Crazy Night, Normal Day

Last night, Rachel was reading The Hobbit to our sisters when they noticed that our black lab/ German shepherd mix, Licorice, was limping. She is always jumping into our pool and she is six years old, so Mama figured that we could give some kid's Tylenol. That was a Big Mistake! :(
Sarah researched it online and found out that acetaminophen is toxic to dogs and also saw some very tragic stories of dogs that had died from eating it. Licorice had already licked up about 2 1/2 teaspoons of it!! So we were all running around calling Poison Control, who told us to call an Animal Poison Control who would give us information. (for a $60 fee!) Then we called a 24 hour vet(while the rest of us were looking over Mom's shoulder as she frantically searched the Internet) who told us that she would be fine, and to keep an eye on her. Mom had already read that activated charcoal capsules should be administered to soak up the poison in Licorice's system, so Dad and the girls were force feeding them to Licky in pieces of meat,cookies, and in brownies. (yes, chocolate's poisonous to dogs- she's fine today) After that excitement we all tried to go to bed.

Now for today! :)
Actually, it was pretty normal! Usually we do lawns on Thursdays and Fridays, but due to weather problems we got set back a day. Thus, Sarah, Dad, and Daniel all went out grass-cutting. The rest of us stayed home and did Saturday chores. ( cleaning bathrooms, dusting, organizing bookshelves, and the like) I (Rachel) also put all the loose discs back into all the D.V.D. cases. That hadn't been done in ages!
We had a snack, and a break, then cleaned out the van for church tomorrow, and stacked clean bricks (leftovers from building the house) so that Dad can make a hearth for our wood stove.
We saw a huge spider, and were ever on the look-out for black widows! :{
We had lunch and did chores, and then I put Gracie down for a nap. Then we all had a rest while Mama and Abby went to the store.
Later it was time to get the venison marinated for fajitas, and to make food to bring to church tomorrow for the weekly potluck lunch. We actually didn't end up eating till 8:00 or so.
Meanwhile:
Sarah was working, and simultaneously writing a report on raising broiler chicks for 4-H. We are new to 4-H aren't heavily involved in it, but it gets Sarah free admission and a learning experience, and it gets us free meat! :)Per Daniel's request, (we call him the carnivore) the work crew stopped at a place to get chicken wings. Their last lawn was actually a commercial contract, meaning that it is at a business. We call it "The Car Place" for lack of a better term, but really it is a place that ships cars for the navy from destination to destination. (Ever wonder how the people who are moving take their cars across the sea?) Since it was a Saturday, and we are usually there on a Thursday, there was a different security guard there. At first he wouldn't let them in, and so they sat with the truck and trailer in the turning lane of a busy road for almost a half-hour until the guard called the manager, and the other security guard, but to no avail. Finally he just let them in and guess what?!? They didn't steal anything! ;) Such are the adventures in a landscaper's day!
Like I said, since we waited for them to get home, we had a late dinner, and then Rachel (me) put Gracie to bed again. In our chore chart, each day one older girl has "Gracie Duty" which means we are her buddy. That was me today. I actually got her pretty wild before bed by tickling her, turning off the light, and hiding, etc.
Well, just thought we'd share a fairly normal day for us! After all as Laura Ingalls Wilder said, "It is the simple things in life that are the real ones after all."
Well, goodnight! Psalm 91:5-8