Another day in Dogville

Dogs

2007-08-04T08:14:00.000-07:00

Dash Monk

Sharona

Bryan

Salty's Dog Shop Pigs and Treats!!!

Red Headed Step Son

2006-08-27T16:00:00.000-07:00

Meet Brian, he's our new dog.... 6 months old and with a tail. He likes ice cream, kissing, playing and naps. Yes we have 4 dogs again. :)

Day Off

2006-06-26T09:48:00.000-07:00

I have the day off today and my call phone and house phone keep ringing.. I'm not going to answer or check messages until I'm done with my coffee... I'm got about a cup and a half to go folks, please leave me alone. i'm sure it's bill with a bunch of stuff for me to do.. which I should be doing as it's a good way for me to make money.. but now that I own a shop.. I don't get days off very often.. so i'm going to drink my coffee.. plus I have a bunch of stuff to do for the shop today and it's going to be 101 outside while I'm driving around.. FUN....

one more cup to go.

His Shortness....

2006-05-22T20:26:00.000-07:00

This is Shorty... He was a foster that I had for 3 weeks until it was time for him to go back to work as a trucker dog... He was a great dog and I miss him alot.. I know I say that about all the dogs that we foster. But Shorty... was shorty and I loved him lots. He's a good dog... and I hurt a little bit to see him go today...

I'm in a MOOD

2006-04-22T22:19:00.000-07:00

Someone needs to take care of it.....

Groove on it baby.

2006-04-22T21:38:00.000-07:00

I woke up this mornin' with the sundown shinin' in

I found my mind in a brown paper bag within

I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high

I tore my mind on a jagged sky I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in

(Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in)

I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in

I watched myself crawlin' out as I was a-crawlin' in I got up so tight I couldn't unwind

I saw so much I broke my mind

I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in

(Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in)

Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on a "Dead End" sign

I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind

Eight miles outta Memphis and I got no spare

Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere

I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in

I said I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was inYeah yeah oh-yeah

oh my gosh!!!!

2006-03-31T19:57:00.000-08:00

Max is SOOOOOOO cute. Look at that smile...

bubbie and skip

2006-03-27T22:06:00.000-08:00

bubbie, skip and sharona...

2006-03-27T21:54:00.000-08:00

another dog... Max

2006-03-27T20:47:00.000-08:00

heres Max.. 6 years.. not the smartest minpin.. but a sweet guy.. I photo shoped his eyes due to red eye... so he might look a little weird.

Skippy

2006-03-22T21:58:00.000-08:00

I've got a new foster, his name is Skippy but you can call him Skip.. I like him, he's trouble... he's only a year and a half so he's got lots of energy, unlike my lazy ass dogs..

I also think I might have the flu that is going around.. I feel strange and not in a good way.... I'll let you know it goes... I hope it's not the flu as I hear this one involves some throwing up....

Crazy Eye

2006-02-21T20:49:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure what it all means but I think if you look at my blog you should see it.

4x9 about me

2006-02-10T13:02:00.000-08:00

4 Jobs I've had:

1. Special events designer (production designer is what it said on my card) I did set design for 5 years... it was fun and a lot of work. I got out of it to move to portland. Kind of miss it but not enough to try to find work here doing it. I have a habit of getting over involved.

2. ummm.. i'm not sure of the title just at this moment but I was going to be doing estimates for a construction company here in portland on remodels in peoples homes... I had this job for about 6 hours... I decided it was not the work I wanted to be doing at the moment.. plus I felt the people were a little shady. The "desk" I sat at was a door on some saw horses and the room wasn't even finish.. you would think if it's a construction company the office would at least have walls...

3. Scenic Artist, I painted sets at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego for about 3 years while I was in grad school. FUN!!! and messy... I loved that job.. met lots of cool people, got to paint all kinds of cool stuff.. Looked like a homeless person most of the time as I was pretty much always covered in paint... anytime i would go out to eat with my friends from work we always got seated in the back...

4. Landscape lackey. I lived in Ann Arbor michigan for about 4 months and to make some money I work for this guy that was a Prof at U of Michigan and had a landscape company in the summer... He was Jamaican and would make fun of me for being white. I ran a crew of 2 mexican guys that didn't speak english, Juan and uncle Juan. they pretty much just stared at my boobs and weeded.. they worked really hard and were nice guys on the most part.. I was happy to not do that job anymore...

4 Movies I Can Watch Over & Over Again:

1. Cabin Boy.. it makes me laugh.
2. Free Enterprise.. watch it if you've not seen, see it.. Bill Shatner at his best.
3. City of the lost Children. not seen it in a while but I really liked it a lot.
4. Goonies.

4 Places I Have Lived (other than Portland)

1. San Diego, CA
2. Ann Arbor, Mi
3. Holland, MI
4. Kalamazoo, MI (yes there really is a Kalamazoo)

4 TV Shows I Love

1. Lost
2. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
3. Firefly
4. Dr. Who

4 Places I Have Vacationed

1. Italy
2. Norway
3. New Jersey
4. La Vegas

4 of My Favorite Dishes

1. Cheese Plate at Nobel Rot and everything else they have
2. any indian food that I make
3. oysters at Bold Sky
4. Queen of Sheeba... everything

4 Sites I Visit Daily

http://www.portlandonline.com/northportland/index.cfm? (back fence to see whats going on)
http://lilysworld.blogspot.com/
http://www.angiestinyuniverse.blogspot.com/
http://www.walkingportland.blogspot.com/

4 Places I Would Rather Be Right Now

1. dog park with the pins and matt
2. anywhere that i can sit by some water, have a drink in hand and a drink on the way and not have to worry about the dogs for a few days with matt.
3. In bed asleep with dogs and matt.
4. big house with large fenced yard and no crazy neighbors.

It's the SUN!!

2006-02-05T08:56:00.000-08:00

Holy Crap it's the sun.. and it's going to be out for like 5 days stright!!!!

My House AGAIN.. but that is Sharona.

2006-01-16T16:20:00.000-08:00

Sweet...

2006-01-04T21:22:00.000-08:00

You Are Liz Phair!

Sexy tough indie girl...
Who's not afraid to be a little girly
"I am extraordinary, I am just your ordinary
Average every day sane psycho
Supergoddess"

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52 Figments

2006-01-04T21:10:00.000-08:00

I'm going to give this a try....

http://www.swirlygirl.com/

52 weeks, 52 questions, 52 creations, 52 opportunities to think outside the box, make something up, ponder your most outlandish dreams and have some fun.

I need to use my mind more.

I guess that is good.

2006-01-04T09:52:00.000-08:00

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SNOW DAY!

