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| My Bonnie is Home!!!!Wow! I got a call at 7:45 this morning from a girl saying she thought she had my dog. Apparently, she was given to them last night when they were in the Canyon, and they took her home with them. They checked online, and they found one of my ads. They called me this morning, and it was her!!!! She is tired, a little timid, and she has a hurt paw. But she's home!!! I really can't believe it, but I'm so thankful. I can't believe that God brought her home to us; I thought she was gone forever. | | |
| Lost Dog Yesterday we had a wonderful day of family fun planned. We decided to take advantage of the 3 day weekend and have a day trip/picnic up to the mountains near our home. We packed the cooler, made the sandwiches, loaded the truck, and loaded the 5 of us (DH, 2 kids, dog, and me) into the pick up truck. Our dog, Bonnie, is a 1 yr. old basset hound, and she's never ridden in the back of the truck. However, after the massive amount of hair she deposited in the cab of the truck on the trip from TX to UT, my DH decided that she would not be riding IN his truck any longer. I was nervous, and I asked him every few minutes if she was still back there. As we began our ascent into the Uinta National Forest, I got distracted and stopped asking. We pulled into our picnic spot, hopped out, and he said, "We have to go back; Bonnie's gone." I thought he must be joking until he showed me the leash with collar attached and no dog. We quickly reloaded ourselves and drove back to the bottom calling her name to no avail. We returned to the picnic area, picked at our lunch, and drove/hiked the road calling her again. We went home, the kids took a nap, and we returned once more to the mountains. We drove and called and cried once more. We went home again, ate dinner, and I listened to the kids playing happily. You know what the strange thing is; it made me mad. I was hurting, and I didn't want everyone else around me to go on and be happy. I was going to get out of the house for a bit, and JR suggested that we make one more trip to the mountains. We all knew that by this point it really was hopeless, but I just couldn't seem to let it go. She is the perfect dog for us. She is so good natured even when our kids tackle her, and she loves to snuggle. I hate this so much because there is no closure. We were in the middle of mountains and forest, and she has no ID on her. She could have been injured; she could have been slung off into the ravine below the road. She could have hopped out and gone frolicking (to later be eaten by a bear); she could have been picked up by another car. As sad as this is, I would almost rather have found her little body on the side of the road than not know anything. At least that way there would have been closure. I posted her info. on a few websites, classifieds, etc., but I know the whole idea of finding her is so far-fetched. Yesterday I washed her blankets, took down her kennel, and put away her food bowl. Tonight the kids watched 101 Dalmatians, and I wished there was a real twilight bark that would bring my Bonnie back to me. Even with 2 busy kids running around, the house seems empty without her toenails clicking on the laminate floors or her whimpering when she wants to go out. I miss my Bonnie.  | | |
| We're in Utah!!!Thank you for all your prayers over the last couple of weeks as we made the physical journey to Utah! We arrived Fri. the 9th at about 5:00 PM, and many members of our church arrived within the hour to help unload, provide dinner, and fellowship. It was a little chaotic, but it was such a warm reception after a long, tiring 2 days of travel. The kids are doing well settling into their new house, and Emily is especially excited about the dance class she gets to start in June. Emily has already made several friends at church, and Adrian just tags along with whatever his big sister is doing. JR began his job on Mon., and he already got a 50 cent raise today. His manager at Fastenal is definitely LDS (he was discussing buying a wheat grinder for their long term supply of food that the LDS are supposed to keep), but his district manager is very turned off by the LDS church. He was very interested to hear what JR was doing. Kyle is the manager, Matt is the district manager, and Sean is the sales rep. that JR works with. I'm still settling in and unpacking boxes, and I've been battling allergies/sinus infection since Sun. Church was refreshing on Sun., but the kids will take some time to get used to it. There is no nursery/kids' classes until it is time for the sermon, so both of our kids will have to learn to sit in the service some. Emily kept asking to go to her class, and she didn't understand that she couldn't go until later in the service. There were at least 30 adults at church on Sunday and at least 20 kids. Yesterday was my first trip to the grocery store in Utah, and it felt a little eerie even though I was in a normal Walmart. It's strange to be in place and realize that you are so drastically different from the people surrounding you. Somehow you don't feel that way in the Bible Belt even though many of