Disher Family Fodder
Well, the vet wasn’t far off. Katie is now to the point where she’s looking uncomfortable and isn’t doing much at all. We’re making the call and taking her in first thing tomorrow when the Vet opens, and/or as soon as we can get in.
It’s a sad day, but she’s had a very good life. I think the kids are as ready for this as they’re going to get. Having her home the last week certainly helped them with the transition and has given Katie some extra attention.
Yep, I’m a Chuck Norris Fan, or well, was. I’ve kind of out grown him I suppose, what is he now 90 years old? But who isn’t a fan of possibly the worst male actor of all time to have quite a few hit shows? My kids love him. My 5 year old wants to be a Texas Ranger when she grows up.
My buddy at work pointed out this site to me today. It’s hilarious.
Some of the top Chuck Norris Facts include:
There are tons more, 10 pages worth, lots of them extremely funny. Word of caution though, quite a few use the f-bomb. But if you’re bored, enjoy.
Last night we had the pleasure of seeing the sports psychologist at CGA. Yep, we have one of those too. It comes with the package. It’s a good thing I think. Our little girls are very impressionable and to have someone who can take care of their psyches is a good thing.
We were given a heads up by Molly. She said they talked about animals and how they could relate to gymnastics or something. What kind of animal were you like? She told mom to give her the name of an animal and she’d tell her how it would be good in Gymnastics. Mom said “ok, a porcupine”. Molly thought for a minute, and said, “Ok, not a porcupine, I don’t know about those”.
The psychologist was trying to relate the story about the Indian chief. You know the one where he tells his young warriors that inside him are two wolves fighting, one is fear and anger, the other is hope and courage, or something like that. A young feller asks which one will win? and the chief answers, “Whichever one I feed.”
So she helps them figure out which animals or animal combinations they have inside them that they wish to feed and not feed. What animal qualities. Bear with me, it’s a stretch, but it’s fun for the kids and they get it because they are 8 and 9 years old.
Like a tiger is fast and graceful a snail isn’t, etc.
I was hoping they’d ask me because I was prepared to be a “Score focused Porcupine” but it didn’t come to that.
Last time we drew pictures of mirrors and wrote stuff down that was anger related if I recall right.
But in the end we had a very good conversation about goal setting and hopefully we can break Molly of her expectation to show up at meets and get 10’s. Honestly I didn’t put that idea in her head. I might have talked about 10 here or there but I never set that expectation. She knows darn well I’d be perfectly happy with an 9.875 🙂
Seriously, at this stage Molly knows what the scores are for, but she needn’t worry if she messes up a routine. It’s not the end of the world. It’s certainly not worth crying over. Now 5-6 years from now, if she falls of the beam in the Olympics. I expect some serious tears then. I mean that’s national tv and all. Heck that’s global coverage. If you don’t cry under those circumstances you’re not a team player.
Just got off the phone with C a little while ago. She took Katie to the vet today
Looks like she has cancer, or at least that’s the Vet’s gut feeling. Katie is our middle dog. She’s a Border Collie-Labrador Retriever mix. Truth be told probably the best dog we have.
She’s as old as Maggie, which would put her at 10 to 11 years old. She’s not a big dog, more like medium around 60-65lbs or so. Or I guess you could say she was. She’s gotten down right skinny and is now down to 45 lbs.
We didn’t notice it at first because we put all the dogs on a diet for Comet’s sake. He’s our Golden who is 13-14 years old. He’s been a good old dog, but not without his faults. His arthritis has kept him down and he had put on a lot of weight. The vet had us cut back on his food to take weight off him, so we cut back on all the dogs food. The loss of weight has made Comet a new dog. Katie however hadn’t stopped losing weight.
The last two weeks we really started noticing her having some problems. Problem standing, getting up, etc.
Except for the time when she was about one year old and ate some dental floss which required $800 worth of surgery hasn’t ever caused us any trouble.
She’s always been there. Quiet around the house except for when she wants in. She’s never made a mess, never torn anything up, and never barked at anyone.
She’s a herder and has always made it difficult to play catch with the other dogs. She gets in there and spoils the fun, trying to herd the other dogs. She’d bite at their ears and ankles and convince them they shouldn’t be doing it.
Katie is a special dog and will be missed. I’ve always joked about not liking her and threatened to give her away. She’s been thick at times, and sneaky about the electric fence. But all in all she’s been a very, very good dog.
Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at the word itself. MANKIND. Basically, it’s made up of two separate words: ‘mank’ and ‘ind.’ What do these word mean? It’s a mystery and that’s why so is mankind.
-Jack Handy
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