Walking Fool

Little Miss has slowly started walking!!! She still hasn't mastered standing alone but holding onto something she'll walk forever! Ruby just loves strolling through the nieghborhood and watching everyone. She talks to the trees and grass or to whatever will listen!

She also loves playing with Daddy just befor bedtime. This has got the best laugh in the world and it just melts her daddy's heart!!! She can get him to buy her anything with that laugh!!!

Guns

What happened this past week is a tragedy, is heartbreak and utterly disgusting! A 6 year daughter, boyfriends, sisters, military members and parents were killed...and for what??? No point was made, in my mind the only point made was America needs to wake up yet again.

Most will blame this young man, some will blame media and very few will blame themselves. Many are jumping once again on the Ban The Guns bandwagon, let me remind you the NRA will probably shoot you before that happens.

Here's my view point on things....let me REMIND you, this is my view point!!!

I'll admit it I don't own a gun my husband does not own a gun and there is no time in any near future that we will own a gun. Money is no factor, fear is no factor a young child in my house is a factor along with what we allow our children to see. I am a military daughter and wife and somehow I managed to avoid guns for 25 years and counting. Yes one day I would love how to shoot one and all the good stuff that comes with guns, but not this second. I have family that owns guns on both my side and my husbands some for hunting and some for protection. We have many friends who own guns and I guess we've just failed to jump on the bandwagon but for good reasons!

I for one have no self control and I know for a Fact  I will put a bullet through a wall to prove a point to the dog when he steals chocolate off the table! Also when the husband ignores me and fails to do something his knee would become an example of not listening to me....and we just can't afford for him not to have a job or me in jail! So no we wont be owning guns anytime soon, and we are at a place where we don't need that protection. On a military base where I pray most parents raise their kids with respect to guns and also the police aren't 20 minutes away...5 is pushing it!

I have a young child a year old and no she probably couldn't get to one if we had one but one day she just might....these toys for kids have you tried to get them out of their "Shoplifting Proof" , probably not but give it to any child and they can get it out! And you think they can't figure out how to put a gun together....and please don't start that it's in a safe, if it's for family protection how the Hell is it going to protect you in a safe??? Now back to kid and gun....you tell me how your going to handle the conversation with your child as he/she is holding a loaded gun aiming right at you???? One wrong word and that kid pulls the trigger!!!

Oh and lets add your child knows better......and society knows better, HAHAHAHA !!!! You make me laugh, you child knows better, just like your child knows not to have sex till their married and God Bless your child he/she isn't having sex.....please stop me from laughing!!! Have you recently watched TV and I mean Cable not just HBO or Showtime? Or any movie recently? Our kids are taught guns do damage but everyone lives afterwards, movies are fact no of that is real. So whats going through our kids minds "He shot that guy in a movie a year ago but look hes in this new movie now???" Do you really think a 6 or even 9 year understand that a actor can play in multiple movies? And do you sit down and explain these things to your kids, no you allow the media and movies to explain it, and you still believe your kids aren't having sex!

I don't watch many movies but I was a huge fan of Live Free or Die Hard, was it just me or did everyone else want to go home and try and shoot someone through their own shoulder? I was watching a news broadcast yesterday and I hear two great things one was this "America Loves Pornographic Violence" how true is that statement, we love to watch people get hurt. The father a few years ago who videotaped and encouraged his son the beat the crap out of someone else, or the teen girls who beat a girl into a seizure and then still continued to beat her? Dexter anyone, one of our favorite shows in this house, it's about a man who goes around killing guilty people with a knife not a gun buts a glorified show. CSI, NCIS any cop show on tv and many others use guns more times than you see commercials.

How can we sit here a blame one person of such damage when we as a society love the sight of violence...just not when its "Real Life" !  The problem needs to be solved at home, if you choose to watch these shows explanations need to be given to your children. And how about given toy guns to our kids, what a great idea lets teach them that guns are toys!

Please don't sit here and blame one person, most of you will only because you wont sit back and look at the whole picture you see red and you want to blame, end of story!

The other thing I heard in that news broadcast was something the wonderful Chris Rock said in a stand up many years ago...."We don't need gun control, tax the shit out of bullets!" Whose going to shoot someone when it cost up to $1000 a bullet??? Along with that who needs an automatic gun? That is uncalled for, if you plan on putting 100 bullets in a deer while out hunting I truly hope you didn't plan on mounting it on the wall or eating it, then what was the point of hunting? You plan on putting over 100 bullets in someone who attacks you, that is way past self defense in my mind.

Yes there needs to be more control and censorship one guns, gun purchases and why is it okay to buy over 1,000 bullets online! Shutterfly alerts me when I have recently bought pictures from them but no company sends up a red flag to someone buy mass quantities of bullets???

