Yet Another Dog!

So Scott and I were driving on 5th street in Yucaipa today and found a wandering cockerspaniel. Those that know my love for dogs....I couldn't just let him keep wandering in case he got hit by a car. So we picked him up (I lured him in with a circus peanut candy) and took him out and about with us. When we got home Scott had plans to go paintballing so I drove back over to the area where we found him and tried to find his home. I knocked on a bunch of doors, but no one had ever seen him before. I gave that up and went home to make flyers. I put his picture and a big "FOUND DOG" on it. I already have 4 dogs, and can't take another so I really hope that the owner will call me...or someone who wants a cute dog will take him. ;) We named him Stinky. He has bad breath.

New Dog...For a While

We have added to our already overflowing dog pack :)
My sister's roommate, Xochie, got a puggle named Wesley from a pet store a couple of months ago. He's been living with them in their apartment in Fullerton since then, though last week he was evicted because he has ruined their carpet by pottying inside :(
Xochie is from Northern California and won't be going back home until the end of the term in May. Her parents have dogs and will take Wesley when Xochie brings him, but that isn't til May so we will be watching him until then.
I am WAAAAAAY excited!!!
When he got here on Friday, I could tell that he was spoiled rotten! He bites, pottys wherever he wants, takes what he wants, etc.
Oh boy did I fix that fast! With dogs, showing that you are the one in charge is key to getting them to do what you ask. So first thing, I didn't put up with anything he tried. He would try to bite me, I would put him on his back and hold him there until he stopped growling at me and gave up. He actually bit me so hard once that he gave me bruises from his teeth. It really hurt and when I put him on his back, I growled at him hardcore! He immediately stopped growling and gave up. I felt great. I knew that I had won.
Since that very first day he has not peed inside, though he will still try to bite occasionally, it is a lot less than it was originally. Go Team Brown!

The soda people should pay us cause this is so good...

So Sammy chewed my glasses. He broke one of the lenses in half. Darn dog. I thought it would be funny to see what else he might try to chew through.

A day in Palm Springs

Scott and I decided that we wanted to go to Palm Springs one Saturday. We weren't sure what we wanted to do so we looked up various destinations in Palm Springs. We finally settled on the Palm Springs air museum. It took about 90 minutes to get there,I got a better appreciation for how far our crew guys have to go when they visit the low desert ;) There were WWII planes and a lot of the volunteers had flown planes just like the ones they had on display. It was a really interesting trip. We also went to the movies out there and saw Hotel for Dogs. Really cute movie!

Horseback Riding

Scott surprised me one Saturday with horseback riding in Norco. I had no idea, he had actually kept it a secret for a whole month. It was exciting and lots of fun (though my legs hurt for a couple days after that). Scott got both of us the whole outfit complete with hats, cowboy shirts, and boots.
We got to cross the Santa Ana River and trot our horses for a while. It was a great ride!

Jessica's Wedding

One of my best friends, Jessica, got married on October 4. She and I have been in school together since the 8th grade. We both went to the University of Redlands and were both Math majors so we had at least 1 class together every term. She married Kevin Sharp, a great guy that she has been with for a while. Scott and I were so excited to share in their big day! Jessica was beautiful and Kevin looked great.

Camping

In August, Scott and I went camping with our friends Mike and Arthur. We went into the mountains above Idyllwild and drive through too many winding roads for my liking to get to our campsite.

This was our tent and our campfire. We had fun on Friday night just talking and playing games. We built a ring of logs around our fire, though by the end of Saturday they were all gone :) The highlight of the trip was almost getting in trouble with a volunteer forest ranger. Scott insisted that he wanted to cut down a tree, even though we were in the San Bernardino National Forest and we knew it was not allowed. Scott, with the help of Mike, managed to chop almost all the way through, before the forest ranger that we had seen earlier finally noticed what they were doing. The ranger attempted to call a real forest ranger to get the tree down correctly and to give us a citation or some kind of penalty. Lucky for us, he couldn't get ahold of anyone. We got away free and clear, at least we think. Who knows, in a couple years the CIA may invade our home and arrest Scott for almost chopping down a tree ;)