Ash Wednesday 2010

Through Christ on the Cross.....

My sins have been forgiven!

Psalm 51

1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

4Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

5Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.

6You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.

9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

11Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.

12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.

I Love...

Things I Love....

Reese's mini peanut butter cups

A clean house

Sleeping in

Strawberry muffins

Watching TV in bed

Fridays nights

Jeans that fit my body type

Facebook

Love notes

Whiskey and Coke

Guys and Dolls

Surprise parties

Family reunions

Kyler

Road trips

Cilantro

Tattoos

Christian music

Orlando Bloom in Pirates

Hugh Jackman in Australia

Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal

Gerard Butler in P.S I Love You

Todd in...... real life

I Love Lucy

Cats

Kaden

Vendor hotdogs

Selfless people

My neices and nephews

Water slides

True Blood

Christmas Eve

Coupons

Food Network

Mom & Dad

My In-Laws

Big Love

Faith

New York subways

Flip Flops with jeans (even though I can't wear them)

Toe rings

Painted toenails

Lilacs

The Olympics

Fish tacos

Outlander series

Recipes

Spell check

Stemware

Netflix

Giggling at night with Todd

Games with friends

Target

Diet Pepsi out of the fountain

Chinese food

Cold chinese food the next day

Chinese omeletts

Weeping willows

California rolls

Disneyland

Kitty ears

Comments on my blog

Bubble baths with a good book

Grocery shopping

Library

Google

Forgiveness

Freedom

God's Grace

Being Married for 13 years today!!!

Happy Valentines Day to you!!!!!

A Kind And Polite 12 Yr Old!!

It's that time of year again!

The time where my kids get older and time slips through my fingers.

Kyler is now 12 and much to his dismay the all knock out parties are coming to an end.  We had family over for dinner and presents a few days ago and last night I took him and a friend out to dinner and then roller skating. Oh and lets not forget that he went to California for a week to spend time with his grandparents.  Someday when I have the time and energy I will go through his pictures and post something about it. 

 But despite the lack of party I think he had a good birthday.

This kid has a love for Halo!

While he was in Californis he discovered that he liked to play tennis....who knew!

And even if mom was slacking in the party department...the cousins know how to put on a party instead!!!

Happy Birthday Kyler!!!!

 I am so proud of how you are turning out!!

I mean how many 12 yr olds do you know that won the student of the month award for kindness and politeness???

Yep I have a winner!!

Nurse Andrea...Paging Nurse Andrea..

I am happy to report that Todd is alive and...I guess you could say well.  Surgery went as well as can be expected.  Our patient is sore, VERY SWOLLEN (not that you want to but you should see it!!) and he has alot of recovering to do. Doctor wasn't kidding when he said he will most likely be out of work for 3 weeks or more.  Poor guy can barely walk (Kaden is always asking..."Daddy, are you still walking slow?") He can't sit in the same position for too long.  And he constantly has an ice pack sitting on the family jewels. (" Daddy, is the ice for your penis again?") But things are going pretty good despite all that.  I wait on him hand and foot (I even tie his shoes for him!) And I have had to drive an hour away to get him more pain meds but can I say that I love having him home! I love knowing that he will be having dinner with us.  I love knowing that when I come home from babysitting that he will be there.  I love that he is home on the weekend.  It's been YEARS!!!  So even though I am playing nurse and servant...I am ok with it because I just love not having to share him with his work!!

Smile baby.....You get to hang out in your PJ's and slippers all day!  Plus the happy drugs have got to kicked in by now..

Science Lesson

I know it's been long time since school for some of us but it's always good to learn new things to keep the mind sharp.

The word of the day today is.....

EPIDIDYMECTOMY

Care to take a guess at the meaning of this?

........Yes, your right.  It is The surgical removal of the Epididymis.

What pray tell is an Epididymis??

The long-tightly coiled tube that lies above and behind the testicle.  The Epidiymis is where the sperm mature and are stored until ejaculation.

To much information??

 Sorry but it's part of our everyday life because Todd gets the pleasure of having his left one removed on Thursday.  Did I make you squirm in your seat a little??   And why in Gods name would  man put himself through it??  Well trust me it did not come as an easy decision!! For a few years he has been putting up with cysts developing in the epididymis. (ouch is right!) He has had some removed but they keep growing back.  The pain and discomfort is becoming to much for him to take,even with a truck load of vicodin.  So after much prayer and asking for guidance, he has made the decision to have the entire epidydimis removed to HOPEFULLY take care of the problem.  There are alot of worse case scenarios that could take place if this doesn't work.  I am not going to go into that right now because I have decided that I will not let my mind even entertain the idea of it. 

We have alot of faith that God will take care of Todd!!  I get asked alot if I am stressed or worried but....I have to say that I really am not.  It's been a roller coaster of year for us in many areas and God has always been faithfull to us. All we have needed He has provided. Whatever it is that Todd needs to go through then we will be ok with it.  I have learned so many times that our lives are not our own and being worried or stressed out doesn't do anyone any good.  If anything it shows a lack of faith and I have never had more faith then I do in this time of my life!!

