Just Pass Me By

Oh my goodness I am about to shoot my father in law, if you know the saying you can lead a horse to water but nothing you can do if they not gonna drink. He needs to stop being so stubborn when it comes to drinking water, today he got sick again because of his insistence on not drinking water. Don’t worry I will not shoot him, just frustrated with him not drinking water. Maybe I should get him a few medical carts with bottled waters and he get that water is very important for him so he does not get sick. He gets mad because us kids insist on him drinking water and he thinks its to be mean to him and deprive him of what he thinks he aught to get. The honest truth is we do not want him to get sick and then die because he was dehydrated. So I guess I am leading a donkey to water and the donkey being stubborn.

Yep you read right I am going to train my cat. My family is moving, and the pets are coming along. Shadow the dog I have no concerns about, she enjoys car rides. Otis is scared to leave the apartment even the balcony is scary. He is finally calming down with the balcony so my next step is to take him out on to the grassy. I am trying to gradually allow him to get used to the outside and things in his surroundings. He a good cat, but he strictly in doors. We are going to be in the car for 3 to 5 days, so it will be unpleasant if I can not get Otis to realize car is not a bad place. I am thinking about using the dogs kennel for Otis because it is bigger, and Otis kennel is tiny and I think he would get cramped in there.
I have no clue how to handle the hotel rooms yet, because Otis does not like being in a Kennel maybe he be okay with the dog. In the car at the last vet appointment Otis seemed to calm with the dog in the back seat with him.
Maybe I should get a casio camera with gps just in case we get lost. Maybe that could find us and get us on the right track. I guess the best thing to do is gradually teach Otis he is okay no matter where we are at.

We have decided not to renew our lease this year we are not happy. We will be moving pretty far away from where we live, and have realized that maybe it would be best to well sale our stuff and then replace it once we arrive to our new place. We need to decrease our cost of living, and can’t do it where we currently reside. We will be keeping all of our electronics, and maybe a few pieces of furniture, and our clothes. I will need to find a good roadside assistance plan just encase we need it for where we are going. Between my car being broken into 3 times in less then 2 weeks, and management response to what has happened. We are not happy, not to mention the water fluctuation. My husband and I have decided what we will do now hopefully our road trip goes well.

I am not sure if I should cry right now or be really pissed off. Maybe both options work good. Tonight my hubby and I went down to my car, and it was ransacked. My first comment was what the hell happened, my husband comment was it looks like your care exploded. I park my car in the garage and normally I haven’t had trouble but the time I make sure I lock my doors, someone robs me. Man I could cuss right now, I guess I am angry. At least they did not get the radio all the way out, that would have been sucky. They got my stupid Ipod adapter, I guess I do not get to play my music in the car when I want till I can replace it. The problem is I can’t simply replace it. My husband with out a job and all my earned money needs to support my family.
The damage to the car isn’t to bad, they spilled something in the front seat but that’s okay because I had already spilled something there.
I have to say I don’t feel as bad as I would, because while I was talking to the police another resident came up. He told us, I am glad your here with the police because I been broken into too, and asked to speak to the police man next. While we was talking the policemen evidently got another call about a car break in. Okay 2 cars in the same garage, are you kidding me, maybe even three cars. I feel bad for my neighbor because he lost stuff with more value, I only lost about 60 to 100 bucks worth of value, unless they use the check book that was in the car or the account number then potentially I could have serious issues. I am also worried about them stealing my insurance card that was in the car, hopefully they do not try to commit insurance fraud, which could be a real pain. I guess I have to worry about identity thief I am glad I did not leave my wallet down there like I tend to do.
A week ago, I went downstairs and my light was on in the car, I was surprised it was on for 18 hours because it should have drained my battery, maybe my car got marked a that day and I was to freaking stupid to know, my car was broke into. I am very trusting but the longer I live in Minnesota the more my trust gets broken, I know this is simply life stuff. I miss living in places where I could trust everyone and everyone knew eachother.
Tonight my husband said moving to Happy Valley Oregon, sounds like a good idea. I have to agree with him. I am so sick of winters and our apartment management. If we moved to Oregon this would
makemymothersring.com like never before. I know people can break into my car there too, but Minnesota have a lot of unpleasant things about it.
What really pissed me off is tonight one of our neighbors pulled into her slot and said nothing no concern, no nothing. She just hung her head and went. People in this building do not care about each other, and hey if it not me then who cares.
So a reminder to everyone keep your car locked up tight and if you can get a car alarm. Maybe I can rig my car with electric to send a nice shock but something tells me this could be illegal.

