So funny but so creepy!

A few years back, I decided that a hamster would be a great pet for Little Man. I had one when I was little and loved it. So, I finally talk Benny into getting one. Benny is the kind of person that goes way overboard so of course this hamster had a freakin MANSION. I'm talking 3 story, very colorful, tubes and little houses everywhere. It was so big it had to stay in the living room on our entertainment center. Benny decided that the cage was so huge that we should get 2 hamsters. THEN, he decided it would be cool to get a boy and girl, breed them and then sell them back to the pet store. This is where everything goes crazy.

We get them home and the little shits are MEAN! They would bite EVERYTIME you tried to touch them. So, basically they just stayed in the cage and I got to clean it all the time. Not much fun. THEN, we had babies. 8 to be exact. Now they were cute! We would take them out and look at them and Little Man loved it. That was until the daddy ate them. What an asshole.

A few weeks later, we had more babies. 11 of them. The daddy like this bunch or was scared of what the mommy would do and he let them live. When I would clean the cage, they would scamper to other parts and so I didn't have to take them out. The tubes were colored and hard to see through so I never really looked for them much less did a head count.

One night, everyone else was sleeping and I was hanging out with Smiley (he was only like a month old) and watching TV. I noticed something long and white stretching from the top of the cage to the bottom. It was the belly side of a FUCKIN SNAKE!!!!! I flipped out!!!!! I stood on the couch and start screaming for Benny while looking all over the floor for more snakes. We lived in a TINY mobile home and no one woke up to my screams.

I grabbed Smiley, RAN on the furniture to my bedroom, jumped on the bed and screamed "There is a fuckin snake in the house!!!!!" That woke him up. FAST! Benny is a tad scared of snakes. He went from sleeping to standing on the bed in less than a second. I told him what was going on and we go investigate.

I take my place back on the couch as he looks in the cage. The snake is now big enough that it can't get out of the cage (it was a metal cage). Benny decides to do a head count of hamsters. There was ONE! The other 12 were gone. Guess that's why the snake was so big. The only survivor was the daddy. Then Benny says he is going to shoot it with his shot gun. Ummm, no. That would put a huge hole in our house. I say we should put a sheet over the cage and carry it out so he can shoot it and he says, "Ummmm, not no but hell no!" He doesn't want to get that close to the snake. We agree on him using Little Man's BB gun.

I get Smiley undercover and Benny goes to shooting. I think he probably shot that damn thing like 50 times. We had BB's bouncing around everywhere and some actually hitting the snake. He wouldn't quit shooting until it was no longer moving. Once it was dead, he got a coat hanger and got the snake out and into a pillow case (that he made me hold). After that, I wanted the last rodent gone so more snakes wouldn't show up. He let the little guy (that was shaking soooo bad) go off into the woods.

Needless to say, we didn't sleep there that night. We loaded up the kids and headed to my moms. After all the drama, I got to thinking. Just how long WAS that snake in there? He was there long enough to eat 12 hamsters and get fat enough he couldn't escape. How many times had I put my hands in a cage where a snake was living? Gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.

We moved very shortly after that. We now both agree, never again will be have a pet that snakes eat as food!

Baby bunnies

We didn't do much 'fun' stuff this weekend but we did do a lot of stuff that just needed to be done. The kind of stuff that gets put on the back burner because doing fun stuff is just, well, more fun.

Anyway, we were working down in Benny's shop and heard some squealing. We both jumped up and looked for the dogs (we knew what the sound was). I saw Booger (black lab) with something in his mouth and RAN to him yelling.

He had a baby bunny in his mouth. I got him to drop it and I scooped it up real fast. Thankfully, it was ok. Then, he started sniffing around so we watched where he went and when he stopped, I ran and yelled at him again to get away.

He had found a rabbit hole with 2 more little babies in it. We scooped them up and put all three in the bed of Benny's truck. While the kids watched over the bunnies, we rounded up a box.

My mom made a little rabbit sanctuary a few years ago and that is where we take the baby bunnies we find (this happened every year).

So, with bunnies in box, we head to my moms. We let each kid release one.

