A brand new year

Another year gone and a new one just starting. I am hopeful 2014 will bring good things my way. 2013 was a trying year and one I do not want to repeat! 2014 Started off with us being able to have my oldest niece here! We seldom have her for New Years so it was a nice treat. We celebrated my moms birthday a few days early so Kenzie could be at her party. However the day she was to leave they had to wake up early to go to the dog pound to retreive my brothers dogs who had been turned in the night before. Some one decided to be "helpful" and took them to the pound. The girls were thrilled to get them back. 2014 finds me with all three dogs. I was worried that Jack would not see the new year. I fear his time is short, but he is making some progress compared to November and December. His poor lil body is just struggling with all that he has to deal with. His tail still wags and he loves to cuddle and it breaks my heart to think of the day I have to let him go. The pug, well yeah I still have him. He drives me insane most days, but I just cant bring myself to get rid of him. Then there is Nash, my life saver. I have no idea how I will get by if something happens to Nash. He is getting older and had two tumors, but he is a happy energetic boxer. How did God know to send me Nash when I needed him? I did not want another dog when we got Nash, I had my Gizmo who was not doing well and Eric insisted we go look at these puppies one night. We brought Nash home with us. After having to make the decision to put Gizmo down Nash pulled me through the devistation. I do still have the tortoises. Bubbles and Oscar are doing well. Oscar is growing quickly and living up to his name. Bubbles is growing slower but loves his squash peices and soaking in his baby food bath of warm water. They both have such personalitites, its fun to watch them. As for the humans in the house, it has been a struggle. Eric is dealing with staph infection STILL. It just will not clear up. He refuses to go get more antibiotics. He has sores all over his legs. It is a struggle to keep them covered and cleaned as well as possible. He has also had more kidney stones. I have tried telling him he needs to take better care of himself so that he doesnt have to struggle as hard, but he still does not change. It is very hard to watch some one not take care of himself and both of you have to deal with the outcome. His poor health is taking a tole on both of us. Trying to stay upbeat about things as much as possible. The dogs help me stay cheered up most of the time. I of course love to be with my nieces when I can. We just have to wait and see what the year has in store.........Take care ya'll!

Making progress

Things are making progress where Eric's legs are concerned. Slow process, but they say it takes a while. Of course he didnt and isnt doing all that they told him to do, but that is Eric. Just keeping my fingers crossed the progress conintues. Looking forward to a four day weekend over Thanksgiving. Well I get a four day weekend, Eric of course works most of that. I have not made any decisions on rather I will go camping with my brother or not over that weekend, but probably not. I had so much fun last year, however I have so much I need to get done. I feel guilty going and doing that when I should be doing so much more. Who knows what will happen. Ya'll take care. Luvs ya!

Another Challenge

E faces another health challange. It is scarey to think how his health has changed these last few years. He is facing a pretty serious infection, an infection I have lost a distant cousin to in the past. We are in a waiting game to see if the antibiotics will clear it up right now. I have been trying to get him to have his leg looked at for a month, but now both legs are affected and not looking good, along with some other health issues that have resulted from the infection. I hope that he can make a recovery. I feel tired, anxious, overwhelmed, and a little lost right now. This is out of my control, out of what I can "wiggle my nose" and make better. I dont like this feeling.

Life Flight!?!?

Over the weekend I recieved a call from my brother who informed me "something is wrong with grandma, I dont know, just something is wrong. Kirsten answered moms cell phone and something is wrong!" at that point he hung up on me! Yeah freak attack! So I called my mom's cell and got my cousin Kirsten. She said that my grandma had passed out and she was awake now that maybe it was altitude sickness. I did not want to make a 2 hour drive for a slight case of altitude sickness, although the fact that she passed out did concern me. I did have a nagging feeling in my gut that I needed to get ready to go "just in case". So I preceded to get dressed, find a cell charger (because one never has enough cell battery charge for emergencies), and run a brush through my hair. At about that point my phone rang and it was Kirsten telling me they were calling in Life Flight and that CPR had been done to bring grandma back. Well then I pretty much flew out the door while barking orders to Eric on who to call and so forth. He stayed home and called my brother. As I backed out of the driveway I sent a group text to all other family members on what was going on. That was one of the longest two hour drives I have EVER had in my life. No updates on her condition, just worry and hope she was there when I got there. She was! I finally arrived and my mom took me into grandma's ER room and she said "what are you doing here?" I told her she was in the hospital where else would I be? She then made the comment "I'm not dying! Well okay I did die, but I'm back now." So there ya have it, I am having a nervous break down and she is crackig jokes in the ER within an hour of being life flighted. It turns out she did not have CPR, Kirsten was a little shaky on details because she didnt see everything, she had to get the little kids out of the area because it was scaring them very badly. Grandma did stop breathing and was given mouth to mouth by a very wonderful off duty ski patrol guy who she literally had fallen onto when she fainted. She came home from the hospital yesterday. She is doing well and needs to follow up on some things, but is her same ole self. Whew! That was a little too close for comfort. We joked that she just wanted a helicopter ride and a family gathering, but that there were easier ways to get both. My cousin Casey even took pics of grandma being loaded into the chopper and got video of her taking off in the chopper. She watched the video while still in the ER. She already complained she had to lay down and couldnt see much. I am ready for a little less stress. Until next time, luvs ya!

