Rock and Char Spare Mr. and Mrs. Duck May 12, 2009

Yesterday I let the dogs out into the backyard to do their business after dinner. I opened the screen door and let them race around, then I stepped out and noticed that there were two ducks chillin out in the grass. It looked like maybe they were trying to take a nap. Rocky and Charlie were about 3 feet away from the ducks, and I seriously thought that they would attack them since they are always going nuts to chase birds and squirrels….oh and cats too, now that the neighbor has an outdoor cat. Surprisingly, Charlie and Rocky just stood there – unsure of how to proceed in the attack of an innocent duck and mesmerized that they didn’t fly away – they just sat there. They sat there until I ran outside and started screaming, NO! WAIT! DON’T MOVE! ROCKY! CHARLIE! JOHN! HELP! DUCKS!!! John was just waking up from a nap and came running downstairs. By that time the ducks had flown away. I told John what happened when he reached the back door. He laughed and said he wished he could have seen the ducks. I said that I don’t know why I got so scared about the dogs attacking the ducks; I forgot that ducks can fly.

The moral of the story is: A dog with four legs is slower than a duck with two wings, and a lady who cries duck is an entertaining sight altogether.

Fun with Facts May 7, 2009

Thursday is my last final exam of the semester and I am ready to be done! I’ve been ready since last week – I had two projects and one final that week. This week feels like summer break is in full swing minus the final exam tomorrow which is kind of equivalent to going to see the doctor during the summer. No fun I say. No fun at all. It will be done soon enough and then I can de-stress and move on to other projects that await. It’s almost midnight and I am forgetting how to spell, so I will leave you with some random facts about my day:

1. I dropped my plastic mug-of -pop into the bathroom sink. It got all over the counter, wall, and objects on the counter. The bathroom isn’t the most ideal room to bring beverages into anyhow.

2. I went to the ortho to get my rubber band hook fixed and turns out my bracket was open on that tooth, the tooth moved to where it was not supposed to be, and they had to take out the wire and put a different one in. Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! **said in Gomer Pyle voice**

3.  I was trying to put away my tv table (mini tables you eat food on in front of your tv, good habit, huh?) and it got stuck, then slammed shut, then hit my leg, I fell against a chair, and the dogs, oh those sweet sweet dogs – came to my rescue. They wagged their tails and tried to lick me back to health. (That’s what she said…ok that was gross but I had to say it!It’s a line from the U.S.’s The Office in case you didn’t catch that.)

4. I got my eyebrows waxed this afternoon, and every time my stylist pressed the paper down on the wax, the anticipation of her pulling it off and the slight ripping sound to follow made me laugh because I knew it was coming any second and it was going to be uncomfortable. I let out a blurt of laughter right before she ripped the paper off, and the laughter made me laugh, and I think you get the point.

5. Time for bed….goodnight all!

Abs of Steel May 4, 2009

I kind of forgot that I had a blog for a while there. Whoops! I started going back to school in January and have been so wrapped up in studying and classes that I have hardly had any time to waste on crafting and blogging.  Classes are finally over for the semester … besides my last exam this coming week. I am so relieved and ready to enjoy these warm months. I really enjoy graphic design, and my intentions are to stick with that concentration as my major. I am going to take lots of photography classes as well because design and photography go hand in hand. So yay on that! My first semester back in school after 5 years was great. I am hoping that my grades pushed my gpa way up so that I can qualify for scholarships next year.  I had one panic attack at the end of the semester because you know how stressful that time can be. Other than that my anxiety has been stable enough to deal with. And that is an A+ in my book.

I mowed the lawn for the first time in my LIFE today! You may be wondering why. So I will tell you. I used to have issues with my abdominal muscles when I was younger and it would hurt if I pushed or pulled things that were too heavy. So I never had to mow the lawn. My abdomen is no longer fearful that it will inflict pain upon itself so I thought I would give mowing a go. We have an electric mower – I had to watch the cord and hold it to the side like I would if I was vacuuming. I broke a sweat, had grass on my socks, my shoes turned green, and my nostrils were inflamed from the grass bits flying in the air. It was fun! Not even being sarcastic – it felt good to do something that most people have done millions of times in their life by my age.

