If it ain't broke...PLEASE don't try to fix it!!!!

I am having one of those days...one of those days where NOTHING goes right. First, I feel like poo thanks to my daughter giving me her cold. Second, I am only at work 2 days this week so I had to come in and get things done but thanks to changes to programs and systems, nothing is going right.

I wish someone could explain to me why the "New and improved" system ALWAYS causes more problems than it fixes. Seriously, does anyone ever ask the people who use these systems what they need or want. No! Instead us "worker bees" have to keep producing and keep things working with "new and improved" systems that don't work!

Please people...please....quit trying to "fix" everything because all you are doing is making my life 100 times more complicated!!!!!

What to blog about…

Let’s face it, my life is pretty mundane. I get up, go to work, go bargain shopping during my lunch break (this is IMPORTANT), come home, cook dinner (sometimes), referee fights between the teens, chase a 2 year old, go to bed and get up and do it all over again. Yes…my life is quite mundane but honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

OK…maybe a little more money and not having to work, but then I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Well, maybe be a little skinnier and hair that wasn’t curly, but then I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Then again, I would love my teens to not fight…ALL…THE…TIME…but then I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Oh, let’s face it…my life is mundane and nowhere near perfect and there are things I would love to change about me (and those pesky teens) but it’s my life and I will gladly (ok, not always so gladly) take the good with the bad.

Piggy come....piggy go

Yes, the pig has gone bye-bye. I can't say I am sad about it since honestly, I didn't want him in the first place. He would have been a fine pet but Benji wouldn't have it. The dog was crazy around the pig and it was constant chaos when the two were in the same room. I couldn't leave the pig in the bathroom all the time and I certainly wasn't going to lock up my little guy. He is my spoiled little guy...I don't deny it.

What amazed me was how quickly people called and how many people called my husband when he posted him on CL. We had a new home for him that very night. I do believe he is going to be quite happy where he is now.

Needless to say, I will NOT be agreeing so easily (and trust me, it wasn't easy this time) when my husband gets some crazy idea like a pig for a pet!!!

Here's Bacon

I promised pictures were to follow and here they are.

Isn't he cute!?!

Now we just need to get this little guy neutered and QUICK!!!! I will spare you the details of that story. Let's just say I was shocked at what our little piggy was doing last night to his poor little stuffed doggy.

Bacon

You would think a post about Bacon would be about buying bacon, or cooking bacon or even eating bacon but this post isn't. This post is about the pet that my husband INSISTED he had to have and the pet that we went and picked up last night. Have an idea yet of what this pet might be???

It's a pig...yes a pig! We have a mini-potbellied pig named Bacon.

I swear somewhere between yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon my husband lost his mind. I should have seen this coming. He had been looking on Craig's List quite a bit lately (he is a CL addict) and talking more and more about pigs but I NEVER in a million years thought he was serious about actually buying one. Our house is full as it is with 3 kids and 2 dogs, we have busy lives and the last thing we need is a pig. But I was wrong, he was VERY serious about buying a pig and now here I am a day later and an owner of a mini-potbellied pig.

I use the term mini very loosely and while the previous owner says he will only get to be about 50 pounds...EVERYTHING I am reading online says our little Bacon will grow to be more like 100 pounds. Yes...I said that right - 100 pounds. My dogs don't weigh that much COMBINED!! What the heck am I going to do with a 100 lb pig who can't be outside during the winter (mind you we live in Michigan were it is Winter just about 9 months a year). Plus have you seen a pigs legs...they are short and our house has stairs everywhere. I certainly don't see me carrying a 100 lb pig up the stairs!

On the other side, I do have to admit he is completely litter trained and doesn't smell at all. Benji (my yorkiepoo) was horrible to train and lets face it...he has dog breath 90% of the time. Everyone has said that pigs are very smart but I will believe that when I see it. And I will also admit that in his own way he is...dare I say it...cute. No, not the cuddly teddy bear cute but cute none the less.

Oh and my husband who so desperately wanted to get this pig quickly had many doubts on the car ride home. My kids are excited and have already fallen in love with him. Bandit, my Keeshound, could really care less and Benji is a spastic mess around the pig and barely slept all night because he wanted to get in the room with the pig. As for me...we will see. I can't guarantee he will be with us forever (lots of factors there) but while he is, there is no doubt it will be a Wild Ride.

Oh...and pictures are to follow but I left the cable to the camera at home.