2005-12-19T08:54:00.000-08:00

it snowed yesterday in Portland. I was at work at Salty's at the time so getting home was no problem. It was the first time our SoCal dogs have ever been in snow... they loved it. I think Bonnie our foster has been in it before as she didn't really want to stay outside and play in it to much. but Dash and Monk ran around and had fun i think they thought it was sand like when we could go to the beach in San Diego... I also got a call last night at midnight telling me I didn't have to go to work.. SNOW DAY...... that was nice.... but I do have to go tomorrow and unload a truck.... I've have to get a bunch of stuff done today before everyone gets here for christmas.

Cookies

2005-12-03T21:49:00.000-08:00

I can not make cookies... for the last two nights I've been trying to make cookies for a cookie exchange.. my kitchen is a floury mess and I have no edible cookies to show for it... It just comes down to the fact I can't bake....

the first night I even made "no bake" cookies and they SUCKED.. Thinking about them makes me want to puke... and I have no idea what the hell whet wrong with tonight's cookies... They just suck. However the frosting is good.. Maybe I'll just eat all that and make myself sick...

Bonnie

2005-12-01T09:04:00.000-08:00

We have a new foster her name is Bonnie. She's a very good girl.

Got my PEOPLE today.

2005-11-21T14:03:00.000-08:00

I feel better.... ahhhhhhhh.

PEOPLE

2005-11-20T09:06:00.000-08:00

I didn't get my people magazine this week... GRRRRRRRR....

This Cartoon is my Life.....

2005-11-15T21:16:00.000-08:00

No, Really, I think the guy that writes this comic has a camera in my house....

Little Dogs

2005-11-12T08:49:00.000-08:00

I had to take Dash to the eye vet the other day... he's got thick eyelids, and his eyes water a lot... "like he's in discomfort" quote from vet.... so my reward for being such a good dog mommy that I would take my dog to an eye vet is that I get to give the little fucker eye drops twice a day.....

Dash and I both dread this time of day. First it starts with me putting his muzzle on as he will try to bite the eye dropper when i get it near him... then he gets wrapped in the purple towel so that when I start to bring the eye dropper near him and her starts to struggle to get the hell out of my arms he can not rip me apart with those little minpin claws... Then we sit.. I rub his neck and try to get him to calm down I tell him if he's good he'll get some cheese.... he looks at me like. "okay momma, I can do this, I'm ready." so I reach over to get the eye drops and he FREAKS!!!!! FREAKS!!!! he knows the sound of the dropper coming out of the bottle.... this all goes on for about 10 minutes.... and at some point i think that maybe one or two of the drops that have fallen near his eyes will work their way to where they need to go... So we sit and calm down again. I take the muzzle off... we sit..... he's calm, we breath, I put him down on the ground... all is good...

Then Monk comes and licks Dashes head for about 15 minutes to get all the extra eye drops off of him. Dash likes and hates this at the same time.... all the time sharona is BARKING her head off at us...... It's nice. This happens twice daily.. come and watch if you want, it's fun....

Oh... this is a good one!

2005-11-10T20:42:00.000-08:00

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today is monday

2005-11-07T16:52:00.000-08:00

I've been busy ripping the carpet out of my bedroom.. We're having bamboo floors installed tomorrow... I can't wait.....

Today

2005-11-03T20:16:00.000-08:00

Today is my FRIDAY... you know what that means.... :P

SLEEPING WITH DOGS!!!!!

do you ever hit the....

2005-11-02T00:16:00.000-08:00

Next blog button in the upper right hand corn of the page... I do.. and I find some crazy shit...

Dash

2005-10-31T04:09:00.000-08:00

Here is a photo of Dash.... in his little winter coat. This is from last year but you can kind of see how much Quint and Dash look alike. Matt also has Dash tattooed on his arm....

Quint

2005-10-31T04:05:00.000-08:00

Dash has a brother in LA. His name is Qunit. He's on the left of the picture... I think they are twins. I'm happy that I was able to meet someone that also rescued a pin from the same group that Dash came from, it was 14 dogs in total that were found in these crazy peoples back yard with no food, water or shade in august in LA.... They all lived and they are all being treated a hell of a lot better then before they came into rescue. Dash is why I got involved in the first place...

She's gone

2005-10-30T12:47:00.000-08:00

Sammy went home with her new mommy and daddy. I'm just heart broken.

The things I do before I go to work...

2005-10-28T04:23:00.000-07:00

You are Goldberry the River-daughter. You love
nature, especially flowers, and you like being
outside. You are closest to the one you love.
Your husband is a real trip, too, I hope you
like poems and songs. He's a really cool guy,
though because he calls you his pretty lady.
Sorry you didn't get into the movie.

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Truck

2005-10-24T04:05:00.000-07:00

I work truck on Mondays and Fridays. It totally fucks me up as I have to get up way to early in the morning. 3:30 to be at work by 4:45am... I have a feeling this is what it's going to be like when I'm old, drinking coffee at 4am and sleeping for like 4 hours a night.. With lots of naps during the day. I'm not really a napper but I just fall asleep at random spots in the house... and than wake up... I like working truck, i just wish is wasn't so early in the morning... The dogs think i'm crazy getting up but they are always happy to eat and then with in minutes of feeding them they all go back to sleep and I have to sit a look at them and think... Thanks for the support guys...

2005-10-21T17:42:00.000-07:00

Hmmmm.....

You are Pedro Sanchez and love holy chips.

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Listen

2005-10-20T10:38:00.000-07:00

Blue Sky is heaven to listen to.

Songbird

More Sad News

2005-10-17T16:47:00.000-07:00

The other night I had to make a very hard decision. Sammy our 3rd minpin that we adopted thru IMPS minpin rescue has to be rehomed. I'm heart broken over this but after, I can't tell you how many fights between she and Sharona I've had to deal with since moving to Portland it's getting to be to much. It's to the point now where I have had to bring them to the vet to get checked out. I love Sammy, a lot. She is a wonderful little girl... But I don't want to ever watch them kill each other and at this point the fights get so bad that I'm scared it will happen.

Sammy is the dog besides Monk that everyone loves.... She is a little lover and not like the other two at all.. I hate having to do this and it's killing me inside.... But it's the right thing to do for her and Sharona.....

I let him go.

2005-10-15T22:59:00.000-07:00

today has really not been very good and I'm glad it's almost done.

look at that cutie face

2005-10-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

Saturday is going to suck.

ZEUS and BUBBY kissing in the Tree

2005-10-13T10:53:00.000-07:00

Okay i've been calling Zeus Bub JR. and Dash Bub SR. or BJ and BS for short... here are some photos of them playing... I can't let this puppy go.. it's going to kill me.... they are just so FREAKING CUTE. Zeus is in the blue harness.

Only if they can pry him out of my arms

2005-10-12T22:50:00.000-07:00

I think i've found a new home for Zeus... I'll miss the little bugger... i'll let you know on Saturday.

