Somebody's Knockin'

The other night, I was SOUND asleep with Charlie at my side. I wake up to hearing a deep growl coming from Charlie. He all of sudden sits up. Then there's a knock at my door! Charlie JUMPS completely over me and clears the bed. He is barking like crazy! Keep in mind, it's 11pm and I have to be up at 4:30 am! I don't even open the door or peep through the peep hole. I just yell out "Who is it?" It was one of my exes that I wish to have never MET! I yell back "I'm in bed!" And the asshole has the audacity to be pissed at me! And he yells at me "Sorry!" and stomps off and SLAMS my balcony door. Charlie is looking out the window the whole time growling and snarling and watching to make sure my uninvited visitor leaves the premises! I thought Charlie was gonna go through the window! I was so proud of him!

Life is what you make it...

Life is what you make it. Well I'm making my life boring and uninteresting. If you don't like it then shut up and leave me alone! I'm soooooooo freakin' tired of people being so freakin' judgmental! Let ME live MY life the way I want to!

I won't pretend to like caviar because you prefer it. I won't pretend to like Old English literature because you like it and it makes me look more sophisticated! Hell No!

Love me for me. Like me for me. Be my friend for me! I don't like sushi. I don't like seafood. I don't like caviar. I don't like oysters. I don't like wine. I don't like sophisticated classical music from symphonies. I don't like wearing dresses and make-up and pantyhose everyday of my life. I don't drive a fancy car. I don't pretend to like something because someone else likes it. I'm me.

I like beer. I like cokes. I like candy. I hate gum. I love law enforcement type TV shows. I love comedies. I hate romance novels. I love to lay around and do nothing. I wear old t-shirts and blue jeans and flip flops. I like to cook but I don't cook 5 course meals on a daily basis. I'm not a gourmet chef. I love cats and dogs. I have a cat and 2 dogs. I pick up my dogs' poop, yes, I clean up after my dogs and don't rely on someone else to do it. I don't care if I get dirty, that's what showers were made for, to wash the dirt off. I don't pretend to have a lot of money. I shop at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Big Lots, Family Dollar, Super One Foods, Kroger's and on occasion, Target. I'm far from a red neck, but I shop frugally. I'm not above hanging out at a bar or going to a night club (I prefer NOT to go to a night club, but if friends want me to go, I'll go with them, IF I feel like it or IF I'm being kidnapped and dragged to it, lol, but I will still go!).

So if you don't like me for me, well screw you! I like being boring and dull and unintresting. That's who I am. I love me! SO if you don't like it then well, you don't have to be my friend. I don't care anymore.

Joys of being a Pet Mom!

I'm dead on my feet! I had gone to bed last night at 11pm, only to be woken up by the overwhelming odor of poo! Normal poo I can handle, but poor Charlie had an upset tummy and it was diarrhea instead normal poo. It took me about 30 minutes to clean up the mess. 3 hours later I'm awaken by same overwhelming odor. Again, Charlie had an accident. Took me another 30 minutes to clean up. 4 hours later, another accident. All my cleaning supplies had been depleted. I had to revert to good old fashion soap and water. When I finally woke up at 11am, Charlie then threw up. That nearly did it for me!

I think the overwhelming fear that Charlie was seriously sick helped me from losing it all together. Poor little guy was mopey and lethargic. He didn't even try to play with Rosie. I hated to leave him, but I put him in kennel and went to my parents. Washed all the towels that I had used to clean up Charlie's messes and then borrowed their carpet shampooer. I got home and Charlie was back to his normal self. I just don't know what got into him to cause him to be so sick. But thak God he's better now.

Charlie and Me (Part 4)

So I live in an apartment. I had to pay a $100 deposit to move in. $300 pet deposit for the first pet and $100 for each additional pet. All together I paid $600 deposit. All of which I have LOST! No thanks to that 35lbs chocolate lab puppy I call, Charlie!

