Bill's Bday

Well, Bill was actually home for his bday this year and although we didnt really do much, it sure was nice having him home. This is his cake. His favorite cake. It's actually the Hershey's perfectly chocolate, chocolate cake with perfectly chocolate, chocolate icing. Try saying that three times in a row. We had dinner with the family at a new Chinese place in town then came home and had birthday cake. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bill! We love you!

The Gang

Bill was playing around with the camera over the weekend and caught some really neat pictures of the dogs. Leave it to Lucy to always be the "clown"! She ALWAYS has something in her mouth. Wood, rocks, sticks, water bottles, you name it. That LUCY! Gotta love her.

Happy Birthday Case

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you,, Happy Birthday dear Case,, Happy Birthday to you. Our big baby is 8 years old today! :) Bills birthday is on Saturday and Bill comes home tomorrow night, So I plan to bake case a doggie birthday cake so he can celebrate with Bill on his birthday. A double birthday. Bill called and left a message for Case today and I played it for him when I got home. :) It was really sweet. We love you very much Bubba!

Don't Ask

Two words: NOT RIGHT!

What a beautiful day!

My sister and I took her dogs down to the beach yesterday. The weather was so nice, a tiny bit chilly by the water but sunny and very clear! I could have stayed down there all day!

Ok,,, how do I expalin this?

This is TiTi,,,,,, he is about 2.5 inches tall. He may look big in this picture but he really isnt. He is very tiny. I thought it would be cool to take him traveling with us and post him on the blog doing various things. Stay tuned. Rumor has it Titi is going snow skiing soon. :)

As Promised......

Captain Adams. This was right before Bill left for the airport. His very first trip off IOE as a Capt. Four Stripes and eggs. Very crisp and ready to go! :)

No Longer missing in action!

Guilty as charged!! Blog neglect in the first degree. As you will see below,, I have pics posted from my office Christmas Party that I am just now getting up. Since my last post we have had Christmas, New Years, My Birthday and Bill's first trip on IOE as a Capt. IOE is "initial operating experince" that he does with a training Capt. from the left seat. He flies as THE Capt and today was his first day. He loved it and is really enjoying it. When he comes home on Saturday I will post a pic of him in his new Uniform. It basically looks the same it just has more decoration on it. I'll make sure to post one of the infamous "scrambled eggs". Next month we have Case's B-day, Bill's B-day, and V-day. Gonna be another busy month. I promise to not stay away so long. Til next time!

Four Stripes

Ta-DAH!!!!!! Captain Adams.

Hard Day's work

Although I consider grooming Case hard work, I really enjoy doing it. He will be 8 years old next month. In a dog's life that's considered "senior". He's my baby, yet he's the oldest of our four dogs. I can't quite put into words just how I feel about him, other than I love him more than words can say. I know it's kind of strange, but I think he actually enjoys when I groom him. It's our "bonding" time! Love you Case!



Look at those fat little paws. After I did all the cutting, I had to trim his nails,,, we have to muzzle him cause he tries to BITE us. I don't know that he wouls really bite but he snaps and lets out one mean ol growl! Never knew he could be so feisty! geeze!

The top of his head looks so round! :)

You should have seen the "pile" of hair when I got done.
He is so good when I have to do this.
Look at his tongue sticking out!
I guess he's thanking me for his nice haircut. THREE hours start to finish!! I saved $50 bucks and I saved Case the trauma of having to go!!! :)

My Birthday this Year. I turned 28 (again!)

My gift from Bill. I have been wanting this ring from Tiffany and Co. I like it. It's perfect.
This is a picture from outside Roy's in Atlanta where we went to Dinner. It was Awesome!
After Dinner at Bill's mom's house.

Ashley and Scotts Wedding January 12, 2007

These are a few beautiful pics from Ashley and Scott's wedding. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! It was so nice being on the beach.

Our 2007 Christmas Card

The Humans are Bill and Jovina. Dogs are Duke, Darcy, Case and "crazy' Lucy. AKA "The Adams Family" :)

Our Office Christmas Party

We all had a great timne opening presents and eating all day long. Guess what time this pic was taken? 8:45 am!! :)

Disney World

Well,,, we are back from Disney and guess what? I FORGOT MY STUPID CAMERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So,,,, to see some really great pics you can visit my sister's blog at www.jenandbrandonsblog.blogspot.com I almost cried when I realized I left my camera. Anyway...we are home and EXHAUSTED from such a long weekend. We had a great time and Willow is in LOVE with Cinderella! It was so sweet being with her on her very first trip to Disney Wolrd.

This is what's going on.

