Ever had one of those days?

I have been dreading today for about a week. Not that anything bad was going to happen, just that it was going to be a really busy day. I am lucky, I am in two carpool for my kids schools with some great people. I only have to drive to the Elementary school once every three week and same with preschool. This week is my week for EVES. Not a problem. My neighbor who was driving preschool asked if I would drive today as she was trainning for a new job and couldn't do. Not a problem. Cameron has a fieldtrip today. He is walking to the fire station and the library. I was a little concerned because it was supposed to be cold and stormy (and unfortunatley the weatherman was right, it is trying to snow right now). A little bit of a problem. Except I found out that the fieldtrip is supposed to go until 12:15 or so and the preschool kids get out at 11:15. A little bit bigger problem. I usually go and help out at McKenzie's class on Wednesday while Abby is in school, but with Cameron's fieldtrip and with me going on McKenzie's fieldtrip on Friday I thought I would be okay just not going to her class at all today. Problem solved. My mom flies in at 4:15 today. I had planned on switching carpool for Cameron's soccer practice, which starts at 5:15 and which may or may not happen due to weather. But my brother said that he was available to pick her up. Not a problem. So it seemed that I had everything figured out. Until about 2:00 this morning when Pug told me that he thinks he has kidney stone!!! He waited and debated until about 3:00am then he called his Dad to come and take him to the hospital (actually he told him he would just drive himself to the hospital and have him meet him there- HELLO?!?! He couldn't even walk to the bathroom). I was just going to wake up the kids and take him, but he didn't want to do that. So his Dad drove 40 minutes to our house, another 30 to the hospital, stayed with him while he was there and then drove him home around 7:00 this morning. Thanks so much Glen! So... needless to say I am NOT going anywhere today (well, I am driving carpool, but that is easy). I am going to make sure poor Pug doesn't have anymore stones to pass. He is doing fine right now. The morphine has worked well, and he is sleeping.
Just another day....

Kirby Looks Like a Poodle!!!!

So, the first time that we took Kirby to get groomed we took him to PetSmart- that didn't turn out very well. He ended up looking like a Scotty dog. This time I did some research and found a lady that does it out of her house in Harvest Hills, Scotty's K9 Design. She did an AMAZING job! Anyways... here are some pictures of Kirby looking like a poodle.

What to do with Abby....

Abby is the cutest little girl, with big brown eyes and a smile that could melt a heart of ice in 2 minutes. She is also very mischievous. She does things that the other two never even dreamed of doing. I think that she must have been up in heaven looking down just shaking her head at McKenzie and Cameron thinking, "Why aren't they doing this? They could totally get away with doing that." etc.
Well, Friday afternoon- just a few hours before we had to go into Sandy for my niece's baptisms- Abby was quietly watching TV and cutting paper (a new hobby of hers). I was reading my book in the same room. I noticed that she ws standing in front of the TV. I walked up to her to tell her to sit back down. That is when I saw this all over the floor.......

Why is it that when you have somewhere important to go something ALWAYS goes wrong? Anyways, so here is what she looked like after her scissor incident...

Luckily I have the most wonderful neighbors in the world! I frantically called up two of my neighbors that do hair. Neither one was at home, but Kelsee was going to be home around 4:00. PERFECT!! We didn't need to leave until 5:30. She got home and I raced Abby right on over and just look at how cute Abby's hair is!!!

Kelsee, I can't thank you enough!! You are a huge lifesaver!