A series of unfortunate events

Fireworks are illegal in Orange, but 4 or 5 houses down the street, it becomes Garden Grove, where they ARE legal. The kids had some money to burn (literally), and decided to buy some fireworks. I needed to come along because one must be 18 in order to buy said FW.

I decided to bring the dog along and walk to the stand.

We'd gotten about 100 yards down the street when we noticed a German Shepherd in a neighbor's driveway--unleashed and unattended. We proceeded anyway, not confronting the other dog, just minding our own business. After we passed the house, Alyx said, "Mom, he's following us; pick up Asher." I hesitated, not wanting to do anything that might provoke an attack. In that moment, however, the German Shepherd DID attack!

Of course, we yelled at him; fortunately, he released Asher immediately, and I picked him up. I turned around and went all "Dog Whisperer" on the GS, shouting "No!" and pointing my finger at him and stepping toward him. I was nervous as all get out, but tried not to show it. The dog turned around and went back.

Meanwhile, Alyx had run back to the house where the dog had been, and banged on the door. When a woman answered the door, she yelled, "Your dog just attacked my dog!" The woman said, "We don't have a dog." The German Shepherd had returned by then, and Alyx pointed to him. "That dog!"

Turned out that he was visiting for the 4th of July. The owner hadn't realized he was outside. He apologized profusely and gave me his name and phone number, in case some damage came to light later. The bite didn't break Asher's skin; there doesn't seem to be any injury.

Now get this: the owner's name is Bitderback--which is exactly what his dog did!

So we took a walk we don't usually take, in a direction we don't usually go, and encountered a dog who usually isn't there, but it all turned out ok in the end. Whew!

Asher got a haircut a couple weeks ago; cuter that ever, don'tcha think?

Mario was here...

We had a nice visit with Mario last week when he was here jobhunting. I wanted to get a picture, though I am by far the least proficient photog in the fam. You know how there's a delay with the digital cameras? Well, Mario kept closing his eyes at the moment the picture was taken, and I was just sure if he would only hold his eyes open long enough, we'd get a good one. He said it was the flash that messed him up, but I didn't believe him until I took the flash off, and voila! We got some!

A couple more of our faves...

Now, it is widely acknowledged that I watch a lot of TV (making up for all those years when we weren't allowed to watch!)-- just thought I'd let you know that Monk and Psych are coming back on July 18.

It's almost time, folks...

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Well, we're not in the Provo apartment anymore, (don't worry Betty we got your graduation card it was so cute! thanks). Sunday we found mold growing in the bathroom wall. All the drywall in that wall is being replaced. We got the heck out of there; we're sleeping at the American Fork house (Della and Mike were kind enough so we have somewhere to sleep). To make a long story short, we are now condo-shopping. We'll keep you updated.

one more day!

tomorrow is the last day of the school year.
it was a good year, i got very good grades [no lower than a B the entire year] i was involved [i was part of ASB [[student government]] and will continue that next year was well. i don't really have anything planned for the summer, i was suppost to have a job right now... but... we wont get into that [long story short i couldnt make a perfect cone so i didn't get the job i was PROMISED.]
anyway.

over all, a pretty good year :]

It's June, and that means...

Junebugs! Aren't they the ugliest things ever? Except for potato bugs. At least they're slow movers, and they really are only around for a month. The puppy found one and tortured it for a while.
Gross.