Even though Benny hunts, we are big animal people. Benny wont hunt or kill anything unless we are going to eat it. He doesn't hunt just to go kill shit. Hell, we even ate his roadkill! LOL

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Also, if you didn't read my post yesterday, please scroll down one and read it.

Hey everybody

I am stealing this meme from Carrin who stole it from Carty Party Of Three. I have had a week full of strep throat(me), stomach virus's(kids), and kidney stones(Benny). Needless to say, week from hell and you don't want the details. Trust me. Anyway, I will (I'M SO EXCITED!) be making a trip soon but I want to wait until all the details are ironed out before I tell ya. Don't ya hate it when people do that?! Anyway, since I don't want to tell you about the nastiness of this weekend or the details of my upcoming trip too soon, I'm doing this little meme. Enjoy.

1. What is in the back of your car right now? I have a pathfinder and in the back-n-the-back is 2 blankets and 2 pillows.

2. When was the last time you threw up? Thursday. I got choked on some food and threw up. Aren't you glad that was a question?!

3. What's your favorite curse word? The one I say most is SHIT!

4. Name 3 people who made you smile today? Benny, Carrin and Mom.

5. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? Wishing I was still asleep. I was also feeding geese in Arkansas where we went camping.

6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Looking up the cost of flights. BTW, April 17th-19th is the cheapest I found! Hint hint!

7. What will you be doing 3 hours from now? Hopefully sleeping.

8. Have you ever been to a strip club? Yes. Once where the women strip and a bunch where the men strip.

9. What is the last thing you said aloud? Night night, I love you sweety (to Toot).

10. What is the best ice cream flavor? Chocolate with peanut butter (this was Carrins answer). I gotta tell ya that I use to work at Baskin Robbins and I hated it when people ordered that shit. It is the hardest ice cream to scoop. Anyway, my favorite is either cookies-n-cream or mint chocolate chip.

11. What was the last thing you had to drink? Busch Light!

12. What are you wearing right now? A purple Mossy Oak wife beater and blue cammo fuzzy pj pants. They don't match for shit but they are sooooo comfy!

13. What was the last thing you ate? Beacon

14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? Ummmm, I don't think so. Oh wait, I just remembered something. Pink titty socks (what Benny calls them). That means socks that have the breast cancer ribbon on them.

15. When was the last time you ran? Ummm, I guess today when I was chasing the kids but I'm pretty sure I was actually just jogging. Does that count? Hell, screw it, it does to me.

16. What's the last sporting event you watched? The Superbowl. That's what Carrin said but I'm pretty sure that's the last one I watched too.

17. Is your TV on? Yes. It ALWAYS is. Even if we are not home (don't want the cats and dog to get bored). Right now, The Little Mermaid is on.

18. Who is the last person you emailed? Carrin

19. Ever go camping? Ya, we went this past weekend.

20. Do you have a tan? I was told I did the other day but I don't see it. I don't ever get a fake tan. By the second weekend of summer I will have a pretty nice tan though. Don't bitch at me about skin cancer. I know all the dangers of our all powerful sun.

21. Do you miss someone? Sure, who doesn't.

22. Favorite Holiday? Gonna have to go with Carrin on this one. Thanksgiving - No gifts to buy and all the food you can eat! My mom makes the BEST Thanksgiving meal and pecan pie. That is the only day she makes pie and it is the only chocolate, pecan, and pumpkin pie I eat ever!

23. If you had to eat the same meal everyday for the rest of your life, what would it be? Taco Bell!

24. Do you drink your soda from a straw? Only if I got it from a restaurant. BTW, it's not a soda, it's a coke. Even if it's a Dr. Pepper.

25. What did your last IM say? The only time I IM'd was when my phone messed up a couple of months ago and I don't remember what it said but it was to my mom.

26. Are you some one's best friend? YUP

27. What are you doing tomorrow? I gotta go buy dog food (somebody please remind me) and keep Smiley on track on this whole using the potty thing.

