411 The Walters Bunch

Bye, Maisy. We love you.♥️  This was a hard week. We have known for awhile it was coming, but we decided over the weekend we just needed to not be selfish and not prolong her life. Could she have gone another 6 months, maybe a year? Absolutely, but she was having more bad days than good days and while she still acted super happy, it was hard watching her not be able to control her bowels and not having very good use of her back legs. We all were with her at A's work and stayed with her until the end. It was hard. She was so devoted to us. She would have been 17 in October. It's been weird here without my Velcro dog. She was literally everywhere I was for the last almost 12 years. You need to find Mom, just look wherever the dog is laying to know what door I last used. It's been harder than I thought it would. I miss her. Last fall Every now and then Noelle could get her to play with her like when she was a kitten. Most of the time she wouldn't play with her the last cou...

  She was a trooper. She doesn't like swimming in the lake so she just read a book under a tree in the crazy heat.  It is expected for it to be hot in Texas in August. Is the heat anything crazy this year? No. It's pretty average, but after almost 3 weeks of over 100 degrees it really starts wearing on you. I am tired of having to get up and get everything done outside before 12. We also don't run the dishwasher, dryer, or big oven after 12. When it's over 100 we have to cool the horses off with a bath, chickens get misters, and we are nearly constantly watering the trees/garden. This year I decided not to do the big garden so after the 2nd week in July when we pulled up all the onions, I had nothing to keep up with in the August heat....and it was wonderful! It worked out well that I didn't plant a garden because we weren't expecting all the stuff to go down this summer that did so it was nice not to have something else that needed taking care of .  We once aga...

We had so much fun! This week has been pretty typical for a "normal"  summer. We have had such a crazy past few months, it feels like things are FINALLY settling down and things are getting back to our new normal. We have been busy getting T ready for school. He has had to order his books, uniforms, boots, and stethoscope. He has also been making sure that all his paperwork is finished and that everything is in order to start school on the 25th. D had two full days of overtime this week so he only had off a couple of days. We spent one day going to look at used commuter cars for T, which was frustrating. I hate car shopping!  We spent the other day doing activities from the fun jar. It was a fantastic day! We went to an 80's themed arcade that has a ton of fun video games, ski ball, and basketball games. We spent about two hours just playing games and enjoying ourselves.We always have a great time there.  Afterwards, we went to the second hand book store and A and I got s...

The closest she'll ever be to DC...she was scared she'd wake up! 😂 At least that's what it feels like! We caught the first cat, who D thought looked like Tom from Tom and Jerry, so we named her Tommi. We then caught DC (deck cat) who we had been trying to catch originally. Tommi was pretty docile for a feral cat. However, DC was apparently the worse cat A has ever had to deal with!😂 She was so mean and fighting so hard that it took them over an hour and a half to sedate her! Plus they gave her  9 lbs body enough drugs to sedate a 100# dog! A said even after she FINALLY fell asleep she was still afraid to touch her 😂. However, since she has been here in the garage recovery center she's been an angel. In fact, both cats let me clean their cages and feed them every day with no issues as long as I don't try to touch them. I worry about the garage being to cold for them. I don't want to shock them with the heat when I put them back outside. I turned the air in the...

  Aunt P picked a lovely cemetery. It was so beautiful and peaceful. For the past 8 years or so we have helped our Aunt P.  We have had numerous visits and conversations over the years, not to mention dinners and root beer floats. We have watched her physical health decline while her mental health was still sharp as tack. Sadly, the last month of her life she had started to have several moments where she didn't know what was going on. We had numerous conversations about her death with her and we are very happy in knowing that she finally has the relief she wanted. The past year in particular was VERY hard on her and she needed help more. D and I would visit almost every Wednesday and Saturday, plus whenever she called for help. It was nice to talk to her. She was witty, smart, knew the answer to just about anything, and did a wonderful job of making you feel special and loved. I once told her that I would really miss our chats when she was gone...I will. I really enjoyed getti...

There were a ton of people!  A was really bummed that she got called in at the last minute to do a C section and missed our town's July 4th festival that she had been looking forward to. Our town does July 4th on the last Saturday in June. I am really not sure why they do that, but since Gainesville has their's on actual July 4th and A wasn't on call, we decided to go try that one out. Unfortunately, D had to work the next morning so he wasn't able to join us, but Axl needed a babysitter so it all worked out. A invited her new boyfriend to join us. It turned out to be a fun evening. The festival was at the municipal airport so it was a lot hotter there than the Sanger festival was because of all the buildings blocking the breeze and all of the concrete retaining heat. However, they were pros at getting everyone in and out. There was virtually no slow down when we left. The fireworks were great! Overall, it was a fun night.  They had some fun toys that we could climb on ...