SOME FAVORITE PIXS

TIME OUT

This would be the food addict in time out. Why you might ask? While everyone was away, she put her paws on the counter and knocked off a candle that smells and looks like a cup of hot cocoa. Damn dog... I told you she has a problem.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

                With a tough week behind us due to the passing of 3 friends, I give my love to their families, their friends, and wish everyone a Happy Turkey Day!  Gobble Gobble.....

SAYING GOODBYE

                 Rest in Peace Leslie!! You will be so missed!

SAGGING

We all see this fashion statement from kids today in there teens and early 20's. Where might this have come from? The hip hop artist started wearing their pants this way in the 90's. Just funny that the white kids wanna be like the black boys from the hood. Makes you  look like a ganster. My son's pant sag, but not to this extent. He thinks that his waist is below the hip bone. HA! This drives his dad crazy and all I hear is, "pull you damn pants up". I'm not quit sure how this can be comfy and often wonder if they have a rash in between their thighs with the crotch down to their knees. I prefer to see that cute butt in them jeans. I have witnessed a guy getting out of his car and pushing his pants down and pulling his boxers up before. Odd i thought. O ya..fashion statement! Running could be a problem and I'm positive that's why they can't out run the cops. They can't sprint, can only do midget steps. Some states are making it illegal and issue a citation for this. They consider it offensive. Wanna talk about how some girls dress, (or don't). I believe that's way more offensive than seeing a boys boxers. If kids really knew where this trend started, they might not wear their pants this way. Curious where it started? It all started in prison. Inmates were issued oversized uniforms with no belts to prevent suicide. The other obvious reason in prison was, if pants are below a mans bottom, it is to introduce to the other men that he is a homo. Sorry I know...to visual. 

SUPER-SIZE

We all know the term super size. It's a trademark term that referred to the largest portion size available in meals. A marketing technique that was coined in the mid-90s by McDonald's. Well this term is no longer in use due to the negativity associated to obesity. There was a law suit against McDonald's because it is making people obese. PLEASE! Now the sizes are small, medium, or large. HELLO... large size is still SUPER SIZE! Subconsciously the brain maybe fooled by this new sizing scam, but it is what it is. The statistics state that 86% of the American population will be overweight by 2030. That's a real scary thought. Now since I filled you in on some facts the real plot to my story is this.  We super size food, chairs, plane seats, you know what I mean. So why the hell are they not SUPER SIZING the parking spots then. I know the cars are the same size, but I always seem to get all the damn door dings in my car. Where might this happen?

I have a good idea how too. The spaces are to small for an  open door, person, and shopping cart, so the person flung the door open all the way to put their items in the car and smacked my front passenger door. Hell lets get her back passenger door to. I know this how? Same green color paint. The front door has a crease that's 6 inches long and the back door has a 3 inch crease. Really pisses me off!! I bought the rig 4 years ago and I have yet to put a dent in it. Everyone else does it for me.....Gee Thanks! I think it's time they SUPER SIZE the parking spots.

TIDDY

This is Sean Tidball...aka-Tiddy. That's 2 D's not 2 T's. Tiddy is one of the funniest guys I know. I'm not joking when I say, he will keep you busting a gut with laughter. Might have a little something to do with paint or lacquer, right Tiddy? I went through school with Tiddy and my sister and I were even known to tackle him down to put grass in his ear cuz he would laugh like a girl. Lots of great memories and lost touch with him when he moved to the land of the fruit and nuts, (that's California) after graduation. Jump ahead many many years.... he and my sister hooked up one summer and she moved out to be with him. He'll call and say, "Hey meet us for dinner at Joe's Crab Shack bout 6...k?" or "You need to get out here so we can do the Rice-a-Roni on the trolley in  San Fransico." or "I'm sitting out in the pool." To this I always reply, "Hope you get a sunburn." He may call to sing to me, tell me how wonderful the weather is there, with a joke or just to say, "What's a happen hot stuff?" I'm pushing the great 4-0 this year so Tiddy called on Saturday to let me know that it's not as glamourous as I think it will be. I'm gonna get out of bed every day and feel like I'm walking on packing peanuts, and feel the arthritis and bursitis in all my joints. Gee thanks for telling me what to look forward to Tiddy, but remember....you will always be older than me! 

