Toddler or Puppy?

Sometimes having a dog in the house is like having a 3 year old! Our lovely wonderful toddler, err make that puppy decided to dig a hole. Joy has only dug one hole in the yard, by the back porch. We're not sure why she dug it but I have seen her eating bugs out of it and before you ask, Yes we do feed her! LOL

We've been having periods of heavy rain that last all of 3-5 minutes. The rain does several things: #1 drives the humidity WAY up, #2 fills the hole Joy dug up with water.

This leaves Joy a place to play.

When I let her out to potty and for some time to be outside, as she doesn't want to "hang out" outside during the heat of the day, I told her to stay out of the mud hole. I think that was a mistake. It was like saying to her, "go ahead and play in the mud dear!"

I went outside to get her and this is what I was met with!!!! Oh my!!! Alan had just come in ahead of her and told me that she'd been laying on the ground with her front feet and mouth in the mud! Yes, the picture below is a bit blurry but I tried to show the mud on her mouth.


"But MOM you told me to play in the mud!!!"

Not much to do but round Daniel up and have him hold her in one place in the front yard while I hosed her off. She wasn't very happy about it. This was the 2nd time I'd hosed her off today. Earlier she'd just walked through the mud, not laid in it.

Pets, they keep you on your toes!

Hot, Hot, Hot

In the Northern Hemisphere we are in the early to mid-summer season. Here in Arkansas we've been lucky so far as the temperatures haven't been too bad. Until the last 5 days or so. Today we reached a high of 99 degrees F; mixed with 40% humidity it feels like 106 degrees F! Yes, it is hot and very humid. Though I decided that this year I wasn't going to complain. Why? Because Nick is in Iraq and it's even hotter there.


Tuesday in Iraq it is going to be 116 degrees @ 3pm! Cooling down to a mild 101 degrees by 9pm their time. Wednesday it is supposed to be 121 degrees and by Friday it looks like it will be 125 degrees. These nights it will cool all the way down to 95-97 degrees. Now granted the humidity is only around 5-6% BUT our guys are roasting!

Our troops must wear not only their uniforms, but their body armor/helmets & all their equipment as well, that's an additional 75-100 pounds! No wonder Nick has lost 15 pounds!! I just can't imagine the heat they are having to deal with. Can you imagine having to do a very physically demanding job wearing all that gear AND dealing with the heat?


Think cool thoughts for our troops and keep them in your thoughts and prayers

All photos were downloaded after doing a Google search for American troops

Airborne

This is a picture that Nick had taken just before he deployed. I have had copies made and will be sending them out to family members and friends. Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers.