I pass this area on a regular basis and this sign has been there for months now. I am definitely disturbed by it, LOL

Anyone else see the freakishness of this? No wonder insurance rates are so crazy, with signs like these along the road, people are definitely not paying attention to what they're doing because they're looking at this creepy stuff.

I have a ton of stuff in my head I want to blog about but I just can't seem to get motivated today. I sit down to blog and I wind up surfing the 'net. I guess the good thing is that I see Buy.com always seems to have a really good Sale on various items.

After Zyon decided to spend (TOO MUCH) money on a vintage guitar, I suppose I need to pay close attention to sales.

Yea, I said 'old ladies' because these two are up in the boys' room blabbing like 2 old ladies. Seriously, I am not sure how any work is getting done! Zy, Mr. 'AntiSocial' sure does like to yap!


My gawd, giggling and yapping...all.day.long. It was like having two teens in the house. I thought I was going to have to start Googling affordable auto insurance for teens before allowing them out of the house.

I can't believe I will be relaxing by the pool at the Poly in 43 days!
I am so dang excited! Waiting for this trip went much faster - probably
because I booked it in December, so I only had 4 months to wait and we
were just there in May '08

So, if you love trip reports - I started a blog JUST for
Disney stuff, the trip reporting, the planning, etc. On this blog you
will find my 2008 trip (from hell) report and my current planning. I
will also be updating this blog in REAL TIME while at WDW this upcoming
trip - complete with photos!
Here's the blog URL if you're interested: http://www.familydisneyvacations.com/

I am so excited!!!!!!! Did I say that already? LOL

In an effort to keep the broken bathroom door somewhat safe, I taped it up and then covered it with garbage bags - until we get it fixed.


Awww, who needs weekend getaways to get some romance when it's right in my very own bathroom! I gotta say, Zyon really knows how to make me smile

Sunday started out productive for me but man, it turned out to be a pretty crappy day. I was sitting here working when I heard a dog get hit by a truck - that was horrible. I later found out that dog died at the emergency animal hospital.

Then, I went to shut our bathroom door but I shut it too hard and because the bathroom window was opened, the door slammed so hard the glass shattered. Niiiiice


Lovely, huh? We had glass repair places come out and give us estimates on replacing the glass and no matter what, it's gong to cost us at least $300 so Zyon asked me if we really needed glass in there? I said no - so he is going to remove the glass and put a wood panel in there and then repaint the door. Sounds good to me!

Testing Twitterfeed - I have my blog feeds set up to post to Ping.fm and that sends the updates out to several social networking sites!

Let's see how it turns out!

Jeff sent me this video, someone sent it to him via email. I must say, it certainly made me laugh!

Well, it's been about a month and a half since Zy and I have started on our weight loss journey. He's down 25 pounds and I'm down 15 pounds - all without the aid of a weight loss product, which hey, I'm happy about.

We both wanted to lose about 40 pounds before our Disney vacation - not sure I'll be able to lose 25 pounds by the end of April but I am sure going to try!

Well, I still have not heard back from Al about Odhinn - I only called and left a message once and I won't call again. I'm sad and I don't understand because I have spoken to Al before and he was just so nice, I can't imagine why he wouldn't call me back. Oh well, stop obsessing, right?

In other news - I lost my health insurance so since Zyon and I aren't legally married we filled out domestic partnership papers and had them notarized today so I can be placed on his insurance. I would much rather say 'we went looking at diamond rings and we're going to be getting married - but instead, there we were at the damn notary.

Well, I called Al about Odhinn. I got his answering machine, guess that means he's not dead? Anyway, I left him a message telling him who I was, why I called and I asked him to please call me back and I left my home phone number and my cell number. That was yesterday around 10 am - I still haven't heard back. I suppose I need to take that as a sign? I guess I shouldn't turn stalkerish and call again, huh?

So, I've decided I just need to let it go. As difficult as that is going to be, it's what I need to do. In the meantime my focus is going to be planning our Disney vacation and getting some spring cleaning done. Zyon has already started getting rid of some things in the basement where his guitar building shop was. He sold his band saw on Craig's list - thanks goodness because that thing nearly ripped his finger off

I know he'll be keeping some of his tools, like the industrial clamps he has - those things have come in handy so many times, especially when he built the dvd shelf we have:

What a collection, huh?

My very first dog - and I mean, my dog, not a dog I grew up with that was the family pet, was Odhinn, a German Shepherd.

My ex-husband's sister breeds and trains GSDs. She studded out her male, Samson, one time and funny as it may be, only one puppy was born - there was only one in the litter, which is very odd. That puppy is Odhinn and Jeff (my ex) and I took him. I had Odhinn from the time he was 8 weeks old. He was born in 2000 so I had him before I ever had children. I trained him in obedience, I took him just about everywhere with me. He was my buddy.

When Jeff I split up in Oct. 2004, he agreed to keep Odhinn. I had to move into an apartment and couldn't take him. I had planned on finding a place, within a year or so, that would allow me to have Odhinn. By about April of 2005, Jeff told me he thought it'd be best if he found a home for Odhinn because he was working longer hours and wasn't home as often. Even though he had another dog, a bear coat Shar-Pei, Sienna, Jeff just felt he wasn't being fair to Odhinn, who was a large breed dog and needed more exercise than he was getting.

At that point, I was about 3 month pregnant with Dante and still living in the apartment. I wasn't sure when I'd be in a different place and begged Jeff to please keep Odhinn - after all it was even stated in our divorce agreement that he'd keep him. However, I wanted to be fair to Odhinn.
He was home 12 hours or so a day, with only Sienna. Jeff had a huge run in the basement, complete with old furniture for the dogs to lay on so it wasn't as if they were cramped somewhere but they didn't have the run of the house. Jeff told me he didn't want to get rid of him - he wanted to find a home for him. I was torn but I thought I shouldn't be selfish, I should think of the the dog and what is best for him.

By Memorial Day weekend in 2005, Jeff had found someone who wanted Odhinn. This guy, Al, who was in his early 80's I believe and lived alone because in the previous year his wife had died and then shortly after, his dog died. He wanted Odhinn because he was 5 years old - Al thought it best not to get a puppy.
Jeff was very clear with Al that if something didn't work out, he was to call and let him know and Jeff would take the dog back. Jeff even spoke to Al's daughter and told her that should Al no longer be able to care for Odhinn or even pass away (hey, he was being realistic - Al was in his 80's!) that she should let Jeff know - please don't take Odhinn to a shelter. She and Al agreed. Jeff gave Odhinn to Al and a few weeks after that, Jeff stopped by one day to see how Odhinn and Al were doing. Things were great!

I wound up in this house in December of 2005 and I really wanted Odhinn back, but I knew it was too late. Sometime in 2006 I called Al - told him who I was and that I just wondered how things were. He told me he loves the dog and that they go everywhere together. I was happy to hear that and I felt as though giving Odhinn to Al was the best decision.

Zyon knew I missed Odhinn and that I wouldn't get him back and we both wanted a dog, so in January of 2006, Zyon and I got Angus and he's cool but he's no Odhinn.

I still think of Odhinn and I miss him. I want to call Al and see how Odhinn's doing (and how Al is!) but I'm afraid to. What if Odhinn has already died? What if he's sick? Hell, what if Al's dead or sick? They were supposed to call Jeff if anything bad happened but what if they didn't - or don't?

If something is wrong and Al can no longer have Odes, what would I do? I know we couldn't take him back, not with Angus, especially not after what happened with the puppy - so what would I do?

I am so torn - why the heck does this bother me so much? Should I call?