1 post from February 2008

I didn't realize how long it's been since I set up this blog.  Hoping to get pictures on it didn't happen, but what do you expect from a dial-up connection!!  One day, high speed will be in our future, one day!

Since last march, I watched my Buckeyes go to number one, only to fall, then back to number one again!  But, also a second disappointing year at the national championship game.  It's still worth all the excitement and fun at the game, but man, two in a row.  It's a bummer.

The summer was filled with camps and travels.  By me, no, by my girls!  Girl Scouts keeps us very busy at this end of the world.  My 7th grader enjoying the responsiblities and the comradery with her troop mates, and is getting ready for another 2 week camp with her friends.  The 1st grader, she'd be happy to sit at home and do no camps, but to keep me sane, she's going for a day camp with girl scouts, and some of her troop mates, for a week while her older sister is in camp.  

A major change happened in our household.   Our dog, Freda, was put to sleep in January.  Was the hardest decision I've had to make in a very long time, and honestly, one I still wish I hadn't made.  For weeks, I've been upset and I still had expected her to be lying on a particular rug when I would get home from errands.  My youngest still cries for her, my oldest, well, didn't think she'd have to help her mom deal with something so difficult, but she's a trooper.  Then, about a week and a half ago, my friend Angie told me to go to the shelter to look at this dog (a St. Bernard),that needs to be fostered.  She also thought the dog would make a good addtion to the house.  Though I wanted a dog badly, I felt horrible that I would be just replacing Freda.  I took the kids and the husband to the shelter, mostly because my youngest is afraid of most dogs and she's my deciding factor on what we can have in the house.  Low and behold, she wasn't afraid of this dog that stands almost to her face level.  The husband says yes to fostering, but he wants a great dane. 

So, Sasha came home with us a week ago monday.  She's loving, my youngest will lay on her to watch tv, and Sasha seems to enjoy life in our house.  My husband seems to like her even with the awful quality of wanting to get her adopted by someone so he can get a great dane.  Guess who will win?!?!?!   Maybe the person who cares for the animals???  Our only problem with Sasha is that she won't poop.  She also wasn't eating quite right.  Thinking that changing her from her beneful diet to science diet would be healthier, also changed her eating habits.  She ate a little, but no poo.  So, to the vet we went on Friday, and they did the enema thing and drained her bladder.  Said she was severely constipated.  I took Sasha back in on Monday because she was supposed to get a dental (her teeth aren't in the best of conditions and she's missing all the front ones), but she still hadn't pooed for me.  So, after a day with the vet, full of baruim and xrays, she came back without a teeth cleaning (we have to fix the poo problem first).  She's now on stool softners, and I added canned food to her diet (hoping the extra moisture would help), and no poo.  I'm sure everything will come out eventually, but it's got to be icky to be that stopped up!!! 

Even with her poo problems, I believe Sasha is here to stay.  She's 5 years old, pretty much middle to upper aged in St. Bernard standards.  Has her own problems, she's dog aggressive besides the poo and icky teeth thing.  But, the kids and I love having her in our house.  She's mending our hearts, and I think that's the most important thing right now.  As for her name, I think we're keeping it.  All but one of my dogs have had Peanuts character names, and I was thinking of changing hers, but couldn't come up with quite the right one for her.  She doesn't look like a Schroeder - that was going to be the top choice for the next name.  Now out to walk her to see if we can get some things moving!!