Oklahoma

Yesterday we went to the property in OK that my mom and dad own. Since owning for over 35 yrs, they haven't done a thing with it. Well since I live 3hrs away from the land I decided to change that. I bought a gate so we could actually drive into the property instead of lifting the barb wire fence. We spent the whole day saturday digging a driveway and constructing a new fence and installed a new gate that we bought off craigslist for real cheap. We did all the work with a shovel and our own muscles! There is no water or electricity out there so we did the best we could.

Harvey had the best time ever out there. He acted like he owned the place and ran wild like the puppy he is. He was going non-stop until he got spooked at night and we put him in the truck to go to sleep. While we were there two other dogs came over and played with Harvey. A big pregnant dog we named "baby mama" hung out with us all day. We fed her every piece of food that we had brought for Harvey except for a handful for him to have for dinner. She is very big and will probably have puppies soon.

We finished the gate and hope to go back very soon. Next time we are going to work on a fire pit and mow down some of the grass.

6 Months!!!!

I have come to the conclusion that I am not good at keeping a blog. So in a renewed effort, I will try and update this once a week or so. Six months have gone by and my life has changed dramatically. Since, my last post I was hired at a new job, moved from Seattle, have a new apartment (living by myself!!!) and have a brand new puppy named Harvey. So far, I am enjoying my job and find it very challenging and rewarding. I like all my co-workers and my boss is the nicest lady I have met. She is very positive and willing to do anything to make sure my job experience is the best. Since getting my new job, I have finally been able to pay bills and stop using my credit card for groceries! I now actually have a savings. Though the best thing I think has been that I finally have health insurance again. Going for a 1 1/2 yr without insurance was hard but I was fortunate to never get sick so I had to only go for health maintenance appts.
I really like my new apartment and have nearly made it the way I would like it. I have two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room and a two car garage. Its like a town house. I also have a balcony that I have been decorating with lots of plants so I can have my own little garden sanctuary.


Harvey is the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. I found Harvey on accident at a animal shelter. I had orginially planned on getting another puppy but when I got there two days later someone had already adopted her. So I looked around and saw a small cage with three little puppies in it. I asked if they were for adoption and they were. Apparently they had just been brought in that morning and I wanted to hold them right away they were so tiny. The first one I held was Harvey. I didn't think he was very beautiful at first but after holding him and feeling his gentle personality I knew he was the one I was going to leave with. Tyler and I looked at all three puppies and ultimately I chose the little brindle colored puppy. I love this puppy so much and take such good care of him. He came from a horrible dilapidated shelter and I am so glad I was there to rescue him from having to spend the night there in the heat. Harvey is now 15 weeks old, healthy, bouncy, loving puppy who loves to chew and follow you every where. He is very loyal and always looks to please me. He is never alone and if so only for a couple hours. Otherwise he is with either me or tyler. He is now going to puppy training school and doing well. He can sit, lay, walk on a leash, leave it and stay. He is doing well for being the youngest in the class. On Halloween Harvey dressed up as a bumble bee and went to the Petsmart parade. He had his picture taken and was able to socialize with other dogs.
Currently, he was just fixed so he is laying low for the time being. Poor guy. He is now officially cone head!

Well that is all of the update for now. I am just busy working and taking care of my puppy. My family will hopefully be able to visit me for Thanksgiving. Other than that I will post more next week.