Whoopiti Do Da Day...

Well it was the third visit to the vet for poor Dash. That larvae just didn't want to come out, it really liked it living quarters. We went in, the vet took Dash back we waited for a few moments and we hear the vet say, "I always get my worm!" I was so happy. The vet came in with Dash (who did not look very pleased) and the worm (larvae). We saw it and it was nasty it looked like a giant maggot just not slimy. So, we are now worm free, I can sleep in peace not worring about whether or not the bug is on me or Josh.


Another good thing is that the poison oak is on its way to being done and Josh is not itching as much. He says the itchiness that is left is from the scabs being dry. We made a stop at the health food store and picked up some lotion that has vitamins A and E and some Aloe to put on the scabs to heal them and stop the intching. He says it is working.


I am not sure if any of you know or not but Josh is unemployed, they let him go April 30th. We have been struggling to keep afloat on various things and it is trying. There was a moment we thought the house was gone but we sold some of our property to our neighbor (which is a huge miracle seeing with the location of the property we can only sell it to 3 people). This neighbor is paying in cash! It has been a struggle though to get the mortgage company on board and we still have a few hurdles to cross but the light is shining brightly at the end of this tunnel and God is blessing us all the way. We were just wondering Wednesday how we were going to pay the phone bill, Thursday we get a check from the IRS, they did an audit of our 2004 (2004!!!) taxes and owed us money. So we got enough to pay the phone bill and some other bills that were over due. God is really taking care of us no doubt about it.

Thank you all for your prayers, thoughts and cyber hugs. I appreciate them all and know that I have so many friends out there that are there for me always. I just wish that there was something bigger then Thank you to give you all.

Special note: Kaitlyn, I love you so much, you have so much going on in your own life and you are always there for me and you are only 16! I will take you up on telling you everything soon, I just have to get to where I can.

Itch and Scratch and Cry

My husband got himself tangled up in some poison oak and is suffering the consequences. It has been miserable for all of us, mainly him. Josh, Leroy and I were wondering around in the woods at our house (we own 17 acres) and a couple days later Josh is covered, and I mean covered, in poison oak itchiness. Leroy and I are not reactive to it so we don't have any itchiness.

I am sending out my thank yous to Elaine who recommended and supplied fresh cat nip from her garden to grind up in our blender and apply to the blisters. It is working so well and can't be thankful enough seeing that everything we tried wasn't working.

To top it off the new addition (kitten Dash) has a fly larvae under her cheek and we have to go have that removed today, it is so extremely gross I cannot even begin to explain it to you.

It has just been so much to deal with, I had quiet the breakdown yesterday just trying to blow up Leroy's pool. Nothing was blowing this pool up and it is pretty good size so my breath wouldn't do it. We don't have a compressor just a bike pump and no special needle to insert to pump up the pool. Leroy kept saying well just do this or just do that, why can't you get it aired up? I just lost it and started bawling. I have to say that 2008 is not my year.