It "Depends" on your perspective.....

*Disclaimer - No Scotties were harmed in the making of this post!"

You all know that, "I love my Scottie like I love my family!" The first person who tells me where that was a paraphrase from gets a $10.00 Starbucks card! No kidding! (*Note: my little mini-contest has been won by my good Scottie friend, Lynn at Rocky Creek Scotties. She correctly guessed Sarah Palin who said it on her show, Sarah Palin's Alaska! Good going and quick thinking, Lynn!!)

When you have animals, certain things are bound to happen.....

"Mommy, I am sooooo embarrassed. I can't believe you are telling everyone what I did. I'm going to hide my face in shame. On second thought, I think I'll just take a nap..."

Day before yesterday, my grandsons came over and as they often do, they sit on our bed and watch television. Little Samuel likes to eat his Top Ramen while he's watching his favorite shows (I know, I spoil them) and Maggie waits patiently hoping to get a scrap of something or at least is able to lick the bowl. Well she either got too excited or angry that she didn't get even a morsel, not even a crumb, er, noodle.

After the boys left I went in the bedroom and low and behold a giant wet spot on the bed, and it wasn't soup!!! Maggie!!!!!! Luckily it didn't go through to the sheets, but it did get on the chenille bedspread and the huge, fluffy comforter. Both are very heavy and I don't like to wash them at home, so yesterday I was off to the laundromat.

See the pink bedspread on the left and the comforter on the right? That translates to $10.50 for washing and drying!

Before I got there I stopped at Starbucks. The weather was overcast and cold and my breakfast sandwich and coffee hit the spot. Our little laundromat in town is not the most elegant place in town to spend the morning, but that's alright. I sat in the car and ate and read my latest book while the laundry was washing until it got too chilly. Then I went inside to finish things up.



All in all, I actually enjoyed myself. I could have a nice breakfast, read a book relax and not have to look at all the other things at home I needed to do. Not to say I want to make a habit of this. Maggie, do you hear me?......

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Latest Update

My nephew is doing amazingly well! He is home and recovering from his surgery. They got the results of the biopsy back and it was Renal Cell Carsinoma, Stage 2, Grade 1. They believe that he has had it for about five years but had no symptoms. No chemotherapy or radiation is scheuled as they feel they got it all!!!!

We are all praising God because if he hadn't gotten ill with the other problem, they wouldn't have found the cancer in time to save his life. All the symptoms of the paralysis are going away.

Our entire family wants to thank each and every one of you for all of your kind wishes, notes of encouragement and mostly your prayers.

Update

*More good news. It's Thursday morning here and Jimmy is being discharged from the hospital as I write this! Please continue to pray for a speedy recovery and good biopsy results. Again, thank you to all of you and Praise the Lord!!!

I wanted to update all of you on my nephew's progress. He went through surgery just fine and is sitting and walking already. The tumor as well as the kidney has been removed and we are just waiting for the results of the biopsy from the surrounding area to come back. If there is any cancer found, the doctors feel they can go in and remove it and he'll be fine. Because of his other medical issue, he could have come out of the surgery paralyzed or unable to breathe on his own. So, needless to say, we are thrilled with his progress so far.

Continue to pray for his recovery and that no further cancer will be found. I sent my sister my blog link and she was just amazed and extremely grateful to you all for your prayers and kind words. She wanted me to thank each and every one of you. She's taking her phone up to the hospital today so she can show Jimmy as well. She's now a true believer that prayer works miracles. This has been very difficult for not only Jimmy, but his wife Marie and my sister, Judy, so please pray for them as well.

I thank you all for being there when we need you.

Prayer Request

A quick note to ask all of you to be in prayer for my nephew, Jimmy. He had a sinus infection this past December that went into his spine some way or other. It left him with stroke like symptoms, paralysis to be exact, so he has had to deal with that. He is on the mend and regaining all use of his legs and arms. However, when they took an MRI to check him out they discovered one of his kidneys had cancer. He had no symptoms and didn't know he had it. He is praising God because if they hadn't been looking at the other problem, the doctors said the kidney cancer would have progressed to a terminal state.

He is having his kidney removed Tuesday, January 4th. Please pray that the cancer is localised and that it will all be removed when they take out the kidney. He is such a wonderful, Godly man and we love him so much.

Thank you for all of your prayers.

