Bounding Cash?

When you can't enjoy the hilarity of bounding sheep, you must settle for bounding Cash!




(click on the pic, its better that way)

Happy Birthday Kate!

Today is Kate the Great's BDay!

So give her a shout
And tell her not to pout

(like she is in this picture)




Love you Katesters! Wish we could be with you on your day!

Cats vs. Dogs

Cats are a lot easier.

I am my Father's daughter

Ok, so, finally after 5 years of saying we are going to do it with no follow through, Jan and I are having a garage sale. It's something we've needed to do for a long long long time. Between her house and ours, we could definitely stand to get rid of a few things. If you know my father, and many of you who read my blog have lived with the man, then you know he never throws anything out. On top of never throwing anything out, he is constantly adding to his, let's see, he would call them collectibles. And as for my mother, well you have 7 kids and see how much crap you accumulate. Honestly, if our basement never flooded, my mom would still have way too many tangible memories. So with those two as my Rents, it is no wonder I stumbled across so many crazy items while sorting through my own personal memory dump. Adulthood apparently leads to a storage unit in my family.


Here is some of the stuff I found:

*my tongue ring (gross!)

*2 belly button studs (not quite as gross, but still gross)

*numerous baby photos

*the napkin from Grandpa and Trudy's wedding

*tons of poems written by Betty and Bonnie (aka Margie & Marri)

*about 20 letters from my brother (one including info on a girl he is "just crazy about", he called her Jessie, wonder whatever happened to her)

*about 20 Christmas cards from my sister

*every single one of Kate's class pictures

*a bunch of old writing, including a play and 2 chapters of a book

*pictures of my dad with hair

*the napkin Murphy wrote his number on (I told you I still had it:))

*letters from Meghan (ok, these made me sob--but sooo happy I still have them)

*a paycheck stub from 1997 (I work with a girl who was 5 when I got this paycheck, that made me feel old)

*3 Jules matchbooks (for those who don't know, Jules is where I met Murphy)

*countless scribbles from Sarah Lyn and Ashley. No, seriously, it was pathetic. Many trees died so Ashley could draw a single squiggly line, and then hand it to me beaming with the pride of a Nobel prize winner.

*the bubble gum cigar from when Kerri was born

*the pink candy bar boasting "HERSHEIS" from when Sarah was born

*the funeral script from when Margie and I buried Jimmy Jazz (Jimmy Jazz was a mouse we found in my garage)

AND THIS:



I just want to point out how adorable my brothers look. My nephew Joey looks just like my brother Bill when he smiles. I had never noticed that until I found this picture.

Hope all in blog world are well!

Family Photo

We have been meaning to take a family photo ever since we adopted Cash. MPR collects pictures of the dogs with their new owners, but we have either been working or it has been raining. We finally found a day to go up to The Scout.



The Scout looks out over Kansas City, every 3rd grade class in the Kansas City area takes the field trip to this spot. During a semester at Penn Valley, my geology class took that same field trip. From the school, you basically just walk cross the street. The area has changed quite a bit since my 3rd grade field trip. (Lets just say I was happy to have my 65lb. Pit Bull and 6'4" husband with me)



I didn't notice my 35mm camera battery was dead until I set it up for photo taking, drat! Luckily I packed the digy for such an occasion!

Cashious Maximus

So you are wondering what our little friend has been doing his first three weeks with his new family! Here you go!


I got to meet Uncle Pete (will you please freakin' bring Mel next time!). Sorry for keeping you up all night with nails on plastic. That problem has been fixed with a comfy towel under my bed. My parents are new to this whole dog thing ya know?





My Murph built me my very own food stand. It scared the crap out of me at first but now I am used to it.





I have had several baths, and I still don't like the water! These pictures are from the charity dog wash benefiting GreyHounds.






I have had bagels, cupcakes, peanut butter, and cheese galore! Bagels are my favorite.






I've turned Tyler into a demon, he is now a follower of 'basement cat'.




All in all its been quite exhausting so I have managed to take several naps.





It's a pretty sweet life, I really love my new home.

picture-less

Hello all thee in blog-world! Yes, I have been quite absent this summer---so sorry. I keep holding off for lack of time to upload, file, and edit pictures so I decided (inspired by the Katesters) to post w/o visual reference.

Here is some randomness from my season:

* I vowed to run 3 races this summer; I ran 1

* I said my first dog would be a Boston Terrier; 2 weeks ago we got an American Staffordshire Terrier (aka, Cashious Maximus)

* Before May of this year I loved to go fast; now it really freaks me out (I lost someone who was going too fast)

* I said I was going to the pool once a week this summer; I put my swimsuit on for the first time today

* I also vowed to get get back in shape this summer (hence the swimming and running); I went to the gym once so far, and it was while I was on vacation


Ok, so I haven't been very committed this summer, I realize that I need to work on it. However, having a new pups has forced me to walk a couple miles a day :)

**puppy post up next**