Limp

Titan's surgery went really well yesterday.
The Vet said that it was easy and he did great and that he was recovering pretty well.
They gave us more pain med for him so now he has 3 pills to help him.
His leg looks so bad! The incision was like 8 inches long!
He did ok yesterday whining until about midnight but he good from 12 to 930 this morning!
What a trooper that dog is!
The Vet called to check up on him and I told him he's walking around today.
He did potty this morning but hasn't had a bowl movement.
That's ok as long as he has one sometime today.
I was worried cuz he hadn't eaten yet.
That's like a day and a half!
The Vet said to try to get him to eat anything.
I gave him some treats and he downed them!
He just doesn't want his dog food.
I don't blame him.

Anyways, that is the update.

My black doggy is doing pretty good.
And I am relieved!

"Where did he go?"

I dropped off Titan this morning for his knee surgery.
Hadleigh came with me since it was so early and Jordon wasn't home from work yet.
I was so worried all night that I barely slept. My mind racing with "what if's".
He liked his medicine so that is a good sign that he won't be in much pain.
I just want him to be all better.

Hadleigh was so worried when I came back to the car without Titan.
She kept asking "Where did he go?" and "Why does he have serrgery?"
"The doctor be nice mom?" Poor girl.

I left Tank home and he whined and whined.
The boy sure misses his older brother.
He has been non-stop at my feet all day so far.

Pray Titan does well and that he has a fast recovery... and that neither Hadleigh nor Tank hurt him while he is trying to heal. That is ALWAYS possible!

Vocab

A recent activity that has been going on at our house is Princess coming up to us and giving us a rather vigorous hug and saying I "lub" you Mom/Dad. She has been "thank you" all the time for everything and saying "oh i sorry mom/dad" when she can tell that we are disappointed in something that she has done. But my 2 favorite quotes are "OOOHHH I so 'cited!!!" and " You my bess fwend/ dada is my fwend not you fwend" She is so possessive of her father.

She is the light of my life and headache I have daily. But I couldn't imagine life without her!

All the things I'm learning

Today I have been watching Gangland on Spike.
I have always had rose colored glasses on I guess.
I knew of the evils of the world but not to this extent.

Right now they are covering the gangs of Salt Lake.
It breaks my heart to see the Polynesians on the show.
It breaks my heart to hear that they share my same religion.
But they can kill other people that share in the same belief and knowledge.

I hold the culture that I come from to a very high standard and they are shaming us.
They are shaming the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
But more importantly they are losing out on Celestial Glory.
It makes me so sad for them and for their families.

It reminds me of the Lamanites and Nephites.
And we all know how that turned out for those poeple.
I just don't want to see the brown skin that I love so much go down.

"I believe that Gangs are the work of Satan, to pull the youth off the track to reach their potential. Heavenly Father just wants us to reach our potential and that's it."
Tongan Crip and LDS member Mr. C
you would think that if he knows this he would stay out of his past life but it keeps drawing
him back in over and over again.

When I'm stressed about money....

I have a really bad habit of shopping when I am stressed about money.
It sounds so ridiculous and it is 100 PERCENT ABSURD!!
Who shops when they have no money? Or live on a tight budget?

I do pretty good most of the time, but every once-in-a-while I have a melt down and shop away.
My biggest problem is I love clothes! And I love deals! So when I get coupons about taking $20 off a $50 purchase I leap for it! I am so bad when it comes to deals on clothes.

The reason of this post is not to divulge my dark secrets to those that read my blog but to try and work things out in my head by "writing" it on paper. Seeing is believing...

We took our "El Diablo" aka Titan to the vet to get his yearly shots. (the black one)

He's been limping on and off this winter and we thought it was time to go and see what the deal was while we were there. Turns out our sweetheart has to have surgery to repair a knee cap that slides on and off. He has to have part of his bone in his knee taken out to make a bigger divot so that his knee cap can't slide on and off. This is going to cost us $1000 to $1200.

$1000 to $1200 dollars we DO NOT have. When we got our tax return we paid off one credit card, paid Jake back for his washer,dryer and lawn mower, and then put a significant amount on our other credit card. We then had $1000 to play with. We went out to eat, we bought clothes, we have a couple hundred in our savings and we finished our bedrooms. All the play money is gone now. After the shots and check up the "play money" was played with.

If we had taken Titan to the Vet 1 or 2 weeks earlier we would have had the money set aside. Granted we would have had to have been super tight with our paycheck and return but the Vet bill would be covered. No that it's not we have no idea what to do. This is a lot of money.

I guess I just need help and prayers to know what to do to keep our family afloat the next couple months. Any advice is also greatly appreciated. I just want my family to be healthy and safe and be able to put some money in savings at least once a month.

Sass-a-frass

We have definately hit the terrible 2's around here. It is one of the most funny times and one of the most frustrating times too!! She is talking so much more and her vocabulary is expanding by at least 5 words a day if not more. But she is talking so much that we have already had to discuss why we don't say shut up or stupid or gosh. I have no idea where she got the first two words but i do know that we say gosh alot around here. We have been working on not saying it because when it comes out of her sweet mouth is sounds like the Lords name. We say oh my goodness at the Clark house, so do NOT be surprised if she corrects you. I am thinking she got the "S" words from Balto and Aristocats, maybe even Lilo and Stitch. I guess I need to screen Disney movies better.

Pray that both us girls over here live to see the next 10 years!! We drive each other cray-zay!!!