What's one more dog?

2005-10-08T15:36:00.000-07:00

now who is that dog you might ask... Well we have a foster. His name is Zeus and he's a 15 week old puppy. OH MY GOSH IS HE CUTE!!! He's about the size of Dash and is Black and Tan like all the other dogs in the house... He's going to be about 14 pounds when full grown. Puppies are love that is all I have to say... This guy is going to make someone a great little dog...

All the other dogs are pissed at me due to the little guy in their house. If dogs could talk I think all of them had said to me "are you fucking kidding me right now?" as Zeus tries to jump on their head, steel their toy, or get to near them...

On his way to being a ROCKSTAR!

2005-09-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

Andy Dick gives SONGBIRD the thumbs up at the Roxy!

Bad day gone by

2005-09-22T10:22:00.000-07:00

Monk is sitting in the chair looking out the window ready to bark at whatever is or isn't there. Sharona is helping him, front legs on the side table and back legs on the chair. Dash is running up and down the stairs chewing on a dead sweaky toy trying to get someone to chase him. Sammy is sitting at the front door trying to drill a hole thru me with her eyes, ears perky on top of her head. Does she need to go potty?... probably not.

two days ago they all got out on to the street and it was scary.

Monk has a tie down outside as he can jump the fence in a few places... I thought it was short enough that if he did try to jump he would get pulled back... well guess what I was wrong. He jumped the gate and was hanging from the otherside of the fence... I opened the gate to get him down but as I did that all the little dogs ran out to see the dog that monk was trying to jump the fence to get at. the girl with the dog was freaked out as 4 dogs rushed her. I was freaking out. That morning I had a dream that they all had gotten outside and now it was happening. I was able to get Monk and Sammy in as they they are much easier to grab then Sharona and Dash.. In the process I fell down on the sidewalk and skinned my knee up. Sharona started to bark at the neighbors cat and Dash ran down the street.... DASH my little bubby... I did not run after him.. I can't run as fast as a little dog. so I tried to get Sharona as she was not going to leave that cat alone after about 5 minutes of trying to catch her I finally got my hands on her.. she's a quick little bugger... and as I looked up Dash came running into the neighbors yard to see what Sharona was up to.. I scooped him up and went back into the house... Who knows how far he ran down the block. As I walked into the house my cell phone was ringing.. It was matt.... It took me pretty much all day to calm down and about 2 hours to catch my breath.... I'm happy to say no one was hurt other then me and i've made the tie down shorter so it won't happen again...

I have a bunch of stuff I should do today.. but I think i'm going to try to make some bread. I'll let you know how it goes as I've never made homemade bread before.

Things I should be doing: Cleaning up the house, buying paint to paint the inside of the house, painting the inside of the house, calling around to get quotes for wood flooring to replace the carpet upstairs that the dogs are distroying. trying to find more freelance work. walking the dogs... ( don't really want to bring them outside the fence ever again after the other day). and i'm sure a bunch of other stuff that is sitting at the back of my head making me feel guilty about making bread that is just going to make me fat if I eat it all. BUT. i want the house to smell like fresh bread so fuck the list, i'm going to make bread.

2005-09-07T12:04:00.000-07:00

Monk is Soooooooo bored...

"Momma, can we PLEASE go on a walk?"

"Okay Monk, lets go... "

I'm feeling better now... not all better, but better.

UPDATE: I Drank a beer after work... I must be feeling better. I can't tell you how much I missed my after work drink..... lets hope I don't get sick again any time soon.

Didn't go to work again

2005-09-05T13:19:00.000-07:00

Well this cold sucks. I didn't go to work again today. it was another truck day and I know it would have made me feel worse then I do at the moment.. which isn't good.... I've taken a shower and had some lunch and am ready for bed again.....

Yesterday went well drove just under 400 miles and got Duke to his new family. I think he's really going to like them. He slept the whole ride in my lap and would look up and give me kisses.. the drive back was lonely... no little dog to give me kisses and about 40 miles out of portland my cold decided to make my head explode. I got home, gave the dogs dinner and then went back to bed. I was up for 7 hours yesterday..... The only thing that keeps me going is that every time I lay down in bed I know "the rock" is waiting for me. Yes.. "THE ROCK" matt gave me his autobiography to read and its GREAT... i love the rock. I'll see any movie that guy is in.. and his life is really interesting to read about.... and he's "the ROCK"....

anyway. I think it's time to go read again and blow my nose...

Another Day Another Dog

2005-09-04T10:38:00.000-07:00

So I have a cold... it sucks. I didn't go to work on friday and help unload the truck as I didn't want to make my cold worse. I did work last night and it was probably a little to much. However the good part of the night was when my favorite Elfa costumers came in.... Larry, Carol, and their daughter Brit... this family ROCKS!!!! they always make me happy to talk to. Larry kind of reminds me of my dad, but he has a much closer relationship with Brit as she's the only child... she's a senior in highschool and a really nice person. Anyway it was nice to see them... :)

so today i'm driving a dog out east to meet it's new family... it's a 1.5 year red minpin that is at the oregon humane society... he's a good boy i meet him last week. and I know he's going to like his new family. I'll update my post after the trip. the only part that sucks is the gas prices I guess. I've not really looked to see what it's up to here in portland but I guess i'll find out.

Oh and i have a cold and am going to be in the car for like 4 hours today... but it's all for the good of the little dogs...

Sunday Again

2005-08-28T22:00:00.000-07:00

So today was pretty eventful. I took Dash to Lexidog for a little dog play group. I enjoyed it, Dash ran around freaked out as this is the first time since moving to Portland he's been away from the other dogs. Poor little guy had his little nub tail tucked as deep as he could get it. One thing I find interesting is that the dog parkish people in portland are not as nice as the dog park people in San Diego. Some people talked to me... and I talked to some people but all in all they were to cool for school... I think it was partly that at we were at Lexidog and those are the kind of people that go there... but when i took Monk to a park to play fetch a few months back the people were the same way. Next weekend I'm going to take Dash and Sharona and think he'll feel better about it with her there also.

I did run into Liz who is the girlfriend of a woman that I work with at TCS. Liz had Bell their dog with her and Bub did play with her a little... but he was really freaked. One thing the I found interesting about Bell is she weights less then bub.... and they had one of those metal prong collars on her to keep her from pulling... OKAY.. she's like 7 fucking pounds... come on.... her neck was all red... COME ON..... anyway..... i'll work on that one... I also heard someone say he wondered if dash was named after that republican Thomas Dashiell... I said FUCK NO he's named after the writer you dumb ass posser fuck.... he was not talking to me but i felt the need to correct him... like I like to do.

