Leaving for work yesterday, I noticed the side gate open. The gate, that can only be opened from the inside. Checked the shed and it was still locked, so just assumed the kids had left it open.

Manpet rings a few hours later, our outdoor table is gone. Our huge metal and glass table…gone.

Who the fark wanders the streets looking for outdoor furniture to steal?

Maybe we interrupted them before they had a chance to get the matching chairs. Arseholes…it must be someone nearby…how far can you get carrying a bloody table down the street?

It has been unbearably empty here with out her, without any dog at all. I still haven’t been into the backyard (I don’t use the clothes line remember ) and the yearning for a baby had become overwhelming for both of us.

So we started looking around for some breeds and breeders…just looking. We wanted something small that we could have inside always, get on with or at least not eat the kitteh and that we could take out and about in the car. We had thought a pug could be good, ticked all the boxes..and I do have an attraction to cute but ugly. I would really love a French Bulldog, or Boston Terrier…but it will take some further bribing to warm him up to a $3000 dog

We visited a few breeders, one was down right awful, and others didn’t have what we wanted. We went to another Sunday, not expecting much.

The wife was into the pugs, and the husband.. Australian Bulldogs. While the kids and I played with the itty bitty pugs the men folk got talking and the next thing we are off to look at the bulldogs…and I guess you can see where this is going.

I think Jake was in love the moment the kennel door opened and out spilled 5 fat little puppies. Then the way he looked at me like an excited 5yr old asking can we please have one of these instead. He has really been missing Stasia, she was such a Daddy’s girl..the other meezers aren’t that into him. How could I say no?

Her name is Sookie, which must be said with a Bill Compton-ish southern accent. I really wanted the boy puppy, so I could call him Eric, tho it doesn’t seem too appropriate for a bulldog.

He rings me 3-4 times a day, to see what ‘I’ am doing..which really means what is my baby doing

Yes, lots of sleepy pics. She is a baby after all (an 8.7kg baby!). And you can’t beat that sleepy puppy smell, right? She seems to only have two speeds, full pelt crazy and sleepy.

The baby shopping is going to send me broke.

No, they are not cat scratches on her nose..yet . They are from her brothers and sister sharp little puppy teeth.

Noice…

• New baby..post to come on that
  
• New job..seem to be pretty good at this getting a job thing. Got another new job (FT IRL job this time) First interview and got the call the next day. And to think I tossed up applying for a few days and nearly didn’t at all. Tho I now have an issue with too many jobs, 3..well 4 if you include all my sites. Start next week, so have a few days to work something out.
• Timtam yogurt, zOMG! this shit is awesome!!1! Found it in a deli on one of our park trips, no where near home of course. Will have to visit that park again just so I can get some MOAR!

• Car is back on the road after 3 weeks thanks to my awesome manpet. Although it took 3 weeks, it saved $100′s. Holden would have charged $800+ to fix the problem that we diagnosed and fixed with the wonderful help from google and it only cost $150.

Not Noice..

• Think its a bit passive aggressive to post was I was going to..so I won’t. We’ll just stick with the noice this week
  

Fourteen years?! Has it really been THAT long?

Technically we met and started seeing each other 14yrs and a few days ago, but he didn’t officially “ask me out” until the 21st…and that is a VERY important detail when you are 16..right?

I much prefer this anniversary, the other one doesn’t seem as exciting..will never have the wow..that long factor? And a piece of paper can’t really beat being asked out by a cute guy with an awesome car ( he knows I was only in it for the car at first )

Fourteen years…I’ve spent nearly half my life with him…and he hasn’t suffocated me in my sleep and hidden my body in the chest freezer (I fit, lets not get into how I know that) if that isn’t true love, I don’t know what is.

I find myself wondering often how lucky I was to find him, how random it was that our paths crossed, someone who loves my fat crazy arse for who I am..no matter what..I break.

Love isn’t finding a perfect person. It’s seeing an imperfect person perfectly.

It isn’t that hard for me, apart from his slightly scary PS3 obsession and the fact that he refuses to get my name tattooed on his arse..he is pretty damn perfect.

His parents are celebrating their 38th anniversary this week, his grandparents their 60th this year. I am not sick of him yet, so we might last a few more years

I look forward to growing old, and probably fatter with him..spending Sundays napping in the park.

No presents tho, I am keeping an I.O.U for a certain new phone that is soon to be released

I guess he is pretty noice..come share your noice-ities over here

Noice…

• Public holidays without the guilt. Unlike Easter, I am not religious and hate the whole egg thing and ANZAC day where you feel a bit guilty having fun. We had a great weekend, spent Sunday at the park… kids having fun..me napping in the sun…forget what else we did, but I don’t remember wanting to stab them..so much have been good.
• Unemployed that is a sarcastic noice..it is not noice at all..3 days at home and I am already bored out of my brain.
• New Job start tomorrow. Nothing too exciting, another part time moderator job like I am already doing. Something different to keep me busy, and a bit more $$ for bills online shopping. Still searching for new IRL job, tho not sure exactly what to look for.

Not Noice…

• Car still borked been a week now. Guess I have no where to bloody go in it anyway. Waiting on parts from the UK. Holden wanted $530, and I can get it genuine from the UK posted for $150AUD..just means I have to wait a few days.
• Nearly losing AFW long and painful story short, host upgraded software on server, borked AFW forum database. No worries I say, lets install last nights backup..yeah, that would have been good..if there faking wasn’t one! EPIC meltdown..seems there has been backups of all the other sites on my VPS..expect the main one AFW. My fault for assuming, but FARK..why am I spending a bloody fortune for a MANAGED VPS. Support were useless, vBulletin support even more so. Managed to fix the bloody thing myself in the end. Shopping for new host.