Happy Birthday Anna

Yea our beloved Anna turned 10 in January and I forgot to note it. Anna was from my first litter of pups. Her bark sounded like a quack so I quickly dubbed her Duckie. She was part of a very energetic litter. They stayed very busy. Her mother Nala wouldn't lay down to have the pups. She ran really fast in circles as they flew out of her. Dan & I spent the afternoon catching pups.
So at 10 years old she loves to lounge on the waterbed. Plays well with cats. She has one fun trait, she bites her toe nails. I've never seen a dog do that before.

Explanation of surgeries.

Little Dan broke his left pnkie playing basketball. He went in and 2 pins put in at a crisscross fashion to fix the jagged break. He went thru surgery with flying colors. His biggest complaint was lack of food. But overall after the stress of the day was through we had fun joking. I just had to remind him not to take off iss soft cast. To see picts go to Terry Children Blog link. The biggest thing with Dan is getting him to understand he needs to be careful. He crashed the pocket Rocket with his cast. Never mind he should not have been on it!
Eddie Ray surgery is scheduled for March 2nd. We've been through this before when he was 3 and needed his teeth fixed. They put the mask on he screamed, then went very still. And I cried because the whole thing unerved me. This time he's more worried about his testicle turning orange from the soap. Otherwise excited.
Now Ricky I take in on the 25th to see if tubes are the solution. He has had fluid in his ears since the day I got him. Wh they wait til 14 1/2 to do something about it is beyond me. If they don't do surgery one would have to wonder what they'll do to relieve the pressure.

Surgeries Surgeries

I'm feeling the stress of a Mom raising three beautiful active boys. Dan had surgery 2 weeeks ago. We just got word Eddie Ray is definately having surgery on his left testicle. He continues to swell in the testicle, groin, and belly. Good news it doesn't bother him. Wednesday we go to see if Ricky is a go on his surgery to put tubes in. The good news the boys are excited at the prospect of surgery, it's just Mom who knows it has to be done, just doesn't like it.

TAGGED

Rules:1- Post the rules
2- Answer the 6 "8" items
3- Let each person know that they have been tagged
8 Favorite T.V. Shows
1- Dancing With the Stars
2- dESPERATE hOUSE WIVES
3- Boston Legal
4- Reba
5- ER
6- Grey's Anatomy
7- Hot Rod TV
8- Sunday Morning News CBS
8 Things I did yesterday
1- Walked the halls of west
2- cleaned Eddie Ray's Room
3- Drove Dad back & forth to the hospital
4- did"some" laundry
5- Picked boys up from school
6 read books with Eddie Ray
7- Talked with most my sisters( Sorry Deanne)
8- Did Dishes for Dad
8 Favorite Restaurants
1- Red Lobster
2- outback steakhouse
3- Sonic
4- A&W
5- Fazoli's
6- Lone Star
7- texas roadhouse
8- Carlos O kelly's
8 things I am looking forward to
1- christmas
2- painting my bedroom
3- Get Monte running
4- sledding
5- Computer functioning again
6- A clear phone line
7-christmas caroling
8- Mom being well
8 things on my wish list
1- New vehicle
2- a great christmas for my family (all my family)
3- Date with Dan
4 Sleep at night
5- a new t.v. (it's a big wish that's not going to happen either)
6- more confidence in my mothering skills
7- have a clean house 365 days of the year and not feel tired by this (hey, it's a WISH list right, not a TO DO list)
8- Spring
i'm tagging:
1-Anyone (this has taken me 1 week to complete at school)

The Engine Pull

Ricky worked so hard cleaning the engine. This was definately Ricky's favorite part.

Eddie Ray worked so hard acking up the car. It was hysterically with each pump his whole body would come off the ground. All the boys had a hand in getting the engine out.

Halloween

Here's our football player army dude, and Ninja. They had a great time trick or treating. Sorry it's taken this long to get a picture to load.

I snagged a tag...

High School tag:1. Did you date someone from your school? I went on a couple of dates with one guy from my high school.
2. What kind of car did you drive? 73 Monte Carlo,
3. Were you a party animal? Umm...does a bear poop in the woods?
4. Were you considered a flirt? yep
5. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir in my sophmore year.
6. What was your most embarrassing moment of high school? My buttons gave way on my shirt and I did not notice til I hit the cold outside air.
7. Were you a nerd? No, stoner was the term.
8. Were you on any varsity teams? No
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Nope
10. Can you still sing the fight song? I don't think I ever KNEW the fight song.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mr Melberg Creative writing and honors ENGLISH Mrs Juhl Individualized reading. Mr Picht Broadcasting.
12. What was your school's full name? Cedar Falls High School
13. School mascot? Tiger
14. Did you go to homecoming, and with who? I went to one with a group of girls.
15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No! It's was fun but hard enough back then.
16. What do you remember most about graduation? I remember thinking..."I kept thinking I'm finally done. Now I can do whatever I want! Freedom at last.
17. Where did you go senior skip day? To North Cedar to go drinking with my buddies.
18. Were you in a club? no
19. Have you gained some weight since then? More than I intended....
20. Who was your prom date? My junior we went as a group and I left with Joe Kunkel.Senior Year I went with Jimmy Nuebauer and left with Clayton.
21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? I already missed mine. I went to my twentith found out I really hadn't missed much at my tenth.
22. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Focus more on your studies and make high school less of a game of cat and mouse.