Friday, June 13, 2008

Crown in and now Resting.....

Wendy once again hit the Dentist Chair for her second Crown for her lower left molar this time. Only one more visit for her upper right molar and she is done. Hopefully for a very long time!!
No photos this time, but she did really well and insisted that I go on to the Family Waiting Room; which is very comfy with leather seating and a flat screen TV. Not to mention a cup of coffee while you wait.
She was a trooper and did well. She chose a stuffed floppy eared puppy to go with her elephant "Elmer". She is working on a name for her puppy, and I'm sure once Holly gets in for the weekend they will put their heads together and name her.
Right now she is sacked out on the couch. I had to give her Tylenol for her pain since they had given her Motrin earlier.
All will be fine once Holly and Daddy come in this evening. Daddy has been in Washington DC this week; so she misses him very much and I know the feelings are mutual from Daddy.

Later.....

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Future Olympian.....?






Wendy is doing Gymnastics this summer! She has been wanting to start back up since her class at Aledo had to close due to a girl taking Cheer leading broke her arm. So much for that...,but Wendy was born for this. How do I know? Well she climbs anything and everything under the sun. I have proof!
Her daddy had his walking stick out preparing for our next day hike and all of the sudden she started climbing on it. She is either destined to by a Gymnast or a Circus Performer. Ha
On the other hand she will be taking Ballet and Tap this coming July. She does show a dainty side sometimes....

Enjoy the photos.
Lesa

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

The doorbell rang....



I really wasn't prepared for anyone visiting. There stood this young gentleman with a single carnation arrangement. I signed for it and closed the door.... the card read "We are sorry for the loss of your pet." Noah's Ark Animal Hospital. Gosh, I've never in all my life been treated so kindly. Never saw this coming. Here are a couple of shots of the arrangement.

I've lost someone I hold dear to my heart



Today I had to have something done that we have known would someday have to come about. Our dear sweet friend and dog pal, Clark Gable passed over the "Rainbow Bridge". He had lived with Diabetes for 3 years!, and turned 12 years old this past May. We woke as we usually do ready to let everyone out to go potty and then to do our routine insulin shot and morning feeding. Everyone was ready to go out...Luther, Tallulah, and Ethel Mae, but wait Clark was at the back of his bed and wouldn't come out. He had looked like he had suffered a stroke. He wouldn't eat, or drink.
Luckily Mike hadn't gone to work yet, and told me to get a cookie with icing on it. He had thought it was his sugar count. Clark wouldn't eat. I knew it was time. You just know... I called and made all of the arrangements with the vet and other for 1:30 pm but he wasn't going to last that long.
He began to have a seizure and unfortunately Wendy happened to be there when he did. I told her he wasn't feeling well and would be going to heaven. A friend came to get her so she wouldn't have to be there for everything. Plus I'm sure she is having a wonderful play day instead. You see they too have a daughter adopted from China that is Wendy's age.
I got Clark into the car and ran in to lock things up including the other puppies. When I got back he wasn't in the seat he had some how moved to my floorboard and was crying. I put him in my lap with a towel and was ready to go. I got down not even a block and he had an accident in my car. Poor buddy. I wheeled around and knocked on my neighbors door and asked if she would go with me. She grabbed her shoes and I handed her Clark...off we went with me driving, but that didn't last long. Pam and I traded places she drove and I held Clark. I have never met such wonderful neighbors believe me!!! I now know who my vet will be!! They were SO caring and stayed with me the whole time. I had four in the exam room with us one holding Clark with me, one holding me, and another consoling me with the vet being there explaining everything she was going to do. They gave me so much good time with him, and made things so much more comfortable. With the name of "Noah's Ark Veterinarian" I should have known they would have been very caring. They had never met me before, and were still oh so kind. Come to find out the receptionist son and my husband work together. Small World!

Clark, buddy, I love you and will never EVER forget the times we all had as a family. You'll be in my heart always....

mom

Thursday, May 29, 2008

New Sand!


Check out this new sand we got. It is by Crayola, and I bought Wendy 4 different colors yesterday. They had Green, Blue, Purple, and Pink. Wendy had so much fun mixing them.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Is it Summer YET??






Wendy is so ready for summer, but hey we can't complain the weather isn't all that bad here. We get the morning coolness, the afternoon heat, and then the evening coolness again.

We did manage to get Wendy's play equipment up and her little pool, that I got last August on clearance for $4.50, filled. She has initiated both already. Today is going to be cool though...fun for the swing set, but not the pool. Hey the sun is just now peeping out.