I also took monk on a walk when I got home, he liked that... it was nice.... but I have to say i'm pretty board.... so i've been reading and I'm almost done with my book.... and I'm been working on the TTouch that I learned on Saturday to help Sharona not bark so much so Crazy Eye Killer next door with pipe the fuck down.... TTouch is pretty cool, monk starts to drool when I do it on him.... and sharona tries to run away, which is not really the reaction that I'm looking for.. so i'll keep trying... At this point all the dogs are pretty much used to Holland now.. and Holland is slowing warming up to the idea of little dogs... And I think their barking has been pretty much in check but i know that Crazy Eye Killer will never be happy..

So i'm going to go back to reading..... all the dogs are sleeping, i think they are board too....

I can drive a FORKLIFT

2005-08-24T19:08:00.000-07:00

So today, I learned how to drive a forklift.... this is something I've always wanted to know how to do and now I can do it and probably not kill anyone... I hope... Here is a link that a friend sent me on forklift safty, it's not for the weak hearted...

http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box_id=51208&f_id=1000

Chance

2005-08-22T21:03:00.000-07:00

Pulled this guy from the shelter today. His name is chance. He's missing some fur but I'm sure it will grow back. He also needs to get some good food as he's under weight by about 3 pounds. I dropped him off at his foster family's house.. they fell in love with him. he's a good boy, he rode in the car really well, just looked out the window, ate some treats, and then slept because I got lost on my way from the shelter to his foster home. he was a little scared when i dropped him off but I know he'll warm up. He had been at the shelter for almost a month and was in an area where the public can not go as he was a bite risk.. which is true, but only because he was really scared due to all the dogs barking and 25 of them being pit bulls. I think his foster family might keep him.... which is kind of cool. I do volunteer work for a minpin rescue www.minpinrescue.org it's fun and I like knowing i'm helping out some little dogs...

Last friday I picked up a dog that was an owner give up from someone that had adopted this Pin as a puppy from minpin rescue. her name is molly and will end up on the web page. the sad thing is that Molly weighed in at 35 pounds... she should be like 12..... she was so fat she could not lift up her head and when she laid down her fat pooled around her.... she's on a diet now.... in about a year she should be her normal weight.. she looked more like a pug then a pin........ Matt and I drove her up to Washington state to go to her foster family.. Thanks for helping out the little dogs matt... he's a good guy to help me with all my crazy dog stuff....

Sunday Night

2005-08-21T21:17:00.000-07:00

It's another sunday night and I'm 4 drinks to the wind... glad I have to be at work 4:45am tomorrow.... Matt is here.... but leaves tomorrow afternoon. We/I have a new roommate, Holland. he's moved up for San Diego. Ladies in there mid 20's he does not have a girlfriend so let me know if you would like to meet him. I'll post a pict at some point.

I'm going to start some TTouch classes with Sharona the BARKER... to make the neighbor happy... and see if I can help Sharona with her barking... did i mention that we had to have another meeting the other day with the neighbor.. she wants NO barking at all in the morning.. we have been doing really well I thought with 1-3 barks in the morning... but that is not good enough.. so We work on it more... whatever... they are dogs.. they bark sometimes.. one bark is probably going to happen in the morning they are dogs and don't know how to speak english.... they bark... did i mention they are dogs.. and we live in the city.. and dogs bark sometimes.... and it's not my fault if she is a drunk and sleeps in longer then I do.. I have to be at work at 4:45am on mondays and fridays.. I'm not as important as she is to the point I can be a drunk at night and sleep in every morning.. I have to be a drunk and wake up at the BUTT CRACK of DAWN...

anyway.. I need to sleep as i have to be at work way to FUCKING early in the morning tomorrow and I better not have to be in the truck. and I don't want to wake up princess next door...

Missing Pages

2005-08-08T07:12:00.000-07:00

I'm missing about 32 pages from my new Harry Potter book. I was reading away last night and I got to page 500... and then it jumped back to page 468. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Now I need to decide if I keep the book and try to sell it on ebay.... or return it for a new one..... or just get someone I know to lend me a copy so I can read those pages... again... AHHHHHHHHHH

Sunday

2005-08-07T22:05:00.000-07:00

Had the WHOLE day off... that was nice... didn't get much done around the house.... that was not so nice.. but at least my cloths are clean... and I'm almost ready to pay the bills.

The dogs were GREAT today. They had to be in their crates for like 11 hours yesterday. Kim stopped my and let them out and fead them.... but still it was a long day. they get the same thing tomorrow.. I have a 10 hour shift again... poor guys... it was opening weekend of TCS.. i was a cutter for 10 hours.. i guess it was cool...

going back to reading harry potter now....

Sunday night

2005-07-31T23:16:00.000-07:00

So I feel as I should post. it's been a few days and I feel like I might be letting down the few people that read this... so here you go.

Today was my first day off from the new job the next day off I get is NEXT sunday after working a 10 hour shift on the Grand Opening weekend of TCS... I think it's going to be a suckie day next saturday... but i'll get thru it i'm sure but i would still like a day off before then. and today isn't really a day off as i've been rendering all day.. and still need to render a shit load more tonight. so my day off is in front of the computer..... oh well... i'm just bitching...

I have still not gone out to buy food.. but tonight i was able to eat some real-ish home made food. I had rice, black bean, and tomato's and iced tea.... better then the other night... but now i have a mess to clean up....

well i need to get back to work if i'm going to get any sleep tonight.

New Food Low

2005-07-28T22:54:00.000-07:00

So living the way I am at the moment has kind of sent me back to not buying food all that often. This evening I had a new food low...

Diner: 1 beer & 3 dill pickles dipped in light mayonnaise.... It's all I have that is not spoiled.. and it was pretty tasty.

all that I wish for

2005-07-27T15:37:00.000-07:00

Coolest Jack Russell Ever

2005-07-27T09:27:00.000-07:00

This is Enid... Paula's dog at www.saltysdogshop.com.....

She's so cool.. Paula and Enid that is.

Elfa

2005-07-24T10:11:00.000-07:00

So yesterday I had a full day of training at TCS... and the first 4 hours was all about Elfa.. it turns out that by the time the store opens i will have had 20 hours of Elfa training and will be a certified space planner... that's cool... here is a link to see what Elfa is... http://www.containerstore.com/browse/index.jhtml?CATID=68558

But what is really is, is a great shelving system that can be used in so many ways... I have to say.. I think it's pretty cool.. All last night all i could think about was ripping out the shitty shelves that the builder put into all the closets inthis house and how i'm going to replace them with Elfa one room at a time... i don't think i'm going to get a pay check for about a year from the TCS but I know that my house WILL BE ORGANIZED at last!!!

First Week on the New Job

2005-07-21T22:46:00.000-07:00

Well I made it thru the first week at my new job.. I unloaded 4 semi's in the last 3 days.. 2 just today.. i'm so SOAR!!!!!!! but it was kind of fun.... I'm not that great at the register but i'm learning.

