Positive Parenting September 26, 2009

Yesterday was a beautiful day in every aspect. We wanted to see the end of the baseball tournament. My husband was busy with helping out with anything he could while I was surrounded by a variety of people with a common interest, happy and wonderful people. My youngest daughter,11, was helping other young mothers with their infants and toddlers. She had her hands full, quite literally as she was calming tired babies and eventually putting them to sleep. My oldest girl !16! bought me a cheeseburger that I had planned to save half of for my youngest. When she saw me enjoying it she wouldn’t take it but I tricked her into taking it. At one point I got to chat with some friends’ friends from Quebec. Shortly after the last game was played and the park had been cleaned up we headed home with some good friends and ordered some pizza, ate and then we just chilled. What a nice day!

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Friday, August 21, 2009

I am blessed…

I am blessed for the beautiful family that I have. Yeah sure, we all get on each other’s nerves once in awhile, especially now that I’m laid up from surgery and they all get to share my household duties. I am told not to do anything. It’s really wonderful to know that they are so willing to help out. I really should be enjoying my time off. ‘Should’ being the operative word here. I think I am going crazy. Three more weeks. That’s what I’ve got to keep telling myself. My husband is taking care of dinner and employing our girls occasionally with culinary tasks. I don’t want to go into the kitchen for fear I might get in the way. Nope, can’t do that; I’m not supposed to do anything. If I said that to you face to face you would hear the sarcasm in my voice. Anyway, dinner smells SCRUMPTUOUS!! Ciao for now:) Deb (:

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Labels: children, family, happiness, housework

Hanging with my daughter,

I just sat and watched a segment of the show, 16 and Prenant, on MTV with my 16 year old daughter. Throughout the pregnant girl’s experience my daughter kept snickering because the girl was being a crybaby.

She has seen me go through similar distress as well as many other painful issues with grace. I have tried to show my kids, through my own eperiences the amazing power of the human body and mind.

I am hoping that if I instill in them that pain and discomfort are only as much an inconvenience as you let them be, it will become a truth for them. We, humans, are constructed in such a way that recovery is actually an involuntary act.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

My 10 year old’s novel study:

In my book I can easily relate Amy the main character to my mom, for many reasons. A couple of the reasons are well both my mom and Amy grew up on a farm, both are understanding and both can keep promises when something needs to be kept secret. They both have passion for animals and grew up around many different animals. Their personalities trust worthy and both are a good listener, sure neither of them are perfect but both are special their lovable by anyone! Each of them have a big resposibility and both try their hardest to keep everyone around them happy, but it doesn’t always work. Even when times get rough they stick up for the person that’s misunderstood but try to explain to the one that is judging so they can understand better. They treat others as they want to be treated, and are the ones I would want every day and any day!

Rebecca Webb

Gr.5 S.E.S.S

2009

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Friday, August 14, 2009

http://www.readersdigest.ca/health

There you will find six ways to destress at work. I recommend this not so much because I appreciate the writing, I didn’t even read the whole thing. I don’t really need to because I’m not stressed.

Stress is, for perhaps most people, equivalent in toxicity to cocaine.

Many people will create their own without realising.

It can begin endings of health, romance, and eventually existence.

It doesn’t have to be that way! You could subscribe to this blog- warning- I AM A BINGE BLOGGER. I will share with you some things I do to NOT let stress take over my life in my coming posts.
But for now I will go lay down as I had a kidney taken out just four days ago, returned home about four hours ago.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

My Legacy

I love my kids. Each child is connected to some of my best and some of my worst times in the neverending quest to be the perfect parent. That is, after all, what most of us aim for in the beginning. A few years go by and the novelty starts to wear off. Seriously though, if you can forget how you were raised – if you were unhappy as a child – or embrace and instill it on the other end of the spectrum, you will be able to look at the end product and say, “Yeah, I did that!”

I know that each of my children carries a piece of my spirit within themselves. They are my legacy.

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T’is the Season:) September 26, 2009

A lady with a female Great Dane in season is wanting Molson, one of my boys, to sire a litter of pups with her bitch.  We live in close vicinity to one another so next week Molson and I will travel a short distance for booty calls.  I’m sure we will have plenty of adventures that I will share in this blog.  TTFN

SAVE A DOG! September 22, 2009

Don’t have the time, patience, maybe no room for a dog but still want to help?  That is okay, this is a fun way of helping out and showing that you care.

If you are ready for the super selfless task of adopting one of these great dogs and are prepared for the responsibility that comes with dog ownership you can do that too.

Add your own ending to this: September 21, 2009

Thursday, September 17, 2009

A Morning at The Beach

The river, actually.

