tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70936139598906439232011-12-28T00:23:39.348-06:00life, with sparkleskatenoreply@blogger.comBlogger4511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-16767731173100398412010-04-27T22:31:00.005-05:002010-04-27T22:47:51.219-05:00

Okay, I dropped the ball, I will readily admit it. I even had some guilt there for awhile for not posting in a month. Then I realized today that it's been TWO months. Now that's just plain wrong.Let's play catch up!YES!! We did get the dishwasher fixed finally. It turns out that repairman two did change out the motor but that's not what the problem was. We still got to keep the new motor and

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-79547031576932931482010-02-27T19:25:00.003-06:002010-02-27T19:52:24.832-06:00

This dishwasher drama is never ending. What are we up to? Three weeks now? We're still hand-washing dishes. A different repair man came yesterday and was here for about 90 minutes tops. He never pulled the dishwasher out. He never unplugged the dishwasher. I was surprised he was done so quickly and hadn't done those things yet so I asked, "did you replace the motor?""Yeah, I'm all done. I ran it

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-734608279542652442010-02-25T20:07:00.003-06:002010-02-25T22:18:51.994-06:00

I really don't want to use this format to complain and gripe but holy hell and damn it all. My oldest daughter is in scouts this year and against my gut reaction to the initial meeting of her troop, a completely new troop, we've stuck it out.The leader said she'd never been a leader before but she was a scout for most of her childhood and her mother was a scout leader too. I had high hopes,

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-28968667519141558762010-02-23T21:12:00.003-06:002010-02-23T21:39:09.984-06:00

Not that kind of wiener! A winner! Sheesh, dirty birdies.I made soup tonight. Not a very interesting statement but I made tomato soup, which I have tried unsuccessfully in the past to make from scratch. Tonight I had a blueprint, a road map if you will. I believe they call them recipes. That's right I had a recipe! But did I follow it? Um, kinda! But not totally. It was worth it, it was

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-56511620166908751942010-02-21T10:20:00.003-06:002010-02-21T10:55:44.222-06:00

I've found my self in an ever-expanding loop of 'what ifs'.I started researching starting a business at the Small Business Administration website. Honing up on what I need to do that I haven't thought of previously. Apparently a lot. Once I was tired of being inundated with "you don't have a business plan" and "you need more start-up money" and "nothing is ever certain and you're never going to

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-89652410164325238012010-02-20T11:57:00.003-06:002010-02-20T12:10:49.212-06:00

The repairman came! The repair man went. Booo. He fixed nothing. Apprently we now have three more parts an their way to our house next week and the soonest he can make it back is.... that's right! NEXT Friday!Our parts list now includes: a new motor, new impeller (that's the thing that makes the water move to the spray arms- or something like that), new upper wash arm (yipee now the bowls will

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-5769150468844943402010-02-19T10:09:00.003-06:002010-02-19T10:37:46.696-06:00

It's Friday! I have a sink full of dirty dishes waiting for me and the dishwasher man coming today to hopefully end the saga of dishpan hands. Fingers crossed!Paco and I seem to be doing okay on our 'i' diet. Not really hungry but my hormonal wave of surfing has begun making me an irritable lump of poo. I'm not following the menus to the T. I can't. It's just not in my nature to follow directions

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-14988370169047624042010-02-18T09:47:00.001-06:002010-02-18T09:47:00.382-06:00

We have a lot of photographers in this town. But now there's one less. One of the photographers has accepted a position at the University and is no longer continuing his portrait work in town. I did ask if he would meet with me and discuss how he got started in this business, in this town considering the large number of photographers that are here. Unfortunately he declined my offer. I think he's

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-49328942908813063702010-02-17T09:15:00.003-06:002010-02-17T09:41:47.418-06:00

I've been thinking about doing this whole dieting thing. I'm not a dieter. I've never said, "I'm going on a diet." But then my favorite jeans stopped being comfortable and when I put them on last night the belt loop ripped a hole in them. From my tugging them on my badonkadonk behind. (I have the genes for that baby— my ass is really not going anywhere.)I've done the research, sort of. Shimmy has

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-81943957515040138472010-02-12T14:24:00.003-06:002010-02-12T14:40:07.932-06:00

I wish I was spoiled. Alas. We've been hand washing dishes all week. We decided to call the Sears at home people and find out what they could do for us. We had two options. Pay $104 for the tech to come out and then pay for whatever part we need and the $104 would cover the labor. Or pay $205 for a one year warranty on the dishwasher that we can call and have someone fix it, if it's fixable for

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-29547971359546684242010-02-10T11:21:00.003-06:002010-02-10T11:42:15.568-06:00

It's happened. The dishwasher has finally died. Yes, I could probably pay someone who is more knowledgeable than I to fix it for me, but at what cost? We've had problems with it off and on for about a year and quite frankly I'm tired of it. I "fixed" it here and I knew it wasn't the end of our problems but I was wishful— hopeful even! It stopped working entirely last week and we spent the

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-85919247114543610132010-02-08T15:27:00.001-06:002010-02-08T15:28:48.327-06:00

Cutie was helping me put clean clothes away this afternoon when out of the blue she comes up with this gem:"You know Mom, we're going to meet god someday.""Are we?""Yeah, I think he's Brenda's cousin."