Here is a cute picture of Dash...

Photos from today.

2005-07-18T22:17:00.000-07:00

Bub has found something in the bush. Please note his nub up and alert. One paw is in the "pointing" position.... and his head is being eaten by the only bush our builder planted that I like. He spends a lot of time looking in this bush.... and peeing on it.

Sammy and Monk watch Sharona as she does her neighborhood cat patrol... Sammy is thinking to herself... "Wow I got soooooo lucky to not be born as Sharona...."

I just like this picture of Dash... he was shaking his head....

Must be a full Moon.. oh wait it is...

2005-07-18T22:05:00.000-07:00

Dogs are driving me NUTZ!!!!!! they all keep running around and barking and pissing me off.... Sharona and Sammy had to take a time out for about 45 minutes.. 10 of which Sharona did not bark.... so we go outside for the last potty break of the night and I hear everyone elses dog in the neighberhood getting yelled and they are all barking... and I think "must be a full moon" and I look up and it's a full moon.... f---ing dogs...

all i want to do is read the new Harry Potter book... and be cool as it's really hot here in portland... I think I like the cold better.. I wore shorts today.. I never wear shorts....

Rock Star Husband

2005-07-17T21:30:00.000-07:00

Here is a photo of Matt....

mmmmmmmmm

mmmmmmattttttttt.....

first day of work and i'm bitching already

2005-07-17T06:53:00.000-07:00

so i'm starting my new job today... on a sunday.. and it's an 8 hour day with an hour lunch so it keeps me from home for like 10 hours if you include the drive... we have to wear dress code which is.. a TCS (the container store) tee shirt and jeans.. well the jean are cool but I'm not so big on the tee shirt.. first off it's a little big... i hate that.. second we have to TUCK them in.. I am NOT a tucker... and I HATE the little big tee shirt tucked in look.. doesn't go with my style... not that I have that much style.. but still it doesn't go...

the only good part of today other then getting paid to sit on my ass all day (i hope) is that I'm going to try to run over to the book store during one of my breaks and get the new Harry Potter book..... i'm a dork but what are you going to do.... must read new harry potter... maybe i'll start reading it while they are trying to brainwash me in to being a good little minion.....

I am looking forward to the job.. i'm so totally going to deck out my house... it's going to be awesome!!!!

FIRE!

2005-07-16T10:29:00.000-07:00

So last night I'm trying to get to sleep and I hear a semi in the ally. I am half asleep and it's about 12.30 so my brain says "wow it's kind of late for the brewery to be getting a delivery." so I open my eyes and there are red, white and blue lights flashing on my ceiling.. I think.. Maybe I should get up and see what is up.... And then I think.. Well maybe I don't want to see... And then I smell smoke. So I get up and look out the window and the dumpster that is behind the brewery is on FIRE!!!! Shooting flames up into the air... And the "semi" is a fire truck.... It took about 15 minutes to get the fire out... At one point it flared up again and all the firemen were not looking and I was like UMMMM it's still on fire guys.. But they did a good job putting it out... I don't know if someone set it.. Or if the brewery people were stupid and somehow set it... I'm just glad that someone called the fire department as my car was parked like 10 feet from the fire.. I still need to go outside and poke around a little.. But when I was watching last night nothing seemed like it was out of control. It took me about 5 minutes to realize I should probably close my window that had the box fan in it as it was sucking the smoke into my bedroom.....

But all is fine this morning and the dogs didn't even freak out about the noise in the ally.

UPDATE: So I talked to one of the bar tenders today. She said that the brewery had set it but not realized it until the fire department showed up. I guess what they do most nights is put the coals from the BBQ in a metal bucket to cool off and then throw them away the next day... Someone had the bright idea to just throw them away before they were cool last night.. So it started the dumpster on fire.. Lesson learned.... I hope....

Monk is in LOVE

2005-07-15T21:38:00.000-07:00

So Monk has found another woman that I think he LOVES more then me.. today Kim from Waggin Wagon www.wagginwagon.com came over to meet the dogs as she's going to take care of them for me when I have to work full days.... Kim is GREAT and Monk was falling over himself to impress her... he sat in her lap and licked her face, then we went outside and he tired to impress her with how well he plays fetch... he was doing everything in his doggie power to relay to her that she had just found the man (and by man I mean dog) that was going to change her life furever.... pun intended...

I've never seen that dog act that way.. it was so cut.. annoying but cute.. he better walk well for her if he really wants to impress her...

I think he was dreaming about her this evening.. he was wagging his tail really hard in his sleep....

Bub is on my LIST today

2005-07-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

And it's not my good dog list.....

Portraits at Dog Ville

2005-07-14T12:00:00.000-07:00

Sharona and Dash is the Portland Sun

Mary, Monk and a Toy Duck

The Minpin Love of Sammy

Claims Another

Please Check Out Salty's Online

2005-07-14T09:23:00.000-07:00

www.saltysdogshop.com

If you live in the North Portland ares and would like home delivery of pet food, Salty's is the place for you.

it's also my first web page design....

Odd site.

2005-07-13T11:30:00.000-07:00

check it out...

http://farwellperry.com/

Sharona likes to Sleep in now

2005-07-11T09:44:00.000-07:00

She Told me so.... we just all got up, well for the second time... The first time we got up was 5:30 so they could go potty and then have their breakfest. But we went back to bed... I sleep a lot more in Portland then I did in San Diego... Even before matt and i met I would get up early in the morning... I wonder what it is about Portland that makes people so sleep.. Well the weather... abut in college we had a sofa that the devil lived in and if you sat on that sofa you had to take a nap... maybe the devil just lives in Portland also... I'm guessing there are people here in portland that get up early to go to work and such.. but i've not see it very much. guess that will change when I have to do my 7am shifts at my new job.. I only have 6 of them I think..

I'm going to the mall today.... i need to buy some pants....

I HATE SUNDAYS

2005-07-10T12:13:00.000-07:00

that is all...

what to do

2005-07-09T09:39:00.000-07:00

so i'm going to start a new job... Joy.. I'm going to be working retail for The Container Store www.containerstore.com It should be okay.. it's only like 17 hours a week once they are open.. but they are opening a new store and I have 4 full days that they have scheduled with me for training... On the weekend... when doggie day care opens at 10.. and I have to be at work at 8... plus day care is like 75 bucks for the pins... and i'm not making that much.... Maybe I'll try letting them run free in the downstairs area of the house... guess I should do a test this week.. see how much they distroy...

