Zoe pains.

Zoe, our 4 year old hot dog dog, has caused quite the ruckus in our house lately.

First of all, she had a run in with another animal last week.   Every night before we go to bed, I take Zoe out so she can pee before she's in the for the night.  We have a big spot of patchy grass right outside of our apartment, and I never have to put her on her leash.  I will stand inside the doorway while she runs outside, does her business, then runs back in.

This one night was different.   I was in my usual routine and I was letting Zoe out for the last time that night.  I turned my head for a second to pick up Ryan's shoes and when I turned back around to call Zoe in, I saw her face to face.....WITH A SKUNK.

Not just A skunk, but a HUGE skunk!  This sucker was probably 10 pounds heavier than Zoe and had 3 times the fur.  If I wasn't scared out of my mind that either she was going to attack the skunk thinking it was a squirrel, or vice versa, I would of taken a picture.

Zoe and Pepe were eye to eye and I FREAKED OUT.  I started screaming Zoe's name hoping and praying she would listen to me and come inside rather than face off with stinky.  As soon as she started to turn towards me to come back to the house, Pepe lifted up his huge tail and I heard a huge hissing sound.

Naturally I thought Zoe was going to reek of skunk smell and it was going to be a huge pain to get the smell out.  Lucky for us, the skunk sprayed the other direction and she just missed it.  WHEW.

My heart was beating so fast and I'm pretty sure Zoe had no idea that she was just eye to eye with a humungo skunk that could of done some serious damage.   It's so random that there was a skunk around our complex because it's a new apartment complex with no big trees and not a lot of woods around us.  I guess I'm just glad they didn't fight and Zoe still smells like Boysenberry doggie shampoo :)

You would think that would of been enough adventure for Zoe for at least a month.  Not our doggie.

I'm at work on Sunday and we're slammed all day.  I get a call from Ryan and something told me I should answer it.  I did, and Ryan begins to tell me he took Zoe with him to the grocery store, and while he was in the store shopping, Zoe ate an ENTIRE pack of sugar free gum.  We had no idea if it could harm her or not, so Ryan called the emergency vet -- just in case.

Come to find out, sugar free gum with xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs.   Xylitol absorbs in the dog's blood stream immediately and if they don't get treatment as soon as possible, it could cause liver failure and/or death.  We did not want her to die.

Ryan rushed her to the emergency vet and they started to make her throw up immediately.  Poor girl!   The vet told Ryan they could tell she got into a lot of gum, and because she is so small, they needed to keep her overnight in case she had seizures from any Xylitol that didn't get out of her system.

To make a long story short, she's fine now and acting her normal self.  I hope she stays out of trouble now for a while because it's pretty stressful having a sick pup!  She's basically our only child at this point!

I hope everyone is having a great week!  I'm heading out to Colorado with some beautiful and fun Hibbard ladies next weekend and I can't wait!!

That Australian accent...oh man

I just realized that I never uploaded any pictures or videos of the Keith Urban concert!  I still can't figure out how to upload the videos from my camera, but I will eventually!

My review: he's amazing in concert.  I didn't realize how many songs I knew and I sang along to ALL of them!   He is soooooo good looking so of course I enjoyed the huge TV since we were so far away :)  I think he did an awesome job of engaging the crowd.  My favorite part of the concert was when he walked through the crowd and sang a few songs at the very back part of the stadium (where we were).   At the end of one of his songs, he gave his guitar away.  That CAN'T be cheap!  Ooooh Nicole Kidman, you're one lucky lady.

Jake Owen & Keith Urban on stage, together! 

Ryan selflessly watching me drool all night to music he doesn't like ;) 

So close I could almost touch him!

If Keith ever goes on tour near me again then he'll definitely being getting another $50 from us :)  

Ryan and I 50 years from now...

Cutest and funniest video ever!  I love YouTube! 

Oh, You Know...

I did so good updating this blog in August, and now that September has rolled around I don't know where the time has gone!

First of all, we had an awesome time on our cruise.  We were incredibly lazy, ate too much and just enjoyed the beautiful views.  We did just one excursion and that was in Nassau.  We thought it was worth the money, and we're glad we didn't do anything more extravagant.  Ryan and I decided that we could never, ever live in Miami after spending a night there.  We don't go out clubbing every night and we can't speak full-on Spanish.  We're glad that we spent some time there, however, because they had some amazing Cuban food!! Here are a few pics from our trip:

My Aunt Karen & Uncle Rick surprised us with a bottle of wine!  Thank you...it was delicious and it didn't last long :)

Cool lizard in Freeport, Bahamas

Soaking up the sun in the beautiful Caribbean water

On our ship

Our ship next to Great Stirrup Cay island

I was paranoid about getting laundry done and picking up Zoe once we got back home.  I went back to work right away and had a LOT of catching up to do.  

Not even a week after we got home, I noticed Zoe was sneezing a ton.  Her throat just sounded different when breathing and she had a runny nose.  I started getting worried but I figured she just picked up something from the kennel and she'd get rid of it.

After a few days she wasn't sounding any better.  I was nagging Ryan so much about what could be wrong with her he finally told me to just take her to the vet and get her some meds.  

The veterinarian was supppppper nice and said she has some sort of upper respiratory cold or virus.  He gave us 2 different medications to give her, so we're hoping this will knock it out of her.  I don't like it when my little booger is sick :( 

On another note, I'm still trying to upload some of the videos I took at the Keith Urban concert.  Once I figure out how to do this on my camera, I'll post them :)

Also, my dad recently got in a car accident at work, and we're just glad he's okay and nobody got hurt!  

Oh, and one other thing....pumpkin spice lattes came back to Starbuck's last week.  I. love. these. drinks.  I could have 10 a day.  I'm really trying to limit myself for the sake of Ryan and I's bank account, but oh my...it's hard!!  How can I resist and it's only for a limited time!

Pumpkin.  Spice.  Coffee.  Cooler weather.  Happiness in a cup. 

Other than that, there isn't a whole lot going on in Hibbard land.  I feel like there are lots and lots of ladies that are pregnant, so I'll do a big old giant CONGRATS to all of the ladies I know that have a bun in the oven!