UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE We found our baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went out and hung up signs this afternoon and within 20 minutes or so we got a call from a neighbor about a half a mile down the road. He had shown up this morning and went into their garage and wouldn't come out. They had no clue who's dog this was and didn't know what to do until the woman was coming home from work and spotted the sign I put up and called. He apparently had a run in with a skunk lol that poor dog went through about 5 washings when I got him home. He is limping on one foot as well. But after all his cleanings and after he ate , he slept and is still sleeping. We are soooooooo relieved! I am so thankful for everyones comments and prayers of support!!!!!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wanted to thank Rubble for posting over at her blog about our boxer baby being gone. I think yesterday when it all was happening I was just in shock. We got Sargent from a boxer rescue service a little over 8 years ago and fell in love with him from the second we saw him. He has been the best dog we have ever owned in all aspects. We are so confused as to why he wandered off, other then thinking maybe because he is around 9 years old and has had an attack of senility. He has always been an indoor dog. He hates the outside other then to go out and do his business or if we are outside he likes to lay out on the deck by us. We were all outside yesterday though and that confuses us even more so, though we were all a bit busy in our own ways and not really thinking we needed to keep an eye on him. Never had to before. The kids are all upset and I think I am even more upset this morning as it has sunk in a bit more. I was hoping to get up this morning and find him out on the deck sleeping waiting for us to let him in. All of our closet neighbors now have our number and know where we live so if they see him they can let us know and I am going to post Lost signs up and hope for the best. We drove around many, many times last night looking for him, whistling for him, and yelling for him to no avail. We live out in the country and we are surrounded by woods everywhere so by now he could be anywhere. I thank those of you who have offered your prayers to us imensely. That's all I have been doing myself. I will keep you updated on if he returns back where he belongs!

It is Sunday morning and I have been up since before 6am. I got out of bed at 6:12 though to be exact. Now, I'm not one that has ever really been able to sleep in for long to begin with. If I sleep untill 8am then I must not be feeling well lol but before 6am ?? this is getting a little ridiculous. Hubby usually gets me up between 6:15 and 6:30 every morning before he goes to work, and this fine when the kids are in school because I need to get breakfast ready and school clothes set out. It is now summer break and there is NO reason I need to get up this early. Apparently my body is so used to my normal schedule that is feels the need to be up and moving at the same time even on weekends. I do enjoy the quiet in the morning when noone else is up, but, for once it would be nice to sleep untill at least 7ish lol Before you know it, I will be going to bed by 8 like my grandparents did and up before the rooster. So, is it an age thing ?? I'm only going to be 39 in a couple of weeks, or is it just my internal clock working a little too good. For now I will just be thankful that I am able to rise out of bed.

My Little softball player. We love the hot tub! Our new house. We are actually getting along! Grandma's baby! Father's Day - 4 wheeling journey. Had a ball! Well, it's Friday. Tomorrow we have softball tournaments allllllllll afternoon. I sure hope the rain hold out and it doesn't get canceled and rescheduled. I have a lot to do this weekend and next week. A woman I met on the internet a couple of years ago is coming to visit us for a week and I am really excited that we finally get to meet after a million and one hours on the phone and internet with each other. We decided a few months ago that the 4th of July would be a great time for her to come and join in on our festivities. Hope ya'll have a great weekend!!!!!

And it just amazes me at times how close to being right on the mark these things are!!!

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Hey everyone! Hope all you moms and grandmas had a great Mother's Day yesterday! Mine went pretty good. We had actually celebrated it more so the night before with my Dad and all the our kids meeting up at a pizza place for a get together. We had a good time and the kids brought me Mother's Day presents which I was very surprised about.

Then came Monday and back to the daily grind.

I just went out and got the mail and there was a letter from our good old government ( much sarcasam used when I say good)
It had to do with our Stimulus payment and how much we could expect to receive. Well go figure, everything they had been telling us from the beginning about the amounts we could expect have somehow along the line changed and we will be getting $600 less then what we expected. Now mind you, I'm very grateful to be getting any, but, when you tell a poor person we are giving you free money, they tend to start counting on it and looking ahead to what they can pay with it. My husband got hurt at work and we have an ongoing fight right now with the Bureau of Worker's Compensation, so because of his injury he has missed some work and we have fallen behind. Always something that happens when we think we are on the right track.
So now I will have to decide who is going to get what and who will have to continue to wait. Could the government ever do anything they say they are going to without all the if's and's and but's and oh wait that doesn't apply to you sort of things.
From what I can gather on their reasoning of us getting less then to be expected, we are too poor to be able to get the full refund we orignally thought we would get. GO FIGURE!

On a good note though today, I went and visited and old neighbor and a very good friend of mine, you all know her as River Rat on here. When we moved she went and rescued some of my plants and flowers from our old house and planted them at hers to save them for when I was ready to replant them. So today I stopped by to visit with her and she went out with her shovel and got some of my plants plus some of her own starters for me!!! The weather has been so cold and rainy I can't wait to get out tomorrow and replant everything. She's the best!

Well, hope ya'll have a good week , it can only get better from here!