Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, since it's Thanksgiving I guess I should give my thanks. So here's it is, what I'm thankful for in no particular order:

• For my wonderful, understanding, loving husband Bryan that I couldn't see myself without. I love him so much and I am so very lucky to be able to share the rest of my life with him.
  
  
• For my family that I'm so lucky to have and am so lucky that they live so near to me and I can be as close as I am with them.
  
  
• For my doggies Tibor & Buffy that couldn't live without me and I'm pretty sure I couldn't live without them.
  
  
• For my job, I know I complain about it sometimes but I'm lucky to have it and am grateful for all the nice people I work with.
  
  
• That I finally have a college degree, not everyone can say they have one. Go me!
  
  
• For my health, I know I need to lose a few 50 lbs. or so but it could be a lot worse.
  
  
• For my new home that I love and feel so safe and happy in, I'm excited to build my new life here with my husband and our doggie babies.
  
  
• For my friends that I've had since my teen years and earlier. I love them all dearly and they are indeed the family that I have chosen.
  

I'm pretty sure I've left a bunch out but that's a good start. So if I'm ever feeling down just remind me to look here and see how wonderful my life really is.

Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope you all had a great holiday!

Considering Diapers.

Thus far Buffy is proving to be very difficult to potty train. She gets that when you go outside you go potty and she'll do all her business outside and doesn't seem to have any problem with it but she still has about three or four accidents a day. If you don't take her out ASAP after she's been sleeping or eating she will just squat her little butt down and pee where ever she pleases. It's so frustrating! She knows to potty outside but she just can't understand that going potty inside is so not cool. It hasn't even been a week so I need to be a bit more patient but we were just so spoiled with Tibor. He was unbelievably easy to potty train, why can't he just teach her the ropes?

As you know we're been letting Buffy sleep in bed with us because I'd rather get some sleep than listen to her scream bloody murder all night long. Well last night she rocketed herself off the bed just to pee on the floor. I was so not happy about this. I was so tired because I had gotten to bed later than I usually do and I was in that half asleep stupor so I panicked and woke up Bryan because I wasn't sure what to do. If you've seen my bed you know that thing's pretty dang high. I almost need a step ladder to get into bed so I can't believe she jumped off without killing herself. Tibor can't even get on the bed, not that we allow that but still.

Ahh, puppies are fun, yes? Don't get me wrong, no regrets on the adoption but potty training is the worst thing about puppies, after that it's all good so I really hope she catches on soon or I really will consider putting diapers on her. I do just love and adore her though, she's just so sweet and loves to be held, now I miss my puppy, sigh...

Tibor's New Trick & 3 Years!

Tibor has a fun new trick he recently likes to do in the mornings. We've been letting Tibor be crate free at night for a week or two now (because he's freaking spoiled!) and for the first week or so it went super. He was a good pup that just liked sleeping on a pile of clothes on the floor or if that was not available then a pair of Bryan's underpants that are undoubtedly always somewhere to be found on the bedroom floor. Anyways Tibor's been great, not chewing on anything or having any accidents, but on Tuesday morning when my alarm went off at 6am, I did my usual pressing of the snooze and dozed off again when a few minutes later I got a second little wake-up call by a lick in the face. I groaned and pushed the dog aside and turned around so my face wasn't towards the edge of the bed but instead of a few more minutes sleep that I so desired Tibor jumped up on me and started licking my face again. I figured he just really had to pee and I was supposed to be up anyways so I got up and let the dog out and thought nothing else of it. Come Wednesday morning...my alarm goes off at 6am, I press snooze, and lo and behold a few minutes later I get another lick in the face. Instead of pushing the dog aside and groaning I chose to look at him to see what was going on and why he felt I shouldn't sneak in a few more minutes of snooze time. I look up to see Tibor standing there bright eyed and bushy tailed looking right at me expecting me to get my lazy butt out of bed and I figure he's just really got to pee again. Then this morning like clock work I hit snooze when my alarm attempted to wake me at 6am and a few minutes later I get a lick right on the lips and there's Tibor looking at me hopefully, ugh. Apparently Tibor thinks he is now alarm clock number two. We'll have to see if he does it tomorrow and the big test will come Saturday. Hopefully, he won't wake me up at 6am if my alarm doesn't go off because if he does, he's so going back into the crate!

On a more romantic note today is the three year anniversary of when Bryan and I meet for the very first time. For those of you who do not know, Bryan and I met on Match.com or as we like to say 'we met on the Internets...' and first met in person on this day three years ago at the Mayan, ooh yeah! Now that is romantic! :) The Mayan also happens to be the place where Bryan proposed to me on my birthday in 2006 (God I hope that's the right year, I'm horrible with dates!) because he's sweet like that. Here's hoping I get a date night at the Mayan tonight... :p

Also, I started a Facebook page because I was bored and I had a lot of other better things I could have been doing but didn't want to do them...check it out!

Also, the picture is from when we went to Strut Your Mutt and 'Yes!' Bryan and I are both wearing our WoW shirts, which makes us totally super way cool! :)

Case of the Mondays.

I am so having one of THOSE mornings. I was all set to leave for work this morning with toast in hand when all of a sudden without any warning, on their own accord, my toast went flying off my plate onto the floor. The toast, of course, had jam on it but it was not all bad. Of the two pieces only one landed jelly face down. Luckily the on that landed jelly down was on the kitchen floor and the one that landed jelly up was on the carpet but of course there was some rouge jelly that managed its way onto the carpet so I just had to spray it with dog mess cleaner and head out the door, so hopefully that did the trick. That dog mess spray I have got my Dad's blood out of the carpet after the dog cut his face with his freakishly sharp puppy nails so my hopes are high.

Ohh we're not done! Half way to work I realized I forgot my cell phone and my wallet. I don't know what it is about forgetting your cell phone but I actually had a mini panic attack. I don't really even use it but it's like an extra appendage and it's tragic if I forget it. Usually I wouldn't be so concerned about the wallet but I'm usually last to leave the office and I need my ID, which is in my wallet, to activate the alarm so now I have to find out if my boss is going to stay till 5 today because if he's not then guess what I get to do for my lunch break...go get my wallet! Ahh, the joys of a Monday...

Thanks to my wonderful, fabulous husband who brought me my cell phone & my wallet and then took me to lunch. This is why I married him folks. :)

Tibor Toss

Bryan likes to pick up Tibor and toss him on the Love Sac. I managed to get a picture of Tibor in mid-air. It made me laugh so hard!
I've also added tons of pictures to Flickr so go and check them out!