Bullet Points

OK - it's Qtr End so time for a bullet point blog!

Me -

• Spent 5 hours today trying to balance AP!  I have numbers bouncing around in my head.  Have you ever tried to search for a reason why something is out of balance and you get so many lists going that by the time you think you know what's wrong you don't know how you got there! Kinda hard to back up your entry if you don't know how you got there!
• Made the bus today Yay - forgot my lunch Boo.  Decided on a sandwich from Jimmy Johns for lunch Yay! - they were out of the 7 Grain bread I love Boo. Got to the Bus Tunnel right when my bus did for the ride home Yay - the bus stalled at the next stop and we were stuck for 5 minutes (it gets very stuffy in the tunnel) Boo.  
• I have woken up the last few nights at 2 in the morning with a headache - yup, bad enough that it woke me up.  Not sure if it is allergies, the tooth I had worked on last week, or if the headaches are back.  Hint - Buy Stock in Advil!!!

Chrissy (Houdini) -

• Figured out how to get out of the newest configuration of the pen panels today!  L got up after I left and Miss Chrissy was out and walking around!  I think she may have a bit of Houdini and a bit of Tigger in her!
• She seems to be feeling better - over her bout of upset tummy from the weekend.  Never did slow her down though.
• Chrissy met up with a real Squirrley yesterday!  She ran after it and it went up a tree and boy was it upset!  I have never heard a squirrel chatter so much and so loud!  If I knew squirrel language I probably wouldn't be able to repeat what it said!  

L -

• She says she is feeling better - her eyes aren't as puffy so she must not be crying as much.  
• She has been spending a lot of time with one of her old friends - I am sure she is not just smoking regular cigs with him.  Not real happy about that - as far as I know though she has not done any of that in the house.
• She did not get the job at the warehouse she interviewed at last week.  When she called them they just gave her the same answer of - they interviewed a lot of people and there were more qualified candidates.  I feel bad for her - I think though that she may need to lower her sites and start applying to fast food places.
• She has been very consistent with giving me half of her unemployment each week to save for her.  I am going to open a savings account in my name to hold on to it for her.

I am watching SYTYCD right now - last week I thought they sent home the wrong person - they kept the tap dancer whom I don't think is that good but Nigel loves the tappers.  On tonight's show after the tapper was done with this weeks dance, two of the judges admitted that they had looked at the tapes form last week and that along with how she performed tonight they also think they sent the wrong person home last week!  I need to be a judge on this show!

Drama

Sounds like drama is starting . . . . . . L is in her room on the phone with E and she is crying.  E got into an argument with his Dad on Thursday and his Dad told him to leave.  He was able to stay with a friend that night and then his brother for the last 2 nights.  He has nowhere to stay now and has been saying to L that he should just leave the state or join the Army.  He told her on the phone this morning that he can't be in a relationship right now because he needs to figure things out.

Well . . . . she just came out of her room and he did break up with her over the phone.  She is very upset.  I feel bad for her.  I can see where he's coming from . . they are both young - he is homeless right now - he doesn't need to be worrying about her while he's trying to figure things out.

Am I a bad Mom - my first thought was "Oh Crap . . . does this mean she won't be out in 2 months!"

Update later -

De

**9:28  Update**  

L is still pretty upset - she has been calling and talking to all her old friends - makes me nervous.  She has been out with one for a couple of hours now - I sure hope she's not drowning her sorrows with old bad habits. 

Puppy = Baby

Having a puppy is just like having a baby - when they learn something new you get excited - when they do something cute you laugh - when they aren't feeling well you feel helpless.  Chrissy was not feeling well during the night last night.  I was woken up at midnight last night to the most nasty smell - Chrissy had diarrhea in her crate - she had moved her bedding out of the way so at least clean up was fairly easy - took the top off the crate and rinsed it out in the tub.  I then rinsed off the pup in the sink - grabbed a beach towel to use for her bed and put the crate all back together.  We both went back to sleep - until 500 when I woke up to her crying in her crate.  I got up with her - pulled on some sweats and took her outside - where she had more diarrhea and also threw up.  Poor baby must have eaten something that did not sit well in her belly at all.  She went back to sleep in her crate until 900.  She hasn't been sick since and has been acting like a normal hyper pup - hopefully whatever she ate has made it's way through her system.  She is now curled up in her crate sound asleep - and just like a baby she needs me in the room so she can sleep.  I put her in the crate and went out to the living room to close up - she started barking and whining - she stopped as soon as I got on the bed and she fluffed up her towel and is now sound asleep.

