'Til we meet again...

Champion Con-Te Patent Pending, CGC
February 23, 1999 - August 27, 2009
"SONNY"

We said goodbye to Sonny just four days short days after his ten and a half month birthday...and directly on my birthday. His legs and his spirit finally gave out on him after a short fight with who knows what. A trip to the emergency clinic that Sunday had shown that he had all of sudden lost all reflexes below his spine. Despite medication after medication in that short period of time, we only had a few days left together. I hand fed him the night before - he ate all he could before finally giving up and turning his head away. A mere cup of food. Thirty minutes to eat. The next morning he collapsed in the yard while trying to stand up (after we carried him outside) and he never even tried to lift his head. He raised it just enough to grab a piece of cheese we had taken out to try and encourage him, but that was it.

Took him in to see Doc at 9am before any of the other clients would begin arriving. Robby had carried him out to the truck and then carried him inside to Doc's...Sonny acted like a bag of potatoes. We layed him on the table and talked to him. Didn't take long for that evil hot-pink solution to take effect. I think I layed on top of him for thirty minutes afterwards just holding him and crying into his fur.

Tell Tim hello and I'll see you over the bridge in the future.

Take a bow...

Uppppdate!

I didn't realize it has been so long since I posted!

Not much has gone on except staying busy at work and getting ready for school to start Monday. Beginning this coming week, I'll be working four-10 hour days at work so I'll get three days off to rest and do school work.

The latest, greatest news though is that I am now an Independent Consultant for Scentsy! I'm super excited. Finally a product I have no problems promoting. It's super-great for homes with kids and pets...or for anyone who hates matches (me!!) My website is www.scentsy.com/nomatches - you can order straight from there!

Sunday = Fun Day!

We slept in this morning and then decided to go ahead and run to the grocery store before the afternoon and evening crowds hit.

Bad idea walking down the toy aisles at Wally-World...we each got a 50 cent kite, lol.

Fast forward to this evening and we played frisbee in the backyard for a bit before heading out to the front to fly our kites. I had one that was "Clubhouse Disney" - with Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy in a hot air balloon....and Robby's was the Blue Angels. We had almost every little kid on this block standing at the edge of their driveways watching the kites and begging their parents to go fly one, lol. Poor kiddos.

A couple times ours would go up over the house enough for Skye to see them and start barking - it was kinda cute.

Off again tomorrow, yippee!

Ex-Pen Full of Dogs

Robby let everyone in last night while I was at work and decided to let them all corral in the ex-pen for a bit. He took some pics, so here they are...!

Everyone trying to find a spot to lay down...(and Lexi giving Sonny kisses, awww)
Well, everyone but Cloud!

The "Princess" (Skye) gets let out and Cloud finally settles into a spot.

Almost the weekend...

I close tonight with Lindsey -- those nights are always fun. We have productive conversations. Hopefully we can discuss some issues I'm having with a co-worker, though. We'll see how it all pans out.

Dogs are doing awesome -- we've been letting Cloud stay out at night and aside from him nudging us at first, he finally lays down at the foot of the bed to go to sleep. Lexi and Rainy are still in the ex-pen together - they're always laying the same way, it's so funny. I woke up this morning to them wrestling around and playing with the kong...they moved the ex-pen around a little bit, lol.

I got one textbook in the mail yesterday. I've been finding them on Ebay - sooo much cheaper! Just ready for classes to start up.

Sitting here listening to the rain...left the dogs out in it. haha. Sonny loves it, but the others...not so much -- they stay huddled under the trees usually. But, our trees are so thick right now, there's hardly a drop of water underneath them.

and more...

So, I finished looking at my Humanities class to see what we'd be covering.

Yep....

First two weeks - three chapters
Second two weeks - SIX!!!! chapters
Third two weeks - four chapters
Fourth two weeks - four chapters

Yikes.

I love upper level courses.
I love upper level courses.
I love upper level courses.

O....M....G....

So. School starts August 24th. Take note (especially mom and dad, lol!)

Just started looking at the assignments that I will be doing for my first set of classes. Yea. lol - I'm in for it.

Here's just a glimpse....

My leadership class:
First two weeks - cover three chapters (read, quizzes, discussion, part one of course project.)
Second two weeks - cover four chapters (read, quizzes, discussion, part two....)
Third two weeks - cover FIVE chapters (you get the idea...part three...)
Fourth two weeks - cover three chapters (done.)

And it gets worse in my humanities class...

So far, I know I will have to write two 5-page essays every two weeks. Holy #@*)(*

I think I'm going to live on my computer and with my nose in a book.

Who knows what to expect the second half of the semester -- those classes haven't posted yet.

Work...school...sleep...
Work...school...sleep...

It's Saturday...yay!

Finally a day off...and just in time. Work has been absolutely horribly busy. That's a good thing, yes - but exhausting! Plus, auction is Monday...ooooh yay....hah.

The dogs are all doing well - Lexi and Rainy are liking staying in the ex pen together. Cloud got some free time in the bedroom with everyone else last night. We were going to leave him out, but he was so excited he kept going from one side of the bed to the other and nudging Robby and me with his huge nose! So, we put him up so we could get some sleep. I think we'll try again tonight.

Been staying out each night and throwing the frisbee around til dark. It's fun - the dogs just go off and do their own thing (except Lexi...she lays in front of us and waits for her ball to be thrown every so often.) There's a few times they get in the way and end up body blocking a frisbee throw, except not on purpose!

JAC is this weekend -- not sure if I want to go or not. Still trying to decide...