*cough cough* Knocking off the cobwebs...

Knock knock... 

Cough cough - there's a lot of dust around here. 

So yeah hi! 

It's me Sami again... 

A lot may be wondering what I'm doing here again... 

Well life happens.  It's been almost 7 years since I last blogged.  Many may wonder why I chose to do it again. 

Primarily because I have a lot to say. 

I'm no longer in the trenches of trying to get pregnant. 

I'm firmly entrenched in my kids lives. 

I'm now a FNP and hubs is now my stay at home b*tch. 

Our original pups have been long gone.  

Ernie died about 5 years ago... 

Lola at the height of the COVID pandemic. 

Fred the geriatric cat died this year... 

We now have a cast of characters named... 

Winter - a white german shepherd poodle mix

Heidi - a Weimaraner from the same breeder who gave us Meg and the pups. 

Artax "Artie" - a black dachshund/stratfordshire terrier mix

and 

Wally the cat with his murder mittens... 

Nana is still around.  She has dementia.  I'll talk a lot about that. 

Squeaker is almost 15. 

Peanut just turned 11. 

Moose is 6 going on 7. 

Boy do I have stories.  

I realized I still have some anonymity and can post stuff on here that many in real life don't know about and I haven't figured out how to do that anonymously on the book of Face or twitter... 

So here I am.  

I'm working 40+ hours a week with a long commute... 

I miss the social aspect of all of you. 

I have lots to say... about life. About living with 3 kids, 3 dogs, a cat, a mom with dementia and a new stay at home husband... and getting it out is probably going to be the way I get through it all. 

Life is hard.  I don't say that lightly.  It is.  

So stay tuned.  I have charts to close, but I'm dabbling in jumping back in.