What a day!

Oy! Yesterday was along one. The family is coming home from their camping trip today. I have done a ton of scrapbooking. It has been fantastic. I haven't scrapbooked in a long long time, too long. And, I definitely found my love of it again.

About 3pm I heard 'screaming.' I thought it was the bird, listened again, and discovered it was coming from Kassie downstairs. OMG, I went running. Her eye popped out. I was shaking and crying and panicing. I grabbed her and the car keys and called the vet. Who, even though they are open on Sunday, were closed. I guess it happened 10 minutes too late. ugh.

So, off to the emergency vet. That is in North Portland, which I do not know at all. I called and got directions. I drove the convertable into the grass in our yard as I pulled out of the garage. Did I mention I was a little upset? Freaked out might be more honest. I was so scared.

The vet's office gave me the wrong directions, so I drove almost to Washington, back to the zoo, and then connected with Mike and mapquest. Thank God he got me there. Did I mention I was pretty upset and scared? Anyway, they did surgery. It cost way less than the price quote. Yea. And I brought Kassie home about 10:30 last night. Between the eye drops and the pain killer, there are a lot of things going on. So, I didn't sleep too well. I am pretty sure Kassie didn't either though.

Anyway, it will be a few weeks before we know how her sight is... but thankfully the rest of her is OK. She looks like she has been through a war, but she will look normal again. Ahhh the joys of pets. They are like our kids, they make our hearts hurt.

Casey, age 9

This is the other picture!

Hadn't done this in over 20 years....

I discovered that while I had printed the two big 2005 vacations, I had never printed pictures from the other stuff... ya know, birthday, back to school, etc...

So, I uploaded 100 pictures to riteaid.com and headed over to pick them up. When I came out of the store, about 8:30 pm, the front passenger side tire was FLAT. So, I was annoyed (of course) but decided to walk down the strip mall to Target and get some fix-a-flat. Yea, I know it is bad for my tire.... but, it was dusk and I wanted to get home and scrapbook. It is so great when the DH and DS's are out of town!

Well, needless to say the fix a flat stuff oozed out at about the same speed it oozed in! Ugh. So, I was going to have to do it, change the tire. Now, this is not my car, it is my husband's baby. His red mustang convertible. He loves this car, and has her picture on his phone. (I won't go there!) Anyway, I was able to remember enough to actually change the tire. As I was mounting the spare two young men came by and volunteered to help. LOL So, I let them screw in the lug nuts. I turned down the jack, jumped in the car--very dirty-- and drove home.

Thankfully Les Schwab was able to fix me up this morning. So, I should still be able to go to the beach and crop this weekend. LOL

So, now I won't be able to say next time, "I haven't done this in over 20 years!" Yea me! Oh, and dh (from his cell phone) suggested I call someone. Yea, NOT patient enough to wait. I have pictures to scrapbook. I am adding two that I found that I love from the first day of school in 2005. Casey was 9 and Alec was 11.

Five Things

Here are five things that you may, or may not, know about me already.

1. When Mike and I got engaged (1988) I told him I had to ALWAYS have a pekingese in my life. As you could figure, he agreed. Kassie is the 11th pekingese I have had in my lifetime. Yes, I said 11th!

2. My father told me I could be anything, but warned against going into teaching. I taught high school math for 12 years! OOPS.

3. My father also told me, just before he died, that communication was the most important thing. Many people have laughed at that over the years. But, now I realize he was absolutely right. He died in 1985. I miss him everyday, but still agree that communication is critical.

4. I spent 3 weeks at Georgetown University at debate camp when I was 15. It was the experience of a lifetime. I actually was on the debate team for four years in high school.

5. Napping is my favorite hobby. I would like to say it is scrapbooking, or stamping.... but, the truth it I will always choose an afternoon nap first. There is nothing like it!

So, there are some things about me!

Zoom zoom zoom

Wow, this summer is zooming by! I can not believe July is almost over. I am getting ready to head to Puyallup WA in a couple of days for a stamp/scrapbook show. I really enjoy doing these shows. It is fun to meet new people and be a part of something big! =-)

The boys spent last week in OMSI camp, and we spent the week before in Seaside. The weather in Seaside over the 4th was amazing. I even got a sunburn. It was great to see our friends and spend the holiday on the beach. It is such a crazy place to be. Fireworks everywhere. Yet, once again we all made it out alive! Yikes.

OMSI camp (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) was a forensic science camp. Unfortunately it was not the most organized camp, but for the first time the boys got to go together (both middle school age). It really gave Casey an opportunity to see what Alec goes through daily. He got picked on a bunch, and sadly the 'teachers' didn't seem to know what to do. They did learn a bunch about forensic science though.

This week I am getting ready for my show in WA. Like I said, wow it is all going so fast. I do have three projects planned.

I am also getting my books in for our unit contest. I have a few people coming to judge. The entries are great, so I think it will be a hard decision!

A little behind....

I had soooo much fun in Florida! I got to meet my 2nd downline Leah and see my downline Sue and Penny. It was great to see all of these ladies. We got to spend some fun time together eating awesome food & laughing. It was wonderful. Seems like I get to Florida about every other year. I helped Susan with her Tampa expo. It was HOT, and really fun. I loved setting up someone elses booth and not having all of the responsibillity. Hehehehehe.

When I got home from Florida it was the last week of school. This year went so fast. It is hard to believe we have lived in Hillsboro for a year now. Wow, time flies.