~`_ The Spirit of the Eagle speaks into the soul _'~

Man we had some weekend. I have so much to say, but not enough words to express everything that went on. I am going to have to break it all down into smaller chunks to share as the rest of this week plays out. Otherwise, I fear you will see the longest blog post EvAr. I would hate to do that to y'all, so I will break it down. In summary:

Friday - outreach at the high school with my 15 yr old nephew doing his thing for Jesus
Saturday - man was supposed to fight, but all of his opponents ran away. he guest judged instead
Sunday - returned nephew, went to his church (used to be our church), had a spiritual revival...amazing.

Those 3 days encompass a lot of emotions and events. It's crazy. I am so overwhelmed with blessings I cannot even breathe without tears of joy springing to my eyes.

It's funny. I have been without formal cable television for over a month now, and I have to say that I realized I am not missing anything. I watch the shows I like (minus commercials) online in 1/2 the time. I know what you are thinking: *Gasp* You mean to tell me that you don't even miss the myriads of Hydroxycut and Oxi Clean commercials? No I don't! Not even the ones for the local technical schools! *lol* Yeah, so I am really glad we don't have TV anymore. I have a much better time without it.

and mothers. I surely do love mine!!

Okay so here is what I was thinking. I want everyone to name something that they have heard of that has nothing to do with the product that has the name. For instance: Plantronics Voyager 520 sounds nothing like a bluetooth headset. It sounds like a car or some form of space shuttle. Take a look around and find things that you never would have guessed what they were by the name. This should be fun and interesting.

I guess I am just a glutton for punishment or something. I can't not have a dog in the house now that we are used to having one. The kid is gonna freak! I don't know, though, I have seen a few dogs that I like but that doesn't mean I will ever go see them in person or that they will come home with me. I might just get Coby out of here and give myself a break from animals till after we move to our new apartment in March. Then MAYBE I will get another one. I need to stay off petfinder. Too many adorable dogs need homes NOW. I might talk the husband into fostering a few so they can get off death row. I seem to be the last chance queen.

WHY is my face suddenly breaking out? This is annoying! I am not a teenager anymore. I have these random pimples popping up all over the place. ACK! I hate the humidity around here, and the water is atrocious. I think it has something to do with that all together with the fact that I am relapsing in depression. Yes, I have nothing to be depressed about in general (other than the dog situation)...but the dog has been depressing for a long time. He isn't the reason for this deep of a relapse. It started before we decided to give him up. DANG IT!!!!!

On the dog front, we still have not found a place for him to go and I am begging friends of mine to take him as he only needs a house with a yard and some love. Honestly, he isn't THAT bad a dog when he has those things. I have been taking my mind of him leaving by looking forward to who we will get next. Looking for an apartment dog that looks tough but is not a pit or pitmix just in case where we move has issues with that. That's my challenge.

I am so glad that there are more noises in the house now than that constant annoying drip from the faucet in the bathroom. Our electric was out AGAIN today for a few hours. If they would upgrade the faucets to say Grohe faucets, then maybe they wouldn't drip so danged much. I can't imagine how much water is wasted due to their shoddy work. I still don't know why the electric was out today. There was no explanation for half the city to be out...but it was. Even the police department was affected, which is probably why it was only off for a few hours instead of a day or two.

I have been busy and exhausted. I have been annoyed and frustrated. I have NOT been updating my social networks like I was... I am not that chatty! I still have to finish cleaning my house. It looks to never be done enough that I can take a breath. I hate that about cleaning.

We are getting rid of Coby. It's a done deal. He will probably be heading back to the kennel by Friday. I just wrote to the owner of the kennel about our frustrations. This morning was the last straw, when he spitefully peed on the floor b/c we wouldn't let him sit on the bed with us. I have done everything I can do for the ungrateful beast, and since I didn't birth him I can give him back. *sigh* I had high hopes for this dog. It saddens me that he just couldn't deal and be the dog we know he can be.

We are definitely moving next March and my husband is looking for a new job. This one is another that lies to get what they want. If they held up their end of the bargain (3 years later), then it wouldn't be a big deal. He has been there THREE years and they are still shoveling excuses as to why he can't move up in the company as they promised when he went there.

Well, that's the short version of life anyway. I am going to try and catch up with you all this week.

We did take pictures, but I don't have them printed yet. I might have to get my sister  Kodak Gallery coupons so we can all have plenty of copies of the pictures. I took a few, but I am blogging from my mother's house and she does not have the hook up for my camera. Makes you wish you had a wifi card for your camera. I might have to invest in one of those later on... anyway...just rest assured that pictures are forthcoming.

I got a chance to catch up with my friend who is in rehab. He got a 12 hour pass today and was able to come and sit for a while. I was so happy to see him I nearly cried just driving over here. He had his daughter with him, and they all got along just swimmingly with my son. It was a good visit, even if it was a short one. I was promised another letter this week, so I am looking forward to that AND his 24 hour pass, which is to come in just another month!