Well, today is Wednesday. Bill left today for more upgrade training in ATL. (isnt he done YET?) I leave for Orlando (where I will meet my family) on Friday morning. We are all taking Willow to meet Mickey and Minnie for the very first time. Let's just say that she is VERY excited. Since Bill is in training, he wont get to meet up with us until Sunday. Then we all leave and head home on Monday. We will spend Christmas together this year at home, just the two of us. With Bill in training, he wanted to limit the amout of holiday travel as much as possible so he can focus on his studying as much as possible.
We had our in-office Christmas party today. Way too much food. I'm so food from grazing all day I could yak! We also had our office dinner on Monday night at Bonefish. It was WONDERFUl!!! The food (as always) was GREAT. It was really nice sitting down with everyone and talking about things OTHER than work! Oh by the way, if you like creme Brulee' Bonefish has a KILLER one...... I dreamt about it that night! :)
Our pet sitter comes on Friday. A little nervous about this one. She seems really sweet but she has a big job cut out for her. I worry that the dogs wont eat much while we are gone. I guess we will find out.
Other than all that, there's not much of anything else going on here. I am really excited about spending time with my whole family this weekend. It will be My Dad, Mom, Brother, Willow, Lia (Willow's mom) Jen, Brandon, myself and Bill on Sun. It will be the first time in years that we have all taken a trip together.
That's it for now. I will post pics from the trip when we get back.

Lucy likes to do yardwork

Not much going on..........

Well,,, other than Bill training,,, we really havent had much else going on. Everything has been put aside until he completes his training. But here is what's going on in my little world. Darcy bit Duke,, left a big gash in his leg, it's healing nicely. Lucy was scheduled to have surgery on Wednesday (was getting spayed) but she snuck a big drink of water the morning of and that is a big no no for the anesthesia. So that was rescheduled until monday the 10th. Case is on a diet. He has gotten to be pretty plump in his olden days and beleive it or not the old guy will be 8 in Feb! I would like to see him loose about 4 lbs. He's pretty round these days. Darcy is good,,, I think she has arthritis cause sometimes she moves so slow especially in the morning after a long nights sleep. Once she gets moving, she's good but it usually takes her a few minutes. Last but not least, me. I'm good. Work is good. Slow, but good. Bill and I plan to take a trip when he is done with training to celebrate. Snow skiing, Paris, The Bahamas are a few ideas. We also got a brochure recently in the mail for the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, might have to go and check that out. I hear its nice. Oh yeah, Bill's first exam (oral) is today, scheduled for 1:00 EST. Wish him luck and keep your fingers crossed. I have a special meal planned for him tomorrow night. Chicken Parm, grilled asparagus and some fab desert I havent decided on yet. I will decided on dessert later. All homemade from yours truly! Till next time. Ciao! or later Mon' :)

Training Update for Bill

Week two and so far so good. He should have that fourth stripe and his scrambled eggs before we all know it! Don't ask! But it's a good thing. :)
More to come.

Another Success!

This is Patrick. Another one of my rescues that has been living with my my volunteer foster mom, Terri for about 6 weeks now or so. Tonight, he went to his new family who I am so thrilled about. A mom and daughter who live together out on the beach. They love Patrick and I am confident they will give him a GREAT home. Terri cried when he left and ofcourse that made me cry. Bitter sweet. Terri has grown very attached to him, but she was glad to see that his new family are so sweet and accepting of Patrick.

How could you not just love that sweet little face!


Patrick with his new mom.
Patrick with his new sister.
Patrick leaving with his new family. Bye Patrick! We will miss you. We hope to see you again one of these days! :)

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

Yes, We are one of those that can't wait to put up their Christmas tree. Actually, it's mostly me that can't wait. Bill would have probably done it next week if it were up to him. We have bought our Christmas tree from Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Corwin since we moved here in 2005. Fellow Michiganders to Bill. Very sweet (hard working) older couple. We learned something new about them today. They raise reindeer! His male is worth about $ 10,000 and his female about $3,500. They currently have 10! Cool huh?


Once we got to the tree lot, it took us about thirty minutes to pick out the "one". For some reason, it's like picking out the next member of your family (if we ever actually do that). In a sense, it will be a member of our family for the next month huh? I do have to water the dang thing right? :) We didn't name him at first, but I have since decided to call him "tree". Fitting isn't it??
When we found "tree" Ernie the tree man was busy helping another customer. I asked Bill if he would guard "tree" so no one else would claim him. Here is Bill "guarding" Tree! :)
And me, petting "Tree". Hello "Tree"! Tree is now fully decorated in his new home. I should have posted a pic of him all done up. I will get one up soon.

Happy Thanksgiving!

