Do You Know a Real Cowboy - I Do

I also wanted to share these pics of my uncle. Over the weekend my cousin visited Nannie. She took her son and her brothers son with her. They are city kids and she is educating them the way we were educated. Weekends with our uncles at Nannie's house.

Uncle Wayne always hides from the camera. If he is forced to be in front of one, he will make faces. I couldn't believe these wonderful pics of this man. Nicole once wrote a story about a "true Cowboy" and how she knew one. She was writing about Uncle Don, but Uncle Wayne also fits the mold.

Millie's New Coat

It rained today. Millie likes her new raincoat. It is a pretty pink and she pranced around outside. Somehow her tummy was still wet when I took the coat off. Toby, of course, did NOT have a coat. He is too manly to wear clothing.

Baseball Season is Here!

The countdown has begun. April 1 at 7:05pm we can finally watch the Cards on ESPN!!! Let's do the happy dance. Baseball season is upon us.

The boys are expected to win their division but not the whole thing. The facts are that they have most of their lineup from last year back and we can be Series Champs again this year. We have to find a designated drive for LaRusa...

Life is so good, I can't wait for Sunday!

Hayden and Frank

I’m very tired. Just got home from our 3rd of four weather shows. This one was special and demands a blog. Mom and Dad brought Hayden. He was so wonderful. He helped me with everything. =) He met Frank and was even on the 5pm weathercast. The pics don’t tell the whole story. He loved every minute of the night. Thanks Frank and David for making his little life wonderful.

So Many Things To Say

Millie and Toby visited the farm. Millie absolutely loves going to Nanna’s and getting run and run and run like a totally wild dog. The best part is there is no harness with Mommie attached at the other end. Then Nanna sent Mommie on a shopping trip. When I came back, well, someone had convinced Nanna that the collars bearing identification were strangling both Toby and Millie. So she saved their lives at the last minute by removing those horrible things from around the precious babies’ necks.

Anyway, we had loads of fun and ate way too much grilled chicken. Oh let me just mention for a moment that we went to see a movie that a friend of Jo’s swore we HAD to see because it is sooooo awesome – 300.

Well, I’m no movie critic, but I’ve never been more bored in my life. ‘nuf said.

Sunday was probably the most active. (Going to the Mazie Prairie is only tiring for Millie, Toby and I tend to do nothing more strenuous than get a beer from the fridge) Sunday, we were up and on our way to Uncle Jimmy’s house by 8:30am. He puppysat while Patty and I went to church with Nannie. Now one wouldn’t think going to church with your 85 year old grandmother would be eventful. Well, with my family life is always an event. Nichole was there with J’son and Emery. Those boys are too cute for anything. If you don’t believe me hop on over to The Sweetens http://www.thesweetens.blogspot.com/ and it will be proven to you. Anyway, the second trip out, I was privileged to go with the boys. We had a blast dinosaur hunting in the big forest by the church. Then we had lunch in town with Nannie. On our way back to pick up the puppies Uncle Jimmy called. Millie had an accident. She had sliced her leg open. She was so sweet and crawled in Uncle Jimmy’s lap to show him the boo boo. She wasn’t so sweet when Mommie held her while Aunt Patty administered medication and a bandage. We tried to change the bandage before our trip back to Tulsa. Three adults could not contain a 13 pound dachshund long enough to change a bandage. Oh well, she was walking fine when I left this morning.

That’s all for now, I will update this blog with pics of the Sweeten boys…

Ranting

I can’t believe the gall of the Republicans in the White House. Not 24 hours after the devastating news of Elizabeth Edwards they have to try to steal the health attention of the masses by sending Tony Snow off to the hospital with his own little version of cancer. Do these people not have one original thing that isn’t something made-up like WMD’s and Sadam’s connection to Al Qaeda?

Moving On – but not forgetting….

Millie has started a new annoying habit. She will dig on the top of my head and then either try to roll where she dug or get a lot of hair in her mouth and pull. So I searched for a reason last night. I came up with two viable ones: A) she is trying to mask her scent so that her prey (Toby) doesn’t recognize that she is sneaking up to attack B) she is bored and wants attention.

Now, A is viable because one of her favorite games, right behind chase the toy that Mommie has just wrestled from her jaws and thrown, is attack Toby. He in turn will run and hide beside me. The rule of the house is that Mommie is home base and therefore you can’t touch the one touching Mommie. I didn’t make the rule, I just know that’s what it is.

However, B is more likely the reason she has adopted this new behavior. She is very much the personality that must always have attention and be in the spotlight. Even if she is sleeping she has to be the one closest to Mommie but also touching Toby. The only toy, food, chew bone, etc. worth anything is the one that Toby currently has. Again, I didn’t make the rule, I just know what it is.

In other news, Nannie has to get radiation. She will undergo 16 treatments in a 4 week period. That means 4 visits a week. Fortunately they only found 2 places that need this type treatment. The third place can be frozen off, it is pre-cancerous.

Final rant of this blog:
Sports Illustrated is not a very good magazine. I've decided to no longer read the copy the station pays for so the Sports guys can keep up. Why? you ask... Well they have printed that my boys indeed are expected to win their division again this year. However, they go on to say they will lose the first round in the play-offs (which are stupid and a whole nuther rant) to the Mets. What? They don't even have an absolutely awesome catcher anymore. What the hell are they thinking. Oh and it does get worse, I know you can't believe it, but it does. They have the Mets losing to the Dodgers and then the ultimate insult - The Dodgers losing the World Series. WHAT?!