He had nawed on the window sill in the den and then the other morning I woke up to little tiny pieces of carpet shreds all over the place! He has dug a hole about 6" by 3" in the door jam between my bedroom and the den. He dug through carpet, the padding to the wooden floor underneath!

Not only that, but he just doesn't know now to CALM down! He's constantly moving, jumping, running, twirling, chewing, eating, etc etc... Never stops! I was in the shower, I closed the door, and he scratched the bathroom door up because he wanted in there. I have to close him out because if I don't he tries to jump in the shower with me while licking my feet the whole time! Gross!

I was vaccuuming earlier and he kept grabbing the cord with his teeth and yanking it out of the wall! He hates the vaccuum cleaner! He is sooooo bad!

The Grades are In

Well my grades have been posted for the Spring semester. I actually did better than I had thought but I know I could've done better. I made a C. A C! I made a freakin' C! I don't know if I could be excited or disappointed. IT was for my Criminal Law course.

I think I'm more disappointed in myself but I'm also excited that I actually passed. Hopefully my grades will be better in the Fall. I'm taking a sociology course in social work and a psychology course in deviant behaviors. That's more my forte'.

Anywho, that's that.

Will this day ever end???

Today has been a VERY looooong day!

Last night as I got into bed, I noticed something wet. Yep, Charlie got mad at me because I was getting on to him about playing rough with Rosie. So he decided to get back at me by peeing in my bed! Bastard dog! So anyway, I called my mom and asked her if she could wash my comforter for me if I dropped it off in the morning. She agreed, and that was the start of my day!

Got up at 4:15 (before my alarm went off, amazing!). Took the dogs outside. Got online, paid my bills (since my payroll deposit had posted at midnight), and then got ready for work. I stopped by my mom's, dropped off the comforter along with that damned book that my sister has been nagging me to read! Headed to work and clocked in at exactly 6:00 am! Woo Hoo!

My workload was overwhelming! But I was proud of myself, I got the majority of it done today. I'm finally getting my head above water!

One of my co-worker's son has Aspberger's Autism (spelling?). I don't care too much for the co-worker but I sympathesize for her son. He's 24/25 yrs old and has been working on getting his GED for 1 1/2 years now. Everyone said that someone with his condition would never be able to graduate high school, let alone get their GED and that he would not be able to be a contributing member of society. Well yesterday he got the results back from his GED test and passed! Yep, he passed! He is walking the stage tomorrow morning at 10 am and will have a diploma from Airline High School! I'm so proud of him! So, me and Gaynell (she's the co-worker who's son sold me Charlie) went to St Vincent's Mall at lunch and got Kyle a graduation gift! He's so very excited! As well he should be! I also got my niece, Jade, her birthday gift at Sears, she loves Tinkerbell so I got her a Tinkerbell blanket for her bed. She loves fleece blankets for some odd reason!

So anyway, after putting 10 hours of work, I went to my mom's to get my comforter. My sister and nieces were there. Jade lost another baby tooth. Sister was upset because was hoping that Jade wouldn't lose the tooth until tomorrow because the "Tooth Fairy" was broke until then. Well Aunt Laura saved the day and slipped $5 into Sister's bag and told her that the "Tooth Fairy" found enough money for Jade's tooth. See why I'm the favorite, fun aunt? LOL!

Mom didn't want to go with me so I went alone to Sam's Club to get a few things for me to take for lunch to work and to get some dog treats. Now I'm home and bored to death! I didn't get a chance to go to Target to get the rest of my "groceries" and other household items I need. That will have to wait till tomorrow. I'm beat!

Charlie and Me (Part 3)

So as I'm sure that most people now and days use their cell phone as an alarm. Well I'm no exception. I set my cell phone to have the alarm go off every Mon-Fri at 4:45am. I don't HAVE to be at work at 6am, I'm SUPPOSED to be at work at 8am but I go in for overtime, plus I have WAY too much work to do everyday. So anyway, back to the story. My alarm is set for 4:45 am everyday. This morning, no alarm went off. I woke up and looked at the clock and it was 6:33am! Holy shit balls batman! I was scrambling... looking around... where's my cell phone?

