ODDS AND ENDS

 THIS WILL BE A SHORT ONE. I DID NOT GET TO WRITE YESTERDAY. THE DAY WAS OVER AND I STILL HAD NOT ACCOMPLISHED ALL I NEEDED/WANTED TO DO. BUT, HEY, THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH TIME IN A DAY. FIRST, I HAD THE BOYS FROM 7 UNTIL 8:35. NEXT I WENT TO GET THE GROCERY LIST FROM A LADY I SHOP FOR EVERY WEEK, SHE IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE TH E LIST DONE BUT SHE COULD NOT MAKE UP HER MIND. SO IT TOOK AN EXTRA HALF HOUR HELPING HER OUT. THEN I DID THE SHOPPING, CAME BACK PUT THE GROCERIES AWAY AND HELPED HER REARRAGE HER FRIDGE AND TIFF OUT SOME REALLY OLD STUFF. BY NOW IT IS AFTER 10:30 AND I HAVE A COUNSELLOR APPOINTMENT AT 11:00. SO I JUST WENT AND GOT COFFEE AND HEAD DOWN. MY APPOINTMENT WITH JER RAN OVER BY ABOUT 15 MINUTES. SO NOW I  AM STARVING AND FEELING A LITTLE WEAK KNEED. CAME HOME AND ATED, LET PUPS OUT AND JUST LAID DOWN ON THE COUCH WITH A BOOK. STAYED THERE TIL ALMOST 2:00 AND WENT TO GET THE BOYS. HUBBY AND I HAD A 4:00 APPOINTMENT TO SIGN ALL THE PAPERS FOR THE NEW CAR. HOWEVER, WHEN WE GOT THERE SHE HAD OTHER CLIENTS THAT JUST WENT IN SO IT WOULD BE AWHILE BEFORE SHE GOT TO US. SO WHAT WAS THE POINT OF US HAVING AN APPOINTMENT TIME??? ANYWAY WE FILLED THE TIME AND TOOK THE BOYS HOME FOR 4:50. BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP... IT TOOK TIL 6;00 TO GET ALL THE FREAKIN PAPER WORK DONE. HONESTLY, WE DID NOT SIGN THAT MANY PAPERS TO GET OUR MORTGAGE!!! tHEN I HAD TO RUSH HOME AND HAVE SUPPER. THANK HEAVENS I HAD MADE A HAM/VEGGIE/CHEESE STRATA THE NIGHT BEFORE AND IT JUST NEEDED TO BE HEATED ( IF ANYONE WANTS A SUPER RECIPE I WILL HAPPILY SHARE THIS WITH YOU). tHEN I WOLFED DOWN SUPPER AND DID A QUICK CHANGE, MAKEUP TOUCH UP AND OFF TO TIMS OUR LOCAL COFFEE JOIN FOR THE BIWEEKLY COFFEE NIGHT WITH THE GALS FOR 7:00. WE TALKED AND I DID NOT GET HOME UNTIL 9:00.I WAS SUPPOSE TO GOTO MY GIRLFRIEND'S TO WORK ON HER ROOM TODAY BUT THE YOUNGEST BOY DOES NOT HAVE SCHOOL TODAY AND SHE COULD NOT FIND ANOTHER SITTER SO I SAID THAT I WOULD TAKE HIM. AS A RESULT, I WON'T BE GOING TO DO THE ROOM. I REALLY HATE THAT. I DON'T LIKE BREAKING PROMISES. IT REALLY.... BOTHERS ME!!! I HAVE SUGGESTED THAT I BRING SUPPER FOR HER AND I AND WE DO SOME WORK TONIGT. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM HER.SO I HAVE TO GROCERY SHOP FOR ANOTHER LADY THIS MORNING, THE LITTLE GUY WILL JUST COME WITH ME. THEN I THINK I WILL CATCH UP ON A LITTLE HOUSEWORK. THEN SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY MAKING NEW ARRANGEMENTS AND WALL HANGINGS FOR MY RENOVATED BATHROOM (NOT FINISHED YET). I WILL PROBABLY DO A LITTLE KNITTING, SOME RUG HOOKING AND READING. SO BASICALLY, A RELAXING DAY.RELAXING IS GOOD, AS I HAVE FELT RUN OFF MY FEET LATELY.UPDATE ON JIJI... SHE IS SO...... NAUGHTY!!! MY OTHER TWO DOGS WERE SAINTS COMPARED TO HER. THEY WERE NEVER CHEWERS EXCEPT FOR THEIR TREATS. SHE, ON THE OTHER HAND IS INTO EVERYTHING. tHE OTHER NIGHT WE DISCOVER WHY ONE OF OUR TABLE LAMPS WAS NOT WORKING. THE LITTLE BUGGER HAD CHEWED THE CORD, LITTLE TEETHE MARKS ALL UP AND DOWN IT AND IN ONE PLACE SHE HAD CHEWED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE WIRE. SHE MUST HAVE GOTTEN JOLTED!! SO WE TIED IT UP. SHE HAS DISCOVERED MY PINECONE BASKET AND SHE TORE ONE APART...WHAT A MESS!! YESTERDAY, SHE CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM DRAGGING HALF OF ONE OF THE NEW TILES. SHE IS SMALL BUT MIGHTY. AND THE HOUSEBREAKING IS STILL ON GOING. ON, WE ARE NOW IN WEEK 6. THE TWO MALE DOGS TOOK ABOUT A WEEK. I GUESS THEY ARE EASIER FROM ALL I HAVE HEARD AND READ. I SURE HOPE SHE GETS IT SOON!!!IT HAS TURNED COLD AGAIN WE ARE -15*F. BUT TOMORROW IS SUPPOSE TO WARM UP. I HOPE, HOPE!!!! I AM COUNTING THE WEEKS TIL CRUISE DAY...7WEEKS. WELL,THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE SOME HAPPINESS IN YOUR DAY. DEBBIE

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Jiji is quite the little rascal! Good luck. I am not sure why but I feel like you typed your journal all in one breath! lol
What kind of vehicle did you get? Love the new car smell.
And yes, please post the recipe. I need something I can make ahead and maybe get Bill to put it in the oven and hey, he might even turn the oven on. lol
take care. blessings.x o
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If that was short holy shit what is long. You make me tired and I am pretty active. You made my head spin. I sure can relate to the puppie thing. Our 1st Newfie never piddles in the house and never chewed one single thing, now Ruby on the other hand took 2 years to train and she is just now starting to not chew as much but is not quite done. Now she brings things to me and drops them in front of me like \"I was going to eat this but see I did not\", aren\'t I good. Good luck, if you are lucky it will be over soon. And yes boys train easier. 7 weeks will go by fast and you will be cruising. We are going to florida in 3 weeks. Taking our r.v. and going to warm up. We will go to the Keys, camping on the ocean, if you want to call it camping when you have all the luxurys of home. Take care busy bee. xo
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wow, what a day you had! i felt tired reading all that had happened so i cant blame you one bit for wanting to relax abit afterwards. congrats on the new car, i hope that it works out well for you...sounds like alot of aggrevation to go through and im so glad i never did that. Boy does that pup sound like an armful! i guess its a good thing that he\'s so super cute....lol...what a rascal! take good care and hope that you have some peaceful and relaxing personal time soon! hugs