Sick to My Stomach

Last night we noticed Bogey was acting kinda hurt. So we put him on our bed to sleep with us (not unusual) and he stayed in the same spot all night long (very unusual). This morning he couldn't jump off the bed. Me, I'm freakin out because we are about to leave him all day for the football game and he is obviously hurting. I'm so sad for him. He won't even jump on the couch either. What ever happen to dogs telling you what's wrong, like people do? I guess this is a touch of having kids for me. OH Geez!

A Song That Describes Me

At work I listen to Pandora Radio which I love. It plays the same genre of songs just by creating a radio station of an artist you like. Very cool. Well just a minute ago Jack Johnson came on (thanks again Jess for the intro) and his song Breakdown was playing. The words just spoke to me.

The Lyrics to Breakdown :
I hope this old train breaks down
then I could take a walk around
and, see what there is to see
and time is just a melody
all the people in the street
walk as fast as their feet can take them
I just roam through town
And though my windows got a view
The frame im looking through
seems to have no concern for me now
so for now

chorus:
I need this here
old train to breakdown
oh please just
let me please breakdown

This engine screams out loud
Sayin the beat gunna crawl westbound
so I dont even make a sound
cause its gunna sting me when I leave this town
All the people in the street
that i'll never get to meet
if these dont bend somehow
and I got no time
that I got to get to
where I dont need to be
So I

Chorus:
I need this here
old train to breakdown
oh please just let me please breakdown
I need this hereold train to breakdown
oh please just
let me please breakdown
I wanna break on down
but I cant stop now
let me break on down

But you cant stop nothing
if you got no control
of the thoughts in your mind
that you kept in, you know
you don't know nothing
but you dont need to know
the wisdoms in the trees
not the glass windows
You cant stop wishing
If you dont let go
But things that you find
and you lose, and you know
you keep on rolling
put the moment on hold
the frames too bright
so put the blinds down low

Chorus

And there you have it. It has such a nice ring to it when he is singing it too.

Unbelieveable

 Yesterday after Aaron, Lisa & Greyson left, Markus and I were watching the 3rd Qtr of the LSU game.  I was looking at Bogey and noticed his eyes needed to be cleaned.  I bought these eye and ear dogey wipes and never tried them out.  Wanting to give them a try, I popped the black top off to peel the plastic covering away to thread the wipes through.  Markus wanted to help do it instead of hold my pint of ice cream for me.  He suggested I let him do it while I ate my ice cream.  So I did.  He got the plastic covering off and everything.  He threaded the wipes through the hole and I thought all was well.  NOT SO.  He jumped up from the couch and turned around to face the fireplace.  I panicking (always) asked if everything was ok.  He proceeded to try and walk away hiding something.  I was like honey, are you ok??  He says, I got my finger stuck in the hole.  WHAT! I jumped up from the couch to take a look.  

Oh yes he wasn't kidding.  We tried everything to get his fat thumb out, no luck.  He was really beginning to hurt and I couldn't stop laughing of course.  The camera was right on the table and I didn't think to grab it.  He always make fun of every pic I want to take these days because he picks that it will turn into a blog entry.  Well he took these pics of his poor thumb after all was said and done.

The Damage

The Hole

Here is where he cut it off his finger

The repair.  I can't have my wipes drying out!

Cool Picture Tag

Courtney, I didn't cheat on this one.  I thought it would be from 2008 but apparently Markus started a folder that was from like 2004 so that put this pic from 2007.

The tag is to post the fourth picture from the fourth folder in your pictures file.

Mine was from my sister Naomi's sealing last January of her and her little family.  It was a very sweet day.  I just love them all dressed in white.

I tag Omi, Jolie, Brittany, Kristen, & Jamie H.

South Carolina Game

I fell asleep during the 3rd Qtr.  I heard we won, Geaux Tigers!

Here Ya Go

Why don't you post on my "our" blog?  This is the repeated question I hear, to which my response is "No one wants to read about what I have to say, nor do I have much to say."  Evidently that is not a good enough of an answer.  So here it goes:

The National Debt/Fiscal Policy:

A constant topic on many media outlets, especially in election years or in economic downtimes .  Things like "each persons share is $33,000" and "what if China calls our debt to them?", are some of the popular scare tactic phrases I hear a lot. 

A New Adventure

A couple of weeks ago there was a nice old lady that stopped by my house one Sunday afternoon. Not knowing who she was, I was reluctant to open the door, but she seemed nice enough. She was a lady in the neighborhood who just happens to live in my favorite house in our neighborhood. She was trying to promote the new up and coming Homeowner's Association. After minutes of talking to her and getting very excited with her, I volunteered to be the treasurer if needed. She just informed me 2 days ago, that if I'm still interested they could use my help. So you're looking at the Treasurer for the Homeowner's Association for our little neighborhood. I'm excited for this actually. My mom discouraged me a bit about it, but that isn't anything unusual. I feel good about the fact that I can give back (if you would call it that) to my community and more importantly where I live. So we will see how that goes. The first meeting is this weekend. Wish me luck!