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-8696170174736228712010-02-05T09:57:00.003-06:002010-02-05T10:13:29.617-06:00

Here it is. The last day of a fourteen day, working full-time, tax preparing stressing my family out-a-palooza. It will take every ounce of energy I have to even drive to work today. Thankfully it's a short day—only five hours. But it's Friday. And it's snowing. And Paco is going to Guard this weekend. And I'm just plain ol' tired. My brain has turned to sludge and I can barely hold a coherent

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-44403790267382457542010-01-29T09:49:00.003-06:002010-01-29T10:20:14.043-06:00

I'm a bit of a grammar snob. No, I don't always use it correctly and at the ripe old age of 38 I still am corrected by my parents on the usage of bring and take. (YES! There is a difference!- Who knew!) I've noticed through the years that our American English is going down the toilet.While watching TV with Paco the other day my fears were firmly cemented.Imagine a car commercial:"Come on down to

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-50500468413493415342010-01-14T10:30:00.003-06:002010-01-14T10:43:42.955-06:00

Tuesdays are Sweetie Pie's day for her violin lesson and it never fails that Cutie and I are running out of the house in a hurry because I've waited too long to get us going. (My time management skills are not what they used to be.)This past Tuesday I was ready. I had my knitting, I had snacks for everyone, I had Cutie ready to go on time. We were early, and waited ever so patiently (yea!

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-21855785941728059062010-01-13T12:01:00.002-06:002010-01-13T13:30:16.649-06:00

My parents raised me to be conscious of others.One of the saddest things I've ever heard was my Dad wishing he hadn't raised us like that because no one else ever seems to care.Example?Oh yeah.We've had a lot of snow here in the Midwest and it's been terribly cold to boot. Because of the snow and the shoveling of said snow there are snow many drifts and banks and big walls of snow in various

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-82047423059932202042010-01-05T19:12:00.004-06:002010-01-05T19:52:40.477-06:00

It took me two tries but I finally finished a pair of slipper socks I've been working on since Thanksgiving (I did sneak a couple of scarves in for Christmas presents.) I hated frogging the first time since I'd knit all the way up to the heel, then I noticed one sock was two stitches bigger than the other. If that had been the only mistake I may have kept going, but it was one mistake too many. I

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-66750890142841101822010-01-04T18:27:00.005-06:002010-01-04T18:48:44.922-06:00

Paco and I overdid it this holiday season, I know everyone is saying that right? I'm trying to find some soups that are hearty and still pretty healthy. The Pioneer Woman is really great for recipes and the other day she had this one. I do love me some mushrooms in almost anything and I happen to have some old red wine that I can't drink and enjoy it so I figured I'd give it a go.(There's

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-40496126603500258622009-12-30T10:10:00.001-06:002009-12-30T10:10:00.185-06:00

I finally sold some stuff on Etsy! Yipee! My first two sales to someone I didn't know or was related to came the week of Christmas, so I hurriedly shipped them off to try and make their destinations by Christmas. It was very exciting for me after months of no one buying anything. Now I'll have to get back into the dungeon basement and start sewing again. After not selling anything for awhile I

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-28084250208091670792009-12-29T21:56:00.003-06:002009-12-29T22:10:06.060-06:00

What a wonderful Christmas we had! The kids got all kinds of fun things, SuperDad and WonderMom, who are gracious and always spend Christmas with us, were technologically advanced thanks to WonderMom's gift of an iPod Touch from SuperDad, Paco got clothes, I got some bling for my finger, I'd like to say it's real bling but really, I'm just not that fancy.But really Paco and I got the greatest

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-42468164513072342552009-12-22T16:24:00.003-06:002009-12-22T16:41:12.366-06:00

Today was the last day everyone had of school and now they're all off for a week and a half– we're not like those lucky saps that get a FULL TWO WEEKS off for the holidays. Even though I'm pretty sure Paco could use the first week to just sleep and get his energy back up. It's been a hard few weeks.I didn't post last week anyone notice? I decided that if I did it would have sounded a lot like

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-75524403841032947062009-12-15T10:27:00.000-06:002009-12-15T10:27:00.789-06:00

I'm torn.I have a love for photography. I enjoy it immensely. My technical skills are lacking but that's something that can come easily with time. I would love to have my own little studio and be a professional photographer when I grow up– but there's a problem. Everyone fancies themselves a wanna-be photographer. With that knowledge I've been stymied. I'm trying to find a 'niche' as they say, to

katenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-88023313020724580332009-12-14T09:42:00.004-06:002009-12-14T09:53:50.634-06:00

There is something about this time of year that overwhelms me. So many things I want to do and it never seems I get any of them done. Presents to make, cookies to bake, bills to pay. I can feel the winter blues creeping in already. It would be helpful if we could have a bit of sun instead of these wonderful gray skies. Blah.Things are starting to wrap up for the kids for Christmas break. Cutie is

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-63729998228207652872009-12-08T19:19:00.002-06:002009-12-08T19:41:53.184-06:00

Sixth grade may end up killing my son. Or we will. One of the two. This year has been written "narratives" and oral reports at least every month. Anyone who actually knows Scooter KNOWS this whole oral reporting thing isn't going over well. I'm pretty sure a turtle is less introverted than my son. I think it's all a good experience and blah blah but seriously. Who out there with the boy children

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-2983725481326429602009-12-04T20:03:00.004-06:002009-12-04T20:33:31.146-06:00

