Month: April 2008

B is for…

B is for birthday! Today is Casey’s first birthday! And oh what a day it’ll be! No, not really. After Casey got hit by the car on Sunday the 6th, there hasn’t been too much running around for him. As it is, he’s confined to his kennel for the majority of the time. He is, of course, none-too-thrilled about this prospect. We got a little pheremone humidifier and it actually works! He’s so calm, that I wonder if I have the right dog! He has to take 4 pills a day for pain. He’s quite a trooper. He never really cries or whimpers, so unless he yelps, I really don’t have any idea how much pain he really is in. I’m amazed, though!

The other word that B is for is bad day! Rob is having the day from hell today. He’s got a meeting at 9 AM with his boss. You know that nothing good comes from early morning meetings when everything went wrong for you the day before. I just hope I’m not just being pessimistic about it!

Well, that’s it for today. Nothing new to report for now. Thanks for reading and have a good day!

A is for…

Well, since this month’s blogging theme is LETTERS, I thought I would try the alphabet.

A is for apathetic.  I feel so lazy.  There is much to be done and I just don’t feel like doing it.  It’s not that I’m lazy–persay–I just don’t want to.  If you have ever played the Sims2 game, then you know that there is a Casino-style wants and fears bars.  I have those.  I also have environment, bathroom, hygiene and food bars.  It seems strange, but I see the bars in my head.  I’m not afraid of unpacking, but it’s not something that’s going to give me any returns.  I feel alright though, I have pretty much unpacked the living room and kitchen, though there is still much to do in those two rooms.  I can’t even mess with clothes right now because A.  I don’t have a washer and dryer yet B.  My husband and I have to set up the closet and C.  I’m not going to iron unless it’s necessary.

The bathroom is pretty well done, luckily, that room takes almost no effort on my part to be done.  Hang up the shower curtain, throw the bathmats down, put toothbrushes and toothpaste on the sink, add a roll or two of bathroom tissue and done!  It’s just that easy (or it is in my house)  My husband has to keep his shaving kit handy because he’s splitting his time between here and Hanau.  Oh well.

The letter A was brought to you by the numbers 8 and 2! 

Betty and Veronica

Hi! Rob and I finally picked up the M3 and I named her Veronica and the GPS Betty! Rob really loves her and she’s so nice. She always hands me my seatbelt when I’m in the car. Of course, I thank Veronica. When we get to our destination, I have to thank Betty for getting us to our destination! Enjoy the new pictures 🙂

Dear Galeski

Hi.  I’m writing to you today to let you know thank you for all the hard work that you’ve done on the house.  Yesterday, you fixed the bathtub so that we could take a shower in it!  I know that was a lot of work.  We’re so glad that you humored us on the request.  When I told you that the downstairs shower was good, but we don’t shower downstairs, you immediately went out and got the supplies to fix the upstairs bathroom!

We absolutely adore this house and you’re the best landlords that we’ve ever had!  I’m so happy that it worked out.

Also, thank you D. for looking at the computer last night after I fried the power supply.  You’re probably right, the power supply is the only thing that is ruined.

I don’t have much else to say, other than thank you for everything.

Talk to you soon!

dear me

I’m so stupid! How could I be so careless.

I ruined a power surge strip and my husband’s computer and I know better than that! Well, there goes my spending money for the next year.

Still don’t have an Internet connection, but I have the phone hooked up. Grr

Casey had to spend the night at the vet’s office because he’s having surgery tomorrow morning! I hope he gets better!

I guess I should just chaulk this up to a bad day!

Dear readers,

I’m sorry I haven’t written in a while. Rob and I just moved and we don’t have our DSL hooked up yet. I’m writing from my iPhone and it takes a long time to type messages on this thing.

Hopefully, everything will be good to go tomorrow! I’ve updated the pictures page, but no pictures yet…

Thanks for reading! Be back soon!

Dear Dr. Sahrmann

I’m writing to say thank you for taking such good care of our dog since we’ve been here in Hanau.  In my opinion, you’re the best veterinarian that I’ve ever had for my animals!

On several occasions we’ve had to call you for emergencies with Casey and you’ve always been able to come to your office after-hours and help us.

Thank you for your patience and kindness.  Casey really likes having you for his doctor, too.  He’s always so brave for you.  You have a calm about you that calms the animals.  You have a gift!!

Today, after Casey got hit by a car, you were able to fix him up–good as new.  We completely agreed with you when you said that we should do nothing about the small fracture on his hip, but to put him to sleep to fix his hip joint.  I know that Casey will be just fine, but should he dislocate his hip again, we won’t be here for you to take care of him.  I hope (though, it’s pretty unlikely) to find another vet that will be just as good as you are.

I appreciate what you do and I hope all goes well for you in the future.

Dear Casey,

You drive me crazy and you bark too much, sometimes.  I know that you want Gizmo to play with you, but he’s a cat and youre a dog and that’s not normal.  Sometimes he plays with you, but not normally!

I hate it when you bark incessantly and I wish you’d stop.

I do love you, though.  You’re a good dog and I’m glad I have you!

Love, Mommy!

a bit tipsy

Tonight is a strange night.  I’ve had 2 German beers tonight and I’m a bit tipsy.  That’s normal for German beers.  Actually, I start feeling it around the middle of my first, depending on how fast I drink it.  The 2nd beer I drank kind of fast, but I’m sort of in the mood to write.  I don’t know why, it’s the strangest thing.

