Dog Whisperer???? pshhh.

I debated on labeling this blog, my perfect dog. :) haha. Sometimes I wish the Dog Whisperer, Ceaser Milan, himself would just come invade my house for a day and teach my medium size dog with an enormous personality how to quit jumping in people's faces when they walk in the door then leaving puddles all over my floor from her excitement. And yes, by puddles, I do mean nice yellow puddles. Ceaser says we should get in tune with our dog's emotions and then pretty much get them to chill out... Ok and if he read my blog he'd shake his head at those words. :) But basically that's the key. So I've been trying REALLY hard to train Maya NOT to jump. But we don't get that much of an opportunity because really... she's not HALF as excited to jump on James or I as she is my sister Amber or my best friend Kim. So basically.... we've got her not jumping on us most days which is an accomplishment.

Tonight, however, Kim came over for a visit. And Miss Maya goes FRANTIC. Even after having gone outside whatever was at the top of her bladder that didn't make it's way out while she was outside made its way out into her infamous yellow puddles. Maybe I should train her to write your name as you come into the door by turning precise circles... instead of trying to teach her not to jump. :) Then I'd actually enjoy this nasty habbit. Anyhow, then she proceeds to jump circles around kim. So I immediately go into Ceaser mode and move maya away from distraction and into the hall. "Maya Sit" she sits for a .02 seconds and gets up.... walk her back. "Maya Sit" a little better this time... .05 seconds. "NO MAYA. HERE." walk her back. "Maya Sit" Maya thinks - okay I get it, sit... go see kim... 2.0 seconds this time.- "MAYA NOOO. HERE. NOW." walk her back. "MAYA SIT" (all the while my intentions are to actually make her lay down and stay and cool off haha) So finally this time we make it to "DOWN" "STAY" and she stays..... *sigh* I walk to the end of the hall... and talk and talk.. because thats what Ceasar does. And I'm waiting for Maya to get into a relax state. But it isn't working. She's sitting there just tapping her tail HARD on the floor just waiting for me to say the magic words because she's knows its coming. NO RELAXATION IN SIGHT. CEASAR it's NOT WORKING!. Finally her tail quits wagging her ears look different she sort of looks relaxed... but James says her hip isn't turned. but I let her up anyway. (did I mentioned that all the while my chinese food is sitting on the table - and I haven't had anything to eat since YESTERDAY). So I say the magic word. "OKAY" ZOOOOM Maya flies past me and straight to Kim. Jump Jump Jump Jump - though rest assured no more yellow puddles - Bladder on E. :) Oh- Maya - I don't want to be dog whisperer anymore. But I'm determined. So I'm relaxed. Milan says I'm supposed to be. I walk her to the hall. "SIT" -She Doesn't. "SIT" She Doesn't. "MAYA SIT" (okay so I failed the dog whisperer test... I'm getting annoyed that she won't put her butt on the ground even though she can.) finally I just stare at her.... "SIT" She does. "DOWN" She does. "STAY" she doesn't. UGHHHHHHHHHH

At this point... Kim is telling me to quit being dog whisperer because she is hungry. haha. And I'm not giving up. And Neither is Maya. This time she won't sit at all. So... Finally she does.... then completely rolls over on her side. SHE GAVE UP!! WHOOO HOOOO victory for me! SUBMISSION! I get to eat Chinese food and She, that stubborn mule, is going to stay! And she did. And when I Okayed her to get up... she sniffed food. and layed down again. And we all lived happily ever after. :)

Who says I can't be the Dog Whisperer. :) Even if it does take a thousand times.... or as James says. "You've been making her stay over there so long trying to get her to sit down her excitement wore off." Either way... she jumped a little less than usual. And that's a start!

Turn up the Music.

So I find that I'm normally am inspired to write a blog because of a song, which is funny given that I'm typically not drawn to music, other than I find it uplifting and good for my heart and absolutely beautiful. But I'm not one who chooses the radio over t.v. or a good book. And I don't even own an IPOD. :) Anyhow, tonight is no different. The "song of the blog" is "How You Live" by Point of Grace. I love this song because it reminds me to LIVE. Isn't it funny how sometimes we get so caught up in our daily routines of getting up and brushing our teeth, going to work and doing our jobs, coming home and doing our evening routine, which for me always means a yummy dinner :), and then getting back in bed just to get up to do it all over again.
It is a VERY big me to me to get up and LIVE. Not because, like everyone else, I don't know when tomorrow isn't going to come. Or because like everyone else, you only Live once so you may as well LIVE it. Or because I owe it to my heavenly Father to LIVE the Life He gave me with Purpose and Fullfill his desires for me - though this is VERY important to me as well. It also isn't important to to LIVE because I want to make a difference, though I hope in some small way I do.
But to me, the ulterior motive lies right in the middle of me. My ulterior motive lies with a set of unaddressed letters that have never been sent and an unamed family that I think of daily. A young child whose heart has grown greater inside of me and beats unyeilding as my own, the child who has lived on in me... who I get to LIVE for. I am grateful every morning for another breath. I have my Amazing God to thank for that. And I have the unnamed family to thank for their selfless gift of giving to me their child's heart almost 14 years ago. I have my own family to thank for bearing the burden of carrying their child through the years of painful medical bills (which by the way - they will tell you over and over that I am no burdern - but I know the hardship of bills and having piles of medical bills added on in anyway shape or form - out of the blue is a burden no matter how you look at it) :) and all the hours they spent with me and still do at the hospitals... a simple thank you isn't enough... but then again, NO words areor ever will be enough. Lets just say... they will get extra jewels on their crowns in Heaven. :) Alot of people have gone through a lot to keep me here. A child died, a family made a selfess decision and even though they knew they were going to live daily with out their son, daughter, sister, or brother they chose to give another family the life that they lost.
And for all these people, for the child that didn't live, I will. I will LIVE. I will spend my life not looking back wondering 'where has it gone and why didn't I...?' It's been a great passion of mine since the day I was transplanted, to live for those that took an effort to keep me here. So no matter how long God gives me, I'll LIVE. I'll "Turn Up My Music" as the song says on the days when I am forgetting to to truly live. Now is the time friends. All of you should live... for that one thing. Because we have one life, because we don't know when tomorrow isn't going to come, because God put you here with plan and purpose, because you can make a difference, because people care - whether you know them or not. I don't know the people that put the heart in my chest - who gave me life - but I know they care an awful lot.... or I wouldn't be here. It's that simple. Now, Go LIVE.







I learned how to post the video!! :) Check out the song I'm talking about if you have time!