Happy New Year

Did you have a fun New Year's Eve? We certainly did. We had friends over and after dinner we played a rousing game of London Rummy, which is a progressive rummy. It was a blast! I'm not naming names, but the person who won is typing...right...now! All this while watching three Scotties run around the house like a herd of ...Scotties! Back and forth! In and Out! Stopping to rest and then off they went again. It was so funny. Later in the evening Maggie kept looking at me like, "when can I go to bed, Mommy? I'm tired!" Finally Duhgall and Fiona curled up in a chair in the living room and Maggie literally went to bed. Did I take any pictures? Oh, no! That would have been too logical.

So, from Maggie and the rest of my family....

From our house to yours...We wish you a New Year filled with happiness, health and a promise of new beginnings.

Merry Christmas

To all of my family and friends, I wish you blessings overflowing this holiday season.

May you experience the touch of God on this holy day and may the New Year bring you happiness and health.

Happy Birthday!

Our special little Christmas Eve bundle of joy turns 9 years old today!!!!

Happy Birthday, Samuel!

Grandma and Grandpa love you so very much!!! Have a great day with more to come tomorrow!

Santa Paws Christmas Gift Exchange

Hi there everyone! Maggie here. Mommy is letting me do a post today because I got something very special in the mail. Jazzi and her Mommy hosted a Santa Paws Christmas Pet Gift Exchange. Wasn't that the nicest thing? Everyone who said they wanted to participate (yes, I know big words!) were paired with a new friend. Guess who got my name? Mollie Jo from Kentucky! She is the sweetest little poodle and I hope we can be forever friends.

Here is my package! Wow, mail addressed to me!! Isn't that exciting?

What do I do now, Mommy? Open it? Oh, alright, but I may need help.



Something smells reeeeeaaaaallllyyyy good in here!!!!

A pink camouflage bag from Pet Smart! Someone thinks I'm smart!!!!!! Well, I am!

Poopy bags? Oh, how embarrasing! I need them, but embarrasing anyway. I promise not to "use" the neighbors lawns when we go on walks! We can "hide" the bags in that cute little pink holder!

This isn't Rudolph because it doesn't have a red nose and it's a girl. What is her name Mommy? Rhonda Reindeer? That has a nice ring to it.

A big rubber doughnut! Outa sight! I love doughnuts almost as much as mommy loves them. And a Christmas card with pictures! Awesome! Or should I say, Pawesome!!!

Plus a bag of the cutest peanut butter frosted cookies for dogs. Mommy said they smell good enough for her to even eat.

Thank you so much Mollie Jo. You knew just what I like! Thank you again Jazzi and Jazzi's Mommy for hosting such a fun event.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Tis the Season

I certainly didn't mean to be gone so long between posts. I guess it's that time of year when the days just fly by while you are trying to do so many things. I still don't have my house completely decorated yet. Although, Sweety helped me with the kitchen last night. Good grief, just how many Christmas cookie jars does one person need? I've been able to go to a wonderful ladies tea with a fabulous speaker, dinner at a friends house and tour some beautiful homes decorated for the season. Right now, though, I'll show you what I did today.

Yep, that's Maggie and Santa. We drove into town so Maggie could tell him just what she wanted for Christmas. She promised she had been a good little girl Scottie and deserved to get a big package of her favorite treats from Trader Joe's.


Of course, terrorizing the cats waiting to be adopted and going potty on the carpet didn't win her any points with the big guy at all! So we'll just have to wait and see what she gets. But if you ask me, who can resist that little face?

Lights, Camera, Action!

I have the same routine every morning:

a. Drag myself out of bed.

b. Let Maggie out.

c. Go get the newspaper.

d. Let Maggie in.

e. Give Maggie her "cookie".

f. Make myself a cup of tea.

g. Sit and read the newspaper.

h. Keep adjusting how I'm sitting to accommodate Maggie because she wants to sit with me.

i. Check the internet mail.

j. Check Facebook (so I can see how my son is).

k. Check my favorite blogs.

l. Start my day.

Same old same old...... except the other day! Maggie had finally settled down and gone to lay down in her favorite chair and I was sipping my tea and working on my Jumble puzzle in the paper. The lights flickered in the kitchen and when I looked up there was white wispy smoke coming out of one of the pot lights in the ceiling. I jumped up and turned out the lights, got a chair and took out the light bulb. Wow! Was I glad I happened to be sitting there!!!

The picture below is not very good. I guess I either need to get my camera's manual out and actually read it or get a new camera. The pictures have been bad as of late. Anyway, you can sorta see what happened. See the brown areas? It was starting to smolder. There is also a very bad acrid electrical smell. I've never had that happen to me before. Especially with these types of bulbs. I'm glad I got to it before it burst into flames.

All I can think of are the words to that Bette Midler song, "some body's watching us, from a distance!" Thank you, Lord, for being there for me that day.