Taking puppies for a walk-notice Spade the straggler-she's the runt of the litter but as cute as ever
Spike My Man
It has been quite an adventure the last couple days...For starters, two nights ago we nearly escaped disaster as we survived what we have aptly named "The Great Glove Fire of '07." After a relaxing evening out on the town I awoke at about 12:30 to a thick thick smelly smoke in my room. Knowing that this was most likely coming from the woodstove I nearly fell off my bunk to make sure the house was not burning down. As I made it to the living room I quickly noticed the problem. The clothesline of gloves we had hung near the wood stove had settled and the gloves were burning! Right in the middle one glove was pure red, smoldering embers. Unlike the woodsmoke smell, the chemically treated fabric made this smoke smell horribly of who knows what kind of toxic polymers. I quickly tried to get the glove down and at least throw it in the fire, but in the process managed to fling some of the embers a couple feet away on the carpet. Fortunately the burning glove just made a nice hole in the carpet, rather than setting the whole place on fire. Hearing my coughing and frantic running around opening doors and windows my roomate kyle woke up and began helping me in my firefighting. Luckily it was only slightly below freezing so purging the room of smoke did not result in extreme cold. After successfully putting out the fire and ensuring nothing else was going up in flames, I grabbed my sleeping bag and decided to spend the night under the stars. There was no way I was going to sleep in what I percieved as remants of a toxic smoke. The stars were absolutley amazing and the dogs howling woke me up the next morning. Half asleep when this whole endeavor happened, I didn't realize that it was not just one glove that burned but more like five or six. We are short on right handed gloves as it is, and this unfortunate event even furthered our one handed predicament. Today I think I am going to buy a fire extinguisher and maybe a new pair of gloves. Last night I closed the door to the woodstove and left my door open just to get more of the toxic smell out, so it was kind of like sleeping outside. We learned our lesson.
In other exciting news I was informed that I could bring home another beautiful dog, Spike. I of course would like to take about 5 dogs home with me, but with the offer of Spike I think he's the one. He is a big black dog with piercing blue eyes, lots of love, and just the right amount of energy! You can look at him above. So if anyone knows of a house with a yard that is looking for a cool girl to live with and one giant dog let me know.
Other News that Makes Me Smile-in no particular order
1. My friend Christine has an amazing English Bull Dog named Dexter, and I love him.
2. I found a stellar place to practice yoga.
3. The Puppies are growing like crazy and are as expected, exceedingly adorable.
4. We harness broke some more pups=fun and good work out.
5. Three of my good friends are in this neck of the woods this weekend.
6. One of my best friends is engaged!
7. Another one of my best friends had a successful surgery.
8. I like beer, now. Bend will do that to you I guess.
9. I recently recieved a new electric toothbrush as a gift.
10. It is sunny.
11. My mom came to visit which was a blast!
12. I am sitting in a cafe catching up with people I love.
13. There are about 40 calves on our road that were JUST born. Whenever I run by I try to go close enough so I can pet them, but as you can imagine cows are not the most affectionate animals...
14. I have Amazing friends and am blessed by their love everyday.
15. I am doing well and loving the days and little things.
16. We are celebrating b-days tonight on the town.
17. Day light savings is coming about a month earlier this year.
18. I have acouple pregnant friends.
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