This past weekend I took some photos of the dogs playing in the snow. They were like little kids running around. Haven's happy jumping as she catches a snowball in her mouth.
Here Beacon's fetching his Orbee ball and Haven's "attacking" him.
After getting tired and hot from fetching Beacon decided to cool off in the snow.
Starting tonight another storm will hit us. It'll last until Thursday afternoon or evening! There will be rain, freezing rain, and snow so things will be a mess. Eventually we'll get a decent dumping of snow before it's all over.
Yesterday we walked to the downtown area three times! The first time we took Haven. We had to go to the post office. And there were ice sculptures being made along the riverwalk.
Here are some of the finished products.
My favorite part was the cow!! The local fruit/produce stand had him/her. The cow had a big green blanket on it with red garland on it. Cool! There was also a hot air balloon company that had a burner as part of their float. From time to time the big flame would go off and everyone would oooh and aaah. I also liked the old pipe organ that used to be on the riverboat. Someone was playing Christmas tunes on it as it rolled along (on a float).
There were a lot of people watching the parade. It was a good thing that we walked because it was crazy with all of the cars trying to leave. It was fun participating in some of our small town activities. You can see more photos of the ice sculptures in this Flickr album. I didn't have the camera with me during the parade so no photos there.
There was a time In my life when There was no place
I'd rather be, Than with you,I loved you desperately,
On my mind all the time,I gave you every kind
of love I could give,You broke my heart
I thought I'd never live.Every tear that I cried
It made me stronger(made me stronger)
An' I don't want No-one by my side.
I got myself a single life-- it's bringing me joy,
Single life.
I'm living and now I've found I don't need you
Now I'm out on my own Single life feels so right!
After a relatively warm November winter has decided to make an appearance. When we went to bed last night there were a couple of inches of snow already on the ground. The dogs loved it. They were chasing each other around. Haven was eating snow. Beacon was chasing snowballs.
Things were a bit different this morning. With snow up to their bellies the dogs weren't as eager to hang out in the stuff. I'm sure we'll take pictures of them playing in it over the weekend.
I don’t know. I’ll be the bigger person, I just need to be strong
enough. I am strong at other things in life, believe me. My broken
heart will keep on reminding me that sometimes I will miss him and
sometimes I wont, but thinking of him is just a never ending force.
Sincere and honest truth, there is only one person who can fix it- the
one who broke it. But, it's something that he can't/won't ever fix. Not sure if I'd let him try. I'm finding that I can stand on my own, it's shaky and scary and utterly perplexing, but I can do it. Just watch.
I went to the zoo again today. But that's not really what this post is about. As I was leaving I saw that Nessie had arrived. I'll have to go back again sometime to get some photos of her. But this post isn't about that either.
I sat on a picnic table and watched as parts of Nessie were unloaded. They took a break and I heard someone say they wouldn't start back up for another hour so I left. But during the approximately hour that I was watching the action there were two squirrels trying to see if I had anything interesting. And to them interesting meant food.
Neither was scared of me. In fact they both came within inches of the camera.
And both squirrels were fat. Really fat. We have a lot of squirrels around our house but these "city squirrels" really needed to go on a diet.
The squirrels' diet wasn't helped by the mom and two kids who were feeding them fries. Both squirrels would get a fry and come back toward me to feast.
This morning was the annual running of Bailey's Doggie Dash. Andrew hasn't been running much at all this year due to a back injury so he decided to enter the costume contest. He has had this idea for a couple of years but finally got costumes this year. Andrew's race number this year was a cool one. His birthday month and year.
Since we call Haven Miss B when she's naughty (get it - Miss B Haven) the bee costume is fitting. Andrew had to be a sunflower to go along with her. They ended up placing fourth in the costume contest.
These two collies have creative costumes each year. One year they were "collie flowers" with head gear similar to Andrew's! The football player took first place and the cheerleader took second in the costume contest. A pirate was in third place even though we thought Haven should have been there if the collies were going to be first and second. Haven was doing her screaming while being *judged* so we told her she got points taken off her score for her behavior. You can see video of Haven screaming here.
Once the race started Haven settled in. But Andrew said that she was mad that they weren't running as fast as they usually do!
After the race we hung out while waiting for everyone to finish. Haven was all over getting treats and watching the people. She didn't mind all of the dogs but they weren't as interesting.
Back at home we took our yearly photo of Andrew and Haven in front of the burning bush with whatever they took home from the race that year.
After throwing a ball at the bumper it eventually came down. Now both dogs are happily sleeping - Beacon in a sunbeam and Haven on a double decker soft bed.
More photos that I took this morning can be seen in my Doggie Dash Flickr album.
I'm tired of me
I'm tired of life.
I'm tired of ....everything.
I'm tired of the fact that no matter how i intend for a conversation to go..it ends with me in tears.
I'm tired of the fact that I feel it necessary to apologize for my feelings.
I'm tired of being alone.
I'm tired of effort with no results,
I'm tired of having to be adult,
I'm tired of keeping back-up insults,
I'm tired of having no one to consult,
I'm tired of regrets that keep creeping in,
I'm tired of wanting to re-begin,
I'm tired of guilt not wearing thin,
I'm tired of trying, and trying, and trying,
I'm tired of unfulfilled teenage dreams,
I'm tired of not feeling part of a team,
I'm tired of not being able to scream,
I'm tired of nursing low self-esteem,
I'm tired of people ignoring me,
I'm tired of eyes that don't wanna meet,
I'm tired of faking happiness
I am wistful and optimistic,
I wonder what's next;
I hear the sound of laughter
and I see your smile.
I want faith and desire-
I am wistful and optimistic.
I pretend to be brave;
I feel the waves crashing about me.
I touch the pause button;
and I worry about the end results.
I cry over the lost me and the chances that were never taken.
I am wistful and optimistic
I understand that I can be me;
I say lets run and don't look back.
I dream of what's to come and what will never be again.
I try to be me,
I hope for faith and desire-
I am wistful and optimistic