I am a HandyManWoman.I'm saying this before I know if I actually fixed my problem. We woke up this morning to a dishwasher full of water and no "I'm Done!" lights on the front. We are one of those that makes it run while we're asleep– keeps the kitchen fairies busy.Morning time is much too rushed to deal with it so the dishes piled up in the sink from breakfast. Then we left for the morning, came

katenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-52492810863605220672009-12-02T16:48:00.003-06:002009-12-02T17:28:47.844-06:00

My lovely wonderful Sweetie Pie is suffering from her first UTI. Apparently she's had some pressured and discomfort for awhile but never told me about it, she thought I'd be mad at her. ! So now I have the guilt– I'm a master at the guilt.While I was at work yesterday Paco took her to her violin lesson and she didn't "make it" to the restroom and had her first accident in well... ever. Needless

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-59030220665881884172009-12-01T19:40:00.005-06:002009-12-01T20:25:54.285-06:00

I had a full "work" day today. I had to find a babysitter for Cutie, travel to another town and speak to grown-ups and no children. Well. That's what I thought anyway.These work sessions are to train us in a new way to interact with our customers, always smile, make them feel special, blah blah blah all that stuff that one is supposed to do when in a customer centric profession but after awhile

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-91623176356038597382009-11-30T20:50:00.003-06:002009-11-30T23:18:05.772-06:00

I overslept today. I forgot that I had changed my alarm clock last week to a later wake-up time. I'm sure forgetting had nothing to do with the fact that I went to bed really late. Which I'm sure had nothing to do with the fact that I'd taken a 90 minute nap yesterday afternoon. I figured it would all be okay because I'd just slam some coffee after I woke up and be raring to go for the day. Only.

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-77487137115207535622009-11-29T22:53:00.005-06:002009-11-30T18:26:43.386-06:00

Here I am innocently watching a movie on the idiot box when all of a sudden a commercial comes on for Kellog's cereal. Not just any cereals though, oh no! Kellog's Fruit Loops! And guess what! It now provides fiber! Wow, that's amazing! Our kids can now get actual fiber with their completely non-healthful (in my view) breakfast dessert! And not only Fruit Loops! No NO!! Apple Jacks too! "That's

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-70715073219935622382009-11-28T21:55:00.004-06:002009-11-28T22:05:44.210-06:00

Whew. I've finished my whirlwind of tax information, taken and passed all my tests. Yipee for me!I get to completely blow off the weekend and... apparently be a captive of my uterus. Damn. I actually called my Mom hoping for some sort of light at the end of this dark tunnel: "Please tell me that menopause is easier than this?!" She actually laughed at me! "Well, menopause brings a whole host of

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-72203408582182645442009-11-26T21:00:00.003-06:002009-11-26T21:12:13.931-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving to all you American Turkeys out there! The kind that walk on two legs.... I mean... the kind that wear hats in November... I mean... everyone who can read!This year we all went around the table and said what we were thankful for. No grace, I was a little surprised as my in-laws are a fairly faith-filled group. I didn't really say what I was thankful for because I was worried I

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-75408866122723908682009-11-22T22:44:00.003-06:002009-11-22T22:48:40.165-06:00

I've been studying like a mad woman these last few days so I'm excusing my absence from Mattcmob until my work is done... three more classes! I'm hoping to be completely done by Thanksgiving so I won't have to worry about it while we're visiting family, we'll see how that goes!Meanwhile, FYI for any science geekeroos the LHC is up and running at CERN ( I can't believe that it's been 14 months!)

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-27469732255188016632009-11-19T22:30:00.005-06:002009-11-19T22:56:48.238-06:00

Isn't exercising supposed to give you energy? If I walk around the track in the morning at the Y, I'm exhausted and I have to take a nap that afternoon. That just doesn't seem right to me. On the flip side of that, when I do my Yogalaties class in the morning I actually have more energy. I'm so confused!Today I forced myself to go around and around that track 26 times. Really boring and it turns

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-82584694903126926272009-11-18T20:56:00.003-06:002009-11-18T21:25:47.296-06:00

Ugh. It's that time of year again! What to get the relatives for Christmas. I really loathe this decision making process every year. Thankfully we've moved the time frame up this year to Thanksgiving – we can drop off the loot for the people who won't be there next week and exchange with the people who will. This whole thing really stresses me out.I always want to be the cool relative who gets

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-17778166005425018832009-11-17T19:14:00.003-06:002009-11-17T19:51:35.145-06:00

In an effort to come up with a post today I started researching typesetting for something I've been thinking about blogging about for awhile. I started looking at a Wiki page about typesetting then I made it to a site on the history of type then meandered to double spacing after a period page. Then a chicken ran by and I started looking a different typefaces for sale.Now I'm listening to my

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-38165302001755428142009-11-16T13:40:00.002-06:002009-11-16T13:55:14.764-06:00

Remember back here when I said I had all this homework and reading to do so I could be rehired by my employer? Well I've done absolutely bupkis on it.I gave myself a deadline. I am working on the tax classes all week. That's it! In preparation of this I finally checked my work email only to discover there are another ten classes I need to take, ON TOP of the regular classes, that will be paid as

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-14786449860385580802009-11-14T19:46:00.003-06:002009-11-14T20:20:06.705-06:00

I've just had a week of thought provoking discussion– last night's is a little foggy from all the wine but I remember enough to get other people's input.The friend we were visiting was discussing how his wife's demeanor is a result of her Eastern European heritage. To which my reply was, "What does that matter?"While I was growing up, there were labels. Not good labels either. I went to high

