Storm - Life of a Loved Pit Bull

13/09/2024

Miss Jolene had a teeth cleaning on Wednesday 🦷 When we adopted her she had, had a couple teeth removed while at the SPCA but her teeth and gums have always been bad. I have brushed her teeth regularly since adopting her and it never seemed to make a difference. Her gums would flare up every once in a while and I could tell they would bother her, also her mouth always seemed to smell bad despite the constant brushing.
She spent the day at the vet, she had to be put under for the procedure. We picked her up later that day and although groggy (high as a kite 🪁) she did amazing and is since back to her wonderful self. The results are mind blowing, I had no idea that her teeth would look this good 😯 and she has nice puppy-like breath for the first time. I called the vet and asked for the before and after photos they had shown me at pick up to be emailed just to share the crazy before and after.

08/09/2024

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01/09/2024

The summer has gone by so quickly! I hope everyone has enjoyed it, been busy with projects around the house and yard and the boys heading back to school but we are all doing great!
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08/08/2024

Just like an Ant under a magnifying glass 🔍🐜

25/07/2024

Sending out Prayers 🙏 Fire has hit Jasper, AB. Canada. The entire National Park was evacuated on Monday night and the 3 fires (that I believe have since joined into 2) are encroaching on the town now. Some first responders have been relocated out of the town this evening and some firefighters are still there, May they all stay safe 🙏
As most of you know this place is so incredibly dear to my heart and was the home of all mine and Storm’s Hiking Adventures. Its Beauty is unmatched and its ability to heal ones heart and guide ones spirit is indescribable.

18/07/2024

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14/07/2024

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02/07/2024

Even Jolene is starting to look at me as if wondering where all the constant new plants/shrubs I come home with, are going to go 🤨 The boys as always are the best little helpers ☺️

23/06/2024

Here’s Miss Jolene!! She’s been loving the heat and spending her days outside with the boys and I. I’ve been taking pictures of her but haven’t stopped to post any. I’ve been so busy (and completely in my element) getting my landscaping and planting done (my partner watched me walk through the gate a couple days ago, for the 3rd time that week, and he asked me why everytime I leave the house I come back with a tree/shrub 🤣) Everytime I think I’m done, I end up digging out more sod and adding more plants. I’m having so much fun with it all.

Everyone here is doing good, preschool ended, kindergarten will end this week, soccer is coming to an end, hubby turned 40 🤭 and to top it off The Oilers are playing for the cup 🏆 tomorrow!
LFG!! 🏒🥅 🙌

I hope all of you are doing Good!
Sending love ♥️

23/06/2024

A little memory of Storm in the flower bed 🦛

11/06/2024

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08/06/2024

🛁 the after bath look of betrayal last night 🤭 she has forgiven us this morning and is so soft and clean. She smelled so bad of dirt and old tree sap 😷 it had to be done 🧼

07/06/2024

Good Morning Everyone!! As per usual I burried myself in projects for the month of May and haven’t really taken a break. May is a bittersweet month, it is the month I lost my Mom… Can you believe it’s been 9 years? No amount of time makes it any easier and I fell apart on more than one occasion as if the loss of her was recent. I also have a love hate relationship with Mother’s Day because I love being a Mom but being a Mom of young kids without my own Mom here to guide me really empathizes how alone I am on this journey. I am surrounded by boys and men and have no real female influence in my life and that’s a sh*tty feeling. What I do love about May, is all the new life around, the birds returning, the trees and flowers in bloom.
Jolene has been her amazing and thankfully very healthy self despite eating all the dried berries off trees and grazing like a cow on the dreaded quack grass I’ve been waging war against. She has been literally sleeping in dirt and rocks while I work so we recently bought her a little outdoor cot that I now drag around the yard where I’m working.
This being the first spring in our home has made for a lot of work and first on that list was building a new fence around our property because the old one was literally falling down (parts of it we just pushed down when we started the build). A couple of our neighbours helped and we built all 250’ of it in 2 days in the rain and very cold temps but it is awesome and I know Jolene is safer with it. After that we planted a couple trees and then started the garden area, we haven’t had great weather so planting was started later than usual and I’m still working back there on everything to get it to where we envision it. There will be rock between the planters and possibly a little green house in the future. The last few pictures are from before we started this massive project.
The boys are doing great and have been busy with field trips and soccer. They will both be graduating preschool and kindergarten over the next few weekends… the time goes way too quickly.

Sending out so much love to all of you and hope everyone is finding a reason to smile ♥️ and thank you for always being my safe space for all of these years, I appreciate all of you 🙏

11/05/2024

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04/05/2024

Hi Everyone!! Life has been busy. Jolene is doing Great and besides the awful snow we got this week it’s been feeling more and more like spring. We have to build a new fence and do our garden in the next few weeks so I imagine things will continue to be very busy. Just wanted to say Hi and share some photos of Miss Jolene 🎶
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11/04/2024

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10/04/2024

08/04/2024

Jolene and the birds this morning. I absolutely LOVE this time of year! All the new buds on the trees, the birds visiting, the chirping in the mornings. I’m hoping my perennials will make a return as they weren’t cared for before we bought and the snow fell but I’ve cut them back now so here’s hoping 🤞 I have no idea what any of my trees or shrubs are but hopefully will be able to identify them with some help once the leaves come back.

06/04/2024

Taken 2 min apart 🤦🏻‍♀️

03/04/2024

Hi Everyone! Hope you are all doing well and had a good Easter♥️
Jolene has finally been enjoying the outdoors now that winter is behind us. As per usual our weather is all over the place here in Alberta. We’ve had +20C days followed by snow and then warm again only to snow. But I see new spring life all around. The trees are budding and I have a couple mystery plants coming up. Because we moved so late in the fall I have no idea what’s in my yard for trees/shrubs/plants. I see what looks like a small rose bush and peonies so hoping those come back. It’ll be a mystery what we have once things get leaves and grow again. There will be a ton of outdoor projects this year that I’m looking forward to, a new fence, veggie garden, putting together the swingset/playground for the boys and some landscaping. We have some indoor projects too but I’m an outdoor girl at heart so am way more excited to be outside doing the yard work. The boys have been playing in the yard so much and of course helping me with everything.

31/03/2024

🐣 Happy Easter 🐣

31/03/2024

I’ll try to get photos of her when she wakes up and sees her basket 🐣🧺

28/03/2024

Some Bunny 🐇 doesn’t care for her new ears.

22/03/2024

Today marks 3 years since I said goodbye to my very best friend, my sidekick, my rock. Storm was one of a kind and I honestly don’t know where I would be today if it wasn’t for her and her love. She was there through both the very worst and very best times of my life. She was a once in a lifetime kind of miracle and I will never know how I got so lucky. She is missed beyond measure.
Forever in my Heart ♥️

14/03/2024

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13/03/2024

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02/03/2024

Another cold, snowy weekend 🐾

21/02/2024

🎶 Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Joleeeene 🎶

14/02/2024

Happy Valentine’s Day 💞

08/02/2024

Poor Jolene probably thought the snow was going to be the worst part of her day 🛁🪥