RELAY FOR LIFE

I don't normally ask for donations but do believe that this is a worthwhile cause. I honestly don't know one person whose life has not been touched by this terrible disease whether it's family members, friends or co-workers.

I walk this year in honour of my Dad, Hal's Mother, Grandmother and Aunt who lost their battle with Cancer. I walk for family, friends and co-workers who are currently fighting this disease and pray that they win. I walk for us who have been or are caregivers of our loved ones who have Cancer.

There is no pressure to donate, if you would like to it can all be done on this page or you can email and ask for my mailing address.

Thank you to all from the bottom of my heart!
Penny

PENZ WALK FOR LIFE

~~If this doesn't take you to my page you can do a search using my name and it should bring you there~~

Wow what a weekend!

Holy crap talk about a whirlwind weekend! Laura and I put in about 2400 km this weekend and it was a fun time. Damon was competing in gymnastics and I was her travelling sidekick.

I got to see Tiffany (our cousin and her new baby Cole), my Mommy and my sis and family. Good lord I can't believe how big all the kids are getting! We had lots of laughs, some good conversations and last night we were getting road crazy and decided that Laura needed some animals on their property...she contemplated horses, then we talked about geese and how flipping territorial they are. We'd both been chased by geese as kids, lol. We finally decided that she should start a farm with donkeys and call it the "Taylors Ass Farm". The starting herd could be Stinky, Hard, Iman, Uran, Flat and Hairy...k, so maybe you had to be there, lol. For those who are having a hard time getting it...say Ass after each of those names k.

Glad to be home, worked today and am now heading to bed to finish my book and get a full nights sleep.

ttfn.
Pen

THE RAINBOW BRIDGE

It's time to say Good Bye

We heard back from the vet and there is good news but not good news at the same time.
The good news was that Quades knee ligament is not torn but both knees are very loose. This could partly be because of his growing.

The bad news is that the pain he is enduring every day is finally taking it's toll on our babys temperament. He is a loveable goofball around us but today it took three people to hold him down, one to muzzle him and to give him a shot to further sedate him. He's losing his happiness and on that note it has just taken the emotional aspect out of the decision.

We did not want him in this much pain or for him to lose his silliness, happy go lucky attitude. We will spend the weekend with him loving him up, snuggling in bed and just letting him run, run and run some more. I will be asking for some major pain medication from the vet to keep him as comfortable and happy as we can over the next few days until it is time to send out boy to the Rainbow Bridge. I'm off to pick Pootie Wootie up from the vet and take him home for some extra special luvin's.

Thank you all for your love, support and prayers during this most difficult time.

Prayers and positive thots please

Well it looks like the moment we have worried and dreaded may have come.  Quade has injured his good leg now and it appears to be the knee.  If it is the knee on his good (left) leg then we will have to have him put to sleep.
 
I have had a feeling from the very beginning of this journey that my boy would not make it to surgery no matter how hard we tried to keep him safe and free from further damage.
 
There is no question about the choice to put him to sleep.  To see my boy crying out and in so much pain even with pain medication is tearing my heart out.  He has been so brave and endured so much already and he's stayed so loveable throughout.  It is for our love of him and how much he loves us that this decision has been made easier.
 
I cannot fathom putting him through another surgery on top of what he is already facing.  If he has indeed torn his cruciate ligament then that would be one major surgery with up to a three month recovery.  At that time he would be an age where they would want to do his hip surgery with another long recovery period.  When he would be around 18 to 20 months he would be neutered and with being Chriptorchid sp?? (one testicle is in his abdomen) it would be another invasive, major surgery.  Mostly this is not fair to him or to ourselves.
 
We pray that it is a bad sprain or something else but my heart is telling me otherwise.  Please keep him in your prayers and when the day comes that we must say good bye to him please wish him a safe journey and mostly to just be a puppy.

Penny  

 

Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries. -Corita Kent

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to see if this email to blogger really works, lol.

 

 

SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES!

AMAZING SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. IF YOU'RE CHOKING ON AN ICE CUBE, SIMPLY POUR A CUP OF BOILING WATER DOWN YOUR THROAT. PRESTO! THE BLOCKAGE WILL INSTANTLY REMOVE ITSELF.

2. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.

3. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING THE SINK.

4. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SUFFERERS ~ SIMPLY CUT YOURSELF AND BLEED FOR A FEW MINUTES, THUS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON YOUR VEINS. REMEMBER TO USE A TIMER.

5. A MOUSE TRAP PLACED ON TOP OF YOUR ALARM CLOCK WILL PREVENT YOU FROM ROLLING OVER AND GOING BACK TO SLEEP AFTER YOU HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON.

6. IF YOU HAVE A BAD COUGH, TAKE A LARGE DOSE OF LAXATIVES. THEN YOU'LL BE AFRAID TO COUGH.

7. YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - WD-40 AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE WD-40. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE DUCT TAPE.

8. REMEMBER - EVERYONE SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL YOU GET TO KNOW THEM.

9. IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

DAILY THOUGHT: SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.

Hiking, River Rafting, Weewanie Hot Springs

These are a few of the adventures I'd like to enjoy this summer here in our little piece of heaven.

I want and need to keep moving and what better way then to do some things that really pique my interest and that i've put off for way too long. I've been river rafting when we lived in Kamloops on the Lytton run and had a lot of fun so am seriously considering the Copper River run this summer. Another one that sounds like an inviting adventure is a trip down the Douglas Channel to the hotsprings and to do a little sightseeing along the way. It would be awesome to see some whales while on the trip there.

Stop by Shari's Blog and read up on Belly Dancing, this would be a good workout too but not one for me.

Around Kitimat there are lots of hiking trails as well from beginner to advanced. Well it would be great to do some of the beginners and work up as the summer goes along. Throw on the backpack, take the dog and the bells cuz you just never know when the bears will be about. We won't be able to take Quade this summer but next year he'll be able to join in on the fun. Cleo, however, needs the exercise like her Momma cuz we both be lookin' a little like sausages after this winter, lol.

So in short those are a few outdoor adventures planned for "Living in Kitimat".

Milestone #1 has been reached

This wonderful adventure of weight loss continues to astound me and today I reached major milestone# 1 of losing 25 lbs! The big secret so far is that i'm M O V I N G!!

I walk briskly 4 to 6 times a week for at least 25 to 30 minutes. Sometimes Laura and/or Jackie are with me or I just get out and go alone. Joanne wants to join in so i'll be sure to call her tonight to let her know.

At home i'm no longer plunking down in front of the tv surfing the net. I allow myself 1 hour a day during the week to surf. This is after working all day, coming home and feeding the dogs, getting dinner going, a walk and usually a household chore or two. Last night I did a bunch of filing which didn't include a lot of physical activity but gave me a sense of calm when it was all done. Then it was time to play online for a bit.

This weekend I hope to pick out a paint colour and paint the spare room and get it set up before Mom and Doug come at the end of May. Sounds like a lot of time but it's not with working full time.

Hal and I both have Sunday off together so if it's a really nice day we're going to clean windows in the morning and then tackle some yardwork in the afternoon. It's silly but i'm so excited to get out and get the chainsaw going!

Back to the grindstone..

Surgery date for Quade

OMG!! I wasn't expecting them to want to do surgery so quickly but they've got the seond and third weeks of May open for surgery.

It's too late today to call and talk to the surgeon but I thought they wanted to wait until Quade was at least a year old so that is one of my questions for them.

Will be back with an update later.