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Missy

It's been a while since I've posted any new photos of our dog Missy. Tuesday I stayed home and I was alone except for the dog. She seemed to wonder why I was there and not her favorite people Marty and Heather. But she was happy enough with me as long as I let her out in the living room to play and look out the windows.





She will be spoiled rotten this weekend when my mom arrives for a short visit. Missy was a gift to us from Mom but Mom still adores her.

Don't talk to me before I've had my morning coffee kibble!

Awwww doesn't she look sweet?

Can I go outside to play now???

Is it almost time for Marty and Heather to be home to play with me???

This One's For You, Heather

Heather informed me this evening that today is Missy's birthday and we needed to buy her presents. Sounds logical, right? Except that Missy is our dog! But, since Darla stole the dog bed I stole from Denise at our white elephant gift exchange Saturday....and since Marty was ready to go buy one as soon as we left the party and I wouldn't let him because I wanted to go home....we went to the pet store to look at dog beds. I've been teasing Marty since we got Missy and he became so attached to her that I was going to get her something pink to wear. Marty's very anti-pink and Missy sits with him in his chair every night. I've told him how cute she'd look sitting there decked out in pink. He just snarls his nose at me every time I bring it up. So tonight, Heather and I bought a dog birthday presents. Yep, it's official: dorks r us! (As if it wasn't already!) ha!


We bought her a bed and a hooded sweatshirt (pink, of course) that says "Diva" across the back. Then, because every dog needs a dog tag on their collar (of course her collar is pink too!), we bought a heart-shaped dog tag with pink rhinestones and had it engraved while we waited.



Check her out in her new digs:

Missy: "Ugh, Heather stop choking me with that thing!"

Missy checks out her new bed.

Showing Marty her new clothes.

The Diva seems to like her new comfy bed.

She seems to be pretending to be uninterested.

Shy Missy.

I'm tired now. Go away and leave me alone.

Why I Love Him So

I was trying to figure out what I'd post about tonight, or whether I even had anything new to post. We've been home from church barely an hour and I already have new pictures to post, thanks to my wonderful, sweet husband!!! Our plan for the rest of this week was that we'd relax last night, attend church tonight, and continue yard work tomorrow night. We'd been discussing the wheres, hows, and ins and outs of having a fire pit for a while now, especially since our trip browsing through the camping section of Cabela's. After enjoying Erica's fire pit, we've been discussing our own fire pit even more. I really like her use of logs as seats around the fire and had expressed interest in doing the same thing here. Marty told me last night he already had an idea for our seating and for the pit itself and how he'd like to build it. As soon as we arrived home from church he changed his clothes and went outside to cut down one more tree (that we'd planned to take care of tomorrow). He had it down and piled up so fast! The next time I looked out to see what he was up to, I grabbed the camera and headed outside for a closer look.

We've started a pile of logs, ready for the fire pit, when it gets built:

Marty, hard at work stacking more logs on the pile:

I'm soooo excited!!! Here is one of the benches Marty engineered for seating around our fire pit. I love it! He had the tree cut, the logs stacked, and 2 benches built in less than an hour! (I (who never likes him to cut down trees!) then asked him if he could cut down one more for 2 more benches)

Relaxing with Missy:

My hero!

Missy

Meet "Missy." She's a pug/beagle mix (my mom calls her a "puggle"). I've never been an "animal person." I've tolerated them because my husband and daughter love them so much and I'll even enjoy them from time to time. But only when I feel like it, otherwise don't bother me. Until now. We recently drove to Missouri to spend time with my family. During the visit, my mom's puppy decided she belonged to my daughter and didn't leave her side any time we were at Mom's. So with our permission, Mom gave her 3 month old puppy to my daughter. She did wonderful during the 13+ hour drive back to Texas and didn't make one mess in my car, endearing herself to me a little. In the month we've had her, I've become very attached to her (something I thought couldn't happen!) and I wouldn't trade her for anything. I've even gone so far as to take her for a car ride last week. She was my new best friend for several days after that, choosing to sit with me rather than her normal spot next to my husband as we watched tv.

Missy meets

"Meatloaf", my husband's bulldog/boxer. Meatloaf is muzzled for the meeting just in case he decides to play too rough.

"God is our refuge and strength, and ever-present help in trouble."
Psalm 46:1