alive?

Why create a new name? I think its time to star blogging again.....why? Dunno, nobody reads it anyway. I still have hope though.......

dogs

So, I've always thought that I was a dog person. A person who loves dogs. Someone who knows how to take care of dogs. One whom dogs respect and listen to. Solomon, the first dog I ever trained, is the most well mannered dog I have ever seen. Everybody loves him. He's very well tempered and listens too. He always does what I say. You all know that I now have Tivo. He too is a very good dog. He's a bit of a whiner, but he has a cool temper and is very gentle. He's a great listener. I have been around a lot of different dogs in my time-LOL. I've never had a problem with any of them-until I met Mia.

Mia is Maggie's little sister. Those of you who don't know, Maggie is Tivo's best friend in Vegas. She is similar in color and size and they get along famously. Like I said, Mia is Maggie's LITTLE sister. Mia is like a little rat. Literally. She's a mutt to the fullest. They claim she's a terrier mix; however, I believe Splinter is her father (think giant ooze affected rat from TMNT)!! Mia is actually so ugly, she's kind of cute. Her hair is coarse and black, mostly. It has strands of brown and red mixed in. I must interject my own description here and give Mia some redeeming qualities: she's not nearly as hideous as her chemo patient sister, Abby.

Abby forgets to eat or knows she's so disgusting she doesn't deserve to eat. I'm not sure which it is. Abby is more of a sewer rat than Mia. Scary really!!
Now that you have somewhat of an image in your head, I can precede with my story. After spending time with Mia, I quickly realized that little dogs are no way similar to big dogs. I have spent my life around big dogs. I was used to big dogs and how they act and how we interact. Little Mia has proven to be a bit of a challenge for me.

One afternoon, I decided to take the dogs out for a walk. They had been couped up in the apartment all day and were getting restless. As we were about to cross the parking lot, two cars came pulling in to the complex. The dogs weren't on leashes and we had been getting in a bit of trouble lately for it. I started calling the dogs over because I could hear one of the ladies start to freak out. Naturally, Maggie and Tivo came running over. I was yelling for Mia, but she was no where in site. I made a quick decision to take to dogs back to the apartment and run back for Mia. This didn't work out quite as well as I had anticipated. I ran out to look for Mia, but she was not in sight. I started to panic because Mia can fit through the bars that lead directly to the really busy street next to us. I went back to the apartment to tell my friend I may have lost Mia. If I was looking for any sympathy, it was not there. She told me to get back out there and find her dog!! So I did. I walked over to the area where the cars had parked. As I started walking around the corner of the building, something told me to look to my left. I did. What did I see? I saw little Mia's head, tongue hanging out, through the glass of a car window. A car window!! Mia was inside this car. It was freaking hot. It had been about ten minutes and she was looking for me to save her. Naturally, I tried all four doors. Of course, they were locked. Mia just stared as I looked helplessly at her. What was I going to do? Sit down and cry-that's what I wanted to do. Instead, I went to every door and asked if they were the ones that drove the Camry. I finally found the right people. They were quite upset. The lady had no idea how it happened. I told her Mia jumped in when she opened the door. Mia is safe, but it is said that I'm trying to get rid of the little rat. Simply not true, even though she did escape a few weeks later, after we moved, under my watch. She was only gone a few hours and we found her strolling the street. I can't help the fact that this little terror is a free spirit and I embrace this fact.
All in all, little dogs are indeed a different breed. She's ugly, but very cute. She's dependent, yet very self sufficient. She loves roaming around and at the same time, she is the best snuggler in the world!! It's love hate, with a little more love :-)

Random

Here are some random pics. Mom and Polly at Gabby's track meet. Me and JJ posing for the pic. Dad and Izzy at Gabby's track meet, still. Me and my girls. Not taken too long ago, yet Gabby looks pretty young. Crazy how quickly people change. Comment if you want. If i know people still check this out, I'll put a little more effort into it!!

Dead

Yes. I was dead. Luckily, i have been blessed by the miracle of Resurrection. I am now back. I just recently uploaded the pictures from my phone. Let me share a few with you...
Here I almost ran out of gas. No esta bien!!!

