tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post3761580225233790153..comments2023-09-22T07:36:02.136-05:00Comments on Krista Phillips - Author: Simplifying Me: The Easy StuffKrista Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772828583379163612noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-55371588873762245822012-04-19T13:32:09.117-05:002012-04-19T13:32:09.117-05:00Vicky,
I too am disappointed in you as well....hu...Vicky,<br /><br />I too am disappointed in you as well....humans always take precedent over animals. We all have a choice to make when it comes to our 4-legged friends and when our 4-legged friends create a dangerous environment for our children, we have to make tough decisions. Choosing to put an animal over the life of her child, would be a poor decision. If you can't recognize that, then you need to spend more time with humans. We too had to make a tough decision regarding a rescue dog several years ago. The dog, Ginger, was beautiful and well behaved for me. But when I wasn't home she would attack my children. She bit my daughter over her eye one day. My husband was home with the children and the dog. We took her back to the shelter that we got her from. While there, the folks at the shelter had the same attitude towards me as you do towards Krista....that is, until the dog tried to bite her as well. Then she realized that it wasn't because we wouldn't or couldn't take care of the dog. We now have a rescue dog that has been with our family for 7 years. We love her, she is the perfect dog for our family. Ginger however wasn't. Krista made the right decision.<br /><br />MarciMarci Owens McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473335286608579396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-61744119761166136902012-04-19T13:16:59.986-05:002012-04-19T13:16:59.986-05:00I'm so sorry that you had to give up your dog,...I'm so sorry that you had to give up your dog, but you made the right decision. As much as you loved the dog, the dog is not more important than your child. With the change in the weather and all the creatures out and about again, you were out of time. We'll pray the dog gets adopted by the right family. <br /><br />Glad to hear you're finding so many ways to de-stress your life where you can. Blessings,Karen EveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-32408428359130834952012-04-19T13:08:42.297-05:002012-04-19T13:08:42.297-05:00I love that you aren't afraid to admit that yo...I love that you aren't afraid to admit that you are overwhelmed at times. I am a mommy of four and there are times that I want to completely break down from just the overload of things that need to be done. It makes me feel like a complete faliure. When I read your blog I see that I am not the only one that feels that way sometimes and it makes my day a little brighter and I thank you for that:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-10909172329532343912012-04-19T12:42:54.012-05:002012-04-19T12:42:54.012-05:00I love to read this blog. Yay for simplifying your...I love to read this blog. Yay for simplifying your life! You need that!<br />And I so understand your decision to take your lovely dog to a shelter. I know how much work a dog can be ... and especially when you have to deal with a child who needs lots of care you just don't have that time.<br />Hugs to all of you!!Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15132528735370958917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-24934817726554710622012-04-19T11:30:13.380-05:002012-04-19T11:30:13.380-05:00Yo Vicky. Wow. My baby sister has about a million ...Yo Vicky. Wow. My baby sister has about a million things going on and you think it wise to post your selfish little comment. People who value animals over humans never cease to amaze me.<br /><br />This was a REALLY hard decision for this precious family. Your lack of HUMAN compassion is saddening.<br /><br />Good luck with that.<br /><br />-Kari LeonardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-18505930063220981682012-04-19T07:23:17.947-05:002012-04-19T07:23:17.947-05:00For the record, I don't believe they are dispo...For the record, I don't believe they are disposable. If it would have come down to "I don't have time to take care of a dog" I couldn't have let her go for just that. My family is heart-broken over it.<br /><br />For the health of my daughter, which is the point which we were at, yeah, my daughter's life DID have to take priority over our dog, as much as it hurt my heart to do it.<br /><br />If she'd been the easiest dog in the world to take care of, and she'd still been bringing dead animals that could carry deadly germs into our house, we still would have had to make this tough decision.<br /><br />I'm sorry this is a disappointment for you, and it makes you think less of me. Unfortunately, I had to make the decision that was right for my family, regardless of those who might end up thinking less of me as a person.Krista Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10772828583379163612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-38068857825168630622012-04-19T06:23:46.999-05:002012-04-19T06:23:46.999-05:00It's so disappointing to see yet another perso...It's so disappointing to see yet another person think that animals are disposable.