My goddaughter Luca Ivy Campbell

Robin & Scott had their beautiful baby girl on Wednesday March 25th at 12:53pm Pacific Time. Luca weighed 6 lbs, 9 oz. and 19.5 inches. Mommy, Daddy and Luca are home now and they are all doing well. I can't wait to be able to go out to San Diego and see all of them! Congratulations! I love you and miss you and can't wait to meet Luca!!!

Dog Day Afternoon, Night and Morning

I was off on Monday and was dreading it anyway because I HATE being off on Mondays. Being off on a Monday means that I have to look forward to working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. That is too many days in a row when you work in retail.

My day originally started off good. I slept until about 10, got up, played with the dogs, drank coffee, and took Jacoby to the vet at 2:15pm. I took her to a new vet in Weymouth because the last vet (Whitman Animal Hospital) pissed me off when he tried to convince me to give Jacoby tranquilizers before I bring her back to see him again. He was this Indian asshole who shouldn't even be a vet. He shouldn't be putting dogs on tranquilizers because he doesn't know how to interact with them. He wasn't friendly towards her and then couldn't understand why she wouldn't let him look in her ears and why she growled at him every time he left the room and came back in. Jacoby LOVES everyone and does not growl at anyone. So, I figured she must know something that I don't know and we switched vets. So, I took her to South Coastal Animal Health, which I had researched online before I made the appointment. They all seemed to be well-experienced and well-educated vets so that is why we decided on them. The women there were extremely nice and friendly and Jacoby was so well-behaved the entire time (minus the tranquilizers...damn Indian asshole)! My bad day started with the news that Jacoby, once again, has two ear infections. The vet gave me ear wash (Indian asshole never thought of that) and ear drops. I have to bring her back in two weeks to see if she has made progress. If not, they think she may be allergic to her dog food and we will have to switch it up.

I get home from the vet and Charlyne came over with her ADORABLE 11 week old German Shepherd. His name is Verrick and he is soooo freakin adorable! He got along great with the other dogs, especially Jacoby, and he played with them for a little over an hour.

Now, the really fun part begins...at around 7:00 I was cooking burgers on the grill. All three dogs were outside playing and I ran back inside to get some warmth into my body since it was about 20 degrees outside. All of a sudden I hear Jolie barking UNCONTROLLABLY and she sounded like she was trying to rip someone to pieces. I open up the back door to find a stray dog trying to jump our fence. He was a very cute black and white border collie. Cindy and I didn't want him running in the street and getting hit by a car, so I grabbed a leash, hooked him, and brought him inside the house. We kept the our dogs locked out while we were looking for a tag on him or some kind of clue as to who he belonged to. He only had a Brockton license tag on and it didn't say his address. I called Animal Control and surprise, surprise...due to budget cuts, they close at 3pm every day. Next, I called Brockton Police and asked them what we should do. To our surprise, they told us we either need to keep him or let him go because there is nothing they can do. They didn't even have a database where they could look up the dog's (who I nicknamed Oreo) address.

There was NO way we could let him back out into the cold where he could freeze to death or get hit by a car. So, we decided to try to keep him for the night and call Animal Control in the morning. Oreo was a good dog, he was trained well, he could sit, roll over, speak, and the lil shit could jump over EVERYTHING!! We set gates up all around the house to keep him away from our dogs. He kept hurdling over the gates and then would hump our dogs uncontrollably. The name Oreo quickly was changed to Humpy. Needless to say, we had a very rough night. Cindy slept in one room with Humpy and I slept in the other room with our three dogs. The night was filled with crying, scatching on doors, and just complete crazyness. The two of us got about an hour of sleep.

I woke up the next morning and Humpy was still humping and hurdling over gates, chairs, trash barrels...anything we put in the lil shit's way. I called Animal Control and they came and got him. Humpy (real name is Jock) lives about a half mile away from us. They tried calling his house but there was no answer...the owner has possibly been humped to death. I have NEVER seen a dog hump as much as this dog did!!! Anyway, Humpy is hopefully safe and warm in his own home now.

