Where is my dog?

I have been searching for a dog. I didn't think it would be these hard. I made my third visit to the Humane Society today. There were several that I thought were cute, but then you read the little bio on them and they are jumpers, or diggers or don't like kids or need a home where someone one is home all the time. Also, most of them are so damn big that I can't picture them in my house either.
It is a very serious decision picking a dog. I left today just not feeling "it" with any of them.
I'm a little sad. I was hoping to come home with a companian today.
My alternative is to purchase a puppy which there are millions of in the paper. But being gone 9 hours a day with a puppy is just redicilous.
I just want a happy, tail wagging, sleep by me, kind of dog that knows how to sit, lay down and pee outside. That's not too much to ask is it?
Well, I am determined, so it won't be long. Living alone just isn't working for me anymore, and my best option at this point is a dog. They cause you less grief than humans.
jb

nasty blog

If it was meant to be, it would be......
I f*!$#ing hate that saying.
It's like somebody just made that up as a generic comeback for everything that dosn't happen.
Is there really some force out there that has a plan and we have no control over anything? All our hard work and efforts just mean nothing if it wasn't meant to be?
Should we just wander through life and not attempt to make anything happen in our lives? Because after all, it will only be if it was meant to be. According to most, all the hard work in the world can't make something be, if it's not meant to be.
that is just bullshit.

jb

Random ramblings............

Two things to say today...
I lent a friend two David Sedaris books, just knowing he would love them. He read a couple stories and said "this book is stupid" "This crap never happened to this guy, it's all made up and it's just stupid". I couldn't believe my ears. I just kept going on and on about it saying you need to read one more story, how can you say this is stupid? It did come up that I seem to want him to like something just because I do and why was I forcing the issue? Seems to be a pattern of mine. I just can't believe it when someone dosn't get something that I love so much. Especially David Sedaris, I mean, come on!

Topic two....
My dear friend is putting her family dog to sleep tomorrow. The dog she grew up with. She was crying today and it broke my heart. I wouldn't feel as bad, but I met this dog a few weeks ago. It was all skinny and old and blind and the sweetest thing ever. HIs name is Oscar. He fell of off a curb trying to walk towards me.
I know my friend and she will be all curled up tonite next to Oscar spending her last night with him. This is just too sad to me. My ability to feel other's pain is sometimes not the gift I think it is.

jb

And a neighborhood is brought to life............

I came home last week and my neighbor had totally bulldozed the area between our houses. All the Bamboo and blackberry bushes and weeds and crap were gone! My first thought was "crap, now I gotta do something." This guy is a home improvement machine. He put up a nice fence between us in about 30 min. I swear. It's weird how it works. Once he started in, all the other neighbors came out and mowed their lawns. People were coming over talking to him and I and introducing themselves. This hasn't happened in the two years I have lived here. Since the fence, I have laid sod on my side and totally cleaned up my yard. Things are looking alot better at my little house. The nice thing is, I got to chat with my neighbor while we were both out working. Amazing how we never said a word before and I now know he is engaged, he works on race cars for a living and came from a small town.
So, over the past week,` because of him motivating me, I have upped my property value and realized sometimes all a neighborhood needs is that one guy who steps outside to fix up his house and share his dirt with the neighbor girl and all of a sudden things don't seem so bad in the neighborhood.
jb