Meet Bear and Benji, my babies, since all my children are grown and gone. I have two pet
Shih Tzu. I'm not sure how to pronounce their breed w/o it sounding like a curse word.
LOL My animal health book says the correct pronoucation is "sheed-zoo" but where's the "d" in Shih, hmm, anyway, it means Lion in Chinese. Their faces do resemble the likeness of a lion though. Bear, the lovely golden color dog at the top will be 6 yrs old Aug. 30th. I got him as a puppy in 2003 and he still poops and pees in the house, if your not watching, he very sneaky that way. BAD DOGGIES. I wonder, if I had hard wood floors if he'd still piss on my floors. Other than that bad habit, he's a pretty good dog, who loves to play ball. Marty, my husband taught him that trick as a puppy, and every opportunity Bear gets he will bring you a ball to throw. Bear is a 24/7 ball playing dog. He really don't know when to quit. When I wake up in the mornings, Bear is in my face with a ball in his mouth ready to play and he never gets tired ever. All in all, Bear is an alert, though arrogant and very affectionate, big dog in a small package. His barks bites.
Now, Benji, my black and white dog on the other hand has a totally different personally all together. I found him on the internet, hoping to find a friend for Bear, a friend not a mate. I'm not having any of that crazy humpey hump going on in my house. O' hell no! LOL Anyway, Benji was rescued from a pet farm by Rescue Farm Inc. of Poland, Indiana, the owner of the Pet Farm, I was told was closing. I just happened to spot him when I was surfing the net and fell in love. Benji was 2 yrs old May 19th. It's hard to believe we only had him alittle over a year, it seems like he had always been apart of this family. At first, Benji was a very sickly, shy and nervous puppy when we brought him home and he did't trust anyone. I believe it was Bear who finally cure him of these elements. Now Benji is a loving, sweet, cuddy dog, who loves to have his tummy rubbed. Although, he not must into playing ball, his favorite interaction with the ball is to hide it from Bear. LOL Benji is just a carefree type of dog who love to run and jump when he let loose outside. Another thing interesting about Benji is that at 10p.m. on the dot he's ready to go to bed. He will come and get you and bark, like hey put me to bed already and if you forget to close and lock his crate, he'll come and get you again. LOL funny dog. Poor Bear though hates to go to bed and he will definitately let you know about. He'll growl at you and I not having any of that. So I just approach him calmly, place the leach on and lead him to his crate and lock his ,./.,ss in. LOL. Then he pursue to bark all night, til he tires and falls asleep, that something he has done since he was a pup. If I could afford it, I have the famous Dog Whisper, Mr. Cesaur put a spell on him. For more info on rescuing animals,
http://www.rescuefarm.org/
Meet Bear and Benji, my babies, since all my children are grown and gone. I have two pet Shih Tzu. I'm not sure how to pronounce their breed w/o it sounding like a curse word. LOL My animal health book says the correct pronoucation is "sheed-zoo" but where's the "d" in Shih, hmm, anyway, it means Lion in Chinese. Their faces do resemble the likeness of a lion though. Bear, the lovely golden color dog at the top will be 6 yrs old Aug. 30th. I got him as a puppy in 2003 and he still poops and pees in the house, if your not watching, he very sneaky that way. BAD DOGGIES. I wonder, if I had hard wood floors if he'd still piss on my floors. Other than that bad habit, he's a pretty good dog, who loves to play ball. Marty, my husband taught him that trick as a puppy, and every opportunity Bear gets he will bring you a ball to throw. Bear is a 24/7 ball playing dog. He really don't know when to quit. When I wake up in the mornings, Bear is in my face with a ball in his mouth ready to play and he never gets tired ever. All in all, Bear is an alert, though arrogant and very affectionate, big dog in a small package. His barks bites.
, but was worth it in the end though. And I have my curls and length somewhat. I'm hopful that by next July my hair will be twice the length. It could happen. Look at what I begin with just one year ago. Here 
Do you remember me saiding "I wonder who I will me next?" Of course you don't unless you read the blog on Locked Down In Chi-Town. Anyhow, for those of you who do, I met up with Annette, she was down in Indy for a holiday vacation, visiting with her daughter Erika, a very lovely young lady. I had e-mailed Annette to wish her Happy Holiday and to throw a question at her about an up and coming event in Indy we plan to attend. And to my surprise, when she replied back and told me, she was in town I was excited. I knew that we just had to get together. We had a great time chatting at StarBucks coffee house just the three of us, Annette, her daughter Erika, and me. I was so anxious to meet Annette, I did'nt even ask her if she dranked coffee, less alone, liked coffee. Where were my matters, thank goodness they serve tea. We had a nice time talking about our hair and everything else. We even went to my favorite quilt shop on 86th street, which happens to be the background of the picture. And I may have inspired them both to take up quilting or a sewing project. Your friend Joyce would approve. Smiles
Our first stop in Denver was to Idaho Springs. It reminded me of the old western movies. LOL Idaho Springs was where the Gold Rush began, but I did'nt find any. O'well, I wonder if any of my ancestors did or if they walked these grounds or traveled through these grand mountains. It truly was an unbelieveable place to see.
time. LOL
How exciting is that, we had the good fortune to be in Denver Co. on the same day as the "Change" Rally with Barack Obama at the Civic Center Park on Sunday Oct. 26th 2008. There was a massive crowd. I can't believe how many people were there. We did'nt meet him nor could we see him, but we could hear every word he said and that alone was enough for me to remember for the rest of my life. It was so grand being in the same atomsphere as Barack Obama.