So please pray for the love of my life!! He can use all he can get right now. He will be off work for a month and yes money will be tight.  But he gets vacation pay and disabilty so I think we will be ok. 

See......God is already taking care and providing!!


Will I believe you when you say
Your hand will guide my every way
Will I receive the words You say
Every moment of every day


Well I will walk by faith
Even when I cannot see
because this broken road
Prepares Your will for me


Help me to RID my endless fears
You've been so faithful for all my years
With the one breath You make me new
Your grace covers all I do


Well I'm broken- but I still see Your face
Well You've spoken- pouring Your words of grace


Well I will walk by faith
Even when I cannot see
Well because this broken road
Prepares Your will for me

Hallelujah

Tales Of A Floppy Ear Kitty

It's been a few days since we talked about the case of the cauliflower kitty.  The more I thought about it the more I just felt really uneasy about leaving her ear be.  I did more research on the web and talked to another vet in the area and I decided to trust my instinct and have her ear fixed.  I felt if I didn't do anything about it then it would probably cause more infections in the future and ultimetly costing me more money in the long run.  So I called my parents and asked to borrow some money which they very graciously did.  They understand my love for this cat and also the importance of being responsible pet owners.  They had a dog with mutliple health problems and always did what they could for her.

So I took her in and I have to say that I love the place where I take my cats!! They are so kind and helpful. Plus I feel they are very reasonably priced. So they put her under and drained her ear of all the blood. 2 hours and a few stitches later she got to come home. I now have the unfortunate task of keeping her ear clean and free of scabs.  I have to attempt to wrap her in a towel and apply wet pads to her ear to loosen the scabs

Let me tell you she does NOT enjoy this process.  And it's sometimes hard to believe just how strong cats are.  Most of the time we are all over the house trying to get this done.  There is alot of screaming, squirming and down right fighting going on.

I am also all over the house trying to get a picture of her.  She doesn't care because she is trying her darndest to ignore me

Do you mind? I am trying to wash that experience off of me!!

She has about 6 stitches.  And the 6 holes are what I have to keep scab free so it will drain properly

I think her ear will still be a bit disfigured.  Her little floppy ear kind of reminds of an cartoon rabbit. And this picture of her totally shows how very pissed off she is.  She is now just starting to come out of hiding. She is starting to eat more and actually bath herself.  She may hate me doing this to her but she usually quickly forgives me and goes back to being my shadow

You know WHERE you can put that camera of yours!!

Wait....I thought I was forgiven? I thought you loved meeeeeeeee!!

Not So Pretty Anymore

I am feeling a bit sad today (yes again...so what?)

Remember way back when I talked about how my cat is a princess.  How she can't help being beautiful and you all are jealous that she is mine..

You don't remember?  Well, read HERE so you can get caught up.

Don't worry, I'll wait.......

Isn't she the most precious thing?  Yes??  Well not so much anymore I'm afraid!!  Yesturday while I was laying on the bed watching the Golden Globes, she was laying curled up next to me like she always is.  I was playing with her ears, like I always am and suddenly I noticed that things didn't feel right.  Upon further inspection I noticed that one of her ears was all puffed up like someone injected air into it.  It's the most weird thing!  In 14 yrs and 7 cats (no I don't have that many now but I have had a total of 7 cats in 14 yrs) I have seen alot of strange things but puffy ears has not been one of them.  Todd thought she might have had a spat with one of the other cats, which was very highly possible since she can be a royal biotch at times.  But as I worried about it all night I decided to look it up online. (I love Google!!)  Anyways...after reading online and speaking to a friend of mine who is a retired vet...it's a pretty high chance that she has an Aural Hematoma on her right ear.  Because she has struggled with ear mites for quite some time and because it makes her constantly scratch and shake her head (or one of the cats really did get her good) there is now clotted blood from broken blood vessels on her ear flap.  I asked this friend  what could be done about it and after a very lengthly description of high priced treatments it comes down to the fact that I can't afford to really do anything about it.

Must you shove a camera in my face while I'm mourning the loss of my looks?

Help...I have a small pillow for an ear!!

Is this life threatning?  No

Is she in pain?  I don't know.  My friend says probably not. She is just irritated.  But other stuff I have read says that it is painful.

You think she was a biotch before? You aint seen nothing yet!  I have tried to leave her alone because she is not in the mood to be handled right now.  I feel so horrible because all I can do is sit and watch her be uncomfortable and eventually she will become like this...

Her ear will become flat and disfigured. It's like watching one of your children hurt one of his limbs and not do anything about it.  And KNOWING that they will eventually lose that limb!  I don't know what to do because I'm told to not worry to much about it but I have read that you should really get it drained at least.

Oh the agony! 

Things would be so less confusing if I could just win the lottery!!

It Must Be January

It's been two week since I have posted anything....

It's been two weeks since anything has even happened in my life

The weather is cold, grey, rainy...crappy

Todd's not selling any cars

I have no money

The cats are driving me crazy

Actually everybody is driving me crazy

I don't have a good book to read right now

I've gained all my weight back that I lost this year

Kyler's having fun in California right now...without me

I'm bored

I'm lonely

I'm down

I don't think anyone reads my blog anymore...

It must be January!