I was watching a re-run of Friends on TV and Rob just went to bed.  He usually drinks 3 beers, but tonight only 2 and it kicked his butt.

Casey is chewing a bone, Gizmo’s outside and I’m still awake.  I really don’t know what I’m in the mood for, writing or playing the Sims.  I get sucked in when I play it and I won’t go to bed…I was also thinking about playing Wii or PS2, but I can’t decide.  I have to get up in the morning; I have a lot to do.  Rob is getting the brakes fixed on his car tomorrow and we’ve decided that we’re going to keep two residences.  He’ll be in Hanau for 2 or 3 nights a week and the rest will be spent with me in Kaiserslautern.

I had an FRG meeting tonight and I didn’t expect anyone to come, 2 of my regulars called and said that they wouldn’t be attending and Mrs. K has only been coming the last couple of times, but she showed up, surprisingly enough.  My theory is that I send all of the info via email, so they don’t feel obligated to show up to the meetings.  I did end up with 2 families.  One of my other spouses that usually attends pulled some crap with me and she didn’t go because I wasn’t Christian enough to get over it.  My mother was pretty sick while I was an impressionable child and she always told me, “Burn me once, shame on you.  Burn me twice shame on me.”  From that I learned once I’ve been burned, I don’t allow people to treat me badly.  It’s probably the mantra that she had that I actually abide by.  I was hurt too many times by the same people that I finally stopped allowing people to hurt me over and over again.

Mrs. G blamed me for something that her husband did or rather–didn’t do.  And then, hit below the belt.  She ended up hanging up on me.  I felt like no one should really be treated the way she treated me and I decided that I did not want to continue a friendship with her because of the incident.  She really hurt me and my feelings.  I know I should be a better Christian and I’ve asked God to forgive me because I can’t forgive her.  My heart hasn’t healed…I am still holding a grudge and that’s how I know I haven’t REALLY forgiven her.  Please pray for both of us.  She’s asked me for forgiveness and I blew her off.  I don’t know if she’s sincere.  She’s got schizophrenic tendencies (though I don’t fully remember the conversation that took place, even though I wrote it in an email that I sent to the Chaplain on his advice–I wonder if writing it down made me forget the actual incident, I still feel the pain!) (it was reminiscent of behavior that my mother displayed) and it took me a LONG time for me to forgive her. 

A friend of mine got word that her hubby is getting ready to go to Special Forces training and she’s really nervous about that.  It means more deployments and longer working hours.  She’s got two children and I’m certain that more are in her future.  I imagine that she’s going to have 5 children and the next 2 are going to be deployment babies. 😉  She needs lots of prayers.  I know that she’s a strong lady, she just doesn’t know how strong she is yet.  God has not shown her that yet.

God is so amazing isn’t He?  When I was a kid I imagined that I was adopting my first Cabbage Patch Kid.  Her name was Amanda Lynette.  I knew that because I found the doll in the basement after I finished the dishes one night.  She was supposed to be a surprise for me when I got all C’s on my report card.  I was never a good student, but that’s because I was bored.  I look back and still think that it was too easy for me.  I was a strange child.  Now, I’m struggling with actual adoption!  But this time, I don’t need C’s, I need A+’s from the recommendations from people that I am going to ask to write recommendations to the adoption agency.  I know that I can count on these people to write extremely nice letters, but I’ve only asked one, so far.  This is a challenge that we are looking forward to.  Rob’s sister adopted a 9 year old 3 years ago and he’s improved greatly because of her.  I’m so amazed.  Since the first time I met D. at my wedding, I can’t believe how much he’s matured since.  We got to see him a Christmas.  He was leery of me at first, mainly because he didn’t know me, but he warmed up to me pretty quickly.  I don’t know if I should expect the same from my own adopted children, but I certainly hope so!

Well, it’s late and Touched By an Angel is almost over, so I guess I should go to bed now.  TTFN and thanks for reading!

Dear Mom

I’m writing to you today to tell you that I forgive you.  I’m sorry that you’re so sick.  I pray everyday that you will get a job and that you will start to take your medicine everyday.  I know that it’s hard because it makes you feel “not normal”.

I do love you, but because of your illness, it makes it hard to have conversations with you.  I had to set boundaries with you because I don’t want to have political or military discussions with you and it’s hard, but at least we can have a relationship.  You and I fundamentally disagree about those issues.  I was bothered when you called me to wish me a happy anniversary–considering my anniversary is in December, not March.  You called because it was the 5th year anniversary of the Iraqi war.

I know that you feel like I have abandoned you, but I haven’t.  I’m still here and I’m still your daughter.  Rob and I have talked about having you move in with us.  We were thinking that when we get back to the states, we would buy a house and there would be a separate entrance for you–kind of like your own apartment.  You could even take Windy with you.  I’m sure that she and Gizmo would get along just fine.  I’ve never breached the subject with you, but I think it would be better for you.  It would be easier for you and then you wouldn’t have to rape your 401k just to survive.

I don’t know what God has in store for you, but I do want you to know that I’m here for you and that I do love you.  I am praying for you and I want you to know that.  Please take care of yourself.

Love,

Amber