Tragedy Strikes!!

Today was a very very sad day :( I was out walking Brody down by the river like I always do and to try to convince him to come into the water I had walked in to up to my knees almost. He actually came in to come to me!! I was so excited that I pulled my phone out to take a picture (Forgetting that I am knee deep in river water) Of course!! I drop the phone into the water and now.... NOTHING! Just turns on to a white screen! This is horrid! So know I have no phone numbers... NOTHING! So if anybody wants to give me their number that would be great. AND since it is Memorial Day Weekend I don't think I can get another phone till Tuesday at the earliest.

Isn't it just tragic!!

Trip Home

Holy Cow!

I hadn't realized how long it has been since I last posted. Time is just flying by right now! I am taking summer school and also working so my days are busy busy busy.

I wish I could be more like Brody!


Here he is just lounging in the sunlight. He loves to find the spot of sun and take naps in it.

So a little bit ago I managed to find time to go home and visit the fam and also attend Auntie Jo Ann's funeral. It was so an extremely nice funeral and I know she would have loved it. Especially with all the family together.


Here are some of the cousins playing Tile Rummy of course!! I played the game earlier in the night and of course I won :)

Another special thing was that Jo Ann wanted all of us to have one of her rings to always remember her by.


This one is Turqiouse and always makes me think of both her and Grandma Roma because of hom much they both loved and wore turquiose. I found a picture of Jo with me at my High School graduation and by looking really close I can see this ring on her finger.

So that is just a little update for now. Hopefully I won't wait anywhere near as long to post again!!

Bowling

Next year Mike wants me to be on his leauge for bowling. I am not too worried because he has been teaching me and my average is up to 110. To get ready for this fun event he is going to buy me a ball and shoes. So far this is the ball and shoes that I have picked out but am not positive for sure.




Any input would be great :) Or if you just so happen to see something else way cool that you think would be great for me

Picking My Battles

So here I am with a final tonight on the fetal pig and all the organs and muscles and bones and glands and all the other good stuff. I have been studying off and on and have finally decided that I was avoiding studying TOO much when Cindy and I actually decided to do this to Brody instead of study.


He didn't mind at all and never even tried to chew it off! However, this was definately one of those times that I was picking my battle with Mike. Lets just say that he is not the hugest fan of me painting our dog's fingernails pink. I thought it was very dashing, Mike didn't quite agree

Toys and Tubs

So not too much has been going on. Still working at Safeway, dating Mike and taking tons of pictures of Brody. So things here are pretty normal.

I have discovered a great new toy for Brody that he LOVES! I give him the empty peanut butter jar and let him lick the rest out. Keeps him quite entertained :)


Last Sunday Mike and I took Brody out on a walk down by the river. Of course we forgot the camera for all of that fun, but did not forget it to take pictures of his fabulous bath he got afterwards. He was very muddy and needed it badly!


He really does NOT like water and does NOT want to take a bath! He even avoids puddles on the sidewalk!


Mike tries to tell him everything is ok, but he doesn't really want to listen. One day I am hoping he will like baths.

Puppy Kindegarten

Today was the second day of Puppy Kindegarten for Brody. There are lots of crazy puppies and lots of not so crazy one there that he gets to play with. Half of the hour long session is play time and the other half is lessons where I learn how to train him. He gets TONS of treats at these times. Today he even got a big piece of rawhide to take home!

And if you didn't notice in that first picture, here is another one to point out how HUGE his ears are getting! Whenever he puts his head down they drag on the ground, which is so cute!

Oh No!

Uh-oh!! I have discovered an allergy of mine and its horrible! I am allerigc to the handwashing soap back inthe deli! My arms are bright red up to about an inch from my elbow since that is as far as I scrub every day. And since I have to scrub TONS every day, its just getting worse. Another girl I work with is also allergic and so now I am doing what she is, taking a bunch of Benadryl everyday that I work. I tried to take a picture to show you the fun redness, but it was just washing out. So yeah, bright red, chapped and itchy arms. not much fun :(

Since I couldn't get a picture of that, instead I will show you another picture of Brody! Surprise!!


This is Brody with his little stuffed duck. He LOVES this thing! I love playing fetch with this for two reasons. 1) He is looks sooooo cute carrying it around and 2) he 99% of the time brings it back! Which makes fetch TONS easier!