FIRST RIDE

What was your first car back in high school? I got the handed-me-down  1978 yellow Ford Fiesta. I was proud of it too. There were 3 of them in existence back when I was a sophmore in high school. Barry Black had one, Shannon Terry had one, then me. I remember one day we all parked by one another and Shannon couldn't remember which one was her's. I also was flipped the bird on more than one occasion because people thought I was Shannon. That's when I put tri-color blue racing strips up and over the top of mine. I also had a sun roof put in it. That only cost me a 6-pack of beer. Lots of great memories from that ride. Don't know if it's still alive, but the damn odometer rolled over 3 times making it a new ride every time. So now times have surely changed. My son is a senior this year and his taste in cars is on a much higher level. He worked the summer of 9th grade and made enough money to buy his first car out right. Mind you he had to go all the way to Minnesota to get it, but a sweet little ride. It was ok for him to be seen with Mom driving it around tell he learned how to drive a manual, then he didn't want me driving it anymore. Was ruining his mojo with the chicks.                               1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST

Then he wanted a Honda, so he and his Dad spent loads of time surfing ebay till he found the one of his dreams. This one is in San Diego, California. They will fly out and then drive it home. This was his 17th Birthday present to himself. Again he bought this on his own. So they didn't quite have the greatest weather bringing it home. This was in January. Lots of rain in California and snow over South Pass, but they made it back in one piece and in two days. We still laugh cuz we know people were calling them "stupid idiots from California" driving that in the snow. Especially over South Pass. Ken just keep it in 4th gear and lugged it up the mountain. An exausting trip, but one they won't forget.

                               1999 Honda Acura Integra

Yes these both are fast little rice grinders, (as we call them). Am I allowed to drive either one now? NO! He doesn't want me racing either one, and the chicks always want to know who that girl is driving his car. It embarasses him to say, "That's my Mom". Now I wish I had better taste for a ride back in my day. 

ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS

We all have those days where you don't want to deal with little things. Like dishes, taking the dog out, laundry, the trash. You get the point. How do you solve these issues? We do rock, paper, scissors at our house. Ya see the other night I told hubby it was his turn to take the dog out cuz I had taken her out all day. This was his solution, and thought he would win with no prob. Well he LOST! He tried again the next night over the dishes. Again he LOST! Now he tells me I cheated. What? How do you cheat at this game? He just SUCKS and was mad. We play the extended version with the additional weapon, "dynamite". Dynamite is the extended index finger and it defeats rock and paper but is defeated by scissors. Give it a try. You'll at least get a good chuckle out of it. See if you can keep a straight face with your opponent, I have yet to. I usually can't stop laughing! 

HAPPY B-DAY TERRY!

 Sheri with birthday boy Terry. AWW
  Me woopin on Terry. 
 Paula getting a good laugh at Terry.
 Scott getting an ear full from Terry. 
 Ken getting some man-love from Terry.
 Billy and Laura getting some huggin from Terry.

Today is our great bud Terry's birthday. Age of this magnificent fella? 39! WOW So lastnight for a little b-day celebration us girls convinced the guys to go to the wine tasting party. Mind you our boys drink of choice is BEER! They were good sports for awhile, then to the bar for a drink that went down much smoother. We all went to dinner, you know the place in town that the waitress writes her name on the table upside down in crayon. Some people are impressed by this and call it talent, I consider it art. Ask my hubby. Back in high school I could sign his mom's name better than she could (this was so he could skip class). How did I learn this you ask? Flip the signature upside down and follow the lines! Wa-la.... art! A little trick my ex-brother-in-law taught me. He is an artist. Anyway we left our own art on the table. Happy birthday notes to Terry, semi-dirty jokes, or whatever. Next stop, the Silver Dollar for a few drinks and laughs, and by all means pictures! Good times to ring in birthday boys 39th. Happy Birthday Buddy!

