadow of a doubt and I know he knows I love him. Even if we don't always tell each other or get upset with one another, we will always have each other.

Then this morning I found out another dear friend of mine lost her job. Which I hate for her, but it actually helped me. She stayed so positive and kept her calm. And through encouraging her I realized I was saying the things I had forgotten. Like God has bigger and better things in store and he IS and ALWAYS will be in control.

One thing I keep forgetting is God will never give us something that is too big for HIM.

I leave you with that. Mull it over and chew on it. Let me know what you come with!

FML seems to be on repeat today.

aka sometimes is better to be cynical and not trust people.

That if you notice is also what I tweeted this morning. And so so true.

Goblyn kept throwing up last night, and I have to shampoo the carpet in the bedroom, I barely got any sleep, Josh was a pain in the butt, and I went out side to water my plants and my legs became covered in seed ticks. So I think FML covers that. But wait I'm not done, Goblyn has been sick for going on three days. He was acting a lot better the first night but it has gotten worse. I called the vet and if it is parvo it's going to be $300. We dont freaking have $300! The previous owners told us he had all his shots but since they were moving lost the paper work, which hey I understand thats fine. But if they lied I am going to be absolutely ticked off. We haven't had the chance to get either Goby or Duchess to the vet to redo their shots. I guess now I don't have a choice with him. I'm going to have to set up appointments for the rabies and parvo for her and I suppose both for him for like next month.

Not to mention I am getting so ticked off with people. I mean why can't they grow up and act like adults? And why can't people get off their butts get a job and be REAL HONEST HUMANS. I have a bunch of stuff for sale that people keep trying to scam me on. And I don't understand why it is only scammers I'm getting. I have nice crap okay? And I ask good prices PLUS I do bunches of 'or best offer' so wtf???

I know God teaches lessons and you go through trials but this has been a LOOOOONG trial. Maybe we're getting closer to the end since it's getting harder, I don't know. I am just going to keep on reading my bible, praying, and listening to the bible.

Sorry this is a pretty big venting post. Happiness will come soon!

New, New, New!

Woohoo! There are a bunch of new things i get to tell you about today! Aren't you so excited!?

Lets see I think I'll start with ebay! I've started trying my hand at selling a few things on ebay, let me tell you it is not easy when you do not have internet at home! Which we are working on and will hopefully have soon! Very soon!(At least before the new season of Leverage starts!) But I am getting better at this!

Next!!

My GARDEN! I have NO pictures for this one, but let me tell you I am one proud garden-parent! I have my 7 tomato plants planted. I have my spot for the strawberries ready! and after them I will be planting my Autumn Joys! I am so excited! Can't tell you! I have the spot for my Zucchinis. But I have to figure out where I want to put my squash, my spearmint, and I have to nurture my cucumbers back to health before I decided where to put them. Actually I'll get the spot picked out while they are coming back to life.

I don't know if I ever told you about the Goblyn incident or not, so I'll tell you just incase. So it was a nice sleepy morning and the doggies had to go potty. Pretty sure it was a day that Joshua worked half a day, so I got up put them out on their chain(which is actually a rope with a clip on it!) and went back to bed. I never thought that murder would happen. Joshua got up to see what the dogs were barking at.

And Goblyn had completely scattered my 13 cucumber plants, we thought 6might live, but now it only seems like 2will. Hopefully two, if not then just one will, and that just one is an itsy-bitsy baby! Literally, just started to pop out of it's seed! So pray for that little guy! (Which by the way, thank you so much for your tomato plant prayers! They are definitely working!) He also broke the pot that the Basil was in, nocked over and dug out my Bamboo plant(which Joshua and I have had since a few months after being married) So I am working on that surviving, because it is about to die! Definitely not happy. He bit one of the heads of the bamboo off.

But he did NOT touch the Tomato plants, which is good. He didn't go after them because I had already gotten on to him for trying to take their stakes to chew on. Yeah so for about an hour after I found out what he did he didn't come near me. So that is my Goblyn story, I hope you enjoyed it way more than I did.

Up Next: New Hair

Not a new cut, but I did dye it. Last night. It was the first time I have ever dyed it on my own. And let me tell you it was scary! I got out of the shower and cleaned off a piece of mirror to see what I had done and I was scared to death! It was blonde on the roots and the strands were BROWN!! So I was like, "okay, mom is going to kill me! I'll have to call her in the morning." I threw it up in a bun, and went to bed. And it totally still smells like ammonia!

Of course I still don't have pictures! But I will take some this evening and post them tomorrow! This is a totally naked post!! haha