L has been away from the house all day - she went in to Seattle to meet up with some friends and hangout - she texted me around 3 letting me know she was going to stay at Bri's house tonight.  Do I believe that - not really.  I'm sure she is with Bri but I have no delusions of her having a "sleepover" at Bri's house.  I'm sure she is doing things I do not want to know about.  It did make it nice and relaxing around here! 

Plan is to try and get some chores done tomorrow.  I have found that I have a hard time doing chores because I am always wondering what Chrissy is getting in to - she loves to chew on everything!  I need a Puppy Bjorn so I can just carry her around and do my chores! 

Good Night ~

De

It's Chrissy

I'm 6 months old today!  What a life I have had so far - I've lived in a kennel - gone on car rides - been on a plane - gone from warm Texas to rainy Washington!  What I remember most about Texas is it was warm and for one day I got to be in a house with my new friends Kara, Bailey, Emma, Lexi, and Tess - Tess and Lexi didn't really like me that much but that was OK - Miss Kara took me under her paw and showed me where the toys were.  After my day there I went on a plane ride and landed in this cold place they call Washington.  I have been here for over a month now and I think I like it!

I like Buffy and Niki - Buffy plays with me and has taught me how to jump up on top of my crate, up and over the couch, up and over the baby gates, and up on to the bed - i like jumping!  Buffy and I like to chase each other - wrestle and growl.  Niki doesn't play with me much but she has started to come close and let me lick her face.

I like to go on walks - We first go to this one patch of grass and Mom says go potty then says Good Chrissy!  We then walk down to the other end of the building and I like to sniff around Muppet's favorite bush.  This morning when we went for a walk I found the most interesting smell - I buried my nose in it and loved it so much that I rolled around where the smell was and rubbed my back and face in it.  Mom went "Ewwww - Chrissy No!"  I just looked at her with my "what" face.  I don't understand why she didn't like the wonderful smell and the goeyness of the dead slug!  When we got inside I had to have a quick bath - I don't see the difference between a regular bath and a quick bath - either way I get wet in the sink, soaped up, and wet again.  I look like a drowned rat when I'm wet - you can't really see my fur you just see my skin - yuck!

I used to have to stay in the kitchen all day when Mom went to work - she has put together quite the contraption to keep me in there - I will figure out how to get out though one of these days!  Anyways - the last couple of days Sissy has let me out in the afternoon to go for a walk and run around the house - Mom says it nice cuz then I'm not "hyper" when she gets home - I'm not hyper - I just get puppycited!!

I have a basket full of toys - every night Mom and Sissy put the toys in the basket and I take them back out!  I just like to make sure they're all still there!  May favorite toy is squirrly - I carry her around and hide her in safe places - sometimes I forget where and Mom finds them when she moves things!!  

I heard Mom say TGIF!  That means I don't have to go in the kitchen tomorrow!  Yay!!  I wonder what we'll do tomorrow!  I hope we get to go out the sliding glass door.  Mom took me out there last night after Sissy finished putting up chicken wire - they said it was so I wouldn't slip through the railings and fall to the ground.  There were some cool smells out there - the cats go out there - and Mom sits out there too.  That's pretty cool!

It's getting close to my bed time - I need to start rounding up Mom and letting her know we need to go to the bedroom.  I don't sleep in the bed with Mom I like to sleep in my crate - it's like being in my own little room.  Besides - the cats kinda take up a lot of room on that bed!  I don't want to share my sleeping space with the cats.

