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i've been a little upset lately, because my hubby has decided that i don't give him enough attention, and is now constantly starting fights about that.  i get aggravated at him because i spend all day trying to keep the house clean, entertaining the kids, taking care of the dogs, etc.  it's a full time job here and he doesn't think it is.  the second i wake up, it's all about the kids, and potty the dogs.  the kids take a nap and it's all about feeding, watering, etc of the dogs.  i get done with the dogs and it's back to the kids.  when the kids finally get to bed, brandon walks in the door and it's all about him then.  i don't even have time for MSN messenger anymore, only pop on to post then chase the kids.  finally somewhere around 11 or 12, i just crash and sometimes can't even make it to the bed b/c i'm so tired.  i stay so busy here at the house trying to keep everyone happy that i've gotten very unhappy myself.  in 8 months, i've made one "associate" (my neighbor) and my only friends are the people who work at the store.  sad.  pathetic.  i hate it.  i don't even know how to make friends anymore. i'm antisocial, i have a social phobia about new people, the only way i've found to get around that and to be comfortable is to take a dog with me.  lately, it's gotten where i only get to go somwhere with the dogs once a month, other than that i only go grocery shopping and to get dog food.  i've found that my hubby is very immature in what he expects of me.  he just doesn't understand, regardless of how i try to explain, or how many times.  it's like i get done explaining and he's standing in the middle of a room screaming he wants attention.  i try really hard to keep up but i've been so stressed that i get sick and can't stop puking, i feel sick to my stomach constantly, and have a lot of heartburn.  i go through two bottles of malox a week now trying to get my stomach calmed down, i honestly think i might have an ulcer.  if it's not my stomach it's a headache that will keep me in bed, or i'm plain exhausted and falling asleep within 5 minutes of sitting down.  my hubby just doesn't understand i'm giving him all the attention i can, and he just won't accept that i HAVE to have a break soon or i'll end up losing my mind from all the stress.  does anyone have advice on how to get him to understand??

ok, so last night i forgot to close the window in the bathroom (i was wondering why the heater wasn't working as good as usual ha ha) and this morning hubby got up to open the door to get rushed by a finch who had made a home in there last night!  well, he DIDN'T want to go back outside, and would avoid the doors and when he did go near them would do a u-turn!  we finally got him out, but now he stays on my back porch and every time i let the dogs in or out he tries to fly in my door!  really cute, yes, but my dogs are jumping in the air trying to eat him, so he's super lucky my dogs are so fat and lazy.  anyone else ever have a bird decide they want to move in??

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there is a group of FOUR dogs that run our streets EVERY day, like clock work.  there's a golden retriever looking dog about 70lbs, and then, i know you're going to laugh at me, 2 chihuahua mixes about 20lbs and a jack russel terrier.  it really bothers me b/c they're trying to get IN my fenced yard, WITH my dogs.  it causes fights between my dogs, like today caine got his head stuck in the fence and it got REALLY messed up (we're going to see the vet right down the street to see if anything needs to be done), and axle then went after him, for some unknown reason.  so today, i called animal control, because we're ALWAYS having problems with these same dogs, and they told me "we'll try to have someone come out today and see if they're still running loose" i was like, well, UH, they all went in different directions right after i got pictures of 3 out of 4 of them!  he then asked if i knew where they lived...  WELL, if i did, i would have already said something to their owners!!  that's YOUR job to catch them and find out WTH!  i'm so frustrated with this, because i can't even leave my dogs outside for a little bit b/c these dogs are out all the time!

hope you have a great birthday today, and get to do a ton of great stuff!

i read that red dyes in food can cause tear stains in dogs to be pretty bad.  here's the question.  the puppy will eat the red pieces of food more so than the others, and is starting to get really bad tear stains that go all the way under his eyes, like bags.  should i change his food??

just thought i'd share a few puppy pictures.  i know he's not a big paw by standard, but he's family and has the heart of a giant paw!  things are straightening out with him, i caught him sitting with diesel on the couch, but couldn't get the camera fast enough.  we went out and bought him a kitty toy, that's about his size.  still no potty accidents!