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-49284047954267519342009-11-13T23:30:00.001-06:002009-11-14T00:29:55.578-06:00

When I was in college Autumn was always my favorite season; I got to wear big sweaters, return to school, have marching band be over (I loved it but I was always ready for it to end.) Now? Not so much. It means winter is coming and over the last few years the beauty of the turning leaves doesn't seem to last as long. This year the leaves were gorgeous, then it rained and the leaves... still

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-61555808250301509832009-11-12T12:07:00.003-06:002009-11-12T12:56:58.796-06:00

We're an odd family– part of our charm! I apparently need to prove it to all I meet. I'm going to give out some ammunition in support of this– I am in love with a new CD. This CD is full of fun, rocking music. Which happens to all be about science. I think it's fantastic, it may be weird but dang, anything that can get Scooter, the kid who is rarely in love with anything musical, to sing along

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-33949220009048184762009-11-11T20:27:00.003-06:002009-11-11T21:55:18.611-06:00

Veterans Day is here! Take time today to thank a Vet! Young, old, active duty or not, everyone likes a good Thank You now and then. There are far to few of them in this world.Today we had off from school so I, of course, filled it with a doctor appointment for SweetiePie (Her ears are clear for the first time I can remember!) Because that's how I like to thank my husband for his service, drag him

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-56962255680984092812009-11-10T23:40:00.003-06:002009-11-11T00:16:09.355-06:00

Are you someone who COOKS? Or someone who cooks? OR someone who is really good with a microwave?I was listening to a podcast today while doing a not-fast walk and they were discussing this topic, which I think is interesting in the context of American cooking vs. Non-American cooking. Now granted this podcast was from a few months ago when Julie and Julia was about to open and after a book by

katenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-1474754107980889712009-11-09T22:37:00.005-06:002009-11-09T22:52:28.462-06:00

Today was day three of the great clean out of 2009. I can feel my energy for this plan waning – My crafty is starting to come back after a couple of week's hiatus pushing all other thoughts out of the mental queue. The many, many, MANY plans for projects are starting to swirl in my teeny, tiny brain and make cleaning out the spare tire my house is wearing far less important.I decided to make some

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-14547481493347017352009-11-08T09:35:00.002-06:002009-11-08T09:47:23.257-06:00

This was an iTunes free download a few weeks? months? ago, I've no idea when I got it but I love this song. It reminds me of Sweetie Pie and her love of music, or at least how it's coming across to me. Sweetie may listen to songs I wish she wouldn't over and over and over and over (see anything Gabriella from High School Musical sings- I can't stand her whiny voice. I'm tempted but I won't go

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-38439197112390241482009-11-07T19:35:00.004-06:002009-11-07T20:26:12.145-06:00

An amazingly gorgeous day today. One which I desperately want to stay in bed and nurse my headache (self-inflicted pain– don't feel too badly for me) but alas, with three kids and a mess of a house, my list of things to do was scratching my eyes keeping me awake. So after napping through the morning we went out and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned up the yard.Bush pruning, sweeping, putting deck

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-10174885852947534952009-11-06T13:32:00.005-06:002009-11-06T14:18:04.714-06:00

My local Y offers this class, for twelve WHOLE DOLLARS a session. Once a week I bend and twist and stretch my not tiny body in all kinds of directions. I am, of course the biggest woman in there, not the oldest, wisest or any other -est. Just the biggest. I was intimidated the first time I went in, thankfully I knew the instructor and she was instantly reassuring. Because you know what? At least

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-25279928414539081142009-11-05T12:30:00.006-06:002009-11-05T19:52:02.662-06:00

Am I the only person on the planet to not heard of Guy Fawkes night? Because I'd never heard of him/it until today! Today is special to me because it's Thing 1's TENTH birthday, but with all this history perhaps his parental units should have called him Guy? Thing 1 is much more fitting given the fact that we are so not English. Now I'm going to have to watch V for Vendetta (there's some tie in

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-56606732406307033722009-11-04T21:10:00.004-06:002009-11-04T21:50:25.772-06:00

Well. That was interesting.I spent my morning at a meeting of Big Green Box tax people. My tax peeps from all over the state– I didn't know any of them. Okay, a knew a couple of them, the ones I work with and my old boss, whom I've not seen for about five years were there as well. The meeting boiled down to the higher ups in the corporation figuring out that they've been pricing themselves out of

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-57117920369765933172009-11-03T12:22:00.003-06:002009-11-03T12:54:43.111-06:00

Paco and I have been watching this show Hoarders, have you seen it? It's disturbing. I can see myself going down that path if I didn't keep my tendencies in check on occasion. It's an occasion. I'm looking around at all. our. STUFF. It really is crazy making, I'm getting the spring cleaning urge in the fall. I think it's really my procrastination rearing it's head so I won't do the things I'm

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-51404398585628929002009-11-02T20:09:00.002-06:002009-11-02T20:37:22.995-06:00

It happens every year. Here it is the second of November and I have tax deadlines breathing down my neck already. Working for the Big Green Box tax place I have to take a certain number of hours of continuing education every year. 24 hours of classes to be exact. I've taken six hours at this point and I have to finish and pass all the tests (with a least an 80%) by November 30. It wouldn't be so

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-53336858259518967952009-11-01T13:31:00.004-06:002009-11-01T13:59:49.092-06:00

We've been through the H1N1 and we've survived!This last week has been a blur of fevers, aches, coughing, TV, bad movies, chicken soup and little to no sleep. I highly suggest NOT getting this one, it hurts.Thankfully Halloween is over. Getting sick the week before Halloween isn't a good idea, it gave us no energy to actually deal with Halloween... stuff. We never got pumpkins, so we didn't have

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-23686223732548309962009-10-24T10:56:00.002-05:002009-10-24T10:59:06.666-05:00

I'm hoping to get some extra hits out of this, pass along if you're so inclined! Thanks for your support! (BTW more stuff to come on my Etsy site– promise! I've got a new iPod Touch design I'm rolling out soon.)

