Our newest addition....

Yesterday I brought home our fourth dog: a black miniature poodle!! It's a 3 or 4 yo male named Devin. Poor guy....he is sooo nervous! Not to mention dehydrated....his neck skin will pinch up into a fold, yet he refuses to drink water! This morning we got him to accept some watered-down milk though. That's better then nothing! Hopefully he'll warm up to the water. I'm guessing that our water smells different then the water he is used to, and so he won't touch it.

I spent 3 hrs grooming him yesterday. Boy was he a mess! The lady I got him from is struggling to take care of her dogs, and so she's rehoming some of them. She felt really bad that Devin had gotten so unkempt....he looks beautiful now though!!

Before and after pics...it's pretty obvious which is which. ;)

~E

Go Fish Guys.

These guys are hilarious, and they speak some truth!

~E

Our movie...

OK, here is the latest C family video. ;D It's not completely done yet....I have to add some more scenes/edit some stuff. BUT, you'll get the idea. ;D Hope it makes you laugh! ;D

Here are some things I missed explaining: Zuma (aka Patsy) wins the race...that's one scene I have to add....we forgot to record that! :D :o

Grape jelly is an illegal substance in horse racing. (In our story, that is. ;D)

Once I get it completely finished I'll repost it.

~E

P.S. Make sure you turn off the blog music...this movie has some of it's own.

Random stuff...

Hey everybody! As you can see, I "remade" my blog!! Hope you like it. :) Oh, and I did take the pic that is behind my title. Neat, huh?!

I hope everyone's Christmas was nice....our's was pretty nice. We didn't do hardly anything though! Seeing as we've been sick with the flu/colds, we didn't feel like doing much. Mainly, we just sat around and talked! Or rested. The only thing we ate for Christmas dinner was velveeta cheese dip and chips. :D Boy, that was good!! (I know, terrible for you though. *rolls eyes*) Strangely enough it didn't upset my stomach. We also went to the dog park. THAT was an adventure. ;D First of all, Patsy has been having some...uh...tummy troubles from little ones feeding her old Ol'Roy dog biscuits. :P IOW, she's been pretty gassy the past few days. I thought that she was over it on Friday....apparently not because when we were about 10 minutes into our adventure she let off a good 'un. Whew! Had to air out the car....that happened several times. Then Pepper barfed....don't know why, either; she's always loved car rides before and never been carsick. Who knows....anyway, so we had to stop so I could clean up that mess. Once we made it to the dog park we were OK, although Dusty didn't think the other dogs were great; we'll be working on that. ;) He needs a little practice in socializing with his kind. :D Thankfully, he just runs and doesn't start fights. ;)

So there is my Christmas. Today we went to my aunt's birthday party. It was nice to see that side of the family again. We don't have a whole lot of contact with them. Other than that outing, I've pretty much just loafed around. I didn't get officially dressed until like 11 or 12. Once I did get dressed, I didn't do anything except for some fish tank/betta tank water changes. So, yup, lazy day!!

OK, well, hope you enjoyed the random news. ;D

In Christ,

~E

I'm sorry

I want to apologize for part of my last post...I was feeling a little emotional that day and wasn't thinking. If it hurt any of you, I'm truly sorry. I simply shouldn't have said some of the things I said. I'm going to remove most of it. :)

Also, I made a few other changes to my testimony...so if you're interested you might want to read it again. :)

In Christ,
~E

My "new" hair...

I got a lot of my hair cut off...so here are the pics!

Before:






After:

No, my face isn't all gray and smudgy like that. ;D

~E

My other blogs

I don't know if all of you know about my other blogs, so here are the links to them:

www.pets-n-me.blogspot.com

www.spawninglog.blogspot.com

I don't post very much on the betta one. Just a little FYI. ;)

~E

It's still me. :D

Yes, you're looking at the same blog! I just changed it....do ya like it? I think that sunset is wonderful....I believe that I took that picture. And if it wasn't me, it was my brother.

You know, several blogs I follow (http://www.femininefarmgirl.blogspot.com/ and http://www.asheracres.blogspot.com/) have been doing a "14 day thankful challenge" or something like that. I don't exactly have time to do that, but I did want to post some things I'm thankful for. :)

1) God saw fit to a) save both my parents and b) bring them together!! I think it's a wonderful miracle that out of all the millions of people in the world God chose my parents to save and bring together to have ME!!

2) I have 9 siblings, and while that sometimes seems like an awful lot, I know that it's the perfect number for my family. :)

3) I have a job that only God could have provided for me. He opened doors all over the place for me to get this job.

4) My mother is a sane and alive woman; last yr about this time we weren't sure about her sanity and she was wondering wether or not she was going to survive. Like I've said before, I'm going to write about out testimony. I AM thinking about it and haven't forgotten. :D

5) I own 3 wonderful dogs, two entertaining parakeets, numerous rainbow-colored betta fish (yes I'm thankful for them!! They are little miracles, really they are!), a stupid cat that I hate and love (:D), 6 bright, peppy adult finches, 2 of which are raising 4 chicks (another miracle!! I love watching little baby animals grow up into gorgeous adults!), and numerous other fish which I like but aren't as special to me. ;) Yes Jenna, I'm a fish person!! I used to be like you..."I had too many when I was little" sort of attitude. THEN my brother got a betta, and I was hooked. I've also found that breeding fish isn't quite as hard as it seems, and I think that's the most entertaining part of fish.