As you can see I don't blame this guy 100% for what he did, does he more than likely have a mentally problem that aided in this, Yes! We as a country need a major reality check. There is so much that we are against all day long but when it comes to sitting down in front of the tv we love it!

My all time favorite, so many people seem to be against or creeped out by breastfeeding mothers...but we're okay staring at breast on the tv as we shop...but don't you dare bring them out to feed a child!!!

If you read this far thank you, if not then oh well to each their own! As I said before this is my opinion on the matter. This was a tragedy it breaks my heart in more ways than one, to know a young child wont get to see her prom and a newly married husband left his wife on his birthday! It's all tragic, but it's also tragic that us as a country can't see the real truth!

All I ask is that you carry an open mind everyday...think before you speak, you never know what the person infront of you has gone through! Remember we are all human we all make mistakes, some bigger than others and when they say it takes a village to raise a baby they ain't lying!!!



Sea Turles & Yard Sales

Ruby would love to send a HUGE Shout out to Uncle Andy & Aunt Alea for housing us for a few nights at the wonderful beach house!!!
I finally found the cord to theother camera and have a few videos and pictures to show everyone!!!

Little Miss Ruby wasn't s huge fan of the beach at first but soon warmed up to it! Tommy more than enjoyed his time in the water, I'm most certain he'd stay in even if a shark took off part of his leg!!! We saw some turtles getting "It On"...we've been told that turtles mating is like 2 picnic tables mating! Beth almost flipped but somehow God was on her side and she lived another day!!!! I think I was the only one who didn't "love" the water...I live under Dads water theory....Shakrs don't live on land so I wont live in water! Although Alea assured me over and over again there weren't going to eat me, I wasn't ready to take the risk of Ruby living with just a father!!!!

Tommy had his first meatless dinner in a long time thanks to Alea...we thought he would for sure die but he survived it and soon we will be eating a meatless dinner here!

We watched some Punkin Chunkin, the name says it all. Played YardSale on the Wii and even lucked out with a late night walk to see some GIANT  turtles lay their eggs!

Oh I can't forget the chips and gravy!!!

Andy & Alea when I'm back out in October we will be going out for some more Chips & Gravy!!!

Loaf of Bread

Before checking my email I tend to scroll through what Yahoo news has to offer...most of the time its actor this, actor that! Today however a piece caught my eye...Man Photographs Dogs Last Moments! I had to read on, it wasn't much of an article, a collection of 20 pictures this man took of dogs just before they were put down. He is wanting to spread awareness of proper care of pets. In my mind he is also spreading awareness of Shelter Adopting!!!
I wanted to tell you a littl story, most of our family & friends have heard this story but for those who haven't...

Once upon the year 2010 I begged Tommy and when I gave up the begging he in turn begged me for a dog! He wanted a Great Dane or some other giant dog, I was happy with getting a beagle! Didn't matter what bread, well sorta, we just wanted a darn dog!

After many trips by myself to the shelter and checking their website 4 times a day the dog of our dreams showed up! Go figure the one day Tommy gets out of work early the battery in the truck dies and yes I cried!!! I so badly wanted to go rescue that poor dog and call him our own. See the shelter has a first come basis...only 2 people can be intersted in a dog, if those 2 fall through another 2 can be interested in the dog, I wanted to get to the shelter and be INTERESTED!!!

We walked through the kennels together getting barked at by every darn dog and sadly every other dog was a pit, a dog we were not going to adopt! Not to say pits aren't amazing loving dogs I just didn't want to fight every place we went to keep him or her.

We both stopped dead in our tracks...



this guy looked up at us from his dog made ball (he was all curled up in the corner) and after about 5 seconds of eye contact he went back to his dog made ball and I can only assume he tried to drown out the other dogs and sleep! We found him and no one was interested in taking him home and you can see why...



I rushed in with all his information asked to take him on a walk and asked them a million questions...and all they could answer me was "We just got him in, he was suppose to be put down!!!" They had no idea how old he was they guessed 2 and couldn't realse why he was brought in all we knew was he came from Levy County, FL. All I knew was that we were taking him home!!!

He was placed on the Foster to Adopt list, this guy had ear infections, eye infections, needed to be fix and was 40lbs under weight!!! I was the farthest from patient when it came to waiting for him, I called everyday visited when I could and when they called for me to come get him my right leg couldn't press the gas hard enough. We fostered him for about 2 weeks and my goodness what a great 2 weeks! The second night in our house Tommy and I ventured out to the pet store and returned to a starved dog taking matters into his own hands, he managed to get the FULL loaf of bread off the microwave and eat it, plastic bag and all!!! We couldn't blame him though!