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What a month. In my little university town out in the middle of nowhere we are in the middle of a couple of crisis (how does that get pluralized? crisises? crisisss? whatever, there's more than one crisis here). We seem to be having a grand exodus of physicians and nurse practitioners. The problem, besides the fact that they're leaving, is that no one is replacing them and the medical practices

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-65583133336695566442009-09-20T01:32:00.003-05:002009-09-20T01:46:47.815-05:00

I've been neglecting my poor blogette. I'm trying to get something off the ground and since I've already got a plate full of stay-at-home Momness something has to give and sadly it's Mattcmob. I'm trying people, I truly am.I've launched KissMeKateDesigns on Etsy this last week, selling the little iPod touch cases I've come up with. Slowly but surely I'm trying to get it going. I thought it would

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-81391492822735933122009-09-10T19:23:00.004-05:002009-09-10T20:05:01.481-05:00

The school year is in full swing and so are the allergies! Yippee!While at our family reunion last weekend Sweetie Pie was complaining of her ear hurting, we got a hot water bottle and sat down in a more quiet area of the reunion. Some other adults eventually joined us and Sweetie left (adults are SO boring.) I knew that it still hurt but she didn't complain and I wasn't going to bring it up. The

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-87325191335492968692009-09-01T10:17:00.006-05:002009-09-01T12:42:18.235-05:00

I've been feeling crafty lately. Sometimes I get a bug for it, which usually works itself out by knitting or crocheting- not this time.I have this quilted fabric that I just LOVE, purchased last year on a whim (I bought the entire bolt of it– I should probably enter some sort of hording anonymous group for this affliction.) I did use it for a makeshift table cloth when hosting Thanksgiving dinner

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-84482449725120230262009-08-31T18:24:00.003-05:002009-08-31T18:28:05.632-05:00

As overheard in my kitchen this evening:Me: We can't use the oatmeal for cookies, there's bugs in it. Alive ones. Yuck!Paco: Oh come one! We can still use it! There is a lot of protein in bugs!Scooter: Yeah Mom, ancient people used to eat bugs all the time because they're so loaded with protein!Me: Yeah. That's why they're DEAD NOW!!!

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-419824244611000422009-08-24T20:04:00.004-05:002009-08-24T20:33:13.579-05:00

It's the homemaker/housewife/stay-at-home parent's lament. What to make for dinner. A never ending battle between what I feel like cooking, what I know I should feed my family, and what the kids will actually eat. It's such a pain. One I get to feel twice a day. What to make for dinner and what to make the kids for school lunch. Yes, I know, the schools provide hot lunch and sometimes I will even

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-1964975555847321802009-08-23T10:41:00.004-05:002009-08-23T11:35:51.774-05:00

School started for all the peeps in my house on Friday, save Cutie who starts tomorrow. It was met with great trepidation and excitement by all. Including me, my name is MomBus. (Yes. I know. I could make them ride the bus. Whatever. That would mean I would have to get up earlier and get them up earlier and I'm not there... yet.)Sweetie Pie's excitement was coming through......Scooter was

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-88112218111024507792009-07-29T05:25:00.000-05:002009-07-29T05:26:06.714-05:00

While the kids are gone, Mommy will play!

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-9588765587462556132009-07-27T10:41:00.004-05:002009-07-27T10:56:06.582-05:00

This week WonderMom and SuperDad have agreed to take our three munchikins to their house for a few days starting Tuesday night. I get a vacation from being a stay-at-home-everything before school starts again. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been away from my kids over night in the last 10 years. I. can. not. wait. I realize I'm supposed to love being around my children all the

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-17079488736573614822009-07-22T15:51:00.004-05:002009-07-22T16:41:17.384-05:00

For months now I've been having pain in my shoulder and neck and into my ear. I had three rounds of antibiotics to cure a sinus infection that wouldn't go away and the pain still lingered in my neck and ear. It got a little better while on antibiotics and I assumed they were related– my Nurse Practitioner says they're not. I'm hoping she's right. I've been having a muscle spasm (for lack of a

katenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-90654171138058215082009-07-21T08:32:00.005-05:002009-07-21T09:13:24.344-05:00

Since Shimmy has been here I've been addicted to knitting. I've made two tank top/vests; one for each of my girls and have started a pair of socks and now, because I'm completely scattered, have started a top for me as well. Hopefully I can finish it before winter. I also bought a lace shawl kit that's so preeeeeetttttty! (My first foray into lace.) And the goal is to maybe get it done before

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-78830017046124819182009-07-17T12:20:00.002-05:002009-07-17T12:44:55.048-05:00

