Success, dog troubles, storage and sales, children

Mama worked yesterday evening to get accustomed to the CPAA and had some success. As I kissed her goodbye this morning at 4 a.m. she excitedly told me she had made it most of the night with the machine on. At least she is determined to make this work and I am glad she is. It is her health that is at stake.


Victoria’s pup has a bad case of worms which will have to be taken care of if we are going to keep the pup for long. We are still wrestling with house breaking and the worm infestation complicates the issue by raising the need for potty times as well as food being thrown up without its control. She and Mama are going to start some worm treatments today to see if they can get the pup well. It has become one of three pups we are treating for one cause or another.

The farm dogs are doing very well and Grandpa is going to let them out during the day from now on. It will be great for them since they have been cooped up since before Thanksgiving. He will pen them up at night to keep them safe from larger predators until they can effectively defend themselves, but at least they will be free to roam some. Mama wants to bring them back to Amarillo for a few weeks to get them used to her attention, but I think with a wormy pup and a cantankerous older dog already on the premises, it may be a little much. One back yard can only handle so much poop.

Some of the furniture and other items we have been holding for a young couple at church will begin to make their way out of our storage and into the new home as of today. As cramped as we are in the little house it will be a huge relief to get the space back. We have items on the patio, in the attached garage and in the detached garage. It will really free up a lot of space for me. Maybe I can finally organize the garages to my liking and be able to find what I go looking for.

One of the families at church with younger children is buying our Wii. I am happy to see the money come in for something we rarely use. It will be a blessing right now and it is a great value to the family buying it. I am not sorry to see it go. I never used it the entire time we owned it. Chase is also selling his X-box and the “connect” that goes along with it: also not a sad thought for me. Both are being redeemed at a fair price and the money is of far more value presently that the electronic toys are. That will be two less things Mama and I have to learn to use, to maintain and eventually to move.

Mama and Victoria are looking into the possibility of taking in foster children. I think it is a great idea and encouraged both of them to pursue the idea as far as the Lord will allow. It would be a source of income for both of them while doing something they dearly love; helping children. It mostly came about because a lady we know through the bus ministry had a need she expressed to Mama concerning some children she used to have in her care. They were placed with family and after several months had to be removed and placed back into the foster care system. It is a sad circumstance we will not be able to help with at the moment, but it is a drive to explore the possibility to help in the future. The caveat is that it may require us to move yet again to be able to provide a larger house.

It is obviously something we will bathe in prayer.