It’s almost Thanksgiving, but I usually start out my day by listing everything in my life that I’m grateful for anyhow, but during holidays it reminds me of family and how dysfunctional mine actually are. I tend to remember back when we were young before life became so harsh after our parents died and often wonder how things might have been had they lived. I have 2 sisters and 1 brother left, but none of the sisters talk now and the sad part is we’re old.
I get along great with my brother however and see him often. At one time I was close to the middle sister and always took up for her because we were the most alike or at least I thought we were way back then. I’m not sure what happened to cause the separation, but it’s been like that for 20 years now. I thought when my oldest brother died a few years back that we were going to cross that bridge and become united again, but it didn’t happen.
I remember a lot of the fun times I had with my sister, of us giggling together and brushing each others hair, of sneaking my daddy’s cigarettes and smoking them, climbing trees and getting into trouble with Mama. It seems like what ever happened to me happened to Glenda, but worse. She was the only person with me when my baby was born and I was with her every day when she had uterine cancer and at one point I knew I could always count on her and she me.
She’s 3 years older than I am and when she became a teenager she had a really bad case of acne. I was lucky that I escaped that problem, I had the occasional pimple. She had acne so bad that she would try one acne treatment after another and nothing seemed to help her. Her face always looked so painful and I always felt sorry for her. People or rather kids were always saying ugly things to her and called her names which always ticked me off and I was always ready to fight for her.
I always wanted a close family because when it comes right down to living in this world family are the most important people because they’re the ones that know you and love you anyhow. I was reading a post that Patricia wrote over at Communication Exchange about communicating with your family during the holidays. Now that’s a great idea at any time, but sometimes it’s just not possible.
I consider myself very lucky though because Bill has a close family that I get to be a part of. I hope everyone has a lovely holiday with their family and friends.
I look at the grandkids and wonder what their lives will be in 20 years and wonder if we’ll still be around to see. Of course no one knows their fate and all we can do is enjoy one day at a time, but I still want to watch them grow up and see what they do with the life they’ve been given. Of course we want better for our grandchildren and hope they don’t make the mistakes we did or their parents.
When you’re young your so full of anticipation and anxious to be grown at least I know I couldn’t wait to get older, but now that I’m older the years can stop passing me by so quickly. It seemed like forever before I reached the age of 16 and could get my license and I would be well on my way to being an adult. Of course I pushed it and became an adult with a baby at 16 and had to learn new responsibilities, I was so impatient to be a grownup.
I recently got a pimple and it made me feel like a teenager again. I always thought when you got older your glands became different and you were done with all of that, but I guess stress and other factors still play a role. At least I don’t have to worry about getting acne treatment like my sister did so many years ago. You would think getting age spots and wrinkles would be enough to worry about now without adding a pimple to compound it.
I actually would not want to be young again I’m grateful for all the years I’ve been given to experience so many different things and feelings and I’ve actually been very lucky in my life. I always felt like someone was watching out for me. When I look around I can see 10 other people that have had a rougher life than myself so it makes me grateful for everything I have and time can slow down again now that I’m older so I can enjoy it..
My dog is an American Eskimo and of course they have an undercoat and a longer coat and if you don’t groom them often they can get matted up pretty quick, they also shed like crazy. You should never have them clipped because they don’t grow back right. I knew this from reading the book I bought when I got him, but decided to have him clipped anyhow a few years back because it was so hot.
He loved it and pranced around like a little puppy, but like the book said his fur has never been the same since. It looks like corn rows all down his back and it doesn’t matter how often I brush him it still separates. I’ve mentioned my dogs several times in other posts and I always use a small bitmap image of Shadow as my icon in the address bar encase you ever wondered what that was. I actually use the same image on all of my blogs.
My Shadow recently had an ear infection and the vet gave me a cleaning solution and an antibiotic which cost 33 dollars and recently I was checking to see if there are any home remedy solutions and found that you can use vinegar to clean the ears, but make sure you thoroughly dry them afterwards. If there is an infection marigold or a small amount of tea tree oil can effectively kill the bacteria, rosemary extracts will also help build up immunity of the ear.
I always have a problem with his nails so I bought one of those pedi paws which I like, but if you still clip them and happen to cut it and make it bleed be sure to put some baby powder on it to help stop the bleeding and help prevent infection from entering the nail. I actually tried having him clipped at the vets and there were several people trying to hold him and even they couldn’t trim them. I still have a problem holding him when I try using the pedi paw, but I’m hoping it will get easier with each use.
Some dogs simply have a weird odor when they’ve been outside and come back in. I know that always happens with Sadie and it’s horrible. I bought some dog perfume oil at the pet store and if you put a drop at the base of their neck between the shoulder blades it’s suppose to penetrate the body and help mask those odors, but yuck it’s so strong and if you have asthma it can trigger an attack so I’ve found that if I take a used fabric softener sheet and run that over her it works just as well.
If you have home remedies that you use for your pets I’d love to hear about them.
I’ve been looking for information from other bloggers about beds and usually the searches bring back everything except what I want. Finally I found a blogger that sounds just like me that wanted a new bed the blogger at Wine On The Keyboard actually got the type of bed I want and she has pictures of her husband putting it together in another post which didn’t look that difficult. I enjoyed reading her other posts also because she has a sense of humor.
I’ve been dying for a sleep number bed ever since I saw it advertised on television, but I don’t know anyone that has one. I’m a terrible sleeper, I toss and turn all night when I do finally lay down and I hate my bed it’s one of those really high ones, but at least it keeps Sadie off and if it was low she would no doubt be on it all the time because she loves her comfort and so do I, but I simply don’t have it right now. Sadie has taken over the small sofa in my office.
Bill of course loves this bed, we bought the set about 5 years ago, but I didn’t know how to pick a bed and I felt weird laying on it before buying it so I was on and off so quick I really didn’t get the feel. I should have told Bill to come back after an hours nap and I’d let him know how it slept, but of course I couldn’t do that. Then I started seeing those ads and I’ve wanted one ever since, but I also want to try one of those magnetic pads. I need a comfortable bed.
I also have a hard time sleeping with anyone so I have to have one of those body pillows in the middle so I can throw my leg over it instead of a person. Bill calls it my man pillow, but I can’t sleep without it which reminds me I need a new one. I’m not a good spooner because I get very uncomfortable if someone has their arm around me I feel very confined and restricted, yeah I know I’m weird. The older I get the worse my sleeping patterns become.
