I know y'all thought this blog was dead, but we're reviving it and will make a more concerted effort to keep it updated.
We have had the most gorgeous weather here this weekend and y'all will be jealous, I think. It was in the high 60's/low 70's and in fact, Peepaw and I had to put on jackets yesterday afternoon as we sat outside with Dixie. I know - y'all are mad at me for telling you, huh? Well, it will warm up this week but we were so glad for the reprieve from the heat because our a/c was acting weird all last week. It would come on and then after a few minutes, it started moaning so we would turn it off. Then we tried a few minutes later and it wouldn't blow air. Then the next time it was fine. So we just turned fans on us and left it off for the most part and then tried again Friday and it was fine. My imagination was running rampant with thoughts of some kind of varmint in the duct work or a big chunk of dirt and stuff blocking the fan but in any case, maybe "it's" gone, whatever "it" was. I imagine a call to the local a/c guy will be next.
We're really enjoying Dixie a lot. I did have a bit of a meltdown the other morning, though. I had forgotten how much work it is to train a puppy and since I take her to work with me, too, I was kinda burned out and needed a good cry. I had gotten up early and taken her outside. The mornings are when she is most active and she was flipping head over tail, spinning in circles, carrying her leash in her mouth, and biting everything that came in contact with her little mouth while we were out for her morning constitutional. I was half asleep, tired, hot, and not in the mood for all that foolishness. So I came in the house, sat on the couch and started crying. Peepaw was very concerned and asked if we needed to find her a home. I told him that I didn't...I just needed to cry a little bit. After he left for work, I sat down at the computer and started looking at sites for housebreaking puppies. After learning that we were doing really well and she was actually ahead of her game, so to speak, for her age, I felt really encouraged and and that seemed to do the trick. So I adjusted my own attitude and we've had smooth sailing ever since. She goes to bed at 10 every night and last night, she went out to tinkle, came in and got a drink of water, then ran to her little kennel and pulled the door open, hopped in bed by herself (!) and was ready to go to sleep. We were so proud of her and we talked about it all day. She can't replace Sophie in my heart, but there is definitely a space reserved just for her.
We're amazed at how much she's growing. We haven't yet captured just the right photo, but her legs are three times longer than they were just a few days ago. She looks like a brindled deer.
We're waiting for Dixie to try this with Butternut because the outcome will be much less peaceful.
We have sure been enjoying the bounty of summer around here. We've eaten lots of squash from our little garden and the tomatoes are now turning red. Peepaw has a very sweet and generous co-worker that sends tomatoes home with him about twice a week, so we've been well supplied. I also got some Peaches and Cream corn at the store recently and froze a lot of it. Mmmm...we LOVE fresh corn. We also have some friends that came to visit us and brought a huge bucket full of fresh blueberries that they had picked from their yard that morning, so I've got about 6 packs of those in the freezer. I'll tell you...getting stuff like that is more precious to me than if we were given a box of steaks, don't y'all agree?
As you can see, Peepaw and Dixie are plumb worn out from the festivities at FunFest.
By the way, we had a congregational meeting at church this morning and Peepaw and one other man were elected as ruling elders. Since Peepaw is already ordained, he will be installed while the other fellow will be ordained and installed. This will happen either next week or the week after. Our church family was very gracious and seemed to be very happy that Peepaw will be serving in this capacity. We love them and are glad to be there.
I leave you with all of my love until next time.
