Bear's Block

From time to time I have a funny or not so funny story about Bear. So I thought I would start sharing them with you. I told a little bit about him in the post HERE.

Okay here goes....When I walk Bear I take food, leash and treats. He gets real excited and starts running and jumping, so Chris decided a while back to give him a treat when you go into his pen. That way he will settle down some. So this morning I have all three ready. I had the leash around my left wrist and his food under my left arm. I go into his pen and he sits down in front of me to get his treat. In all his excitement he turns and gets his head caught in the leash....takes off and I dropped all of his food on the ground. Uggghhhh.....

So I stood there for a few seconds deciding what to do. I could have got mad and said a bad word, but I kept my cool. God is watching!!! I bent down and started picking it up and putting it back in his bowl. Thank God that most of it landed all together. While I was picking it up (dirt and all) Bear comes over and starts eating out of the bowl. I was like, you could help me out by eating it off the ground! Needless to say he sensed I was in distress and started eating it off the ground. We got it cleaned up and off we went on our daily walk.

One last little story that happened this week. We had a Tropical Storm to come through the early part of this week. Tuesday morning it was still raining while we were walking. (Remember we walk rain, sleet, snow or hail). Bear loves to stop and sit down for a little bit while he is being walked. Of all mornings he wants to stop and sit, it has to be pouring down rain. I kinda made the motion for us to keep moving. I told him I would get him out for a bit when it wasn't raining. Poor thing, just wanted to sit!

Doctor Visit and Such

Yesterday I had a doctors visit in Gadsden, so I thought I could knock out two birds with one stone. It was a visit that all women hate and I am going to leave it at that!
After the doctor visit I had to run by my orthodontist office to get a retainer ordered. This is where I get frustrated! I pull up and there is only one vehicle, so I am thinking that maybe they are still at lunch (it is 2:20 at this point). So I get my pink umbrella and go to make sure (it is raining and the wind is blowing). Plus my pants are getting wet, because I am vertically challenged! I get to the door and it is LOCKED! I notice the sign that says lunch 12:00-1:30, so I know they have to be back from lunch. I go back to my car and look up the number on my cell phone (thanks to the Internet). I get the number and call. Guess What?....They answered. So I asked the lady what time they get back from lunch and she says 1:30, so I politely thanked her and hung up. I waited a few more minutes to see if someone else showed up. No one did so I got out and went to check the door again. I don't know if the lady heard me complaining or me banging on the door, but she got the message! She apologized saying that she keeps the door locked because she is there by herself...what the heck does that mean! If you are going to keep the door locked, then why are you open!!!!! I got my retainer ordered and went to leave and the wind blew my umbrella backwards. So now I am standing in the rain, wind blowing, trying to get my umbrella fixed. Finally got it fixed and got in the car. I am wet, ill and look like I have been through a car wash.

After a few more stops I get back on 431 and start home. I get in the right lane, because that is where slower traffic is SUPPOSED to get. But NOOOOO....not today....everybody in the left lane was slow and the right lane was fast. I thought okay God....What Is Wrong With This Picture?

Just glad I got home safe. Maybe a little frustrated but safe!

Our Lives Lately

Chris and I really have not been up to much lately.
I would like to congratulate Chris and getting a new job! He is working in Fort Payne and driving back and forth. The drive is around 45 minutes one way,  I am sure it is not the best. There are crazy drivers out there, plus he has to go through Crossville and Kilpatrick. I pray everyday that the Lord will protect him while driving. We are adjusting to his schedule and trying to spend as much time together as we can. On most days I only see him for about 30 minutes.

About me: I am on a mission to read the entire Bible. I have thought about blogging about my experience, but I really am not sure. I am sure that people will think I am crazy or don't really understand what I read, but I would like to start blogging about it. We will see! I am still working at the newspaper. Once a month I have been helping a gentleman get a small newspaper going. It mainly has stuff about the community in it.

Bear: He has been having a problem with ants getting in his food. Twice a day I am having to change his food because of those pest! This weekend I took him some food and before I left his pen he had ate that and needed more, so Chris went and got some for me and he ate that! So we added more. Other than the ants he is about the same. Still hating squirrels and birds!

Chris and I have been having ant problems in our kitchen and bathroom. I think they are sugar (piss) ants! We have tried two different types of poison and it does not seem to be working. They are also getting in our dishwasher, so I have been washing everything and putting it up. Since we have the house up for sale we are supposed to have a bug inspection, but they have not come yet.

This Labor Day, Chris and I went to his parents house. DFIL is out of town so it was just Joyce, Chris, Me, Miranda, Sterling, Ashley and William. We had steaks, baked potato and peanut butter pie...YUM!

We also have a new addition to our family. Tiffany (Tyler's friend) had Kaleb Avery on August 30, 2011. I will post a picture as soon as I get one. He weighed 8/13 and was 21.5 inches. So blessed to have another addition to our family.

Bear & Wilson

I don't think I have blogged about Bear & Wilson. Bear is our big man and Wilson is my little man. I will post a little bit about both.

Bear:

Chris and I got Bear in December of 2006 at Pet-co. We initially went to get some stuff for a fish tank that Chris had. On our way out of the store there was a shopping cart with a bunch of puppies in it. They were cute, so we stopped and looked. We had been talking about getting a puppy, but was not real sure. After a few minutes of looking we picked this fur ball out and named him Bear. He lived with me before Chris and I got married. 

Every weekend Bear and I would travel to Rainbow City to spend time with Chris. Since we have been married we have had some interesting adventures with Bear. They mostly are about him killing opossums/raccoons and him getting out of his pen. Since we live in a town with a leash law, Bear lives in a 20x20 kennel. He has a tarp that covers half of it so he will stay dry and out of the heat. We have gone through so many tarps, because he rips them up, that I can't even count them. Chris and I say that is his way of letting us know that we need to come out and check on him. 

Here are some facts about him:

*Every morning I walk him (rain, sleet, snow or hail). 

*He hates squirrels, birds or any other animal/person that is not supposed to be in the yard

*Loves drinking out of a cup

*Loves his rope (hates it when I have to wash it)

*Loves to chase bumble bees in the summer

*Likes going to Pet-Co (you have to let him do his business before we go in, or he will do it in the store)

*Likes coming in the house and staying for awhile.

Wilson:

I have had Wilson since he was 6 weeks old. I tried to train him to stay in a small kennel, but that didn't work out at all. So he started sleeping in my bed, under the covers. I house trained him very easy. I felt like a real mother getting up 3 or 4 times a night to take him out. I bought him a rain coat, because I got tired of him being wet and coming back to bed! I would carry him everywhere (except work) that I went. We take him camping and to the park. I even rode him on my wave runner, but he didn't like the wind. He loves going for walks while we are camping, but HATES people on bikes. He is very protective of my mother and I, and is know to bite. Just like most dogs, he doesn't like going to the vet. I once dropped him and put him into shock coming out of the doctors office. Scared me to death!
When Chris and I started dating, he didn't like Chris but has come around to like him. He still barks at him.
Here are a few things about my little man Wilson.
*Loves to sit in your lap and will bite someone if they try and pick him up
*Loves to sleep all day (I trained him well)
*Barks at everything
*Loves riding
*Is interested in everything
*Hates it when you make clicking sounds with your fingernails
*Loves to sit in your lap while you eat (Got that from me)
*Hates bees
*Had his picture taken with Santa Claus