raccoon and a long night!

Well, it is now 11:22 PM
at about 9:30 tonight, i heard Merlin barking outside. It was different from his normal bark. More, worried.
I went out on the back porch to see what was wrong. There stood a massive raccoon. This is the first time I have really seen one up close and personal. I, being the strong woman I am, turned and ran into the house! Merlin, my coon dog...ran behind me.

Mark and I have spent the last couple of hours chasing it around the yard, trying to get it to go away into someone else's yard. one that would not have a terrified basset hound barking at the backdoor trying to get in. Big baby!

Well,that didn't go well. And, just to let you know...If you need a animal control officer at night, he will not come! We called and they said call back in the morning. We got so tired of hearing Merlin freaking out that Mark went back out and tried to get him to go in his dog house. To Marks surprise, There was the raccoon, in the dog house!

We decided to put a cardboard box over the opening, bungee cord it in and take him down to the creek by our house. He is now in a happy home, away from our home!

wonderful hubby!!

I enjoy a clean house..I just dont enjoy cleaning it!
Over the last few years I have gotten good at keeping my livingroom and kitchen and dinningroom clean. I like to keep the kids rooms clean so that hasn't been a messy issue. My big down fall is our master bedroom. By the time I have cleaned all day two loads of dishes, three plus loads of laundry..Im pooped and all I want to do is climb into bed. Not up to cleaning our bedroom. No one see's it so who cares? My hubby cares so that should be more then enough to get me cleaning!

So, today I dove in. I first off made the bed. so I could fold the 15 loads of laundry on it. Mark walked in and said "oh, It looks so good in here." Bless his little heart! He is too good to me!!! I had stuff everywhere and he chose to focus on the one thing I had done right! Love that man!! And it really got me incouraged to clean the rest of our room. It now looks clean and wonderful!!

going for a walk.

Yesterday I took the kids on a walk. It was nice for about the first five seconds. I got halfway around the block and thought I was gonna die! If you know where my house is, you will know that it is halfway, in the middle of the block. lol
So really I got to the end of my driveway and thought I was gonna die. I was pushing a double stroller so I will use that as my excuse for being so tired. not the fact that I am totally out of shape.

I got this sudden burst of athletic energy from a comment I received a few days ago. I was asked for the second time in two months...by the same person both times if I was pregnant. yep, that was a low moment for me. I politely said no, the person then said that she couldn't tell because of my big tummy. HA! one must laugh to keep from crying. so...HAHAHA....HA
Yes, I have had two children so things around that area are...different. But not big or fat.
I have over the last few days been trying very hard to not take it to heart or personally. but,  its hard. so here is my venting about it. I can move on. :)

Ugh...the outdoors.

I am not the biggest outdoors person. I am a poser. I have my north face stuff and my chacos but that's about as far as it goes. I don't mind camping as long as there is a restroom withing walking distance. I would not mind the outdoors if it were not for bugs. I HATE BUGS!

I do however like to garden. well, that's not totally true, I like to plant flowers and water them. I don't like the work it takes to get the garden ready. I plant in barrels so I do not have to mess with...the ground.

We decided Sunday afternoon to plant some flowers. So to me this meant pulling out my barrels and putting flowers in them. This to Mark meant cleaning out the flower beds that had been neglected in the past and plant things in the dreaded ground...with my own two hands.

We, were outside for about three hours and as my husband got in there and got dirty and got it done. I happily checked on the kids while they were napping, used the restroom about 8 times and got about 4 glasses of tea. :) I must say, I make a wonderful "supervisor". After we were done, the ground looked wonderful. I am very proud of my flower beds and all the work "we" put into them!