Month: October 2016

Monday Musings

Just some random musings for Monday morning.

-I know it’s the last day of October, but I’m incredibly excited to buy Malcolm a Christmas stocking. I’m also wondering if he’ll climb our Christmas tree.

-I slept 10 hours on Friday night. I also recently had another dream that I was pregnant with twins. Strange.

-I cut mine and Jimmy’s hair this weekend. I’ve been cutting Jimmy’s hair for about two years, but I just recently started trimming my own. I like going to a salon for a cut, but I didn’t feel like leaving the house after a busy week.

Jimmy after haircut

-Jimmy and I were recently discussing what it’s like to live with someone with hearing loss. I feel bad that I constantly have him repeat everything he says or I repeat everything he says to make sure I heard him correctly. We get a good laugh when I randomly speak really loudly because I can’t hear myself that well.

-I’m excited for Thanksgiving. Does anyone watch Punkin Chunkin? It’s a TV show on the Science Channel where people create ways to fling pumpkins across a field and whoever gets their pumpkin the furthest wins.

-I asked Jimmy to hang a mirror in one of our rooms this weekend and he accidentally drilled through our 1970s recessed doorbell. I guess I shouldn’t have picked that spot on the wall!

-Lola has the uncanny ability go always go #2 in the middle of four-way stops and intersections in our neighborhood when I’m walking her. I think she waits for the most awkward time and place on purpose. Good thing she’s cute 😉

My Shadow

You guys, I am related (by marriage) to one of the sweetest boys. Josiah just turned 11-years-old, and is incredibly mature, sweet, and playful.

josiah-and-allie

Josiah and I go to church together and he has mentioned a few times that he might want to have a career with dogs in the future. Soo, I had him job shadow with me this week and loved every second of it!

We started off the day by visiting Chloe and Ava to let them outside, feed them, and play.

chloe-josiah-and-ava

After hanging out with Chloe and Ava for a bit, we headed home to bake and walk Lola girl! Josiah also got to meet Malcolm for the first time.

I let Josiah take the reigns and do all the baking himself while I supervised. He made some incredible banana bread 🙂

baking banana-breadwalking-lola

After eating lunch, we drove to take care of Haley! We took her on a nice, long walk and then played ball before we headed to the grocery store to pick out some food for dinner. We decided on burgers, corn on the cob, and veggies. We went to Aldi and didn’t have any bags, so Josiah carried a box full of groceries for me. I wish I had him with me every time I went to the grocery store 😉

walking-haley

We put all the groceries away and then got right back in my truck and drove to see Chloe and Ava again for their afternoon visit. More playtime ensued, with Josiah training the girls to sit while he held a toy between them. He had them wrapped around his finger within 30 minutes!

training

Once we said goodbye to Chloe and Ava, we ran to Walmart to get Malcolm a few toys. I also got Lola a sweater, which is kind of small on her, so it’s more of a belly shirt. A belly sweater, maybe?

Jimmy and Josiah’s big brother, Cody, got home from work (Cody works with Jimmy each Wednesday) a little after 4:00 and we all took showers and then cooked dinner. The boys shot each other with Jimmy’s nerf gun and also played some video games. The sound of belly laughs from young boys echoing throughout or house was the best.

Do you spot Lola in her new sweater?!

Do you spot Lola in her new sweater?!

We then headed into Wednesday night Bible study and parted ways afterwards.

I loved having Josiah come along with me through my day. I’m usually all alone, talking to animals for hours on end, so it was nice to have a human buddy with me for once!

I asked Josiah if he learned anything about pet sitting. His answer?

“It’s a lot of walking!”