Rx

So I go to pick up some Tylenol at the pharmacy for my husband after his procedure.
I swear, I thought that the bitch was going to shoot me in the ass with a tranqu gun, tag me, and attach a GPS radio to my collar to make sure that I was really going to give the meds to my husband and not sell them on the black market.
I mean, did I look that tore up?
I know I was lookin' a little tired, but did I look that much like a junkie?!

Pack

JayJ on the run

Our first meeting with Padme

Sage

Padme and JayJ at Albany Bulb

Padme and Woody

Padme tends to look sad, but every day she is more and more smiley and happy

Padme
Her name is supposed to have that little thingie over the e.
She's our newest dog.
Our pack consists of Sage 15 and still hanging in there
JayJ (we'll say he'll be 2 on March 15th) the dog we rescued from Smiley Dog Rescue in September. Yep, he's a big old cinnamon brindle pit bull boy. As far as obedience..he is above average. A really good boy, and Padme (we'll say she'll be 1 on March 15th) After rescuing JayJ, we kept hearing about how hard it is for Pit Bulls, so we decided to rescue "the dog in the most need." We went to several rescue agencies and ended up finding this girl through our friends at Smiley Dog Rescue at the Oakland Animal Services facility.
She really had a tough life before she was taken in a OAS.
Some one tried to dock her tail (and botched it up) and she has these terrible scars along her back. We don't know how she got the scars, but needless to say, it must have been terribly painful and it went untreated.
She is incredibly sweet. When we first met her at the pound, she walked up to the 3 year old and put her head against his leg and just gently leaned into him. They told us that no one had been by to consider adopting her and were glad that we would consider such a beat up dog.
Anyway-poor baby, poor baby-now, she is with us and living it up.
Here are some photos of the gang

Dolce

I know, not really practical for chasing around a 3 year old....

Year

Yikes!
It's a new year.
Things are going and going and going. The boys are super and Garth and I are doing just great.
We've got dogs and dogs at our house and things are crazy fun
So-
The other day
I went to Nordstrom and had a shoe-gasm. It was AWESOME!!
I went to Nordstrom to return a lovely pair of Jimmy Choo shoes that Garth bought me. The shoes were beautiful, but my pinky-toe (like you really care about these details) just couldn't do it. The sales person was in disbelief. I kept telling her, "It isn't the shoes, it's me!" It was like trying to break up.
So she found me a new love.
Dolce
Um...
Dolce-Dolce-Dolce
She built me up nicely, wooing me with some Mui Muis...She must of had 10 pair of beautiful shoes there for me to try on. She knew exactly how to work me over. So I tried on and tried on, every pair building me up for the next pair. I swear, I felt chills. The way they made me look and feel. Nice.
Then Dolce. So sweet.
Shoe-gasm

Tomatoes

Another month?!
Sheesh!?
Well, it is less than a week before Christmas (yeah, I did want to write X-mas!!!) and I am just not as full of the holiday spirit as I should be. I mean, comon. Christmas is just CRAZY-time. Go out and shop like you don't have any sense-time.
At least I'm excited for the kids. They are really getting juiced up for the holiday. Lots of trying to be good and "Santa's watching" stuff.
Star Wars is really big around our house, now too. Last night, I put the boys to bed and about an hour later, 2 sleepy boys walk in to the bedroom as ask (totally seriously), "Momma, what is your Jedi name?"
I love boys!
Happy Happy
Healthy Healthy
Fa-la-la-la-Laaaaaa!!

Shaking

Long time.
Real long time.
Since June we've been back to Maryland. Everyone is just fine. We had a fun (although if we heard, "It's not the heat....we were gonna scream!) We spent 3 weeks in the end of July and early August.
Then...
We MOVED!

Go figure.
Here's the short story-
Kathy and Larry (Garth's parents) purchased a house in Oregon. Their house in Vallejo wasn't in any shape to sell so, they asked if we would move in to the house to help them our financially while they get it ready to go on the market.
So
We're now residents of Vallejo
BIG change from San Rafael. In many ways, it is SO much better. There is a LOT more diversity, people are more friendly, and over-all it is a much more family friendly community.
The down side is that you have to answer questions like, "Momma, why does that man have a watch on his leg?"
-Well son, he is on house arrest.
sigh.
We also got a new dog.
He is a rescue from Smiley Dog Rescue and he's a pit bull. Yeah, we LOVE the underdogs.
His name is JJ and he is about a year and a half old.
Sage is still around and SO happy to have a nice young friend.

Moving

So, a few things
1. After a rather typical MaCo, but none the less disturbing interaction at a local park, we've decided that we are giving MaCo a year and then we are outta here (if not sooner) I won't go into the details of the interaction, but here is a sample of what she was like. She was carrying on about how her 2009 fully loaded Honda Odyssey Touring was a "cheap" car. A "piece of junk that she won't drive for long" She prefers "luxury" vehicles...gag....ack!
2. The other day I saw a guy driving a Prius (alone-everyone in Maco drive solo.) flick his ciggy butt out of the window to the side of the road. I was like, "did that just really happen?" Talk about unclear on the concept....
3. The boob-job and tummy tuck look awesome. Actually, I still have a Franken-belly, but it is pretty flat!!
4. My oldest "graduates" from Pre-K tomorrow. I had no idea that one "'graduated" from Pre-K. I mean, I understand the importance of acknowledging these sort of life transitions, but "graduation"....
That's it...I'm out!