6) We'll possibly be getting chickens next year or the year after!! Grandma and grandpa finally agreed to let us have some....I'm going to see if we couldn't do some ducks, too. Goats, alas, are still outlawed. :P Ah well, perhaps if I get married and move off somewhere else!! :D

7) I love Casting Crowns' music. It speaks a lot of truth and a lot of it is simply beautiful!

8) Laughing and having a great time with either family, friends, or both!!

Well, I know I could come up with more, but I think that pretty much sums up the things I'm the most thankful for! So what are YOU thankful for today?!

In Christ,
~E

Back again!

Hey all...I apologize for my blog being unavailable. We had a little scare yesterday afternoon: some guy walked into Petsmart asking for me! To make a long story short, we suspected ID theft. :P Thankfully, we figured out who it was and everything was OK. I had just deleted my blog JIC. ;) But it's back now!! I do have one request: please don't use my name in your comments! I was OK with it before, but now that we've had that little scare, I think I'd rather not. ;) Thanks a bunch!!

In Christ,
~E

Just a quick note...

I'm so sorry I wasn't able to complete my "7 day FF challenge"....I haven't worn a single skirt all week. :P I"ve been sooo busy with grooming school....8 hrs a day. Wow. Up at 5:15-5:30 (that's early for me. :D) and home by 5:30 or 6. By then, what's the use of putting on a skirt? Anyway....I'll complete it this weekend. :)

Talk to y'all later!

Love in Christ,
~E

Sunday evening fun.

Tonight my sisters were practicing hopping over the banister; I got some pics of it, too. ;D

Isn't little one cute?!? She's the 3 yo. And supposedly not feeling well right now. Heehee, I kinda wonder about that. ;D

Check out the video I put at the bottom of my page...it's the Slow Fade music video.

In Christ,
~E

What's going on today...

Does anyone struggle with being irritable a lot? I do.....it's hard to admit, but I do. It's not that I walk around all frowny and upset, it's just that little things upset me. Little sister doesn't come into the kitchen to help me when she should; I get upset with her. Little brother is being foolish (again. ;D) and I snap at him. I've really been trying to ask for God's help with my weakness there....and He does help me when I ask Him. But how often do I ask for His help? Not as often as I should. How often do I just try to do things in my own strength? WAAAY too much. Sadly, I'm pretty stubborn. I want to justify myself for getting upset with my siblings and therefore eliminate the need for God's help. Really, the battle is half won when I"m willing to admit to God that I'm wrong and need His help in something. In my own strength, I am nothing. But "I can do all things through Christ which stregtheneth me" (Philippians 4:12)





Today is cleaning day....oh boy, that in and of itself could get me down. ;D Our cleaning always seems soooo overwhelming at the beginning!! Thankfully, we're almost done. Just have to vacuum/mop my room. Really, it wasn't as bad as it looked at the beginning. You know how when you sit and talk about what needs to be done that day it all seems almost too big to handle? Once you get going, it seems to get less. Once the cleaning and other necessaties are done, I'm going to work on our latest home movie!! I came up with it. Here's the story line (disclaimer: it's meant to be excrutiatingly corny. That's my family's style with stories we make up!).

The two fastest pacers in the land are going to have a match race.




It's all arranged, and the owners are training for it. M knows that


her horse is slower, and knows she has to do something about it or


she will lose her fame. She researches ways to pump a horse up,


and decides on purple grape jelly. Meanwhile, D is training her


horse for the race; twenty miles a day at a fast gallop. Patsy is in


top form; she isn't even blowing after those twenty miles and


wants to run more. D knows she has a great advantage.


The day of the race:


Minutes b4 the race, M secretly feeds Pepper several spoonfuls of


jelly and sends her out to the wire. D straps her horse to her jockey


and sends Patsy out, too. The crowd cheers wildly. The horses are


ready and prancing. The bell clangs and they are off!! The horses


power down the track, both striving for the lead. Patsy is ahead by


a nose. Pepper tries harder. For a minute, it looks like she'll make


it!! Then, the jelly wears off and she falls back many lengths. Patsy


is the champion of the race! !






After the race:






M congratulates D. Suddenly, D sees a spoon with purple jelly in


M's purse. M is mortified. The officials penalize M heavily and


take away her racing privileges. M pleads for a lighter sentence,


and promises never to cheat again. The officials relent: she only


has to pay the $1 million but still gets to race. M is radiant!!


The end.


This afternoon I hope to get a lot of it filmed; I already got Patsy running for her workout. I loaded her up in the car, drove her to a spot in the neighborhood that's a ways away from our home and let her out to run beside the car. She loves it!! We average about 20 mph; I'll take her out again today to get a few more shots at different angles. (BTW, I'm not the one filming; I drive. ;) Sis' takes a video....) Then I'll get all my siblings together and we'll get the rest of the movie done!! ;D We've done several already. It's a great way for us siblings to spend constructive but fun time together. And it creates lots of good memories. I mean, some of the bloopers we get are hilarious!!

In Christ,
~E

It's Monday again.

Monday....they always seem like the hardest! I went to work at 8 this morning. Had a super boring day though. :P I think I bathed all of 4 dogs. I'm supposed to do 10. :o Yeah, not good! But, one of those dogs was the cutest 4 mo cockapoo!! Stank to high heaven, (dog pee) too...I felt queasy at my stomach. He'd just been adopted, and you know how dogs up for adoption don't get cleaned very well. Even though I used probably 5 different shampoos and washed him about 10X (yeah, two washings with each shampoo. :D) there was still an odor. That stench was as tenacious as skunk smell!

We have a new market in my city called New Flower; it has the best produce prices, and the produce is wonderful!! I bought 3 bags of their peaches today. Mom will make a peach pie with them. Yum!!

In Christ,
~E