Right now.....

Outside my window...Some wonderful rain, many colorful leaves falling all over. My absolute favorite time of the year!

I am thinking...about my kids a lot right now, Mattias and Marisa are getting a lot better however Justin is still struggling with pain in his legs and joints.

I am thankful for...a lot has happened this month and I'm thankful it didn't all happen at once. .

From the kitchen...Sour cream enchiladas....mmmmmmmmmm.

I am wearing...a black hooded sweatshirt, jeans and slippers.

I am going... to sleep a full 8 hours tonight. Hopefully

I am reading....nothing, with all that has been going on my attention span is very short.

I am hoping...to do a lot of scrapping soon.

I am hearing...All the kids in the kitchen, carving pumpkins, singing and laughing. It is good for the soul.

One of my favorite things...My craft room full of potentials......

A few plans for the rest of the week...work, parent/teacher conference, The Dog Spot, carving more pumpkins, scrapping, Dr. appointments, laundry and blah, blah, blah.

A picture to share...

Dasher Jones and Dinner parties....

Last Saturday morning I heard Dash get up and go outside. A minute or so later I heard him Scream....I jumped out of bed and ran out on the back deck screaming for him. I heard a lot of movement in the bushes on the ground, I kept screaming for Dash and then I heard at least 3 animals run out in the backyard. I ran inside to get a jacket and shoes and heard Dash scratching at the front door. I ran down and let him in and he came in and ran up stairs. I thought for a second he was ok and then I saw blood come from his neck! I grabbed a towel wrapped him up and a yelled for Marce. He threw shoes on and we ran out the door. Thank God we live less than 10 minutes from the Vet Hospital. The nurse took Dash back right away and we were left in the waiting room pacing and crying. It turns out the wounds around his neck were the least of our problems, Dash had a huge hernia from the attack his intestines were outside of his muscle lining and only held in by his skin! He needed emergency surgery or he would die. We were terrified and heartbroken. Not to mention it was going to be $2700.00 minimum. With Nanci's help we were able to come to an agreement with the Dr. and she took him into surgery. We were devastated for our poor little puppy. The surgery went well he had many puncture wounds and scratches around his neck and down his back. His hernia was the worst of it and part of his intestines were too badly injured and they had to remove part of them. They put drain tubes in his neck to help with drainage. When we went back to see him that afternoon he was pretty drugged up and beaten up, I could not believe how bad he was. He was black and blue and swollen around his neck and on his belly so bad we all just cried and cried. They kept him until Sunday night and then let us take him home. We have been nursing him back to health this last week and I am so happy to say that it looks like he is making a full recovery! I can not believe how Strong our little dog is! Now I have gone from spoon feeding him and carrying him everywhere to keeping him from jumping all over and playing fetch. I am thanking God for saving Dash!

On a lighter and happier note...Marisa is turning 15 on Tuesday and we had a wonderful dinner party for her birthday on Saturday night. It was a great night and I have some great pictures...but too tired to post them tonight. But pretty excited to post them soon! Need to get to bed now, tomorrow is the Mitochondrial specialist appointment that we have been waiting months for!!!!!