Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
Welcome to Crunchy Carpets. The House of Crunch is filled with kids (3), dogs (2) cats (3) and some lizards too. This blog is about trying to keep it all together and not lose my mind.
This morning, while my son drank his milk he watched a bit of the world news with me. We usually avoid most of it in the am, to depressing. We saw images of the British naval crew safe on home turf. We saw images of soldiers walking around burning vehicles in Iraq. My son looked […]
Sorry, I haven’t posted much. My moods and depression are swinging insanely up and down just now…probably due more to my cycle than anything, but I am finding it very hard to deal with. Aside from that, we have been busy around the house. Spring cleaning and all that. We woke up today to see […]
So our big boy Aurora (don’t ask) has had his surgery and apparently all went really well. They now want to keep him in till Thursday to monitor his recovery, but they are very positive about it all. This is he. We think he is at least part Norwegian Forest Cat. He is huge and […]
Really, isn’t it? Perspective, outlook, glass half empty and all that stuff. Yeeeeeah. This weekend was a bitch. My husband said that at least he was handling the stress and worry quite well.  I said “Nooo, you have not. Well, actually TODAY (Sunday) you did. Saturday? Not so much.” He was man enough to […]
I think we are in trouble. They couldn’t get all the poop out of him since he was having problems breathing. They want to get him to a specialist and do a colonectopy. They are also worried about his red blood cell count and think he has a heart murmer. Estimated costs at the start […]
My mom is sharing our infamous April Fool story!
The Good: – Found two nice wall mirrors at the preschool garage sale – Got the back yard semi cleaned out…swept patio, dumped out standing water, threw out old toys. BBQ is next. – Got to do that in peace because dh took the kids to see their great grandmother. – Add today, finally reorganized […]
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or is it just because my meds are working and the sun is shining? Who knows, they better enjoy it while it lasts! It is gorgeous here today. A real Spring day. I have been chuckling at the kids because they headed out to the backyard. Our backyard looks like this: It ain’t pretty and […]