I just don't get it

After two days of ice and snow I was sure that we were pass the chance of loosing our electricity. That's what I get for thinking too much. Low and behold, around 7:15 tonight, click the power goes out and here we all sit in the dark.

Thank goodness my hubby was home to help get some light in the house. It was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. My main concern was that it would get too cold in the house. Poogie has a terrible cough and I am trying to keep her from getting sicker. She felt so bad today she did not fight me about staying home from the YMCA, which was a miracle. She did miss Sweet Pea desperately, but she just didn't feel like going.

I was quite down in the dumps when I got to the Y today. Things have not been going well with hubby's job. The weather has been dealing them fits, so they haven't been working as much. But, thanks to two of my best girlfriends at the Y I felt a little better today. What is nice about talking to them was that I found it's not just me that worries about all this stuff we all do. It doesn't seem so bad when you know others are dealing with the same thing. So thanks girls, you know who you are.

Well, the house is warm, Poogie is asleep and not coughing, so off I am going to bed.

Our pets.

I have been inspired by my Poogie's sweet friend (who I will now call Sweet Pea) who received an adorable puppy for her birthday to put a few pics of our sweet pets on my blog.

Allow me to introduce Claudy Mae aka Pus. Poogie named her Puss in Boots when we adopted her. Her name was Claudette when we got her, but no one really liked it. So Poogie named her and the name stuck. However, it is quite embarrassing to call her by that name so in public we call her Claudy Mae. We have identified her to be a Russian Blue cat. What's funny is that she doesn't really act like a cat. She runs, or I should say gallops like a horse. Stealth is not her strong suit. She begs at the table like a dog and will eat almost anything. In her free time she likes to give our Chihuahua a tongue bath.

While our cat doesn't act like a cat, our dog, Buffy, believes that she is actually a child, just like Poogie and TT. She is the first person my hubby must greet upon coming home. If not she pouts something terrible. She loves snow and likes to try to catch snowflakes in her mouth. That is what lead to the photo of her. We had some sand delivered for our swimming pool two summers ago and she dove into it like it was snow. We all laughed until we cried at her wild behavior. She barks like a T-Rex but runs at the first sight of trouble. She is unusual, but that's okay. She is a perfect fit for our unusual family.

Without our pets our lives would not be near as interesting as they are now. They are our friends, without whom life would be quite lonely.

It's Sunday night already.

What a weekend! It started out to be a long yucky weekend due to my constant stomach mess. My hubby and I have been dealing with upset stomachs for a week now. No, fever or anything just upset stomachs.

Anywho, we had planned on going out Friday for dinner and a movie. I didn't feel well most of the day but I knew this might be our last chance for a while so I took it. Plus, I had been waiting to see the movie that we were going to see for a while. So off we went to eat at our favorite restaurant and to see Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. It was excellent, maybe my favorite of the three Underworld movies.

If that wasn't enough we came home and watched, The Strangers, after the kids went to bed. Now that was a scary movie and one I don't care to see again. I like fantasy movie, I don't like ones based on true stories. They give me the creeps.

Saturday was spent at a birthday party for a very special little girl, Poogie's best friend. It was so much fun. Poogie's only regret was that she didn't get to spend more one on one time with her bud, but then that is hard to do at a birthday party full of little girls. She still had a blast and got to spend time with several of her other friends from dance class and even her dance teacher whom she just loves.

From there we went to a swim party with our local homeschool group. The kids had a great time, and my hubby and I got to visit with our friends too. The kids came home happy but exhausted. And that leads to today, which was spent cleaning in the morning and resting the rest of the day. We were all still tired and not feeling well so it was nice just to lay around and watch movies this afternoon.

Now off to read my book and hopefully to go to sleep at a decent hour.