Well, it’s been a while since I last wrote.  Lots to tell, short time to tell it.  As I last wrote, I got a new dog, a male when my eye was on a female, that’s a whole different story!  It’s been good, though.  I know that I have a lot of work in the next year, but it’s fun, and challenging.  His personality is a lot like my first dog, Brando; which can be a lot of silliness!  So be it, in all of my time! How about fitness?  What did you do today, yesterday, and what about tomorrow?  Do you have something planned?  Give a shout if there…

OK; OK.  Almost a month.  Seems like a long time, but it seems so much longer.  Lola passed away 3/26/12; my heart still misses her.  I really thought that it would be months before I thought about getting another dog.  There, that’s the truth.  I said it.  Guess what?  I’ve already got another one.  That even surprises me.  I had these feelings of lonliness, with no dog.  That first night, that Lola wasn’t here, was SO quiet, so the next day I called some rescue organizations, and looked at petfinder.com, to find another Jindo.  I really wanted to “replace” Lola.  Of course you can’t do that, but I tried.  I went…

Hasn’t even been a week; but it feels like months.  I really felt that I wouldn’t be in the hunt for another dog, for a long time; but the day after she passed, I called the Rosalind at the Jindo Rescue.  I’ve never had that type of lonliness, even when Brando died, because at that time, I had Lola, and that helped the situation.  This time, I didn’t have anything like that.  I knew that I wanted another Jindo, they are a hard breed to get used to, but after you do, it’s like an addiction to a breed. It’s hard, especially if you’re not a dog person, or even…

Yesterday was rough.  How many times have you all heard me say, “Enjoy the moment”, “things change”, “something positive comes out of everything”?  In all of that, I still believe.  Why wouldn’t I?  I’ve always said, God has plans, and lots of times that differs from OUR plans.  I STILL  believe in that.  I saw my dog getting old.  I saw her go from jumping on the bed, to only jumping on the couch, because it’s lower.  Then I saw her not able to jump that distance, so she would lay on her “doggie” bed.  Then she couldn’t get up.  Then she couldn’t lift her beautiful head.  Heartbreaking.  You see…

GOODNIGHT, LOLA…

My dog is my day.  When I think of anything about my dog, it is my day; and when I think about my day, it involves my dog.  That’s coming to an end.  It kills me; I mean, it’s part of the plan, but it kills me.  I have a dog that went with me 75%-85% of my time; working, pleasure, doesn’t matter, she went with me.  Lola, “she gets what she wants”.  That comes from a song, and I’m sure that we all know that, but it’s true.  We all get attached to our animals, and I’m one of the biggest partners of that circus.  I’ve always been a dog…

Smile.  Nice word, actually, a GREAT word; “to assume a facial expression usually indictating pleasure, favor or amusement”, “to regard with favor”; “to express by a smile”.  It can be a powerful word.  Most people, whether they know it or not, don’ t think what this word can do.  It can be wonderful, and yet it also seems to be such as effort for some.  We all have a life, good times and what some call “bad” times.  Bad is only a perception by the individual.  As I’ve written before, smile at someone, and over time, they will usually start that smile towards you.  This is, by my opinion, one of…

Look at the picture above ( the entry picture).  What do you see?  No, really, WHAT do you see?  So many times, we just walk along, or drive along, and look at the hood of the car, or stare down at the ground when walking.  Why?  Don’t we want to see the absolute beauty of what is around us?  I’ll tell you, that is what can cheer you up, put a smile on your face, or any other state that puts you in a good mood.  I mean really, it’s everything around us that changes our mood.  If things get a little depressing where you’re at, just go for a…

2011, what a year.  I want to say I’m glad that it’s over, but really, why be glad that ANY time is over.  O.k., so times get a little rough, either financially, support-wise, whatever;  it means that time is gone.  GONE.  No matter what you do, that time is gone.  I wanted to write something on January 1, but I didn’t; and now that time is gone.  I’ve still written something, but maybe I could of written two things.  So now we move on, to 2012.  By the way, I’m very glad that I went through 2011; a trip to Hawaii (Kauai), a little Vegas,  a Phoenix trip, and some…

I don’t know if I really know what a lottery is.  Is it MY lottery?  Is it THE  lottery?  I mean, what is the luck of the draw?  For about the past 3and1/2 years I’ve been asking this question.  It’s amazing, because I don’t know if I’ve already won it, and don’t know it; or if I did win it, duplicate times, and am already appreciating that fact.  Is the lottery all about winning DOLLAR$, and then not knowing what to do, with all of that money?  Or is it something that changes your life; ( this is the simple answer). I believe I won the second, in my simple…