Monday was fun. I hung out with Stephanie, my oldest brother Brian's wife. I have never spent anytime with just her. All we did was get or nails done and go to lunch, but it was so much fun. Both of my sister-in-laws are awesome. I don't remember being particularly close to either one of my brothers when I was younger...as they are 10 and 13 years older then me. When I was 6, Aaric was 16 and he moved in with us. Let me tell you, 16 year old boys just generally do not want their 6 year old sister hanging out with them...it's "uncool". So now that we are all older, we are all finally getting to be a closer sibling group. I like it. ...now if we could just make Andy an 'official' part of the group! Ha ha.
Yesterday I went to work. I did 3 dogs...woo. They were good dogs though...all were good and stood there like a champ...except for the nail cutting...2 of them didn't like that. After work, I picked up the dogs from day care, went home and got ready for dinner. Mom, Dad, my aunt Diane, and uncle Mark, and I all went to dinner. It was very fun.
Today so far I slept in with the dogs until 11. The "official" sibling group is going to dinner tonight, as the unofficial member is working. Too bad for him.
Joke of the day:
Q: Do you know why the cow jumped over the moon?
A: The farmer had cold hands.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Christmas with the Ards/Malins
Christmas day was my first day off in 6 or 7 days...so it was nice..except the part with Deuce waking me up every hour starting at 5 in the morning, and then Andy waking me up. Deuce was sick, and Andy wanted to open presents. He loved his chair, and his wallet. I got a TomTom!! And a new Wii game. Ultimate board games. It has the awesome games like checkers, connect 4, sudoku, battle ship, and so on. It is awesome. Friday was slow as crap at work, but I had two request dogs so it was ok.
Yesterday was our family Christmas. To start the day I got my hair done. As soon as I get the pictures from my mom, I will post some pictures. I got it cut short and highlighted. I really like it. My brother and sister-in-law, Brian and Stephanie, came in from Missouri for the first time for Christmas. And then Aaric, Noelle, Kayla, and Chase all came also. It was really fun. I got a Crock Pot, cook books, and other cooking things, and pink luggage! Very exciting.
Today we will just have to see what the day brings.
Joke of the day:
Q: How do you make a bandstand?
A: Take away their chairs.
Yesterday was our family Christmas. To start the day I got my hair done. As soon as I get the pictures from my mom, I will post some pictures. I got it cut short and highlighted. I really like it. My brother and sister-in-law, Brian and Stephanie, came in from Missouri for the first time for Christmas. And then Aaric, Noelle, Kayla, and Chase all came also. It was really fun. I got a Crock Pot, cook books, and other cooking things, and pink luggage! Very exciting.
Today we will just have to see what the day brings.
Joke of the day:
Q: How do you make a bandstand?
A: Take away their chairs.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Merry Christmas
So the last few days have been insane at P mart. Everybody's all "omg, my dog smells like a dog, and people are coming over!" So it has been non stop since last Friday. My last day off was last Wednesday...and I am just exhausted. And I STILL have to go in today! Yesterday was great fun. I worked 1:30 to 10 with Berni (one of the bathers) the last groomer left at 7. Berni went to get this little min pin out of a cage and it tried to eat her. So I got the bite gloves (giant welding type gloves) and got it out, and then it got loose in the kennel area, so I was trying to keep it in the corner with my shoe while Berni put a loop lead on it...so it bit a hole in my shoe. The sad thing is, I don't wear normal tennis shoes....I wear these monster hiking boots. Now with lovely teeth marks in it. Needless to say, we sent the dog home without a bath. The good news of yesterday is that I made a total of $45 in tips! And only from 3 customers! $25 was from one person! Merry Christmas to me!
Today won't be as busy as people should be spending it at home with family...not out and about. We also close early (at 6), so it won't be that bad. Have a good Christmas everyone!
Joke of the day:
Q: What do you get if you cross an apple with a Christmas tree ?
A: A pineapple !
Today won't be as busy as people should be spending it at home with family...not out and about. We also close early (at 6), so it won't be that bad. Have a good Christmas everyone!
Joke of the day:
Q: What do you get if you cross an apple with a Christmas tree ?
A: A pineapple !
