Poor puppy

So while we were gone this weekend, we got a TON of snow. Our house only got about 14 inches, but my parent's old house got several feet. Anyway - we dropped Besta off at my parent's old house where he was to be 'dogsat' by Cindy, my parent's dog. Well, he and his sister Princess decided to sneak out and go for a walk. I guess they were missing for a while and when my mom finally found them they were trotting along the middle of the road about 2 miles from their house...nerd dogs. Mom had them jump into her car and when she got them back home she noticed Besta was bleeding - we think he cut it sneaking over the chain link fence drifted in snow.

We finally got him into the vet this morning and nothing is broken - (I would have loved to be in the room when they did the x-ray...holding that little bugger still...hehe) but he did have to get stitches, and they had to sedate him to do it because he is a little squirmy.

Look at this goober...he is milking this injury for all he can get. But doesn't he look cute all wrapped up?


When we got home Sunday night we brought him in and made him a bed...we couldn't leave him outside :( Winston, of course, had to observe the whole situation and make sure everything was ok with him... Frank was more curious to see if Besta's food was better than his own.


Here Frank is checking out the foot.. When we did get home the kitties were so excited to see us so they came tearing down the stairs and Frank ended up about 6 inches from Besta's head...which didn't bother the dog, but little Frank Rat puffed out every last fur, arched his back and hissed at him...and then promptly 'deflated' and checked out the food...

Here he is giving us his sad face to draw out more sympathy...


Here is his foot...so sad. I forgot to ask how many stitches he needed...but I can ask when I go back in 10 days to have them taken out.

I think I might have to cry myself to sleep tonight on my HUGE pillow...

For those of you who weren't watching the Super Bowl, it may pain you to learn that my beloved New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants. This is one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history and I am sad to have been on the 'upset' part of that upset. I did actually cry...but not until I got in the car to drive home...I didn't want to cry in front of the fam and give them reason to make fun of me. I haven't decided if I am going to wear my Tom Brady jersey to work tomorrow or if I should wear all black.

I do have more to post as this was an eventful weekend for us...anniversary...weekend away...runaway dog...superbowl party...hurt dog... I am headed to bed now but will hopefully get a post up tomorrow with pics and all.

Ummm...

I don't want to alarm anyone... but THIS
was on cnn.com this morning (and suprisingly it was NOT the lead story)

"Appropriate government agencies are monitoring the situation," ummm, ya, that makes me feel better....

Sad News

Despite all the problems and frustrations I have with the church here, I always held President Hinckley in such high regard.  I never questioned his sincerity or his testimony and I was so saddened to just hear the news of his passing.  He was an excellent leader and whenever I heard him speak it always made me want to be a better person.  Kinder to strangers - more caring for those in need - more Christlike...

The weird thing is I had a feeling and then a dream about three or four days ago that he died... isn't that weird?  That has happened to me before where I will think of someone out of the blue, and think that they died - and then they do, in fact, pass on.  There was a woman in our old congregation in RI who had cancer...I was driving home from work one day and she popped into my head and I couldn't shake the feeling that she had died, and then I got an e-mail the next day that she had passed.    

Lisa...

are you there?  Haven't heard from you in a while and I'm a bit worried. :(

The goal is set...

I decided I am going to run the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 5K in May. This is good because I have a solid date in mind and a goal to work towards... So Kristen - you up for it? I know you said 10K in April, but I fear that may kill me - and I'm all about not dying...

I have been doing better, I did lose 13 seconds on my time when I ran this morning... but that's ok, at least I'm running. :)

18-0

Arizona here we come!!!

GO PATS!!!

Five Things

I have been tagged by Kimberly so here it goes....oh and I tag Abby, Ryann, Joy, Briana and Sheila.

Five things on my to do list:

Run

Pay the bills

Iron my work shirt

Christmas Cards (do you think it's too late for this??)

Brush the kittens

Five jobs I've held:

Nanny

Cherry Picker (for real...this was my first job)

Smoothie Maker

Jewelry Saleswoman

Waitress

Five Places I've Lived:

Virginia Beach, VA

Newport, RI

Logan, UT

Pleasant View, UT

Smithfield, UT (Almost Logan...)

Five of my favorite snacks:

Claussen pickles

Dark Chocolate

Garlic Triscuits

Popcorn - homemade, with Parmesan Cheese on it ...mmmm

Cinnamon Candy

Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:

Buy some kids

Pay off our debt

Build a new house

Go on a long trip somewhere IT IS NOT SNOWING

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