Da Bears

-- Well the Bears are out of the Bowl ... and thats ok. Not good , but ok... Yes it would have been great to see them in like in year past but thats ok. The season started off kinda weak and in the end they really punched it through.  I'm glad they made it as far as they did... there are many other teams out there that did't even get that far... I hate to sound like A Cubs fan , but there is Next year ... THE NEW SEASON STARTS TODAY!

Merry Merry

 

Golden monkey

It's been a bit -- have a monkey

Day of the dead 2010

This year I made it a point to go buy some Day of the Dead bread.  Its a small sugar covered load of bread with a skull and cross bones on it. I usually ignore the holiday but this year I just needed to say thanks and remember those who came before me. Relatives and friends who are no longer with us. I sliced the bread and made some hot chocolate and shared it with the kids . I know that I'm a week late on the live post, but its a post.  - Someone told me that a person is not dead until every person that remembers him is dead....This tradition keeps people alive in our hearts for a long time. If I was in Mexico I would have gone to the grave site and cleaned it and put flowers out , but here I think that just sitting and remembering will be ok...

I give you Chaser the wonder dog. ..

 

This year has been a real hard year for us with dogs. In April I had to put Nixon down , he grew old and well had the problems of a very old dog. A little over a month ago I put my other dog Kona down - she had issues that the vets could not find or define. She had gone for 9 days with out eating anything solid. She was only five years old. Both were heart breaking losses.
   The house just seemed cold and empty with out a dog in the house. After some hard searching at the local shelters we found a new dog. His name is Chaser. Part Australian Cattle dog, part lab/pit bull/stegosaurus mix.  He's about a year and a half old and was in the shelter for 145 days before we took him home.     He had "black dog " syndrome... The shelter ladies say that black dogs and cats are teh last to be adopted . The boys have already taken to him and he had taken to the boys really well. We each put our name choice in a hat and drew from it ... I lost , but I'm still happy with the name.  He's quiet and loves bacon....

Same shit...

Black community - stop embarrassing your brethren and committing crimes in record numbers. There are amazing people doing wonderful things in your community but unfortunately your stupidity overshadows anything positive that's done.

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Dreams

   I really don't know what prompted the dream... I had a sex dream about a friend.  She and I have never been romantic , but we have been very close. We had dated - kinda here and there, but it just never clicked. I consider her a very dear friend. 

   We were in a log cabin style hotel in a Wisconsin dells area.. I cant say why or for how long but we were there.  This nude girl walked by - kinda skinny with nasty tattoos on her. My friend came by and said-- what do I think? She was wearing a silky black bra and panties... She is a curvy girl and filled them well.  I think that I was even stumpt in my own dream on her look....

 I woke up with a raging erection ... Granted I have wanted to have sex with her , but I think this was just too close to the could haves and would haves....

Kona - 5 years old

I had to put my second dog to sleep 2 weeks ago.... I don't really know what happened to her .  She had stopped eating all of a sudden. I guessed that one day or two days was ok. Like a stomach bug. She vomited up some grass and bile. On the fourth  day we took her in to the vet and had blood work done. They had given her some gel under the skin that is like vitamins and electrolytes.  The next day she drank some chicken broth, milk on the following days and then again nothing. She had dropped nearly 7 pounds quickly. She was not moving but in good spirits. She still stayed with the kids she still sat with me and she still smiled when called.  I made arrangements to have her put down. The vets had no clue even with blood work and x-rays showing nothing. The kids took her for one last walk that day. I ran her with a ball and quickly stopped as I could see her legs were hurting. I picked her up and could feel her bones.  We drove to the vet and she sat in my lap as they gave her the injections. I held her close as I cried. Her last feeling in this world were of being loved and held. She had really become such a part of my family that I still look for her through the morning my routine. Good-bye Kona - I'll always love her.

My monkey drives....

My monkey drives....