I'll see if I can get Kim from Waggin' Wagon http://wagginwagon.com/ to stop in and take them outside and walk Monk... I think this is going to be the best option.... I can get a good deal at Lexi Dog http://www.lexidog.com/ so maybe once A week I'll take the pins in to play and tire them out.... I need to work... it's crazy that i'm going to be doing retail.. part of me is pissed because I know that the amount of $ i'm going to make in a month at the Container Store is what I would make doing 4 renderings or working 3 days on site............ But i think that working retail is going to be good for me.. I'm going to meet people, and i get a great employee discount which will be good as i'm going to stock our new house well.... and will most likely spend more then I make.... I think if I can find some freelance work on top of this I'll be okay... I just hate knowing the other side.......

FOR THE LOVE OF BUB......

Early Morning

2005-07-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

So as is the custom for the 4th of july I got to go on a trip to the emergency animal Clinic last night. Every thing is fine but this is the story behind it all...

Monk has been licking himself a lot in the boy area.... and it's been kind of red and gooey.. He's an obsessive licker so once he starts, it takes a lot to get him to stop..

I was planning on bringing him into the vet today to have it looked at.. didn't want to pay the emergency prices.... But I woke up last night at 3:30 am and he was panting really hard and licking his lips.. so i took him outside and he threw up... and then started eating grass... I got him to drink some water but all he wanted to do was eat grass.. So after about 30 minutes I thought it would be better for both of us to go to the vet... He seemed like he was in a lot of pain and I would rather be sure then sorry.... He's never acted like this before so I wasn't sure what was going on. And as it turns out they couldn't find any thing wrong with him except for a little cut on tip of his boy part...Not the lipstick.. The part that covers it.. :) sorry I don't know the right terms..

So at least it's not infected which is what I thought was wrong....

The emergency vet here is great by the way... Much nicer then in SD... And a lot cheaper... I think the cost was the same as if I would have taken him to the vet today anyway....

so the part that sucks is that I wanted to sleep in.. And sharona didn't want me to sleep in.... Ah sharona.. if you were not so cute I would put you in the microwave...

I have dogs

2005-07-03T19:57:00.000-07:00

After a very long day of flying back to Portland from tampa. (i got up at 3am portland time and started back with a bad sunburn.) I still have the sun burn.. it has been cemented in my mind and body I will never have children.. NEVER..... Can you tell I had a bad flight involving childern. I like my friends kids.. i like my neice... other then that.... i don't want to be around kids.... I really don't like them at all... I like my dogs... dogs are loud and as painfull as kids.. but I can lock the dogs in their crates and go out for a beer... can't do that with kids...

I'm home now.. have the dogs, bathed the dogs because they smelled like hell.... i'm drinking beer and i'm hoping to be asleep my 10... maybe sooner... i'll clean up the bathroom from giving the dogs baths tomorrow..

A day with no dogs

2005-06-29T17:27:00.000-07:00

Here you go... James and Rosie the cats of the house. I dropped the dogs off early at Noah's Arf as I was paying for a full day so they might as well play for a full day... So the cats have had the run of the house..

They love no dog days. it's been oddly quite, but kind of nice to not worry about them. my flight is at midnight... and i'll be back on sunday... blog you then. :)

Not such a dull day after all

2005-06-28T16:12:00.000-07:00

UPS dropped this off today... it is a gift from our lender Countywide.... They are so nice.. I think they spent more in shipping this thing to us then we did on them to close the loan... :)

However it's really nice so i'm going to display in in our front yard... Dogs no peeing on the welcome stone....

Other art that will soon be on display in our home.

the artist is Curtis Settino and more of his work can be seen at Bridge City Comics on Mississippi street.

Small dog on a big bed

2005-06-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

We have a new dog bed... It's HUGE... And I guess only fits one minpin at a time. Sammy is curled up in the middle of it right now.. Dogs are funny. I would get up and take a picture to share with you... But I have two other dogs laying on me at the moment, plus the bed is black so it's hard to see the dogs laying on it as they are also black...

On other fronts. I prund the tree that the tweakers attacked. It looks better now... and I weeded the yard by the driveway.. it was way overgrown... I want to mow the grass but i think it's going to rain more so it might have to wait until I get back from tampa.... I think i'm going to bring the dogs in early to Noah's Arf tomorrow so they can have a full day of playing.. they have been so tired after being there for 6 days... Once I start working I'm going to try to bring them to day care at least once a week... they need to get out more..

don't you love reading about my day to day life... it's kind of dull..

UPDATE: Here is a photo of Monk on the new dog bed... he's easier to see then the pins...

I'm back.. and boy are the dogs happy.

2005-06-26T11:36:00.000-07:00

well I got back yesterday.. the dogs are happy to be home again.. Little do they know that I'll be dropping them off at the kennel again later in the week.... have to go to tampa, fl for my grandmas 85th birthday... I'm happy to say that they have not forgotten their housetraining!!! in the past i've brought them home and they have made messes in the house.. not this time at least so far... :)

we got some new ink in San Diego... and I got a bathing suit that i won't be posting any photos of. I don't think that is anything that you all need to see....

miss matt as always... but it's all for the good of the world...

work

2005-06-18T21:43:00.000-07:00

So i've decided to not bring my laptop to San Diego on this trip. I don't really need it as most days are going to be at least 12 hours of none stop work.. so what would I need my computer for.. it's really going to be like fasting.. no dogs, no cats, no computer.... I'm going to have a ton of email when I get back.... of course it's all going to be junk mail.... I'm really going to miss my doggies... but I'm super happy I get to spend time with Matt... it will be really nice to have a whole week with him.. except for the work part of my trip it's going to be like the honeymoon we never got to have...

Chain Reaction

2005-06-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

It's 5:30am... well it's not really but just picture it is. I'm taking the dogs out to go potty and then it time to eat. as i'm getting monks leash ready (he can't go outside without it or he sometimes jumps the fence) monk steps on Dash's back leg making him cry out in his little bubby pain.. my first reaction is.. grab my poor little bubby and make sure he's okay... and as I do that and make sure his leg isn't broken.. I realize that Sharona and Sammy have started an all out fight... sharona has her pinned on the ground.. it's really ugly.. I grab sharona by the scruff of her neck and pick her up.. she's barking like a mad woman.... I put her on the steps behind the baby gate and try to get everyone to calm down.. Sharon is still barking....

After taking everyone out and feeding them.. it seams they are all okay.... i'm really surprised that Sammy doesn't have any bleeding wounds...... Dog skin is thick... I had to learn the hard way that not to EVER grab Sammy when they fight.. We've had Sharona since she was a puppy and she learned to NEVER bite a person... But Sammy comes from a different background... And she will bite you as she's only seeing RED when she's pissed off....

But what a fucking morning.. i was going to stay up and try to break this habit of going back to sleep until 10am.. but i didn't I went back to bed.. i got up at 9:30 however so that is a step in the right direction...

