Wow...

It's crazy to think that it's already almost been a full year since my first, and last, post on here. A whole lot has changed since then. Ian and I have moved, rescued a pup, and gotten engaged! All great things, but we all know that along with so much good can come so much bad. We lost Ian's father to cancer this past April. A very heartbreaking time. Feels like just yesterday, but also feels like so long ago. Julie, our pup, got attacked this year by another dog. We were walking her around the block of our old neighborhood like we always did, and we stopped to say hello to the family across the block and as we went to leave, the dog next door to that family jumped it's fence and attacked her. I pulled her up by her leash to try and grab her, but was too late and the dog bit her near her bum and jerked her around in its mouth for what felt like a lifetime, but was probably more like 5 seconds. Thankfully, the kids that were suppose to be watching the dog got it to stop and walk away. We brought Julie to the emergency vet about a half hour away, and while we were waiting there we happened to see our friends Jem and Jamie there as well. Their little chihuahua Olive had also gotten attacked by a different dog just blocks away from where Julie got attacked. Sadly, Olive was so badly wounded that she did not make it. Julie had surgery and is now fully recovered, and Jem and Jamie opened up their hearts to another baby pup who they named Fig.

Now here we are, December 14, 2012, just a few days away from Christmas. When you're a child time goes by so slowly. It's like you're in a race to get to the next milestone of your life, and you never believe it when people tell you that one day you're going to look back and wonder where the time has gone. Now that I'm almost 25, I realize how true that was. It's a shame it takes us so long to realize that and to appreciate the now.

Well, I will leave you with some photos of this past year. If I do not return before the new year, I hope everyone has an awesometastic holiday and the happiest of happy new years!



Ian and I at his 10 yr high school reunion. Incase you were wondering, that was a cat face prop on my face.





This is Julie on her first birthday!





These two are Georgie Porgie and Murphy, our house panthers.



This is Julie and I are the Pet Walk the weekend I decided it was a good idea to cut 90% of my hair off >_<