Rest in peace, Rexy boy.

I think I said it best on facebook, the afternoon that we said goodbye to him.
I'm not going to rack my brain to try and find better words.
Thank God for cut and paste:

We had to put Rexy down this morning. It was a very hard decision, but the best one for our sweet Wreck it Rex. Something happened in his brain that made him not himself anymore, but very aggressive and dangerous. Christopher had to be seen in the emergency room yesterday for being attacked by Rex. He had been headed down an aggressive path for a while, and we thought that we could help him, but we couldn't without endangering ourselves, Oscar, and our families.

 Animal control threatened to come and get him and place him in a quarantine, and then evaluate his ability to be released back to us or be adopted out, but we knew that he would not survive that, and did not know what he would have to go through or have done to him during this. We chose to let him go quietly and peacefully, in my arms, while Chris pet his head. I spiked his hair back up into his Mohawk before we left him, and we know that he is already in doggy heaven, chomping down on his favorite...Oreos.
Run free crazy boy, run free. We love you.

Vacation of a lifetime!

More to come later...I'm still in shock that its all over! I love traveling. I love California, and I love this man!

...But when we're bad (mostly me)

This P!nk song is more appropriate. The whole I love you so much that I hate you kinda feeling. I have a temper, and I say stupid mean things. I hate that about myself. I really must say though, Our p!nk days are few and far between, and 99% of the time start with a misunderstanding!

Our relationship therapist says to give him more cookies and everything will work out OK!

 P!NK, True Love
Sometimes I hate every single stupid word you say
Sometimes I wanna slap you in your whole face
There's no one quite like you
You push all my buttons down
I know life would suck without you

At the same time, I wanna hug you
I wanna wrap my hands around your neck
You're an asshole but I love you
And you make me so mad I ask myself
Why I'm still here, or where could I go
You're the only love I've ever known
But I hate you, I really hate you,
So much, I think it must be

True love, true love
It must be true love
Nothing else can break my heart like
True love, true love,
It must be true love
No one else can break my heart like you

Just once try to wrap your little brain around my feelings
Just once please try not to be so mean
Repeat after me now R-O-M-A-N-C-E-E-E
Come on I'll say it slowly (Romance)
You can do it baby

At the same time, I wanna hug you
I wanna wrap my hands around your neck
You're an asshole but I love you
And you make me so mad I ask myself
Why I'm still here, or where could I go
You're the only love I've ever known
But I hate you, I really hate you,
So much, I think it must be

True love, true love
It must be true love
Nothing else can break my heart like
True love, true love,
It must be true love
No one else can break my heart like you

I think it must be love

Why do you rub me up the wrong way?
Why do you say the things that you say?
Sometimes I wonder how we ever came to be
But without you I'm incomplete

I think it must be
True love, true love
It must be true love
Nothing else can break my heart like
True love, true love,
It must be true love
No one else can break my heart like you (like you)
No one else can break my heart like you (like you)
No one else can break my heart like you

When he's good he's very good...

This Uncle Kracker song perfectly describes life in the mouse hosue...
on a perfectly goo day!! We smile all day long, we still hold hands almost a year into this, we go on for real "dates" regularly. We keep each other in check.

You're better than the best
I'm lucky just to linger in your light
Cooler than the flip-side of my pillow (that's right)
Completely unaware
Nothing can compare to where you send me
Let's me know that it's okay (yea, it's okay)
And the moments when my good times start to fade

You make me smile like the sun, fall outta bed
Sing like a bird,
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record,
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like fool,
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold,
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile

Even when you're gone
Somehow you come along just like a flower pokin through the sidewalk crack
And just like that
You steal away the rain
And just like that

Don't know how I lived without you
'Cuz everytime that I get around you
I see the best of me inside your eyes
You make me smile
You make me dance like fool, Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Frye!

