Going Home

Wohooooo! Tomorrow we leave for Kansas for Christmas. I am so excited! Last year we were not able to go home for Christmas day. We were there a few weeks before Christmas but here in Texas Christmas day. I cant wait to get home, even though its 70 degrees here and 20 degrees and snowing there I am ready! LOL! Besides seeing family I will get to see 2 of my very best friends as well. I just cant wait!! Mom and I are going to go to Christmas eve service at her church I am really looking forward to that as well. Hope everyone reading this has a very Merry and BLESSED Christmas!! God Bless!

Candy Cane and her Brothers

More on Candy

I just love this little girl! She is the sweetest puppy ever! That's actually how she got her name, the woman Pat who rescued her and her litter mates named her Candy because she said she was as sweet as sugar! We have altered the name just a little bit. Her new official name is Candy Cane. Since she is a Christmas gift we thought that was fitting! He still call her Candy for short but I am liking the Candy Cane name!! Pat and Ed are the people we got her from. They run a dog rescue center out of their home and have done so for 30 years. These are the most incredible people they are almost 70 but the love the have for these dogs keep the going! It was defiantly a God filled plan that we got our little girl from them. They are need of help with the rescue operations and need some things around their house fixed. Bruce is going to do some handy man work around the house for them and we both are going to help out with the rescue operations, which is something Bruce and I both love doing and now God has given us the opportunity to do it.. Pat is awesome she knows soooo much about dogs and how to care for them. She has had 2 personal dogs that have lived to be 25 and 21 years old! That is INCREDIBLE! She also give her own vaccinations and has supply to dog antibiotics and other meds that she says if we eve need we can just call her! It will save us a fortune on vet bills! So this has turned out to a on going long term relationship and not just a one time meeting to adopt a puppy! I look forward to what this will bring us all in our future! Its a true Blessing!!

Candy

Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE my husband!!! He is the most amazing man ever!!! I got my Christmas gift early today. Her name in Candy! He is so precious!! She is a 4 month old Golden Retriever/Sheppard mix! The boys have actually been really relaxed around her, they dont seem to mind having a little girl around. Right now she is still very shy and just wants to hide in the corner, but in a few days when she gets used to every thing and her new surrounding I am sure she and Gunner will be spending their days playing until they drop! I write more later on the people we got her from, that is a special story in its self. As soon as I can I will get a picture posted of Candy!

Shopping!

Wohooo! We are DONE with the Christmas shopping! We spent several hours out and about yesterday knocking out the majority of our list. We did very well too I am pleased with the things we got for our family and friends and I think they will enjoy it too! I am really excited about this Christmas this year, I dont know why I just feel differently towards the holiday this year than I have in the past! Maybe its just the spirit of the season getting to me (even though its 80 degrees here and not feeling like Christmas at all!) Today I went out on my own to do my shopping for Bruce and got it all done too. After I got home from that we went out together again to finish up the few things we didnt get done yesterday, which was just mostly things we wanted to get for the boys! Of course Blaze is already sniffing at the stockings and I have chased Gunner away from the tree twice! Silly boys! They are just like little kids! Bruce asked me this afternoon what I wanted for Christmas, I told him I dont know! I dont! I really cant think of anything I am wanting this year. There is only one thing I really want and he keeps telling me I cant have it! LOL! I cant even explain why I want another dog so much but I do! I really want a puppy! I must be nuts, wanting to add to the three we have! But I think about it all the time I want it so bad! Other than a puppy I really cant think of anything I want, but I know what ever he comes up with I will like it! He has never gone wrong for my birthday or Christmas yet! He seems to know me and gets me things I enjoy so I am not worried!

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!