Rough

That’s how I’d describe today. Basically last week they found a lump on one of the dogs that seemed to cause her pain. So the vet looked at it. Biopsied it. Decided it needed to come out. Took it out. Had the pathologist look at it too. Found out it is aggressive cancer. X-rayed the dog. Found it in her lungs. We’re all heart broken. She’s not hurting. But there is no way to know how long she’ll be okay.

Now I feel fragile. JD’s been taking care of me though. But I’m not one of those people who think it’s “just a dog”. So I’m not sure when I’ll feel better.

My Life

Here’s the current rundown:

I’m 25. And a half.

I live in PA and work in retail. The second part isĀ  just as awesome as it sounds.

I’ve been with my boyfriend, JD, for nearly 3 years. Its not always peaches and cream but I love him.

I like to crochet. I find it relaxing. I’m not up to doing anything too fancy yet though.

I also like to cook. I don’t get to do too much of that lately. Its a bummer.

The only baseball team for me is the StL Cardinals. I was sad when they were eliminated from the playoffs.

SO anyway. The most recent exciting thing to happen to me was that my car was hit by a girl in a truck in the walmart parking lot. I’m so not a fan of this happening. I’m currently waiting for the adjustor to come look at it. In the meantime, I decided that it had been far too long since I had written very much here.

It just seems like there’s so little time and so little things to talk about.

A few weeks ago, (ok it was really the beginning of October) We all went to the local festival (it celebrates apples, YUM) but we didn’t actually have any apples. Oops. But the festival has the best craft show ever, there are all sorts of vendors and some of my favorite things I saw were the booths that had dog themed items. We saw one booth that did all sorts of custom leashes and collars and such. I’ll have to see if I can find their business card again because I loved their stuff. Another booth was run by a little old grandma type lady, and she had made a ton of stuffed dog toys, dog beds, hot pads for putting pots on, hanging dish towels, and these dog beds. The most amazing part was her prices. The dog toys were , small dog beds were $5 and the large dog bed was $8.She hand made everything and I still dont know how she made any money. My best guess is that she does it because she loves it.

We’re reaching JD’s favorite time of year. Small game season starts tomorrow, and I’ve been directed to try to make it by walmart to pick up some shotgun shells for him before I go to work. I made him write down what it is Im looking for, because its really not my area of expertise. JD also runs meat shoots and those start this weekend and run through the end of November, in time for bear and deer season, which he loves dearly.

Also, congratulations to my cousin who was recently married, and to my Kansas friends who just had their first baby boy.

Can you help our soldiers?

I’m not going to discuss the politics of the situation, but our injured soldiers need help.

Tankerbabe has information for how you can help injured soldiers if you have a few extra dollars, or if you don’t please pray for them and their families.

Oh man

So we’re invited to a wedding next month. I have no idea what to wear. October in PA can be chilly. So does anyone (is anyone still reading? I know i’ve been silent for awhile) have any ideas for me? Also. It should be affordable.

I feel naked when…

My toenails aren’t painted. Doesn’t even have to be fresh polish but I just like having my toenails painted. My toes had been plain for a while now but I finally got them painted a pretty shade of pink.

Also, I’m not a fan of when I forget to bring my cell phone with me somewhere.

Some exciting news: PA friends Matt and his wife Amanda just announced that they are expecting and due in March. We saw both if them (seperately) last night and she’s feeling some mornig sickness and he’s just plain giddy. I already know some of the baby shower present will come in camoflauge in honor of everyone (except me…) being big into hunting.

Anyway that’s the story for tonight. Hope everything is well in your world.