We got tickets.....

This Saturday we went to the gun show. We want to get a gun for home safety and decided that the gun show would have a wide selection for cheap. We got there and were sadly disappointed. There were two large buildings filled with guns but most of them were rifles and then a bunch of collectible paraphernalia. We found about two cases filled with hand guns and only a few of them were 45 caliber, which is what we want to get. We did find one that was in our price range and the caliber that we wanted but we didn't know much about the brand. We asked our parents (dads) if they had idea if Ruger was a good brand for a gun and they each said yes. We decided not to buy it though because we still weren't sure and then we left the gun show.

We still wanted to look for a gun though so we went to another place that sold guns and they said that Ruger is a great brand and that they have them on order but because of the democratic take over in office, people decided to stock up on their guns and replacing them is taking a long time. So, we went to another gun store that had a Ruger but it was still more expensive than the one we saw at the gun show. We decided to have a family meeting and figure out wether or not we should go back and get the gun we saw in the first place. We decided yes and took off back to the gun show.

We got there and the gun was gone. Someone bought it and they didn't have anymore. We were disappointed but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. My dad is going to try and get us one, the same one we were going to get, in Arizona. Apparently California is a pain when it comes to buying guns and the paperwork and laws are ridiculous so Arizonia might be a little easier. Dom and I both hope that my dad pulls it off and that we will be the proud owners of a new Ruger P 345 single, double action gun soon. :) If not then we will continue to be on the hunt.

Psycho Puppy

Now that Scramble is getting bigger he is getting a bit more rambunctious. He freaks out whenever Dom is trying to get ready in the morning to go to work. He follows him around everywhere, which is normal I grant you, but when it comes to tying his shoes or hugging me goodbye Scramble is all over him.

During the day while Dom is away he now tries to attack me while I try and do anything. I was knitting a scarf on the couch the other day and he decided to lay on the scarf while trying to chew on the knitting needles. Also, now that he is getting bigger he can reach things better like the counter. He still can't get his head on top of it to grab anything but he does like to sniff so when I am cooking he is sniffing away.

When Dom gets home then he is just a whole different dog. He jumps up all over Dom, which is something that we need to control, and then he starts barking if we don't pay attention to him. He'll jump on the couch and try and play with you. Then, if he is just too frustrated that you aren't playing with him and aren't listening to his barking then he will just start doing laps around the apartment at top speed. This is extremely entertaining but also nerve wrecking. I always think he is going to eat it big time but he has been lucky so far.

Now I know that all of this sounds more like our fault, that we are being neglectful owners and not teaching him right but seriously, I think he is moving into the puppy equivalent of the terrible twos. He is still absolutely adorable and has a sweet side it's just that he doesn't like to show it as much these days. :)

Six or Eight Legs?

On Monday Dom and I went to Grassvalley to have dinner with some friends. We saw their adorable new Jack Russel Terrier puppy and Scramble had so much fun playing with their mom's older Wippet mix. We had some delicious barbeque and ate it outside so we could watch the dogs play. It started to get a little dark and when I sat down at the table outside I felt my feet and legs go into a cobweb, I moved over a little and didn't see a spider so I thought I would be ok. Later on my foot started to itch all over and when we finally went inside and had some light I saw that I had been bitten a few times and one on the only toe that had a toe ring. I thought that maybe there were a couple ants and I would be itchy for a little while......

Once my toe started to swell I thought that the creature that bit me might have had eight legs instead of six. My toe ring started to get a little tight but I figured the swelling would go down soon enough. I was wrong. It just continued to get worse through the night and the entire next day. I turned our closets upside down looking for wire cutters but couldn't find one. Dom saved the day by bringing home a ring cutter that sawed through my toe ring with no problems. Taking it off felt so much better, however, it made me sad since I have been wearing that ring since 2004 without ever taking it off. It was a gift from a close family friend. Dom is fixing it though so it is only a matter of time before I have it back on again.

Now, there is a line from where the ring used to be on my toe and above it my toe is purple. I have three bites on my foot that I can see that have now turned into itchy white bubbles. I know this is extremely gross but I am not oozing or anything and I have all the hope that this will clear up soon enough, at least I hope it will heal before Dom and I go on our three day backpacking trip this weekend.