New Beginings

Alright, so a lot has happened since I last wrote. We will start with the most important. Andy and I broke up. It happened Monday night as I found out he was being unfaithful. When I asked him about it, he said that he didn't think our relationship could go any farther. He just didn't know how to break up with me. By Tuesday afternoon I had all of my belongings, any and all furniture that me, my family or friends brought into the house, and the dogs out of the house. I moved back in with my parents who have been the best friends I could have ever asked for in this situation. Thankfully my old room is in the finished basement where I have my own living room, bathroom and exercise room turned dog room all separated from the rest of the house. Although my parents weren't thrilled with me moving back in with two large dogs, they have embraced all three of us and have been more then accommodating. They are installing a fence in there back yard!! Woo! So I will be with my parents for the next year or so, so I can pay off my credit card and rebuild my finances. :)

In other news: Deuce had minor surgery on his foot last Monday (before all of this happened). He had a "horny wart" on his pad...it looked like he had a rock in bedded in his foot, so the doctors took it out. He busted the stitches open once, so I had to take him back and get them stapled. I alway find it funny when dogs get any kind of stitches or anything that they need "limited activity for two weeks". I had to give both of my dogs sedatives when Deuce got neutered...so Deuce will just have to live with it if he busts them open again!

So that is what is going on in my life right now. Work is going well...I have several request dogs which help me make money when no one else can!

I am doing fine for all of this. Just to let everyone know. I deep down inside knew that I wasn't happy and that I just pretended it was alright just so I could be in a relationship. I am mad that he cheated, but as for the actual break up...I'm ok with it. I am better off now!

I love you all!!!!

Facebook and squeaky toys!

For a picture tour of Andy and I's trip to St. Louis please go look at my facebook picture folder titled "St. Louis Trip" There are far TOO many pics to put up here, and facebook is faster!

Andy and I have been back for a week. I had a test today and have been trying to study...that didn't work well anyway...hardest class ever!

Work has been going well. I have several request dogs coming to me that have missed me while I was away.

Andy's brother Robert has been visiting for a few weeks. He was here the week we were in St. Louis, and is staying for a few more weeks. The more interesting part of his visit is his Chihuahuas Jack and Jasmine. Surprisingly my dogs have been doing well with them. Deuce leaves them alone for the most part. Roo tries to play with them...she thinks they are squeaky toys....she pushes them enough and they squeak!

Sammy is allergic to fleas and scratched herself to death...$200 later she is all healed up!

Andy and Robert went down to Savannah, GA to visit their sister for the weekend. It was nice and quiet here. Originally Cindy was supposed to come up here. But with her three boys (ages 6, 21 months, and 3 months) with the four dogs, Andy, Robert and me all here...we thought it would be a little crowded...

Finally!

So I finally got around to uploading pictures! The reason it takes so long is because my little cord that you put the memory stick is a cheapo thing that takes forever to the the memory stick in just right so it will read. It's a pain the patoot! So I wait until I have a lot of pictures to upload and then I do it...just to let you know!

Here is our finish kitchen! It took 7 days total and 2 hours to put it all back together and clean. The rain left this wonderful green fuzzy crap all over everything, so everything had to be cleaned before putting it back!

Lindsey came up on Wednesday! She live forever and a day away, so we don't get to see each other too much...this was her turn to come up here, next time I will go down to good ol' Watkinsville! :) We hung out, went shopping for her dog, and had lunch. It was great!

Roo wouldn't get off of her lap...

And here is just a random picture of the kitties. In the winter time they snuggle on the bed all day. Sammy is the darker one, Ivory is the other...

And thank you Aunt Diane for the recipe of pork and chicken and rice! It was great!

Kitchen!

So we have a kitchen again! Woo! It's pretty exciting...and as soon as I remember to bring my camera from work I will take a picture of the new tile. It's very pretty tile. And now that we have our stove and cabinets back I can go and buy food products again! Tonight we were oh so healthy and had ice cream from Bruster's for dinner. Andy had a banana split and shared the bananas with me...so I count that as being a healthy dinner.

