BREAKING THE NEWS

SO I BROKE THE NEWS TO THE KIDS THIS MORNING AND THEY TOOK IT PRETTY HARD. BUT A LITTLE WHILE LATER THEY ASKED ME IF THEY COULD GET ANOTHER DOG. UH-NO. I TOLD THEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO WAIT A WHILE BEFORE WE GET ANOTHER ONE. WE LIKE BEAGLES BECAUSE THEY ARE SO TOLERANT OF THE KIDS. BELIEVE ME WE HAVE HAD ALMOST EVERY BREED OF DOG THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE ONLY FOR THEM ALL TO MEET WITH THE SAME FATE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME JUST DISSAPEARED. OTHERS GOT SICK AND OTHERS GOT RAN OVER. I HONESTLY DO NOT THINK THAT I CAN COUNT JUST HOW MANY DOGS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE 15 YEARS THAT WE HAVE LIVED HERE --YEAH, THAT MANY.

THIS AFTERNOON JORDAN WENT TO A FRIENDS TO PLAY FOR THE DAY AND RILEY WENT WITH MOM, DAD, MICHELLE,ALLYSON,AND ASHLEY TO THE MOVIES TO SEE BARNYARD. EVERETT AND SHANE WENT SQUIRREL HUNTING THIS MORNING AND BROUGHT BACK 2. WE ADDED THOSE TO THE ONES BRANDON GOT YESTERDAY. THE GUYS JUST LEFT TO BACK INTO THE WOODS SO FOR THE TIME BEING I AM LEFT ALONE. EERIE. I HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND HERE ALL DAY SWEEPING THE PORCH AND SHELTER, DOING LAUNDRY AND HANGING IT OUT, LUNCH. THEN AFTER RILEY LEFT I USED THE WEED EATER FOR A WHILE. ITS WEIRD THAT INSTEAD OF RELAXING WHILE MY KIDS ARE GONE, I WORK LIKE A FREAK TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS I CAN WHILE THEY ARE GONE TO HAVE THAT MUCH MORE TIME I CAN SPEND WITH THEM. I HAD TO SIT FOR A MINUTE AFTER I GOT A SHOWER SO I THOUGHT I WOULD POST WHILE I RESTED. NOW I AM GOING TO GET SOME OTHER THINGS DONE BEFORE I FRY UP SQUIRREL AND FRIED POTATOES AND SCAB GRAVY (NO IT IS NOT MADE FROM SCABS THAT JUST WHAT WE HILLBILLIES CALL IT WHEN YOU MAKE GRAVY IN THE SAME PAN YOU FRIED YOUR MEAT IN AND SOME OF THE BREADING COMES OFF) FOR SUPPER. YUM!