Prayer Request

Ok, I have to mention my political opinion. Please keep John and Elizabeth Edwards in your prayers. He is the absolute best choice we have for President in 2008.

If you haven't heard, you live in a vacuum. Elizabeth's cancer is back. She was diagnosed with Breast Cancer at the end of the 2004 campaign. She had undergone all the therapy and had been given a clean bill of health. Today they announced that the cancer is now in her bone and possibly in the lungs. This time it is not curable, but the doctor says it is treatable. She is only 57 years old with two small children at home. This has to be devastating to the family.

The good news for our nation is that John and Elizabeth are going forward with the campaign. Elizabeth, of course, will not be able to campaign as much because now she has to begin more medical procedures.

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN #1

This is OMG unbelievable. Thanks to Jo's accidental find - we have a new treasure that is totally awesome. Our epic novel series "The Dark Tower" written by probably the greatest horror/fiction novelist of the 20th Century and is definately the greatest in the 21st - Stephen King, has been made into a comic. It is being published by Marvel, again the best comic book publishers - so I'm told by my ex and my cousin. So, in an effort to educate and sell as many of these comics as possible, I cruised on over to Marvel and kinda copied their description of the series:

THE STORY:

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King’s Roland—an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower, powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. Now, in a comic book personally overseen by King himself, Roland’s past is revealed! Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Concordance) and scripted by New York Times Best-seller Peter David, this series delves deep into Roland’s origins—the perfect introduction to this incredibly realized world, while long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels.

Be there for the very beginning of a modern classic of fantasy literature!
48 PGS./CARDSTOCK COVER/Parental Advisory …$3.99

In a twist to my life that you shouldn't be surprised by, Jeff told me where he gets his Comics and suggested I call. So I did and he had the first to releases! When I told him my name, he said he would place them in Jeff's bag, and that he will start adding a copy of that series to Jeff's monthly comics for me!

I am thrilled that I get a new SK Novel of sorts, in monthly installments! For this I can only say to SK - thanky sai

And the Winner Is...

...The battle of the Ice Creams happened last night. And oh what a fight it was. A negotiator had to be called because it became so vicious. For those of you that do not watch the Colbert Nation, and I feel sorry for you, it began a few weeks ago…

The owners of Ben and Jerry announced the release of the newest ice cream flavor for the year: Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream. They were invited to the show to help exploit this already wildly popular flavor. Then it happened, they stabbed Stephen where it hurts the most, his ego.

It just slipped, that they had also released a flavor named for Country Music icon Willie Nelson.


If you know anything at all about Stephen, this meant war. He waged a one Colbert Nation campaign against Willie’s Peach Cobbler. He even released a whole one attack ad against the ice cream and Willie himself.



(You can view the ad at: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml)

Anyway, Willie came on the show last night for a final face-off. It could’ve gotten a lot uglier had they not called in our UN Ambassador, Richard Holbrook. There was a taste off and well, Willie admitted that SC Americone Dream was in fact “good.” After the show Stephen was invited onto the Honeysuckle Rose. That's not an every day occurance. Why Toby even wrote a song about his experience aboard the Rose. Stephen does say, however, that he did not get a contact high. I wonder...

So, there you have it. Stephen won. Now, go forth and buy Ben and Jerry’s Americone Dream and Peach Cobbler ice creams!

Alive Again

Ok, so I actually slept last night for the first time in at least a week. Let me rephrase that, I slept without the aid of Benedryl. The nightmare's were back but not as bad. So I really don't know what is worse, illness or nightmare's. Anywho, I forgot to turn on my alarm clock. Millie woke me up by licking my foot about 7:30 this morning. I was lucky, she barked really loud in Toby's ear to tell him that it was time to go potty.

I'll have more later when I have a little more time. I must give you my review of Willie on Colbert! It was interesting.

Welcome to the Family

Welcome Tuvok - he is a Seven week-old black and tan mini dachsie! He came to live with Renie and Steve. From what I understand he will put Millie to the test when he meets her...

Spring is Here!

I know it has been awhile since I’ve blogged. So sorry to my friends. Life has been a bit complicated lately. I’ve been having the most bizarre nightmares. They subsided only to be followed by what I could’ve sworn was either the Black Death or Captain Trips.

Anywho, life is going on and it seems that I have finally begun the recovery. I know this because of two things. One is that the oatmeal I had for breakfast did not send me dashing to the bathroom. And the other is that the weird dreams have returned leading me to believe that it was definitely Captain Trips. No, there has not been an old woman in a rocking chair or a man wondering in the desert. However, the dreams are bizarre to say the least.


Ok, Spring is finally upon us – Woo Hoo!!! As you can see from the pics I snapped this morning, the apartment complex is coming to life with the colors of Spring. Soon the Easter Bunny will be visiting and then…

Well not long after we get the Resurrection – We get to see Boland LIVE! As you can almost see from the pic – I am now the owner of a MP3 player.

For some reason it will only allow Jason Boland and the Stragglers songs on it.

Back to the Testicle Festival, arrangements are being made for the puppies. Millie and Toby do love Boland, but I’m not sure how to convince the powers of the TF that they really are human and really do love the band.

OK, I have to get back to work, more later.