Henry the Cat...uh Dog?

I have no idea how this has happened. I thought he would be what I expected....a cat. However, somewhere after me bringing him home as a six week kitten from the farm and 7 kids grabbing him and snuggling each time they sit down he has turned into....well....almost dog like.

He insists on snuggling with you every time you sit down and not just snuggling, but he nuzzles. Yes he has this need to rub his nose under your chin and lay his head in the crook of your neck.

He runs to greet his people when they come home, especially if he has been home alone; and the catnip mouse I bought him he plays with and carries around like a dog...he is even beginning to play fetch with it if the kids throw it.

I think he has an identity disorder, I wonder if they have therapists for this?

Counting My Blessings

Lately I suppose I have been focusing on all the negative things in my life and today more than any other I realize that I should more often count my blessings. Just as other Mother's all over the world have followed Mckmamma's story I have been doing the same and the quick decline in Stellan's health has sadden me deeply. I won't ask for prayers because again anyone who reads this blog right now is probably already praying along with me & thousands of others.

What I will do is count my blessings and hold on tight to them. You see I take for granted the health of my family even though just a couple of short months ago I had a scare when my daughter was in a car wreck and my youngest son was rushed into emergency surgery for a possible tear in his bowl. Even though it was scary I knew he would be okay.

Today please take a moment to count your blessings.

I don't think I need to say more, as most of my readers know what this is about.

Hey! I Want My Summer Back!!!

Each early Spring I have this fantasy that the summer will be spent with lots of grilling out, family swimming in the pool, quiet evenings on the deck and in general just enjoying the season. However, it seems the past two summers have flown by and I'm left wondering what happened. Between the baseball schedules & now starting next week the football schedules
along with JMac's band rehearsal schedule plus other miscellaneous things there never seems to be anytime for simply enjoying life.

Last year I did well with just going with the flow of things and although this summer I am doing the same I am reflecting more. On the nights when I finally crawl in bed and if I don't immediately fall asleep due to exhaustion I have laid there thinking about how short life is and how time seems to be slipping through the hourglass quicker than I am realizing it. I don't necessarily need it to slow down as much as I just want the time to enjoy it.

It hasn't helped that we have had one of the coolest & wet summers on record either. Seems like the days we don't have anything planned on the calendar and I think we can enjoy a day of pool time, family games of badmittin and grilling out it is either raining cats & dogs or it is so cool out nobody wants to be outside.

Then there is the fact that school starts August 13th! Yes, that is what I said August 13th!!! Seriously?!? Now I hate to do the whole 'back when I was a kid' thing, but I do honestly think it would be better if the kids stayed in school until Memorial Day and then didn't go back until Labor Day. Why? Well simply...summer. May can typically be cool enough that it's too cold to swim etc and yet August is typically one of the hottest months for us. I really can't say when this trend began of the school schedule being what it is, but I am honestly left wondering....what happened to my summer?!?

New Beginnings

Here I am again after 2 3 previous attemps at keeping a blog. I swear this time I'll be dedicated, this time I'll continue to write from the heart even when I second guess that I should be pouring my thoughts out there to the world wide blog land. Okay maybe I won't swear, but I'll try.