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To the Dogs

I have to brag on my dog. I’m so proud of him right now. I’ve been trying to teach him the command "down" for about 2 weeks now and he hasn’t been getting it. This morning I was at the point where I was fixing to give up, thinking it just wasn’t sinking in. Normally what I do is tell him down and then push him into the down position and as soon as he’s there I give him the treat. But he won’t do it on his own. Well today when I came back from church I told him down and waited a few seconds. He sat there at stared at me for a second and then he cried a little bit because he wanted the treat and then he got down! Thinking it was a fluke I tried it again and he did it twice more on his own! Yay! So we’re going to work on that a little more to make sure he’s got it and doesn’t forget it and then we’ll move on and try to learn something else. But I’m just so very proud of him. I heaped a ton of praise on him. So now he can "sit" and he can sit "down" on the ground. Still not potty trained but I’m not giving up hope on that. He is only 5 months old and I know a lot of dogs take up to a year sometimes. He has his good days and his bad days but we’ll get there.

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Ants in my Pants

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Stronger Woman

I heard this song today and I thought how awesome it would be if every single woman I know made this her morning goal each day. It’s called "Stronger Woman" by Jewel.

I guess you could say
I’m one of those girls
thats always been with one of those guys
you know the type
like right now
he sleeps while I write

it’s better than crying
i’m warn out from trying
from loving a man who always makes it clear
I’m not welcome here
Just when he’s hungry or frisky or needs something cleaned
you know what I mean
But not tonight
Cause come the morning light

I’m gonna love myself
More than anyone else
Believe in me
Even if someone can’t see
The stronger woman in me

I’m gonna be my own best friend
Stick with me till the end
Won’t lose myself again
never, no
Cause theres a stronger woman
a stronger woman in me

the light bulbs buzz I get up
head to my drawer
wish there was more
I could say
another fairy tale fades to grey

I’ve lived on hope
like a child
walking that mile
faking that smile
all the while
wishing my heart had wings
wellfrom now on I’m gonna be
The kind of woman I want my daughter to be, oh


I’m gonna love myself
More than anyone else
Believe in me
Even if someone can’t see
a stronger woman in me
I’m gonna be my own best friend,
Stick with me till the end
Won’t lose myself again
Never, no
Cause there’s a stronger woman, stronger woman

this is me, packing up my bags
this is me, headed for the door
this is me, the best you ever had

I’m gonna love myself
More than anyone else
Believe in me, even if someone can’t see
The stonger woman in me

I’m gonna be my own best friend
stick with me till the end
Won’t lose myself again
no no
Cause there’s a stronger woman, a stronger woman
Theres a stronger woman in me, a stronger woman in me
stronger woman in me

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Broken dog and heart

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Weekend

Why does it seem like right now every single person I know is either in love and getting married or engaged or just totally happy and in love with their special man/woman? Or if they're not, the rest of my friends are breaking up with their special someone or suffering heartache? Am I the only one alive who is happily single? Yes, surprisingly to all of you, I am over Paul at this point and I am NOT depressed or angry that I'm single! I'm loving it, actually. I don't have to worry about a guy and all the problems and issues that go along with that. I'm having fun and I'm able to focus on other things like work, friends and my new puppy who I'm falling in love with more and more each and every day. Now, that's not saying I'm not keeping my eyes open for the next potential ex-boyfriend. There are most definitely pluses to having a guy in your life and I look forward to meeting that next special guy, but for right now I'm totally content to just hang out with my friends and play Sims.

Yes, I've recently fallen back into my addiction to the Sims! Played all weekend long non-stop. Over the weekend I managed to fall in love, get married to a guy who already had a toddler, watch said toddler grow up and move to college and have 2 kids of my own. LOL-amazing how much faster things happen on that game than in reality. Anyway, the funny thing is my husband, who supposedly loves me to death, is now flirting with other women and my little character doesn't really seem to care. I wonder if all relationships end up like that in the end? Also, my hubby and my ex boyfriend, the real one, Paul, who I created on the game cuz I'm sad like that, those two are like best friends! They hang out all the time. And yet, surprisingly, or not so surprsingly, Paul and I, on the game, really don't like each other. I don't mean don't care, I mean we really hate each other. LOL. Anyways, so that's fun. Oh and Monika-I also created you and Gavon and on the game Gavon grew up and went to college and he and my daughter I adopted are now engaged. So that's feakin' awesome! Just so you know, Gavon grows up to be a very handsome, popular young man who steals all the girls' hearts, which I know he will in real life too. Miss you girl.

Also, I saw Bill Clinton on Friday. He came to Lufkin to campaign for his wife and I just had to go. Plus, Andy ended up asking if I'd help get some quotes for them for the story so I ended up not having a choice, but I would have gone anyway. Me and Amanda had a great, squashed time with sore feet. LOL. No, I'm not a Clinton supporter. I think she's evil. LOL. But how many times does one get the chance to see a former president? Especially when one lives in a tiny town in nowhereville, Texas? So that was pretty neat.