That is all for now...my day off turned into a chaotic, crazy day that seems like it wasn't even a day off. I am looking forward to Sunday, when I can relax all day and spend some much needed alone time with Cindy and the dogs :)

Grandma's Boy

So, I figured Grandma (my Momma) might need something to cheer her up since she hasn't been feeling well for quite some time now. I let the dogs out in the backyard today to play in the snow. About 10 minutes later Jolie and Jacoby wanted to come in and snuggle up, but Apollo still wanted to play in the snow. His favorite thing is actually to dip his nose in the snow and come up with a huge pile of snow on the tip of his nose. So, a good half hour goes by and I went to check on him. The first two pics below are what I found...Apollo, happy as can be, lying in the snow on the top of the wall. He is officially named Grandma's Boy because he will stay out in the snow for hours if we let him. The last two pics are a couple of black & white shots that I got of Apollo and Jacoby. For all inquiring minds, Jolie was upstairs guarding her bone and wasn't around for my nightly picture time.

Mom...Cindy, the dogs and I love you and we hope you feel better real soon!!!

Happy Birthday Cindy!!!

Happy Birthday to the greatest girlfriend anyone could ever ask for! Cindy's birthday was on Wednesday the 14th, but we started partying on Saturday night. Saturday night I took her out to Texas Roadhouse with Stacee and Lindsey. The first four pictures are from our adventure there. First pic is of Stacee and Cindy, next pic is of Lindsey and I, third pic is of Stacee and Cindy in deep, drunken conversation. Last pic is of Cindy riding the Texas Roadhouse birthday saddle! We had a great time Saturday night and a big thanks goes to Lindsey and Stacee for making it a night full of fun and laughter!

Sunday night, I took Cindy, Shelley and Dana out to the Abington Ale House. We are extremely grateful to have neighbors like Shelley and Dana that we know we can always count on. That morning we got about 6 inches of snow. Dana came over and snowblowed our walkway and driveway. We have a snowblower but since our backyard is set down from the street, we have to carry that sucker up stairs in order to use it. So, Dana is our neighbor superhero and takes care of us :) Dana basically has three wives...poor guy. Anyway, the bottom four pictures are from the night with Shelley and Dana. First pic is Cindy demonstrating what happens when you eat tabasco sauce, next pic is just the birthday girl enjoying her margarita, third pic is of Cindy and I, and the last pic is of our fabulous neighbors and friends, Shelley and Dana.

Finally, on Tuesday I decided to surprise Cindy with a nice, romantic lasagna dinner at home. I had to work Wednesday so I knew there was really nothing we could do on Wednesday. Thats why all the partying was done before her actual birthday. So, the last three pictures are of my masterpiece lasagna (minus two pieces), the dinner set-up, and Cindy passed out on the couch with a full belly.

Happy Birthday babe!

Doggie Pics

Our babies...we love them so much!

Fun in the Snow Before Momma goes to Work :(

Nothing like snow to bring in 2009! I'm working from 1-9 today, so I got up a little early to let the doggies eat, play in the snow, and get their morning exercise. All three of them LOVE the snow! I think Jacoby tends to like it the most because she comes in for a few minutes and then wants to go right back out. It's fun to watch because they run, fight each other, and slide all over the place! Hopefully, they'll be wiped out and sleep until Mommy comes home from work around 6ish. Have a happy new year everyone!!!

Christmas Eve and Matching PJs

Here are some pics of the dogs on Christmas Eve. Auntie Lindsey came over and brought them rawhides shaped like candy canes. Here are a few of my favorite pics from the night (1) Jolie showing that she is still a Red Sox fan even though the Sox didn't sign Teixeira (2) Jolie and Jacoby actually had a cute moment where they posed for me. (3) Apollo is so possessive of his toys and bones that he fell asleep with his in his mouth.

Then...to show that Cindy and I are actually feeling a little bit better...we decided to dress up in our matching PJs that Mama V gave us for Christmas and pose just for the blog. Today was the first day since Christmas that Cindy and I have been out of bed for more than one hour. We both got hit with a horrible cold/flu. I started to get it Christmas Eve and Cindy started to get it Christmas night. We are finally on the mend...hopefully to a happy and healthy 2009!