In The Dog House

This was one of the best Thanksgiving I have ever had! It was the first time I actually hosted Thanksgiving dinner at my own home for one. I made pumpkin pie(actually made three of them and they all got ate!) for the very first time as well! We had a friend that has no family here in Texas come over, his name is Daniel. And Bruce's mom came here from Kansas to spend the holiday with us! It was so awesome, we all had a great time. It was so cool to have family here to visit us in Texas. It was just a blessed time! Only thing that could have made it better would have been to have my parents, my brother and his family present as well. But I am not making any complaints! It was perfect just the way it was! I cant even begin to explain how happy I was to have my mother in law here, and I look forward to many more visits from her in the future. The crazy thing about the week was the 7 dogs we had in our house! Yes I said 7. And none on them are little dogs! All big ones! We of course had our three boys, Blaze, Max and Gunner. Our friends Greg and Stephanie were out of town and asked us to doggy sit their two Lady and Molly. I just love Molly, she is a 10 month old lab mix that is so lovable and cuddly! I sure miss her now that she is gone back home. And then Bruce's mom came with her two dogs as well, Lacy and Sandy! So thats the 7! I am not sure that Blaze and Max have yet recovered but they seem happy to have their house back..LOL! Gunner seems to be missing the puppy and all the play time! I so want to have another dog myself. I miss those puppy years! I have wanted another dog for a while now but I didnt realize how much until we had all those dogs especially the puppy here. I keep trying to talk Bruce into getting one but not so sure he is going for it! But I will keep trying! Anyway, I am so blessed for what I have and I thank God for it everyday! God Bless!

ER Vet

We have 3 dogs and we officially have had each one at the emergency vet now! About 3 years ago Max had his trip, for a 2 big gash above his eye that needed stitching and draining because the fluid build up was putting pressure on his eye! A year and half ago it was Gunner's trip when he lost part of his tail in the garage door. This past week it was Blaze's turn! He was playing with Gunner and as Gunner bit down on Blaze's ear, Blaze pulled his head back. About 2 inches inside the ear out to the edge his ear was torn, looked like he had two ears it was almost split down the middle. So we take him to the ER vet, they had to put him under and sew his ear back together. He is doing fine now, on antibiotics and he had some pain pills the first day but has just been taking aspirin for the pain since. He doesnt seem to bother him too much except when we touch it to clean it and put on some neosporin. He isnt quite ready to play with Gunner again yet but he will be soon I am sure!
God Bless!

Passed!

Wohooooooo I passed my PPR test. Only missed 7 out of 80 questions!! My score was 284 out of 300, just needed 240 to pass so I passed big time! It feels sooooo good to have it over finally. Now I just have to wait on the state to make it official and mail me my Texas Teacher Certification!! I am really wanting to stay in special ed so to do that I will have to take another test specializing in special ed content material, but its all good! I am certified now and can now teach PreK through 4th grade if I want and do special later! I am in so need of a break from all the studying and pressure I just may wait a while but I really havent decided yet. I guess when God is ready for me to take that test I will know it! God Bless!

Our 1 year Anniversary!

I have been SOOOOOOO Busy that I really havent had time to get anything posted on here! Last weekend Oct. 27th was our one year wedding anniversary. We went to Plantersville, TX (about 70 miles north of Houston) We went to the Texas Renaissance Festival. It is the biggest renaissance festival in the nation! And it was AWESOME! We had such a great time, we may go back next year it was defiantly worth the 4 hour drive there and 4 hour drive home! If you have never heard of Cast in Bronze, you MUST here it! Its incredible. We first heard it at the renaissance festival near hear in Fort Worth this past spring. Its an midevil instrument called a Carillon. Its a 4 ton instrument consisting of 35 different sizes of bells. Go to http://www.castinbronze.com/index.php to read the history of it and hear segments of some of the songs. Anway he was performing at the Texas festival last weekend too so we got to hear it again! I can just sit and listen to it for hours! And now I can! We have all of his CDs and DVD. Bruce bought them all for me last weekend! It was so good just to get away from Fort Worth and away from everything and just spend the entire day with each other no computers, no studying and no cell phones! Just the two of us! That doesnt happen very often so when it does I cherrish the moment!! I praise God for the oppurtunity! God Bless!