Needless to say... I'm super worried about when I have to board the dogs. Sharona and Sammy will be in different runs so they should be okay.. and I need to remember that dogs are not the same when they go away from their homes... alot of times they act a lot better around other people.. lets hope that is true.

2005-06-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

Look at what some DB tweaker ass hole did to the tree outside of my house.. what the hell.... I hope whoever did this has a slow painfull death by the hands of mother nature... and then I want one of the dogs to pee on him... and I had to pick someone else's dog poop out of my front yead.. I have dogs.. i pick up after my dogs... I'm really pissy today....

Away again

2005-06-13T22:38:00.000-07:00

Well i'm going away again. I'll be gone for 6 days.. I'm going to board the dogs and i'm a little worried about that..... the last time we boared them was when matt and I went to Itlay last fall.. Dash didn't do so well.. he lost 1lb.. which is a lot for a minpin.. I hope he does alright this time... I hope they all do alright.... I'm a worried animal mom.... I feel bad that they won't be able to sleep in bed with me... and it's not like i'll be having fun.. I'll be working again... and 4 days after I get back I'm flying out to the east coast to hang out with my family for grandma's 80th birthday.. so the dogs get boarded again for 4 days.. they are going to be hating me... the cats get to stay at home and we'll have a pet sitter stop in to take care of them... I wish I could do that with the dogs but... that's just not going to happen. Maybe I can write off some of the boarding costs......

anyway. they have been okay... monk jumped the fence yesterday.. I wanted to kill him but I didn't.... we've been going out on walks the last 3 days.. I think that has helped a lot.... now I just need to get the pins to the dog park....

anyway... this is a dumb post....

2005-06-10T14:30:00.000-07:00

Sammy and Dash play "big mouth". I think Sammy won.

New dog toy

2005-06-10T14:01:00.000-07:00

So after Matt and I got married we moved in together. His one comment about living with me was that it was like living with a college freshman due to the fact I just leave my clothes where ever on the floor at night when I'm getting ready for bed and don't really pick them up until it's time to wash them..... so before me moved to Portland we had a chair that I would put my clothes on at least to keep them off the floor... Well now that matt isn't here full time.... I'm back to leaving my clothes on the floor... I think the dogs are trying to take over for matt at nagging me to pick up my clothes as I've lost many a bra to the pins chewing on them and playing tug a war with them and breaking straps... I guess this is also how I lost my glasses last month... I have learned to put my shoes away however as Sharona LOVES to chew on shoes... Just need to not be so lazy at night I guess.... Plus I needed some new bra anyway...

So this morning.. We got up at 6am.. went outside, came inside and ate, went outside once more and then came back in to go back to bed for a while.. back in SD i would have stayed up and got ready for work and stuff... but now that I kind of work from home... I went back to bed.. I love this by the way.. what the hell was I thinking before.. getting up early all the time.. my body clock still wakes me up at 5:30 - 6.. but now it's letting me go back to bed.... anyway.. the pins did sleep for a while.. but then sharona and dash got up and started to play..

no big deal as long as no one is barking at me... Sharona...... the barking queen was barking at me.... 10 minutes I tell her.. then i'll get up okay.. now SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! No go.. still barking.... FINE! i'll get the FUCK up.... so i sit up in bed and my hand lands on a piece of paper.... I look at it.... the first thought is "boy matt is going to be mad at me." and my second thought is... "boy that was dumb of me.. i know better. wish i was less lazy sometimes." in my hand was a ripped up 10 dollar bill... FUCK... 10 bucks out the window.... or at least into a minpin tummy... so i wonder into the bath room to find the jeans i had left on the floor just to make sure they didn't eat any coins.... and then I see the 20 dollar bill ripped up on the floor... FUCK now matt is going to be really pissed.... and I'm kind of pissed to, but what am I going to do... I didn't catch them in the act... that was a really nice 30 dollar dog toy.. I pick up the jeans and reach into the pocket to make sure there are still coins in the pocket.. yes there is. thank goodness they aren't as dumb as i sometimes think they are... and I also pull out 2 one dollar bills... WHAT THE FUCK guys.... eat the ones!!!! NOT the big bills! So then I look at them... and say... well you just ate the dog toys i might have gotten for you this month.. Hope you liked them.... it means nothing to them.. they are dogs, as my good friend Bruce likes to remind me... and i'm just a dumb lazy human who the dogs are trying very hard to train to be a good human. I think i might suggest they try clicker training instead of barking at me and destroying everything.

oh what a day..

2005-06-07T22:36:00.000-07:00

so... I started a new job today.. which i'm going to quit tomorrow... it's an okay job but I think it's going to be more then what I want to do....... what i really what to do is hang around the house and have the dogs drive me nuts and bitch about it to everyone who even bothers to read this. (matt)

I've gone thru a TON of emotions over quitting this job.. I feel bad.. I hate letting people down.. but I had to be at work today at 8am... FUCK NO i'm not going to work that early...... and the dogs were in their crates for 7.5 hours... i hate that.... so i went to talk to paula at Salty's dog shop.. I love paula.. she ROCKS!!!! I think other then a few people I know from when I lived in Michigan Paula is the closest thing I have to a freind here in portland. Paula if funny, nice, fun to talk to, a business owner, and loves dogs as much as I do.... So really what i'm saying is that paula is cool.... and i've very happy she spends anytime talking to me... :)

then I talked to matt and decided i needed to quit my new job.. then I talked to my mom who called to congratulate me on my new job and then i told her I was quitting... I love my mom as she's learned to just roll with the crazy life i lead..... she's very supportive and i'm lucky for that... i do lead a kind of odd like..

got over it.. sharona and monk spent 2 hours growling and barking out the front window... days like that I want to open the door and let those little fuckers run free....... but they are all asleep now... and super cute.. so i'll keep them one more day.

i miss matt... he's been gone for about 36 hours or so....

I'm home.

2005-06-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

so it's nice having matt take care of the dogs even though they drive him nuts.. but not really... when I'm home he LOVES them.... when I'm gone he HATES them.... I (Matt here, I don't"hate" them, but I do prefer when we're all together :-) I guess all meaning when I'm here with everyone...... he's fine.. anyway.. i'm home and I love being with the dogs.. matt leaves tomorrow and i'm not looking forward to it... I HATE being away from him.. however i am going to start a new job this week.. so i'll have something to do...... but i'll still miss him... but at least i'll have the dogs to sleep in bed with me.

