Butt Chewings....Literally

I have been sick most of the weekend and so I have been regulated to the couch. However I can tell you as the brains behind the household running nobody thinks of all the things that need to be done to keep the house in order. Tired of telling people to do this or that I went outside to turn the water on the lawn myself. Needless to say I had the whole family yelling at me to get back on the couch. As Faith was chasing me down she had the dog on the leash with her. Keep in mind he is still a puppy, he heard everybody yelling at me and decided to help out. He nipped me on the butt, and let me tell you it did not feel good at all. It hurt and I was sooo mad at that dog. Once I calmed down though I was able to laugh at the irony. Morale of the story STAY ON THE COUCH when your sick. :)

I don't like the new Blogger "Streamlined" setup

Why is it that company's these days think that we all like a new streamlined page or whatever. Me personally give me all my options like before. Right now I am looking at a box and a plain white page. It does not enhance my creativity. On the other hand it does give me something to blog about since I really had nothing.

Went grocery shopping and bought chocolate chips in bulk. The bad ripped open and we had chips everywhere, including in the dogs tummy. That night the dog woke up three times to go outside and Faith still had to clean up a mess in his kennel. I have been really careful since then to make sure that all chocolate does not drop on the floor (thanks to a really messy son, the dog has learned that stuff dropped on the floor is for eating) went to through away a plastic bag today that one of the kids put in the cupboards without taking the food out and chocolate chips went flying. I grabbed all but one before that pesky dog could get them, needless to say though he is sleeping outside tonight.

School is done in a month, I can't believe it. Faith's summer is already jam packed. We have a family camping trip in June, then she goes to girls camp with her friend. July is dedicated to her Dad's family and then maybe (still working out details) it's off to my parents in August. I think I am going to miss the little bugger. :-P

Wish I could give you all more interesting stuff that we do here but we are pretty boring. :)

Loves All!

It's Spring!

We have been busy this weekend getting the yard in order. A couple of weeks a go we cut down a bushy tree that was mostly dead and wow did it open the back yard up a lot. Yesterday Scott got all the branches moved out of the yard (yes we saved them for camping) and John and I finished putting up a fence around my garden to keep the dog out. Yes that's right around the garden. John's mom planted some stuff in their last year for me and I loved it. So this year I am trying some more stuff. Pumpkins, jalapenos, corn, cilantro, watermelons (though Faith's horse riding instructor tells me those wont grow very well here), bell peppers, asparagus, and brussel sprouts. I want to do tomato's but didn't want to start those as seedlings so those we have to wait until I can purchase some bigger ones from the store. Saturday John helped me install a sprinkler system into the garden. It's not a fancy one, just one that I can drag the hose to and it waters the garden instead of having a sprinkler that I have to move around. The dog was not impressed with the work in his digging/sleeping place but alas he will deal. :)

I love spring (not as much as fall) and the best thing of all is my tulips are blooming.

Loves you!

GF Reinforcment

Scott has been feeling like he is missing out by not eating Gluten. Today I bought him an apple fritter as a reward for doing his IEP testing without fighting, anger, frustration, or attitude. Tonight he is puking and told me that he doesn't want an apple fritter Friday when we go back for more testing. :)

Another week

It's just another week around here. Nothing too speacial going on. My plants are sprouting like made and need to be planted in the garden but we have to put up some kind of barrier first becuase Enekay likes to eat plants. Faith just found out that becuase she is getting A's in her math and english class' that she will be in high school Algebra next year and high school Language Arts. Not bad for a future 8th grader. Scott is still struggling with his Algebra but we have him passing the class now at least. Last day of school is May 30th and we have ISAT's (Idaho Standard Achievemnt Tests) in the middle of April. Scott is doing his three year review for his IEP to prove to the school once again that he has Aperger's Syndrome. It's like they think we can cure him or something. Though he is getting better about recognizing social cues and facial expressions but that is becuase we work with him all the time.

That pretty much sums up whats we have on the calander and what's been running around my head.

Fine upstanding gentleman

Enekay went to the vets yesterday for his nueter. He did really well and is now home and excited to see us. He will not be a scoundral like his father.