go, Go, GO!

We had a pretty busy weekend here at Random thoughts.

We had a stray dog Friday night. I was expecting a freecycler to come and pick up some stuff...otherwise I wouldn't have answered the door, I don't answer after dark if Jeremy's not home. There's this man on the porch holding this little white dog. He was on his lunch break...the dog was hanging around...wouldn't leave...he has to go back to work...can I call the police...all that crap. Me, being the helpful person I am to the point of my own stupidity, say "Sure!" He's just a pup. Still had puppy teeth. He's chasing the cats, humping the dog, and peed on my dining room chair. At this point, I call central dispatch for animal control to come get this monster. "I'm sorry ma'am, there isn't anyone at animal control until morning..." Of course, because that's how my luck runs. We had him for the night and he did calm down. Saturday morning, we look on the internet for animal control. There, on the website, boldly posted are their hours "M-F, 8AM - 11AM". Nice! Jacob sure liked him and we realized that Murray is just an old crank and we need a real dog.

Grandma and Grandpa came over for a visit Saturday afternoon. They brought a big tote full of Lincoln Logs. Grandpa had found them at a resale store. Of course, Jacob took a marathon nap so he missed most of their visit and was pretty shy for the rest of it. Jeremy and I did have a nice time with them while I disinfected all the logs (I clean any toy that comes to us used - please, don't feel bad). While they were here, the owners of the stray dog came and took him home (whew)!

Miss Jennifer came over to baby-sit for Jacob for the night while Jeremy and I went to a Euchre tournament with my brother and sister-in-law at some friends of theirs who are from Manistee too. Neither of us won but, we did have a very good time. Miss Jennifer stayed over and I went to bed with my I-don't-drink-very-often-and-probably-shouldn't-drink headache.

Miss Jennifer and I played with the Lincoln Logs most of Sunday morning. Jeremy printed instructions for us off the computer and we built houses and forts and towers and Godzilla (aka Jacob) came and knocked them all down. We did find a website to order replacement parts too. We'll be ordering more windows and doors and roofs to be able to build more things. Jacob will really have fun building with these when he gets a little bigger but right now, he just loves knocking 'em over.

Jeremy made us a deep fried smorgasboard for lunch. French fries, onion rings, and catfish. He also did boneless buffalo wings in the oven. I gave him a restaurant style deep fryer for Christmas. Funny thing...we have to use it in the dark, and can't use any hot water, the coffee pot, the microwave, or the oven if the deep fryer is plugged in! If we do, it trips the breaker. Old houses are so much fun!

I did all the pre-authorization paperwork for the hospital for Jacob's. We're all set to go now, just need to know what time they scheduled us.

And to our friends over at Thinking Out Loud...we're praying for you today and hoping all goes well and then some. Good luck!