Accident

So, Daisy decides she needs to go potty.  I hook her leash and we go outside.  I sit in my usual spot and release the lock on Daisy's leash so she can go out in the yard.  I wasn't paying attention to her and didn't realize something had grabbed her attention behind the house.  All of a sudden she takes off at full speed behind the house.  My wrist hits the edge of the metal arm of the chair full force!  Yep, it hurt like the dickens.  I really thought it was broke.  A giant goose egg popped up on it and the ends of fingers felt weird.
And to top it off, Daisy wouldn't come back when I called and I couldn't see her.  My wrist was hurting too badly to try and walk to the back to see if I could spot her.  I was just about to call Liz for help when I heard Daisy running back to me, dragging her leash behind her.  I am so thankful she did come back on her own and didn't get her leash tangled up somewhere.  I have no clue what she was chasing or how far she went.  I didn't have my glasses on.  The egg went away on my wrist pretty soon.  Now it is just swollen a little and still hurts like the dickens when moved wrong or touched.

On a bright note, Daisy is finally starting to do her pottying outside!  Yahoo!

A bit of this and that.

The day after Thanksgiving and it is cold and dreary.  I certainly don't envy those crazy people who spent all night and are at it again buying stuff that they think they have to have for Christmas.  I have never ventured out for Black Friday and don't plan on starting anytime soon.

I don't know if Daisy is feeling bad or it is just the weather but, she is curled up on my bed like she is sick.  She didn't eat much of her morning food.  She usually gobbles it down and scrounges around on the floor to see if I dropped a crumb or two.  She was spayed Monday, so that may be part of it.

I am currently reading Hitmail Dot Com by Russell Turney.  It is different from anything I have ever read before that I can remember.  It has evil spirits and psychics, among other weird things.  It is taking me a while to read it because it is slow reading.  I am only about half way through it.  And it is getting complicated but, I think I am following what the author is saying.  I guess I will know if my hunch is right when I finish it!

I finished reading the Bible through in a year (actually, I started on January 1st of this year) this morning.  One verse spoke to me this morning.  It is what I have said often over the last few years.  Isn't it funny and yet awesome how God works?  This is what I read: "He (God) will wipe away every tear from their eyes.  There will be no more death, sadness, crying or pain.  All the old ways are gone."  Revelation 21:4 NCV  Are you ready for that day?  I know "I will be somewhere listening".

Family and others.  I know they mean well when they try to convince me to move to town.  I wish they could understand how happy I am finally!  I love being back home and believe this is truly where I belong.  I love sitting outside and watching nature.  I got the biggest kick yesterday while sitting outside watching the leaves in all different colors "raining" down all around me.  If the leaves had been actual rain, I would have been soaked!  The entire time I was living in town, I never felt comfortable/safe to sit outside.  I felt safe inside behind locked doors but, not to sit outside for any length of time.  Why can't people get that if I die here, I will die happy in the place I want to be.  I pray the next address for my body will be @ Mt. Carmel Cemetery!

I am hoping to find a carpenter who won't want an arm and leg to replace the eaves of the house next month.  I will start Monday calling and getting price quotes.  I really have no idea what a fair price would be.  Guess I will know more when I get a couple of quotes.

Sharon and Doug sent me a check to pay for the shingles shot.  I may try and get it next week if I am feeling better.  This crud still has me having fits of coughing.  The cough sounds terrible, but don't think I am contagious.  Hope to make it to church Sunday if the weather will cooperate.  I feel like it has been a month since I have been and I only missed one Sunday.

Daisy

Daisy turned 5 months old today.  It is so hard to believe I have had her for almost 4 months.  She has grown so much and I think prettier every day.  I love the little stinker even if Housebreaking is not going so well.  I tell myself to keep at it and she will learn "Mama is the boss and if I don't mind I get punished!".

Tuesday,Bro. Marvin, Alan Small, Cody Goodrich and myself left early heading to Lafayette First Baptist to meet with a friend of Bro. Marvin's who taught us how to set up a website for Alford Heights.  It was a gorgeous day and very productive.

