December 30, 2025

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• Marley woke up at 6 this morning, and I'm not sure if she woke up by herself or if she heard me getting up to go to the bathroom. I tried to be quiet, but I think she still heard me because she was awake before I made it back to bed.
• It took awhile for me to get her settled this morning, so I was off to a slow start. By the time that both dogs potty and I have fed both dogs, it seems that most of the morning has gone. I did lose Marley briefly this morning. She did respond to her name when I called her-she responded with a yelp. I found her on the kids' stairs halfway in the middle-she was stuck since she can't go down. I think that she was going up them when Bentley went down them. This made Marley decided she didn't want to go up and wanted to go down, but she couldn't.
• And let's discuss Bentley-when she came prancing down the stairs, I was already looking for Marley. I asked her to help me find her sister, and she just walked off-even though she knew where she was. Not all hope is lost though because they have been playing together so well tonight, and Bentley was even putting her paw up on Marley's head.
• I met Grannymom this morning at Marshals to do some birthday shopping. It didn't take me long to fill up the cart and find things for my birthday. Grannymom and I then both walked over to Kroger to do some more shopping. I needed a few things for tomorrow night so it didn't take me long to fill my buggy.
• Later this afternoon, Campbell, Keaton, and I were going to meet Robby. I had asked Whitman if he wanted to go earlier, and he said no. When we were leaving though, I walked by and said, "we're leaving." Whitman jumped up and headed to the door. I asked if he had changed his mind, but he just heard me say "we are leaving" and assumed that meant him too. I asked again if he wanted to come, and he volunteered to stay with Marley.
• While we were gone, the big boys went to Nonna and Pops' house to work on their new tv and to move some furniture. That left Whitman and Reagan holding down the fort here.
• Keaton drove us to On the Border, and after we ate there, Keaton and Campbell left by themselves. They stopped off at Grannymom's house for a quick visit. Then they headed to Five Below and Marshalls-being able to drive places is going to get very expensive for Campbell!
• They made it home safely after their stops, but Robby and I ran some errands. We finished one set, and stopped at Sonic to get a drink. However, we opted to run into Kroger to take one more shop, but while we were there we were able go get drinks for Starbucks (hot chocolate for me and a lemonade for Robby) and go to the bathroom since it had been a while since we had stopped.
• Back at home, we have had a quiet, yet short, evening. Right now it is time to start heading to bed, but our two puppies are going strong!