Thinking of a new name for this blog....

I am thinking of changing the name of this blog...I want to think of something catchy and the current one is not cutting it.

Any Suggestions?

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! 2009...let's hope its a good year for everyone!

I barely made it to see the ball drop last night. The past few years, I am usually so tired on NYE that I usually go to bed before the ball drop. However this year, I managed to fall asleep in the recliner and wake up at 11:30..lol.

:)

Not doing so well at blogging...and an update

I just realized that it has been over a month since I posted. I have to try to keep up with this.

Its been crazy busy here! The Christmas is a few days away and the kids are very excited to see what Santa got them. I am still working on wrapping presents and trying to stay organized! My Inlaws just came in from Florida...I feel bad for them, its so dang cold here. They are used to such warm weather in South Florida! It should be a good week. On Friday my brother and his wife are coming in for a few days. My In-laws leave on Saturday and my parents are flying in on Saturday afternoon! Its very busy here in the Grob house;)

On top of that...we recently adopted two new puppies. We adopted them from the Suffolk Animal Shelter. We have 2 beagle/dauchsaund/god knows what else mixes. They are sisters from the same litter and they are now 9 weeks old. Our house was just so sad with the passing of Daisy and it was just too quiet and sad without her. We wanted to wait until after the holidays, but I was in touch with a foster mom that was taking care of the pups. Needless to say after a few pictures, we knew we wanted one. We got to the shelter last week to see them (We got there 1/2 hour before the shelter opened...purely my OCD kicking in...hhah!) We got to play with the pups and the long and short of it was...we took the two sisters. Brandy and Bailey. They are doing very well and they recently got a clean bill of health with the vet.:)

Well, have a Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope to post again this week, but with all the company and controlled chaos, I am not sure I will.;)

Friday happenings....

It was very exciting here to wake up to snow flurries! Being a New England gal with growing up with snow...it was great to see. I am sure New Englanders now would think I am crazy for welcoming snow. My morning started with Meghan charging into my room yelling "mommy its snowing!!". Unfortunately, it changed over to rain because it got too warm.

Hampton Roads area of VA (Norfolk, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach) rarely get snow.

When we lived in Woodbridge, VA (up near DC) we got tons of it and Meggie had a blast playing in it!

Maybe we'll get another chance soon:)

Locks and trees....

Today was all over the place. Mark is away in Dhalgren VA and will be home Friday night. So a typical Monday is hectic around here.

Meghan got off to school no problem. I had our babysitter Megan come over to watch Tyler so I could get some errands done. That went smoothly too. I got a great deal on an artificial christmas tree at Garden Ridge. It was a $299 tree that I got for $99. Its a pre lit one that is 7 1/2 ft tall and I think there are 800 lights on it.

I walked up to the school to get Meghan and when we got back, took Tyler out of the stroller and put the stroller in the car. Shut the car and rummaged for my keys.....yea, the keys that were still in the baby stroller. The car was locked. So I panicked for a brief moment. Called my girlfriend (she has a key to my house) but of course her cell phone was off and I did not have her husbands new cell number. So I called a locksmith....I waited 90 minutes for this guy to get here. He got the car open but charged me $80....ridiculous. But I got the keys. What ever I saved on the Christmas tree went right into the pocket of the lock smith. Meghan had a dentist appt that I had to cancel because we were still waiting for the locksmith. The dentist office was wonderful and rescheduled it for next week.

I really hope tomorrow is better....I still can't believe I did that!!

Goodbye, my friend.....

I haven't posted in a while...had some sad happenings going on here. I feel like I posted it everywhere (facebook, storknet, and now here). I guess I am thinking if I get it typed out, then it won't hurt so much.

Thursday, November 13th...my dog Daisy had to be put to sleep. In a short period of time she went from peppy and happy to lethargic and in liver failure. I am still shaking my head on how fast this transpired. Daisy was being treated for ear infection and an urinary tract infection. When her urine was tested it showed high levels (3x the normal amount) of sugar. We thought we were looking at diabetes. The vet decided to look at her liver enzymes too...that test came back high. He was really perplexed to what was causing her enzymes to go up because we carefully monitor her medications. A few days later, Daisy stopped eating. HUGE red flag. This pup loved to eat...I tried chicken, roast beef and turkey, but she was not interested. On the 3rd day, I called the vet and we brought her in. I left her for the morning so he could re-run the blood work. I got a call that afternoon and that is when I got the bad news. Her sugar levels were in the 400's and her enzymes were very very high. Daisy was in complete liver failure. Unfortunately there was nothing more we could do for her.

We decided to put Daisy to sleep...it was the humane thing to do. She was suffering and deteriorating quickly. We picked up Meghan at school and had to explain to her that Daisy was going to become an angel. Meghan kinda understood, but then got upset. We all went to the vet to say goodbye. They brought her in and she jumped up and gave me kisses and then collapsed in my arms. She was so weak. We spent an hour or so with her to say our goodbyes. Mark did not want to see her put to sleep so he took the kids to the large waiting room. I stayed with her and the vet. It was quick and peaceful. I had been crying all day...but I really lost it when he checked her heartbeat and could not find one...she was gone.

Daisy was my wonderful companion. She was also our "practice baby" we got her before we had kids. She kept me company when Mark was at sea and she was absolutely wonderful with the kids. The house is very quiet without here here.

I picked up her ashes today...we had her cremated. She was in a little tin with daisies all over it. So fitting. They also had her paw imprinted in clay with her name on it. Its such a nice memory that I have of her.

So Daisy, this post is for you. You will always be in our hears forever. We miss you so much.

Halloween '08

It was another fun year for Halloween! Unfortunatly, Mark was away in RI and missed it:(

My friend Sharon came over for a quick pizza supper and then she came TOT-ing with us.

This year it seemed like less people were giving out candy....maybe its the economy, who knows. Meghan had the routine down pat..."Tick or Treat"..."Thank-you". Tyler was happy as a lark in the stroller. I am sure next year he will get it.

Well, here they are!