My friend, Stefan, and I took the dogs to the river around 9 this morning. We walked over over drift wood left from earlier in the year when the Similkameen river raged over the earth below us. The edgeless rocks slowly became overtaken by the silty sand that is the only evidence of the waterway.
WHERE ARE THE DOGS?
Expecting them to have just gone farther down the river, we became frantic when it seemed they were nowhere.  Maybe not frantic, but you get the idea.  I went back towards the Jeep, calling the dogs, while Stefan went further down the river. He was suddenly in a maze of unfamiliar foliage. Disoriented, tangled, blinded by leaves, he could here the eerily rhythmic footfalls of the large dogs but had no visual confirmation of their whereabouts. As though 120 pounds of white was pulled tight in a slingshot and released in Stefan’s direction, Torque ripped by him…

Who Needs a Vet? September 21, 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The other day Pepsi,our white Boxer,bent back her dewclaw at the skin. It was hanging from her skin and not bleeding too much. I cleaned it and applied a Melaleuca (tea tree oil based) gel to it then I wrapped half of her leg with a must have for any pet owner, VetWrap. Sticks to itself, not skin or hair. At some point throughout the last few days her claw CAME OFF! I consulted with a vet, got a thumbs up for what I had been doing and was told to keep an eye on it.

{MY} DOGS ROCK!! September 21, 2009

Monday, August 24, 2009

I’ve been out of commission for the past several weeks and my family has been working hard to ensure I heal. They take the dogs out for walks, feed them…
The two Great Dane studs and the Boxer appreciate this effort but they also know that something is wrong. Things aren’t happening like usual, Mom’s tender love and care is missing. Acting out would be a natural reaction but my amazing dogs are having some down time, alongside Mom. We are so in tune with each other (all of us, dogs and people alike) that major surgery can’t even knock us off stride.
With that said I am happy to announce that Brad Patterson’s new book, Synergy Between Man and Dog, is now available at webbdogs.com!!

Stretching out the Legs… September 21, 2009

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Stretching out the legs…

Tonight went well when we took the dogs out. We waited until after eight to go for a walk because it was too warm out earlier. With no words spoken, I retrieved the leashes and each of the three dogs sat. The two Great Danes and the Boxer waited patiently as I clipped the leashes to their collars. My husband and I walked briskly (that’s the best way to walk with big dogs) on our usual route, after nearly twenty minutes we came to a large feild. The dogs all knew that they would soon be able to frolick freely but until permission is given, obedience is a must. Once the word was given the dogs reminded me of race horses;  long, smooth, ever reaching strides, leaving little divots in the grass where their paws once held the weight of their body. When darkness fell upon us getting home became priority. First we were called over to chat with the neighbors who had some family from out of town sitting outside with them. I came close to chuckling when they commented on Molson’s size. Now the dogs are all curled up, sleeping contently. I reckon I should go do the same:)

August long… September 21, 2009

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Great August long weeknd!!!

While my husband busied himself with chores for the Lions pancake breaskfast to be held in conjuction with Keremeos’s Kars under the K car show-August 2-, I considered how easily the dogs could be overlooked throughout the coming weekend. Everybody had something to do it seemed.
Easily solved.
Post-arrival at Memorial Park, I cheerfully accomplished any duties set out for me. On the first trip back to the house of many that would be made throughout that day I brought Pepsi, the two year old white Boxer, back to the park with me. The little community park was quite busy still, I would wait until there was a little bit more room before bringing out the Great Danes.
I walked around with Pepsi, watching her head tilt in curiousity at the different sounds and smells. My daughter took the dog out on an 11 year old’s adventure.  Pepsi enjoys being included in anything. Eventually it got too hot for her so I took her home and got Torque, our six year old Great Dane.
Torque was gentle and respectful – like usual.
Then it was Molson’s turn, our 5 year old Great Dane.
He was ambitious, obedient and alot of fun to be around – like usual.
Most people that I paid any attention to seemed amused by the unusual size of my canine companions.
The fatigue caused by the planning and execution of this one day makes the memory of the rest of the weekend nothing more than a blur.

Gone Swimming September 21, 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

Yesterday was so warm that a layer of sweat formed around my body the moment I walked outside the door. To hot to take the dogs for a walk but they looked as though they would like to go to the river. My daughter and her friend wanted to go as well so the six of us hopped in the Jeep. At my friend’s house near the river we also collected their puppy to have some fun with our puppies. After resqueezing ourselves into the Jeep we finished our short journey.

The dogs ran and played. Molson swam – tried anyways. I got my daughter, about 50 lbs. lighter than the dog, to help him make it to safety before he became exhausted. Torque, Pepsi, and the other pup enjoyed the freedom of streching out and running uninterrupted. One of them would cut off the other and they would all trip up and soon I would see nothing but blowing sand.

The girls built a beautiful sand castle about ten times because the dogs would run right through their building materials. Maybe we’ll go back tomorrow:)

Home Cooking for Dogs September 20, 2009

Just to change things up a bit, today I bought the dogs some Beneful Dog Food, some of the stuff with salmon.  Or so says the bag, but according to the ingredients there is mainly corn and other substandard stuff.  In an effort to supplement my dogs’ nutritional intake,  I picked up three frozen bones and boiled them all together in a big pot.  After about twenty minutes I removed them from the boiling water to cool while I poured some long grain rice as well as some rolled oats into the water, covered and simmered for about 20 minutes.  To soak up the excess liquid I poured in 4 cups of the food I had purchased.  Once that cools, I will feed it to the dogs.