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Saturday I woke up and decided to take Banjo and Birdie to my uncle, a vet, in my hometown. Banjo had two spots on his head that I was afraid was either mange or ringworm, thank goodness it just turned out to be hot spots from him staying wet constantly. *you can see one in the picture..ew. If he's not wet because it's raining, he's wet because he's swimming. The dog likes the water! So now it's two pills, twice a day, for the next few weeks. Birdie gained three whole pounds since her last check up two weeks ago. She's a growing girl. Banjo weight a whopping 80 pounds and Jenna weighed the same she did last time! (yes I did get on the dog scales and weigh myself) WooHoo no weight gain! --Boo! no weight loss! This is how they slept in the back seat on the way home. I'm glad they love each other.

After getting our shots and meds we went to the house to watch my uncle give one of Dad's mares an ultra sound. It was pretty interesting. I'm not even going to tell you how they get the ultrasound, lets just say it looks painful. While the mare was getting her ultrasound, I got to hold her month old colt. She was a cutie. She was scared to death though, I had to rub her down to calm her down. On the way home Birdie and Banjo slept. It rained from the time I left Mom and Dads until the time I got home. I opted not to participate in the rodeo Saturday night. Standing in the mud under an umbrella in 50 degree weather all night just didn't sound appealing to me. Thank goodness I didn't go either because they drove three hours to the rodeo just to find that it was cancelled and had to drive three hours back. So no money won this weekend...

My friend Shannon came over and we watched movies and played with her camera all night. We watched Bride Wars which was pretty cute. I give it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. It was a chick flick so I'm deducting one star for the guys and it was kind of cheezy so I deducted another 1/2 star. But if you're looking for a feel good movie that's kind of funny, watch it.

Yesterday we had a work picnic at my in laws house. About 40 people were there. It ended up being a garage picnic because it rained all day. It was still a lot of fun. Birdie and I went to the creek, which was up about 2 feet, so she could swim. She had a great time. Around 5 Sean left for Baton Rouge for the week, (which means "red stick" in French apparently.) Shannon said she was going to come stay with me a couple nights because her husband is out of town too. So for all you rapists and killers out there I WILL NOT BE ALONE. (that is for my mom's peace of mind)

They Listened!!

I'm so excited. I really think the producers found my American Idol post on my blog, read it, and followed my constructive criticism! First I said they needed to shut up talking so we could watch the singing and not miss they last singer due to time. This week they did less talking! Only two judges critiqued. Although, I wish all the judges would've commented I'm glad time didn't run over this week! Second of all, Danny lost the glasses!! He looked so much better! And the last thing I suggested they totally ignored. Alison still looked hideous. I was very impressed with Anoop last night, I really thought this would be his week to go home, but now I'm not so sure. I'm thinking it may be Matt or Lil, though Anoop has been in the bottom a lot lately, his fan base might not be big enough to keep him. I can't wait to see the results tonight! Arkansas's boy Kris did so good. His vocals weren't the best but the performance was so moving! He has the ability to put his whole self into the performance and I love that about him. Adam had amazing vocals but the whole musical feminine thing he's got going on really turns me off!

I had a very relaxing afternoon after a hard day at work. Sean and I had a movie night last night, rented a couple movies, cooked dinner together (Sean actually helped with the dishes) and played with our chocolate children. Banjo was caught red handed in the flower pot. Apparently he didn't need Birdie this time. We were outside playing and he brought me a plant, roots and all in his mouth. Sean suggested that Banjo just hated the look of that flower because he doesn't mess with the other potted plants on the porch. Maybe he's right?





I was tired of Birdie chewing on all the potpurri and rugs in my house so I went to the dollar store and bought her some toys and a new collar. I was very disappointed when they ditched the toys after about 15 minutes and moved back to the potpurri and surprisingly...dryer sheets. Now, don't think I just have tons of dryer sheets laying around the house but every time I do laundry they get come get the dryer sheets. I did a little bit of laundry yesterday and they were anxiously waiting for the dryer sheet to drop from the garment it was attached to.


Sean and I watched Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler last night while the dogs played. I really enjoyed this movie. It was so cute! It was actually funny too! Russell Brand was in the movie and I just think he is hilarious! Just his voice makes me laugh. If you enjoy kid movies with adult humour this is a great clean movie to watch. Lots of big actors are in this movie. I was surprised at how good it was! I give it 5 of 5 stars! For those of you wondering who Russell Brand is, he also plays in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, he's her rock star boyfriend. He was on the Tonight show a while back and he was just drop dead funny. He's either just crazy or on drugs. Either way it makes me laugh!




