Having a puppy has been amazing this past little while...just what I needed. Sure, at times he is infuriating and a rebel, but most of the time he is making me laugh so hard I can hardly breathe. Bring on the dogs - I don't want kids. :)

Meet our son - Lightning. He will be 11 weeks old on Thursday - keeps us on our toes and laughing pretty much all the time!!

http://www.digitalslump.com/stoptakingmypicture.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/nosewarmer.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/yummypaw.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/walking.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/grrr.jpg

We leave tomorrow to pick up our new son - breeder has named him Ruckus but we aren't sure if we are keeping the name...should be back super late Sunday night...until then, here are the pictures his breeder sent the other day:

http://www.digitalslump.com/ruckus.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/ruckus1.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/ruckus2.jpg

If you woke up and I was in bed with you, what would be your first thought?

(Now post this in your LJ and find out what mine would be)

So you know those puppies? Super sad story. Mom dog went into labor, water broke, etc - but no puppies. So our breeder rushed her to the vet for a c-section today. Turns out one of the puppies broke through the uterus and ruptured it - caused a massive infection that ended up killing both the pups inside, and almost killed the mom. Mom is still in the vet hospital tonight on antibiotics and IV hoping to make it through the night. *sigh*

So after being devastated about Mom - then the realization sunk in about no puppy for us (which is more than fine...Mom's life is way more important) but it's still kind of upsetting. Our breeder felt so bad about "letting us down" (silly girl - not like she could have predicted this stuff) - that she emailed all her breeder friends in the area to see if anyone had puppies that they could sell us.

She found a sweet little boy in Alberta - he's 9 weeks old and as cute as can possibly be. That breeder and I are currently communicating back and forth in regards to contract and stuff. But this could quite possibly be our little boy! :)

So it's been a trying day...up, down, up, down...I figure I won't say another word until I have a dog in my arms and am coming home with it.

My dear sweet momma dog (not MINE - I just claim her since one of her puppies might find its' way to our house!) is ready to pop ANY DAY! Could even be TODAY!!!

Very exciting!!! Will update for sure once we know if we get one for sure and as soon as I know WHICH one, y'all will be the first to know! (like how I slid some redneckspeak in there??)

Ciao bella!

1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The Stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says,"Dam"!

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in The craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says "I've lost my electron." The Other says "Are you sure?" The first replies "Yes, I'm positive."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were Standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After About an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.
"But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not.
He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop.
Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good).....
A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them smile.
No pun in ten did.

First go many huges to hannunvaakuna - my thoughts are with you right now, sweetie.

Second - breeder is fairly certain Kenzie isn't pregnant, but Sage (another girly she has right now) is definitely a hippo - http://www.digitalslump.com/sage.jpg - so we might end up getting our sweet poochie from Sage. Doesn't matter to me - I've met both dogs in person and they were both absolute sweethearts. Would have been kind of cool to have a dog from "Kenzie" living in "Mackenzie", but that's a form of uber cheese I can live without.

Ever since reading Kate's post I can't stop thinking about death and family members. Every time I visit my mom she is seeming older and older - I can't be my usual sarcastic/tough/whatever self with her anymore, she gets upset. *sigh* I know all of us in this house (ok, it's just me right now) are thinking of you and your Grandmother Kate. As I have found when reading doggy forums - they talk about a "Rainbow Bridge" and how that is where our pets go when they pass on - they wait for us on the bridge to run and play with them once more when we are ready to join them. It may be cheesy and the like...but to me it makes me smile - maybe think of your Grandmother with any and all pets she may have encountered in her life - it will make you smile because no doubt those animals made her smile in her life.

(or I could be talking out of my heiny and she didn't have any pets..either way...I'm sorry, we all love you lots and are here for whatever you might need - sweetie)

Soo...I get this email from my breeder in the hopes that our 'mom' dog is pregnant (meaning we might get a puppy out of the deal...)

What do you all think? I think I'm just REALLY HOPING to see a bump in her tummy so i see one? She is an Italian Greyhound...so just like a Greyhound but smaller...so that nice high piece of her body seems to be a little fatter to me...what do you all think?

http://www.digitalslump.com/preggo.jpg

Date:	2005-01-04 13:50
Subject:	Resolutions - well sort of.
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Last night Tim asked me if I had any resolutions this year, and I said yes. He looked at me questioningly since whenever I have set resolutions in the past I never keep them. And I smiled slowly and said "To get a dog".

He laughed for a couple of minutes straight and said "I like that one. I think that's a resolution we can actually both stick to".

:)

On the dog front - it appears as though our "mom" dog is pregnant, but we won't know for sure until a couple of weeks from now. If all goes well, puppies should be born around Valentine's day (or later, depending on the actual conception date) and ready to jump into our awaiting arms 10-12 weeks after that...

Date:	2005-01-01 20:41
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Greetings to the land of LJ (yes it's been a long time).

Happy 2005 and all that goodness...

Love,
Mrs Dressel

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I am trying to stay up as late as I can because SHUTDOWN looms tomorrow...13 hour nightshifts start tomorrow. Tim came to say goodnight because he has to work at a normal time tomorrow...and he gives me a huge bear hug and says:

"See you in two weeks."

It was so touching and sad and wonderful. Because I will work from 7pm-8am daily until the shutdown is done. It made me feel so sad but nice at the same time.

Silly men. You'd think after 9 years I'd be used to this!!!

I think we finally agree on our first dance wedding song!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Budgets really suck ass. So does being broke, paying for a $24000 car, $20000 worth of school, $30000 worth of "old" school (no pun intended), and a wedding.

This means dog gets sacrificed and I sit here bawling about it like a frickin 5 year old.

Stupid life.

This little miss precious could be mine. Soon. Wow.

WOW.

Must. finish. fence. SOON.

http://www.digitalslump.com/baby.jpg

http://www.digitalslump.com/redneck.jpg

Come on Flames! Bring the cup to Canada! :)