luxating patella

I wish i had never learned what those words mean.

About 5 weeks ago Judge hurt his knee. It wan on the right track to getting better but then it halted.... I had taken him to the vet clinic for initial review but Judges regular doctor was not in; soon to find out that he doesn't work there any longer- great. Well they pretty much say that he has some kind of injury and to watch it for a while. .......... this leads us to today.

I googled stalked Judges Vet and found him at Hometown Animal clinic in Pflugerville on 685, Dr Matt Hamby. AMAZING doctor!

He went in this morning for sedation, torture, and X-Rays. It came back as a Luxating Patella. AKA the knee cap has become dislocated and needs to be reattached through SURGERY.

BLAH.
to be continued....

Moving on to new things...

I am getting nervous and excited at the same time... we have so much going on right now! here are a few:
*Dan is transferring to a new store with a *pay raise* Yea!!!
*We are packing to move... for a short time we will be at Dan's parents and then we will....
*BUY A HOUSE!!!
*Our puppy Judge is Turning one :)
*And we just bought Dan a new, NEW car!!

In addition to all this i decided to make the living room sewing central... so its a HUGE MESS!

we are very excited for the new things to come. We have been wanting a change in life for a while.... so here are a bunch of them! (*with a little hope* maybe my next post ill add a baby to the list...)


I will try and post some pictures soon!
Life is crazy right now, but i want to have a Birthday Party for Judge... so Ill post about that in a few weeks.

We are alive!

I promise I will be better about posting!!

I know it has been forever!

Hopefully I will have something important to say soon!!


OH, Judge swam! Thats the only exciting news i guess so far; We are going to the lake today! Ill try to not forget my camera!

here are some pictures...

I would like to thank my mom for letting me use her sewing machine while mine is in the shop!! Also thank my sisters & mom for the furniture donations. The only thing i have purchased is the cradle and the fabric.

dont mind the mess... :)




Old crib was the blond color. The rocker was a similar color. All the furniture that will be (one day not soon) baby furniture is all going to be this Antique White. I have a small bookshelf and a end table to paint still.


They are white because i am waiting for a "set" to paint after they are primed.


from Grandma to Allison to Lindsey to me ... to baby...


My mom gave this to me. It was a dirty old ugly white thing on its way to goodwill.... I added the fabric.






Drug this cradle home from a resale store for 40 dollars. It was a pink-ish-blonde. PUKE! I painted it to match the rocking chair since the rocker is in the living room and this would not be in the imaginary nursery anyways.





The crib sheet fabrics. The crib sheets are cotton. The cradle sheets (not shown/ not made) are flannel. Since you are no longer advised to use a bumper pad any longer and the quilt that comes with is is useless, i have decided to not waste my money. Ill be making each sheet for about 5-8 dollars and with all the scraps (in about a year lol) ill be using them to make a matching quilt.


Old ugly chair... (already painted)


New chair... At this point i have not sewn the bottom cushion. Ill update the picture as soon as i charge up my camera again!! and ill add a picture of the finished stool next to it.





Stool is still drying from the last coat of paint. Here is the top though. I replaced the foam too.


I also added Ties - it didnt have them before

Busy busy little beaver

I have been so busy!!! Self proclaimed busy- not necessarily anything i have to do. I decided a while ago that before i get pregnant [again] I want to have the crib, dresser, changing table, and this basket shelve thing i have all to match. SO.. I have been working on that! At first i did not love any of it really. It was all just necessities that i picked up before i miscarried. WELL... Now, I am in love! I love my baby furniture!!! It all matches (well its almost all done- here and there things), and each piece i finish i take so much pride!

If you start wondering and thinking "why is she doing all this baby stuff" NO I AM NOT PREGNANT!! LOL. I just had some big painting projects to get done, and it didnt look DONE to me until I finished with all the sewing to go with it.



(pictures to come-- sorry no before shots; I didnt take any because it looked like crap-- well duh!! I wish NOW i had before and afters!! oh well, maybe next time)

What I have done:
*basket shelve thing- painted, fixed and lined the baskets.
*Made 3 basket linings with no pattern
*Dresser, primed and painted
*1/3 Baby crib. Sanded, twice primed, twice painted
*Broke down ugly glider rocking chair- painted 2 coats.
*broke down and painted "thrift store vintage" bassinet/ Swinging cradle.

Projects purchased and waiting...
*Cushions for glider rocker
*Paint glider foot stool (because i forgot it had one)
*FINISH CRIB! Big project, Dan is a saint and is helping!!
*have fabric for baby crib sheets. 7 of them.
*make and sew Cradle pad & sheets.

Cheers to Running again!

I am going to look like this again!

I am so excited to say that I am running again! I love the feeling of a good workout. Im obviously not where i want to be in terms of size and fitness level; but hey, you gotta start somewhere!

I am happier now than i have been in a long time. Dan and i are more in love than i think we have ever been! I have so much to be thankful for! Our families are so supportive of us.. we are truly a blessed couple.