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Day of excitement
Alright! Class was last night, and Deuce was 10x better! He still barked and snapped at, but he wasn't lunging growling...blah blah blah. He was sitting and he snapped out of it pretty quickly. Half way through class I had an idea. Okay, he isn't dog aggressive in anyway shape or form, he is just extremely protective of me. So I decided to leave the training area. I gave his leash to the trainer and I walked to the other side of the store out of his sight. The other dog went right up to him and he didn't even care. All he cared about was where in the hell did mommy go? When I came back, I ignored him until he calmed down. By the end of class, he walked up to the other dog they sniffed noses and he could care less! We even walked right past them when we left. It was awesome.
Today was crazy busy at work. I ended up doing 8 dogs (that's 5 more then my average day). Dogs = money so yay!
Andy has had the whole week off, so he went to Savannah to see his sister...he is coming home today. I thought he was coming home tomorrow...so I am very excited. Let's just pray his car doesn't break down on the way home!
Joke of the day:
Q: Why does Santa have 3 gardens?
A: So he can hoe hoe hoe!
Today was crazy busy at work. I ended up doing 8 dogs (that's 5 more then my average day). Dogs = money so yay!
Andy has had the whole week off, so he went to Savannah to see his sister...he is coming home today. I thought he was coming home tomorrow...so I am very excited. Let's just pray his car doesn't break down on the way home!
Joke of the day:
Q: Why does Santa have 3 gardens?
A: So he can hoe hoe hoe!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Deuce
So this week has been interesting. Tuesday I got off early and went to the mall with Hope. That was fun. We shopped for a little while and talked. I love Hope.
Wednesday was my one day off for the week and my mom invited Andy and I over for dinner (mainly because Dad needed Andy to connect some DSL thingy, but hey, free food is free food). So I decided to bring Deuce over to see how he would react to Sadie (Mom's 15 year old dog). I wanted the visit to be as routine as possible and not freak him out about changing anything. So when we got there, we didn't put him on a leash...because he never wears one there. He saw Sadie in the doorway and couldn't have cared less. He walked right past her in the house just like he always had. So that was good news. Later I had him outside playing fetch and the neighbor had his dog out on a leash. This dog Deuce has never met before, but the boy he had met. When he initially saw him, he barked and charged at them, but when he got to the dog, he just sniffed him and came back to me. Whoop!! So he really isn't dog aggressive, he is just a tad overprotective. :)
Today I took him to doggie day care (again, I don't want to change his routine) and they said he did fine. So I can only hope that tomorrow's training class will go better then last time. I will keep you all updated.
Christmas in 7 days!
Also, for those of you who don't know. The new PetSmart in Canton is opening in March (I think the 20th). My name was put into the list of names to go up there! Yay!
Joke of the day:
Q: Why did the booger cross the road?
A: Because he was being picked on!
Wednesday was my one day off for the week and my mom invited Andy and I over for dinner (mainly because Dad needed Andy to connect some DSL thingy, but hey, free food is free food). So I decided to bring Deuce over to see how he would react to Sadie (Mom's 15 year old dog). I wanted the visit to be as routine as possible and not freak him out about changing anything. So when we got there, we didn't put him on a leash...because he never wears one there. He saw Sadie in the doorway and couldn't have cared less. He walked right past her in the house just like he always had. So that was good news. Later I had him outside playing fetch and the neighbor had his dog out on a leash. This dog Deuce has never met before, but the boy he had met. When he initially saw him, he barked and charged at them, but when he got to the dog, he just sniffed him and came back to me. Whoop!! So he really isn't dog aggressive, he is just a tad overprotective. :)
Today I took him to doggie day care (again, I don't want to change his routine) and they said he did fine. So I can only hope that tomorrow's training class will go better then last time. I will keep you all updated.
Christmas in 7 days!
Also, for those of you who don't know. The new PetSmart in Canton is opening in March (I think the 20th). My name was put into the list of names to go up there! Yay!
Joke of the day:
Q: Why did the booger cross the road?
A: Because he was being picked on!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
New Beginnings
So the last few days have been interesting.
Friday started Deuce's training class. I went to the vet first to get a copy of his medical due dates and to get his current weight. While we were waiting for someone to take him back to the scale, two dogs started to come into the front door, which scared him enough, but then out of nowhere a third dog came from the other direction and bombarded him and scared the shit out of him (literally). So he was stressed out by the time we got to PetSmart. I got there early to help him get used to where we were. When the other dog got to the training arena all hell broke loose. I don't know what came over him, but he just went ballistic. He was trying to kill the other dog. He was barking, lunging, growling, showing his teeth, the whole bit. It took him 15 minutes to calm down. I have never been so embarrassed in my life. By the end of the class he was calm enough to lay down next to the other dog, but he couldn't sniff her. He would lunge...but not viciously. So we have a lot of work to do for class. He goes to day care once a week and goes to Mom's house with her dog all the time...I'm not sure why he all of a sudden decided to become dog aggressive. He might have just been overly protective...who knows.