Did you miss me? I've been busy busy busy. Okay, not really. I've been lazy lazy with the typing and full of my own bunches of stuff to do and the blogette just never made it to the top of the list. Eh, it's life right?Since I've been gone:Shimmy, SysGuy and their two Things have come for their annual visit– how we love these visits so. Shimmy and I knit and pretend that we don't even have kids

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-47286813227757033522009-06-17T13:38:00.001-05:002009-06-17T13:39:17.193-05:00

We all love our kids. Well, I hope we all love our kids, 'cuz, uh, we're supposed to and everything. I don't expect anyone to love my kids as much as I do, nor do I expect anyone to think my kids are as great as I do.My question is this: What is the limit of professing adoration for my kids achievements to others? On the flip side of that, how's the most tactful way of getting a pedestal parent

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-87259860331983253702009-06-16T15:33:00.000-05:002009-06-16T15:33:00.482-05:00

Most of my adult life I've felt like this...... about my body. Even when I was "normal sized" that's how I felt I looked. Now that I actually look like that on the outside I feel like I look like I did when I was normal sized. It's completely insane, I know.My every thought during the day is a constant hummm of "you're too fat to do that, you're fat, if you eat that it will make you fat, fat fat

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-37681567100347984352009-06-16T06:55:00.004-05:002009-06-16T07:06:59.157-05:00

(to be sung to the tune ofOh, Tannenbaum)Insomnia, InsomniaOh, why dost thou despise me?Insomnia, InsomniaI'd like to sleep past two or three.Why yes it's trueI should have knownthat drinking Cokemy sleep'd be blownInsomnia It's not so badI finally got some quiet.

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-8044472779884946482009-06-10T22:03:00.002-05:002009-06-10T22:13:58.287-05:00

Here we go with another bout of antibiotics! Weee! Sinusitis is so fun!! No. Not really. I thought for sure the last round I had (all 14 days worth) would have knocked it out. But alas. NO. I am not on yet a different drug for 10 days and if this doesn't work I think I'll just have my head cut off and given to science. Sinus infections shouldn't be that hard to cure, should they?I was done with

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-20805895812704051522009-06-09T14:32:00.001-05:002009-06-09T16:17:33.131-05:00

My Cutie turned 4 on Sunday! I'm never going to have another three year old... ever! I'm totally okay with that.Paco had guard drill last weekend so we did something we NEVER do and gave Cutie her presents the day before her birthday. Paco got to see her open them and she didn't have to wait all day on her birthday before she could have them. Plus the one big thing she wanted was a scooter and we

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-15916015564640785982009-06-03T22:41:00.003-05:002009-06-03T23:08:04.920-05:00

What bad economy? We're spending money this summer (today was the last day of school it counts as summer right?) like there's an unending supply (i.e. like a Bush White House).We've purchased a new(ish) van. Which is a shock to the checkbook to begin with. NOW we've decided to get two windows replaced in the house. The girls' room (yes, we are evil parents that make their girls share a bedroom–

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-79031653743723369762009-06-02T20:49:00.003-05:002009-06-02T20:56:43.180-05:00

My almost four year old may not make it to Sunday. On which day, should I deem it so, she will turn four. She. let. the. dog out. Unleashed. YES it was and accident. YES she's just a kid. and SUPER YES she's been informed-told-and threatened to not leave the door hanging wiiiide open when she enters or exits the house.Upon the great exodus of Jasmine into her wide, wide world of fun what did my

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-71728980330594506582009-05-25T20:50:00.004-05:002009-05-25T21:07:25.893-05:00

One week into the antibiotic and I feel SO MUCH BETTER. I feel almost like myself again!I was still under the impression that I was losing it until tonight though– I couldn't find my working in the yard shoes anywhere! I've been looking for days. I'd looked here and there I'd looked everywhere!Then tonight...I was sitting on my couch talking to my MIL and I noticed a... thing hanging down from

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-51518031737788084462009-05-19T15:46:00.003-05:002009-05-19T15:52:01.988-05:00

I finally made it to my Nurse Practitioner today. One shot in the arm of steroid, a nasal steroid inhaler and a 14 day run of antibiotics and I was sent on my way. If this doesn't clear out whatever my sinuses' problem is out of my system I get to have a CT of them! Weee! Pictures! Let's hope it doesn't come to that. On the positive side the Nurse said I should have a bunch of energy the next

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-66538344946267963052009-05-14T16:31:00.002-05:002009-05-14T16:46:35.355-05:00

Sweetie Pie's school is doing a thing where each day for the rest of the school year is a special letter of the day... thing. (A... was Animal Art Day, B... was Baseball Cap Day, C... was Compliment Day, and so on.) Today was N and they did New Name Day. I kept asking her what she was going to pick as her new name and she couldn't decide.Imagine my surprise when she picked Jane! Jane? Jane! This

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-75259174940372369242009-04-29T21:14:00.003-05:002009-04-29T22:10:32.366-05:00

Well, that was a short lived spurt of energy. Going to bed at 1 AM when I have to get up at 6 AM may not have been the biggest boon I could have given myself for today's productivity. There was the momentary reading of the eyelids- or two- while futzing on my computer this afternoon and the crabby that comes with sleep deprivation. My kids are lucky to have me.Somehow I still managed to get my

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-54840862810112602312009-04-28T15:21:00.004-05:002009-04-29T00:15:29.869-05:00

