The puppies, Tuvok & Janeway, are now 4 mos old. My SIL came by on Tuesday night and gave them their first haircut. Here they are before:
And, their hair – wow!
And after! 🙂
JGirl was up most of the night last night. When I finally got her to sleep at 2am, I put her in bed only to realize I was soaking wet. And, so was she. I stood over her crib for about 10 seconds contemplating the ramifications of leaving her to sleep – wet – in her own crib. :(  Well, after changing PJs – hers and mine – and a new diaper – just her ;-) – it was about 4am the last time she cried in my arms. About 6am Eric came and put her in her bed and I crawled into mine for about 2 hours of sleep. But I woke up with a big headache.
In about an hour we head out to see if the runny nose that she had this weekend is now an ear infection. I’ll be REALLY surprised if it isn’t.
She’s is walking all over the house and extremely happy – but I am really dragging. Fortunately my headache seems to be gone for the moment.
Funny how just being tired can mess up my perspective! Praying tomorrow is better!
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Today it’s….
- Spiced Cider by the cup
- My quiet home
- My FIL dropped by and asked if for a Christmas present would I like him to install the new-to-us stove and hood that’s sitting in the garage! YES!!
- Bible studies by Kay Arthur that I bought sooo many years ago but only recently rediscovered.
- The fact I have onions in my garage. I looked twice two days ago – no onions. Today I wanted to make white bean soup….I look again in garage and there is a complete bag of onions!
- I also found the extra bag of yams I bought – yum!
I truly believe that if you can find joy in the little things in life, you will live a happy life.
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Found this at Nancy’s blog (green), who found it at Ginny’s blog (blue like me) and Jennifer‘s (Purple!! how did I miss that one??- Maybe Eric will let me have a purple tree!)
You Should Have a Blue Christmas Tree |
 For you, the holidays represent a time of calm, understanding, and peace. You avoid family fights, and you don’t get too stressed out – even when things are crazy! You like to make Christmas about making everyone’s life a little bit better. You don’t get caught up in greed or commercialism. You’re too sincere for that. Your blue tree would look great with: Lots of silver tinsel You should spend Christmas Eve watching: It’s a Wonderful Life What you should bake for Santa: Chocolate chip cookies |
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I’m learning that this time of year I can get very sad.
Eric is decorating. He loves all things Christmas. In his family Christmas was a part of the “goody-goody season” that started on his birthday in early November and included siblings’ birthdays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Nonstop festivities and family.
I have great memories of Christmas too. But I also can’t help but wish Joshua was here too. There should be a 6 yr old here in addition to our 1.5, 7, 12 and 13 yr olds. Added to my sadness today is that I saw Joshua’s picture at my mother-in-laws on Thursday and I didn’t recognize him. How could I not even recognize him? The very thought just makes me feel so sad.
Every year at this time I start to get sad about the time we decorate. I am learning to just give myself time to grieve and then get on with enjoying the kids and trying to make memories of them. So, here is your warning….You will probably be hearing a bit more about my grief walk as we go forward. I’m so thankful for a way to process all my emotions. Thanks for letting me share them!
