The farm

  While some might call their homes a place of peace and quiet I would have to say my home is the opposite. We have 5 animal (2 cats and 3 dogs) as well as 3 1/2 woman living here (my best friend sleeps here a couple times a week usually and I LOVE it). Usually my room is off limits to all of the household except for Scooby (see first picture) and my mexican sister. I am very strange about people touching my bed, remember Shig? I don't know what it is but if I even dream that you touched my bed it creeps me out and our relationship will never be the same! :) So, only Scooby and a select few are allowed on my throne! haha  

  Scooby is my sleeping partner... he likes to sleep as close to me as possible (between my legs, under my side, or up against my back) unless Lisette (mexican sister/best friend) is over then he could care less if I were in the same house with him let alone the same bed. He and Lisette have a very unique relationship; they started off not to fond of each other and now they are bf/gf. It is a strange dynamic!



Monkey (aka Scooby)

  Now we move on to Bella. Around here she is known as Beast, big oaf, klutz, melma, etc. She is HUGE. I have always wanted a big dog and so when I found her online at a great price I was in the car on my way to pick her up within minutes! She was supposed to be my dog; I bought her, trained her, played with her, walked her, etc, but instead of her becoming my companion she clung to my mom. I was a little bitter! But I'm over it! Bella is THE MOST jealous dog you will ever meet. She is not only jealous of the other animals but if my mom is paying attention to her computer instead of her Bella will throw her 80+ lbs onto my mom's lap to get her attention. She does the same if my mom is eating as well. She's a pretty lucky go easy dog for the most part just don't mention the word kitty or let any other animals near her food... she'll go BALLISTIC!!!

  The last of the dogs is Lucky. He was our surprise pup. Lisette found him on the street and brought to my house so I could help her care for him and figure out what to do with him... BIG MISTAKE! haha We got him all cleaned up and gave him food and then my mom came home... he jumped up into her lap and batted his little puppy dog eyes at her and it was love at first sight. He adjusted well the chaos of the house and now we'd be lost without him. He is a great dog as long as the sun is up... but something changes when the sun goes down. Usually we just leave his bed open so he can go get in it because no body will mess with him if he's in there... we might lose an arm if we touched his bed. He's loco!!



Lucky climbing the fence at the dog park


  Then we have the cats, Tinka and Sterling. Tinka is my princess kitty. She is an orange tabby but I am pretty sure there is a mixture of some type of wild cat in her because sometimes she is crazy. She loves to sit in my mom's lap and when my mom isn't paying attention she will attack her arm at full force and then run away. Now she won't do that to me because she knows how much trouble she'll get in but for some reason she just loves to do it to my mom. Or sometimes she will be in her room (which is the office but we have designated it her room because she's spoiled) and will come running into the living room with the bushiest tail you've ever seen. Usually her tail is nice a straight. we've yet to find out what it means when she does that.




    Last but most assuredly not least, is Sterling, whom I call the king. He is an out doors cat except for at night when he comes in for his nightly cuddle and feeding. The best way I can explain sterling is that he does what he wants and doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do. The best example of this and our first impression was the day we went to pick him up; my mom was carrying him out and as soon as he saw the car he started getting very agitated. When she opened the door to put him in he did not want to go and so he latched onto her... with his teeth! As long as he is not forced into things he is a great cat... but don't you dare try to make him do something. Sterling pretty much runs things around the house. The dogs know their place with him (although they ALWAYS try to sneak a nibble here and there) and anyone knew to our house gets a warm welcome from the glare (what we call sterling face)!

  I love all my animals even though they cause a ruckus! They keep life interesting and me on my toes! I am so thankful that we are able to have them and care for them! They are my babies!