Night -

Chrissy

Dentist

This morning I got to go to the one place everybody loves . . . . . . the Dentist!!  Don't we all just love going there.  I went in to have a crown replaced . . tooth #5 on the upper right . . last year when I went in for another tooth issue Dr Brandon said that the #5 tooth was next on the list because there was some decay under the crown there and we didn't want it to turn into a tooth extraction like the one I was in there to see him about.  So I decided to go in and have that work done.  I get settled in the chair - the dental assistant puts the numbing gel by the tooth and we wait.  When Dr Brandon got there and took a look he seemed puzzled . . he looked at my tooth . . looked at the x-rays that they took last time . . went back to the tooth. . they discussed his notes from the last appointment.  He couldn't figure out why that tooth was at the top of the list!!  He didn't see anything wrong with it!!  He had a new set of x-rays taken and then made the decision that they should actually work on a different tooth that was suddenly so bad it was moved to the top of the list.  OK . .What?!?!  The tooth they decided was suddenly urgent has been on the list for 3 years and was always at the bottom . . once I had other issues taken care of we would get to that tooth . . . how is it that it was suddenly so bad . . how is it that the tooth that was on the top of the list was suddenly OK.  I am confused!  Was there ever anything wrong with the front right?  Or were they just trying to get my money?  I had just gone through a very painful tooth extraction when they said I needed to get the upper right one taken care of right away or else it would end up just like that one.  A year later . . . . . nothing wrong with it?!?!

Well, they went ahead and worked on the other tooth - the back molar on the lower right.  That is a very tough tooth to get to.  The Novocaine shots were horrible - They had to put Novocaine in the gums around the tooth, under the tongue, and then in the hinge of my jaw . . . that one felt like it was reaching all the way through and in to my ear canal!!  I thought I was going to scream . . . . when he was done I had tears rolling out of my eyes and down the side of my face.  I haven't pain like that before.  The rest of the process wasn't too bad - i couldn't feel the drilling - the worst part (after the shots) was Dr Brandon trying to reach the back of the tooth - my mouth was open so wide and they had to keep pulling my tongue out of the way.  

Once I was done at the dentist it was time to head back to work.  My tongue felt like it was three inches thick!  When the Novocaine started to wear off I became painfully aware that I had bitten my tongue!  Owwwww!!!  I took 4 ibuprofen earlier and I just now took a vicodin . . . . man I hope it works!  Very Very painful right now!!

OK - I'm going to go take Chrissy out for a short walk.  Oh . . and my Neapolitan Cake was a hit at work today! :-)

De

I Have Internet

Wow - 2nd night in a row that my Internet is actually working!!  Knock on wood!

Today was a very interesting day - a member of our lunch crew is at Swedish Hospital this week for some testing so we decided to take a field trip and go visit him.  This required taking the #3 bus - we had to pick it up on 3rd & Pine which is kitty corner from the Gangland McDonalds - as the bus travelled down 3rd we picked up more and more interesting people - some of which really needed to take a shower!  I have been very sheltered in my bus experiences - the commuter bus from the Plateau doesn't really let you see the different parts of the Seattle culture - the inner city routes really give you a different perspective.  We made it to Swedish Cherry Hill and found our way to R's room.  He is there so they can monitor him as they try to induce his seizures so they can map which parts of his brain are affected - this is a precursor to him having brain surgery.  They are trying to induce it by sleep deprivation - he is only allowed 4 hours of sleep a night.  Someone from his family has to be there to monitor him and make sure he doesn't sleep.  When we visited he hadn't yet had a seizure - which wasn't good.  Tonight though - he posted on his facebook that he had a Grand Mal seizure.  Not sure if this means he can sleep now or not.  Hopefully he gets some good drugs too 'cuz he posted that he pulled a muscle in his back during the seizure and it hurts to breathe.

I came home tonight to a clean kitchen!  Thank You L!!  I asked her to clean it for me because I needed to come home and bake a cake tonight.  She really stepped it up - the kitchen looked spectacular!  I was able to have room to do my baking.  New Recipe - Neapolitan Pound Cake!  I hope it turns out!  I always worry when I make something for the first time - I would hate for it to turn out nasty and have people spitting it out! L asked if we could just take a small slice out of it tonight to taste and make sure it tastes OK.  We might just have to do that.  I will let you know how it turned out. 