I dont know when ill look like my old self again. Im not publishing any goals (yet). I am not avoiding the possibly of a pregnancy (but im not hard core trying either)- SO... Maybe in 4 months... maybe in 9 months plus 4 months... i don't know. What i do know is it sure feels good to hit the gym a-g-a-i-n!

Before baby Judge (heh our second dog) came into our lives I had resumed the roll of EXERCISE! In about 4months lost about 35 lbs. and won eighty dollars in my at work challenge. Of course in the last 6 months about 11 of that came back on.... currently -ideally- i do want to resume back to this picture from February 07; BUT im setting no time goals. Just and ONLY gym goals. I will keep you posted on how i am doing!

Last time, and the time before, and before, even back when i lived with Kylene, I just hit the ground running. THIS TIME THOUGH: I have decided to follow the 5K running schedule that I did back in high school. So far (week one) has been easy and great! Im keeping my head up and positive thinking to the future!

Back to Dan & I. ...
I think its amazing how everything falls into place in life. last night Dan and i laid with our heads on our pillows looking at each other, sweetly, softly talking to each other until 3am!!!!! Oh how good that feels!!!!! I Know that no matter what happens. No matter what (or when) size i am, that i am blessed and have one hundred million reasons to be happy! I have everything i need in Dan, and that's enough for me!

Finally a finish to the "Judge story" !!

Well, not to make it 100% anti-climatic or anything... but what happened is:

After we confronted Brandon about needing to pay half the money they went into (what seemed like) hiding!!! They completely avoided us. ....

.... THEN...... My mom had to go to my house to pick up something for me for work ... & low and behold THEY ARE MOVING OUT!!!!!!!!!! I called the office and she said "What? they are breaking there lease!". I dont think they "ran" because of us; but this was on the 8th and Rent was probably w-a-y past due... Maybe they had to run before being evicted??

I dont know... I just know, One day, happy old neighbors. Then the dog bite and out of no where in about 3 hours they were gone.

The end. Judge is fine. The money is long paid and forgotten. :) to better times!

Justice not served!

So far... Nothing.

The douche bags next door are just staying holed up and avoiding us.

... ToBeContinued... im sure more STORY (aka DRAMA) is to come....

When are "they" going to create good music again?

I love the song "how to mend a broken heart" originally by the Bee Gees; I like the al green version. And Louis Armstrong, "What a wonderful world". And what about "Aint no sunshine in my sole" by Bill withers...

Maybe i was just born a decade or two to late... But I think Music should un-elvove a little.

A new favorite is Pallidao, by Escala. The you tube video is AWESOME. I pre bought their CD last year...

Justice for Judge

Well, in short; I was torn about confronting my neighbor........ UNTIL i found out that the month before last, Zoey had bitten another dog!!!!!!!!!

That changed my mind. Before i could make myself drop it. I was very emotionally involved and wanted to keep our neighborly friendship. BUT.... Then i found out about the other bite, It was the missing link. The piece to the puzzle.

We teach people how to treat us, and *IF* as a whole, our apartment complex, We tech them (Brandon & Crystal)that there dog can go around biting other dogs AND THAT NO ONE will do anything about it.... then we have done a disservice to the wrold and to them.

They need to be held accountable. As of last night it was not about me, my feelings, my friendships with them... its about what is RIGHT. About teaching them responsibility.

**SO** just now. 30 seconds ago, i was armed with my photos, a copy of the paperwork and bill.... And i said, " we were not intending on having our dog bitten; Looking at this situation as a piece of property, our property has been damaged and we do believe you are responsible for it.... NOW, we understand crap happens; so we are willing to meet YOU halfway *IF* you can not pay the whole bill.


Enough said. I said and did everything i was intending to do from the beginning, i just now had enough logic and reasoning to push me in the right direction.

Poor Judge; My baby.....

Judge got bitten by our next door neighbors female dog today. His face is pretty beat up, and his head is in a cone... but he will be alright.


The scoop:
Dan took Judge to the courtyard to go potty. Our neighbor & his dog approached them. While Dan and Brandon were chatting the other dog, Zoey and judge were sniffing each other.

Dan was in a squatting position holding Judges collar. Zoey just bit his face out of no where. Our neighbors and his wife were distraught and yelling/panicking.

Dan took Judge to the animal hospital... when he came home he went to talk to the neighbors.... they didn't offer to pay anything and kept saying "this is just an unfortunate accident!!"; I think they were scared that we were going to report them to Management or to Williamson County.

I filed a report with the police in the animal department but requested no action to be taken. I don't our neighbors or Zoey to be "punished" in any way, I only want them to pay for the medical bills from today. [... Is that too much to ask??] Tomorrow i am going to take some pictures and a copy of the bill over to them. Hopefully they will just pay for it and not complain. They are lucky it is ONLY Two Hundred Dollars. If he had had stitches it would have been more!!

Jude is acting like he has PTSD, but i think he will recover just fine. Our front porch, dan, and the Vet clinic looked like he had been slaughtered - but thats just because facial injuries bleed A LOT!

Here are some pics after all was said and done: He ended up having the gash in his nose that was making him choke on blood cauterized.