I got a great shot of the sunrise and another one of the clouds.  God definitely gave me more than enough reasons to get up so early!
It was a long day, tho.  I got home less than an hour before leaving for Natchitoches for Ladies Night Out @ Trinity Baptist Church in Natchitoches.  It was a wonderful program.  The guest speaker was both funny and inspiring.  I would have loved to sit and talk to her.
Went to bed exhausted that night, but it was so worth it.

The Glass Butterfly

I am currently reading The Glass Butterfly by Louise Marley.  I won it on www.goodreads.com.  It is proving to be really good.

So, we are finally going to go to Lafayette to learn how to set up a website.  I am looking forward to it.  May even learn enough to set my personal one up again.  We will leave early Tuesday and come back the same day.  I need to see if Liz can come by and let Daisy out to potty when she goes out to take the boys to school and then when she takes Peyton his lunch and after school.  No idea what time we will get home.

I just remembered something!  Tuesday night is Ladies Night out in Natchitoches, I think.  Oh well, it will all work out somehow.

Off to read!

Cell Phone Woes

My not-so-sweet-fur-baby, Daisy chewed the end off of the charger for my phone a couple of weeks ago.  I ordered a new one from Amazon.  It was the wrong one.  So, I ordered a second one.  It came today and guess what!  Yep, the exact same charger as the first one.  I am about ready to pull my hair out or scream one.  I don't know what else I can do. I guess I will try to take it to Fred's or the Dollar store and see if they might have one that will work.

Daisy is still not housebroken.  She poops wherever she happens to be and shows no remorse when I am cleaning it up.  Most of the time she will pee on the pad or outside.  Why she won't poop is beyond frustrating me.

Trying also to break her of scratching me to get my attention or when she wants to play.  I have tried ignoring her and moving away and she just comes back harder.  I have swatted her and got nowhere.  Now, I am trying sending her to her room.  I have e mailed Bro. Wayne for advice since he has raised Jack Russell/Rat Terriers.  I thought maybe he would have some words of wisdom.

Another one of my won books from www.goodreads.com came today.  Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan  The blurb about sounded interesting so I entered to win an advanced copy.  Right now I am reading Dancing Dogs by Jon Katz.  It is another advanced read copy that I won.  It's a pretty good collection of short stories about dogs.

I am enjoying discovering new and new-to-me authors via www.goodreads.com.

Daisy is sitting in my lap now.  Hard to believe how much she has grown since I adopted her.  She will be 4 months old tomorrow.  Wow!

Daisy's 2nd Visit With Dr. Bob

So, yesterday was Daisy's second visit with Dr. Bob.  She did much better this time.  She only whimpered a little when he got a stool sample and then again once when he was trimming her nails.  She 2 shots and will go back in 3 weeks for another shot.  She is up to 9.6 #'s and is doing great.  The ringworm is almost gone.  But, Dr. Bob did say to keep treating her for it.  Got tickled at Dr. Bob misunderstanding me about the shampoo he gave me to use on Daisy.  I asked him if he had ever used it himself meaning on an animal.  He thought I meant had he ever bathed or shampooed himself with it.  :D  I cleared it up quickly and told him about finding out the hard way that it doesn't really lather much.  I used way too much and nearly never got it all rinsed out.  To make it worse, Daisy's coat seems to hold the soap.  She did better with her bath last time, though.  She only got impatient when it was taking too long to get the soap off of her.  I will have to remember to not use as much next time.

Gave her the heart-worm pill yesterday.  So glad she took it w/o a fight.  She just crunched it up like it was treat.  Glad the makers of it made it tasty to dogs!  Will find out how expensive they are when I take her in next time.  That one was free.  It is probably going to be high $ because it takes care of all of it; fleas, ticks, worms of all kinds.  I may have to see if Dr. Bob will sell me one a month.  Oh well, I will worry about it later.

Issac

God answers prayers!  I prayed that God would protect me and Daisy and my house from the storm.  Not only did He do that, He fixed my oven through it!  Sometime during the night the electricity went off and when it came back on it reset my oven and it no longer flashed "F10" and is now working again!  Thanking God for His never ending mercy.  He knew that I can't afford to have the oven worked on never mind buying a new one!
Pretty amazing how He takes care of His children, huh?