To all of friends and family who keep up with our Blog, we would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. I heard on the "Today Show" that the average american will consume 5000 calories tomorrow,,,, I thought I was going to vomitwhen I heard that. That's so sick. I also saw Paula Deen FRY cranberry sauce yesterday and that was equally disgusting...... so with that,,,, happy eating and what every you do,,, don't vomit! :) (from over eating that is). Love- Jo &Bill

Reality Check

Well, Bill left for Captain training today. It did not dawn on me that his days of flying as a First Officer are officially over until I saw the above image. I came home from work, walked into one of our guest rooms that Bill uses as his office and I saw his FO cap with his wings and epaullettes sitting there. To me, it looked very strange becuase he flew his last trip as an FO last week and I didnt realize it until now. A part of me felt sad, I'm not real sure why becuase this upgrade will be a very good thing for both of us. So now, it's back to training which will last 6 weeks or so. Then sitting reserve in Atlanta living at the grace of crew scheduling (the pilots call them "screw" scheduling cause,, well you get the picture) and working his way back up the seniority ladder. A long yet rewarding process this has been for Bill. I'm so proud of him and for those of you that know us well, know that this has been a LONG time coming for him. We are not real sure what his schedule will be like for the next couple of weeks, but for now it is Monday thru Friday in class, which means we will have saturdays together for now cause he will have to leave on Sunday afternoons to make sure he gets there in time. I miss him already, but I am also very excited for him!

Crazy Lucy!

Either she HATES being short, or she wanted to get a rise out of Bill and I. She has been getting up on this table lately and she KNOWS she is not supposed to be up there. I am afraid she is going to jump off and get hurt. I could not help but get a couple of pics cause it was just too funny!! :) Dont her front two feet in the first pic make her look like a seal? haha!!!

Update on Baxter

For the latest update on Baxter, please visit Jen and Brandon's blog. THere is a link from our blog listed over to the left under "frineds".

Update on Baxter

I just got off the phone with Jen and they are optimistic that Baxter might get to come home Monday or so. The attending physician (after her examination) did say that Baxter is not paralized. THANK GOODNESS! He is however, having trouble even standing on his own, and this is probably due to some swelling in the brain along with a herniated disc? He may still need surgery and that is what Jen and Brandon are waiting on now. He is in an MRI now, and will find out something as soon as he gets out of his MRI. If it is determined that no surgery is needed, Baxter will be sent home with a sling to help him get back on track as his leags learn to walk again. He will probably need help going to the bathroom and the sling will help with that. I am so happy with this news and we will all remain hopeful that Baxter can return home happy and healthy.
More to come.

Jennifer and Brandon need your prayers!

I am posting this post on behalf of Jennifer and Brandon. Today started out as a beautiful day. Brandon got in last night from Birmingham. We all had plans to take our dogs to an event that Jennifer's work is sponsoring called "Barking by the Bay". An annual event put on by the Bay County Humane Society. Long jump contest, frisbee throwing, vendors, food, etc! When we got there we were walking around, enjoying the events and later on Brandon decided to throw the frisbee with Baxter. Baxter collided with another dog and he yelped REALLY loud and immediately fell down or just layed down on his side. We all knew he was hurt, we just didnt know the extent of his injury. I ran to get Jen and Brandon's truck. I drove it across the lawn so the guys could load Baxter in the back. We got him to a local vet in town and Dr. Laroux examined him and decided pretty quickly that he needed to go to University of FLorida Vet Hospital or Auburn University. She was guessing a head/neck or spinal injury. She did some routine tests,, poking, prying, pulling type of thing and said she couldnt really do much more there. She did give him a fast acting aniti-inflamatory injection, but right now Jen and Brandon are driving Baxter to Gainsville to the Univerysity of FLorida Veterinary Hospital. Jen are Brandon are okay, but they sure could use some crossed fingers and lots of prayers. Baxter is sleeping and Brandon is in the back laying right beside him. Baxter is not in pain, but he is unable to move his hind legs. I, myself, believe in miracles and I KNOW that there are angels in that vehicle with them! Please pray and keep them in your thoughts,, those you that know Jen and B, know how much they love Baxter and Dougan! This has been very tough for both of them. We LOVE you Baxter, and we need you to hurry home!

Halloween Pics

I'm trying to convince Jen that this hair color looked really good on her... I call it the "skunk"look,,, I wonder if we can find anyone here in PC to actually do this for her? :)
So,,, what do you all think of my pumpkin? Yes! I carved this all by my little self and I have to say,, I was a little impressed! It took a long time, but it was pretty easy.
How about this little cutie? I have no idea who she is, she was just one of the trick or treaters that showed up at our house....... I asked her mom if I could take her picture. :)