Jake and I have finally made a way through the boxes and are getting to the final stages of 'unpacked'. Normally I'm that crazy person that unpacks EVERYTHING within the first few nights of moving in. Since we threw away a ton of our furntiture when we moved, I have boxes of 'stuff' and books that have no shelves to be put on....

On a brighter note, we have the countdown of 6 DAYS till Lebowski comes home! We are soooooo excited I can barely stand it and I must admit, I'm the proud parent of the most beautiful dog you've ever seen. I think my genes must be awesome because Jake and I have the most gordeous cat known to man, and now we have the world's cutest dog. :)

Meet Lebowski. Lebowski "The Dude" Buford is only 7 weeks old in this photo, but he's coming along nicely. He's stout, well colored and just as cute as they come - very independent and corky! So far, we are the only owners to actually come every single week and check on our baby... here is his progress:

One week old. I picked him out that 2nd day he was born.

2 weeks old. He looks like a guinea pig and his liver-colored nose made us nervous... they are not considered a "bulldog" by AKC standards if their nose isn't black. He was the fattest guy at only 2 weeks old.

3 weeks old. He still couldn't walk on his own but he was the first to lift his head up and now his color is coming in really nicely.

4 weeks old. His nose started to get black freckles and fill in and his head got HUGE this week. He seems to be unporportioned, but he was becoming stalky and stout just like we had hoped.

5 weeks old. He is the first one to walk and he is rebelious and running around. His wrinkles consumed his body but he could dart around fast!

 6 weeks old. This week we were concerned because he was really distant, he was now one of the smallest in the 12 puppy litter and was not eating. He was the last to be weaned and was not happy about moving to dry food... we were worried he might act like this all the time : Sad, shy, small and distant.

7 weeks old. He's back to being one of the fattest/stalkest little guys and eats all he can! He was running around, chewing, sniffing and back to his old self. His body has filled out and his nose is black. :) He is just about perfect and with just 6 more days... he'll be HOME!

Can you tell I'm a proud mom? He is just soooooo cute. Well, I'm off to go clean the house and get some of this crap unpacked. I have lots of organizing, vacumming, mopping and painting to do. eh

I know its been awhile... I'm guilty of a lot of things lately and loosing time has been one of them. Jake and I finally got moved into our new home and I love it. Its nice to finally have a place to call my own and to well, walk around naked if I want! I can leave my shoes in the hall, burn candles, let Cedric run free and all those little things you take for granted. However, most of our furniture got molded in the 5 months in storage. I would say about 45% of our belongings were covered in mold so badly we just had to throw it out. All the other stuff had to be scrubbed with bleach: Shoes, toaster, books, sheets, CD's, couch... you name it! Now that most of that cleaning is done (it took 2 weeks) and the Air Purifier has made it alright for Jake and I to close the windows and relax... I'm starting to officially wind down.

I have however, had some major life changes in the past few months aside from our move to a new home:

1.) Jake pulled an "Office Space" on me and woke up one day to never again return to his job. He decided his new career (the one that moved us to a whole new town) was not right for him and he didn't want to go to work again. So, I picked up the pace and worked OT until he found a job in the "mean time". He is applying all around town within his finance experience but the economy is showing its ugly head in response... I pray each night we can find a happy medium.

2.) I was a part of a Paranormal Team that I chose to join since I moved to Columbia and it has been a roller coaster : the team was very different than what I had experienced in the past but knew I had to adjust if I wanted to make it work. I adjusted to the point that I didn't recognize myself anymore and upon showing a little resistance I was "fired" from the group. In the midst of my frustration, sadness and anger I began to get calls from many people in the paranormal community who were glad to hear I was free of this group (as I learned it had some crazy history) and immediately I got great responses to my recent attendance at some paranormal events. I got booked to attend some events and I'm praying that this is my break to help others around the world and to forfill my calling as a growing medium and photographer. In my new glory I began to get calls from others who were fired and they wanted me to head a new group with my ideas that had been shut down throughout our journey with this past group and I was flattered. Though I was a bit hesitant I don't have enough time to do a group, we made it happen out of passion and dedication to the paranormal world. Once word got out we had a new team (and had a great response) the leader of this past experience that "fired" us all began to leave harrassing voicemails, emails, began to call local papers to complain and also tried to threaten us with "libel" against his company and claims he'll take us all to court. I'm really trying hard to be patient and wise and teach those in my group who are intimidated that this is a reaction to greatness: Jealousy has many evil costumes and anger and threats are one of them. I have told us all to take a vow of silence and to not mention the experience, the group, the names or anything to anyone and to simply answer when asked straight forwardly about it, "It was a learning experience and we are moving on." My staff and I are learning that taking the high road involved a tough climb but the journey has been frustrating. Nothing was an issue until we banded together to start our own thing - now suddenly we are some threat. Myspace blogs, calls to people who recently hired me... anything you can imagine has been done to desecrate me in some negative way but I'm hoping that my honesty can prevail. Pray for me.

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3.) My car and Jake's Jeep are acting up - hiccups, windows not rolling down, brake lights on... one thing after the other. Can't things just be calm for a bit? C'mon!

4.) I miss my family and friends. I know I whine about it a lot but not having someone to just call is lonely. I feel like when I do call that so much time is spent "catching" up that its not cathartic at all. I am just waiting for the calm so I can begin to heal a bit and life can slow down.

Well, that's about it. I am also starting a voiceblog in honor of my sister and in hopes of helping fans of my new Paranormal Team in Columbia. We're called, "The Paranormals" and though my teammates are young... they are fiery and brave. I just hope that good previals!

www.snapvine.com/ParanormalSarah