Snow Snow Snow...

Last Thursday we got some snow that lasted into the weekend. Before it started to get mush and ice, we got some great pics of the girls, and I wanted to share. Have a super weekend!!!

Christmas Parade

We took all three pups to the Christmas Parade here in town. Missie decided to stay in the truck under the seat - she wouldn't get out! LOL! But Marlie & Mazie were READY TO GO! It was very interesting to take Mazie, Marlie has been before. Mazie loved all the loud sirens and lights. She could "hear" them! And when the little dance schools came by and stopped in front of us, she was ENTRANCED by them doing their little routines. It was a lot of fun,and we will definitely take them to the Mule Day Parade in April!

Turkey Day Pics

Here we are on Turkey day watching a DVD! How cute are we???

Keith's Birthday

Keith gets to meet all kinds of people working in Franklin, TN in the restaurant business. He has met many Country Music stars, Tennessee Titans, even a movie star or two. So when he came home and told me about meeting this great guy Rory sitting in the cafe one day, and how he was on a show called "Can You Duet?" I thought wow - cool! But didn't think any more of it. Until he continued to tell me about this great guy who just came in to chill and write, and drink coffee. Then about a month and a half ago Rory and his wife (and singing partner) Joey were the new Overstock.com spokespeople. It was a great commercial, and Keith found out that it was filmed about 20 minutes from our house. So on his birthday he wanted to go to Joey's restaurant to have lunch. It is called Marcy Jo's Mealhouse, and is named for Joey and her sister Marcy! We got there kind of late, so we didn't get to have the yummy home cooked meal we were expecting, but we were already there, so we had home-made chicken salad sandwiches, and loaded potatoe salad. Very good! Joey & Rory weren't there that day - they were at their CD release in Nashville, but we will definitely go back again - to see them - and to have that fried chicken!!!

To see my scrapbook pages of this awesome place - visit my other blog - The Paisley Turtle!!!

Sleep in peace, sweet Possum

This summer when we decided to add a new member to our little family; my new found friend Jeff led me to the Lethal White Aussie yahoo Group. Where I met - Karen and Possum. Possum went to the rainbow bridge on Saturday; and I can only imagine the pain in Karen's heart right now. Click on the title of this blog post to visit Possum's brother and sister and get to know the world of Lethal Whites. And learn how to bring one of these special creatures into your life, if only for a short time as Kim K. via Jeff on our list said "...maybe I was just fostering him for God".
Possum - sleep peacefully and wait for momma at the bridge....
Love, Lori, Keith, Missie Moo, Marlie, and Mazie

please leave your love and prayers for Karen & Chris while they are mourning Possum, and I will pass them on....

WOW...i talked on the phone to a stranger...

ok so I know you are thinking - SO? But I don't talk on the phone. I am not sure what it is - but I will literally have a panic attack. I think the phone held a lot of bad news when I was younger, so my OCD has just attached that feeling to the phone. So tonight Keith was calling Verizon about some crazy mix-up on our bill since I got my blackberry (YES YOU ALL NEED ONE - IT ROCKS!) And he was trying to watch the Tennessee game and then she had to have my permission to talk to him because I am primary owner. So I just kept talking to her - and I did it! I got all our stuff changed on our plans, and all the mix-ups worked out and I didn't FREAK at all! I just talked to her, told her thank you for doing such an awesome job and hung up! She was so nice and that helped. But maybe I can start to talk on the phone??? Now don't everyone call me at once - or I will be completely traumitized! But maybe I can attach a new "feeling" to the phone???

Life can be so confusing...

Last night I had dinner with some family members. And the subject of my (and another family members) germ-a-phobia came up. That of course bled into other topics. And eventually a comment was made that my OCD was "just a mental thing I could work through..." WELL YEAH, I know it is mental - but that is like saying if you hold a snake long enough you won't be afraid of snakes anymore. There are people in this world who COMPLETELY agree with that statement. And as much as I wish that was the case it isn't. I think I am beginning to realize that although I wore my "Mask of Normality & Happiness" for so many years, and thinking about how frustrating it was to not be myself - that doesn't matter.

There are people in this world who will TRY to understand me and my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and then there are people who either don't try, or just CANNOT try because of their own beliefs, etc. And so I think - will it be ok to wear that "MASK" around those people - for my sake and theirs? Because all it does is stress me out worrying that they think I am NUTS?!?!? Or is that denying who I really am, and hiding a major part of my life?

We had dinner with friends tonight and it is not something I feel I need to "keep" from them. And I have friends I can text and say "I AM HAVING A PANIC ATTACK - TALK TO ME PLEASE!?!?!?!" And I have those friends who GET that talking on the phone is just a panic attack waiting to happen for me - and the texts are a-ok with them. And then I know I have people/family/friends in my life who think "WHY IN THE WORLD CAN YOU NOT ANSWER YOUR PHONE?"/"WHY IN THE WORLD CAN YOU NOT CALL ME INSTEAD OF TEXTING?"

And so here comes that dilemma again - do I just call and talk on the phone, do I just pick it up and answer and have the panic attack later in private when I CAN take off the "MASK", and not subject anyone else to my "issues".

Just some questions to ponder at 1:30am on a Saturday morning...