Worry

"Be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Put your worry unto God. It does no good for you to sit and worry about something, it only causes more stress. If you put your worry on God's shoulders, he will carry your burden for you. Who better than to have on your side than God."

Philippians 4:6-7

10/17/10

Today is the year anniversary of having to put our sweet rescue pup, Gatsby Fitzgerald Huey, to sleep. He had severe seizure issues that weren't being controlled by medicine. At the end, he was having trips to the emergency vet almost weekly for his seizures (He wouldn't just have 1, 2, or 3 seizures but would have over 10 in a 24 hour period) We took him to several specialist vets in South Carolina & North Carolina, had lots of expensive tests done and after more than $10,000 seeing these specialists and trying different medications; we made the decision to put our sweet sweet Gatsby to sleep. It was a tough decision for Derrick and I as our poor pup was only 8 months old. Only 2/3's of seizure canine patients respond to treatment and unfortunately our Gatsby was a part of the other 1/3.

He was such a sweet loving affectionate puppy who was never sad

even when he was having seizure issues. He loved meeting new people and loving on his pug brother. He was an active little thing who always had a wagging tail and a smile on his face even when his sweet little legs were shaved from the catheters being put in. We had him cremated and sent back to us so we could have him at home again. We sure will miss our Gatsby.

I found this sweet poem about puppy death called Rainbow Bridge:

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

Crafty Ladies

Last Friday night (and now I have a Katy Perry song in my head), Andrea and I went over to Caroline's house to have dinner and make arts & crafts. I brought dessert, Caroline made quiche and Andrea brought a yummy casserole. I had seen this picture on pinterest of what I thought was a painted pumpkin. (For some reason, pinterest is not letting me embed. Weird. Here's a pic of the pumpkin. Here's where the idea came from)

Well, come to find out after clicking on the link, it's not a painted pumpkin, but one made with modge podge and scrapbook paper. Whatevs. We decided to paint away and see what they would look like. I think they ended up looking pretty awesome and can't wait to add it to my front porch fall decor.

All 3 of us with our pumpkins, I look like I've had a little too much wine.

Andrea's big "B" (She's pregnant btw, like 4 months pregnant and still looks awesome)

My little "H"

Caroline's Newlywed "E"

Go Shawty, It's Your Birthday

Today, October 12, 2011, I'm celebrating 27 years.

I can't believe that I'm somehow 27? Where did the time go?

I've been out of high school for almost 10 years. Yikes.

College ended for me almost 6 years ago.

Marriage started over 3 years ago.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Oh, Carolina

It's a rainy Tuesday here in South Carolina and is turning out to be an exciting day full of Gamecocks football news. First, Steve Spurrier got after Ron Morris (sports writer for The State) at the Tuesday press conference and wants to disassociate his team from him.

Then it was released that finally Stephen Garcia is dismissed from the Carolina Gamecocks. As a young man that has seemed to have issues with staying on track at Carolina, I hope that he can learn from this and grow up. He's a college graduate and a father and needs to learn to be an adult.

Thankfully, Connor Shaw played well on Saturday at the quarterback position and now the team can move forward as a unit and hopefully win out the rest of the season.

Coming Soon...

To a Halloween party near you

Via

Gamecocks vs. Wildcats

This past Saturday was the match-up between my Carolina Gamecocks and the Kentucky Wildcats. I wasn't necessarily the most upbeat Carolina fan at the game because of the week before but thankfully Connor Shaw did very well his first week as our quarterback for the entire game. Now, no offense to any Wildcat fans, but Kentucky is not very good this year so I went in thinking that if we lost this game our season is over. Carolina pulled out another W beating the Wildcats 54-3, leaving us 5-1 and 3-1 in the SEC. I'm linking up with The Belles of Saturday to bring y'all my tailgating pictures from the game. You'll notice that both me and my friend Caroline change outfits. Neither of us loved what we wore and changed before we continued our evening out.