Thane got called to heaven and Sheena finds a new forever home!

Wow talk about a roller coaster of emotions this last couple weeks. We lost our baby boy Thane to cancer. He gave us the best 10 years of our lives. The love we felt for him was intense. We coddled, spoiled and gave him anything he wanted.So losing him was just like losing a child. Both of us have never felt such loss and pain in our lives. We gave all our love to him and he in return. For 3 days after he left George and I literally walked around the house like zombies, not eating we felt nothing but sadness. If it wasn't for our dear friends who sent countless emails and shared pictures and memories with us we would have never seen the light at the end of the tunnel.
Day 3 George looked at me and said I have a hole in my heart and I need to fill it. I looked back at him and I knew what he was thinking without even saying it out loud. Is it to soon? We literally just lost Thane. What will people think I said? George was like I don't give a rats ass what people think. He was right of course. So I went online and read story after story about when is a good time to get another dog. It was different for everyone. There was no right answer or magical equation.
George and I have had this discussion countless times over the years. When Thane was to leave we agreed no more dogs. End of discussion. Well let me to tell you when it's all you know and it becomes reality your mind and soul say something totally different. Both of us had more love to give. We both knew this time we had to adopt. That's where Sheena comes in. We searched the internet for rescue Mastiff sites. We didn't want another Bull mastiff but we wanted to stay in the Mastiff family. We love the Mastiff's but we thought if we got another Bull mastiff we would compare he or she to Thane. Thane was unique one of a kind. We wanted to look at new dog with new eyes and see he or she for what they were. We came across Sheena and her story touched our hearts. They had found her on the streets in Oakville scrounging for food. She barley weighed 80 pounds. She barley had no hair on her body and was extremely sick.Test after test they found out she had lime disease. She also has IBS. So in for surgery she went and they took out her spleen. $7000 later and a year in rehab with her foster parent she is finally on her way to being healthy.
We have to make her food and treats for her because of the IBS. She is very food aggressive which we will have to work on. She does not trust other animals right away. She still has a very very long road ahead of her. With lots of love and discipline we will show her she can trust and be a happy dog.
We will not quit on her.
So as we say goodbye to Thane we welcome Sheena into our lives. She has an uphill battle but George and I are determined to make Sheena's life a happy one. We will never forgot Thane and all the love he gave us.

Rudeness

Well I posted a link on my FB wall about cell phone rudeness but I felt like it was blog worthy. And I have sooooo much more to say.
Ok I will be the first to admit I have whipped out my cell phone while out at dinner and out with friends and family. That being said I truly make a conscience effort to leave it in my purse when I am out with others. My friends will say oh your phone just beeped several times. I say oh that's nice. Because really it's more then likely some stupid email. Why do I need to check my phone for the latest status updates. It can wait.... why???.......ummm because the person I'm with is more important.
I want to be with you so please want to be with me.
I have friends who if I phone them will not pick up( and you know who you are :P ) but if I text them they will text me right back. What the heck!! They will text me but they don't want to talk to me. I don't understand. Why?? Please explain this to me.
We are so self absorbed as a society we truly have no idea what is going on around us. I witnessed one guy walk into on coming traffic because he was texting. We would rather be with our Ipad's, cell phones lab tops then with real people??
Nope not me I'm making a STAND you are either with me or not. I choose me because if you are going to be on your cell phone texting or browsing then I guess we are no longer hanging out. It's that simple. So George get your act together.LOL
No George is amazing with his cell phone as  I think it bugs him even more then me.
Ok confession time. I have a really bad habit and it drives George over the edge and we have got into major fights over it!
So when we are watching tv or  even a movie I will have my labtop in my lap. Sometimes I'm on pinterest sometimes I'm playing games or just browsing. Really doing nothing!!
I will miss something and say oh what happened? He will look at me and be well if you put that damn thing away and watch tv with me maybe you would know. The key word he said here "me". He wants me to want to be watching tv with him. I get it!!
So from here on in when George and I are watching a tv or a movie I am making a promise to him right now to have my labtop cell phone put away. To be present with him. He can hold this to me.
I choose him :)
We all can make a small effort to be present in our lives. Let's stop the rudeness and enjoy one another. I am old enough to remember  the time when we had no cell phone no computer and internet.
This new generation has no concept of this it's up to us to show them how to behave and act. Lead by example treat others how you want to be treated. It's quite simple :)