28. Where is your mom right now? I guessing asleep but by the time you are reading this, I bet she is at work.

29. Look to your left, what do you see? Toot sleeping on the couch right next to our bed.

30. What color is your watch? I don't wear one but when I did it was silver and gold.

31. What do you think of when you think of Australia? Koala bears. My mom loves them. Oh, and Crocodile Dundee.

32. Would you consider plastic surgery? Use to but not any more. I just can't imagine volunteering for surgery. That shit hurts!

33. What is your birthstone? Diamond

34. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? Drive thru every time!

35.How many kids do you want? 3 is plenty! You can watch them ANY time you want!

36. Do you have a dog? 3

37. Last person you talked to on the phone? My mom.

38. Have you met anyone famous? The comedian, Gallagher.

39. Any plans today? I think I already answered that. It said tomorrow but technically today is tomorrow because I haven't gone to sleep yet and it's already tomorrow.

40. How many states have you lived in? 1 and only 1 and I don't plan on that ever changing but ya never know.

41. Ever go to college? Yup. TCC baby!

42. Where are you right now? In bed.

43. Biggest annoyance in your life right now? My cats. I know they know the difference between a litter box and a pile of dirty clothes dammit!

44. Last song listened to? Real Good Man By Tim McGraw. At least that is the last one I remember on the radio.

46. Are you allergic to anything? Benadryl! Which Benny bought me the other day when my allergies were kicking my ass. Thanks Babe!

47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? Right now my boots. In the spring/summer/fall my flip flops.

48. Are you jealous of anyone? Not right now.

49. Is anyone jealous of you? I have know idea.

50. Where is your idea of a dream vacation? I don't know. I would love to vacation on some beautiful island but I really want to go to Ireland.

51. What time is it? 1:23am

52. Do any of your friends have children? Yup.

53. Do you eat healthy? Not usually.

54. What do you usually do during the day? Be a mom and blog.

55. Do you hate anyone right now? I don't hate. It's so not worth it.

56. Do you use the word 'hello' daily? Never. I always say "Hey".

58. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 28

59. Have you ever been to Six Flags? About a million times. I grew up in Ft. Worth.

60. How did you get one of your scars? I had a lump removed out of my left booby when I was 19 years old.


I have no idea what #45 and #57 were because they were not on Carrins or Carty Party of three so don't think it's that I can't count, someone else can't.

Fur Babies

First thing, I do know that the proper way to spell Zues is Zeus. I spelled it wrong (for my dogs name) on purpose because that's how I think it should be spelled. I even spelled it like that on his papers. Ok, now on to today's post.

I am a major dog person. Always have been. There is seriously no telling how many stray dogs I have brought home and either kept or found a good home for. Anytime we see a stray, Hubby starts saying "NO! We already have too many". Ya, it's that bad.

So, when MamaKat put the prompts up for this week, I knew immediately which one I was doing.
When your done with mine, go check out all the others.

#1. Tell us about a stray animal you took in.

Not long after we moved into our house, I was sitting there watching some TV. The dogs started barking so I looked outside the window to see what was up. I saw them in the road with a brown furry thing so I ran out to see what they had.

It was a dog. A little bitty dog. My dogs were trying to play and she was freaking out. I scooped her up and took her inside to see if she was hurt and figure out who she belonged to. She was a mini pom and I know those dogs aren't cheap. I called my neighbor, who knows EVERYONE, and she said she had never seen the dog before. She didn't belong to anyone near us.

Then I noticed her shoulder. It was all jacked up and I thought my dogs had dislocated her shoulder. I pulled on it a little and she didn't care. Huh, that's weird. So I called the vet and took her in. When I left the vet, I was no longer looking for the owners of this very sweet dog.

The vet said that it looked like she had BROKE her shoulder some time before and nobody bothered to have it fixed. So, it grew back wrong. The only way to fix it was to rebrake it and then set it. She could walk fine and wasn't in pain so he thought that there was no reason to put her through that. She also chewed on that leg and he decided it was probably a nervous habit and that the leg probably had some nerve damage.

Then he looked at her teeth. They were so rotten. I have never seen teeth on an animal or human look that bad. He said he couldn't decide her age because she was obviously not taken care of so she looked older than she really was. I had to buy her can food because she couldn't eat dry dog food.