WIFE SWAP

Every year at the Christmas party we have our photo taken as a group and with our spouses and hang it in the shop for folks to look at. Another  slow day at the shop enticed the BOSS, myself and Charlene to play swap pictures of the wives and see how long it takes everyone else to notice. Molly noticed first, then had to tell Mel. Well they didn't like whom they were with so they played switch-a-roo and picked the hubby they wanted. This will go on till the new pictures are placed in the frame. Ya can say we sure have alot of laughter and fun at our shop. By the way, I'm with Mel's hubby Frank. He's been my second husband since 1995. Shhh don't tell Ken!

UFO?

A UFO in Glacier National Park! Who would have thunk it? Bizarre as it is I do however have the photo to prove it. Ok so the story goes.... I worked at a One Hour Photo Shop and a friend of mine took the picture. He and another guy were off doing what they do best. Getting great photos in the park. So as you enter the park there is this cattle guard you cross. Well... lots of cars back in this era (photo taken in 1992) had hub caps on the wheels. So really it is a hub cap flying high in the sky. One guy is hiding behind the sign throwing the hub cap while the other guy snapped the pic. HAHA  Pretty realistic huh? Your gonna look again, aren't ya. :)

MILLION $ DOG

This is Cidney our bullmastiff. We refer to her as the million dollar dog. A little history why. Cidney was born Aug. 1st of 2001, she became ours when she was 8 weeks old. Cost.. $200.00

She was a smart dog getting the potty training down the day we got home. Then... recurring bladder infections for the first 6 months of her life, living on drugs. We had her to numerous vets who couldn't figure out why. The greatest vet that we used was back in California so a phone call I made. I was willing to take her out there. Good news tho... Dr. Dave was returning to Cody to start his own practice. He found the problem. Stenosis of the vaginal structure with puppy vaginitis... what is this, her vaginal opening became restricted further down the tube. After she urinated the urine would just stay in the tube and cause infection. How do we fix this? Spay her. It worked, no more infections. Yeah!! Now we think nothing else can go wrong. Ha Ha! She comes up lame on her right front leg. Back to Dr. Dave. X-rays couldn't quite tell us what was really going on. Dr. Dave wasn't sure if it was shoulder or elbow. He told us about Dr. Taylor at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver. If you watch Animal Planet you may have heard about the vet clinic or him. The show is called Emergency Vets. Dr. Taylor is the older gray haired gentleman. Wonderful guy. You quessed it, we are making the trip to Denver. Dr. Taylor examines Cid and is positive it's elbow and not shoulder. A quick MRI will tell if it's the elbow. If not, to the CT machine to look at the shoulder. Hours later he shows us the pictures. It's the elbows.. Yes both of them. Bone spurs are cutting into the cartilage, so he will do arthroscopic sugery. It's genetic he tells us. Cost $3,500.00. A few days after returning home she comes down with pneumonia. An emergency visit to Dr. Dave shows that a lobe on both her right and left lung were collapsed. Now she's recovering well from surgery and it's time for therapy. We find out that Dr. Brown in Billings has a treadmill in water, so up to Billings we go on a weekly basic.

Here she is walking on the treadmill.

Loving the jets after working out. AWWW

A year later Cid goes lame on her left back leg. I suspected it was an ACL. Hello again Dr. Dave. X-rays proved I was correct. 70% torn. So in March she has surgery on that.  After two months of therapy, yes I'm her therapist. I learned all the correct ways to stretch and massage her leg for a full recovery. Maybe I should be doing dog therapy on the side.