<br /><br />I'm done here. Have a good life.Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750989956791488462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-60949383743723821942012-04-18T19:45:13.512-05:002012-04-18T19:45:13.512-05:00Krista- Your blog keeps me sane, because your hone...Krista- Your blog keeps me sane, because your honest reflections manage to verbalize some of the things I am thinking. Don't beat yourself up about the dog, our much loved eating-us-out-of-house-and-home bunny had to move on, too. If anyone gives you grief, give them the address of the shelter and they can go get the dog! Thank you for the great ideas, I'm attempting to write down my list tonight so that I too can slash & burn! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-16128044455001560392012-04-18T18:50:40.921-05:002012-04-18T18:50:40.921-05:00Thank you for this post, Krista. It resinates wit...Thank you for this post, Krista. It resinates with me, as I am also trying to eliminate a few stresses in my life. I'm in the middle of a not-so-kind-to Mommy-but-so-far-healthy-baby pregnancy and I do not want to risk anything on losing this one!(Plus I have a seven year old son with ADHD and autism, which is fun in and of itself!) It has felt that people were not understanding of this and trying to pull me in all sorts of different ways. In fact, today, I finally said enough was enough with the religious education classes and told my director that I cannot do this anymore. What a relief this brought to me. There are other things I am slowly cutting out as well, but baby steps, baby steps.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287890951624330849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-85727656124212426172012-04-18T18:08:09.384-05:002012-04-18T18:08:09.384-05:00Oh Krista, I love, love, love this because I can j...Oh Krista, I love, love, love this because I can just sense the stress rolling off of you through this post.<br /><br />You know about the decision I made recently to simplify my life. Not always easy but necessary.Sarah Forgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101753891967001104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-73666792496932387542012-04-18T13:37:15.153-05:002012-04-18T13:37:15.153-05:00YEAH for a new house!!!!!! SO SO SO excited for yo...YEAH for a new house!!!!!! SO SO SO excited for you, my friend!<br /><br />We thought/tried to make Emma an outside dog. Yeah, it didn't work. She would howl ALL the time and when in a neighborhood... that just wasn't okay! I had constant fears that the neighbors thought we were beating her or something, because it sounded like she was being hurt! <br /><br />Getting rid of stuff is huge. I find myself thinking, "Well, Annabelle will use that in a few years..." but now I'm thinking: Annabelle is going to have birthdays and Christmas to get her OWN stuff. While hand-me-down clothes are necessary, I just don't have room to store 4 years worth of toys and other stuff. SO, we are weeding out what the older girls don't play with and selling that too. Because Annabelle won't need ALL of that anyway, HA! And she deserves to have some toys of her own in a few years:-)Krista Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10772828583379163612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-43299105538927277202012-04-18T13:27:41.221-05:002012-04-18T13:27:41.221-05:00I'm going through the same kind of season you ...I'm going through the same kind of season you are, KP. My house looks like a hoarder lives here. When Wade and I got married, we just sort of dumped two households together, then came Jackson/Parker/Simon BOOMBOOMBOOM, and with them, 27 months of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (and you KNOW how productive that makes me) and new baby-ness. Now that Simon is almost two, and I know he's my last one, (sniff sniff) I HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO find some peace and sanity around here. Oh, and by the way, we made an offer on a house and just found out about three hours ago that it was accepted, so now I'm going to be moving on top of all of this other stuff. I graduate May 12, so I'm just trying to get through the mountain of schoolwork I have until then and not even think about the move. (It's only six or eight miles away, but it's more land and a bigger house for an AMAZING price.) AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! Can you tell I'm stressed? So anyway, I have to get this house cleaned out and get rid of everything that we don't absolutely LOVE and can use RIGHT NOW, not sometime in the future.<br /><br />Don't beat yourself up about the dog. I had to make the decision to make our dog be an outside dog because the hair was making me crazy. (Literally. Like I was freaking out about dog hair EVERYWHERE.)<br /><br />You're a wonderful person, a spectacular mother, and I love you bunches!Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807404107561910704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-3391535284773607572012-04-18T10:32:35.278-05:002012-04-18T10:32:35.278-05:00Krista,
