Heading out...

Today is the day we are heading out to our "camping" location.

I say "camping" like that because our plans have been modified a little bit. For instance, We won't actually be "camping" like real campers do even though that was the original plan. You know, sleep in a tent...on the ground...with NO A/C.

NOPE!

I happen "come across" some sites online and found some rooms for us to stay in the whole time we are there.
HEY..I want to be happy. You guys want me to be happy, right?
OKAY...that means a nice soft, comfy bed and clean running water to shower.

That's what we got.
It's right off of the beach just the way Angel likes.

SOOOO...you know that since we are going on "vacation" I was going to need some new luggage.

Okay, so I didn't really need any new luggage but as I was shopping yesterday with the kids and my cousin CYN for some things for the kids I saw these..

I had seen them several times before but could never bring myself to buy them because each one was around 34.99.
I'm cheap. I can't do that. So I waited.

And I waited....

And waited...

Then, they had them lined up just like that and I saw this little orange sticker on them.
$20.00 for each of the larger ones, the smaller one was priced at $9.99 and the tote on top was $3.

I called Angel and told him about the suitcases and the prices. He asked if I wanted them and said I could get them.

AWESOME!!

So, Cyn, the kids and I all grabbed one and headed to the register before someone else could snatch them up.

When we got there we noticed a black set. *GASP*

What the hell?

How am I going to choose now?

When we looked closer, we noticed that the black set was missing one of the pieces. So Cyn suggested that I alternate size and color and have the best of both worlds. GENIUS!!

So this is what I ended up with:

To make everything blissfully better, when the cashier rang up the luggage, the prices weren't even the same.



The largest piece rang up at $7.50

The next size down was $10.00

Next down was $10.00

The small black one was $9.99 and the tote was $3.00



So I went from almost paying $73.00 to actually paying $40.49.

LOOOVE IT!



Alright. That was the good, happy part of the post.

Now to the gruesome part...



You all know Chupa, right?

See how adorable he is....

Here he plays with the cat. Since the cat has recently been de-clawed, he's pretty much harmless and can't scratch but he can still bite and pounce like nobodies business.

Watch out, Tattoo is a mean bitch slapper.

But of course, Tattoo is not the focus here.

I've encountered the same problem with Chupa that I've had with the other dogs and it's really tripping me out.

I love the little puppy and would like to have him play with me on the bed BUUUUUT.....



HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT VENUS HAD. (<----Trust me, you want to read that!)

I could be loving on the puppy and playing with it and *snap* in an instant, I'm fixated on watching his butt to make sure nothing slithers out.

GROSS, I know, but still. Anytime I imagine (or see) those damn things this is the image I get:

Yeah, Okay, so it may not actually be THAT bad but still. Have any of you seen a worm's face up close?

No?

I'm talking about the ones that come out of your pet's butts?

No?

Well, then, take my word for it. THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE!!
Yes, I know they are only the size of a grain of rice but as I've said before..Menacing.

Anyway..

Have a good one you guys. I'll be thinking of you as I sit on the beach sipping on Cheladas (and any other alcoholic beverage I can get my hands on).

Yes I know that the act of sipping on Cheladas doesn't necessarily need a beach and that I'm usually sipping on Cheladas anyway but, today, the beach offers a change of scenery. You know...not like my bedroom, living room or shower. <---what can I say. I get thirsty at random times.

P.S. Dom will be writing in his Blog again once school starts. Hopefully the curriculum isn't to strenuous on him and he will have time. Not like his lazy Mama!

The Countdown Has Begun...

Three days before my "vacation" date starts.


So you all know I'm taking a few days off of work for "vacation". I've been working for a year straight with this company without taking any time off. (The two days off to heal my ankle doesn't count).

I am currently looking for a room to stay in for next weekend because I'm not sure if I can "rough" it for 4 days/nights in a tent. I've tried it before and I always run away pulling my hair out and screaming.


I know it's been awhile since I posted. Blame it on the fact that I'm getting old and tired. I've been working like crazy and passing out BEFORE Angel does. And to think, I used to get after him for not hanging with me. Not once has he gotten after me.

