February 2, 2009

• Not Me

  It seems we’ve had an addition to our family without me knowing it.  Someone called, “Not Me.”

  “Not Me” is very messy and causes problems, usually, only in the girls’ room or in their bathroom.

  The girls have seen “Not Me” because they know exactly when “Not Me” has done something.

  I asked Luci and Annamarie who left this mess in their room behind the closet door and they were quick to tell me “Not Me!”
  

  There was a mess on the floor on Annamarie’s side of the bed.  All of the things on the floor belonged to Annamarie; but, she told me “Not Me” had made the mess..
  

  
  I looked in the bathroom, around the toilet, and asked, “Who keeps missing the waste basket in here?”  This time I heard a chorus of voices claiming, “Not Me” had been the culprit.
  

  All I know is that “Not Me” isn’t welcome here.  “Not Me” is VERY messy and none of the girls like cleaning up after “Not Me.”  They look at me as if I were a cruel task master when I MAKE THEM clean up “Not Me’s” messes.
  
  Notice that “Not Me” doesn’t know how to put a new roll of toilet paper on the toilet paper holder.  It used to be that my girls didn’t know how to do that, either, except I taught them how.  I KNOW they know how to change the rolls out.  So, it MUST BE “Not Me” that left that half used toilet paper roll on the counter!

  Onto other topics.  Luci has an appointment with the medical doctor as a routine check up on her medication.  Don’t know when we’ll hear back about the lovely stool sample I gathered.

  Having a real problem with Sushi playing to rough with Chirper.  Did some reading online today about Australian Cattle Dogs (otherwise referred to as ACD’s) and found out they don’t do well with cats unless they are trained early.  Guess I’ll be diligently training Sushi EARLY – more like, IMMEDIATELY.  Unfortunately, Chirper keeps going back to her and making his body a tempting morsel.  The ACD’s CAN be trained and that’s what I’m going to do, but I will never leave the two alone.  Don’t trust Sushi’s instinct.  She is behaving so well for me – better than she does for Jesse.  I barely have to raise my voice (unless she is playing so hard she doesn’t hear me) and can say “No!” or “Stay” quietly and I have immediate obedience.  I’m finding it’s not much different than child training and is all about consistency of discipline.

  There are sweet moments with Sushi and Chirper, don’t get me wrong, but I’m keeping an eagle eye on the two. 

  This reminds me of “The lion shall lie down with the lamb . . . “
   
  They really are cute and sweet together . . . when they are sleeping!

  Today’s To Do List:
  *  Luci’s doctor appointment
  *  Jesse’s and one child’s laundry
  *  Bake a cake
  *  Finish cleaning the school stuff off the kitchen table
  *  Teach
  *  Decide what to pull from the freezer for dinner

  Rissy continues to only complain of bruised muscle, praise God!  Thanks again for all of the support this weekend!

  Be Blessed  ~

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