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Well Ebony and Ivory went and got there shots (FELV) and they were soooo good.  They just layed on the table and let the doctor go to work.  Ivory was looked at for the toenails and she said they would be fine and he didn’t have any infection.  Found out Sydney cut one of Ebony’s toenails too but she was fine also and Ebony’s toenail wasn’t cut as short as Ivory’s.  I’m just happy they are both fine and nothing permantly damaging occurred.

Why is it when you’re trying to get something done everything else seems to happen.

The phone rings and kids hassle you for everything.

You’re trying to get a lesson prepared for church and the phone rings or kids hassle you again.

Trying to cook dinner and kids hassle you.

You ask them to clean up after themselves and they have to use the bathroom, get ready for bed, eat lunch, too tired, etc…

When you’re actually not really doing anything the kids are off doing something else and leaving you alone.  Still love them though…

I was given a pair of animal nail clippers which I already had a pair but these were different.  Sydney opened them as soon as I got home without asking.  I asked her to place them back into the package and put them where the other ones were for now.  She says ok and puts them away.  YesterdayI notice our male cat Ivory biting at his back paw toenails and thought “That’s wierd, he never does that” and didn’t think too much about it.  I see him doing it again before we head to church so I take a look at his toenails and see that they had been cut all the way to the skin where the paws are.  I immediately felt horrified.  He cried out in pain as I was trying to look at his paw and asked Sydney if she had used the nail clippers on his back toenails.  Of course she says no with the usual look that she gets when she tells a lie.  I then ask her again and she says in a shy standoffish tone that she did do it.  I told her that Ivory is in a lot of pain right now and he might not have his toenails repaired since those were the one’s we were told never to trim for any reason.  She looks sad for what she had done and felt badly about it but what can we do now about it except hope his paw and toenails will heal and grow as they were.

We had already scheduled an appointment for both our cats Tuesday morning with the vet for regular scheduled shots so we will have him look at Ivory’s right paw (which was the only one she did) for anything that needs immediate attention.

Just a tragedy that I really hope Sydney didn’t realize she was doing (which Matthew believes).  I would hate for this to be a sign of things to come and hope she doesn’t need spychiatry at her age.  This incident does have me worried and I hope I’m just being paranoid for nothing.

Well, there’s not much really going on lately to blog about.  I feel like I need to though so I am.

Sydney is actually going through a phase right now where she thinks she doesn’t have to do anything we tell her to do, be nice to Kayla, clean up after herself or behave in general.  I thought the terrible 2 – 3 age had past already but I guess not in our house.  That’s probably because we never went through that phase when it was supposed to have happened.

Kayla is now out of school for the summer.  She manages on her 1st day off for the summer to get a 24 hour sickness well actually just 12 hours of something that made her sick enough to run to the bathroom quite often.  I couldn’t find our thermometer anywhere (Sydney had it last) so I had to go out at 11:45pm to buy another one.  This time I got the ear thermometer instead of the forehead one we did have.  I heard it’s more accurate anyway.  Kayla is now all fine and back to her normal self again.  Fighting with Sydney, not wanting to do anything either and just continuing to ignore what she has to do around the house.

Matthew is not feeling so good either now but only feeling body aches nothing else.  Not that it’s not enough to have just saying he doesn’t have what Kayla had or if he does just a very slight mild case of whatever.  He doesn’t feel up to doing much so of coarse the girls get another day from doing any housework.  Why couldn’t I have had this growing up (not having to do any chores).  Of course when Matthew doesn’t feel good it’s like the world is going to end any day now.  Mothers don’t get a break even when we’re sick.  No fair…

Me, well I’m doing just fine which is doing the same as always.  Nothing new.  Trying to keep the house clean, going to work, doing laundry and starting that list all over again.  Not to mention trying to have a peaceful home too.  I’m still waiting for that day to come.  I have to admit, work is going great again and I’m no longer stressing out about major catastrophes I kept putting myself into.

Ebony and Ivory (our family cats) are doing just fine.  Ivory (male) is soooo spoiled but soooo adorable.  I love the way he is so cuddly and wants to be with me all the time.  He loves to be outside too and when he can’t go outside because it’s nighttime he cries and wines.  Annoying sometimes when he keeps on and on about it.  Ebony on the other hand just loves to be with Kayla.  She really doesn’t like anyone else handling her at all.  She loves to be outside but is okay to be inside too and does not cry or wine about anything.  She is so soft I wish she would let me cuddle with her.  Oh well, Kayla gets to and that’s fun for her.  They are perfectly healthy, fun to have around and growing at a normal pace.

So that’s our family update and not a whole lot of new going on over here.  We do have a new block wall and a garage door now in our back yard along with a tuff shed that’s not so new but still kind of that we are all enjoying.  We are still needing upgrades done but for now it’s on hold so we can pay off what we’ve done this far.  Not wanting to be too far in debt to where we can’t pay it.  That’s the smarter choice.  The #1 choice would be not to go in debt at all but who am I kidding with what our income is.  At least we can get out of debt and not file any paperwork to where we can’t pay.  That’s still a great option considering our oh so lovely economy.

I took Sydney to the dentist yesterday to have the Dr check out a loose tooth.  Found out Sydney has all her adult teeth coming in and already has her molars in.  I was shocked!!  The dentist told me it is very early but it’s not un heard of.  She said that Sydney is an early developer.

Does that mean early with the teen stuff too?  Ahhhhh (Sighing)

Well, the dentist is needing to do some work on her teeth so Sydney has to go back for the next couple of weeks but I was surprised for the dentist to tell me Sydney has good hygiene.  I never know what’s going on at my house when I’m at work so that was great news to me.  YAY!!