Mom day Monday bummed out - SECOND POST TODAY

I'm not good at asking for

prayers -

I feel like 

I'm a broken record

sometimes.

A while back I said 

I wasn't going to post anymore about my 

eye and vision unless 

there was a drastic change.

A few days later there was a 

second outbreak of the 

Herpes Keratitis virus but 

it was also off to the side and

wasn't causing any vision problem so

I figured no big deal and didn't say anything.

Well the last couple of days I began

noticing a change in my vision-

not as good as it had been.

Just slight at first but

today, at a scheduled follow-up,

it was discovered that the virus had

indeed spread into the path of central vision.

At least I was able to work today and

hopefully tomorrow too.

Ok, so I'm bummed out a little BUT

I don't think it affected my appetite.

Yesterday I had slow-cooked a small pork roast in

a bath of the salsa I LOVE along with

about a fourth cup of Olive Oil and

extra onions and maybe a 

teaspoon of garlic -

of course the meat just fell apart.

That was yesterday BUT

then for MY dinner earlier,

I had purchased a twice-baked potato

from the deli 

(see where I'm going with this?)

Yep, after heating up a little meat that 

I had torn in smaller pieces-

I apooned it over the potato along with the salsa then

sprinkled it with a handful of grated Mexican cheese then

nuked it all for about 30 seconds.

(No, the Beaglebratz did not get any but

they do have their own package of

grated Cheddar cheese which 

they did get some of that)

If I can fix that good of stuff when

I'm bummed out, just think what I can make

when I'm not.

Anyway, time for bed-

I do need to get more sleep than

I have been.

Shiloh'n Shasta are doing their part (kinda)

to help mom out.

Mom Day Monday

Welcome to what I hope is the first edition of Mom Day Monday (thank you to Frankie Furter for this great idea).  I had contemplated about doing my own separate blog however since it seems at times I have a hard enough time "helping" the Beaglebratz with their's and after a lengthy "discussion" with the Beaglebratz (along with some treat bribery) they let me do my thing here on Mondays.  So I hope you enjoy - this will be MY spot - whatever I choose to write about.
The following was in an email I happened to get then after that is my thought about it.

“When we choose not to focus on 

what’s missing from our lives but 

are grateful for the 
abundance that’s present… 

we experience heaven on earth.”

I have figured out – when we talk about how our dogs live one day at a time, in the here and now … then this is what their lives must be like. Because they are not focused in on what they don’t have but rather they already have whatever their abundance is – what they desire – love, understanding, adequate food &amp water &amp maybe a belly-rub now &amp then along with a cuddle or two.  Some of us humans, me included, could profit by learning this from our dogs.


This little quote is something I "borrowed" from an email signature box I get at work - another good example of living in the here and now-

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)