Zoe is still a typical puppy.  She chews.  She’s full of energy.  She’s an absolute handful.

Tonight though, she’s fast asleep.  This hardly ever happens when I’m up and moving around, she’s usually attached to the hip and follows me room to room.  Can’t say I blame her, if my sleeping schedule weren’t so screwed up I’d be asleep too.

I do have to chuckle though.  I got Ellie this stuffed animal years ago (when I first got her as a puppy).  It came from Toys ‘R Us and has been the biggest hit of the house ever since.  Zoe has actually taken up with it and when Ellie doesn’t have it laying on it or doing her “Ellie Aerobics”, Z Dog does.  They’re definitely not spoiled in any way, shape or form.

Here’s a closer look at the baby of the household.  She looks a little perturbed that I’m snapping her photo and not allowing her to catch up on her Zzzzz’s.  She should be used to my crazy picture antics by now, poor thing has had a camera of some type in her face since she was born she should be used to it by now.  Right?

Ellie-O has always loved getting in my laundry baskets when I’m doing laundry.  The first time she did this, I thought I lost her in the house.  Now, this is the first place I look for her at — especially when I’m gathering up laundry around the house.  Personally, who could blame her?  It’s like one big fluffy dog bed and in her eyes it just might be a step up from her memory foam pet bed.  Yeeeeeah.  Ellie, you’re one goofy dog.

I’m not quite sure she was happy I found her and made it get out.  Needless to say, she found her pet bed next.

Would you even think that this truck just up & blew up?  I bet not.  Turns out, it’s my uncle’s truck…and was at one time a Ford.  Funny thing is, but not really, Ford’s are known for doing this.  Betcha didn’t know that.  All is okay now, as this happened about a week & a half ago.  ::but the story is this ::

My uncle B went home to let the dogs out.  He went back inside to get a candy bar (of all things!) and heard something explode!!  His truck wasn’t even on.  Pretty scary if you’d ask me.  We’re very thankful he wasn’t in the truck at the time…gotta have those candy bars ya know!

The truck is parked in front of their house and actually melted the siding off in places.  Not sure what is going to happen as I don’t think my Aunt & Uncle know entirely just what they’re going to do.

Another view of the truck.  Y’all can blow up the photos to see just how much damage was caused by this horrific explosion.

….they’ve admitted to tainting the water in Duncan.  A place where I spent a majorities of my summers as a kid.  Where my grandparents have lived for more than 40 years.  I played in the water all the time….slip and slides…pools…and drank the cool well water more times than not.  I love drinking well water, I’m a country girl by golly.

The story broke this summer with how they’ve contaminated the water in Duncan.  That pissed a lot of people off, including my family.  How the hell do you hide a secret like this for so long.  Reports have stated they’ve been tainting the water since the 70s and finally stopped in the early 90s (although, fat chance that happened).  People I’ve talked to have said if you’ll drop a match on this property the entire place’ll blow sky high.

I have nothing but bad things to say about this company now.  They’re definitely the reason for a lot of deaths relating to cancer in this town and more specifically in my Papaws neighborhood.

The huge chain link fence that now surrounds the property of Halliburton….think they’re hiding something?  I do!

New chain link fence that now surrounds the Halliburton property.  Razor sharp barbed wire flanks the top, so if that doesn’t say something then I’m not sure what will.

There once was a rusty ole’ cattle gate as the fence and NEVER has there been round the clock security on their property.  Oh how things have changed.  I want to say so many ill things against this company for the way they’ve treated the citizens of Duncan.  They’ll get what’s coming to them sooner or later.

The chain link fence goes all the way to the rail road tracks and then stops.  Papaw’s house is just down the hill…take a right and then the first left into his addition.  His place is even contaminated by what Halliburton has done.  There are also reports of contamination happening 20+ miles away from this very location.

My first born turns 4 today.  After class today we have big plans to go shopping and celebrate her birthday.  I’m excited and I’m sure Ellie will be too once I get her out and about.  She looooooves to GO, so that’s what we’re going to do.  I’m going to have to figure out a birthday treat since puppy ice cream doesn’t agree with her tummy.  Poor Princess.

Love you baby girl.  So glad Pops was fishing…which lead to the agreement to get YOU.