Not your traditional "farm"

Ok....so my family has LOTS of animals out on our "farm"....only most of them are not what you would consider regular farm animals because they are all...well.... for the most part, "non-traditional". But there is one special guy, in my opinion, worth mentioning. His name....L.D. (also known as Little Dummy!).

See my dad went to the sale barn a few years ago and saw this little guy up for sale. Only he was going for really really cheap. Why you ask? Well when L.D. was just a tiny baby he ran into a barbed wire fence poking one of his eyes in. That eye no longer works, not to mention not a pretty sight for us to look at either, but none the less he's a Beautiful horse!...... Miniature horse that is! That's right...this little guy stands approximately 3 feet high. My brother's golden retrievers are bigger than L.D..... just for comparison wise!

Well this stud horse of ours not only thinks he's a race horse (he's successfully managed to run down a trail along the fence where he anxiously awaits the... 4 cars that do happen to live past us....and will race them all the way to the end! He really likes it when people turn into the driveway so he can race 'em even further!....Sometimes I let him win! hehe), but he's also quite the "ladies man"! This cute thing has got not 1, not 2, but 3 women in his life! All who are cute....but no offense...ain't got nothin on him!

But the coolest thing ever about this guy (and I just discovered he could do this a little while ago), but he knows how to shake!...yes...the horse knows how to shake hands! How cool is that!

From Exotic birds....to miniature horses....to pet deer....Needless to say...there's never a dull moment around our place! I think we should start chargin admission! =)

A Single Mother of 2 Now!!!

That's right...I am now a single mother of 2.....2 very very very different kids! So as you all know (and for the ones that don't....now you do), that I have been wanting another dog. And not just any dog to be a brother or sister to my Little Noah, but a GREAT DANE!.....I told myself that, to be fair, I would wait till my lease was up to get one so he or she could have a yard to run and play in.....Well.....this past weekend I was in the 'Ville and I was riding with my mom and grandma when mom says "oh look...Great Dane puppies for sale".... I said..."aw....well lets just go look at em!" So we did! Long story short....I fell in love...and am now a proud parent of a Brindle Great Dane...who shall be called DIESEL! (actual birth record says: Diesel Power Stroke!) I thought that name would fit this kiddo perfectly (maybe not right now....but definitely later!) He is a registered Dane who's dad weighs 170 pounds and the mom is runnin a close race behind that. There is no tellin how big this ol boy will turn out...but none the less...I love him already! He was 7 weeks old Saturday, weighing in at 11.5 pounds already!!! Born March 25th, 2006! He's just too irresistible I tell ya! He's already towering over Little Noah...who is almost 5!!! They seem to be getting along pretty good...they played yesterday...but Diesel doesn't understand to be easy with the little guy yet....don't let Noah's size fool ya though...he stands his ground and lets him know that isn't gonna fly around here!!! I'm sure he will still be King of the house!!!

So today was the first day he was left alone....I'm training him in the Kennel first....until I can trust him more! I was gone for 9.5 hours today and NO accidents in the crate!!!! NONE!!! I was sooo excited!!! (hope I don't jinx it). Maybe all those middle of the night trips outside paid off already....sheesh I sure am tired from it! I've forgotten how much work a new baby is....

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY DIESEL!

Cinco de Mayo!

Well I had to write and tell you about last night. So I went over to my friend Melissa's house and the agenda was to just watch some movies....well we got hungry so we decided to order Uncle Julios and have it delivered. After calling like 12 times, only to find out that 1. they dont' take orders over the phone and 2. they dont take reservations over the phone either (ok...well what do you do on the phone then...sheesh)...we decided to just go up there and eat.

The wait was almost an hour so we convinced the manager dude to just serve us our appetizers outside...(which totally worked! whoop whoop) We were sitting right at the entrance/exit (where everyone had no other choice but to go by us!!) We all (me, Melissa and her sister) had a Blue Rita...which was unbelievably awesome....You should try em!!
Well Being that it was Cinco de Mayo we proceeded to tell everyone that came in or out "HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO"....well to any normal person that wouldnt be so funny...however it was 3 VERY white girls...all with blonde hair....telling EVERONE that came by this!!!

One of the funnier moments was when an old guy walked by...we told him all together "happy cinco de mayo" and he looked up and laughed. Melissa told him we were "celebrating our heritage"...he was like "oh...ok?" (a bit confused that we were 3 blonde, white girls)...I said "yeah, can't you tell? See I'm sportin my wife-beater!!" hehe.... I really was wearing a wife beater....(because we were just supposed to be watchin movies...remember!) Melissa then tells this guy that she is "Spanish...you know...with blonde hair and blue eyes"...he says..."whatever, but Cinco de Mayo is a celebration for the Mexico Mexicans"...she said..."um...spain/mexico....same thing!" hahahhahah....

Anyways...it was terribly funny! Apparently we were quite the entertainment because we managed to get our entire meal paid for...with the exception of one drink.... haha!! Ah...good times...good times!