Puppy!

Well last night we made a new addition to our family. She is wonderful and we love her. She is our new dog, that at the moment doesn't have a name. She is Springer Spaniel, Blue Heeler, and Boarder Collie all mixed into one. There might be a few others in there, but we're not sure. The picture is a bit dark, but you can see a bit what she looks like. She is a sweet little dog, but she is very timid. She hasn't had a lot of socializing so she isn't overly confident, but she seems to be improving already. Right now we kind of like the name Indigo and calling her Indy for short. Someone suggested this on a mailing list I am on, and I really like it. We are going to let everyone give us suggestions till later today and then make a choice. A dog needs a name right? She is such a gentle little girl. I gave her a bath last night and she laid down in the tub for most of it. There was no trying to jump out or shaking at all, she was very good. We let her sleep in a crate last night and she didn't make a mess at all in there. She did whine at 4am, and I let her out to see if she needed to do any "puppy business". I'm not sure if she did, but there is still no mess at 7am this morning. Well I should run and get a few things done before Brighton wakes up!

Bye Bye Grandma

At 12:05am June 9th, 2006 my wonderful Grandma Skoog passed away. I will miss you Grandma, and look forward to the day we meet again. Give everyone a hug for me there, as I will do for you here. I love you!

It came back...

So for a long time I thought the Bear was gone, but he wasn't. I believe he wandered off for awhile, but I was wrong to think that he would ever go away. It wasn't a vicious attack as I thought it would be, but he attacked none the less. No drawn out games, they were short this time... this time he won. We have been playing this game for months now, and I was even thinking that I might know the rules. I was wrong, I don't. I wish I could choose not to play. This isn't fair! I don't want to play a game that I don't know the rules and in the end I will always loose. Why? This game was played with a Bear of someone else's. Not that it matters, I'm still forced to play, but in the end he doesn't pounce on me. I'm just left to pick up the pieces. I'm the strong one. I have to be, not one else can. I believe we are born with a Bear and I have chosen to name mine Bob. I rarely see him, but I know that one day he will come, not that I want him to, but he will. Hopefully there will be no games, I don't like the games. I am glad when the games end though. Somewhere in it all there is peace... a release. I believe we are born with Bears so that we can find this peace. If we didn't have the game, the attack, the waiting... I don't know if we could appreciate it. It's human nature, to not appreciate what is easy. We find gratitude when something is hard. Somewhere inside of me I'm grateful for Bob.

Happy Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIGHTON!


My little guy turns one today! I can't believe how the time has just flown by. I will hopefully post pictures of his birthday celebrations soon!