De

Can We Call It A Week

Oh Mylanta!  This has been a day.  I missed my bus this morning . . . . . I forgot to put the pork loin in the crock pot . . . . . My Kindle battery died . . . . . . a quick trip to pick L up from E's turned into a 2 hour long ordeal so I didn't get home until 9!  Poor little Chrissy had been in the kitchen since 8 this morning.

I certainly couldn't go to bed as soon as I got home because Chrissy needed to go outside and then run around - burn off some puppy energy.  So now I am up past my bedtime - hope I don't oversleep and miss my bus again tomorrow!

I am still having major Internet issues - I think it has to do with L being plugged directly in to the router . . . it works fine for awhile but when she is playing WOW it will keep kicking me off - which gets frustrating because the way I unwind when I get home is to surf the net a little and play some games.  She is out with a friend right now so I am able to be on with no issues!

L had an interview today . . . . keep your fingers crossed . . . . would be nice for her to get a steady job.

OK - while I'm thinking about it I am going to go find the charger for my Kindle and get it plugged in so I can read on the bus tomorrow.

De

Curls, L, and a Current Event

Curls . . . . . I have curls!!!!!  Yup - got a perm yesterday.  My regular stylist couldn't do - Bonnie is pregnant and just couldn't handle the smell right now - so she sent me to her friend Jan.  Bonnie gave Jan the perm she usually uses on me and told her which color rods to use.  Bonnie's not a fan of me wearing my hair curly so she usually will just give me bigger curls for body - but . . . seeing as she wasn't doing it I was able to get Jan to give me smaller curls!!  Yay!!  I can scrunch and go on those mornings that I just want to sleep for 15 more minutes!!  I am a happy happy camper!

L seems to be doing better today . . . . she got a voicemail from her Uncle Chris and a call from her dad. They both explained to her what happened . . . . she let them know that she wasn't mad about them not getting her a ticket to NC . . she was mad that no one had called her and let her know what was going on.  Apparently Chris thought Alan was talking to L and Alan thought Chris was . . . . great communication skills all around! :-P

Now - the topic I was going to write about before the L situation came up . . . . not sure how many of you have seen this on the news but a week ago there was another altercation involving the Seattle Police Department.  In an area where jaywalking is a huge problem there was a policeman who was ticketing people . . . . one girl started resisting and so was getting arrested . . .her friend decided she needed to step in and started pushing the policeman, grabbing his arm, and trying to get him away from her friend.  The cop ended up punching the girl in the face and then arresting her.  Of course, someone got the whole thing on video and sold it to a news station - King 5 - who only showed the portion of the video  that had the cop punching the girl.  The headline was . . . Cop Punches Girl . . . . nothing about the girls resisting arrest or pushing around the cop trying to get in the way of him doing his job.  Most of the discussion was about whether the cop should have hit a girl . . . . you've got to be kidding me!  If someone is resisting arrest or getting in the way of a cop doing his job then the cop should be able to do whatever is necessary - no matter whether the person is a guy or a gal.  A day or so later the conversation turned to it being racist . . yes . . the cop was white and the girls were black.  This of course became the topic once the video went viral . . . the Today Show, Good Morning America, and The Early Show all had people on to talk about it . . . no one talked about what the girls had done they all were ready to string up the cop for hitting a girl . . then the Rev Al Sharpton got involved saying that it never would have happened if the girls were white.  I have come to the conclusion that Al Sharpton thinks everything is race related . . . if it wasn't he would be out of a job . . no one would ever have him on TV to talk about these situations.  If you look at the polls in the local media most everyone believes the cop was justified and this had nothing to do with race.  So where is Sharpton getting his information . . I don't think he even came out this way and talked to anyone involved in the skirmish . . he just saw the few seconds of video that were on the TV and jumped to conclusions that would get him on TV.  I get so fed up with everything being turned in to a race issue . . . . isn't thinking that a white cop would only be aggressive towards a black person racist? 

I believe that the cop was justified, that it shouldn't matter that the person resisting arrest was a girl, and that race had nothing to do with it.

