Stuff and Things

I had a little hodge-podge of information cluttering up a corner of my mind, so I thought I would make today's post a random collection!

* When we were on our retreat this past weekend, we'd occasionally see people in the parking lot or out on a trail. Without fail, every person who saw us guessed that Lexi was an Australian Shepherd. Every single one! I finally had to look them up, and you know what? She absolutely does look like one! Even down to one brown eye and one blue eye! But she's not an Australian Shepherd. She's a miniature Bernedoodle with Blue Merle markings. We get tons of compliments on her coat and markings, and we sure think she's pretty. But we may be biased. ;) 

* I also wanted to report that my dog bite is doing much, much better. If you missed a memo, I was bitten by a random dog on the street back in November, about a week before Thanksgiving. He jumped up and grabbed my left hand in his mouth and when I instinctively pulled back and he gravitationally fell down, he left a decent gash on the palm side of my hand, right under the index finger. I spent seven weeks in a full hand bandage, because I found out they try not to stitch dog bites. It took FOREVER for it to close up. (This was not helped by my stubborn insistence to overuse my hand and slow the healing process.) It finally closed and now I am receiving physical therapy (from the handsomest therapist...) on my scar tissue. It's still very tender and stretching hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrts. And I wear gloves when Lexi's in a teething moment. It's been quite the mental obstacle when she comes for my hand!

* And in the land of health updates, I'm happy to report that Ryan seems to be on the mend from his kidney stones that took him DOWN earlier this year. After that 24 hour period, he hasn't had any more pain! He has been diligently working to drink more water, and he is so thankful to feel better. I'm thankful, too! I hated seeing him like that! (By the way - this was the doctor's drawing of the stones. Not Ryan's.) 

* Dreaming is fun. This isn't news to me. It's just a good reminder. Ryan and I had tons of time for talking and dreaming during our retreat this weekend. We stayed in our room pretty much the entire time (unless we were out on trails) and while Lexi napped, we dreamed. I loved it. I love dreaming with him. He's my favorite, and I love seeing how the Lord takes the dreams He gives us and makes something of them.

So there you go. A few stuff-and-things for your Thursday. Hope today is great!