Older Wiser Learner

Today I registerd for my first semester of classes at Troy University in Dothan. The campus is about 38 miles from my house so it takes around 45 minutes to get there. Not to bad of a drive really, it will allow me to have me time and just relax and catch up on my music. I will be taking 5 classes. I was going to only take 4 but when I talked to my advisor she said that 3 of the classes I am taking do not have a lot of work and that she has never had anybody say that they are difficult classes. So, I am taking Finite Math on Tuesdays and Thursdays (this is one of the harder classes). I then will have my other 4 classes on Monday and Wednesday. My English class is at 8 AM, Math Concepts II is at 12:15 PM, Math Concepts I is at 1:40 PM, and Computer Concepts is at 5:30 PM. So I will be gone from 7 AM until about 730 PM. I am going to be very busy but I am very excited to go back to school. Randy is being very supportive and is excited for me to start school and finish my degree.

So, I am officially a college student again! Here are a few pictures of my campus, all 3 buildings of it.

My official student ID Card
Trojan Man


Education Building
Beautiful Tree
Technology Building

In the last 16 days...

...Buddie graduated from puppy classes with honors on the 15th!
...we have celebrated Randy's 32nd Birthday on the 15th.
...celebrated our friends son Dylan's birthday on the 16th.
...I decorated for Christmas on the 18th.
...On the 19th Buddie took his first trip as a therapy dog to the nursing home in town and loved it! (I tagged along)
...my friend Elizabeth (roommate from Ft Hood), her daughter Sami, and my new friend Michelle visited from the 20th-23rd. I miss her and we had so much fun!
...I got really sick from the 21st-26th...ughhh. I even had to go to the ER because my heart did not like the meds they put me on, I am okay though, just a very high heart rate for a few days. I think Baylee knew I wasn't feeling well the day I went to the ER, she just kept laying on me and sitting on my lap, I guess I should have paid closer attention to what she was doing since she usually only sits on Randy's lap.
...I made a Thanksgiving feast for 2, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing from a box, corn, rolls, pumpkin pie for Randy, and Chocolate pie for me.
...We saw a couple of movies; Twilight and Bolt (The hamster was hilarious!)
...We got Phoebee a cat climber thingy on Black Friday and some new dog toys, somehow they are destroying their old ones.
...We bought some new video games and played video games all weekend, so much fun!
...I groomed Buddie yesterday and Randy went skeet shooting for the first time.
...Buddie went for his 2nd trip to the nursing home today, the 1st of December. He loves the attention and is so good for everybody when they pet him. He isn't scared of anything and makes the residents smile, even if they don't want to pet him. I think we will be doing this for a long time. He even had one personal request for next time from a sweet lady named Maybel.
...We did the same stuff we normally do also; Randy worked, I cleaned, we talked to our friends and family, and we played with our animals.

We wish you all a wonderful Holiday season! Happy December 1st! I get to open my advent calendar today and eat the chocolate out of it!

Cherry Eye

Our little Baylee got something called 'Cherry Eye' last night. This is the definition from Wikepedia:

Cherry eye is the term used to refer to canine nictitans gland prolapse, a common eye condition in various dog breeds where the gland of the third eyelid known as the nictitating membrane prolapses and becomes visible. It appears as a red mass in the inner corner of the eye, and is sometimes mistaken for a tumor. After gland prolapse, the eye becomes chronically inflamed and there is often a discharge. Because the gland is responsible for about 30% of the eye's tear production, the eye can eventually suffer from dryness (keratoconjunctivitis sicca).[4] Dry eye may eventually occur in 30 to 40 percent of dogs that have the gland removed, yet it may affect about 20 percent of dogs that have the gland surgically replaced [5]

I bathed her and groomed her last night and she was fine and then 2 hours later I looked at her and she had a little pink bubble in the corner of her eye. I called the vet this morning and took her in this afternoon. She did not have to have surgery, which is the most common corrective measure. I have to put ointment in her eyes 3x a day for 5 days. Luckily she is a whole lot easier than Buddie when it comes to eye medicine. They repositioned the gland back into the pocket it belongs in with a q-tip with ointment on it. The vet told me that if the swelling doesn't go down and it pops out again we will have to decide on surgery or I can try and pop it back in myself. So, we will see and hopefully our little Baylee Bear will not have to have surgery. She is still so cute and precious.




Here are a couple fun pictures

My sleeping girls

My sleeping boys

What would you do?

Now, I know that we just elected our first african american president, had an unprecedented amount of voters turn out, and are on the cusp of some of the most challenging times in US history but what everybody seems to want to know is...what kind of dog will our President Elect Obama be getting for his adventure in the white house!

Personally, I think we should not be so worried about what dog they are going to get. I think that those 2 girls whose lives are about to be turned upside down for the next 4 years at least should get to chose a dog that they want without animal rights activists making the whole situation into something more than it is. It is not about Obama's stance on animal shelters and thier inhabitants it is about almost every childs dream to get to pick out there first puppy/cat/bird/guinea pig/etc. There is even a polls (yes plural...not just one) out there about what dog they should pick.
Elect Obamas Dog Poll 1
Elect Obams Dog Poll 2

I had told my dad what I was feeling about all this dog business and I said that what they needed was a shichon. They are still a 'mutt' technically, they don't shed, they are hypo-allergenic, very friendly, playful, smart, and very cute. Then my dad asked me, 'Well, what would you do if Michell O. called and told you that she had heard you had a great dog that they think would be perfect for them and wanted to buy Buddie from you.' I did not know what to say, I think he would be a perfect white house dog but I don't think I could give him up. I told my dad that I would have to have unlimited visitation rights on their dime or maybe just live in the white house as Buddie's care taker. ;-) I asked Randy the same question and he said 'H!$* no, Buddie is my dog! I would be the person who turned down the president!'

So, what do you think? Would you give your animal (of any species) to the president if he asked? And who is saying that the Obama's only have to get one dog...personally I think there is enough room and help in the white house for more than one animal but what do I know, these are the important issues that our President Elect needs to worry about!

Welcome to the World

Well, our friends Rob and Nellie just had triplets (Austin, Mathhew, Emily) November 4th. They were born 10 weeks premature but they are all healthy and doing well. I will be her 'surrogate' blogger while she is in the hospital so I will blog about the Aguirre's later. Check out the Walter's blog if you want. I just put pictures up and what sweet children they have!

www.3walterpeas.blogspot.com