De

They've Done It Again

My heart is hurting for L. The H side of her family has done it again. Months and Months ago her Uncle Chris had told her he would get her a ticket to fly out to NC this summer so she could visit with them again – he brought her out last year for Alyssa’s wedding. He even brought it up again to her when she took her brief detour to MN asking if that move meant she wouldn’t be coming out to see them this summer. So she spoke with him a few months back and they decided that she should come out over Father’s Day weekend because that was when her Dad was going to be there on his vacation. L was very excited – if it wasn’t for her Uncle Chris she would never get to see her Dad.


A couple months went by and she didn’t hear anything – she left messages for Chris with no call back. She spoke with her Dad and he said he would call Chris and find out what was going on. They told her that Chris was looking for flight times and process and they would let her know what they found and when she would be flying out. That was the last she heard from them.

She is having a very hard/sad day today because this is when she should have been there. She knows that her Dad is there with his other family and she’s not being included. She is just really upset and doesn’t understand why they ignore her calls and didn’t just tell her what was going on. She feels like they didn’t want her there and that she’s not a part of the family.

I don’t understand how someone can do that either. How do you treat your child like that? What goes through your head when you make the decision to not include her in the family vacation? Why would you even tell her that you were working on getting the ticket for her to come if you had no intention of following through on it?

My suspicion about what is going on here is this – as y’all know L’s step-mother Randi does not like her at all – come on woman, it’s been over 18 years aren’t you tired from carrying this grudge around with you. Anyways – I think she didn’t want L there for her family’s vacation so she called her sister Gerri – who is L’s Aunt Gerri – and got all upset and acted like a spoiled brat and told Gerri how L was going to ruin their family time and how she doesn’t like her and doesn’t want her there - got Gerri to convince Chris not to get L a ticket. Chris – being a nice guy just didn’t know how to tell L that he had to back out of what he had promised her so that would be why he’s not returning her calls.

What do I have to say about this if my suspicions are correct! How Dare You Treat L Like This. She’s A Part of Your Family!! Grow Up People!!!!!

De

Stupid Internet

I have been having so many issues with my Internet this week!!  It keeps dropping connections!  I thought it might be the wireless router but then L started having problems this evening and she is plugged directly in to the Internet.  So that is the reason I haven't written this week - I know - excuses excuses!!

I was trying to decide if I should just write a couple entries a day to catch up or just do bullet points in this one - that is if I can remember everything I was going to write about this week . . . . . . . damn Internet! :-P

• Saturday when I was running errands with L we went to Subway for lunch - I got a Tuna sandwich.  I ate the first half and then saved the rest for dinner - I didn't put it in the fridge though I just had it sitting by my purse in the living room.  Sunday I discovered why you shouldn't do that!  First experience with sitting on the toilet and needing to also have something to throw up in.  Fun Times in the Boyd Household!
• Monday when I got home from work I took Chrissy out for our regular walk.  She was a little more energetic - I figured it was because she had been so dopey over the weekend.  We walked up and around Challenger and then headed back.  Here is the order of how thing happened: Chrissy sees something she wants - Chrissy takes off running at full speed - Leash flies from my hand - I go from a casual walk to a full on sprint trying to catch her - Chrissy runs by a car - Young man stops his car and goes running after Chrissy - Chrissy turns into driveway that leads to our condos - Young man comes back with Chrissy in hand - I am barely able to get the words Thank You out.  Luckily I did not have a heart attack!
• Tuesday after work I went to the musical 42nd Street with Auntie Jan down at the Issaquah Village Theater.  Auntie Jan has season tickets with her friend Lorena but her friend couldn't make it to this show so I was invited.  I had so much fun!!!  I had never seen 42nd Street before and didn't even really know what it was about.  I was amazed to find out that I knew 3 of the songs from the show just form hearing them other places.  I might contemplate getting season tickets for myself next year or at least getting tickets for single shows.  I really had a good time - so much fun!!
• Wednesday/Thursday - not a whole lot.  Either still feeling the effects of the Tuna Sandwich or else I am coming down with something.  Tummy troubles, headache, feeling dizzy!!  I feel like I tied one on without actually getting the enjoyment of the beverage.