Recently my apartment building owners have decided to allow dogs. I am glad they decided to do this, my husband and I have worked hard to make a good impression and we still do. Our dog is a mental health dog, so no matter what she can be with us. Our dog is a good dog and is okay at interacting with other pets, better with people but we working on the animal thing. I should look for some skin care reviews for dogs and cat they both need a bath or something.
Lately the issue with people leaving there dog wast has gotten to be annoying. I really don’t want to pick up another person dogs pooh, sorry pick it up on your own. For a while I was picking up dog waste around the building because I didn’t want shadow blamed. I mean come on the apartment even put cans with dog waste bags up, in a few areas. Is it really that hard to walk over to the waste basket and get a bag and pick up your dogs mess. I know before they put up these handy things, I would come back in and get a bag for cleaning up shadow mess.
I am annoyed with this dog owner because they are pretty much taking my husband and my hard work and flushing it down a toilet in a matter of a short time. It took us 2 years to see them accepting dogs in the apartment complex. I wonder how long before we are all punish because of one lazy resident that does not want to pick up their dog pooh. I should offer the apartment management to pick up the mess if they take off money for rent.

Recently our building decided to allow dogs. This is a good thing I am happy, Shadow goes potty faster for me now outside. Once it gets warmer depending on my homework load I will take Shadow out for longer walks. I would love to go to sanibel island, right now anywhere but MN would be good if its warmer. Lately some owners have lift there dog waste laying there for others to clean it up. Okay maybe its me but I really don’t want to pick up my dogs mess so I diffidently do not want to pick up someone else dog. I believe its the dogs owner responsibility to pick up after there dogs not management or maintenance in the building.
Even when I am taking shadow for a long walk, not on the property I pick it up. I figure it better the owner doing it then someone poor soul who don’t even know the dog

I have to say, I wish when maintenance leaves and say they come back. They ask me to clean up something, no problem. Yesterday it was my hubby to do clean well they never came and did there work. I know its not like they are putting horse tack up, and that it takes a while to do repairs. I just wish they would get the work done, and not make me wonder when it finally be completed. My husband will probably complain that nothing been done and I am gonna get rather cranky with him and his complaining. I spent several hours on homework today.

I have recently started to walk with my friend. I got the greatest gifts for valentines day, I have lost a lot of weight. Close to 16 pounds now, since being gluten free. Mondays are very busy. I get home at noon, practice guitar then go at 1240 for guitar lesson then come home by 2pm. After I get home either I do reading for the week, or spend time with my hubby. I had told my friend we could walk on Monday at first then realized wait its just to busy for me. We can walk Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and this would be easier.
Sundays normally I finish up my homework and submit my assignments. I do everything by a schedule, I divide up all my assignments to keep things manageable. This week I didn’t plan the way I should have I have 2 papers wrote and another 2 to write, which I need done by Friday before I take dad.

