Now that I've calmed down..

I have a beautiful son. He's sweet, and charming, funny and amazingly smart.  But he's also a special needs child.   To look at him, you would never know it.  To talk to him, you really wouldn't know it the either.  But he's bi-polar, ADHD, ODD, a touch OCD and the hardest to accept...conduct disorder with childhood onset.  

Thats a long story for another day, but its something that you have to know for me to tell my story.

Because of my sons issues he's in an RTC or Residential Treatment Center.   You can take a look at a great program run by the people at I Believe in Me Ranch. 

To say that having my son in a place like that is hard, is an understatement.  But I also realize that he is getting the help he needs and I cannot wish that away. Which brings us to the events of my weekend. 

Every two weeks I will be going to visit my son and have a therapy session with him.  This weekend was the first one and I decided it was time to have transport take me the 4 hours from home to the place he's calling home right now.  This is not something I do easily, I'm a control freak and it drives me nuts to let anyone drive me some place, much less a stranger.  But I took the chance, besides it would give me a chance to catch up on my reading.

Well, the weather and my driver did not see fit to let me read, but I got there in one piece.  I saw my sons therapist and filed in the blanks for her...and then I got an hour to spend with my son.  After two hours they were not back to pick me up.

What the heck?  I have to get home, my girls will be home and they need me right?  well, the people at the RTC went out of their way to try and get me a ride home....or a place to stay in town, and that was not to be.  I spent the night at the RTC because no one could come and get me until 11 the next morning.   What a mess!!!!!

But they had TV and Wifi for me to use, they fed me and were most hospitable during my crazy night.  My girls were safe at home with a sitter and of course my mother in law only 2 miles away.

Yet how did this happen???  HOW DID THEY FORGET ME?!?!?

OMG...they forgot me!!

How in the heck do you set up a round trip transport for someone, get then to their destination and then FORGET to come back 2 hours later and get them???

I'm furious!  

YAWN....

I'm getting better..I think.

So, Saturday I brought my hubby home and enjoyed my time with him.  Always to short of course.

Monday I wake up and have to be in a town 101 miles east of home by 7 am.  That means up and out of the house by 5 am.  Thank goodness he was home still or I would have had to take 3 grumpy girls out of school and hauled them along.

I get home at 9 in time to climb back in bed with my nice toasty warm husband.  Too bad by the time I got warm enough to sleep he was ready to get up.  Oh well, life goes on I'd only been awake since 3 after all.

About 1 we get the deadly email that says, hey we have a load for you it loads at 7 am.  So, we have to haul ourselves back to the terminal 186 miles west of home!  

Did I mention that I was called by the animal shelter back in that first town.  They had a dog for me if I have room.  Yes I have room, a beautiful Shetland Sheep dog, tri-color, less than a year old.  SWEET dog.  When am I going to get this dog? Too bad I didn't know in the morning, I'd have brought him with me! But alas, I got hubby back to Denver yesterday and went North East again today to get this beautiful pup.  Pictures tomorrow!

Soooooo...if you were to adopt a dog, what breed would it be?  Do you prefer to rescue, adopt from a shelter or other organization?  Or buy from a breeder?

I'm a horrid delinquent

Yes I am, I'm a delinquent blogger. Its with the best of intentions that I set this blog up, and I was determined to post religiously.  Even if that meant I had to schedule posts.  But somewhere I've fallen off the wagon.   So, I'm back and I'm going to do all that I can to keep blogging, because honestly I'm loving it.

So, let me tell you about my weekend.  

My husband is an over the road truck driver as I've said so many times before.  Well, he's stuck in Denver until Monday.  A mere 3 hour drive one way to go and get him.  hmmm what do I do?

Well, at 2 pm yesterday I got in the car, left the girls to enjoy a day without mom.  My oldest daughter is a great baby sitter!! And headed out to get him. After I got there he surprised me with a fantastic dinner at Red Lobster.  You have to know that we live 186 miles from the nearest Red Lobster, and I LOVE CRAB LEGS!  

This was a rare treat.  After all he HATES all sea food.   And thats why I love my husband, because even though he wasn't feeling well.  He hurt his back, sounds to me like the pain is equivalent to being hit by a freight train, and he doesn't like sea food.  He took ME to my favorite restaurant and helped me eat crab legs.  

We got home late and I treated him to a deep tissue massage of his lower back even though I was so tired I only wanted to pass out.  And yes, all night I slept light afraid he's wake up needing something.  

Tomorrow, I may have to take him back to Denver, and honestly I'm not ready to let him go.

Why I love Rescue...

Because I'm a mental case. LOL, well at least some days.  How else could I live with.......

Boog, my big baby boy.

Sheeba, the queen of the castle.

Lady the Lazy Lapdog - don't tell her she's supposed to be a border collie, she won't believe you

Smokey, the obsessive compulsive ACD

Baba, who only puts up with me because he has to.

Izzy, the newest member of our family

Bandit, no longer with us but the absolute best dog that ever lived.

Shadow, no longer with us, the best Senior Dog a girl could ask for.

And the rescues with me today....

