Boone's Fall Photos :)

Ok...I know its been ages...I apologize :)

So, As it has been ages a lot has been happening. I have moved into a new apartment. It is a very cute small one bedroom one bathroom located in Sugarhouse region of Salt Lake City. Boone is loving his new home as it has a nice sized backyard and is also very conveniently located by the dog park! So please enjoy the photos below of my new place :)

Here is the front of the house. I am that front door and left side of the house. If you take a look to the right there is another entry and that is where my landlord lives!

Here is the backyard and on the other side of my fence is my landlords yard that I can run Boone in when I am home...so he gets a lot of room to run...which we both love :)

This is the side yard which come spring I want to turn into dog land and keep the backyard to humans. We shall see what happens.

This is the living room...more photos to come after painting and I get all the furniture moved in. Here you can see I am still unpacking!

Here is my bedroom...Bedside.

Here is the other half of my bedroom...still in the works but I love the windows in this place :)

Here is the bathroom...nothing to interesting here.

Here is the kitchen...yes that is a doggie door folks!

And the other half of the kitchen.

So that is that. My small and cozy apartment. More photos to come as I slowly piece my place together.

New Place

Here is the kitchen...with a doggie door leading out to the fenced yard!

Here is the side yard.

Here is the backyard...right out the door.

Here is the front of the house...that is my front porch!

This is a great little place! Boone loves the yard and we are a 5min walk from the Dog Park and OMG it is his new favorite place. In the past 2 days we have gone 4 times! This morning it was raining and so this early afternoon we will go and then maybe again tonight. It helps Boone get his energy out and gives him the confidence around other dogs! I will take some pictures today..well try as he spends most of the time running around like a mad man...and post them in the days to come!

Day Off!

So, today I got very lucky. Someone offered to cover my shift today so I could catch up on some Rest and Relaxation after working 62 hours last week. After relaxing this morning Boone and I took a walk up the street to explore Liberty Park. We had gone once before on a quick walk by but today I though it would be fun to take some pictures and explore a little.

Boone was terrified of this water fountain and after letting him explore, smell, and realize it was not going to eat him alive this was the shot we got.

There is this awesome cement/rock water feature in the middle of the park so most of our pictures were taken there.

Boone being so good next to the water...after this shot he drank and drank and pawed and played...people laughed at us.

More rocks and water. I was proud of him for looking at me so much...I swear once the camera comes out no eye contact is made!

I love the green pine tree behind him!

"Mom do you know that it is very bright in this sun...it is hurting my eyes!"

"Mom there is water down there and I would like to play in it please..."

There is this very cool green house and all these flower patches in front.

With flowers are bees and he kept trying to eat them.

He is watching all the kids across the way play in the water and he caught his tongue in his teeth if you look closely!

Cool tall grass!

Getting hot...the long tongue is coming out :)

BIRDS!!!! I love these pictures with the tall grass and a tree in the background actually turning into fall colors!

"Ok Mom I think I am done...."

One last good picture before we walked by the Duck/Goose pond and all bets are off! I had such a great time in the park and he loves all the attention he love he gets. He also really loves all the birds at this park and try so hard to behave but sometimes they just get the best of him :)

To Long!

So life has been kind of on the crazy side with work and all BUT now that school is starting things should simmer down a bit. I am doing well and still loving the work I do. Boone is loving work as well as he gets to come along and play (sadly I am not allowed to take pictures of him with the kids but the kids love him and he loves the kids). So here are some recent photos of my goofy boy.

Boone and a pepper....my uncle was weeding the garden and out came a pepper. Boone thought it was a personal gift from the heavens :)

Boone starting to munch down the pepper.

Boone still nibbling but if I got to close he would pick it up and run away.

Here are some shots of Boone and his new collar that came in today. He was not a fan of getting his picture taken as it was taking away from his time looking out the window of the front porch.

Boone getting bored with me and just letting me know how he feels.

A little better...

PERFECT!

I love my boy and how mature he is getting (this by NO MEANS means he is losing his goofy side) but he is more trust worthily, mature, and responsible. He keeps to himself and keeps himself entertained. He still loves to cuddle at night time and that is ok with me. His favorite thing as of late is playing tug with anyone who is willing to hold on. He loves having a male around as he is always playing and trying to cuddle with my uncle (though he still has no luck cuddling but I don't think he will ever give up). I will try to be more consistent putting up post! But for now I am out and off to work :)

Life Update

Well, I am getting slowly settled into my new job as Support Staff at the Odyssey House. I will be doing my first graveyard shift which is a little over whelming because I have NO idea how I am going to stay up from 9pm - 9am but I figure a whole pitcher of Ice Coffee might help my case :) As for the job itself I had my first Staff Meeting/Training and got to meet a lot of the staff that I will be working with. Everyone seems really nice and I can not wait to start getting to know everyone better. As for myself, I am still trying to learn all the terms and structure of the Odyssey House. I swear they have their very own language! I have started making posters with the terms to hang all over my room so maybe it will sink in.
Megan and I took a walk to the new house (I don't have pictures I just thought about it...some will come I promise) and it takes me just as long to get to the new house as it does to get to the one downtown. I walk more but it will whip me into shape...though come this winter I might be investing in a Bus Pass.

Boone is doing well. He is growing up real nice...can be left in my room for extended periods of time and has not touch a thing. Which for many of you might not know is a HUGE advance in his maturity! A little background story for you...When I first moved to Utah at the end of last August I left Boone for about a little over an hour. I had one couch and on that couch was the phone book....the only thing around. I come home to only the white pages ripped out and he had made a little nest out of them. As mad at him as I was at least it was not the yellow pages :) But these days I can leave him in my room which has papers, books, wires, blankets...and all sorts of things that he could get into and he does not touch any of them! I love my boy very much and he is loving his new friend Decaf.

Decaf is one of the 2 new kittens my house hold has inquired. I love the both Decaf and Latte very much. Decaf has taken more of a liking to me...officially making him my kitten. He has put Boone in his place by bouncing all over him, rubbing, and licking him. Boone is doing very well. He will even cuddle with the guy when he thinks I am not paying attention.

Life is on a well need up swing and I am so thankful of the things my life has received and the people who have supported me through this hard time. Good Night for now...have a great Sunday everyone :)

NEW JOB!

HI EVERYONE!

I officially was offered a position working at the Odyssey House. The Odyssey House is a drug rehab facility for both adults and adolecents. I will be working in an adolcent house (kids under 18 years old). I will be working 1 graveyard shift a week and 2 day shifts a week.

I am so thankful for this opportunity. I love working with this age group and this will be a great opportunity to get my foot in the door.

Please check out the Odyssey Blog Page!

I will post some pictures in the near future of where I work and give you a more detailed description of what I do.