I cook. I mostly love to cook– on the flip side of that, I hate to clean up and I don't have a maid. Or a wife. Unfortunately there's this catch-22 thing that happens when I'm stressed out: I stop cleaning up so I stop cooking. Then we have a real problem because I don't buy insta-food. The most insta- I get is cheese tortellini which I couple with homemade sauce and the occasional macaroni and

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-62916873970914791912009-04-27T23:11:00.005-05:002009-04-28T00:04:52.733-05:00

I've been in a funk of late and rather than complain on my blogette I'm just ignoring it. Now I have guilt on top of the other crap I'm feeling, so here! Have some pretty pictures of some kids I'm related to. They're pretty cute!fin

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-65102312278145498382009-04-23T09:59:00.011-05:002009-04-23T11:58:39.706-05:00

Paco and I have been talking about getting a new vehicle to replace our aging, beloved mini-van in the last few weeks. There wasn't anything wrong with our van, it was a 1998 it had 127k miles on it and it still ran- pretty well even. Little things started going wrong, nothing earth shattering, but enough that we knew it was going to start costing us lots of money. Paco can do a lot of things,

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-83385671431075771582009-04-20T22:50:00.003-05:002009-04-20T23:00:55.818-05:00

I've so much to write about and yet I'm not. Sweetie had a violin recital, we bought a new van, I haven't even downloaded the pictures from Easter yet! It will get done...eventually. In the mean time I'll give you a little anecdote about Scooter.Have I ever discussed how smart he is? Well, he's a bright boy. No genius, but learnin' comes easily to that one. Well... mostly.This morning he poured

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-75573039502825377832009-04-15T20:47:00.004-05:002009-04-15T21:06:44.085-05:00

I've gotten some really nice feedback from friends on my first foray into the photoworld. Thanks! I didn't put up all my pictures yesterday, I kept my favs for today.We have an old cedar swing in our backyard which I've discovered is the most amazing prop EVER! I actually discovered this prior to our photoshoot so I utilized it as best I could. (The playset we have is also cedar and actually a

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-19786187308347457932009-04-14T09:23:00.005-05:002009-04-14T12:59:44.587-05:00

Hoppy Easter! What? It was two days ago?! Man, time flies when you're battling another raging sinus infection. Which I won't complain about except to say AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGG!!I was asked to photograph the daughter of a friend of mine and we've been talking about it for months. Her daughter, PrettyGirl, turned 16 last fall and she wanted to get some pictures taken but PrettyGirl was having health

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-37797663062334107542009-04-09T21:39:00.003-05:002009-04-09T21:55:25.527-05:00

Sweetie and I had a date last night. It was really nice to be able to spend some time together without the wonder of a little sister annoying the crap out of her vying for my attention. We went to see a touring troupe of Annie, which was... good. It's hard to compare the musical to the movie but Sweetie seemed to like them both on their own terms. She sat the entire two and three quarter hours

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-18101070433213319572009-04-06T12:40:00.005-05:002009-04-06T21:08:52.948-05:00

1 2 3 4 5 61 2 3 4 5 61 2 3 4 5 61 2 3 4 5 61 2 3 4 5 61 2 3 4 5 61 2 3 4 5 6Add Psychedelic videos, graphics and lighting– don't for get the slam metal hard rock music, and that is how Yo Gabba Gabba is teaching kids to learn their numbers. AAAAAAAAAK!Cutie really like Maggie and the Ferocious Beast and Noggin has always shown two episodes in a row, which YES! I let her watch both of them, it's

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-40574406757282834332009-04-03T09:54:00.005-05:002009-04-03T20:55:39.144-05:00

I got an extra special April Fool's day surprise this year, an early monthly visitor! I know, TMI but I have to share this. It's miraculous– well, to me it is.I have suffered from cramps from the get-go. As a grown up, most months I take ibuprofen like it's covered in chocolate, three- four tablets at a time, every 4-6 hours. I figured the relief from the cramping was worth the damage I was doing

katenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-37682027046702314482009-04-02T16:03:00.004-05:002009-04-02T16:18:07.951-05:00

I've always thought my kids were pretty curious. Except when their not I'm amazed they're not questioning things. See, we have a couple of neighbor ladies, who are both named Shelby. We call them The Shelby's, they have this really great Labradoodle with whom Jasmine loves to run around the neighborhood.Yesterday the dogs were running and running and the kids were talking to the Shelby's and we

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-17647470130549781152009-04-01T16:20:00.003-05:002009-04-01T20:14:15.489-05:00

**disclaimer- not about knitting, sorry Shimmy! (At least I told you up front this time! Although I am looking for a new project, any suggestions?)Today my Scooter got his cast off! Yea!!!!! I brought ear plugs because I was worried he'd freak out a little when the saw got going, they can be pretty darn loud. As she was going along, the nurse was doing a lot of complaining about how dull the

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-51158682322459758682009-03-31T09:52:00.004-05:002009-03-31T10:08:02.662-05:00

Two rodents down. Empty traps for three days! That's very exciting and considering we've got nothing but gray skies and cold around here, I'm going to take what I can get.~~~~~~I've got the blahs. I need some sun, some sun that brings with it flowers and sunshine and then unicorns pooping out rainbows. I'm so sick of winter- and having to wear coats- and not feeling well- and kids being in the

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-90250824866936442012009-03-27T09:35:00.003-05:002009-03-27T09:46:07.526-05:00

My hero, Paco, captured one of the little skittering animals of ick yesterday morning, then last night I saw another one. Seriously. Why can't the frakking rodents travel solo? I'm trying my best to not get completely skeeved by the whole shebang, but it's not really working very well, because... EEEEWWW!!When checking the trap this morning, the bait was gone, but there weren't any inhabitors of

katenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-87338975113641234142009-03-25T22:33:00.003-05:002009-03-26T06:30:59.651-05:00

So. Let's just say, hypothetically, that we've gone into a car dealer to inquire about a new (used) van. The dealer has nothing in stock, but is going to a car auction soon and is curious what we'd look for in a new van, essentially asking us for our "order". Does this make us obligated to buy if we feel that it isn't within our means to do so?