The new season of SYTYCD started yesterday - well it was the first show with the final 11 dancers.  It is a different format this year.  Instead of 10 guys and 10 girls being paired up and learning new dances and styles they have 11 total dancers who get paired up with All Stars and learn a dance in that persons style.  I wasn't so sure I was going to like it but it was a lot of fun watching it last night.  My favorite dancer Mark was back as well as Pasha and Neil!  Tonight was the first results show.  Only one person would be going home - no longer 1 guy and 1 gal.  3 gals ended up being in the bottom three.  I didn't agree with the judges choice of who to send home . . . . . . SPOILER ALERT!!!!!  Not s surprise that the person I felt should go home didn't . . . .her style of dance is Tap and we all know how Nigel loves the Tap Dancers!!  He keeps them in way longer than they should be allowed to stay.  The person who ended up going home was Alexie . . . . she had tried out 3 times - last season making it to the final 20 girls but not getting chosen to be on the show.  She kept coming back So Sad.  Oh - and another change on the show this year is that Mary Murphy is no longer a judge.  They replaced her with Mia Michaels - not a big fan of that change.

I think I touched on just about everything.  I want to write about the police issue that has been in the news but I need that to be the only topic - so I will open the discussion about that tomorrow.

De

Nice Sunny Day

Oh what a day!  Started out beautifully - nice blue sky - sun shining!  Took Chrissy out for a quick morning walk and then a quick trip to the vet to get a shot.  This shot - vaccine for Leptospirosis - needed to be given to her in the morning just in case she had a reaction - which doesn't happen very often but Dr Brar likes to be careful with small dogs.  So we got to the vets - the tech brought her back - gave her the shot - and we headed home.  Now the vet's office is only a mile away so it doesn't take long to get home - within that short amount of time Miss Chrissy turned into a limp rag doll!  I got home - called the vet - turned right back around!  They decided they needed to keep her for the day and keep an eye on her.  She looked so much and acted so much like Muppet did on her last day that I panicked - that stupid shot better not have broken my dog!!

I got home and it was time to take L into Bellevue for her BC Shot at Planned Parenthood and then to take her over to where E is living - he has the next 2 days off so they will hangout together there and i get the house to myself for the weekend.  I was thinking that when I got home I would do some chores around the house until I could go get Chrissy - but by the time I got home I had a full blown migraine - I'm sure from the stress.  So I took a nap.  I got a call from the vet at 330 and they said she was doing fine and I could come get her at 530.  When I picked her up she seemed so much better - they had given her some Benedryl to counter act her reaction.  Dr Brar said that when we do her booster shot she will just need to stay there for the day so they can keep an eye on her.  I got her home - she seemed fine - went into the kitchen and had some water and food.  She then started to act a little weird - then threw up everything she had just eaten.  Not a pretty site.  Of course - by the time she did that the vets office was closed so I am going to just keep an eye on her.  She played a bit with Buffy - now she is in her crate sound asleep.  Hopefully tomorrow is a better day.

Of course - being in Washington - it will probably rain tomorrow - the one nice day we've had in months and I spent it napping.  Oh well, hopefully that wasn't our summer!

De

Puppy Steps

Life with a young pup has definitely been a journey!  There are ups and downs - new tricks - training both her and me. . . . That is how the Blog I wrote last night started out . . . I know - you're probably saying "What Blog - I didn't see no stinkin' Blog" - well that would be because just as I went to Publish the blog my Internet kicked me out - when I logged back in it was only to find that the only thing it had saved in Draft was the first line I wrote!  And let me tell you - I was on last night!  It was amazing and insightful!  Best I've written! But no one will ever get to read it because it is lost in cyberspace. I will try to remember the brilliance I wrote but I can not promise.

