Weekend Wrap Up

I know the weekend has been over for a couple days but I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. As you know Friday wasn't any fun b/c our sweet Chloe was at the vet and we weren't sure what was going to happen. Thank goodness she came out of everything ok and the vet let her come home Sunday morning. She is still really sore and having some issues but every day she gets better.

Here she is with her battle wound.

Backing up a bit...Friday was when I was really sad because I wasn't sure what was going to happen with Chloe. Luckily I had plans with our youth group that night. After work I went to Alltel Arena to meet the group for...

It was really good! I'm a big fan of Meredith Andrews!! I enjoyed everyone that preformed. They all put on a good show.

Saturday we woke up to find out mom had gone to get us breakfast...Shipley Donuts...YUM-O!!!

After that we decided it would be fun for Josh to help dad spike his hair. My dad has had the same hair style for as long as I can remember. My mom has always wanted him to spike his hair and he finally let us work with it.

Here's the end result. Not what we had in mind but I think it will look better once it's shorter.

Here's and added bonus:

Before Chloe went in for her surgery we decided she needed a bath. This is what her hair looked like after we took our her pony tail in the front prior to bath time. Isn't she cute?????????????????????????????????????

Chloe Update

The vet called this morning and Chloe is out of the danger zone! PTL!!!! He wants to keep her and watch her because he isn't sure what caused the swelling. If you want to read more about the details of what happened you can go to my sister Courtney's blog.

Prayers Please!!

As you know our sweet little Chloe had surgery today. Well, there were complications and we really need her swelling to come down. I realize I'm talking about a dog and it doesn't compare to human life and all of the crazy things going on in this world. BUT for any of you who have animals and they are part of your family you understand. We just want what is best for Chloe. The vet said she had so many stones it was unbelievable. She just had this surgery last year so the fact that her body is making them so fast is not a good thing anyway. Pray for Chloe that she won't be in pain and pray for my sister (and the rest of my family).

Unexpected Guest and UnwantedPounds

Yesterday while I was at work mom called and said she was going to pick up Chloe (two hours away) and bring her back to Little Rock in order to take her to the vet. Chloe was having some issues and needed some extra attention. The vet confirmed her problem was just what we thought...more bladder stones. 3 stones in fact! Bless her little heart. She has surgery tomorrow to remove them. She's going to be a much happier dog when all of this is over.

This is Chloe...although she looks homeless in this picture she really does have a family. We love her lots even if we let her look like a shaggy dog!

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OK, enough is enough!! I have wanted and needed to shed some UNWANTED pounds for a LONG time. I have always struggled with my weight but had it under control for a long while. In the last two years things have change and it is not so under control anymore. I have tried this and that but just haven't been motivated. My blog friend Tricia has inspired me to get it together and start doing something about it. I am not paying to go to some group (be it JC or WW) anymore b/c we're trying to save every penny we make. I figured the only kind of accountability I'm going to have is what I do for myself. SOOOO...I'm going to blog about it. I know, I know, BORING. Don't worry, I won't talk about it all the time. Just once a week I'm going to comment on my progress. If I lose 5 pounds I share and if I gain 5 pounds I share. I weigh on Wednesdays but it looks like I probably won't update on my progress until Thursdays (because it is usually too hard to blog on Wednesday because church keeps me busy). So, if a Thursday comes and goes and you don't hear a thing from me about it, ASK ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ashley C., I know this isn't what you had in mind when you requested I blog again soon but I will try to do better next time. Hope you had a good lunch!

Tuesday!

I love Tuesday nights! They happen to be one of my favorite nights of the week. I think this is because Josh gets home at a decent hour, we're able to eat dinner together, then we get to cuddle up and watch The Biggest Loser! Nothing like being lazy on a weeknight. I'm sitting here waiting on Josh to get home now so the night of laziness can begin. Don't worry, I'm already in my pajamas and have been since 5:30. I figured I needed to be comfortable while I sat down and tried to recreate one of my blog rolls. It disappeared last week (a couple of days after my header went missing). I asked blogger to help me get it back but they weren't any help. I decided I would just do it on my own. Having said that, if I left you off its not because I don't read your blog it is because I couldn't think of it off the top of my head. I'm sure I'll remember them all soon.

Ok...well my hubs should be home and minute now so I better go! I hope you enjoy your Tuesday as much as I'm going to enjoy mine!

Gets Even Better

Tricia added some extra touches to my fun new blog design!!! Didn't think it could get much better but I was wrong! It's perfect! Thanks again and again and again, Tricia! You're awesome!

Tulsa by way of NWA

What a great weekend Josh and I have had so far!!!! We both left work early on Friday and headed to NWA. Our first stop was at my friend Ashley's house. I was dropping off some puzzles that my family had worked over Christmas. Ashely and I used to live together and we loved to work puzzles so I thought she might be wishing she had some to work. My second stop was to see my friend Shannon. I had her a housewarming gift that I had been meaning to get to her for a while. Josh and I stopped by her work and dropped it off. After that we were on our way to Laurie and Steve's house. When we got there we gave Emily a thank you gift for letting us stay at her house. It was some dress up clothes.

Here she is modeling them. We had a lot of fun playing with Emily. She's hilarious!!!! I love her personality. She definitely put on a show for us.

Sarah Kate was just as adorable. I love her smile. I like to call her "little Laurie." She's such a sweet girl.

THANKS again Steve, Laurie, Emily, and Sarah Kate. We had a great time and can't wait to do it again soon!

This morning Josh and I got up early so we could head to Tulsa to see the Stamps and family before it got crazy. We started off the morning right with some coffee and breakfast at Panera and then headed to OK. I wasn't really sure what to expect since Kelly and Scott normally get TONS of visitors at the hospital on the weekends. I really didn't figure we'd get to spend a lot of time with them at all. The LORD really blessed us though and we were able to spend some good quality time with our friends. They are just such wonderful people and it was great to see them. I had the best time and I'm so glad we went! An added bonus of the trip is that we got to meet two other bloggers. Julie and Kate met us at the hospital and we all went to lunch.

Josh, Me, Kelly

Julie, Kate, Scott

Napkins that Kate brought us to use at dinner. Hilarious! Apparently its something she does with her friends. They bring random napkins to their get-togethers. Anyway, we had a great time at lunch. I really enjoyed getting to know those two girls better. They are great! Go check them out! Thanks again, Kate, for lunch. You're too nice!!

Now is almost 10 o'clock. Josh and I got home a few minutes ago and we're exhausted. I had such a great weekend visiting my friends that I'm sure I'm going to sleep the whole night with a smile on my face.