Here are some pictures of the puppies playing with their toys and each other. Banjo really loves playing with Birdie. It's sweet how he follows her around and makes sure she's always near him.
Look how ferocious my dogs look. Scary huh? They get a little to wild sometimes.




So everyday when I come home from work Birdie and I play. Banjo always goes across the pasture to my in-laws house every day after Sean and I leave the House. He'll hang around our house until no one is inside then it's off to the in-laws farm. It's funny because you can watch out your rear view mirror and he'll sit in the drive way until you turn onto the highway and he'll take off jogging to the back gate towards their house. They have a lot more going on over there during the day and he enjoys the company. My mother-in-law works on the farm during the day, so there is plenty of Banjo to see and do. Yesterday on my way home from lunch I passed him following the tractor in circles as my mother-in-law drug the arena. He seamed pretty happy so I left him alone. It's become a habit of his to stay over there. It's quite sad because I'd love to see him run around the corner of the house every time I get in from work. But sadly I have to walk halfway to the creek and yell at the top of my lungs "Banjo, COME!" He'll come running (usually) if he's not preoccupied because he knows he's about to get fed. Sometimes he can't see me and he gets really confused, which is why I have to walk halfway to the creek to become visible to him. All the bulldoggers make fun of me on a regular basis because when they are at the arena, Banjo is always there with them tied to the fence desperately wanting to be let free so he can chase the steers. They practices about twice a week. They always laugh about me hollering at Banjo and how he goes nuts trying to get untied until someone finally helps him. They tease me and say the don't let him go so I'll have to keep yelling or come get him, which better not be true. One day Birdie will be big enough to roam around, but not just yet.

But anyway back to my story. At lunch Birdie and I play everyday. Yesterday Birdie managed to pee pee four times and poopied twice. How does an 8 pound puppy have that much inside of her!? Thank goodness both poopies and two peepee's were outside, but the other two pee pees were on my kitchen rug and in my hallway. So not only did I have to scrub the carpet, and throw the mat in the wash, but I've decided that tonight I'm going to steam clean my carpet with my mom's carpet cleaner. So far I think that I've caught all of her accidents but if she can pee four times in one hour, how many times has she peed and I missed it?! That makes me sick to think I have little puppy pee pee puddles uncleaned on my carpet! Oh and Banjo learned to drink out of the toilet...Nice... He got a spanking so hopefully it won't happen again. I'm going to buy an automatic water feeder at the feed store today so we for sure won't have that problem again!

Well I'm going to finish up work for the day! Have a good Wednesday!

Jenna T.

The most random blog ever.

This blog has no structure.. just bits of things thrown together

So I traveled a lot this weekend and while listening to the radio I realized that I've been singing the wrong words to a song for as long as I've known it! It makes me wonder...how many other songs do I sing the wrong words to in front of people? Do they secretly laugh at me on the inside?? In the Nickelback song Goodbye the line says, "I guess the present owner fixed it up." I thought it said "I guess the president fixed it up." I always thought that was a little odd but then I also thought he was talking about his home town, not his house, and I thought, "Well maybe the President (government) made some improvements to the city." I'm retarded. Anyway I wonder how many times I've loudly sang that song and the people with me secretly laughed.

Anyway Yea!! to Sean for winning more moneys this weekend at the Rodeo! He was a 4.9 to win 4th. He got a late start out of the box so 4.9 was pretty impressive. We stayed in Hampton until about 1:30. Sean was in the slack* and there were 30 other bulldoggers** in the slack. We got home about 3:00 am, and we overslept and were late for Easter Service by about 15 minutes. Oops.

If you'll remember Last weekend Sean bought a Big Screen TV with the money he won at the Rodeo, this weekend with the money he won I'm buying a new dishwasher!! No more hand washing dishes! I'm so excited. I'm going today to buy one at Sears. They are having a sale on all appliances 10% off original sale price. This Washer is already on sale so I'm saving about 50 bucks! The one that is in the house right now is broken and it was more expensive to get it fixed than to just buy a new one.

**Bulldogger-one who steer wrestles

*Slack-the extra bulldoggers who don't run their steers in the main performance+. They run either before or after spectators come to the rodeo.

+Main performance- the rodeo. The first people that enter the rodeo run their steer during the Main performance. There are usually 10 people in the rodeo on Friday night and 10 people on Saturday night. Any bulldogger to enter after all the spots in the rodeo are filled, run their steer in the slack. See Video of what steer wrestling looks like.