Brand new beginings

After much thought and consideration I have decided to start a new blog page. The old blog was about much the same as this blog with a few details changing. The old blog was for friends and family origonally and many have quit reading. Unfortunately it also became a way for others to snoop and then twist things into their creations to spread rumors, creat problems, and so forth. This blog will be set to public, however it will remain a little lower key and less "revealing". I will continue to "keep it real", be my self, and tell it like it is. One difference is it will keep private details private. So those of you who find this blog and want to "corupt", twist, and create damage will not have as much fun. :-P That being said, this new blog is a new begining! In one of the last posts on the "old" blog I said things were changing and they are, very slowly and as thought out as possible. I still have a lot of unknowns and a lot of things yet to be determined. I am trying to stay upbeat and positive through it all. I do have so much to be thankful for. I did this once on the old blog, but with a new begining I wanted to sort of reafirm the things/people I am thankful for. So here goes: A-Animals, if you know me you know I love all animals, the feathered, the furry, and all in between. I have a huge soft spot for animals and can often be found watching the antelope and the deer that run wild by my current house. B-Brimhall, I am thankful to have become a member of this family. I have met so many wonderful people because of this family and as part of this family. C-Computers, I dont care much for computers in general, but love how I can stay connected to those I care about because of the computer. D-Dogs, in general. I love all types of animals, however I do have a special spot in my heart just for dogs. E-Eyeore, I just love Eyeore from the cartoon Winnie the Pooh. I dont know why, but he just makes me smile. He is one of my fave cartoons. F-Friends and Family, sometimes one and the same. My support system. I could not be who I am and do what I need to do without every single one of them. G-Gizmo, though he is gone now, I will forever be thankful that small little creature was in my life. He was in every sense possible my baby. That pug was my world. H-Harlee, my youngest niece! She reminds me a lot of my brother, good and bad. She is so full of love and so full of mischief. I-Iphone, sounds crazy I know. I love my Iphone. I didnt even have texting before I got this phone. I love that I can text my BFF every day if I want to, I love being able to send pics to her or to my niece Kenzie. J-Jack, my chocolate labrador. I was once told he would not live to see the age of 5. Last month he turned 6! Though he and struggle every day on how to manage his health I love all that he has taught me. Despite his health he is such a loving dog who loves to be loved and loves to cuddle. K-Kitties, I love kitties. I always had a cat until I got married, then Clay had to stay with my mom and dad because Eric is allergic. I wish I could have a kitty again one day. L-Lake, I love to see the lake and just sit and watch the water. It has a calming effect on me at times. M-MaKenzie, my oldest niece! She is in many ways my mini-me! I just love her to pieces. N-Nash, my Nasher, Nashman! This boxer has so much energy, love, and compassion in his little paws (well okay not so little paws). He knows when I need to cuddle, he knows when I dont feel well, he knows just what I need and I love just love him to pieces. O-Origonal, I am very origonal. I like that some people think I am crazy nuts and I think outside the box at times. I was born to be me and no one else but me. :) P-Pratt, this is a family name and part of who I am. I enjoy listening to my grandpa tell me stories about when he was a kid and some of the things he has gone through in his life. Q-Qualls, this is a family name and its part of my genealogy. Its full of mystery and I like to try and find more things/people that are part of this line. R-Rain, Its simple, its pure, and I absolutely love the smell of rain and the smell of wet sage after the rain is done. S-Saratoga Springs, believe it or not part of who I am has to do with the people and place of Saratoga Springs. I am surrounded by some awesome people and have loved my time there. T-Trees, I love a good tree. Rather its a tree which gives me yummy peaches or apples, or a good shade tree. I could listen to those leaves blowing in the breeze for hours. U-Utah, where I live and where most of my friends and family are. I love the winters, the spring, the fall, there arent very many places like Utah. You have mountains every where you look! You have such a wide variety of climates all in one state. V-Variety, I have a hard time with change, but I do like a variety of things. Reading, movies, art, quiet, music. W-Wilderness, I love to be out in the wilderness, just taking it all in. I dont get the chance to do that often so it makes it extra special when I do get the opertunity. X-I have no idea what to be thankful for that starts with X. So I have to take a pass on this haha. Y-You, the reader of this blog. You are either reading because you care or because you are being a snoop, either way I am thankful that you have taken the time to read this. Z-Zoo, I like to go to the zoo with my nieces. They are so excited to see the animals and well lets face it I love them and I love animals! Some letters are hard to think of just one thing to be thankful for and others are a bit tougher. Well anywho, thats a good begining I think. Luvs ya!