Why I Love A Kirby Vacuum...

We dog sit this big black dog. Who knows what she is, but I would guess she has some lab in her. She is old . I have to lift her up the steps into the house when she is done with her business outside because she can't walk very well.

She was at our house 3 weeks ago and she got sick. Not throw-up, but the other end. I woke up on Sunday morning to an overwhelming stench of pooh. There it was in the middle of the family room carpet. A HUGE pile of Diarrhea. Remember, this is a big dog.

So I set out to clean it up trying not to add to the mess by vomiting myself. Two hours later it was all clean.

The next morning (after I had decided she was okay and it was just a one time thing) I woke up to the pooh smell again. And guess what it was this time? THREE huge piles of Diarrhea. One in the living room, and two in the family room. Plus a trail of poopy paw prints that went all around the living room. So that's when I knew I was going to need a carpet cleaner.

I went next door and my sister generously offered me the use of their Kirby with the carpet shampooer attachment.

Here is my review of the Kirby:
AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!

It cleaned up all the pooh. It was easy to use. It got the carpet clean and the smell out. I'm in love with a Kirby, and someday (in about ten years, because that's how long it's gonna take til we can afford one) I'm gonna own one!

It's hot!

I've got good news and bad news.

The bad news is that my legs and ankles have swollen up to roughly the size of, well I don't know. They are just huge.

We don't have AC in our car, and we don't have AC in our house.

The good news is we are getting AC hopefully tomorrow!!!! In the house. The car is another story.

This week I cut my own hair. Very interesting experience. The things we do to save money. I may need some help straightening it out. But at least it is cut!

The end.


Maybe I'll get this old computer set up so I can post pictures soon!

I Had To Laugh...

Trevor and I were watching PBS tonight and they were featuring people who make things themselves. They showed this guy who makes musical instruments out of VEGETABLES! I couldn't believe it. The Broccoli flute is amazing! I'm gonna go raid my vegetable drawer....

Broccoli Flute


Carrot Flute

A Name..... Finally!

We have had the hardest time coming up with a baby name for this new little one. It's been back and forth and round and round.

Trevor's favorite is ELEANOR! HA HA HA! Can you believe it? You have to know that my mom's name is Ellen and we always tease her by calling her Eleanor and she absolutely hates that name. Can you imagine if we named her granddaughter that? No way!

So anyway, we finally have a name and it feels so good. Don't you wish you knew what it was?

Ever Want to Smash Your Computer?

I am done with my laptop. It is a piece of junk! It has to be plugged in at all times in order to work. If it is ever unplugged, then it turns off. Don't even think about adjusting the screen because that makes it turn off too.

And then there's my cell phone. What a waste. It has to be plugged in at all times too. The only difference is it can be unplugged from the wall and will still work for about three minutes before it shuts off too. What good is a cell phone if it isn't MOBILE!

Well anyway, the point of this post is to tell you that I had a really good post all typed up, with lots and lots of pictures about Samantha's new haircut, and all about the dog we are sitting and her explosive diarrhea that took hours and hours to clean up, and some other really good stuff, but my stupid computer just froze up and deleted everything. Not just once mind you, but multiple times.

So now I am borrowing Trevor's laptop to type this. I have no pictures, and it just isn't as inspiring to tell the story without the pictures to go along with it.

Trevor is hard at work trying to fix another computer for me to use. My laptop was just one of those things you put off until you can't deal with it anymore. And hopefully I'll be up and running again soon. But not with my laptop. I'm done with that piece of junk. A person can only take so much of it right? I'll take a nice desktop if we can figure out the one we have, or even Trevor's old dinosaur laptop he took through law school and everyone thought would die any day. ANYTHING is better than what I currently have.