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Puppy Class

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Second class done.  Of course Tex was being a total sweetie. They don’t see the sweetness turn demon. LOL!

He has sit, down but up not so much. I use up instead of stand. So need to work on that. He was pretty good at walking, still a working progress. This class we learned leave it which he knows but like everything else still working progress. The new command we are working on is stay. Here is getting better though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tex being a lab. Staring out the window which he can now do!

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL! His back fur can’t keep up how fast he grows. He now weighs 32 pounds.

 

Puppy Class

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On Tuesday Jeff and I took Tex to his first puppy class. I had no idea what to expect.

It was fun and informative. My goal is to make Tex an obedient dog and I am willing to put the work in. I think the other people were a little intimidated with Tex because he was the only big puppy. Lol! All the other puppies are small dogs. OMG someone had a teddy bear Shih Tzu. It was adorable! The instructor told us to just let our dogs off the leash to let the puppies play together. The other puppies had no trouble to let Tex have it if he was getting to rough. Lol!

We learned sit/down/stand but for Tex it’s sit/down/up. She said to use words that he understands and not all dogs use the same words. Makes sense. Also we learned to make our puppies to not jump on us. Since Tex is going to be a big dog we don’t want him to hurt people. His word is off, he gets it! Tex has trouble with up but he gets sit and down. I think in time he will get it though.

It’s funny the instructor said that with Tex being a lab everything to him is a game. That’s true so it will be a little harder for us to train but it can be done. I believe her he is a smart puppy. Just have to keep working on it.

Then we put him on his leash and we walked around in the circle. I learned if they pull or go all over the place what to do. Tug and say “heel” he got that right away!

Tex is the only puppy in the class that still bites. She told us to put a very tiny bit of hot sauce on our hands when we know he is going to bite. So he knows not to bite. We haven’t done that yet since we do not have hot sauce but this weekend we will see if that helps. It sucks he is the only one because he is the oldest out of the whole class as well. He should have stopped by now. I hope this stops this. It isn’t as bad when he was younger but it is still a thing.

I am glad we are doing the classes so I can have to tools to make him a better behave puppy.

Lovestruck

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Here I go again with this app, Lovestruck (and probably not the last).

I have playing for some months and spent money on this app and I would like to revisit this topic. When I say spend money, I mean for tickets. I haven’t found spending money on hearts worth it. There is a reason for that. So far I have spent hearts on choices and it really didn’t impact the story I use them in, Speakeasy Tonight and Astoria Fate’s Kisses. Suggestion save hearts to buy stories that only cost hearts. That is worth it more than the choices with hearts.

Speakeasy Tonight: is still a broken story. A hint that it is a broken story is that there is no artwork that goes along with this story. As the other stories all have artwork you can unlock. It’s sad because I really like this story. Another story is comparable to this one but I will get to that. In Speakeasy Tonight it isn’t the same story line and I haven’t seen the characters say the same thing in different story lines like another story I will get to later. Each character has it’s own unique story line. Which makes it a cool a story. Also with Speakeasy Tonight all the chapters are long enough. However would have been nice to know it was a broken story so I wouldn’t have wasted actual money on it. Hope one day all the characters have an end but I think that would never happen. My favorite story in Speakeasy Tonight was the doctor.

Astoria Fate’s Kisses: not to be confused with Astoria Lost Kisses. Fate’s Kisses some of the chapters are too short! I have found in Hades and Cyprin so far that some of the chapters are really short. That is a waste of ticket in my opinion. I am not satisfied with the ending of Hades in this story. Easily one of my favorites in the series and the ending to me is lacking. The seasons leading up to the end was good until the last season where you and Hades have a kid. Because of this I am dreading all the ending seasons where you have kids with the Gods.  I am figuring that is why they have the other series with the Gods and I can see this being their most popular series. In this series I have found a lot of the same story lines and that sucks! And I found May your best friend has said the same exact thing across different God story lines. That is not cool! I get bored with Fate’s Kisses because of the same thing happening to your character.

I can’t say anything on Astoria Lost Kisses yet.

Love & Legends: I really like this series and this series for me takes the prize! I haven’t found a short chapter yet. When I spend money on this app it would be for this series. This is worth the money. All the stories are different and even the villain even though the same she comes out in different ways. Each love interest is very different from the others. There isn’t one love interest that I like more than the others (yes including the women). All of them are good! All the story lines brings a different aspect to the same story. But it isn’t the same at the same time. lol! What I mean is your character has different facets. Your character isn’t boring either and things she says is funny because of the time period. 

