I can hardly believe I'm the mother of a 10 year old. It really just seems like yesterday that I was bringing him home from the hospital.
My mini-me turned 10 on the 29th. Gone are the days of total dependance...*sigh*
Oh hell, who am I kidding? As soon as he could talk he was all about "ME DO IT!!"...lol
I called my Grandma, who lives here in London as well, to ask if she'd like to join us for dinner that night and she happily said yes. (I found out later that she cancelled a standing date to play cards just to have dinner with us!)
On our way home, after dropping her off, B said..."you know Mom, it's funny...we see Nana & Poppa (my parents) all the time and we hardly ever see Gigi (when he was little he couldn't say great grandma so Gran said he could call her Gigi) and she lives right here. It must be hard getting old because nobody visits you much and that would make you lonely. We should visit her more often."
I concur, and we will make an effort to visit more often.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
One determined dog...
So I bought a crate for Eddie...he's had 2 more escape attempts and I'm scared he'll kill himself trying...
Today was a family birthday celebration at my parents' place in Stratford. My two oldest brothers, a sister-in-law, a niece and my mini-me all have birthdays within a few days of one another so we tend to do one large get together for all of 'em.
While we were in Stratford, a friend/contractor called me on my cell and said that the alarm company called him when they weren't able to get me at home; one of the glass-break alarms had been triggered at the house. I called the alarm monitoring station and told them that Ruben, my second-to-call person for monitoring, would check the house as he has access, and get back to me. They also informed me that they'd called the police to check things out and if there had been anything amiss...the police would have called them back. Given that I'd was only learning of the event 2 hours afterwards, I assumed everything was ok.
However, when we arrived home from the birthday party at around 9pm, Houndini had once more managed to escape again. FROM THE CRATE NO LESS!!!!!! He had obviously had run of the house since the alarm was originally triggered at 1:43pm...or there abouts...although he didn't do too much damage. Except for one of my mini-me's toys, a basket from the dining room table and the poop bag dispenser...it could have been MUCH worse!!!
I'm running out of ideas on how to contain him...help!!!!!!!
Today was a family birthday celebration at my parents' place in Stratford. My two oldest brothers, a sister-in-law, a niece and my mini-me all have birthdays within a few days of one another so we tend to do one large get together for all of 'em.
While we were in Stratford, a friend/contractor called me on my cell and said that the alarm company called him when they weren't able to get me at home; one of the glass-break alarms had been triggered at the house. I called the alarm monitoring station and told them that Ruben, my second-to-call person for monitoring, would check the house as he has access, and get back to me. They also informed me that they'd called the police to check things out and if there had been anything amiss...the police would have called them back. Given that I'd was only learning of the event 2 hours afterwards, I assumed everything was ok.
However, when we arrived home from the birthday party at around 9pm, Houndini had once more managed to escape again. FROM THE CRATE NO LESS!!!!!! He had obviously had run of the house since the alarm was originally triggered at 1:43pm...or there abouts...although he didn't do too much damage. Except for one of my mini-me's toys, a basket from the dining room table and the poop bag dispenser...it could have been MUCH worse!!!
I'm running out of ideas on how to contain him...help!!!!!!!
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Back to work...
I'm back to work now, and even though I've relished the time off and REALLY enjoyed spending the time with my mini-me, as has he - I've either been in school or working since he was about 5 months old without any significant amount of time off to be with him, I can honestly say I'm glad I am.
I was a little apprehensive about my return to work...given that I was off for "mental health" reasons, but my fears were all for naught. I was welcomed back by everyone and not a single person asked "why?". If they made any assumptions, I didn't hear about it and those I stayed in contact with while I was off and were privy to my circumstances kept my business private. For that, they are true friends and I hope they know how much I appreciate them.
As my Daddy says..."put a smile on your mug"...and I did. It carried me through the day, that and knowing I was going to get to spend some time with him after work today. *grin*
We had a little chat about whether or not I've been letting life happen to me, or making life happen...I think it's about time again that I start making life happen.
~peace~
I was a little apprehensive about my return to work...given that I was off for "mental health" reasons, but my fears were all for naught. I was welcomed back by everyone and not a single person asked "why?". If they made any assumptions, I didn't hear about it and those I stayed in contact with while I was off and were privy to my circumstances kept my business private. For that, they are true friends and I hope they know how much I appreciate them.
As my Daddy says..."put a smile on your mug"...and I did. It carried me through the day, that and knowing I was going to get to spend some time with him after work today. *grin*
We had a little chat about whether or not I've been letting life happen to me, or making life happen...I think it's about time again that I start making life happen.
~peace~
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Houndini
We went to our local animal control centre the other day to get a license for Eddie and we left him at home as I didn't think it'd be necessary to take him with us. Unfortunately, because he's crossed with pit bull it almost became a problem - especially because he's not fixed yet! However, I had taken a few pictures of him with my PDA and happened to have it with me. The pictures were proof enough to the clerk that he more resembled a lab and has very few physical characteristics of the pit bull. As you can see in the pictures and in comparison, his coat & general appearance are mostly that of a lab, but his head is rather square and he has the characteristically big nose of a pit bull. What you can't see from any picture is that he's EXTREMELY powerful!!
Anyhow, back to why I've titled this entry "Houndini"...it was a nice day so I'd opened up the windows to let some fresh air in. When we left the house, I neglected to close the windows and while we were at animal control, my ex called and said "Eddie's here." We finished our business and headed home. I stopped at my house before going to my ex's to see how he'd gotten out. The screen in the bathroom window was pushed out of its frame and this was obviously how he exited, despite the approximately 6 foot drop from the window and nevermind that there were garden tools and a lawnmower directly below as well. Somehow, he made his way to my ex's house about 3 blocks away even though we've only walked there once since bringing Eddie home.
I think it's particularly ironic that we were at animal control when Eddie made his great escape!!! LOL
Friday, August 04, 2006
Eddie the dawg, aka Meathead

Last week we welcomed a new member of the family!
His name is Eddie, affectionately known as Meathead...is a lab/pit cross but he thinks he's a lap dog...lol
58.5 pounds of lap dog!
I'm getting used to the twice daily walks and I tell ya, walking him is better than any workout at a gym!! I'm gonna have arms like Popeye soon.
Best of all, he's the mini-me's dog...so where he goes, Eddie goes and that includes to his dad's...however, I'm enjoying the walks so much I miss him when he's gone.
I still walk, but it's not the workout I get with Eddie...lol
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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