Okay I think I wrote about the struggles of getting dads dog in the apartment a couple of years ago. We fought to close to 2 months until we finally contacted our corporate offices. I did a little threaten, because dad had a doctor note for the dog and management had the nerve to tell me had they knew that they wouldn’t have accepted him on the lease. At the time dad moved in we knew he would need his dog, but wasn’t sure if placing it in long term foster care would be best. After dad lived with us for 2 weeks we saw, there was a great need for his companion animal. Dad became suicidal on me, and was telling my husband and I often that we took his wife away, his car, his house and now his dog and he pretty much felt life was over for him. When dad first moved in I was up all night often, thank G-d I was not working at the time, I was unemployed for a few months. Finally we got Shadow in, the apartment as a mental health dog.
This week my friend upstairs showed me a newsletter she got over the week. I couldn’t help but feel annoyed that I had to fight so hard for a mental health dog to live with us, who should have been no trouble at all. Well I guess management decided to let dogs be allowed as pets. There are a few breeds not allowed and a couple breads I do not understand why not. Okay, Pitbulls or a dog in that family I understand, they have a history of being aggressive, even though, I feel this is more the fault of the owner and not dog I give them that one. The dog I can not see as needing to be on the not allowed list is a German Shepperd, I grew up with one. They are great dogs, he was a police dog for the railroads but he was loyal and gentle. He never was aggressive with anyone until we got broken into while mom and us two girls where at home. Mom brought us all to the back room and my older sister let the dog for and told Blackie, get him. Black got the guy in the butt when he tried jumping over the fence. I do not remember what happened after that but blackie never hurt anyone after that.. The worst he do is sniff a person and then slobber them. I was mean to that poor dog, and if he was gonna be a naughty dog he would have taken my face of a few times at the age of five. My uncle had a one too when I moved in with Granny. That dog was a good girl to susieque i want to say was her name. That dog was always gentle never aggressive with anyone or animal. She was a great dog, so I don’t get why this breed, and I honestly disagree with it. Susie never attack anyone, except for getting between my x husband and grandma who he was threaten she didn’t growl or anything she got between the two. I seriously think these two dogs where raised by great owners, owners that loved them and cared for them. Did not teach them how to fight unless it was to save the family. Yes they are protective dogs, but any dog with its master is gonna be protective of them. Shadow is even protective of me, if she feel threaten or that this family is threaten I am not sure what she will do. I have seen the calmest best breeds act aggressively when they feel their owners or families are threaten. I would expect this even my cat would and has acted to protect me, when a creep tried to get into my apartment over 10 years ago.
I believe my husband and I made the way for other dogs to be allowed in the building, or maybe its because when people ask me the steps to get allowed I tell them. How I went about it, so maybe management is being forced to do so but I doubt it. I am so glad they are allowing it. A couple weeks ago I had a developmentally delayed kid cry, when he saw shadow, because he had to lose his dog. I felt annoyed with this and told him to tell his mom his medical doctor or someone could help with that. I don’t know pets become a important part of a family structure, Shadow is important to me and my family. I am glad she allowed now with out a fight, and that other residence do not have to lose there beloved pets because their lease says no dog. I wonder how many people will need the fitness equipment if they have dogs to walk. I guess I better start socialization training with Shadow. She likes to bark at other dogs, and doesn’t exactly have the best manners with dogs. I guess my little Muslim scream neighbors are going to be very happy to have more dogs to yell at, for nothing. I get it dogs are not clean but hey I am not eating them. My husband felt a size restriction would have been better, than a breed restriction. I wonder if anyone gonna get a big dog that not on the Oh no list that maybe should be.

Well the snow is now deeper then the dog, and she is not to happy about the idea of going outside in the snow. I can not blame here, she seems to go very fast potty. Wow I just tuned on the tv, and they’ve closed church activities, so I guess we do not have to feel bad about our Rabbi deciding to cancel services yesterday. I went outside this morning to put money on the laundry card and well we got a good amount of snow out there, had maintenance not made a path to the community room, I am sure I wouldn’t have gotten in there, the snow comes well above my knees now. Be fun to take the dog out later today, she’ll just go on the sidewalk where its been shoveled, it seems during the winter time the only place she’ll go.
Yesterday when I took shadow out she took one look outside and tried turning around with tucking her tail. She tucks her tail when ever she doesn’t want to do something, or is simply a unhappy pup. Maybe I should wrap her up in some plus size lingerie with her coat, might keep her warmer. I have to say she been doing very good at going outside, and not having accidents in the house.