Charlie, innocently was lying right next to me being all sweet and angelic. I got out of bed. Searched the house. Then I heard the alarm go off again. Where is it coming from??? I search for the owner of the sound. As I got closer to Charlie's kennel, the noise got louder. That little turd had carried my phone and hid it in his kennel! He didn't want me going to work this morning! The little dickens!

Charlie and Me (Part 2)

Repost from 4/28/09

Storms for me are like taking 3 Ambiens at once. It's the perfect cure for an insomniac for me. Last night's storm was no exception! I slept like a freakin' log!

Well the problem with sleeping so well, is being so rested and so sleepy and not wanting to get up when the alarm goes off! Well my normal time to get up is 4:45 am every morning. Charlie and Rosie have grown accustomed to the 4:45 wake up call and every morning they immediately wait at the front door for me to get dress and to take them outside to relieve themselves.

This morning, I just didn't want to get up! I was all nice and warm and groggy. Yesterday at work the A/C had broke and the shut on/off valve component or something or other has broken and so the A/C blows at full force and it can't and won't shut off! Apparently the needed part is on order and will take about 3 days to be received. So the artic winds blow right on top of me because my office is tiny and has a low ceiling and the vent is directly above my head! So anyways, back to this morning. I just haven't been feeling well, been dealing with a stomach bug of some sort and the A/C situation at work is not helping the situation. So anyhoo... I didn't want to get up so I overslept for about 20 minutes!

I finally woke up to Osiris purring in my ear. This in unusual because ever since I got Charlie, he doesn't sleep in the bed anymore... it's for his own safety! Also, I'm used to waking up to Charlie licking my face, not Osiris purring in my ear! I get out of bed, turn the lamp on, get my clothes on and then I see this:




Who is the culprit? Do you really have to ask? But just in case you don't know! Here he is:



Don't let his innocent face fool you! In this other picture, he's licking his lips, he's planning on more distruction! See for yourself!

So yeah, he's a little monster! The little rascal!

A Blast from the Past

Repost from 4/20/09

UGH! I don't understand why people just don't get the hint? You know, if you haven't heard from me in 4 months... there's a reason for that! And don't just show up on my door step saying "just wanted to stop by to check on you and see if you were still alive, haven't heard from you in awhile."


A certain person, whom will remain nameless, but Dani and I'm sure Sam knows who I'm talking about, I know for a fact that Dani knows (Y'all can text me or email and I'll confirm) , showed up on my doorstep yesterday afternoon. A person who I really was hoping was gone for GOOD, but apparently not! Oh, he wanted to see how I was doing, what I've been up to. Where did you get the dog from, etc. I wasn't stupid. I wasn't going to let him in my house and I wasn't going to be alone with him, so I stepped out on my balcony and let Charlie and Rosie out. Of course, Rosie likes this individual and went right to him. Charlie didn't like him all, good dog! Charlie sat right by side and watched his every move. I was afraid he was going to want to borrow money from me, want a booty call or a ride somewhere. Thank God he didn't! I kept dropping hints that I was busy, I was studying, I had a test, I was not doing well in the course, I need to finish my research, etc etc etc... Even if I had a bilboard sign in front of him saying GO HOME! I DON"T WANT YOU HERE! I HAVE THINGS TO DO, he wouldn't get the hint. But thank God the torture ended after 20 excruciating minutes!


As if THAT wasn't bad enough, I get a text message from yet ANOTHER person whom I wished I didn't hear from. Wanting to know if we could be FBs again! WTF?! No, you broke my heart! Why would I go back to that?! He even clearly stated "I don't want a girlfriend right now but I would like for us to start our friendship up again and maybe even FBs and have fun again." Uh, NOOOOO! And yet, he still texted me this morning saying "So you know what you want to do" I'm thinking STALKER! But I was like "I don't know you tell me" and he was like "a boyfriend" and i was a smartass and said "no i want new tires for my truck, charlie to be housebroke and an A on my final" LMAO! I have to give myself props for that one! He says "i know you want a bf but i don't want a gf right now, too much on my plate" and I'm like "um ok" so just go away then and leave me the hell alone!!!! GAH!!!! MEN!!!