The dogs are doing good – they no longer fit into the same kennel together. Charlie is about 14 lbs. and Rocky is about 11lbs. They are housebroken (thank goodness!), they love to go for walks, and they can do all kinds of tricks. They turned 9 months old on May 1st. Time has seriously flown by.

Well my dears, that is about all I think I will write for today. Hope everyone is doing good and please come back to see what new shenanigans I am up to!

Could you be the winner? November 11, 2008

Having puppies is like having kids….you never get anything done! Or so I have heard. Charlie and Rocky are getting so big! I can’t believe that we have had them for a month and a half already. I will be so freakin happy when they are housebroke and I don’t have to clean up piss and shit everyday. Today we have not had any accidents. I hope I didn’t jinx my fabulous luck by saying that. Probably did though. I’ve got a million things to do before our open house on Saturday. Right now I’m taking a break. I think I have gone past my 15 min. and I need to get back to work. But before I do, I ran across this blog post on myspace and thought I would share it with anyone who is crafty and into recycling. It is a contest and the winner gets a $399 Singer sewing machine…and the runner ups get a nice machine too. I would love to participate…maybe I will conjure up some sweet ass crafts after the puppies go to bed tonight. You must send in your pics of your craftiness on Friday November 14th. So hurry it up and get the scissors and Elmer’s paste out!

The Upcyclist Party Contest! is hosted by The Naughty Secretary Club*Jennifer Perkins.
If this link will not open, go to www.myspace.com/naughtysecretaryclub and check out her blog entitled, “The Upcyclist Party Contest.”

Time to eat some tostadas and get back to work!

Holla!

About Time October 28, 2008

I have not had a chance to write in maybe almost a month – ever since I quit my job and acquired two crazy (in a good way) pups. They are sleeping right now and I need to take them for a walk, but I am just so freakin tired today. I am procrastinating the inevitable, I know. Dogs need to walk. Especially baby Jack Russels. They need to walk, run, and eat my blankets and house shoes. They’re good at that. I love them so much, and I am very thankful to have two little butt heads in my life, but I am also very tired and frustrated that I have not been able to do much to my new home since the dogs moved in. My family room downstairs has not been unpacked yet – which is the same story for most of the other rooms too. Things are out just not put away, or we have no place to put them yet, etc., etc.

I really want to learn how to play my guitar that’s been sitting for about two years, and I want to practice my french horn so that I don’t lose all of my musical inclination that has been slowly receding from my memory. My braces kind of hinder the horn playing though…I know it’s been done before, but I haven’t forced myself to endure the pain of metal on metal since I’m not tied to any sort of concert band or even anything solo. The point of this entry is that there really is not a point. I have a few funny stories to tell later when I get the time to write. I have a horn that needs to be played, a guitar that needs some strumming, and a very tired person that hasn’t found the energy for either one. I also need to organize and paint my house.

And lastly, puppies are a lot of hard work. It’s like having two small children except that they pee and poop outside or on the floors inside, and they are naked all of the time. Oh, and they lick their wieners and I am pretty sure human babies do not do that. So that will be one plus when we decide to have kids.

Ok, going to walk the dogs!

P.S. I do love my dogs; they are a handful but worth it.

The End.

Their Names are… October 14, 2008

John and I decided on names for the pups! FINALLY! I haven’t named any living thing besides my dear sweet Teddy (in doggy heaven) and probably some fish and hamsters from back in elementary school. The white pup is named Rocky and the brown pup is Charlie. Charlie was almost Farley, but I told John that I would call him Far-Far as a nickname, and then it was inevitable that Far-Far would turn into Fart-Fart and then just plain old Fart. That wouldn’t be nice of me, considering that I’m his mama.  So to prevent me from teaching our dog that his name is remnant of nasty butt expulsions, Charlie was the safe way to go.

Right now they’re sleeping, just the way I like it. I feel like I didn’t know that I was pregnant and dropped to twin boys during America’s Funniest Home videos last Sunday night (is that show even on any more? Bob Saget is good at playing the wholesome family man while his comedic act is directed towards dirty-minded adults).  Even if I did have a surprise puppy birth in the bathroom while in the middle of Sunday night shows, I am ecstatic to have dogs of my own. The supervision and attention they require is overwhelming at times, but we are finally falling into a routine with them and it is getting easier day by day. And that is that. Now I must go wake my sweet little dreamers up for their midnight poo.

oof oof!