I also got a new computer. Dave (my laptop) is about 5.5 years old...and was about ready to throw him off the balcony. He was slow and crappy. So Mom and Dad gave me one of their old computers that they reformatted. Just like new! I named him McGee after Tim McGee on NCIS who is the computer guy on the show. :) So far McGee is awesome.
My final for Probability and Statistics was last Monday, and I thought I did fairly well on it. However, the two prior tests I didn't do too well, so I was scared that I didn't do well in the class. I have already failed this class once, so this was a big deal. Well, I finally got my grades in. I got an 84 on the final, and ended up with a B in the entire class! I have never been so excited for a B in my life!
Christmas is in just 11 days! I can't wait!
Joke of the Day:
Q: What blood type do all pessimists have?
A: A - negative!
Friday started Deuce's training class. I went to the vet first to get a copy of his medical due dates and to get his current weight. While we were waiting for someone to take him back to the scale, two dogs started to come into the front door, which scared him enough, but then out of nowhere a third dog came from the other direction and bombarded him and scared the shit out of him (literally). So he was stressed out by the time we got to PetSmart. I got there early to help him get used to where we were. When the other dog got to the training arena all hell broke loose. I don't know what came over him, but he just went ballistic. He was trying to kill the other dog. He was barking, lunging, growling, showing his teeth, the whole bit. It took him 15 minutes to calm down. I have never been so embarrassed in my life. By the end of the class he was calm enough to lay down next to the other dog, but he couldn't sniff her. He would lunge...but not viciously. So we have a lot of work to do for class. He goes to day care once a week and goes to Mom's house with her dog all the time...I'm not sure why he all of a sudden decided to become dog aggressive. He might have just been overly protective...who knows.
I also got a new computer. Dave (my laptop) is about 5.5 years old...and was about ready to throw him off the balcony. He was slow and crappy. So Mom and Dad gave me one of their old computers that they reformatted. Just like new! I named him McGee after Tim McGee on NCIS who is the computer guy on the show. :) So far McGee is awesome.
My final for Probability and Statistics was last Monday, and I thought I did fairly well on it. However, the two prior tests I didn't do too well, so I was scared that I didn't do well in the class. I have already failed this class once, so this was a big deal. Well, I finally got my grades in. I got an 84 on the final, and ended up with a B in the entire class! I have never been so excited for a B in my life!
Christmas is in just 11 days! I can't wait!
Joke of the Day:
Q: What blood type do all pessimists have?
A: A - negative!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Poo
Oh what a horrible day!! It started out with Roo wanting to go outside at 4:30 this morning. Which wouldn't be so bad, but both of them have holiday collars...with jingle bells on them. So all I kept hearing was jingle jingle jingle jingle....so I finally got up and let them out on the back porch where the sod box was...as it was POURING down rain. Neither one of them would go potty outside, so I put them in their crates (I don't want them learning that if they wake me up in the middle of the night they get to do what they want to do)...so when Andy got up he walked them and then put them back in their crates. Well when I woke up...Roo had pooped in her crate...and I mean a MASSIVE pile.. so I get that all situated and took them outside again...and then Deuce had diarrhea...fun stuff.
When I get everybody cleaned up I went to the car as I had a doctor's appointment. So I get to my car and I guess as I was turning on my car, some guy illegally parked his car right behind me to get his child from the stairs. I ended up backing into his car. I scratched the paint on his bumper, but nothing more. To make things worse, this guy is foreign so he doesn't speak very good English. I had to explain to him like 6,000 times that my insurance would pay for it. He wanted to call the police, so I told him that we didn't need to call the police for something this small, and if he did we would be waiting for an hour just for us both to get a ticket... as I ran into him, but he was illegally parked.
So I finally got all of that squared away and was late for both my appointment and for work. Then I got to work, and only had one dog to groom. It wasn't even worth me going in. However, I did get to leave 2 hours early because we had nothing to do.
