Pretty Good Dog

We got our dog Mitchell from the local human shelter for $90. They estimated he was about 6 months old and a spaniel mix. I saw him on the shelters web site and fell in love. We had to put down our chocolate lab, Chopper about 3 months earlier and I was still trying to recover from that and thought I could never have another dog. My daughter Jill however, really wanted another pet. When I finally decided that I wanted him it was a Friday and I convinced my husband to go get him because the shelter would be closed by the time I got off work. When I got home I found a very hyper, vocal and pretty male puppy named Mitchell. The shelter staff gave him the name and we kept it because it seemed to suit him.

That first month or so he chewed the kitchen window sill, cabinet corners and the door!! He would run to greet me when I came home from work peeing all the way. Me and my daughter would walk him at the part and just have a great time. He hates loud noises and new things and loves to gnaw on my arm as a way of saying hello.

About 4 months after we got him my brother was diagnosed with cancer and moved in with us so we could care for him. Between working full time and caring for my brother, the walks with Mitchell stopped. The playing stopped. I was just too tired. But he still ran to greet me when I got home at night (he has learned to control the peeing) and was a real comfort to my brother who passed away after 10 months. Then about a year after my brother passed away I was diagnosed with cancer. Mitchell and I spent many a day on the couch during my treatment. He always seems to know when to cuddle and comfort and when to leave me alone. I am in remission now and get a maintenance drug every 2 weeks which sometimes lays me low for a day or so and my couch companion is still there for me.

Mitchell is about 3 1/2 years old now and is loud and lovable. Barking at just about everything and running to greet me everynight. I haven't started up the walks on a regular basis again, we only go once in a while, but I am going to try to go more often, we both deserve it.

Check out Candy

It seems as though I have to stop at the supermarket at least 2 times a week on my way home from work. This sucks for several reasons. One...I'm tired and don't want to deal with the after work crowd and lines and two...the candy in the check out lanes. No, it's not because my kids bug me for candy....they are too old, besides, I'm by myself. It's the fact that I can't get out of the store without a candy bar.

I try. I get in, get what I need and then....get in line. At first I'm OK and if I could just walk up and be the first one in line and get checked out I would be OK but it's the waiting in line that wears me down. As we inch along I can't help but notice the variety of scrumptous chocolates, cremes and carmels.

Three Musketeers, Pepermint Patties, Kit Kat......150 calories at the low end 350 calories at the high end. I'm tired, hungry and damn I deserve a treat!!! They are taunting me.

Again. Second time this week. How and I ever going to lose the weight?!!??

Weren't they suspose to remove all this terrible stuff in the check out lines? For our kids sake?
But.....us Mom's need some help resisting also, don't we?


I'll walk fast to the car. Hahaha, Yeah, right.

Food (1)

My first blog!!!

I am off work this week and deceided to start this blog to document my many thoughts. I am trying to verify my belief that my strange and weird inner voices are not so strange or weird but that most people think many of the same things that I do.

One thing I have noticed is that a lot of the chefs on the food network have studied in France. Is France suspose to be the food expert country of the world? Why? Some of the things they eat are weird and I never heard of them before. I think that people should eat and cook what they like. To heck with the French stuff. Pizza, hot dogs,burgers.....salads, fruit, veggies....the good for you food and the bad for you food :-) All good to me!

Yesterday my lunch was a bacon, turkey and cheese toasted sandwich and a glass of Coke!!
I made it myself. But.....I do try to balance it with good for me food also (which I also love to eat).