November 25, 2009
So very much for which to be thankful this day. My brother was able to see all of us from the computer in Iraq. We were so glad. I had Joel and Shane. Steven's Emily just came in. It's just lovely.
We took some photos of Mei Mei, my little dog for which I am so thankful. She had on her sailor suit and her boudoir outfit today. She LOVES getting dressed up.
So very much for which to be thankful this day. My brother was able to see all of us from the computer in Iraq. We were so glad. I had Joel and Shane. Steven's Emily just came in. It's just lovely.
We took some photos of Mei Mei, my little dog for which I am so thankful. She had on her sailor suit and her boudoir outfit today. She LOVES getting dressed up.
November 24, 2009
Today I got out twice and ran errands with my boys (hubby and baby boy who drove, <S>). It was incredible to get out, even with a mask.
I got a tiny silver tinsel tree with red ornaments and an old fashioned blown glass topper. For 15 bucks I got something that will make me happy for the next six weeks.
I got my mama a poinsettia. She always got her mom one and I thought she needed one of her own. I got a small pink one for my room and a huge pink one for my dining room table. My grandmother's dining room table. The thought of the first big meal on my grandmother's dining room table sends such bittersweet feelings through me.
New medication protocol is going okay so far. I dropped to 19mg of prednisone.
I am showing signs of peripheral neuropathy which can become exceedingly painful. We'll see if the new meds take care of it.
Emily can't wait to come home tomorrow. Taro is spending tonight before he goes to Vegas, Joel and Shane will be here tomorrow night and Shane on Thurs. Joel has to be at work at 2:45 am. I can't believe that. I wouldn't do Black Friday on a bet if I didn't have to. :) Luckily, I don't have to.
Today I got out twice and ran errands with my boys (hubby and baby boy who drove, <S>). It was incredible to get out, even with a mask.
I got a tiny silver tinsel tree with red ornaments and an old fashioned blown glass topper. For 15 bucks I got something that will make me happy for the next six weeks.
I got my mama a poinsettia. She always got her mom one and I thought she needed one of her own. I got a small pink one for my room and a huge pink one for my dining room table. My grandmother's dining room table. The thought of the first big meal on my grandmother's dining room table sends such bittersweet feelings through me.
New medication protocol is going okay so far. I dropped to 19mg of prednisone.
I am showing signs of peripheral neuropathy which can become exceedingly painful. We'll see if the new meds take care of it.
Emily can't wait to come home tomorrow. Taro is spending tonight before he goes to Vegas, Joel and Shane will be here tomorrow night and Shane on Thurs. Joel has to be at work at 2:45 am. I can't believe that. I wouldn't do Black Friday on a bet if I didn't have to. :) Luckily, I don't have to.
It's a Dog's Life
This week I had to send my tiny little shih tzu back to the breeder. I
was so desperately ill that a puppy was more than I could handle.
It broke my heart.
Every time I re-home a dog, it breaks my heart. I had to stop having pug rescue dogs and just work towards funds. The stress was too great.
My youngest son has a pug, but he's about to go off to college. We've been waiting for God to send the proper home for her. Of course, I'm meticulously picky about homes and have turned down as many as 7 homes for a dog before.
I love this pug. She was the last one I bred and whelped. But pugs require someone with more energy than I have.
We have the two old ladies, the poodle, Sheba and a Yorkie, Pepper. They are old and are happy just to eat and snuggle up, bark at strangers.
My MeiMei seems totally happy to be my guard dog and boon companion.
She enjoyed the shih tzu pup though and that's another reason I hated to see her go.
But I was so sick. I still am.
Some people believe that as long as there are dogs in the pound, you shouldn't breed purebred dogs. If that's true, we'll have nothing but lab mixes eventually. I don't believe it is my responsibility to clean up after other people's irresponsible breeding. I believe if you breed dogs, you are responsible for each and every pup that is born. That is why I will turn down 7 homes if necessary in order to get the exact right one for our pug.
But truthfully, if no one wants her, it wouldn't hurt my feelings. It will be lots of work on Steve, but she's cute and smart and oh so funny.
I have a relative who all but accused me of getting rid of the pug to make room for the shih tzu. If she'd bothered to ask rather than accuse, she'd know that we'd been looking for a home for the pug for over a year and the shih tzu was just owed to me from a partnership of several years ago.
I make no apologies. My vets have said they wished that if there were another life, they could come back as one of my dogs, because they are so well cared for.
I'm just frustrated that this damned illness has kept me from one more thing I love...puppies.
It broke my heart.
Every time I re-home a dog, it breaks my heart. I had to stop having pug rescue dogs and just work towards funds. The stress was too great.
My youngest son has a pug, but he's about to go off to college. We've been waiting for God to send the proper home for her. Of course, I'm meticulously picky about homes and have turned down as many as 7 homes for a dog before.
I love this pug. She was the last one I bred and whelped. But pugs require someone with more energy than I have.
We have the two old ladies, the poodle, Sheba and a Yorkie, Pepper. They are old and are happy just to eat and snuggle up, bark at strangers.
My MeiMei seems totally happy to be my guard dog and boon companion.
She enjoyed the shih tzu pup though and that's another reason I hated to see her go.
But I was so sick. I still am.
Some people believe that as long as there are dogs in the pound, you shouldn't breed purebred dogs. If that's true, we'll have nothing but lab mixes eventually. I don't believe it is my responsibility to clean up after other people's irresponsible breeding. I believe if you breed dogs, you are responsible for each and every pup that is born. That is why I will turn down 7 homes if necessary in order to get the exact right one for our pug.
But truthfully, if no one wants her, it wouldn't hurt my feelings. It will be lots of work on Steve, but she's cute and smart and oh so funny.
I have a relative who all but accused me of getting rid of the pug to make room for the shih tzu. If she'd bothered to ask rather than accuse, she'd know that we'd been looking for a home for the pug for over a year and the shih tzu was just owed to me from a partnership of several years ago.
I make no apologies. My vets have said they wished that if there were another life, they could come back as one of my dogs, because they are so well cared for.
I'm just frustrated that this damned illness has kept me from one more thing I love...puppies.