Our Adventures: This one's for you, Mimi!

Friday, February 1, 2008

This one's for you, Mimi!

In a recent phone conversation with Mimi, it was brought to my attention that recent posts included all children EXCEPT Erica - and it was (kindly) suggested that I remedy that situation.:-) This seems to be an ongoing problem - and I really don't mean to leave her out. It's just that she causes such little trouble and makes such little noise, that I sometimes forget she's around! That's not really true - I don't hear her or have to correct her very often, but she's often by my side, working with me. The fun thing is, she actually ENJOYS helping! I just wasn't like that as a 10 year old (or 18 year old) - sorry Mom!!! She has such a sweet and giving heart, and she spends a lot of time serving her family - even her brothers, who make her pretty crazy. But even if it seems like I forget to mention her, don't forget that she's the only one that has a scrapbook with more than 2 pages done! And have I mentioned all the Olan Mills pictures and video from her earlier days??? It doesn't hurt, either, that we enjoyed her so much that we went on to have 3 more!

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BJ Stories

One Saturday when we lived in Milton, FL, we took the dogs for a swim in the river. On the way back we approached a stop light and slowed to a stop. We had the second row seats in our Blazer folded down and Kadie and BJ were standing with their heads out the windows on each side. As we came to a stop, the cooler fell over. The noise startled BJ and he jumped. As I was stopping the car, I saw a brown object come past my window. I put the car in park and climbed out to find BJ, dazed and confused, standing on the double yellow line and staring back at me. Not knowing what else to do, I just opened the back door for him, and he climbed right back in. Kadie gave him a condescending glance over her shoulder and then turned to look back out her window.
Within the first couple weeks after getting BJ, we were sitting on the couch watching TV. We heard some splashing in the toilet and immediately yelled for Kadie to stop drinking from the toilet. After a little more splashing and yelling at Kadie, we realized that Kadie was laying at our feet. We ran into the bathroom to find two brown puppy legs kicking out of the center of the toilet seat. BJ had gone in for a drink but was so short that he couldn't reach the water. He went past the point of no return finally and was in the toilet bowl head first with his legs flailing above him. He was desparately trying to keep his face above the water line by spreading his paws out and pushing off the bottom of the toilet bowl.
When we first got BJ, we would take him and Kadie for walks down the gas right-of-way. While the unsuspecting BJ would be sniffing the grass and leaves, Kadie would get ahead of him and hide in the grass like a lioness. BJ would finally realize that Kadie wasn't in site and he'd stop walking. Kadie would lunge from her hiding spot and run full speed right over top of the little chocolate puppy---just to show him how much she cared.
When you would take off your clothes to take a shower or bath, BJ would come in and move your clothes. He would take each piece of clothing, one at a time, and move it into the other room. He didn't chew it, just move it to the other room. We always joked that BJ thought this was his job. We'd catch him doing it and say, "BJ's going to work." and make no attempt to stop him. We always wished we had taught him to move the clothes to the hamper.