Musings and Wonderment

Repost from 4/16/09

Nothing really exciting going on in the land of ME! Work is still work. School is still school. Life is still life and lo and behold, I'm still single!

Things are goin' well I guess. Monday I was depressed because I missed the Nickelback concert. Yeah, I know, I had a freakin' ticket and could've gone, but my pride got in the way and I sold my ticket. I just didn't want to face certain someones. It's sad when you lose friends. It's even sadder when you lose them in that manner. Enough of that bullshit.

Last Friday was crazy hectic. I got to work at around my usual time, 6:00 am only to find that the entire building was running on generator power. What does that mean to me? Well, being as how the generator is mainly set up for full power for the hospital, the clinic and business office side only had minimum power, which meant no lights or computers in the offices. The only lights were the hall lights and it was just every other light panel. So, lucky me, I was amongst the 4 employees that got to go to our Bossier office and work while the rest of the office got to go home! Yay! But that's ok, I got a lot of work done.

I realized I have a whole 'nother week of vacation left on my PTO so I'm taking that time to visit my old friend/roommate, Drew, in Kansas! Can't hardly wait! Can't wait to see muh girl!

Charlie is, well, being Charlie! He amazes me everyday! He's getting HUGE! He now jumps on the furniture, exciting... He chews my shoes while they are still on my feet. He will literally pull my socks off! He loves to watch TV! He likes to wrestle, a lot! When Rosie has had enough of the wrestling, he jumps on me and takes me down and then we're playing, until I have had enough, then he turns back to Rosie and the whole cycle begins again. He's a crazy dog! Oh, and he pees and walks at the same time! Craziest thing I've ever seen! I mean, once I can understand, but it's everyday! Nearly every freakin' time! And he pees on the concrete! He can't even hold it long enough to get the grass! Ok, I'm sure y'all are thoroughly grossed out about me talking about my dog's waste elimination habits. His crate training, well, there was no training! He took to the crate like it was second nature to him. He loves that crate! I never have to fight with him and he only barks 3 times when I leave and 3 times when I return. He's quite an amazing dog!

I finally broke down and bought a new digital camera! Loving it! I'll post some new pictures of Charlie and Rosie tomorrow after I download them from the camera. Love the new camera!

Wish me luck on Saturday, I have to take all THREE of my fur-babies to the Vet to get their shots. Charlie for his last round and rabies shot and Rosie and Osiris for their rabies shots and other vaccines. Can you see me? Handling 2 dogs and a cat all at the same time? Alone? I think I have a deathwish or something!

I just finished book 3 of the Twilight series and I'm moving onto the 4th and final book. I love those books!

Ok, well that's enough of me for now.

Toodles!

Ramblings and Deep Thoughts

Repost from 4/9/09

We as humans can really do some of the stupidest things without thinking! I mean it’s not like we’re stupid, it’s just the nature of the beast! I was at work today and thinking about some mindless things we humans do. To us those simple mindless acts may seem reasonable at the time, but to others observing, they are probably thinking, “Oh my God! Is he/she for real? How stupid can one be?”

You know what I’m talking about! Like when you walk up to an elevator, there’s a crowd there waiting on the elevator, the button to go up or down has already been pressed, but yet, you walk right up to it and press it anyway, like it’s going to arrive faster! Or better still, you get on the elevator, nothing in hand (maybe your purse if you’re a lady) and go one flight up or rather, one flight DOWN! I can probably understand the up part, but come on! How lazy do you really have to be to not take the stairs DOWN just one flight?

