WARNING - IF YOU DON'T LIKE DOGS, YOU'LL PROBABLY ROLL YOUR EYES AT THIS POST.

I spend most of my TGIFritz posts talking about the crazy things Fritz does. He can be very mischievous, destructive, embarrassing and clever but he's also a really great family dog. I thought I'd take this post to talk about his good, albeit less interesting, qualities.



We brought Fritz home when he was just 10 weeks old, not long after our first anniversary and just a few weeks after we moved into our house with a yard. We couldn't wait to get a dog and we knew we wanted a Boxer. It seemed pretty unlikely at first because Boxer puppies were so popular (which in puppy world = expensive). Then J's mom came through with a breeder in Riverside who had 1 pure bred, non-AKC registered puppy left. We drove out to meet him and knew right away that he was our puppy. We spotted some of his enduring traits right away:




he's very smart- too smart, he's very playful and social...



... he's cuddly, loyal, attentive, generally obedient...



...he's friendly, happy, curious, protective-but not aggressive, strong and fast...



...he's 80% calm, but is pretty excitable, he knows the phrase "that's enough" and usually responds to it at home...



... and he's a great sleeper (I'm talking about 13 hours a day!).

We love our Fritzimas, Fritzgerald, Fritzstoferson pup!!

We met our Bible Study at The Burrito Factory in Santa Clarita last night. I have a few comments.

1. Burrito Factory? - those 2 words should not be together. It's not nearly as appetizing as the Spaghetti or Cheesecake Factory.
2. Do you see that sign up there? I know it's a little hard to read, so I'll type it for you:

"Catering
6 ft-3 ft Burritos & More"

6 ft-3 ft? Are you sure that's how you say that? So, if I understand correctly, my options are 1. 6 ft-3 ft burritos OR 2. more. Hm.
3. After reading the sign, I immediately understood why it was placed over the bathrooms. Anyone who consumes more than a foot of burrito is gonna need a bathroom in the very near future.

...and I thought, "Well, sometimes that extra line at the bottom of the letter 'I' is just way too much....especially if it's icy."

I got some great material from you readers - thanks!

This week, I'm going to start with one that
Emily Luerhmann sent me.

J and I were just talking recently about church marquees. Some churches try to draw people in by putting clever, fortune cookie sayings (or One-liners for Evangelism) on their marquees. Do you know anyone who would say that they visited a
church because the sign said:

"Down in the mouth? It's time for a faith lift"(1)
or
"When God saw you - it was love at first sight"(1)

I'm all for evangelism at every opportunity, but this is just a little ridiculous and I would venture to guess, ineffective. Doesn't it seem that the title and text of the sermon are more likely to peak a passer-by's interest in a church than a cheesy
saying on a "street pulpit" like

"The Bible is the breakfast of champions.
What did you have for breakfast? (2)"

C'mon.

The following is a FABULOUS way to use a church marquee - banter. I have to agree with the sender that the Catholic church seems to have a much better sense of humor about it....

Ok. Just found this video that my friend Rachel posted to Facebook.



HAHAHA!!!

Ok all you faithful readers, I need some ideas for my www.Wednesday.what? theme. Have you seen anything online that makes you go, "WHAT?"



If so, send me a link, and if I use it I'll credit you for the find. I'll take as many as you got.

You all already know that I'm not good at spelling under pressure. Well, I have a very sad example for you. A couple weekends ago at Bible Study Retreat, I thought it would be cool to write our study's website address (firesidestudy.com) in the sand and take a picture of it....



.....so sad.