So that was my crappy day.
Joke of the day:
Q: Why was Tigger always smelly?
A: Cause he was always playing with Pooh!
When I get everybody cleaned up I went to the car as I had a doctor's appointment. So I get to my car and I guess as I was turning on my car, some guy illegally parked his car right behind me to get his child from the stairs. I ended up backing into his car. I scratched the paint on his bumper, but nothing more. To make things worse, this guy is foreign so he doesn't speak very good English. I had to explain to him like 6,000 times that my insurance would pay for it. He wanted to call the police, so I told him that we didn't need to call the police for something this small, and if he did we would be waiting for an hour just for us both to get a ticket... as I ran into him, but he was illegally parked.
So I finally got all of that squared away and was late for both my appointment and for work. Then I got to work, and only had one dog to groom. It wasn't even worth me going in. However, I did get to leave 2 hours early because we had nothing to do.
So that was my crappy day.
Joke of the day:
Q: Why was Tigger always smelly?
A: Cause he was always playing with Pooh!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Woo Hoo!
School is done! I took my final today and I am pretty sure I did great. My professor has fly over seas later this week, so he has to have all of his grades in early. So to make things easier on him, he made our final a multiple choice. I love multiple choice! So I am pretty sure I did pretty good on it. YAY! Now I get to relax and not think about school for the rest of the year. Just work and being lazy. I just wanted to let you all know!
And if anyone feels the need to donate to the "Stephanie wants the new pink Vaio laptop fund" feel free...just throwing that out there. :)
Joke of the Day:
Q: Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
A: He's all right now.
And if anyone feels the need to donate to the "Stephanie wants the new pink Vaio laptop fund" feel free...just throwing that out there. :)
Joke of the Day:
Q: Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
A: He's all right now.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Voice box. Lame.
So my voice is still not all the way back to normal. I can talk...I just sound like a chain smoker. Lame.
Missy called out today, so we groomers washed all the bath dogs. I did the first dog...it was a 3 pound chihuahua. My dog craps bigger then this thing...she was so cute...but then she threw up on herself...not so cute. I had to bathe her twice. But she was all clean by the time she left. :) I did a total of 5 dogs today...but I only got paid for 2. The other 3 were bath dogs, and I don't get paid for them...even though I did them. I think that is a bunch of bull crap...corporations suck! Lame.
Deuce woke me up in the middle of the night because he had to poop...but then he threw up...mulch. He hasn't eaten mulch in months!! Yet for some unknown reason he ate it again! Lame.
Joke of the day: (not lame)
Q: How do you make a lemon drop?
A: Hold it, and then let it go!
Missy called out today, so we groomers washed all the bath dogs. I did the first dog...it was a 3 pound chihuahua. My dog craps bigger then this thing...she was so cute...but then she threw up on herself...not so cute. I had to bathe her twice. But she was all clean by the time she left. :) I did a total of 5 dogs today...but I only got paid for 2. The other 3 were bath dogs, and I don't get paid for them...even though I did them. I think that is a bunch of bull crap...corporations suck! Lame.
Deuce woke me up in the middle of the night because he had to poop...but then he threw up...mulch. He hasn't eaten mulch in months!! Yet for some unknown reason he ate it again! Lame.
Joke of the day: (not lame)
Q: How do you make a lemon drop?
A: Hold it, and then let it go!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Christmas Time!
Alright...well for the last two days I have had laryngitis. I haven't been able to talk for 2 days. I called in today as they said I sounded like crap. Sunday we went to Mom's house for dinner. Monday we decorated the house! I found Roo's jingle collar...now she jingles wherever she goes! Deuce will soon have a festive collar...but Andy told me I had to get one that is "manly"...I just don't know how manly a Christmas collar can be, but I will try!
Here is our new center piece. Mom gave me all of this...as I have few decorations.
We also bought a wreath for our front door. We are just going to have to hope no one steals it!
And of course, our tree. All those presents are for my family Christmas...only two are actually staying at our house...but hey...it makes it look nicer!
Joke of the day:
Here is our new center piece. Mom gave me all of this...as I have few decorations.
We also bought a wreath for our front door. We are just going to have to hope no one steals it!
And of course, our tree. All those presents are for my family Christmas...only two are actually staying at our house...but hey...it makes it look nicer!
Joke of the day:
Q: Which reindeer has the cleanest antlers?
A: Comet!
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