Another example of our mindless acts would be calling someone at home (mind you, you’ve called the HOME phone which is a LAND line), they answer and you ask, “Are you home?” or “where are you at?”

Or you take a 2 liter bottle of Coke out, pour the last bit of Coke out and place the bottle back in the fridge, like it’s going to magically refill itself! Or lock your door and then try to get back inside; knowing you just locked the door! Or you take a drink of something and it “goes down the wrong pipe” so instead of coughing it out or waiting for it clear, you take another swallow! Yeah, like that’s going to help!

I got more, but I think I’ve ranted enough, lol. I was just bored and thought I’d blog about nothing.

Charlie and Me (Part 1)

Repost from 4/8/09

Saturday I was sitting at my desk, deep in concentration. Studying and researching and not paying attention to my surroundings and tuning out everything, including my 11 week old chocolate lab who is now the size of a 10 month old average sized lab! This is dangerous!
Anyhoos... I was getting parched and needed to wet my pallate and decided to get up and get me a big ol' glass of tea. I turned around and saw this:

This is just MINOR compared to the mess I walked in on a few days earlier, but that's another for another day, LOL! So I automatically knew who did this! It was NO secret and you'll see in what I'm talkin about in just a few...

So I clean up the mess, cussin' under my breath the whole time, get my glass of tea and go back to my computer. But something is amiss. Something is missing. Where is Charlie? Where is Rosie? Why is it so quiet? I look around. I found Rosie by the window laying down, being her angel self! But Charlie. Well, hmmm, this is what I discovered:

Notice exhibits A and B? Yep, it was Charlie who made the mess alright! And the evidence was all over his face! Not only that, but it wore him out!

Charlie is definately teaching me patience and humor! Oh I have many, many, many more stories! I think this is just the beginning of my Charlie & Me series! Stay tuned for more!

Small Feats for Small Feets

Repost from 3/5/09

Charlie is growing with leaps and bounds! He's now 7 weeks old! I don't have any new pix yet but as soon as I can get my grubby little hands on a camera I'll have some new pix up!

But as I said in the headline, he is dominating in small feats! First, is the leash! He hated the leash at first, he's starting to get used to the idea though. Second, was leaving him home alone all day while I'm at work. He hated me leaving. He would whine and howl and yelp. The first day was horrible, the second day he got limited it to just whining and yelping. The third day it was just whining and today it was just a whimper. Third, he's learned to bark and it's so freakin' cute too! Fourth, we finally tackled the stairs! At first he wouldn't even MOVE, I had to keep carrying him up and down. Then he got used to climbing up, whining and yelping all the way up! Then he got used to the climb up with no problems. Tonight! He was sooooooooooo amazing, he finally defeated the climb down. Barking, whining, yelping and whimpering all the way, but he did it! Finally, he's learned to hike his leg up to pee! LOL! Well it was just maybe an 8th of inch off the ground but he's done it! I'm so proud of how my little man is growing! He's quite an amazing little pup!

The training is taking longer than I've anticipated. But we got the sit command almost down. I'm trying to teach him hand commands but right now he's doin okay with just "sit" of course it's only for a split second, puppies have such short attention spans! The house breaking is taking much longer but he is just 7 weeks old and he still doesn't have control over his little bladder yet so I'm trying to be patient with that. He still can't jump yet. He hasn't quite figured that part out. But he LOVES Rosie! They play so hard all the time, they even lay down together, it's really cute. But Rosie is a show off, she knows that Charlie can't jump on the couch or the bed yet so she teases him, A LOT!

Well that's the one week update with Charlie. Stay tuned for more!

They Call Me Charlie

Repost from 2/2/09


Ok, so a co-worker's son's dog had 8 puppies last month! 5 chocolate labs and 3 black labs. I'm getting a male chocolate lab! So everyone, meet Charlemagne "Charlie" Cramer.He comes home to me, Rosie and Osiris on Feb 28th. He's two weeks old in this picture: