Sad Day

Last week I took my dog to get her teeth cleaned and to get this lump removed from her muzzle that I had first noticed about a year ago. The vet told me to just watch it and if it got a lot bigger, they could check it out. It was a weird bump that would get bigger some days and smaller others. Well they sent the lump off to figure out what it was and called me back today. It's cancer. It was a malignant Stage 2 mast cell tumor. Because of its location, there really isn't too much that can be done. I am so sad.

So.............

I did it!  I found what I think is a pretty good deal for summer travel to Ireland and we are officially going this July!  I am so friggin' excited!!!!!!!!

Ireland Schmireland

For practically forever I have wanted to go to Ireland.  I have talked about it so much over the years that now even my husband is convinced he wants to go too.  We will be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary this summer and are thinking about going on some kind of vacation, especially since we never went on a honeymoon.  We took the first step towards the big dream of international travel before Christmas and went and got our passports.  I have obsessively been researching air fares and vacation packages.  Now, if I just had the guts to actually book something!  What is the hold-up?!  Well...I think it's the fact that we never go on vacations where we don't stay at someone's house so we aren't accustomed to spending exorbitant amounts of money on leisure.  And I would really like to have our savings built up a little bit more for unexpected house issues (ya never know when you might have to buy a new roof or replace your 31-year-old air-conditioning unit. That thing has got to quit working some day).  So part of me is hoping that some magical, cheap deal will fall into my lap.  But the part of me that has some sense knows that if Ireland is going to become a reality some day, the savings account will have to take a blow.  I think it might be worth it...I just wish I was one of those people who can go on vacations all the time and doesn't care about how much it costs.  I hate this part of my brain.  I need a sugar daddy.

Friday Entertainment

Every Friday I have my kids "free write" in their journals, which means they can write about whatever their heart desires. Then I give them an opportunity to share if they would like.  I hear lots of made up stories (I especially enjoyed one about killer chickens that was continued in a new "chapter" each week), lots of what kids are going to do over the weekend, and one year I had a kid who would write just random sentences about Lady Gaga and pickles.  Well today I had two boys write down the lyrics to some song I have never heard in my life called "Marie Laveau" and they sang their little hearts out.  Journal free write day is never boring.