Just Some Rambling Thoughts...

Oh where have I been...well last Thursday, January 16th was our 39th day of working without a day off...mostly our choice but still 39 days is a long time to work without any time off...oh, we did have an evening off in December when a local church had a Date Night...and for us it was perfect because it was on our 44th wedding anniversary so we joined some friends from our Sunday School class and went out to eat.  

So Friday, January 17th after getting the kidlets off to school, stopping to have breakfast with a few people from our church we headed for home to rest and relax until the Candidate Forum at the Yoakum Community Center was to begin at 5:00p...well about 11:30a we got a text from our friend Donna that Joey needed help and a home and would it be possible for him to come and live with us.  So the text conversation went like this...

...BJ wants to know if YOU want a dog, 6 years old?

...What kind?  Is he house trained?  Fixed?

...Yes is house broken and yes he is fixed.

...When does he need to find a home?  Is he good around kids?

...Yes, he looks like Toto, he has papers but he is fixed so breeders don't want him.  He belonged to BJ's girlfriend's sister but she is headed to prison for 15 years...girlfriend doesn't want to keep him as she already has 4 dogs of her own.

THEN the conversation with Ron

...Honey, Donna wants to know if we want a dog?

...Ron says: no, smiles and asks what kind?  I show him a picture of Toto and I read him the messages between Donna and I.

And then Ron smiled real big

and showed me 

and then we were off to Lampasas (3 hrs away)

where

Joey joined our family!!!

He is a Cairn Terrier.

Not sure he really knows his name is Joey, 

and I have been calling him Sweetie

so in the next few days we will decide on a permanent name for him.

Any Suggestions????

So our first day off in 39 days was spent with being in the car for 7 hours!!!

Saturday was a day of rest, watching TV, getting caught up on NCIS, BULL, napping and lots of crocheting...trying to finish up a toddler blanket so I can get busy on one of the 15 other crochet projects I have on my list to do!!!

Sunday we went to Sunday School and church then joined some of them for lunch in Victoria at Grand Buffet....I filled up on sushi, even a ate a couple of Spicy Tuna Roll in honor of Max and then we headed for home.  We got home about 3:20p and I laid down, only to wake up at 6:30p...I guess I was still tired...then it was time for Hawaii 5O and Magnum before heading back to bed about 10:30p...

and then this morning it was up, take the dog out to go potty,

get dressed, take the dog out for a walk around the big circle 2x, then in for some time with the Lord...and the message today was 

Be Intentional!

Live each day as if it is your last!!

Prioritize People over STUFF!!

Live Authentically!!!

and then it was time to return to work and the kiddo's...

first up was another two times around the circle with Julie, our Relief HP, to hear about how the weekend went, address some questions she had

and then chat with the kiddo's...we knew the weekend was going to be hard as they had not been with anyone else but Ron and I for 39 days...

...they pushed some limits, tried some patience, and behaved great a a birthday party with total strangers so after Ms Julie left we had a little chat...okay AR would say a long chat...it doesn't matter who is in charge of you, you have to follow the same rules,

thanks for being great at the birthday party,

now let's work on following the rules whether it's Ms Ali or Mr Ron or Ms Julie who is in charge...the rules are there for a reason, we discussed the reason and expectations and then we all went to our bedrooms, counted to 10 and came back together and began our day a new...you know the TBRI Re Do stuff...the kids played outside most of the day, Ron got a lot of the lawn mowed, I made sloppy joes for dinner, everyone got their showers 

and slowly the kidlets are heading to bed.

Tomorrow is a trip to Seguin to see the dentist,

then back to school and back to routines!!

Oh and hopefully a trip to the vet for shots and then the groomer for a trim for Joey!!!