Wendy also is ready to start Gymnastics! She gets to go to her first class next Thursday so I'll post photos of her in her new suit soon. Ballet starts up in July. I still need to get her involved in Swimming lessons.

Here are a few photos to get the summer feel going.

Oh, we had to cut a small tree down so that we could put the play equipment where we wanted it. SO, if you are wondering what the dark spot in the grass is... Mike put dirt/manure on top of the spot.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Best Dentist Vist Ever!!






Wendy had the best dentist experience ever today! Last week we went to the Pediadontist and we found out that she needed two crowns and one regular filling. Before our move she had some trouble with her left lower molar. It looked like she had chomped down on something and broke off a piece of it. It didn't bother her; so we waited until we got here to do anything about it.

One afternoon she was eating a chip and complained about her right lower molar next to the last tooth. I took a look and picked the chip out and along came a piece of her tooth! YIKES!! It was time to get something done and quick. We took Mike to lunch before Holly left for her Peru trip and we found our new dentist office sitting on the corner. Wow! Their office is wonderful. They were getting ready for a Princess Tea Party that afternoon so we ate lunch and of course came back for the Tea. It was a wonderful way of meeting the two dentist that we were to see. Funny we were scheduled to see Dr. Moore and got to meet him, but we were lucky to meet Dr. Tinkler as well and a good thing too. You see when we went in for her first check up she met Dr. Moore again and he wanted it taken care of soon; so our appointment for today was scheduled and we ended up seeing Dr. Tinkler.

All of their staff is just wonderful!!! They made it fun for Wendy and she never got anxious about the visit at all.

They have the TV up on the ceiling and she got to watch Enchanted while she was having her tooth fixed.

Next time we go will be June 13th and she seems okay with it so far. I had no problems with her at all....well accept for the little bit of the numb feeling. Great Prizes too!!! Wendy got a stuffed elephant, and boy is he cute. She named him Elmer.

Lesa

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

A HAPPY 23 ANNIVERSARY a day late!

Well we might as well be happy huh? It is getting closer now. The way I look at it now the worse case scenario would be around February 09' for Referrals, but my intuition is still pining out DECEMBER. If it is February it will be a 32 month wait for our group. If it is December it will be a 30 month wait and only 7 more months to wait. Hey that isn't bad since look how long we have hung in there!

Oh here is a funny....) I just said "Happy Anniversary" to Mike and his reply.... "OH GOD"... I quickly said it is our 23 month anniversary for Mylie.... He then replied "Don't ever do that to me again!" I just had to crack up!!

Anyway... HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to all of my June 19ther's who are still hanging in there with me.

Lesa

Monday, May 12, 2008

Palo Duro Canyon Adventure "Take Two"

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We loved it so much that Mike and Wendy took me back to the Canyon for Mother's Day.
Holly had to go back to Lubbock to leave there for Peru today; so she didn't get to be here on Mother's Day.
As I had said in the Take One post I usually see some really neat things on my Mother's Day trips....well I got to see a Texas Horned Toad and I haven't seen one of these since I was a child. Too many pesticides to kill out the Red Ants killed out the Horned Toads since the Red Ant is their food source. I was so excited to see them thriving here. Remember it is against the law to pick one up and take it home. They are making a come back but were near extinction not long ago.

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all of my friends and family.

Lacy comes here today for a weeks visit!! I'm so excited to see her. How is that for a Mother's Day present??

Lesa

Palo Duro Canyon Adventure "Take One"


We had one of the best days ever with traveling about 30 miles away from home. How cool to have something this spectacular so close to home!! We loved it so much that Mike and Wendy are taking me back for Mothers Day tomorrow. It seems every Mothers Day and every Birthday we end up doing something nature wise. I love it. One year we went to California and saw the Sea Lions with their babies. I thought that was so special...so much I haven't forgotten it. That was when the older girls were very young.

I want to share some of our experience with everyone. Oh, you must have a walking stick to do half of what we did. Believe me when I say I am super sore, but we are going again and hopefully it will work out the pain. We had the best time on our first adventure to the Canyon. We took three hiking trails. The first we took around a ridge and found many neat things... Then it was off to climb up to a Cave Entrance. It was SPECTACULAR!! Lastly we went on a easy trail and saw a bunny, and some Turkey tracks among some of the prettiest Green Lizards!
After all our hard hiking we ended the adventure with an Ice Cream Cone!!

This wasn't the last trip.... We went on Mother's Day as well, and I will post photos of that adventure in another post.

I can't believe that Wendy and I were able to climb one of the inclines to see a cave!! Very steep, but we were troopers.

Lesa
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