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-53406654690809222422009-03-24T11:48:00.005-05:002009-03-24T21:13:29.628-05:00

We live in the country, something I'm quite certain I've talked about before. Those who don't live in the country may not know that part of the, um, charm that comes with living in the country is the wildlife that comes with it. A certain form of wildlife that skitters and runs from one corner to another in the hopes of never being found out. We've had these said lifeforms in the drop ceiling in

katenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-90646134511729222362009-03-18T23:00:00.005-05:002009-03-19T07:29:35.746-05:00

I was feeling shutterbuggy last night so I was taking pics of the girls inside. W/o flash! This is one of the reasons I wanted a new camera, I wasn't able to take pictures inside without a flash, my old camera just wasn't sensitive enough. This one is! Weee!Notice the ring on Cutie's right hand?She had to switch hands so it would be in the picture.It's begun.It's a good thing she's cute!We took

katenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-60176479105995739232009-03-17T23:30:00.004-05:002009-03-17T23:46:19.451-05:00

It's very hard to blog about anything remotely interesting when all I've done for the last few days is sit on my tukus and play Mafia Wars on FB or watch TV.Today I actually managed to get out of the house and enjoy the wonderful. WONDERFUL. AMAZING weather we had today. (Upper 70's!) I was telling Paco, it was almost too warm! I did clean up some of the flower beds, finally we (mostly Paco) are

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-20834341362520423732009-03-13T16:52:00.005-05:002009-03-13T18:22:38.804-05:00

There I was minding my own business, winding down for a Friday morning nap when the nurse calls to tell me about Scooter's wrist and whether it needed a cast or not. Well. Of course it does! The bonus prize was that I got to go to a town an hour away because in my pissy little town there is apparently not one person that can set a cast for the next two weeks. To that I say...WTF?There we were at

katenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-55086806113574328402009-03-13T16:47:00.004-05:002009-03-13T17:32:08.039-05:00

This is not to be missed. It's the ass whooping we want to give everyone who didn't see the financial tsunami coming– and should have.Greed. There's a reason it's one of the seven deadly sins.Enjoy and be merry. (be advised there are really great grown up words in these clips!)Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer: The Extended Daily Show Interview

katenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093613959890643923.post-54531297652642705452009-03-12T22:10:00.004-05:002009-03-13T17:50:57.411-05:00

I thought I've been keeping up with my blog, but apparently not! Oops!Do I have some stories! So! I'm all good with the ear/neck/shoulder thing, it's finally starting to get better (yea!) and then I went and exercise yesterday, because I was feeling better! and somehow managed to pull my back out while riding a recumbent bike! Yes! I'm an idiot! I have no idea how it happened, I'm now all doped

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Why on earth must the KRAFT company keep switching my stuff around?! I finally remember to buy the fixings for my sweet nectar of the sick gods Spice Tea. BUT the Tang? It's totally got sucralose in it now. Dammit! I'm going to have to go hunting for a Tang substitute. Way to screw up a double ear/ sinus infection home cure! Stupid Kraft people. Even though it makes me completely snobbish (which

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I went out and about with a friend of mine yesterday with Cutie in tow and when we got home, about fifteen minutes before the kids got off the bus, I'd had enough energy to let our poor cooped up Jasmine out to pee and then had to sit on my arse for awhile. See while battling whatever head/sinus/ear/neck/shoulder thing which is making me tired I also had my monthly "special" visitor (you know

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Howdy strangers! I've neglected my blog in action but thought of it often. As in, "oh crap! I have nothing remotely interesting to say." Suffering through some sort of head/sinus/ear/shoulder/neck-pain thing doesn't really enable my usual mediocre writing (which really, I'm not kidding myself, it's what I do. I'm good at mediocrity). I've been putting off going to the doctor mostly because I

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I finally found a great cinnamon roll recipe! Of course it's from my boyfriend, Alton Brown, so there's weighing of ingredients involved, but it's totally worth it! What? Didn't I tell you Alton was my boyfriend? Oh, well, he is. Paco is totally cool with it and Sweetie can tell you all about our long lasting affair. Me watching him on FoodTV as he tells me all about the science of food. He's so

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Jasmine had quite a day out yesterday. Sweetie wanted to take her out for sharing on Friday to her classroom and I thought Jazz was healthy enough to make the trip. (She does seem to be healing quite slowly, I'm not sure what the deal is. She started bleeding again Friday before we left and I used some glue to close that part back up. I have a feeling I've got another vet visit in my future.

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We are completely pitiful. This dog has us so wrapped around her paw it's (almost) embarrassing.I took Cutie out for breakfast this morning while we waited for the Vet to open. While we were eating the Vet called and said Jasmine was ready to go, all her blood work came back fine and she had a lot more pep this morning than she did last night when we saw her. Jasmine wasn't given any pain

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