This last week has been pretty hard to get through. We loved a loved pet last week. Baby actually belonged to our son Corry, but
our family is close. Very close. Baby was all of ours. We all shed tears. We all feel the loss. From our youngest family member, CJ to our
oldest, my mother-in-law, we all loved Baby.
Baby came into our lives as a pup. It all started with her mom. Her mom is Jasmine. Jazz belongs to our oldest son Kris and
Darlene. They got her from Missy as a
gift. Her friend’s pit bull had pups and
she knew what a good home Jazz would get with Kris and Darlene and their three
girls. Kris and Darlene got a second
pup. Thor was a Doberman. He was Baby’s daddy. Baby was the runt of the little of puppies
that Jasmine and Thor had.
When Corry got Baby he lived with us. We were in Rootstown then. I loved her sweet little face. She and her people daddy, Corry, stuck tight
by each other. They were buds from the
beginning. Corry worked with her and
taught her so many, many tricks. She was
a super smart dog.
Baby lived in my home a few other years too when Corry moved
back here with us. She was a great
companion. She was a protector. She was unconditional love every moment of
her life.
Sadly what took her was her own doing. We had worked and worked and worked with her
to get her to stop eating carpet. She
tore up the basement stairway carpet while she lived here. We don’t really know why, she just did. She seemed to stop for a while when Corry
moved out and down the street. Of course
the house he moved to didn’t have a lot of carpet. And then one day she started it up
again. This time it was bad.
They had indoor outdoor carpet. It tore her up inside. By the time she stopped eating and started
acting sick, it was too late. Within the
day, Corry got her to the vet and within the next 12 hours she had become
septic. Surgery went from a possibility
to useless endeavor. The vet said if
they opened her up, they’d end up having to put her down on the table. Instead of putting her through that, she had
her family around her. Even our Corry’s
brother and sister came to the vet clinic to say goodbye. We all sat with her and shared hugs for a
last time. It was hard. Very, very hard. But she is now pain free in heaven. She can pal around with my dad until the rest
of us are there. Maybe he’ll teach her a
few more tricks. My dad would have loved
her if we’d had her when he was alive.
Farewell, my buddy, my pal.
I miss you so much.
~~~~~
Wow! It’s not very
long until this wedding! I started
thinking about what all needs to be done here and tried to make a schedule of
sorts. I discovered I should have been
thinking a few weeks ago if I want it all done!! Lol
I have my dress thanks to Rusty. My purse was repaired thanks to Corry. Now I need shoes and a slip. Cliff is of course wearing a tux so his
outfit is handled. I handled my jewelry. I found a set of my mom’s I wanted to wear
that was broken. I added a chain for the
necklace, reworked the bracelet and decided that I’d wear the clip on
earrings because converting them would
be something I couldn’t do myself.
The wedding is going to be beautiful. I can’t wait to take all the wonderful
pictures I know I will. And the week
after Rusty and Caitlin’s wedding, I’m doing the pictures for one of Missy’s
friend’s wedding. Can’t wait!!
~~~~~
I would like to find a loveseat sleeper within the next two
or three weeks. A very cheap or better
yet, free one. We’re trying to get sleep
areas situated. I have my sister in one
room and my brother and his fiancé in another.
I need a place for Kennedy since we’re ousting her from her room. We’re using her little flip bed for Emerson. Don’t know if anyone else is staying here but
we want to be prepared. I think we can
get a fold up cot from my mother-in-law.
I want the livingroom and the basement/rec room able to be used for
sleep areas too.
I also want the loveseat for after my surgery in case I
can’t do the stairs. I’m bringing back
the lift chair we let my mother-in-law use and all the other handicap equipment
we have lent out will be back. I’m not
to do the stair more than once a day for the first two weeks. Can use the leg for anything. As long as we have things set up at home and
I have people to help me if I need it, they should let me come on home.
~~~~~
Also in preparation for both the wedding and my surgery,
I’ve been cooking and freezing meals. I
need to choose two to do this week. I
have stuffed peppers, cabbage rolls, a veggie casserole, turkey, etc. in there
now. I really need to make a list. I have desserts for when they’re here planned
too. Strawberry shortcake, ice cream in
waffle bowls, peach cobbler… Some people
loathe having guests. I like it. Especially when it’s my sooster and
brooster. J
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I made a switch of my dishes. My coca cola dishes are what I consider my
“winter” dishes. They red and
Christmas-y. I have them put away now
and pulled out my brightly colored fiesta ware.
I have a hodge podge of colors so it looks Easter-ish. They’re all seconds I’ve picked up on trips
to the factory. I’d like to go down and
start gathering some smaller bowls and some serving pieces. I have a couple platters but I don’t have
bowls for veggies and other sides.
I need to change out table covers, window stained glass
decorations, throw blankets… (I keep my
house cold all year so we need to have blankets all around for folks to wrap up
in.)
I’ve got about four blinds, maybe five needing to be
replaced so I’ll be hunting for them in all my cheap shopping joints. First I’ll be seeing if there are enough
slats at the bottom bunched up that I could take them apart and fix them. No sense spending the money if I don’t have
too. Can’t afford to anyhow.
I got down most of the winter curtains. Still need to do the diningroom but might
hold off on that one a couple more weeks.
Before I do I want to find some way to camouflage the fact the curio
cabinet is in front of the one side.
Why? Because I like it
there. Simple. I’m not putting up the livingroom curtains. Maybe later but for now, the cornices will be
the window treatment. They have
mini-blinds. We’re good.
We got one big job handled yesterday. The dresser from the attic is now in the
office and the filing cabinets that looked pretty tacky are in the attic. Well one is.
The other is the night stand by the bed in the office. I also purged through the gift bags, tissue
paper, ribbon, etc. It’s in the dresser
for now but if the dresser is needed it will be boxed up and taken to the
attic.
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The weekend was a pretty busy one. Kennedy marched in the parade with the zoo so
we did the St. Patrick’s Day parade. I
always like it anyhow. Something very
cheerful about it. Little Miss Melanie
started out with two necklaces and by the end of the hour and a half parade,
she had about 20 along with a huge amount of candy!
Saturday night we had four of the girls here. Kennedy and Natalie stayed in her room and
Morgan and Madison stayed in the office.
In the morning I did a little experimenting and made cinnamon
biscuits. I didn’t feel like doing rolls
so I put the cinnamon glop in the bottom of a pan, sprinkled it with pecan
pieces and raisins, laid biscuits on top and baked them. When I took them out of the oven, I flipped
the pan and the goo covered them. Very
yummy.
~~~~~
Well that’s it for
now. I’m pretty tired and tomorrow is
another day I’m sure will be filled to the brim. Sending hugs and love to you all…
~~Mama Sage
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