I've known Daniel for 6 years. I was on the membership committee at our Fire Department when he applied. I immediately recognized his sweet, honest personality and willingness to help people. I knew he was there, and wanted to be there for the right reasons. I didn't waste any time pushing him through the membership process and I think we got him voted in the next Monday night or something crazy like that!
In the 4 years or so that followed that, Daniel and I got ourselves into a good bit of trouble, had some fun, and took care of a good 3/4 of the population of Manassas on an Ambulance at one point or another. That number may seem a little high to you, but we bother literally lived in the firehouse for an extended period, so its not too far off ;)

When I moved to Chicago, Amy joined the firehouse. Of course I heard ALL about her from not only Daniel, but Gioia and Matt! I knew if they thought that she was great and Daniel was ACTUALLY referring to a girl as his GIRLFRIEND...it must be serious! ha ha

Anyway, fast forward 3 years...and here we are...finally!! The Frye Wedding!! I absolutely love how everyone in our little group of friends had major parts in wedding planning, set up, take down, etc...even if we were not directly in the wedding party! I think Christopher and I made out like bandits, because we had Jax the day/night before the wedding and had to keep him cool, calm and collected. Lots of naps, playing in the air conditioning, and drinking tons of water to keep him hydrated since he would have to be out in the heat later. Then later, at the wedding, we were "on duty" for all 3 Komar boys. Heaven for me :) Not a job at all!!

Amy was (as we all KNEW she would be!) a beautiful bride, and everything went down without a hitch! We all had so much fun dancing in our boots until our feet couldn't take it anymore and drinking sweet tea and rum punch! Weddings can be SO much fun! My own wedding was such a drag! When and IF it ever happens for me again, I can only hope that it is half as much fun as Daniel and Amy's!! Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Frye!!

Here are my favorite pictures from the evening! Enjoy!

Sorry for the super picture heavy post...you just wait until we get back from California!!!Its going to be "blog about my vaca!"
Have a great weekend!!

With love, from Jax!

Jax and I made a little somethin' for his Momma for her birthday last week!
Obviously I stole the idea from pinterest, but it came out really cute!

I foot printed the little (big?!?) guy with black, shiny acrylic paint. I used both the left and right to make  "V" with them in the middle of a circular shaped plaque that I had already painted red.


*Just a tip...if you are trying to footprint a baby or in our case, 13-month old who would have NONE of it...have EVERYTHING ready!! Don't waste any time, have as many hands on deck as possible, and bring your object to the foot instead of the foot to the object if that makes sense?? Less pulling and tugging on their little limbs :)


Then I cleaned him up with wipes, put on his Buzz Lightyear Jammies and off to bed he went :)

The next day, I painted up some 2 inch letters that I got from Michael's, with the same black paint and glue gunned them on the sides of my "V," to spell LOVE.

 

In case there was any doubt, Gioia loved it! I can't wait until we have him next so that I can make one for our house!?! I wonder if I can involve the pups?

It's a blog...about my dog!

Hi I'm Emily and this is a blog...about my dog, Oscar,  and a little bit about me (when he allows.)

You will read more and more about us as time goes on, but Oscar is a 4 year old mini-dachshund. Silver dapple in color, one blue eye...one brown. He is pretty much a super hero. No, I'm not just saying that. I have migraines so bad that I have passed out several times. Who licks his Momma until she wakes up, and barks until someone comes? That's right. Oscar Mayer Man! He loves compressed raw hide, cantaloupe, sleeping in momma's bed and watching Judge Judy.

I am a professional boo boo fixer, I craft in my spare time and sell Initials Inc. I love like crazy, and sometimes hold grudges a little longer than I should. I love good peoples and good times. I miss my grandma every day. I love being a doggie-momma, but can't wait to be a real baby momma. I love to make messes. I hate cleaning them up. I have irrational fears of revolving doors and glitter.

I have a bad habit of blogging, and naming my blog after things that change. You can find my previous, kick ass writing/pics/projects at

www.RosenberghFam.blogspot.com where I wrote about being a young, newlywed, crafty things, etc. Most of the "happy" newly wed stuff was complete crap...so ignore that. This blog became obsolete when Oscar and  I got the HELL out of a very unhappy situation and came HOME!! to Virginia to be with the people we love!

www.JustwWhemandOsc.blogspot.com is where you can find the post-divorce blogging and crafting. Just me and the Osc man...livin' it up. I don't really feel that "JUST Whem and Osc" is really appropriate anymore, because we have so many important people in our lives now. We have my family, and we have Christopher...my mouse, my jellybeanz, my backbone! We love him, and he loves us.