Lost Dog....Umm

The other day when my sister was watching my two youngest children, there was a very unfortunate incident when my son "lost" their dog.  It was a very simple oversight of not mentioning to the adults that the dog got out of the yard.  My son finally mentioned something about an hour later.  Needless to say, the dog was lost.

I felt SUPER bad about the whole thing.  I even took time to go look for the dog with my sister.  We came up short in all areas, literally!  My brother-in-law was really frustrated, as he had the right to be, but he was also very understanding.  (Gotta love the guy!)

My sister finally "found" her dog at the animal shelter 2 days later.  The joy was simply overflowing!  I was soooo excited they found the dog that I went and "bailed" the dog out of "doggy jail".  This did wonders not only for me, but it made my brother-in-law super happy (it was his dog afterall).

So this is where my story of the lost dog ends, well, so I thought.

Today I was getting ready for the day and looked out the window where I discovered that the wind had blown open our back gate and our back door was standing wide open.  This is significant because we have a small dog.  I did not see our dog anywhere in sight and when I asked my hubby if the dog was inside he didn't know.

This led to "looking" for our "sweet" dog.

We called and called but she didn't respond in any way.  We asked the younger children, who were watching a movie, if the dog was downstairs with them.  They responded in the negative, so we enlisted the help of our teenager.

While the teenager was getting dressed to go out into the cold rain, my hubby and I went outside in the cold and wet and started calling.  I texted my sister who had "lost" her dog.  This is how the texting went:

ME:Guess what...we returned 

your dog just to lose ours...haha!

HER: Oh no!

ME:  Yeah...back door was open 

and the back fence was 

pushed open by the wind

HER:  Oh no!  How long has she been gone?

(Meanwhile my teenager walks out of her bedroom and looks over on the couch where the "sweet" little dog is casually stretched out between the younger children, without the slightest clue or care that her "humans" are frantically searching for her! My teenager then calls me on my phone to point out how the dog has been at home all this time!) 

ME:  Stupid dog!  She was 

downstairs all this time!  

Why don't they come when called?

ME:  That's me growling!

HER:  LOL!  I'm glad she isn't lost.  
give her a hug from me

ME:  Will do

(Meanwhile, after learning the whereabouts of the dog, I tried several times to contact my dear hubby on his phone only to be sadly disappointed in the fact he had left his phone home!  Who's lost now?)

 

ME:  Now I have lost my hubby...haha!  

He didn't take his phone 

so he doesn't know yet!

HER:  Haha now that is classic! 

So, just a few things to remember:

1 - Remind your sweet hubby to take his phone with him, and better yet, turn it on, so you can get a hold of him in times of need.

Also,

2 - Take the time to REALLY look before assuming the worst in a situation, the solution might just be casually stretched out in front of your eyes. 

Water Ballet

I was recently reading my journal and came across an entry from six years ago.  It was just after my mother-in-law passed away and we held a Mason Family Olympics.  One of the events was Water Ballet.  The rules went as follows:
1 - All members of the team must participate
2 - All members must keep at least one foot in the pool at ALL times

We had four teams that participated and each one did a very unique "routine".  We had a "comical counting mix-up", a "get the audience wet" and a "dunk the blonde".  The winner of the gold for this event was a very impressive routine that my dear hubby participated in.  Their routine was a "solo ballerina finds peace".  His teammates were his sister, Moana, and niece, Kaitlyn (Moana's daughter).  Just watching this you will see why they earned the Gold!  It brings a tear to my eye, knowing that I married such a talented man who is unafraid to put himself out there!

 To watch the full Gold Medal Winner, click on the link below

https://youtu.be/fxVOn8NPc88

Think BEFORE You DO

I saw this on the news just today and thought "Really?  This person seriously thought the calf was cold and lost?  How sheltered of a life did the people who pick up this animal lead?"  To read the full story visit http://www.ksl.com/?sid=39774949&nid=711

I totally agree with the woman who posted the picture on facebook "PUT IT BACK!"  I  used to work in Jackson, WY when I was a younger form of myself and my coworkers and I would LOVE to cause mischief.  There were times we would cause a "moose jam" just to see who would stop!

For those of you who do not know what a "moose jam" is, it is where someone stops on the side of the road thinking that they see a moose or other form of wildlife.  The other "tourons", as we called them, would stop and look for the "wildlife" that the other tourists were looking at.  They would look for long periods of time at, literally, NOTHING just because someone was stopped on the side of the road and presumably pointing at SOMETHING!  This proves that you can't always trust the things you see other people doing.

We as "locals" for the summer, needed something to do to break up the monotony of work, work, work so we would create "moose jams".  There were, at times, SOMETHING  to look at, but for the most part, we started the "jam" then hightailed it out of there.  (If you are a person who lives in Wyoming, don't try to tell me that you NEVER created a "moose jam" of your own!)  It was fun to see what people would do and say.  Most often it would go something like this:

"I think I see it!  It's right over there (and then they point to a spot clear off in the trees that leads to the river with NOTHING in sight, but they thought they saw a slight movement which just happened to be the wind in the trees!)

There was a time when my friend and I really did see a moose and we truly got caught up in the "jam".  We weren't as stupid to jump out of our car, but we did roll down the windows to admire the mamma moose and calf.  They were soooo cute!  They became less cute as the mamma didn't like oglers looking at her baby and started coming towards our RED car! 

How many times do we do stupid stuff just cuz your brain failed to engage fully?  I have done this more times than I can count!  (I will probably share some of these moments with you during the life of my blog at some point in the future...)

So, if you live a completely sheltered life that has had NO contact with wild animals, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE leave them alone.  They are NOT lost or cold.  They DO have a mamma that WILL get VERY mad if you choose to foolishly "misplace" her baby!  If you really think about it, what would you do if someone took your baby cuz they thought it was lost and cold?  Yeah, people, use the brain that Heavenly Father gave you and make better choices!