I have a TON of updated info to fill you in on.


FIRST:
For those of you who follow me on Twitter you know about what I had to do to Tattoo.
The dang cat kept scratching us and clawing at us. He even scratched me down the side of my face leaving me looking like Scarface.
I had to do something about it once and for all before he scratched all of our eyes out.


Sooooo....


I took him to the vet to have him neutered and de-clawed.
I know, I know it sounds so inhumane but it had to be done. He was drawing blood.

Here he is after the visit. I thought he was dead. He was laying there sedated with his eyes open. It was creepy. They cut out his "berries" and the stench that was coming from there was almost unbearable. Almost skunk-like. He slept in my room in the basket (since I'm the light sleeper) so that I could take care of him.

Here, he is coming out of the anesthesia. He's cross-eyed because he's trying to focus. Poor kitty. He couldn't walk right for a few days and now he eats laying down. He kept jumping out of the basket and trying to run but he kept falling over because of the pain in his paws. You can see where one of the bandages came off early.

He's doing fine now. Just not as "Alpha Male" as he used to be.

SECOND:
We have a new addition to the family. His name is CHUPA. (Angel named him). Leave it to Angel to come up with the names. How do you think Miah got her stripper name (Miah Divine). I'm not asking questions about how he came up with that, I just went along with it.


Anywhooo....


Miah is giving the puppies a bath. There are 2 because one of them is a gift for my Dad (the white one). The puppies are Dachshunds mixed with something else. I don't know and it really doesn't matter. All our lives we've had mutts for animals and we loved them just the same. This dog is going to be an inside dog. (Good thing I have kids to clean up puppy messes, whew.)

Here they are after their baths and after Angel left for work. They sleep with me because I like to spoil the animals. The good thing is that Angel doesn't mind. Whatever makes me happy.

A little family picture before I take the white puppy to my Dad once and for all. There is one more brother puppy left and Angel was thinking about getting it and we keep it and have 2 puppies. Just waiting on the word and he's ours. Angel may not admit it but he's just as much an animal lover as I am. He's just not as emotional, though.

THIRD:

The school Dom was attending at the end of school was a charter school. If you have been following and keeping up with this blog then you know the dilemma I was having about trying to get him into a Medical Technology High School. He was still lacking some course work from the previous school and he wasn't classified as an 9th grader to be eligible for the Med school (MEDTECH).


Well......


A few days ago, I called the previous school to see what we can do about him catching up on that course work so that he can go to MEDTECH. The receptionist told me that I needed to come into the office to sign some withdrawal papers because since I had Dom enrolled at both school (as a precaution) that they already faxed over the withdrawal info to MEDTECH.


I was like, "REALLY?"
"What about the work?"
They were like, "Oh, yeah..we forgot."


So they gave me the packets to bring home to Dom and he JUST finished them and will be testing on them next week before our vacation and then he will be starting MEDTECH on the 24th.



Trust me, I'm going to be riding him throughout the whole school year. Be prepared to have plenty of post about my frustration during the school year. It's not something new. I'm just glad I only have 1 child that I have to deal with the school issues. Miah and Devyn are pretty much saints in school.


To read the other posts about this situation go HERE and HERE.

LASTLY:

One of the reasons I haven't been sleeping well is because Angel gets up at 4 am (or rather, his alarm goes off at 4 am and I have to wake him up to tell him about his alarm going off) to get ready for work and then I am awake for the rest of the day. Sucks, I know.

What DIDN'T help is that a few nights ago, a neighbor told Angel that there was a man crouching by our fence in the back yard petting our mean and vicious doberman dogs.

*blink* *blink*

Yeah, I know. I was a little freaked out because I can't have people making nice with our killer dogs. It's really dark in the back and we can't see anything. I kept getting up in the middle of the night to check if anyone is out there so my paranoia got the best of me.

Angel went and bought some flood lights and we positioned them to light up the whole yard. I don't care if it looks like a baseball field at night out there.

NO INTRUDERS!

They don't know we have a vicious attack cat inside. Beware!

Anyway, I know this post is lame but it's just an update. Maybe after my vacation my mind will be working right and I won't be walking around like a zombie.