Away

2005-05-31T22:03:00.000-07:00

So.... it's been couple of days.... I got to san diego. worked for 10 hours and went to bed. the next day (monday) I worked for 8 hours. had a meeting, and then went to pick up my truck so I would have something to drive while i'm here in LOVELY san diego... Well on the way to pick up the truck Janice who was nice enough to give me aride to my car and I saw two dogs running in the road.. well dog rescue nancy needed to stop and get the dogs.. which we did. and I called the owner's nember and he came and picked up the two beautiful girls that were out for the night time run... One of them looked like my Monk so I has happy to love her up while we waited.. both dogs were great, and it felt good to get them to their owner.

well I got to the truck at about 11pm.. and drove a block and relized my tire was flat.... I called matt... "the truck has a flat" I think he thougth I said "you gave the truck a flat and now I'm screwed"... I didn't say that.. I said. "the truck has a flat".. what I wanted to her from him was "baby i'm sorry, lets figure out a way to get it fixed. I don't want my baby to have to be a lone and fix that by herself. I wish I could be there to help you right now." Instead I got "well change it." well I got it fixed with his help. Howie who is a friend of ours and his girlfriend gave me a hand they live right there.. and thank goodness that had a flash light or we would have been screwed.. matt was still mad at me so after I got the tire fixed with howie.. who matt called and asked if he could help me... I called matt and tried to get him not to be mad at me... after a few minutes we were all good... but my GOD what a day... also i the way back to the hotel I saw another dog out loose.. I wanted to stop and hlep it but I needed to get back. i feel bad I didn't help..... but people need to take care of their own dogs.. I can't help everyone.....

Today was a long day..... I miss the kids back home... Matt said Dash pulled up some of the new carpet and now the dogs can't go up and down the stairs... stupid bubby (dash).... I miss matt. I'll be home in a few days...

Oh i almost for got.. I got a job offer from a place i intervied at the other day.... I think I'm going to take it... if I don't like it... I'll quite....

must sleep.

A week with no dogs

2005-05-29T08:20:00.000-07:00

so i'm going back to San Diego to load in a show for good old SST.... joy... it's going to suck but the money is good.... sometimes I wonder what I was think.. quiting my job and moving to portland... I'm going to be really board once this project is done.... and not have any money coming in..... anyway...

so being back in SD means that I won't be at home with the dogs.. part of me is happy to be free from them for a little while. Somedays I just want to open the door and let the little buggers run free.... but I know tonight when I get into bed after traveling and then working 10 hours... and am trying to fall asleep.. i'm going to miss them..... and Matt, but i always miss matt... it was REALLY nice to be with him yesterday..... I'm happier when he's here....

i'm sure i'll post what it's like to be dogless for 6 days....

Today

2005-05-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

I fell behind on the days.. i have no idea where I'm at.... Matt was here and then he went back to San Diego, he'll be here Saturday.... I had a weekend by myself, and now it's stopped raining.

I miss matt...

I'm writing this post as a kind of count to ten..... we were just out side.. and when i say "we" I mean me and the dogs... everything was going okay.. the neighbors where in their back yard so that was something for the little ones to look at.... then monk saw something on the other side of the fence that we wanted... i had his leash on him.. i always have his leash on him as he's gotten over the fence... F(*#ker... so the leash pulls out of my hand and he runs to the spot he knows he can get over... and goes for it.. I run up and grab the leash and pull his sorry ass down.. and it takes all I have not to kill him in the yard. I get all the dogs in the house and Sharona is attacking Monk because she knows I'm mad at him.. so I yell at him and squart her with the squart bottle to shut her up.... Then I send him upstairs and that is where he's sitting know.. at the top of the steps not with the rest of us... I'm really pissed off at the mement.. I f*#&king hate it when he does that shit.... I try to use positive reforcement to train them.. but I want to kill him for that.... I won't.. I love him.. that is why he's up stairs.... but F*#k....

F*#$ker...

I even went to the dog park with him this morning to play fetch, it was the first time sinc we left san diego....

Day Three

2005-05-11T17:53:00.000-07:00

Well everything was going really well today. Not one accidents in the house in the last 24 hours!!! Everyone had a good time today laying in front of the fire.. I did a bunch of work.. And then a few minutes ago.. Sharona was all excited because it was going to be time to eat and Sammy got pissed at her and they got into a big fight!!! Monk got all mad and started barking at them and I did my best to get them apart without getting bitten... For once... Now they are in their crates and need to stay there until they calm down. I'm so scare they are going to kill each other when they get like that.... Sometimes I think I need to put Sammy back in rescue... But I don't think I could do that... I do know there is no chance in hall that I can foster another female dog.. I would say those two go at it as least once a week. I can't deal with 3 females....

Matt is coming home for a visit for the next 4 days. I've not seen him in over 2 weeks so it' going to be nice to see him again.... I hope the dogs don't act up.....

Day Two

2005-05-10T10:43:00.000-07:00

got new glasses a week ago due to Dash eating my other pair.. I was in the shower this morning and he chewed on the lenes of the new ones.... insert bad word... so off to lenscrafers I go to get them replaced....

2005-05-09T22:10:00.000-07:00

Monk is the sun. We think he's a rott/lab mix. he's smart but sometimes i have to remind myself that he is a dog...

2005-05-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

So today has been eventfull. I've gotten alot done but it feels like nothing... Oh and then Monk.. The BIG dog decided to try and mark in the house... WOW... I thought he was smarter then that.... I need to get these dogs re house trained.. the move was not good and they have not started to like the Portland weather...

Today they got a lot better about not barking.. I'm working on having them come when called and everytime they start doing somthing I don't want them to do.. I call them all to me and make them sit.. then they get a treat.. now this could back fire I could be teaching them to do stuff that bugs me so that I'll make them stop..... but I think I have that covered.. when ever I see them doing somthing good.. I give them a treat.. Hopfully they will catch on to that... here is a picture of the big dog....

2005-05-09T13:06:00.000-07:00

Dash and I... He's my little bubby..

Day one

2005-05-09T11:23:00.000-07:00

So I started a blog... I guess I'll tell you about my day based on how the dog are.

First the back ground on how all this started.
My husband and I decided to move from San Diego, CA to Portland, OR... so we sold our house, bought a house in Portland, I quit my job and I moved up here with all our dogs... we have 4. and the two cats.

I've moved to freelance designer for the company that I worked for back in SD so i've been busy working on stuff for them.. and I picked up a great part time job at a local dog shop called Salty's that is on Mississippi street.. I like working there it's lots of fun!!!

I've been here for 2 weeks.... my husband is moving up at the end of August as he's finishing some stuff up in SD.. he's trying to visit once a month or so.

That brings us to today...

I'm doing my freelance work and a little blogging...

the dogs are sleeping, in SD they would lay outside in the sun and bake themselves.. here in portland the sun is not the same so they are making due with the gas fire place... we put the dog bed in front of it so the pins.. OH. we have 3 mipins and a rott/lab mix... the pins like to lay in front of the fire and when they get to hot they move somewhere else to cool down.. it's kind of like a sauna for them..

so far today has been pretty good..not a lot of barking and they are leaving the cats alone... so i've been able to get some work done.