Oh goodness...

I don't know how or why, but Jon is always getting on the news, radio, etc... Here is one example....and just in case you weren't sure our political views....now you know. Haha.

Click here (There should be a link to the video to the left)

And there's a new post just below this one as well....

It's been so long.

Wow. This week has been soo busy and yet I look back and think...what were we so busy doing? Well here is what I remember...


1. Trigger celebrated his birthday with a big rawhide (from Costco) .

2. We have been to Costco 3 times and it hasn't even been open a week yet.

3. I babysat a very cute, very good little baby! (Which, I must say, may have helped make me a little more baby hungry. Some day people, some day.)


4. We had the missionaries over.


5. We (but mostly me) set up our food rotation system. (Holy poop, I wanted to die afterwards. Has anyone else ever set one of these babies up before? It was involved! & yes I know there is a big gap down there in the bottom, but I don't even have enough food to fill it up yet & my fingers were too tired so i stopped)

6.And then I watched Jon clean out the freezer so we could turn it back on and fill it up with Costco goodies!

Happy Birthday Trigger!

Well, instead of boring you with a MILLION pictures of my baby puppy I felt like being informative and boring you that way instead (+ a couple pics). I have had lots of people ask me lately about dog ownership/owning a Great Dane and so here is my 2cents:

(ignore the pink collar, it was just for marking purposes)

1. Research different Dog Breeds. Believe it or not I did actually look into a lot of different breeds. Jon wanted a Great Dane and I didn't...I wanted a fun house dog that wasn't too high maintenance, but could be lovey. Well believe it or not, that's a Great Dane.



2. Visit LOTS of Breeders. This was really hard for me when we first started looking at pups. The first breeder we went and saw I was ready to pick a puppy, but Jon forced me to do some more looking...I'm SOO glad we did. After looking around I realized that I wanted a breeder invested in the welfare of the puppies, not their wallet! (The first breeder we met was so anxious to get the pups sold...almost like there was something wrong with them or something?...)

3. Take your PUPPY to Obedience Classes. This really, for me, is the most important. I learned the hard way about this. This will give your dog a HUGE advantage! Really! They will learn all kinds of basic commands and tricks as well as getting the socialization with other dogs and humans! This can also be a good bonding experience for owner and K9. Your dog needs to learn that you are in control (especially with a great dane who may become bigger than you someday) and that your are Alpha! Trust me, this is SOO important! When I took my dogs it only cost 60$ for an 8 week class that included training supplies--WELL worth it! Before you get a dog check out a couple of places around town...make sure they are certified trainers as well! If you have kids, most places do kid doggie obedience too, which would be a great idea too!

Well those are just a few starters. I really do Love my dogs. They are good practice children. Haha. And even though I complain about them sometimes, I really do love them a ton and we have so much fun with them!

Happy 2nd Birthday TrigFace.

P.S. Trigger is seriously the best dog! Our vet even said that Trigger is her doggie boyfriend!

How could you not LOVE that face?

Photography

I love art.

Any kind of art-drawings, paintings, crafts, graphics, photography, etc... The list really could go on and on. Anything artsy-craftsy I am a fan. I have always kind of considered myself an artist. For a long time I wanted to be a fashion designer...I drew all kinds of things in high school that I wanted to design. So I decided that I wanted to do something artsy and so I went to college to pursue that.

You should know I used to be a Art Major in college. Used-to-be because it started getting not fun. Not fun because it started feeling forced. Forced because it was what my professors and teachers thought I should do or how I should channel my creativity. I didn't feel like I had a say in what or how I got to do things. That was not how I wanted to do art, it just wasn't natural anymore. So I quit being an Art Major. I decided I could still be an artist, I just wanted to do things my own way. I wanted to create my own assignments and my own projects. So I changed majors and decided I would always just do art on my own time.

I still kind of kick myself about that one...why you ask? Because in the last semester of my not-artprogram in college I was required to take some classes that reignited my artistic creativity and made me miss my days as an art major. In one of my classes I became a (and this is self-proclaimed) Photoshop Master. Haha. And that has had me hooked on photography ever since. Only one problem, and quite a large one as well...I don't have a grown-up camera. I'm dying for one. I already know most the editing tricks, now I just need the camera! I just have to figure out which one to get...

Any suggestions?

And just so there is a picture-here are 2 paintings I did as a jr. in High School. I can't find my other stuff that I like better, but...oh well. Obviously I was going through some sort of "tropical" theme phase...

Vacuum

Over at SITS they are doing a vacuum giveaway. Now I just happen to need one of those with these two mammoths wandering around here.

What is even cooler is that it's a Healthy Home Vac so it purifies and protects against bacterial growth.


Anyways, if you want to enter, better get over there quick!

Voted

Yesterday I:

Went to Costco Grand Opening (I know I said I wasnt going to go, but...I couldn't stand the suspense)

Voted for a President (Early Absentee Voting)

Got some flower starts from Gandma.

Hung out with Jon.

Got a Pumpkin Pie Shake from Jack in the Box.

Funnies

So I'm sure that you have all heard of yearbookyourself.com by now. To be honest, I was kind of annoyed with all the pictures people had up of their yearbooked selfs and then one day I got bored enough to test it out. All I can say is:

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh man. I was laughing SO hard I was tearing up a little. You know why? Because I didn't yearbook myself, I yearbooked the Hubby. I was soo excited for him to get home so I could show him my creations!

First I tried to find the most ridiculous picture of him....

That will work fine.

Then this happened:

And then this:

And this number:

One more:

Oh goodness. I was laughing soo hard. Jon even thought it was pretty funny.

I promise he is a normal person and I love him to death (I didn't do this because I was mad or anything, it was just funnier on him than me). Haha.

Everyone should do this to their husband too & post their pictures!

P.S. Did I mention I'm going to the Costco VIP opening tonight?! Tomorrow is the grand opening, and although I don't know that i really want to brave the crowds tommorrow, I think I will make it there again before the weekend is up!