Wrong End October 9, 2008

Today we took the pups to the vet and all went well. They have worms, but all puppies do says the vet and he gave them some nummy medicine to help get rid of them. While we were waiting for the vet to bring up our statement of services for the day, the pups were barking at some other people who walked in. Their kennels were right behind my legs, so I crouched down to make my little Cesar Millan sound, “chhhh!” to quiet them down. I’m trying to look at the brown dog while I make that noise. I think I’m looking at him in the face, but I can only see one eye. I then discover that it is not his eyeball that I see, but his brown eye! If I had a nickel for every time John and I made a butt hole joke. That was the icing on top of the brown cake.

A girl’s best friend October 7, 2008

WE NEED NAMES!

Yesterday we got two jack russel terriers! My dream of having a dog again finally came true. I’ve missed the late great Teddy so much these past two years and I’m finally ready to give love to a new pet. Or in this case, two new pets.

They are both males, born on  August 1, 2008. They came from a litter of 7 and their mom’s name is Zoey. The family who had them already had a few other dogs and other pets, and children too. They just needed to give them away to make sure they got homes and we were more than happy to take them. We haven’t named the puppies yet. John wants to name them Sandler and Farley, but I’m not so sure. We shall see. I’m going to post a couple pics here tomorrow. The rest are on my myspace. I’m going on 6 hours of sleep and I really need to get to bed…tomorrow is a new day and the puppies need a rested mama!

***Please help! What should we name these cute little puppies? I need names asap so that I can start training them. Please leave comments! Thanks!***

SAHG = Stay at home girlfriend…for now October 3, 2008

Being a stay at home girlfriend is grand….you get to get chores done around the house, watch The Cosby Show in between laundry and mopping, and you can accomplish all of these tasks while dressed in your pajamas you’ve been wearing for close to 15 hours.

Although I do like staying at home, I need a little people interaction and it gets kind of lonely. I should have a job within a couple of weeks, maybe even less than that. I’m trying not to be stressed about it and enjoy the time I have to myself to re watch my favorite Cosby Show episodes, Planet Green, and other such time wasters.I’m not wasting time though, I have finished numerous tasks this week and that makes me feel good about not working at el trabajo del muerte! Mi espanol no estan bueno.

I went to work out this week twice – I went to Zumba class. Which is like working out for dummies. It’s an awesome way to exercise if you hate exercising in the first place. It’s basically salsa/merengue/hip hop moves for 45 minutes. My hamstrings were really pissed off afterwards. Then I decided to go to another class last night with my sister Krystal. It was a weights/aerobics class and the sucky part is that the instructor doesn’t work out with us, he just walks around and clicks his little timer watch to tell us to switch to another exercise. It is more beneficial to me when the instructor participates so that I can watch him/her to make sure that my form is correct. Otherwise I’m staring at other students to copy them and who knows if they are all jacked up too. Then the instructor comes by to tell you that you are not doing the exercise right or that you’re not moving at all. Well duh Mr. Meat Head. I really have nothing against the guy instructors, just that they’re lazy. You know, no big deal. I will learn how to do swing backs and one handed push ups on my own. Then I will take your job and I will have solved two of my problems.

In a couple of weeks we should be able to add a new addition to our home…. a barking, pooping, smelly thing that we will spoil and teach new tricks. I would like to teach the dog how to pick things up from the floor and place them on any surface that is parallel to my waist. Then when I go to workout and afterwards my body is so sore I can barely bend over to sit on the toilette without missing, I will know that my dog is there to place my TP on the counter so I can reach. Then he will take a giant crap on floor and I will have to bend over to clean that up. Dammit. Maybe I should teach him to poop outside first. That will be our first trick.

This isn’t my class, but it gives you a good idea of Zumba is like…really REALLY FUN!

Deep Thoughts September 30, 2008

This evening I was organizing my craft room. I was checking my gel pens to see which ones worked and then threw the dead ones away. After I doodled on paper and the pen didn’t work I would put the cap back on and then toss it out. Does that make any sense? No, it doesn’t. Just throw the cap in the trash and then throw the pen in the trash and then you’re not being OCD in the least. I noticed that I was putting the cap back on before I trashed the pens and laughed at myself. But then I kept on doing it without thinking. Do the pens need their caps to make it through to their next life? Is that why I put the caps back on?

Questions I shall ponder.

The End