Next, he flipped her over and looked at her belly. She had not been spayed.

You add this up and what do you get? Most likely, a puppy mill dog that someone had dumped in my driveway. He said that they had probably used her all up and didn't need her anymore. That's probably why they didn't fix her shoulder because a vet would have noticed all the other problems.

I was so pissed at these people and I knew right where to go. At our local grocery store, there was ALWAYS a sign for Mini Pom's for sale (small town, remember). On the way there, I decided that I really didn't want to go to jail and went home. With no way of proving this was their dog, there wasn't much I could do. I reported them to the sheriffs dept as suspicious that the sign was always there and I haven't seen it since.

We decided to keep her. She was the sweetest little dog and loved her new home. Because of her shoulder, she often walked kinda sideways or just fell over so we named her Tipsy. We loved her like we had picked her out ourselves. She quickly became part of the family.
She lived about a year and a half with us before she passed away. I'm so glad I was home the day she was left and was able to give her a good home, finally.

And for your viewing pleasure, here my other fur babies that have been with me through out life:

Max (boxer) - He was already around when I was born. We had him for 8 years.

Hawk (lab)- I was 4 when we got him and we had him for 16 years.

Sugar (cocker spaniel) - I got her when I was 7 and had her for 15 years.

Zues (boxer) - I got him when I was 16 and had him for 9 years.

And here is our current fur babies:

Outside fur babies (they don't want in, I've tried):

Booger Bear (lab) - We got him almost 6 years ago.

Danny (boxer) -We got her 5 years ago to be a wife to Zues but, umm, he didn't know what to do. Now, she is Booger's wife (that is spayed).

Inside fur babies:

Lady (king charles cavalier), Fern (stray kitten dumped on our road), and Smokey (grey cat we adopted)

We live in the country so animals get dumped a lot. Hubby just prays that I always find them a home that is NOT ours.

Here we go

So, I am starting this because I have read a lot of other blogs and thought it might be interesting. I usually am pretty good at putting thoughts on paper but I guess you can be the judge of that.


A little about me:


I have a 10 years old son that got diagnosed at 18 months with Type 1 diabetes. We don't obsess over it and he lives a very happy normal life with well controlled blood sugar. I have a 4 year old daughter that is the funniest person alive to me. She is a walking contradiction. You will see why further down. Then I have a 2 year old son that can make me so mad one second and then melt my heart the very next second. He is my last baby so I am keeping him my baby as long as possible.
I have a wonderful husband that works his butt off so I can be a stay at home mom. He is counting the days till the little one is off to kindergarten and I can go back to work though. He is truly my best friend and a wonderful husband and dad. When he is not at work we are seriously together all the time because that is how we like it. But he does drive me crazy, A LOT.



OK, enough of that.



I just want to say, THANK GOD FOR CATS!!
Toot (my daughter) caught a frog last night (in the rain wearing her Sleeping Beauty dress) and put it in a little plastic critter house thingy. No bid deal. We put rocks and water in it so it would be happy. I figured that the three kids could watch it hop around in it's house and then in the morning I would let it back outside. No big deal, right? WRONG!
I was busy getting Toot and Little Man (10 year old) ready for school and Smiley (2 year old) decided the frog should jump around the house. Then, he lost it. This whole time I am fixing breakfast so didn't know what was going on. So he comes running to me yelling, "Where's fog?" Oh shit (not the cleanest house) is what popped in my head as I ran to the living room. Yup, he was gone. We couldn't find him by the time to leave for school. When Smiley and I returned home the cats head was in my husbands work boot. I knew right away why. Then I thought how funny it would be if my hubby was about to go to work. I know me, so I know I would have let him put his boot on without telling him. That may be wrong of me but I (and Smiley) would have laughed so hard. So the frog is now back outside and no longer living in hubby's boot and Smokey got extra treats for finding him. As weird as this may sound, it's not the first time a critter got lost in our house but it's usually Toot that smuggles them in and looses them (that's why we have the critter house thingy).

The day of the lizard. I can't find the one of her holding it.

Notice the Cinderella dress.