Why dogs have bad breath and other stuff........

Why do dogs have bad breath? Better still, why do they have to lay at my feet while I work and breathe that breath in my general workspace? Febreze, anyone?

Why do dogs pass gas in the same general scenario as above? Seriously, why must you lay HERE and make ME smell it? Highly objectionable.

Why do my dogs continually get upon my lovely couch? This is a complex question that requires a multi-faceted answer. First of all, yes it is lovely. However, when said dogs get up on my couch and leave their fur behind, the mother becomes most angry. Do you have any idea how much of my life is spent de-fur-ifying my house? Just ask the other men who live here. There are days when the vacuum is never put away. If you only knew.

Why do dogs resist the bath? Because they are trying to make the mother insane? Sadly, no. They don't want to get rid of the smells that they have rolled around in and accumulated over the course of that week. Again, Febreze, anyone?

Why do dogs have such cute faces? This is an easy answer. It's so that they are forgiven for having smelly breath and body, and for messing up the momma's house and leaving their toys strewn about.

Forgiven, yes but definitely not forgotten!

Scary Thoughts

Oh the holidays are a upon us, and as I type, I type this somewhat left thumbless. I injured it pretty badly last week, and required stitches to close it up. Gruesome, I know.

It's not a happy thought that brings me to my blog today. I have been overwhelmed by just how many things can go wrong. I had our stake center reserved for Brittany and Nate's reception, and it was promptly canceled due to Stake Conference being that weekend. I'm confused. We are having Stake Conference this weekend, and that it would make it coming up again in 4 short months. Needless to say, I'm trying to reserve our old stake center in Tempe, and am still awaiting a phone call back to put that in motion. What are my other options? My backyard? I should like to do this only to make my neighbor across the street annoyed as I have had to endure many a party of theirs and a street full of cars.

I am having some tests done that are weighing on my mind. Not sure what's wrong with me, but having to wait to find out is torture.

Angry that I am taken for granted. Upset at people who take off. Amazed that some can have such little regard for others. Fuming that some can't even for a solitary moment, make life easier for those around them. People that never answer their phone. These same people you wouldn't call in an emergency, because, (drumroll, please!) they NEVER answer their phone. No one says thank you anymore.

It's uncomfortable to be uptight and anxious all of the time. Have a good one.

Cuteness

Brittany and Nate celebrating their year of togetherness. Collectively now, "Aaaaawwwwww."


Here's something you don't see everyday. The health conscious duo sharing a dessert

Four months and two weeks from now and they'll be married! Happy Anniversary, Cutie Pies.

Chillin'

"Hi, I'm Makayla, and I am living the dream!"

"She's no walk in the park......"

I've been trying to wrap my head around this expression recently. I suppose one wouldn't be if their every waking moment is coursed with having to do something. Someone used this expression in reference to me.

And now I will explain why they are wrong. I am a walk in the park if you only have to sit and watch television or play endless games of Spider Solitaire on the computer. I am a walk in the park if you are allowed to nap at will, and you don't HAVE to do any work in the house you live in. I am a walk in the park if I tend to everyone's needs and you don't have to. I am a walk in the park if the landscape is taken care of regularly and you haven't hired anyone to do it. I am a walk in the park if the dogs you claim to love are exercised daily and you didn't hire a dog walker or a kennel service. I am a walk in the park if you have dirtied up something that I spent hours cleaning and I didn't scream at you.

I am a walk in the park if I spend 40+ hours a week working a paying job. I am a walk in the park if I tend to my own every need and don't rely on anyone else to do things for me. I am a walk in the park if I can do anything without someone telling me what to do. I am a walk in the park if I tend to the other relationships in the family.

Maybe you should take a walk in the park and see if it's any different than what you do now.

More ill gotten booty......

Makayla and her momma.


Makayla bug.


Makayla and her daddy.......something about being wrapped around her little finger.


Makayla looks likes she's so happy and content that she is smiling. I could just eat her up!

I steal other people's photos

Makayla loving on her daddy and giving him kisses!