Castaway! Love’s Adventure: I wasn’t too sure about this story. I started out with the Captain and it seemed to take forever to get to the love part.  Of course the one story I totally loved was Joaquin and there is only a few seasons. Make more of Joaquin! Can we say erotica! Yes! More so than any of the other stories I have read. Anyway Castaway! Love’s Adventure is my second favorite. 

Starship Promise: there has to be one of them I really dislike and this is it. This is the story I first encountered with the app and I hate this story! Can we say BORING! Yes I can. I have tried to read this story but I just can’t. It’s not interesting to me and that is sad because I like Sci-Fi stories.

Villainous Nights: this story is average. It’s not super exciting but you get to be a villain taking down villains. LOL! I started with Duke and Renzei. Now Renzei  took me by surprise. So that makes for a good story. There isn’t anything bad I can say about this story so far. It’s not super thrilling but it’s not horrible either. Chapters are pretty good length as well so that is a plus. 

Artwork: I have to say I love the artwork in this app! I wish they would put who create it so they got recognition for it. A plus for the artwork that you can get without paying for hearts, since it’s all based on YOUR choices. I like that.

Artwork suggestion: With each story their is artwork you can unlock. Now it would be cool if I got some kind of reward for completing all the artwork for a love interests. Because right now if I miss one, I don’t really care. I am one who doesn’t cheat to pick what choices to unlock the artwork, I just go with my instinct to pick or sometimes I like my character to be sassy. lol! However some of the love interests I didn’t unlock all the artwork and I am not going to go back to unlock it either. IF there was some kind of reward for unlocking all the artwork, then it would be worth it to try and get the artwork. Maybe for short stories that only have a couple seasons only get like five hearts. Those who have a lot of artwork to unlock maybe ten hearts. Just something to look forward to not just the artwork which I stated is awesome!

Timer: I would like to point out how screwy the timer is in this app. It has sped up since my last entry on the app but it still has something strange about it. You get a ticket every 2hrs 30 mins. However here is why I think that, for example I see I have one ticket so I put it in a story. Almost eight hours later I still will only have one ticket. How does that work? Sometimes I will have two tickets which is the limit unless you pay. So if you get a ticket every 2hrs 30 mins how come a lot of the time I will only have one ticket and hours will pass by? So I am not sure why that is still a thing and why it changes. Also I would like to add when I pay money the timer works great after some time then it goes back to being I guess slow. So you know paying money makes the app work better which I find that to be wrong. I know they want to make money but still that is kinda shady at the same time.

HINT: Here is a hint I found out. If you can wait of course. Want to read multiple stories without paying for tickets? If you can wait 48 hours you can read multiple stories without paying. Keep in mind you have to be reading a lot stories all at once. If you can do this then you can read all your favorite stories right after another. Check frequently in the app to see if you have a ticket or two. Put them in your favorite stories, do not read them. In 48 hours you will have many chapters waiting for you to read. It can be tedious but it lets me read stories for almost all day. Also watch or let the ads play before exiting out of the chapter. It can be screwy with the app if you  are reading on an older device.

Get more hearts! Like I said I NEVER pay money for hearts. Everyday you can earn hearts or puzzle pieces. I was skeptical that I would never complete a puzzle however I have completed two puzzle pictures and got the hearts for them. So it IS possible to earn hearts from that. The best way to earn hearts is to be on the lookout for when they have heart tiers weekend. It’s usually two days of reading. What works well is if you been putting in your tickets to all the stories and wait till the weekend. You can complete a lot of tiers for hearts. You never know when that will be so really good strategy just do that every week instead of waiting 48 hours. I admit it’s hard because I always want to see what will happen next. However that is the time to pay money for tickets to earn hearts. I usually use all my week build up then pay to get all the hearts I can get. This way I can pay for extra stories that are only unlocked by hearts.

Currently I am reading 22 stories. But that is just me I love to multi-task.

Family

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Jeff and I decided on something that is life changing.

Well we have been wanting to have a baby. But that hasn’t been happening and I went to the doctors etc. I shifted my view. Instead of trying to get pregnant we decided to go the other route. We decided we are going to adopt! I am excited!

We have been thinking about it for some time. A lot of my cousins are adopted and so if I have any questions I can ask my family. It takes some time to adopt as we have to go through classes and such, but it will be worth it. We decided we don’t have to have an infant. We are thinking two years of age or less and if they have sibling or they are a twin we would adopt them too. We will have to wait and see how it goes.

It’s exciting to finally get the option to expand our family.

Scary!

