Bo’s 3rd Birthday
My little guy turned three yesterday! I cannot believe that he has been mine for almost three years!
Bo is my shadow at home. If I am in the room, he is there too. If I am in bed sleeping, he is too. He is amazing with handing out the cuddles and kisses. I couldn’t ask for a more perfect dog for myself and the family.
I took him out yesterday after work to celebrate at PetSmart. We walked everywhere and he smelled it all!
We spent some time in the toy aisle but he didn’t get excited about any of it. I haven’t bought him an actual toy in well over a year. Anything soft and fluffy is destroyed in mere minutes and he doesn’t get into ropes and stuff like that. Bo’s ‘toy’ of choice is a huge bone that takes him 5 weeks to chew on. One thing I have learned about Bo over three years is that he is a chewer. Never of furniture. Bo just likes to chew my things. Glasses (two pairs), night guard, library book, my food…the list goes on. Bo likes MY things. So, I have focused on getting him toys that fulfill his need and love to chew.
This is what we ended up with. The mini knotted bones on the left are not really a birthday treat, these are a staple in the house for my pup. The mini treats on the bottom right are staples too, for when he does good things. Anyways, the actual gifts we got were the giant bone and the rawhide twists. He loves these giant bones and it takes him months sometimes to eat them!
He was also in puppy heaven yesterday because I let him stick his cute little head out the window to catch a face-full of wind on the way home.
He tried one of each of his new treats and proceeded to take a two hour nap. Seriously? But when he woke up he was ready to play! I know I didn’t get to make my boy’s birthday special, but I hope he knows that I love him everyday, not just on his birthday.
Do you do anything special for your pet on their birthday?
Do you even know your pet’s birthday?
Am I nuts because I do?
I Must Be Crazy
I have officially decided to enter myself into a bikini competition. This isn’t the type of bikini competition that goes on at Hooters, this is the kind that takes place at a bodybuilding competition. You have to be toned and lean to compete. You have to have personality. And most importantly, you have to want this like nothing else in your life has ever mattered.
At this point, I do want this. Badly. My first show will be October 18, 2014 in Maumee, Ohio. The venue (pictures below) is small, as is the show. This isn’t a pro show, but it does give me great experience for when I want to do a pro show. And I am thinking about one on November 1, 2014. But we’ll see how October goes first.
I am seriously nervous that I am mentioning this publically, but I figure that’ll also keep me dedicated.
I will be spending quite a few hours each week in the gym and keeping strict tabs on my macros.
Hopefully in October I’ll look as great as my fellow Grit Girls who compete!
Ohio Michigan 8k 2014 Race Recap
The Ohio Michigan 8k is one of my favorite races in the NW Ohio area. It isn’t a favorite because the scenery is amazing (corn and corn and some corn) or because I place in my age group (it’ll never happen) or because they hold the race each year in my honor (HA!). It just […]
Cedar Point Success
We took a large gamble last Saturday, we went to Cedar Point on the weekend. As in most theme/amusement parks, the weekends are typically the busiest during the summer. We gambled and it could have been extremely busy with hour-long waits at each ride, or it could be a moderate crowd that would allow for […]
Deleted Pictures & My New Planner
I am seriously talented and I seem to have deleted all of my pictures from my run last night. Just please know that they were mostly blurry action shots showing that Brady can ride his bike faster than I can run and that Jeff and Carah have long legs and run faster. I ended up […]
First Run in 7 Weeks = Success
My first run in over 7 weeks went well. I didn’t fall or die so I consider it a huge win! Our caravan of runners set out after work. Jeff, Carah, Emily (their mom) and I were all set to get this run started. Brady is too young to tackle this kind of run, so […]
