I know, I know, it has been a while.
My urge to sit down and write simply flew out the window one day and the damn thing wouldn’t come back. I’ve since found a small replacement mojo and decided to scamper in here to say hello to mostest favorite blogger peeps.
Overall, life has been good for me and mine. My biggest complaint is the cold weather that has moved in and grabbed my corner of the world by the testicles. The weather dudes have promised we will actually see temps getting into the 20s next week. Perhaps, I shall thaw out by then.
I’m adding a new baby to the family soon – well sorta soon. In March or April I’ll be bringing home the little bundle of joy. It will be a girl. We haven’t completely decided on a name yet. We’re getting a Newfie! Gotcha – ha! It’s a pupster!
Once we decided to add to the fam, I began researching various breeds of dogs. Our lab is very old and won’t be with us much longer so I want another large dog. I decided to go all out and get a really really large dog.
Originally, I was going to get a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, but their short life span made me change my mind. I’d actually found a breeder and was going to be getting one in June, but now – no. Swissies rarely live past eight years – that’s just not enough time!
The Newfi will be an adventure! I told the breeder I chose that I wanted a large dog. Somewhere in the midst of that sentence, he heard something like “gigantic” dog. Female Newfies average about 120 pounds and males about 150. My pup is going to be uh above average. The mother of my new baby is 150 and the daddy is 175! This should be interesting!
I hope you all had an awesome holiday season! I’ll bebop around here soon to catch up with you.
Until then…
Peace
January 8th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
woo she lives!!
Glad things are still good in the north woods. I’m in the grip of the same cold you are and I am not liking it one bit, especially as I was in Florida last week :/
Newfs are great dogs, a bit slobbery(and what large dog isn’t) but very calm and loyal, they are guard dogs in the sense that they watch over a family well and announce visitors but they are not aggressive, then again the sight of a 150+ Lb dog barking at you is enough to frighten most people.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
For all of two seconds, I thought one of your kids was having a baby. A new dog sounds really cool, and I’m happy for you, but my eyes just popped when I realized that your new dog will weigh more than Nicole Richie.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Nysak – Yeah, I am still around. I’m really excited to get the new baby here. She’s going to be a fantastic addition to the fam!
Slayer – Egads, no more human babies in this family for a while now! We have two of those and a puppy coming. That’s more than enough for me!
January 10th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
My goodness you do live and breath! Glad to see you posting. A newfie sounds like a wonderful choice. Remember the bigger the dog the bigger the poopies
I know about the posting mojo. I haven’t done much of that myself. I might soon tho’. Life is beginning to get interesting with a 15 year old daughter around
January 11th, 2010 at 2:30 am
Hey! Good to see you back around
January 11th, 2010 at 11:48 am
^ what she said.
Glad things are going well, and have fun with the Newfie! It’s almost like you’re bringing a giant Canadian home. :p
January 18th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
A Newfie? Does this mean you’ll be taking another job to help cover the cost of dogfood?
January 19th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Nikkie – Yeah, I just got so damn busy around here. I am trying to blog more though!
Pixie – Merci, little pixie pal!
Mothie – Ha! This critter is going to be one huge baby girl!
Dr – Fooled ya’! Apparently adult Newfies don’t eat any more than adult lab. I thought that was way interesting!
February 28th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
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