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I had a scary moment! This week our neighbor is having a garage built. So there is a lot of noise this week. Because of this I have to take the dogs out on the side of our house because they are scared of the workers. No big deal, as I have done it before.

WELL…..

I was taking out Tex first because he is a puppy who can’t hold it. I tell Scotty to stay and he has always! Not on Tuesday! He bolted out the door and ran down the street! I tried catching him but he was way to fast for me. I scared! Good thing Jeff just left for work and wasn’t far away. I called right away and he came back. I walked down the street and looked everywhere for him but couldn’t see him. PANIC!

Thankfully he ran down a street where we always go for a walk. There isn’t much traffic down that road. Jeff was able to find him before me. I walked so fast to catch up to them! Finally got to him and got him the car. Scotty has NEVER done that ever!

I am so happy he is home now and safe.

Cute pic of Scotty:

 

Pumpkins!

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On Saturday we went to my Uncle’s farm to pick pumpkins! It was fun.  Aunt Judy, Aunt Sue and Uncle Dan, my siblings and their families were there. We had lunch then picked out pumpkins. I can’t wait to carve them and eat the seeds.

Tea Party

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Yesterday April came over for a visit and we went to a tea party!

My mom and aunt were supposed to come with us but bailed literally the day before. They missed out though! I figured it would be older ladies attending and I was right. There was one older lady that was awesome. I figured she traveled all around the world. She told interesting stories about places she has been drinking tea. Even drinking tea as a kid as well. She was very cool!

What wasn’t cool is one of the ladies that was disrespectful the whole time. The class cost 10 dollars and it was to learn about different teas and how to make tea. We also got a gift bag. I thought it was worth the 10 dollars per person. This lady even asked why it costed so much? Really?! She was rude! However we had a great time and learned about tea. The instructor had fancy hats and gloves to wear. We each got a different saucer and cup to take home along with different teas to try.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tex was a pretty good puppy when April came. She wanted a pic of her and him. Of course Tex wouldn’t stay still.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tex now weighs 20 pounds. When April sees Tex again she won’t be able to hold him.

 

Happy Annivesary

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September 15 Jeff and I celebrated our 11 year anniversary. It was fun! We went out for steak (of course) and it was yummy! Then we indulged in some really yummy chocolate from Seroogy’s.

After that just a relaxing day. Wow 11 years! Yay!

It was really hot on Saturday so we took out the kiddie pool for Tex. I also bathed him too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tex likes to be in the kitchen he tried to help me unload the dishwhaser. Lol!

 

Life

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Last Sunday September 9th was my mom’s birthday. It was way dumb. First of all my dad and the guys (Andy and Uncle Dave) sat inside the house to watch football. I thought that was dumb because it was very nice outside and it was my mom’s birthday. What really irritated me was, Jeff and I said we were going to bring drinks. So what does my sister in law do? She brings Bloody Mary’s to the party. We went out of our way to get beer for everyone and no one drank any. I was so mad! Never again will we spend that much for drinks. Usually that beer would be gone in an afternoon. Yet again foiled by my sister in law.  The whole party was just dumb. The kids were all over the place being brats. No one was doing anything about that.

However (hee hee) I made my mom a cross stitch strawberries and Jeff framed it. I just love seeing the reactions of my siblings when I do these things. Insert evil laugh here. Also I like making things for my parents.  But still some evil fun makes it! 

 

Puppy Land

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I now live in puppy land. It’s terrible and wonderful at the same time.

What’s terrible puppy biting and lots of OWIE!!! OUCH!! and swear words thrown in the mix also blood. Note to self keep a stock of band aids on hand. I feel bad for Scotty. I know for sure he likes other dogs so getting puppy shouldn’t be any different. And he has met young dogs before and wanted to play with them. But as soon as Tex came home he didn’t want anything do with him.

What’s wonderful puppy! He is super cute. Even though Scotty didn’t like him he is starting to come around in the same room as Tex. I taught Tex to sit in less than two days. Now he sits for everything. lol! He always has his leash on when not in his area and now I can let it go when he does his business. Still working on communication of when he has to go.

We can sleep for a whole night! Tex goes to sleep about 8 and I take him out at 11. Then he doesn’t have to go till I wake up. I usually wake up in the middle of the night anyways and I let him out. Then he doesn’t have to go till about 6:30 that is when Jeff gets up to get ready for work. He has been good on not peeing in the house. But pooping has been a whole other story. Working process.

Now adorable pics of Tex:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tex got his first shots at the vet. Of course he was a hit. Everyone saying how cute he was! On the way home this is how he slept. He’s too funny.