Poor Baby Z has been in that lazy slump today, poor thing has napped and hasn’t left my side all day.  She’s the separation suffering kind and hates when I leave her when I jet off to school.  She’s definitely my little side kick, that’s for dang sure.

Have I mentioned she loves to lay on pillows, while you’re sleeping on them.  There’s nothing in the world scarier than opening your eyes from a nap and seeing this face greet you & starring at you with those eyes.  Nothing….okay…well maybe the SyFy channel.

Silly girl looks all relaxed and comfortable.  Maybe I should trade places with her today, actually I would if I didn’t have to study today.  Intersession sucks!

See what I mean?  Under the covers and laying on my pillow.

Debating about getting up for a second….wait…maybe not…

See what I mean?  Lazy bones.  Back to bed again for this princess.

First & foremost, my dogs are not allowed on my coffee table.  However, Miss Thang thought it would be acceptable to do this to get my attention.  It worked.  Grabbed my iPhone, snapped the pic and then scolded her for being on such furniture in the first place.  Must be a typical “Mom” thing.

Z dog is definitely a handful and can act a bit crazy at times.  I love the fact that that she’s got the quirky attitude and can jump a mile high.  Although, this can be quite literal seeing as how I’m a mere 4 ’10.

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.

Paps knows how to lay it on thick when needed.  He doesn’t need a cane or those silly willy dark glasses.  He walks and see just fine.  He was after a guilt trip with my cousin, so he broke out all his best gear, had Roomie take a pic and send it to her.  Let’s just say we all got a great laugh and my cousin felt bad for not visiting this summer.

Someone is on low calorie dog food….she just acts like she isn’t.  She’s a constant eater and I can’t seem to figure out how to keep her from gaining weight.  Ahhhh….maybe one day.

If you have little furry balls of fun, you’ll know what I’m talking about.  If not, we’ll then I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of what you’re about to see….and just how much I really am loved.

I actually have two fur balls now, the third fur ball is what my Mom tried to replace her kids with when we all left home a few years ago.  Poor Joey, he goes every where my Mom does and stays with me only on occasion & when I don’t feel like pulling out my hair of his odd ball antics.  He loves to wreck my house when he’s left with me, although I think that’s partially due to the fact that he has some of the worst separation anxiety I’ve ever seen.

Sure they’re all a handful, but I wouldn’t trade for a second.  Sure they can be needy.  But at the end of the day, I get 2 cuddle buddies & something to come home to when I get out of school.

Before you check out the following photos — don’t judge me for still having a Snoopy Pillow case.  Truth is, it’s the softest thing in the world & around 40 years old or more as it was my Mothers eons ago.

I stepped out of the shower the other morning and stumbled upon this.  I’m starting to find that the consensus is correct and that Zoe is more attached at the hip to me.  Crazy Dog.  Not quite sure she even knows she’s a dog.

She’s all curled up in the middle of my bed on top of a very clean pillow I just laundered.  Not to mention, she’s asleep!  Funny little dog.

You say her name & she starts really waggin’ her tail and then creeps off the pillow just to kiss you.  She loves to have her head scratched and be loved on and this is one fine way to get that attention…

She’s the cutest little thing….and very needy too.

I think she’s had enough socializing as I’ve probably worn her out.

So, she curls up on my clean pillow case again and her eyes start to close.

I’m more than sure she’s wanting me to get my phone out of the way so she can sleep.  Actually, I’m positive that’s the case.  So, I’ll do that & let her go back to sleep.  Lucky her!

They crack me up.  Watching TV.  Hanging out on the couch together.  I think they’ve really become insuperable and I’m not quite sure Ellie-O could go back to being the only dog in the house any more.  If Zoe isn’t by her side, she’s hunting for her in the house.  They get into more trouble than you want to know about, but the good part is — they keep me busy.  They’re all about keeping me on my toes and guessing their next move.  So while they’re relaxing on the couch by themselves, I think I’ll catch a nap & hope they don’t wreck the house while I’m in LaLa land….

My amazing and wonderful Momma took me to eat a Gluten Free lunch at Ted’s Escondido the other day and let’s just say the food was outta this world good.  I’m already dying to go back.  I hadn’t had a good Mexican food lunch in ages and this just hit it outta the park.  First off, a crispy taco.  I have not had a good GF taco in ages….actually I haven’t had a Gluten Free taco since going Gluten Free.  So, for now Ted’s is one of my top places to eat.

My little buddy turned the big 9 yesterday and is getting sooo big.  Wish I could put a rock on her head and tell her to stop growing.  Yes, that’s what I wish.  Now, if I close my eyes really tightly, spin around 8 times and jump backwards once, maybe that wish will come true.  Here’s hoping my crazy antics are right.

Monkey butt is fallin’ asleep right about now.  Turns out Zoe the terror has worn her out or it could be the other way around.  I’m just not sure.  Both furry babies are headed towards bed shortly and I’m one excited Momma.

She gets awfully needy when it’s time for bed.  She’s just like a kid — she loves to be held and loved on just before bed.  She’s a great cuddler when she sleeps too.

Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…….look at those eyes.  They’re sooooo heavy or at least they’re lookin’ that way.

Look!  She’s almost asleep now!  Dear ole’ Ellie-O is going to have some sweet dreams.  Love my munchkin.

My cousins are growing up faster than I can believe.  Not so long ago they were barely walking, calling me Donnie from the Wild Thornberries (due to my brown curly hair) and asking to be held all the time.  Oh how I miss those days!  Now, they’re headed into their teens, will be driving shortly….and dating.  It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long at all.  Digging through  my old camera cards the other day I ran onto these pics from way back when.

Whitney Lou when she first started walking.  She’s still the same ornery kiddo now that she was then.  Into everything and wrecking havoc.  Man am I proud to call her my cousin.

What you don’t see is that Paps is in the background giving his chickens shots.  Both kiddos were concerned with Papaw hurting the chickens, which you can clearly see on their faces.  Pretty sure they came out unscathed from this event.

Mealtime in Duncan is always a favorite in our family.  Delilah cooks everything under the sun, which means we get one great meal and everyone is happy.  Poor Drewbie didn’t want anything but green beans during this trip — so he kept stealing them off of his sibling’s plates.  I thought it was funny, his mother did not.

Persuading one adorable little boy to eat something else on his plate before I get him more green beans.  I remember he took two bites of mac & cheese quickly and made me rush off and get his green beans and juice.  Ha!

Telling me a great story about something.  Not sure what it was about — but it sure was interesting.