Chrissy has learned some new "tricks"

• She discovered how to jump over the baby gate!  I came home Tuesday - went to the bathroom before I let her out of the kitchen - suddenly she was standing in the bathroom wagging her little stubby tail!  I was hoping it was a fluke but yesterday when I went to leave for work she caught up to me at the front door.  I have now built an additional "wall" using panels from the Puppy pen.  This morning I pulled up the Webcam on my computer at work and couldn't see her - I called L to have her go to the kitchen and see if she was stuck between the wall and the gate.  L suddenly laughed and said "Nope - she's sitting outside my door!"  Good God - the dog figured out how to move the wall and then jump the gate.  What will she figure out next.
• Chrissy can now go both up and down the stairs - she likes to stop and look through the opening between the steps - Makes my tailbone twitch!  Hope she doesn't decide to jump!
• Now gone 3 days without any "accidents" - She may be getting the hang of this potty training thing.
• Last night she curled up on the bed with me and I thought - OK, we'll give this a try and see if she can make it through the night.  Yeah - we lasted about 5 minutes!  Every time I moved her head would pop up like a gopher and she was all twitchy and looking around.  Not gonna work - so into her crate she went.  I think she really likes her crate - she fluffs up the bed and blankets and gets all comfy - making a pillow out of her blanket.

Life with L is going OK - there's not been any yelling or drama so far.  I'm just so used to only having the pets living here with me that an additional adult makes it feel very crowded.  There may be some drama coming up as I need to have a discussion with her about helping with chores, job hunting, and following up on jobs she's applied to.  I'm thinking that there is a possibility of hearing lots of  I Know, I'm Trying, You're Stressing Me Out, I Don't Want To Talk About It.  Whatever happens you can be assured that you will read about it.

De

OMG!!!  It happened again!  Just as I went to click publish . . . my Internet crapped out!  This time though I did a copy and past in to a Word Document!

Chrissy On The Mend

OK – Chrissy doesn’t seem to be too broken anymore. She was still pretty skittish last night when I got home. This morning though – she was all bouncy when we went outside – full of puppy energy! When we went back upstairs she did get a little subdued. I have been watching her on the webcam all day and she seems to be more herself. Playing with toys – eating – barking – and she was just standing on top of her crate! We shall see what she’s like when I get home tonight.


I get to make a detour on my way home tonight – have to go pick L up from E’s and bring her home. He is staying in Redmond/Bellevue with his Dad over by 148th St near where ADP used to be when I worked there. I believe L is going to pay me for parking and gas for doing this – I would normally have told her to figure out a bus route to get home but she brought her desktop over there so they could play WOW. I will probably head out of here fairly soon so I can be home at a decent hour to take the dog out for a bit – do some chores – then watch the Season Finale of GLEE!

Yesterday I stopped by Target on my way home and picked up a new floor lamp. On my way back home I almost got side swiped by an idiot driver!! I was on Front Street – had just gone under I90 – the light was green so my line of cars was proceeding through the light. All of a sudden this black car comes flying down the I90 off-ramp – doesn’t even slow down – and tries to pull into the line of cars! He had a frickin stop light – it’s only a free right turn if there is no traffic!! I turned my head and looked right at him and told him he was a F***ng Idiot that he had a F***ng Stop Light!! The driver and the passenger both then started flipping me off!! So I of course had to flip them off and got more indignant because I hadn’t done anything wrong! Stupid Idiot Drivers!!

OK – I’m going to get ready to head on out of here!  I better get home soon seeing as Chrissy is now standing on top of her crate and trying to eat it!

De

Chrissy

I think L & E broke my puppy. :-(


Yesterday Chrissy went to the groomers for the first time. She was a little nervous being dropped off but she was a trooper. When I picked her up she was a little shaky but once I got her home she was her usual peppy – chase the cat – play with her toys little girl. After a bit she got sleepy and curled up on a pillow on the couch and started to take a nap.

During this time L, E, & I were playing a board game – E rolled the dice and one of them went under the couch. Instead of just reaching his hand underneath to find it he decided to tip the couch up a bit. This started a domino effect of the couch hitting the floor lamp, which then hit the wall and rolled down it and hit the ground, resulting in a very loud crash as the shade shattered into small pieces. The loud noise woke Chrissy up with a start and she started shaking – she hasn’t really stopped since. She has been really skittish – any kind of loud noise sends her shaking – even the rattling of a bag. She won’t play with her toys or the cat. This morning she just sat at my feet while I got ready for work. I have been watching her on the Webcam since I got to work and she hasn’t left her crate at all.