I love the idea for this series. This is ...Krista,<br /><br />I love the idea for this series. This is something God's working on in my own life. I've been reading Simple Wisdom, sent to me by an online friend and the Lord has been using that book to speak to me about this. And then your blog this morning.Julia M. Reffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11979214959063965164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-46274143007712534182012-04-18T09:45:40.369-05:002012-04-18T09:45:40.369-05:00Krissy! I love your whole idea of "simplifyi...Krissy! I love your whole idea of "simplifying me". I have been thinking a lot lately of how quickly life can get out of hand and overwhelming (and I don't have 1/2 the crap you have). Sometimes I think about Mom and all her work stuff....Jami and her balance of work/family/school...man. Life can get hectic really darn quick! I can feel a tug at my heart to not let my life slip away from me and get out of control. I've been thinking a lot lately about lists and priorities and values...your "simplifying me" blog posts are amazing encouregment! I love you Krista! You are bogged down with a million and one things and yet God still is able to use you to reach out to other people! You are my baby sister hero! (ps: I'll still beat you up....mwahahaha!) Love you tons!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-52030123331092120852012-04-18T09:39:30.861-05:002012-04-18T09:39:30.861-05:00OH! ANOTHER little thing I JUST did!
I walked in...OH! ANOTHER little thing I JUST did! <br /><br />I walked into the kitchen and noticed, hanging beside the cabinets... was a calendar.<br /><br />A 2010 calendar.<br /><br />And a clock. WHich hasn't worked in I don't know how long.<br /><br />Unneeded clock (what microwaves are for) and 2 year ago calendar are now GONE!<br /><br />CHECK!Krista Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10772828583379163612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-27187686930305873842012-04-18T09:34:33.869-05:002012-04-18T09:34:33.869-05:00*sigh* It was hard... hardest though to see my eld...*sigh* It was hard... hardest though to see my eldest so heartbroken. She's doing better though... already researching dogs that she wants to get when Annabelle is older and we can have one again! <br /><br />Oh... we so do not have cable. Well, we have cable internet, and it makes the few channels we have not come in fuzzy on the TV, but that's it, ha!<br /><br />And really, just the few changes we made have helped a little already. Hoping to keep the momentum going!Krista Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10772828583379163612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-3510661226117121772012-04-18T09:29:19.556-05:002012-04-18T09:29:19.556-05:00Hang in there, my friend. This is awesome progress...Hang in there, my friend. This is awesome progress, although I KNOW how hard giving up the dog was. I went through the de-stressing process during my divorce (dog one, a car, etc), then again when I freelanced for five years (amazing how much time I found for stuff when I turned off cable). This will lighten YOU as well as your life.Ramona Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984501900647123844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-30509675023756392212012-04-18T09:10:45.104-05:002012-04-18T09:10:45.104-05:00Actually, I'm a list person too!!! But... the ...Actually, I'm a list person too!!! But... the last time I made a list, it was like 2 pages long and counting and about gave me a panic attack looking at it. I'll make a list again... when I get more of the "easy" stuff done so my list isn't quite so monstrous, therefore the list will be HELPFUL and not overwhelming.<br /><br />Maybe I just need to make an "easy stuff" list... forget the big huge things that linger out there, but just of the "check it off the list" kinda things that I can do quickly and be done with them.<br /><br />Hmmmmm....Krista Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10772828583379163612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-58565541796946043782012-04-18T08:37:30.219-05:002012-04-18T08:37:30.219-05:00I know just what you mean. I am the same way. Onl...I know just what you mean. I am the same way. Only I keep lists. Actual lists. And cross off the items as I do them. It feels so good to be able to finally cross off something that has been on the list forever. And I agree that sometimes the little things add up into big things. Dealing with little things can be a relief to your soul. And try not to beat yourself up about the dog. You are right -- your family comes first. I can imagine how you feel, but you have to make decisions that benefit your family. Keep up the good work, and hang in there!<br /><br />Linda -- Wichita, KSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com