I've realized that I've made six or so posts and I haven't mentioned my immediate family. (And they are the only one who reads this!) This is an older picture from about 4 years ago the only one I have on my computer. I'm the oldest of Three girls, Leah (center) is 21 and Melissa (right) is 17. My mother, Kim is a homemaker and My dad Mark, owns a trucking company. We have a small farm in Nashville and Dad and my sisters ride Cutting horses. Melissa is a cheerleader and Track star and Leah just recently one the World Finals Cutting Show. She was the show champion and won two buckles, a bronze trophy, a bridal, and an article in the National Cutting Horse Association Magazine. I went and spent Friday and Saturday with them in Nashville. Birdie had to get her booster shots down in Nashville so we introduced her to Mom and Dad's dogs, they played all day. Gretchen, Leah's Yorkie wasn't to thrilled about another dog in the house, she's a snob. Saturday Night was Prom and I helped Melissa get ready. She looked beautiful. They announced the Who's Who at NHS awards at prom and Melissa received most beautiful and most school spirit! God blessed me with an amazing family.

I found this article on Yahoo.com from this blogger. She has great suggestions on how to save a little money, which everyone needs right now! Here are six things shes says to drop from our shopping list to save a little, and what to replace them with.

• Air Fresheners- open your windows
• Bottled Water-use tap water
• Dryer Sheets-add 1/4 cup of baking soda to wash
• DVD's and Books- get from library
• Trash bags- use Grocery bags
• Wrapping Paper-use the news paper

Now, I disagree with about half of these and let me tell you why.

1. Air Fresheners: She says just open your windows. Now, I don't know where you live (since only two people will read this blog and I know you live in Arkansas you'll agree) But, in the dead of winter or the middle of Summer, opening your windows may save you money for air fresheners, but you will pay twice as much for your heat/air bill. Plus, chicken house/cow manure smell isn't much more pleasant than air fresheners.
2. Bottled Water: I agree. I'll just use tap water.
3. I'm a little back and forth on this one. On one hand, sometimes I forget to put in a dryer sheet and I can't tell a difference. And Baking soda would work fine. On the other hand, sometimes I catch a whiff of that fruitful expressions dryer sheet and it makes me smile. And when I have Static in my hair a dryer sheet works great, and the dogs really enjoy playing with them. Maybe I have an alternative to just getting rid of them all together. My grandmother saves her dryer sheets and once she gets a whole bunch collected she uses them to put in the drawers to keep everything smelling fresh. Hey! That kind of doubles for an alternative to #1 also!
4. DVD's and Books: I'm all for the library! Books at Hastings/Books-a-Million, can get a little pricey. As for DVD's...I don't know what library she goes too, but mine doesn't have the best sellers/new releases for rent. At Hastings they have a neat deal where if you turn the movie in early you get a little credit on your account for free movie rentals. That might help save you money.
5. Trash bags: I totally already do this! I use my Wal-mart bags in all the bathroom/bedroom trash cans.
6. Wrapping Paper: This is a cute Idea! Only one problem for me. I don't subscribe to any news paper. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette has papers for sale at any convenient store for 50 cents, but I could buy wrapping paper at the dollar store for a dollar. So I'm ok with spending the extra .50 and getting actual wrapping paper.
   

***Spoiler Alert*** Marley and Me

Saturday I watched Marley and Me with my mom. I Cried. Over all I give it 4 of 5 stars. (I deleted a star because he dies) I do realize that death is a part of life and that one day my chocolate children will go to dog heaven but I really don't want to watch a movie that shows the wonderful life and slow painful death of a Lab. I just didn't want to think about it. Why make sad shows. Why not just cut off the movie right before he dies where they all live happily ever after? And I know it's a book, but I can deal with sad books for some reason. I guess I just imagine in my head it not being so horribly sad?? I don't know why I can handle sad books but not movies..I never thought about that until just now. That's odd.

We had a great Easter Sunday, despite the rain. I spent my first Easter away from my family and spent it with Sean and his family. Their annual family softball game was postponed due to rain and so was the grown up Easter egg hunt. Instead we played dominos and watched golf. We ate lunch, potluck style, it was delicious!!

Well the work day is winding down so it's time for me to finish up. I've gone all day long thinking it was Tuesday. Bummer it's just Monday. Well have a good Monday!

Jenna T.