monday

So the puppy has been a handful. ryans mom watched them friday and saturday night and sunday morning she was WAITING for us to come take them. he chews on alot of things, that wouldnt be so bad if linus wasnt barking, growling, and chasing him all over. i feel bad for the both of them- linus is truly bothered by him- she wont relax and poor murphy gets attacked any time he breathes wrong around linus.

work has been good- starting over though kind of sucks. i work with really nice people and i dont think it will take long but its still an adjustment period. and i seriously think i have a neon light on my head when i walk in the plant. its like these people have never been out in public before- no manners i tell you.

we watched tristan and isolde last night. it was a good movie- enertaining. this weekend was a friend of ryans wedding. i had a very good time. friday night we went to the ellicottville brewing company for the rehearsal dinner and then saturday the wedding was at the ski resort. they were suppose to get married outside but it poured all day. they got married inside and it was very nice.

yesterday i saw a black snake in the side yard, and i was in my bare feet. i was so scared. ryan was mowing the lawn and i was screaming and jumping up and down to get his attention. i finally got him to see me - he went over to the snake and tried to pick him up and the snake tried to bite him. so ryan had to kill him. i was soooo freaked out though. then i was convinced to mow the lawn and while i was mowing something moved in the grass right near where my mom had also seen a snake. so i got all freaked out again. It was only a toad - but it was horrible, i was hysterical and ryan just looked at me like i was crazy. i dont want to even step foot on the grass anymore. i read that snakes like loose dirt and tall grass. so i told ryan we are going to gravel the whole yard.

lots to report on

so there is so much to tell you about...
first off terrible news- murphy has a heart murmur. and ryan called the breeder (Gun Creek Labradors) and they dont think they are responsible for the vet bills associated with it. AND they didnt even have him see a vet before we got him. The breeder gave him his first shots. Ridiculous that they get away with that. ryan is talking with his vet and the breeder. but i think we need to threaten that we will get a lawyer and take out an ad in the paper over this.

most terrible news- i turned 28 today! god i'm old.

this weekend was the italian fest. fun fun. becky came to visit. she has all the details on her blog.

i did get tons of good stuff today though- ryan got me the cool new clogs that are everywhere, a linus doll bobble head, and margarita fixins. cath got me tons of little cakes, daisies, and a red sox sweatshirt, sarah and jr got me an old navy gift card, carrie got me the wreckers cd and a cute new hello kitty shirt that ryan would have never let me buy, hopefully becky is getting me laguna beach season 2 on dvd. :)

ok more to post later esp about the new job

2 days to go

only two more days and i am done with my current employer. whooo hoooo. i cant tell you how excited i am. tomorrow they are a having a lunch for me, i am probably going to have to say some sort of speech. but i dont want to.

murphy pee'd inside for the first time last night. and ryan took him outside in the pouring rain and thunder and lightening...hopefully he is so tramatized that he will never do it again.


The Happy Family

becky is coming to visit this weekend...it will be so fun- we are going to the drive in friday night and then to the italian festival saturday.

reunion weekend

so reunion weekend is done....finally. It was a fun but long weekend. We went to the parkwood Friday night and there was a large turnout. We partied all night. When we got home at 2:30 I passed out and Ryan had to play with Murphy for a bit, then he went to sleep for about 2 hours and then Murphy started crying so Ryan had to get up. he slept in the office next to the cage, in the doorway using my workbag as a pillow, and outside in the yard. so he didn't get much sleep, a puppy is a slot of work :) Then Saturday we had to get up early and go to a picnic. We brought Murphy and he slept alot of the day. Saturday night we went to a dinner that the average age was 70. it was good food but kind of boring. We then went out to the bars again. most of us were exhausted, so we weren't a ton of fun. We went to granny's (and they are under new ownership) and a bachelorette party came in and apparently asked the DJ to play some different music. they were playing terrible music for a Saturday night. and the owner came up to the bachelorette and told her that "we don't play n-word music here" so the party left and informed us of what he said. needless to say we pretty much finished our drinks and left. I wont be frequenting that bar again. and Ryan tries to tell me the people aren't racist here. I guess there are racist people anywhere, but come on....it was as if I was in SC again. and why a bar "service" would not give its customers what they want is beyond me. I know I am going to tell everyone I know not to go there. I hope the guy goes out of business.

I added new pictures of Murphy on the link below, so you can check him out. he hasn't had an accident yet in the house (besides the cage). I'm impressed. Tonight we took Murphy to the river behind our house and he had his first swim.

Murphy

Murphy is the name of the new puppy. I liked charlie better (to go with Linus and Peppermint Patty) but ryan said no. he is mean sometimes.

Murphy apparently cried all day yesterday my neighbor told me. so that is not good. luckily grammy and grampy stayed over last night after the pearl party and were able to keep him company today. cath went out this morning and he was crying and shivering in his dog house. poor baby.

linus is still not liking him at all. lucy and franklin and mindy came over yesterday and all seem to be okay with him. its just linus who hates him.

puppy

well we finally got the puppy-
we picked him up last night and he cried the whole car ride home- well he cried, then puked on me, then fell asleep. he is so adorable. here is the link to the pictures. some are from our camping trip and cleveland trip this weekend.

Pics Here

he slept until about 2:30 in the morning then cried on and off all morning. ryan has night duty :)
patty seemed fine with him, sniffed him and then went on her normal way. Linus however is scared of him. her ears are down and she will bark at him when he cries. and if he makes any sudden movement she runs away. very not like her. she even went in her cage on her own last night. she has done that maybe once in her life. I'm a little concerned about her.