I think they broke my puppy!

I don’t know what to do. She has me all worried – I don’t want her to be afraid of everything now. She was such an energetic – fun little girl.

Any suggestions or have any of you experienced this with your pups?

De

Just Some Chatter

So I'm sitting here just staring at this blank screen trying to come up with something to write.  It wasn't a very eventful day so I don't have a lot of drama to tell you.  L was over at E's house overnight so last night was nice and quiet - I picked her up on my way home from work - we got home and had leftover meatloaf for dinner! She has spent the rest of the evening in her room - which is nice and quiet but that old feeling of - What is she up to - creeps into my head and stomach.  Learned responses - takes a while for them to go away - be unlearned.

Chrissy learned a new trick this morning.  She was circling the house with her squirrelly in her mouth - whining a bit because she couldn't find a good place to hide it.  She was in my room while I was in the bathroom - suddenly she was no longer on the floor - she was on top of her crate! She then made the leap and was on top of my bed!  I guess under my covers was a good spot to hide squirrelly.  She needs to stop learning tricks from the cats!  While I was watching her on Chrissy Cam at work I kept expecting to see her move the crate over to the gate and use it to help her make a break for it.Y'all know that's gonna be the next trick!

Tomorrow is National Doughnut Day!!  At work J sent out a reminder email to everyone and subtly asked for the one person who lives in North Bend - where there is a bakery that makes the most delicious doughnuts - if they might consider bringing some in for everyone!  That person then responded to the email and said he had just pre-ordered 2 Dozen for tomorrow! Yay!!!  Thanks J & N!

No big weekend plans yet.  E is coming over to hang out on Sunday and I'm making Homemade Chicken Pot Pie for dinner.  I need to come up with dessert too - probably something fairly simple.  I probably should give the groomers a call too and see if they have any openings this weekend - Chrissy has been here for 2 weeks now and is looking rather scraggly - I'll be sad to see her dark tips go though - I kinda like them.  It will be interesting to see what color she is under all that fur though!  If she gets an appt I will take before and after pics.

De

::Sigh::

OK - I think Chrissy might have just a bit of bloodhound in her - she constantly has her nose to the ground sniffy sniffing - which is cute and all but it makes it very difficult to know if she's playing or needs to go outside!  She is still very very entertaining and very persistant.  Monday she kept trying and trying until she finally was able to . . . . . jump up on to the couch from the backside!  She saw that the cats could do it and just kept at it until she was up and over.  She hasn't done it since - i think the satisfaction in knowing she can do it was probably enough for now.

So - month end started this week.  I got in to work yesterday - with allergies hitting me very hard but I knew I had to go in - started getting everything all organized and got some spreadsheets finished.  Around 100 my phone rings - it's L - she had gone outside with the dog and locked herself out!  Good grief!  If it was just her I would have said tough luck - but I didn't want her wandering all over hell and gone again with Chrissy so I packed up my invoices and came home.  I swear it was like trying to work with 2 toddlers running around - no L wasn't one of them - ity was Chrissy and Buffy!!  Chasing - making noise - knocking into everything.  I yelled at them and said "Knock it off before someone gets hurt!"  Yeah - didn't quite work.  I have a really hard time knowing if they are playing or if one of them is getting really pissed. 

Day 2 of close went a bit better - I at least was at work the whole day!  I was feeling the stress though - for some reason it just doesn't feel as smooth as it did last month.  Not sure why yet. 

Life with L is going ok - there hasn't been any fights or drama - but her stuff is everywhere, her room smells, I can just feel my blood pressure rise when I hear her - Must be a learned response from the previous times she lived here.  I was thinking that the headache was from allergies but it is possible that it is from the underlying stress, the odors, and allergies.  The ringing in my ears is back too.

Why does Chrissy insist on chewing on everything but her toys!!  She has a ton of toys and yet she steals my socks - grabs my shoes - loves to grab grocery receipts and tear them up!!  It's definitely like having a baby in the house.  Someone remind again why I did this!!

OK - time to put the child to bed - shut down the house - prepare for another day of work.

De