laundry, puppies, pee breaks, and sleep deprivation

Well last week, November the 4th we got a puppy .. she is now 7 weeks old... After two days of searching for a name, we choose an Irish one. Molli, which means star of the sea. We tried to find a name that meant lightning.. (as we have a thunder- cheesy yes, but funny cheesy) Needless to say we felt each one we found, just wasn't right. So molli it is. She is a golden lab /rottie. Beauty of a dog. Lovely markings.. really golden.. except her toes which are white and she has a whitish crest on her chest and she has a sweet black ring on her tail... cuddly as all get out.. and she loves the boyz, who return the love gladly....until she pees on the floor.......ah yes puppy bliss.......

And now the rest of the story!!!! haha Mercy!!! Last week i was barely functional. i slept maybe 2 hours the first night which wasn't in a row! and the rest of the week wasn't much better...its all a foggy blur.... it didn't help that my family was fighting a nasty head/throat cold, i think that also compounded the tiredness.. Honestly i knew the first week would be rough...poor little girl missing her family and such ....oh it was rough all right. i had her in our downstairs bathroom for the first few nights but she would only sleep for 30mins - 1hr !!! i would take her outside and sure enough she would go pee.....ok great. That is good yes, but then she would only sleep for such a little amount and then she would cry again.. well actually howl....and then everyone would wake... so it was up to this mama to keep her worries away.. by the third night i was crashed on our sons floor downstairs so it was quicker to get to her.. and i took her out each time and she was always very good and went pee....but burn out!!!! ..oh yea.... eesh......oye... i then took her into my sons room with me and she slepted on her blanket next to me. That night we got 2 - 3 hrs in a row!!! ok this pup can hold her bladder she just wants company... i can do company... On Saturday i returned to my room with molli. (OH My sweet bed)... and hello hubby. That was great for the first night... but the second and third night hubby couldn't sleep after molli and i got up for our night break, which is at 3:00am ... so poor husband hasn't had much sleep... needless to say he isn't liking our new puppy.
So last night i went back downstairs with little ms lolli... we slept on the wreck room floor and for the most part it worked out well.. My man didn't wake until his alarm went off ... and molli actually slept till 4:30 ish and then till 6? and then till 8:00 .. haha i am a so tired. But i think we are doing better this week. At least i am out and about and knowing where i am going! .. Plus i am getting caught up with what i didn't do last week... LAUNDRY is one thing that needed desperate getting to. eeek what a state.. for three days i have been working hard at it.. lol if i have enough energy i will finish it off tonight... but more likely it will be tomorrow .....

wow... puppies.

oh but i love my molli. and i think she loves me too.

november 14 2007

our good ole' thunder

ps all i really need is my own personal robot maid. one who likes to clean ... A LOT