Friday Favorites 7-15-22

Hello and happy Friday. I haven’t done a Friday favorites post in awhile. What with getting over Covid and work being so busy I feel like I have fallen behind. But here are a few things I am enjoying.

The first Friday Favorite is not a thing. It is a person. I am so happy because my brother Donnie came through a triple bypass surgery yesterday and did great! He has had some medical issues lately and we have been so worried. The surgery went well and he has already started physical therapy and is doing great. So maybe he will be home soon. That is just about the best thing I can think of that happened this week.

Now for some favorite things:

I ordered some dresses from SHEIN. If you have never ordered from this company you may have to be careful with the sizes. You just have to read the reviews and look at the pictures of people who have ordered the same thing and see how it fits their body type. They are also great when returning items. Check them out. Here are the dresses I ordered. I can’t wait to wear them. The red one was only $19.67 and the black one was $17.48. All of their clothes are very reasonably priced but as I said you have to find your size.

A few weeks ago I bought this Rae Dunn Love tote, although I carry it as a purse. It is perfect for me. It’s large and I can carry everything I need in it. I bought it at TJ Maxx I think it was about $35.00 so I didn’t pay nearly what it is listed online. It looks white but it has a tinge of pink to it.

I love these blueberry bagels with blueberry cream cheese. I guess you can tell I like blueberries.

I got these shoes at Ross. I love Ross clothing. Sometimes you have to dig to find the good things but I always think you can get a good deal. These are Guess and I think they were about $35.00. They are so comfy and easy to clean because they are leather.

I am loving this nail polish. I think it is perfect for summer. It is called sugar Fix by Sally Hansen. It stays on so well.

One of our co-workers brought these Rainbow Trout cookies to work. Aren’t they adorable? They were delicious too. It was very fitting because we have Rainbow Trout stocked in our lake at work.

I am currently reading this book it is one of those that you can’t wait to finish but you will be sad when you do. I can’t wait to get back to it each time I leave it. It is so good. I got it on Libby, the online library. I think I had to wait for a few weeks because it was loaned out to several people. The wait has been worth it.

And just look at these beautiful Crape Myrtle blooms. The trees are blooming everywhere. This one is in town near one of our local banks and I just love this color.

What are some of your favorite things this week?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!

Goodbye Molly Rose

Hello friends it’s been a sad week over here. We lost our Molly girl. I mentioned in my last post that she was having some issues and would not eat. I called the vet and she said the tumor on her liver had probably gotten worse. It’s not like she couldn’t eat. She did take a couple of bites of food in a weeks time but she didn’t even act like she wanted food. A bite or two is all she had in almost a week. She would just turn her head like she couldn’t be bothered to eat it.

I named Molly after my grandmother Rose. Molly came to us when she was about two years old. We had her another thirteen years. She lived a good long life but that still doesn’t make letting go any easier.

We tried everything, we cooked food we bought several different kinds of food that we thought she might like. I gave her water with a medicine dropper so that she wouldn’t be too dehydrated.

Nothing worked. Last Tuesday we called the vet to schedule a time to take her in for the inevitable. She had gotten so skinny. She had nothing to work from anyway. The vet said we had done everything we possibly could have. She said Molly was tired and her little body was giving out. She said that not eating was probably her way of trying to tell us she couldn’t go on. We knew we had to make the decision that no pet owner ever wants to have to make. We knew that prolonging it would mean more misery for her. The last night she was alive she seemed to be very restless and maybe in pain. She kept getting up and going from one bed to another. She had a bed in the living room and a bed in the office because she always liked to be near us.

The waiting time was unbearable. I kept thinking ten more hours, nine more hours, two hours until it was time to put her in the car and take her to the vet’s office. It seemed as if the other babies knew what was happening and even they were very somber and quiet.

We drove the short ten minutes to our vet. It was both the shortest and longest ride of my existence. I sat in the back seat with her. Mark carried her in when we got there. They gave her a shot to make her sleepy and and left us with her to say goodbye and love on her, which we did. We hugged and kissed her and told her she was the best girl in the world. They came in and administered the second shot and she passed very peacefully.

A million tears have been shed for our precious Molly. She truly was the best girl in the world. I know I have told you the story about how she came to us. She was brought to us by an Angel dog. You can read the story here. Molly and the Angel dog.

After we went home we told stories about our girl. We laughed and cried. The house is so lonely and quiet. She was the loudest baby of all and the stinkiest. Mark said she was stinky going into a bath and after five minutes out she was as stinky as ever. I still think I hear her walking around and I probably do. She will always be such a huge part of our hearts.

Happy Girl. She so loved being outside going on the walks with all the babies.
Molly loved the snow.
Molly loved the leaves
This is my sister hand feeding Molly last year when we were on vacation. She did get better and would eat on her own shortly after this but for a while we had to hand feed her or she wouldn’t eat. Our Molly has had a lot of problems.
She loved all of her fur brothers and sisters and they loved her.
She had her tail wrapped up here because she had almost chewed in to two pieces.
This was about a week ago. Look at all the white hair.
She was tired
I took this picture a couple of days before Molly passed. I held her and told her that we understood if she was tired and didn’t feel like going on.

They’re not meant to live as long as we do. My husband says the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. Our sweet babies are definitely a sign of this.

So goodbye Molly Rose you will always live on in our hearts. You touched so many hearts. You were the best girl in the world.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!

Hello Monday

Happy Fourth of July!! Happy Birthday America!! Are you celebrating today? I know a lot is going on in our world. Things we don’t understand or agree with but somehow seeing our beautiful American flag makes all seem right with the world. We have come so far and we are a pillar of strength for it.

All has been pretty quiet around here. I feel like I am still getting over Covid. I went back to work at the end of last week but I still don’t feel 100%. I am weak and get tired so quickly. Just picking up groceries and doing a little laundry over the weekend absolutely wiped me out.

Mark has still been Covid free and I am so thankful for that.

Our old girl Molly is not doing well. She refuses to eat and she hasn’t eaten anything substantial in several days. I can tell she is getting weaker. The poor girl has such stomach issues and she has had a lot of of diarrhea. We try to feed her and she just turns her head up and won’t eat. Molly is about fifteen years old and I know her time is limited. She has done this before and always rallies back but I just don’t know if that is going to happen this time. When I left for work this morning I watched her sleeping. She wouldn’t even get up for a last quick bathroom break before I left. All day I kept thinking the worst. When I got home I ran in the door and yelled for her. She looked up like she was saying “what’s all the fuss mom?” She is not suffering and she went on our evening walk with us. All we can do is be here for her and love her as long as we can.

Since I didn’t have a lot going on this week other than some work and hot hot hot temps. I thought I would share some of the books I have read lately. I enjoyed all of them. I really liked Grown Ups and Make Your Bed. I hope you enjoy some or all of them. So here goes:

Have a wonderful week.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!!