Piper

Lucy

Ricky

Floydd

Lets not forget the two rescues leaving this weekend, the ones I'll cry over when they are gone.  I'll miss them, but will be filled with happiness because two lives have been saved, they have new forever homes, and by leaving they open room for two more to be saved.

Daisy

Zola

For more information on the rescue dogs in my care, and to see others that have been with us in the past please visit my rescue page at NE/CO K9's

The great transformation.

I've got to tell you, I have 4 great kids.  A son 12, and three daughters 15, 7, and 5.  

Its because of these kids I took six weekends of my life and volunteered at a Cornstalk, a haunted corn maze, forest, and barn.  We all had a blast and hope to go back next year.  This place transformed my little quiet book worm, GRUMPY teenage daughter into.  A goofy, fun loving, book worm, still some times Grumpy teenager. LOL

I'll tell you she started out her volunteering career as a doll, kind of Raggedy Ann meets the Wendy's charchter.  And she ran with it....she ended the season dressed in her Raggedy Ann dress hiding in the forest, as people would pass her she'd come into that path and skip along behind them singing a la de dah lad dah type tune.  The forest is dark and there is music playing of a young girl singing itsy bitsy spider and other nursery rhymes, but played backwards! The wind howls and they turn a corner towards the next scare actor and my daughter hisses out one of two phrases, either....your gonna die (in an eerie sing song way)...or a stage whisper...Won't you play with me!  The people scream and run ahead to their next fright!  

This costume led me to have my daughters hair dyed.  Well I did it myself to start with.  And here it is.....the BIG TRANSFORMATION!!!

I'm going to put it right here......

So I don't lose it!

How many times have you picked up something, you do not want to lose, but you don't need it right now!  So, you put it someplace.  Someplace special, where it will be safe from the children, the dogs, the cats...and well even yourself!

I have done this so many times recently I swear if its not attached to my body its going to get lost!  This is not only frustrating me, but my poor husband is convinced I'm eating these things and just not telling anyone.

A partial list of lost items that I put somewhere safe, somewhere I would REMEMBER...and yet they are lost.

1. Streets & Trips mapping software discs that my husband really needs to install on his laptop.
2. Blue tooth dongle so my husband can use his blue tooth mouse with his new laptop.
3. The spare cordless phone, you know the one that has the good battery but is dead so I can't even call myself to find it.
4. The remotes for the TV and satellite. Not one, Not two..but THREE of them.
5. The power cord to my husbands 12Volt refrigerator for his truck.
6. The papers to renew my rescue license with the state.
7. The registration for, you guessed it, my husbands car!

Sigh, the list could go on and on.  But I'm afraid I've forgotten what all I've lost now.

New Old jobs

  hmmm...I guess I'm a rather poor blogger.  I've had this blog for almost 2 months, and only posted once!  I must change this. 

Several years ago, my husband started working as an over the road truck driver, the company was located in Denver.  I was heart broken, at not seeing my husband every night, but I knew that it was all for the best.

Now, 3 years and 3 companies later I find we've gone BACK to the company that started it all.  So far its going well and they are keeping him moving! 

In the last two weeks, he loaded in Denver and went to Tulsa, OK.  From there he ran up to Osage City, Kansas to grab a load and take it out to  the LA area of Cali.  From there he loaded again, and headed into Denver.  Thankfully, they had a load sitting there headed to Melrose Park, IL so he was able to come home for the Thanksgiving Holiday!  

So, here we are back in the OTR life, and loving it.....right?

Where do I start?

I guess the best place to start this blog is to tell you a little bit about myself.  I'm 34 year old mom of 4.  I'm married to a truck driver, and we live in the farm country of Nebraska.   I have so many interests, that I'm afraid I'll over load this site.  LOL  

But I'll start with this, I'm a huge advocate for truck drivers and their families.  The men and women of the road fall just under our military in my book of respect.  Remember that without trucks, the whole country would come to a stand still.  You can check out my cafepress shop.

I'm also highly active in rescue.  While I personally do not have any dogs available right now I'm working with all the great rescue people at Nebraska Animal Rescue Roundup.

I have a special needs child, who has been a ward of the state of Nebraska for many months.  I'm here to tell you that not every child in the system is there because of something the birth parents did wrong.  My son, is a shining example of how the state has failed.  This is a very hot topic for me and one I most likely will not touch on often.

Oh....my greatest addiction is Mobs-Law an online game about the Mafia and Mob life.  I'm a playing member of staff and love it!  The other players and staff are just incredible people.  Feel free to stop in and drop me a line to let you know you found me.  My screen name there is shewolf.

Did I mention I have kids?  LOL, I have a son, and three girls.  Well, this fall the girls and I are working at Cornstalk.  Drop in and take a look.  This is a great place, and the people are well nothing short of amazing!  If your in the area, stop in some weekend and have the scare of a lifetime. 

And last but least...the reason I'm here!!!  I've started selling my hand made jewelry at mysticstartreasures.etsy.com.   Check it out, stop in and buy buy buy.  I'd love to have a sale, just so I don't feel like I'm wasting my time!!