I'm really not sure how someone could not love this face. He had made him a bed but he refused to sleep anywhere that wasn't a pile of dirty clothes. He and Tommy instantly fell in love and they are both still madly in love with each other.

We are blessed to have him, even though I complain alot! For being a starved dog he is very patient, Little Miss Ruby could snatch his food away from him and it wouldn't phase him any. He lets anyone climb all over him and in return he climbs all over whoever leaves an open lap...

He gets along so well with other dogs and loves the dog park...we did have to teach him a little that its okay to play with others, for the longest time he played by himself at the park! He does fantastic with Rascal, although there are a few times when I feel its okay for Blu to bite Rascal!

Oh I forgot to mention the shelter named him Blu and we decided to keep it...Blu the BlueTick Coon Hound!!!

And to think this amazing dog was scheduled to be put down. I pray that if any of you plan on getting a dog please adopt! We spent $65 on this Amazing dog and he is not only a dog but a family member! He has a birthday every year and gets gifts on Christmas!

So why spend $200-$800 on a dog when you can save one....actually SAVE ones life. Now those that have gotten those pricey dogs next time you think about getting another addition think rescue! They have a story, they have love and a ton of life to offer! Adopting Blu is one of the greatest things Tommy & I did Together and I wouldn't trade that dog for the world!!!

This is the link to that man documenting dogs last days!!! Please scroll through the pictures...



Dogs Last Photos

Comments??? Yes Please

It's bedtime in the Hartzell house and we wanted to stop in and give a little help on the comments before bed! We caught wind that it still wasn't working so after treats were handed out and everyone was tucked into bed I, mommy, decided to let everyone in on the secret!!!

Why yes we had a wonderful 4th, thanks for asking! No pictures sorry, we spent the evening at a coworkers of Tommys, Miss Ruby spent most of the night sleeping and us adults played a board game!

Okay the Secret: when it comes to comments once you have written your comment there is a tab underneath that says Comment As: with a tab next to it. Once you have clicked the tab at the bottme will be a choice of  Name/URL or Anonymous      you can choose either one, if you choose Name/URL you just have to put a name in no URL or website name! After you picked which one you wanted to comment under click Publish and your comment will appear on our blog!

Hope this little secret helps cause we would love to know that people are reading and enjoying them! The grammer not so much but the pictures yes.

Everyone have an amazing night/day!!!

Dinos?

 Our long week started yesterday, okay maybe not long week but totally out of WACK week started yesterday! Daddy has today and tomorrow off then works Friday and then the weekend is ours...this doesnt happened often so we are out of it!

We watched the Garbage Man come and take our icky garbage, played in the pool and attempted a walk...that failed when we realized the tires were FLAT!

Ruby napped and I was lucky enough to clean up the garage a little and attempt to clean the kitchen!

WARNING WARNING....If you don't have kids let this be your warning of whats to come....nothing will stay clean! Once you've done everyones laundry a secret pile will show up out of nowhere...once you've emptied and reloaded the dishwash the sink magically fills up with more??? You put all the toys away at bedtime and somehow in the middle of the night the kid crawls our of bed and brings them all out! Let this be your warning....nothing is "just" out of a childs reach, he or she will find something to climb on to get it! Just a warning to you all!

We finished yesterday off we kindly pulling out our diaper bin and pull out all the diapers, wipes and creams! Then we found the bin more fun if we sat in it....and peed in it!!!

Isn't she the cutest!



And today has been spent running around like a mad woman! Grocery store, cleaning kitchen (totally Pointless I know), and with someones crazy idea cleaning the house???

I am almost finished with my clothesline project!!! I am so excited about that, I also planted some veggies....hopefully soon we will have Carrots, Cucumbers and Green Beans! I love that last picture it reminds me of baby dinosaurs hatching!!! I will post photos as my little dinos grow!!!



Tooth Paste Anyone???

It's that time....time to brush the teeth! I've been slacking on teeth brushing only because I was worried she'd hate it, but she loved it! Keep opening her mouth and asking for more brushes. She then took her toothbrush from me and started to brush her own teeth!

Hoping she continues to love it, we have to keep that Butler Gap nice and clean!

She seems to be taking better to the tooth brush than the potty, that shes starting to hate with a passion!!!

We'd like to give a giant Thank You to Great Aunt Kathy for suppling the tooth brush! I would send you her way if you ever need a tooth brush but I'm not about to lower her supply for when I need a new stash! I offically crown her Queen of The Tooth Brushes!!!

Until next time we send you off with lots of LOVE and Clean TEETH!!!