the people around are not Christians either. I realized that we probably stuck out like a sore thumb as non-LDS because Emily was riding in the cart carrying her little bottle of Diet Coke, and we bought coffee. We have found some incredible restaurants in Payson (great Mexican and Chinese). Tomorrow I can begin cooking at home more because they are delivering our new stove! I've made dinner in the crock pot the last 2 days, and I must admit that we didn't eat today's experiment. I decided to buy tuna instead of chicken for my concoction because it was cheaper, and we opted for Chinese because none of us wanted to eat tuna and noodles in the crock pot. I guess in the end the chicken was cheaper after all. Tomorrow I can be back to cooking the way that I know how to cook! Thank you for all your prayers! Praises: *Safe trip to Utah *Great services at Crossings last Sunday *New stove coming tomorrow! *JR got a raise Prayers: *Becky to get well *Emily and Adrian to continue to adjust (and JR and Becky as well) *Matt (JR's district manager) *Kyle (JR's manager) *Sean (sales rep. JR works with) *Ways for us to meet people outside of the church (esp. Becky) | | |
| EditOkay, I called my friend and told her that I needed to cancel part of my order. I got my cost down to about $35 if they haven't started painting 2 of the pieces yet. I found out today that I have to pay out of pocket for Emily's ultrasound on Friday, so I decided my family comes before my discomfort in this situation. Interesting quote of the day: "Girls don't work; only boys do." -My darling daughter | | |
| Warning: This is a bit of a rant...Okay, you've been forewarned, so here it goes. I have a friend who sells handpainted pottery with your child's footprints/handprints on it. Honestly, I don't like the stuff that much (some of it's a little country for me), but I wanted to help her out. Now there are two things you should know about this friendship. First, I've been witnessing to her since we moved to TX, and second, she said she would have a Spa party to help me out. Besides those two things, she...how do I say this delicately...is an odd duck. Okay, she drives me crazy! I often will unplug my phone, so I don't have to answer (she will literally call me 7-10 times a day with nothing important to say). Anyway, I decided since she was helping me out with my home business I would help her out by ordering a couple of pieces from her. My mother-in-law is the type who loves sentimental things from her kids. In fact, she still hangs up their handmade Christmas art projects from when they were little boys, so I thought this pottery thing would be perfect for her. I got together with my sister-in-law, and we put all 4 of our kids' footprints on this picture frame, which they would then paint to look like horse faces. My friend told me she would give us the frame at her cost, because otherwise it would have been way out of my budget. She didn't give us the frame at her cost because my sister-in-law did it with me, so we still had to pay about $50 + tax for the frame. She told me anything else I ordered would be at her cost, and she showed me the price list. I ordered 3 smaller pieces for my dad's birthday, my mom's mother's day, and one for Adrian's room. My total was around $68 for my 3 pieces and my part of the large frame. JR was croaking that I spent that much, but I figured I got 4 items so not too bad. She called me while we were in Utah to say that prices had gone up, and she didn't realize it. She would give me the new total when I got back. I can't really do much at this point because my kids' footprints were already on her pieces, so they would be ruined if I said I wouldn't pay. Remember I'm also witnessing to her. Today, a month after I place the order, she brings me the new total and says she really needs the money now. (Oh, did I mention her 22 month old daughter also had torn up my check and my sister in law's check previously?) The new total is $158!!! She did take $30 off that because she came and looked through my garage sale stuff and took my best clothes the night before (yep, I probably would have made more than $30 on the clothes and toys that she took). Now I do get back $34 from my sister-in-law for her part of the frame (from what my friend originally told me, the frame would cost $34 total not each). Anyway, I'm very annoyed, but I don't feel like I could say anything about it. Also, she cancelled her Spa party and hasn't ever bought the skin care I ordered in advance because she wanted to order it. A big chunk of my hard earned garage sale money is now out the window for 3 gifts and one decoration that I'm not super-excited about, and they may not even be in by the time I move because she procrastinated so long in getting them to the painter. No, I'm not being loving right now. Partially because my husband is going to blow a gasket when he finds out I spent our garage sale money on this stuff. He wanted it set aside for moving expenses or the new stove that we will need to buy. I didn't say a word to her about being displeased with the issue. I just wanted to scream!!! | | |
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