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Meet Jersey

Since our dog Roxanne died this summer our other dog Max has been really lonely. We have been looking for over a week now for a companion dog for him, and finally found this little 3 month old puppy.

They said at the shelter she was a weimaraner mix, but she looks nothing like a weimaraner. She and her 5 litter mates came from a kill shelter down south. They were going to be put to sleep, so this shelter in NJ offered to take them and that's where we found her. We actually applied to take one of her litter mates who was black with brown eyebrows and brown on the paws, but the shelter people got the pups mixed up and we got the black one instead. We decided to name her Jersey. She is such a good puppy. She already learned to sit and is crate trained. She doesn't even cry at night. I think she is probably a better match for our family than the other puppy would have been.

This is a weimaraner puppy. What do you think?

Max and Jersey get along fine. Right now they are batting out who is dominant, and Max is a bit jealous of the new puppy. It will take a little bit of time for them to get use to each other.

So meet Jersey, the newest member of our family!

The Dog Days of Summer

This is Max, our hand-me-down dog. Technically HYBP's dog.

He has been a part of our family now for 2 years. We got him from HYBP's father, who got him from a neighbor. He was too much dog my 80 year-old father in law, so we took him off his hands. He lives the good life at our house chasing (and yes, killing) birds, squirrels, cars & SUV's along the fence, and swimming in the pool. Did you know Labs really have webbed feet? Max the bird slayer is the reason the birds no longer nest in our yard. I'm quite irritated about that.

Our kids call him: Max, Maxi-pad, Gluteus Maximus, Maximus, Maxine, Max-a-million, and Maxter. HYBP calls him Son of a #*%@. I personally think he looks like a Baxter.

introducing

our newest granddaughter. and here she is with her big sister.

grandbabies

these are from 2007...

leave of absense

As you might have noticed, this blog has gone rather unattended. Work has kept me extremely busy. In addition, I had to make a impromptu trip to Seattle. It was nice because all of my sisters and quite of few of my nephews and nieces were there. my nephew, Arthur, and sister Mounyen.
mom and dad

my beautiful niece, Christina. sorry for the eating shot!
my sister, Deborah.
nephew, Jimmy & bil, Earnie

mom, Bruiser, & dad

mom and my great niece, Desiree
while in seattle, i went out to eat at this delicious restaraunt with my sister, Susan and daughter, Katherine. i even managed to take a picture of the fantastic dessert split between the three of us (sweet tamale, flan, & sopapilla)...
as you can see it was good.

but the best part of all was just spending time with my family.

if your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

So, here’s how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the "next" button
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool!

Opening credits: O Holy Night - Paul Potts
Waking Up: Pop A Top - Alan Jackson
First Day At School: The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli
Falling In Love: I'm Your Man - Michael Buble
Fight Song: Time For Livin' - The Association
Breaking Up: Gimme Gimme - from Broadway play Thoroughly Modern Millie
Prom: Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee - Olivia Newton-John
Life’s OK: Cowboy Love - John Michael Montgomery
Mental Breakdown: Scarlet Ribbons - The Kingston Trio
Driving: Where's The Playground Susie - Glen Campbell

HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT YET HOW OLD FASHIONED I AM? ...A TOTAL NERD!

Flashback: No Man's Land - John Michael Montgomery
Getting Back Together: Song For The Asking - Simon & Garfunkel
Wedding: I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Dionne Warwick
Birth of Child: Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash
Final Battle: Into The Fire - from Broadway play The Scarlet Pimpernel
Death Scene: It's Your Song - Garth Brooks
Funeral Song: Always Tomorrow - Gloria Estefan
End Credits: Mooning - from Grease (LOL - ain't that a kick in the pants??!)