Well, anyone who has checked Facebook knows that we got a puppy three weeks ago. And it has been a crazy three weeks to say the least...
It all started on Sunday, April 22. I was at work, Andrew was at home. I checked Facebook on a break, and saw that a girl I went to high school with had found a puppy outside in their neighborhood. They were looking for a home for him, and the pictures WERE SO CUTE. So I texted them to Andrew to show him how precious he was. His response was "When are we going to go get him?" It was mostly a joke, but it stuck in both our minds. We talked about it, I reached out to the girl who had him and asked some questions, and we ended up deciding that I would come home when I got off of work and we would head down to Waco to "go look" at him. He was supposedly a calm, housebroken puppy: a dream right?
Well, we get there and there was no way we DIDN'T want him. He was so cute, and truly seemed laid back. He slept most of the car ride home, he was so skinny and malnourished-looking.
We get him home, and I was absolutely TERRIFIED of Dewey's reaction. But I think the fact that the puppy was so lethargic worked well in keeping Dewey calm. If the puppy had run in full-force and been barking and wild, it would've been a MUCH different reaction from Dewey.
Turns out the reason he was so "calm" was that he was very sick. That next morning I took him to the vet and they diagnosed him with Parvo. That explained why he had rusty red diarrhea: it was blood. We seemed to have caught it in time though, and while it was very costly to get him patched up, it didn't take as long as they thought it would. He was able to get his first shots that week, and goes back this Friday for more shots. Say what you will about Petsmart, but they really were wonderful. That first doctor I dealt with was more than a LITTLE blunt and all of that, but the other doctor we dealt with the second time was SO NICE, loved him. They've called to check on him a few times, and have bent over backwards when I've called going, "um, need some help with this..." and I couldn't be more happy with the way they've cared for Harley. Worth every penny.
Since bouncing back, we've worked very hard to start "training" him. He learned "sit" and "no bark" right away. He GETS the concept of fetch, but he will swerve at the last moment and not bring it to you, he's kind of a tease. Although the other night he was bringing it back every time and had even started to catch on to "drop it" to release the toy to be thrown again. We're working on the not nipping at us problem by teaching him "give kisses". Works a lot of the time, it's a work in progess.
Last night was the best night we've had with him. He and Dewey were PLAYING TOGETHER. Which was a drastic turn of events from yesterday afternoon, when Harley tried to "help" Dewey catch a fly, and Dewey was NOT pleased. He didn't realize Harley was following him at first, he was so wrapped up in chasing this fly all over the kitchen/dining room. He was mad and lashed out once he caught on. He prefers to catch bugs by himself: he's kind of a "one-man wolf pack" about it, haha. But then last night there was chasing and hopping and friendliness. I'm sure there will still be possessive/aggressive moments from Dewey, but that moment last night happened weeks earlier than I'd anticipated. I was THRILLED!!!!!
A few days ago we pulled up the puppy pads we left down at night and while we were gone. He hasn't had a SINGLE ACCIDENT in the house in quite awhile, EVEN while we're gone for 8+ hours during the day. I am SO PROUD OF HIM. We still have to watch him because he gets to sniffing a few spots and that means he needs to go out. But he goes to the door most of the time. Although, half the time he goes to the door he just wants to chase bugs outside. He LOVES IT. He noses through the grass like a little piggy and comes up crunching. He lifts his little leg like he's pointing, too, while he hunts. Kinda precious. =)
It went from a daily dose of (me) crying and "I don't think I can do this, I don't WANT to do this" to "I can totally handle this now!" He's a really, really, REALLY smart puppy. He's 10 weeks old and if he were any other kind of dog there would be problems. But the border collie in him has made him smart and easy-to-train, with a side of crazy, haha. I wish he was more snuggly, but he only wants to snuggle near your feet when he's taking a nap. Oh well. =)
I can't remember if I blogged about us stopping the juice diet. We stopped at Day 33 or 34. It just was getting too difficult, and it was that way for BOTH of us. So one night we just decided we were done doing it, and went to Subway. And we've been doing REALLY GREAT ever since. We have only been to a sit-down restaurant twice, and both were this month. We have been meal planning and sticking to it. We are saving a lot of money, trying new recipes, and eating WAY more fruits and veggies than ever before. I've even been comfortable enough to help out with some dinners, as we've found countless recipes that can be made in the crockpot. I have even figured out the perfect balance to my chicken chili! It's been nice to be able to take the cooking pressure off of Andrew a few nights a week. We are just loving all of the stuff we are making! Our meals this week are:
Meatless Monday - spinach salad with yellow bell peppers, celery, carrots, cucumbers, hot pepper jack cheese, sunflower seeds, and a homemade honey mustard vinaigrette (Andrew added black beans to his salad)
Taco Tuesday - chipotle lime chicken tacos (Andrew's making his a taco salad), we had these last week with Sara and I'm tweaking it a bit to really amp it up even more
Whatsacomeandago Wednesday - Hungry Girl-fredo, a fettucini recipe that has a package of tofu fettucini shaped noodles, a wedge of Laughing Cow Light Creamy Swiss, a teaspoon of sour cream and two teaspoons of grated parmesan: that's a serving for one person, and it's 99 calories!!!! First time making it, can't wait to try it!
That's a Crock Thursday - a buffalo chicken salad type recipe we're gonna try
For the Love of Cod Friday - ended up turning into Date Night because Andrew will be out of town all weekend
When we're splurging and getting a treat, we end up at Subway or Jimmy John's. Which isn't THAT horrible considering our treats used to be pizza or Taco Bell/other fast food. I still fit in everything I fit into at the end of the juicing thing, but I haven't weighed myself since that ended. We plan on doing a 10-15 day juice fast here again soon and I want to wait until the end of that to see where I am at. Andrew has pretty much maintained, too, I believe. I think we both put on a couple of pounds when we started eating: but that was to be expected. We have tried pizza and real fettucini and stuff like that, and we find we don't have the same taste for it that we used to. We crave salads. I crave pickles, haha, although lately chocolate chip cookies have been a craving (my medicine throws off my hormones and my cravings literally change constantly, I would think I was pregnant if I didn't know I wasn't, haha).
So our life is pretty awesome right now. I recently have realized that I still hold some anger and resentment at some people in my life, and there's no point in it anymore. They aren't going to change, they aren't going to acknowledge the things they've done or apologize, so why should I dwell? I need to move on and forgive them anyways, and realizing that has actually taken away a LOT of stress. I come from a long line of grudge-holders, haha. It's easy to harbor that anger, but it's so pointless in the end. So I've decided to stop. I'm still working on it, but I can do this. I've been praying about it and the Lord is making moves in my life, subtle ones, that are making things better.
I don't really have more of an update on the infertility stuff, we are waiting for Andrew's appointment next month to get more information. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we go through this process, as much as we pray about it and try to stay positive...it's tough. It's hard to keep hoping and having faith. We know that WHATEVER the final answer is, it's God's will, and that will be all that matters.
I love you all, thanks for being so patient while I had a million other things going on and kept putting off blogging! ;)
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