This one Marissa tricked me into looking like I was peeing. Haha. Glorious days at the Depot


This is Stephanie. She is drunk. It's 5am at a store meeting. She was very upset. She's great! Very entertaining.

have you ever?

Have you ever needed to use the bathroom this badly?

We Love Red Rock

Amanda came down last weekend. Naturally, we took her to Red Rock. It was a BLAST!! Here are a few pics...

Christmas Time

So, I think i'm gonna have to go with "This was the best Christmas EVER!!" My family decided to come down to Vegas this year. We had some great fun together. We had two dogs and seven people in our apartment. I surprised my family by flying Coleman in on Christmas day. My sisters got to experience Freemont Street and the "shows" on the strip. I think my favorite part of the whole thing was Christmas night. My sisters and I walked around in the rain in a parking lot while we were waiting for our Christmas Jack in the Box feast. Ha!! Golden. There are a ton of memories but i'm just gonna put some pictures up and hope the fam fills in the blanks....

So, as you all know Chris and I love to hike. We went hiking up Red Rock again; however, this time we took a camera and remembered to use it. Here are some pictures from our hike. I hope you can see why we love it so much.
Sit back and enjoy the only good part of Vegas...haha. Just kidding, almost!

Nothing too new...

So, it's been awhile since I've written. I have been busy. It's obvious to me that others are busy as well, seeing how nobody made a peep about me not writing for a long time, this time. Anywho, nothing has really happened worth writing about.
Um, let's see. Our Loss Prevention guy got fired yesterday. That was exciting. Today a cashier poured her lemonade on the register and fried the keyboard. We don't allow drinks up at the front anymore. Oh, I know, there's a girl at work that has challenged me to a one-on-one game. I started running and lifting again. I don't lose. We talk a lot of smack.
Chris and I slept upside down in our bed last night. His idea. He has wanted to for awhile. I gave in.
We had the missionaries over for dinner a few nights ago. All I can say is that they helped us realize what freaks we are. We served LOW acid OJ, salt FREE ketchup, and sugar FREE syrup. They kept laughing and saying, "oh, how ironic," "what an oxymoron!" Yes. If you come to our house, don't expect gourmet food, but please be prepared for the unexpected! Who knows, maybe we'll serve you ice FREE ice-cream.
I remember something. Last week, Tivo had a blow out in his kennel. I came home from work, opened the door, and stepped inside. This is when my nose retreated into my nasal cavity to escape the putrid stench. It took everything in me to drag that stupid cage outside to the back porch. I was gagging like crazy. I promptly locked Tivo in the room and left. I could finally breathe again!!! That was NAAAAASSSS-T
Anyway, I guess that's it for now. I'll try to make things a little more exciting around me so I can write something worth reading. Thanks for wasting your time!!!

Cashier Olympics

So, we do this silly thing at HD to encourage unity and show "cashier appreciation." It is called cashier olympics. It's comprised of ringing up merchandise and being graded on accuracy and speed and other really stupid things. Winners of each store go on and compete other really great cashiers. It's lame. Anyway, our FES was super stoked. She made our theme Hollywood. She made us all dress up. I have pictures. They're hilarious. It was funny and shameful all at the same time. Here you go:

We had a Hollywood sign, red carpet, and stars with our names on them.

Sara, the genie, and me in the parking lot

Our fire drill, just like in 3rd grade

The FES and her 4 HC's

That means the Front End Supervisor and her 4 Head Cashiers!!

Hanging out and having a good time

Deserea in the parking lot

Desi and Tony, our Ops Manager

Desi and Jess (with Genny in the background)

Desi putting on her black gloves

And.............it's DESI, again. I can't help it...hahaha
Yes, it's scary....very scary

The action...not really, but do you like my shoes?
Gettin ready to go inside for Cashier Olympics

And there you have it. Hollywood Depot

So, I hope you got a little taste of my new life at the Vegas Depot. It sure is crazy!!!