Recent content by CaliTerp07

Doggie coat for friend #1 Down vest for friend #2 Something yet to be determined for DH. I usually do "experience" gifts, but with the baby it's so hard :\ And that's it! I told family that I didn't want to do gifts this year. Our gift to my side is that we spend $900 on plane tickets to...

No Christmas gifts here. He will be under a year and oblivious at Christmas, and grandparents will surely go overboard so we are putting the money we would have spent into the college fund. In a few years it will be a different story, I'm sure.

Minion! That is all.

Yesssssss peppermint ice cream. The only reason I'm okay with the pumpkin flavored stuff ending after Halloween is because the peppermint ice cream transitions in. The rest of the year, I like mint n chip or moose tracks.

Yes. Home in a good school district Salaries high enough that we could save for college Stable jobs At least 5 really awesome vacations $10k in the "emergency" fund And I am so glad we did. Things are 100x more challenging with the baby. There is no extra money, no time/energy for...

Can she do a line up? If she's facing you, lure her backwards past your leg and flip her around so she's facing the same direction you are?

I can't afford a babysitter! The high school kids charge $15/hour! That makes our $30 dinner cost $60, and that ain't in the budget very often. And yeah, bedtime makes me nervous. It's a struggle for me to get him down, so I'm not sure I'd feel right making a stranger deal with the bedtime...

Lucy is pretty motion reactive, especially on leash. At the beginning, we'd hang out outside the building (or far away from the ring) and my friend would come and grab me when there was only 1 dog before us. Even in the 1 minute until we went in the ring, sometimes I'd go through a whole...

Everyone kept saying, "You'll miss him too much, you'll be going crazy by the end of the weekend!" Uh, no. 2 days is perfect. My house is clean, dinners for the week are made, errands are run, and I got a full night's sleep! I wish we had family near by (my parents are in California, his...

Chaz is blocked at workl because it is classified as "marijuana". At home I have a munchkin who takes all my time. I miss my doggy people :(

My Logan is 8 months now, and there is FINALLY a light at the end of the tunnel. OMG the first 6 months sucked royally. It is so much better now that he can stay sitting up. I cannot wait until he can sit up on his own so if he topples over he isn't stuck. He can almost crawl, so baby...

Oh my gosh, puppydog, that's so scary. Do you have help caring for her at home? (Are you staying home with her?) What is involved with it all?

This is awesome! Lucy and I have a new trick to work on in the evenings now :) I love whiny dog whining in the background, lol.

<3 What a sweet story with such a happy ending :) Lucy was adopted when she was 3ish. We were at least her 3rd home in 3 years (she'd been in the shelter twice). She was a hyperactive loon who had no brain on her when she saw a squirrel or another dog or a car or a bike or or or... She...

Lucy gets schipperke fairly often, which is such an uncommon breed that I'm honestly surprised so many people know the name! She is small and black and fluffy, but she's not a schip! I get border collie a lot too. There may very well be some border in her, but I'm surprised how many people...