Signs!!!

Signs were made to keep us out of harms way, they are used to communicate, to send messages, basically a sign says something to the reader, and so ignoring signs can be deleterious. What I am trying to say is that if you come upon a sign and it says something like, "Beware of Dog", it should be taken seriously. Beware of dog says, basically that you should, beware of dog. Now if you see a sign that says beware of dog in front of a gate and right next to that sign you read another sign that says, no trasspassing, well, pretty much you should not cross that boundry. Perhaps I am giving the average Joe too much credit in thinking that they could take that message and interpret it as what it is, do not go through this gate because you will be considered as trasspassing and there might be a dog guarding his territory and you should beware of him. Now lets just say that you read the signs, and you did not understand the underlying message, to not cross that boundry because you are trasspassing and there is a mean dog that might bite your ass, maybe you are so dense that you just don't get it or maybe you just don't care and you feel signs were made to be ignored, then let me just say that as you come through that gate with those ominous messages that you chose to ignore or misinterpret, when you see that salivating dog running towards you, retreat! do not think for one minute you are the dog whisperer and you will bring this dog to submission with a whistle and jerk of the leash, because you won't. Well now you have done it, you put your hand down in front of his mouth to further ire him and he bites you, be a big boy/girl and do not run to the ER and cry about it. Can you read this sign? "STUPID".

Addendum: This message is being written on March 13, 2012 at 1219 a.m.
regarding the post above, well eventually 3 stupid people got bitten because they ignored our signs and proceeded to cross that boundry and so because of that my dog was considered a "vicious dog" in the community of Astoria, Oregon. I got a ticket and was told that if I wanted to contest it I had to go to court or my dog would be taken into custody and put down, after all he is vicious and you just can't go about letting your vicicous dog protect your home. My husband, Tim (with the highly OCD temper) took it upon himself to get witnesses and show up in court ( I had to work, or I would have been there to show my support). I guess it was quite a trial, the witnesses which included a dog catcher, a street cleaner and a friend of ours, were great as they told stories of this wonderful, loving dog that could not be in any way vicious against the police that ticketed me and their stories of a loose vicious dog violating all the rules and regulations in the neighborhood. But due to the emergency visits of these three victims the law had to get involved. In the end my dog was saved as the judge decided that the bites were probably not due to agressive behavior on the part of the dog, but appropriate reactions to people coming into my property.
I imagined that he would be convicted and he would go to doggy jail or in his case the electric chair and that would have been tragic all because of some real stupid people, what can I say? respect what you read especially when it is on a fence and there is a barking dog behind it!!!!

March 7, 2011

Here we are between Valentines day and St. Patricks day, incredible!. I am still in school and due to be done on Aug 1st of this year, I can see the light, finally!

Not much has happened, I still have no life and I am still looking for that perfect job. I have even gone as far as applying in most Providence hospitals in all states except California. I would love to say that many exciting things have happened but I would be lying. Tim is working as a bar-tender at Camp 9 in Knappa, and as a furniture mover in Astoria; he likes both jobs. I have been a diet for several months and have managed to loose 24lbs. with little effort. I would loose more if I quit drinking alcohol, but that is not going to happen because it is the only thing that keeps me sane for now.

I have not read any new books or seen any movies, basically, I work, study, and play dead on my couch.

My daughter is still in New York and she is doing great. My youngest son is getting married in August, and my oldest son is just hanging out and enjoying his carefree life.

I feel that something big is going to happen, since I will be done with school and plan to do something with my life. The plan is to go where ever I get hired and Tim will stay behind and care for the house until I find out if I like my job. I think it is a great idea since I am not very anxious about selling my house or renting out to some idiot that will destroy it.

We do have a roomate, and she is working out great; she is a fine young woman and Parker loves her. She is not aware that when she decides to move, Parker is going with her; Ha!

The weather has been very Coastal, wet and cold. We saw the sun for two days, people in town were going crazy. It was like seeing cockroaches scram with the lights go on! We are so desperate for sunshine that we become mindless and just run out in the sun. The bad part is that we tend to come to this delusion that because it is sunny, it is warm; not so!

I am guilty of this delusion, so I put on some fairly skimpy clothing and take off to the end of town to my favorite bar, for exercise, thinking that I will enjoy the sun and saunter back after a drink or two. Now this has not happened once or twice, but all the damn time there is a ray of sunshine pouring through my normally bleak, living room. I just can't seem to learn that this is a ploy created by that deceitful Sun God, to get me out in my skimpy clothing (skimpy clothing here on the coast consists of a couple of layers, a coat and warm boots, scarf, and mittens) start of on a long walk only to have the Sun God hide behind a black cloud for a long period, (enough time to get me back to the realization that I no longer feel my lower half of my body) then out again to begin the thawing process. I am always falling for this, and end up freezing to near death, calling a taxi, or Tim if he is anywhere near-by, to come get me.

Ah yes! but I will no longer fall for that ploy again, for I have grown wiser of ways of the sun!!

I have my heavy coat, tights, furry boots, scarfs, umbrella and anything else to keep me warm, so yesterday that sun was out, looked so nice, it lured me out but like I said, I was not to be fooled, no siree, not this time. Tim and I got ready, and we stepped out into the beautiful day and started up town, about a mile in, we came to the conclusion that, this was a hot day and we were over dressed, seriously! we were sweating. He ended up carrying the extra layers up town! damn that Sun God. On the way back we were glad we had our layers, because it was so cold and there was a black cloud looming over us, we make it half way, until the skies opened up and let that black cloud empty out on us! This time it was the Rain God that was messing with us! I really need a life.

This picture was taken in September in Garibaldi on the beach with Tim's family....