Here she is after surgery on the left leg.

 Mom made me where dads shorts so I wouldn't lick the incision. Ha I always had them off when she got home. 

Two months later she had to have the right leg done. Dr. Dave said that the right leg would take on so much strain because she wouldn't be able to walk on the left one for a month. Cost $1,200.00 per leg. 7 weeks out of surgery, Cid goes to chase a bunny in the yard and blows out the meniscus on the right leg. Cost $980.00. I pretty much spent that summer caring for her. Stretch, massage, walk her, stretch again and then ice it down. It took at least an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening. 

Here I am after surgery on the right leg.

Mom put me in little girl tights this time. How embarassing.

So we had a trip planned to go to Reno and returned to Cidney blowing out a disc in her back. Well two, one on the right side and one on left side of her lower spine. The only thing to do for her is to confine her to a crate big enough to turn around in for 2 weeks. O she hated this. She is diagnosised with Degenerative disc disease. Then Ken comes home one day after work to... blood all over the house. Looking like a crime scene, and Cidney about on her death bed. So she gets to stay the night at the vet clinic with lots of fluids pumping in her. Diagnosis...Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis. For short HGE. It's and intestinal condition. Dr. Dave just loves us. We make his house payment, I'm sure of it. Or I have bought some damn good equipment for him at the clinic. I even had a plate made for him to put on maybe the x-ray machine that says, "Donated by Tara and Cidney Posey". Yes she has the thickest file at Advance Veternary Care Clinic.  Well we get by for almost a year with out any problems with her. She plays with her sister, chases bunnies in the yard, sleeps on the  sandy beach  soaking in the sun and just enjoying life. Not so fast. Today we got to go see Dr. K. (this is Dr. Dave's wife). Cidney has blown out the C-2 in her neck, still part of the degenerative disc disease. She is just a genetic nightmare. Lots of pain meds on board, steroids, and tons of love, she will have to wear a neck brace for up to 2 weeks to let it heal. So to date we have a price tag of $12,500.00 on her. I know you think we are crazy huh? Well I could go buy a car for the same price, but it doesn't give me unconditional love every day and it will die too.  She's only 7 and has been through alot. She's a tough girl with a will to live. We should have called her lucky, cuz she's damn lucky we got her, no one else would have spent the money on her.  If you knew her you would fall in love with her. Everyone who has work on her from here to Denver to Billings tells us how much they love her.  She loves anyone and is really a sweet heart. Just dealt a bad genetic makeup. You can say I'm attached to her big time. The lesson? This is what happens when you breed with in the family. Now you know why she is our million dollar dog.

GREETING FROM AN ANGEL

Today was like any other day. First stop "The Beta" for my cup of java before heading to work. I rounded the corner and actually got a parking spot in the front. Yes! The greatest part of this morning was Eden was outside drawing with chalk on the sidewalk and spotted me getting out of my rig. Her eyes lit up, she smiled real big, and she came running to give me a great big bear hug! Her response was, "I knew that was your car." So before I could let her down she asked if I would "Please " draw on the sidewalk with her. I can't refuse that offer, and thank god Eden doesn't know I can't draw. So she already has a girl figure drawn (mind you she can draw, it was awesome) and as she writes her name above the girl, I write my name below. We head  inside to finish our conversation while Meg makes my coffee. Before I leave Eden again says "Please draw with me some more." Can't refuse again, so out the door we go. We pick out the color of chalk to get started. Eden grabs pink and I grab blue. She again draws an amazing girl with hair, clothes and shoes. She says its Maya. I made a smiley face. Eden asks,"Where's the hair, clothes, etc." Ha Ha I can maybe make it look like a stick figure, so we then decided it was her dad Mike. Sorry buddy, you are skinny tho. I had to get going but Eden didn't let me go without one more big HUG!!!  Meg is right on about Eden.... china doll skin and all, she surely is an angel! Thanks for making my day girl!!!   

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