Deuce got loose last night. I took the dogs outside at around 10:30 or so and sat on my chair and just let them do their thing and sniff the things that need to be sniffed. There is a giant nasty spider that has made its home on our back porch, so I was watching her waiting for her to catch some buggy for dinner. About 15 minutes or so later Roo started to bark at the pack of Chihuahuas in the back so I called them into the house...Roo came right away...Deuce did not. Now Deuce is my right hand man and he ALWAYS shows up when I call. So I became concerned and called him some more. That's when I saw the gate was wide open to the outside world. Needless to say I panicked and ran in my jammies and barefoot down the stairs through part of the yard and onto our driveway. Deuce was completely lost in the driveway. He's not smart enough to go back in the gate and he didn't know where he was. I was just scared that something would spook him and he would run off and either get hit by a car or get lost and not be able to find his way home. Thankfully when I called him and came running just as fast as he could to me and all was well with the world again. It scared me half to death though. No good....

Work has been good. I have been rackin' up the request dogs lately...at last count of known request dogs was 32. That's a lot for those of you who don't know. I like them because when no one else has any dogs, I always have dogs cause they come to me and me only! Hahah! I rock that way.

School has been good this last week because OH there was no school!! It got cancelled on account that the sky fell down and flooded the whole top half of Georgia. That rocks cause I had a test...and I didn't have to take it! Well..I have to on Monday.

I am going to St. Louis in 1 week and 2 days!! Woo. We can't decide when we want to leave though. I want to leave Tuesday morning. I can pack all day Monday, and then drop the dog's off at their day care in the morning and then off we go. However, Andy wants to leave Monday night! He likes to drive at night...my problem is that I can't help him drive this way because when 10:30 hits I get tired...no matter what. He says he doesn't need help driving (he has driven the 19 hour drive to Texas by himself before), but I think it would be easier if I was awake and could talk to him and stuff. I guess we will just have to see!

Rain rain go away!

So it's been raining pretty much non stop for about 4 days or so...and it's supposed to rain continuously for the next 4 days or so...do you know how much this sucks? Let me tell you...it sucks a lot! Not only is it dark and gloomy outside all day long...but business is slow because what's the point of taking your dog to get groomed and pretty when it's just going to go outside and get all dirty again? sucky...so work has been slow. Also going to school sucks because you have to walk forever and a day from the parking garage to the building in the rain... and worst of all is my dogs. Now I love my dogs but good grief! They are muddy and filthy! And they are making my house muddy and filthy! There is no reason to clean the house because in 10 minutes it's just going to get all yucky again. Roo won't poop in the rain...she has pooped twice in the house because of it... AHH!

Anyway...I don't have any pictures today, but I felt the need to vent out my frustration on this stupid rain and as I was told that some people might delete the link to my blog if I didn't start writing! :)

How about a few pictures?

So here is my life in pictures since my last post...which was forever ago...

My dogs: :) I heart them!

A size comparison:

Stupid face!

Roo in her warmie! She gets cold so I bought her one to stay warm and toasty!

This is what I do at work! Here is a Shih Tzu before
And after! ...and yes this is the same dog!
And here is me at work...actually grooming something!

Our kitchen floor is being redone due to a leak...so they had to rip out everything:

Where is our dishwasher? stove? kitchen sink you ask? ...in our sun room...that's where...

Long time no post

Sorry about the long delay in posting. I didn't know anyone was actually reading this. :)

So I went to PA with my friend Hope at the beginning of the month. It was so much fun! The weather was a little off for the the first two days. It was FREEZING! Ok...it was more like 65, but still it's JULY! The rest of the week however was wonderful. We had 80 degree weather and it was awesome. We went the the Pittsburgh Zoo as I have heard wonderful things about it. It wasn't nearly as big or as awesome as the St. Louis Zoo...but it was nice. Here is Hope and I at the sign!
The 4th of July was wonderful also. We went to the local parade and then went and saw fireworks later that evening. Us at the parade:
Magnus and I in the car on the way up there. He farted the whole way!

My tattoo finally healed up. Here it is! It's the Gemini constellation. I realize that if you do not like tattoos you are not going to like it. But if you can appreciate the meaning and uniqueness of it...it's a kick ass tattoo. I drew the lines on it (in Paint...not on my actual leg), so you can see what it really looks like:
Here it is without the lines:

And finally when I got back from PA I bought a new car!! I traded in my POS Explorer for the Cash for Clunkers law that Obama just passed and got $4,500 for trade in value!! Thanks Obama!

It's Nissan Cube, the collar is called Caribbean Blue. It's the most awesomest car ever!

This is the nifty wrap around window. I always see people commenting on it at red lights! :)

Alright, so there ya go. That's what I have been up to the last couple of weeks!

Joke of the day:

Q: What did the boy apple say to the girl apple?

A: I find you very apeeling!