Friday, December 21, 2007

Little Clothes & Life Saving Labs

Yesterday I ran out to do a bit of last minute Christmas shopping & decided to stop in at the Carter's outlet to look at all the little baby things. I just couldn't help myself...they had such adorable teeny tiny little baby clothes! So I bought a few things for the little varmit! I got some tiny little hangers at Wal-Mart & hung up the little outfits in the closet...it was sooo cute - all those little things hanging up. They are so tiny! I told Ryan to come & look in the closet too...it was just kindof fun looking at those little clothes hanging there & thinking about how tiny that little baby is going to be. I'm so excited to see that little baby!

So, for all of you guys out there that read my blog - you are in for a special treat! You are going to get a view of the closet with all the little clothes & if you look closely then you'll get a preview of what color we are buying! Ok, here goes:

Of course you all know how ornery I am...it could be a trick to make you think we are having one thing when we're really having the other! Ha ha! Guess you won't know for sure until I post it after Christmas!

Oh, so I had this crazy dream this morning. I woke up at 3 am (thankfully that hasn't been happening a lot lately) went potty, got a drink, let Kasey in to bed & lay there for awhile...I must have fallen back asleep at some point because I woke up at 5 am gasping for breath & coughing...scared the crap out of Ryan, who was sound asleep.

In my dream I was with some people at this pool & we were swimming & just having fun hanging out. The weird thing about the pool was that it was a saltwater pool. I had this watch on & noticed how corrosive the water was because it ruined the metal on my watch. So we got done swimming & got back on this big yacht to head back to the house. Next thing I know we have docked the boat in this really super nice boathouse & everyone else had taken the stuff from the boat & gone inside. Kasey & I were the only ones left on the boat & I was getting ready to help her off when I dropped my keys off the side of the boat. They fell over the railing to a little platform area off the front of the boat & you could see the bottom of the boat but there was water in between the bottom & the platform. I could tell that my keys were lying on the bottom (I remember seeing my Tiffany key ring & the remote to my Tahoe) & that if I stepped down there that I should be able to just pick them up out of the water without even getting my knees wet! So I straddled the railing and dropped down to the platform below while Kasey stood on deck watching me. As soon as I fell to the platform it broke away from the boat & started sinking into the water!

My heart was rushing & I was panicking & I just wanted to take a breath...I realized that the railing had formed a cage around me & the point of the platform from the front of the boat was pushing me faster & faster down down down into the depths of the ocean. I heard Kasey barking up on the deck & the thought came to my mind that everyone was already in the house & I was going to die down here. That made me freak even more & I tried to calm myself before I began gasping for air...I told myself, "don't panic, don't panic, you'll use more oxygen if you panic, don't breathe, slow down, calm down, wait for this thing to stop & then you can find a way out, the water can't be too deep here, don't panic, don't panic." I was wishing that I had on a dive mask & a regulator when the thing came to a stop & rested on the ocean floor. I opened my eyes & started looking for a way out but it was so hard to see with my contacts in & the salt was burning my eyes. Everything was blurry & I could only see the outlines of the railing that was trapping me inside. My lungs were starting to hurt & I was already desperate for air, the water was crushing in on me & I was frantic to find a way out...but I couldn't see any escape...my lungs were begging me for oxygen & just as I thought I was going to have to open my mouth & breathe I felt a grip on my arm & something pulling at me. It pulled me through a wide bent part of the railing & before I knew it we were swimming up up up toward the surface. I could see the light shining through the waves & the webbed feet pulsating through the surf & I recognized that otter-tail beating its rhythm next to me...we broke through the surface & I gasped for fresh air while my sweet life saving Lab held gently onto my arm. My precious little puppy dog had jumped from the boat, pulled me from the trap that had ensnared me & swam me to safety. She saved my life! I LOVE that dog!

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