Of mice and bears… the story of adopting one Kodiak B-Bear

October 7th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized

When we got home, I was twitching from lack of sleep, too much bad gas station coffee and the ringing in my ears from Kodi’s four hour bark-a-thon in the back of the car. I stomped around, flung open the hatchback and picked up his leash, ready to lose my mind all over my beast of burden, this albatross who sold me a bill of goods with his block head, slobbery ball and lab-ways. So I snatched the leash, ready to tear into Kodi while stuffing him into his crate where he would live for ALL ETERNITY. Well, the leash came with me but Kodi did not… because in-between his nose-whistles, barks and yodels, he was chewing his leash into pieces. I facepalmed myself so hard, I slapped myself into the next week. But then it dawned on me, he was home, we were insanely in love with him and wait for it… HE STAYED IN THE HATCH AREA all on his own! He could have jumped into the backseat with Drue any time after tearing his leash apart. BUT HE DIDN’T! At that moment, I just knew I had made the best, the right decision. There wouldn’t be any more problems because Kodi’s great in that better than chocolate cake way and because we love this dog and as John Lennon said, all you need is love!

Right?

2012 Resolutions (Jeri and Raz’baby)

Jeri -- Personal
1. Eliminate that one thing that keeps holding me back
2. Start a Happiness Project!
3. Complete 1/3 of my 101 tasks (101 Things in 1001 Days). For you non-math folks, that means I need to complete 34 of them.
4. Update Lifeinflux.com to a more user-friendly format
5. Blog daily
6. Practice small acts of kindness to myself and others on a regular basis

Jeri -- Professional
1. Complete PR and Marketing package for FM including new website
2. Follow my passions and trust FM will take care of me and itself
3. Network! Stop hiding behind the façade of "modesty".
4. Let go of the small stuff. All of it. It's not worth the time, energy or emotion.

Razbaby --
1. Pass my Canine Good Citizen test
2. Learn to socialize a little better (aka not the way I do with Marzi cause other puppies don't like it when I roll them and chew on their muzzles)
3. Keep up the cute!

What I would be reading if I wasn’t typing this…

End Game by Frank Brady

Totally looking forward to…

- starting up homeschool again with Drue. We have a FANTASTIC semester planned! - getting back into my routine at the gym. - daily walks with Razzles once my schedule recommences. - cruise at the end of January!

I’m listening to this right now, at this very moment…

Drue giggling. Best sound ever!

Travel Updates

January: Week long cruise to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas
February: China Lake!
March: Cancun (Partially booked!); Alabama - Tentative
April: Mom and Mizmo are coming to the Bay Area; heading to Cleveland to shoot a Gala.
May: Shhhh! It's a surprise!!!
June: Girls Trip 2012, Drue to San Diego
July: Cleveland for a long weekend
August: Drue to Florida; Jeri to Toronto
September: TBD
October: TBD
November: Alabama for Thanksgiving
December 2012. Bahamas!! Looking into starting SCUBA certification in January 2012!!


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