Yikes, abi. 'Ma to your family what must have been a pretty scary night.

Cash, I agree about the pack thing, but I really do class pits separately from other breeds. Either way, a horrific thing to happen, and from all accounts, totally out of the blue.

Cash, I agree about the pack thing, but I really do class pits separately from other breeds. Either way, a horrific thing to happen, and from all accounts, totally out of the blue.

Last year here in town, we had a pack of three rottweilers--they were owned by a doctor--escape their yard and kill a woman. It's certainly tragic but it shows what a thin veneer of domestication there really is with animals. It's the reason I keep my babygates up with non-dog areas of the house for Owen.

Edit--Abi, I hope your family is safe and sound in church this morning and contacts you soon.

::eyes rottweiler curled up on the couch next to me suspiciously::

You know, it's a little hard to be intimidated by a dog who is now asleep on her back with all four legs pointing up into the air.

Hee, brenda. We just bought a new bed (new bed, yay!) and the Biscuit wasted no time in hopping up on it and falling asleep upside down.

I just woke up from a long nightmare where I was trapped in a bar where there were gunmen in a standoff with police (who were outside). Not quite a hostage situation - we just happened to be there and it was too dangerous to leave. At one point one of the gunmen put his gun against my cheek for no reason, then walked away. So I woke up and checked Natter. There must be some bad mojo about.

Hee, brenda. We just bought a new bed (new bed, yay!) and the Biscuit wasted no time in hopping up on it and falling asleep upside down.

Seriously. If she had Xs for eyes I'd've thought she was dead.

Also, yay! New bed!

You know, it's a little hard to be intimidated by a dog who is now asleep on her back with all four legs pointing up into the air.

I know this one. Back curved to better conform to the back and arm of the couch?

Dad called back. The tornado was over on the other side of town, so my family (all on the West Side) are fine. And my friend who's in college on the East side has an away message up, so she's fine, and probably also a church.

Oh, good, debetesse. I'm glad.

Also, yay! New bed!

Totally. 50 bucks at the thrift store for a king sized mattress in really good shape ($100 but on sale for 50% off)! Right now it's on two mis-sized box springs (free from the outside of a hotel), but we can take our time to get that sorted properly. $100 at TJ-Maxx for a gorgeous flannel sheet set, two huge Ralph Lauren pillows, thick fluffy mattress pad and a spare fitted sheet. It cost more for the accessories than for the mattress itself!

Anyway, even at all that discount store stuff, it is probably the most comfortable bed we've ever had. We've had other beds we've liked, like the futon, but not nearly as comfortable. We're sleeping way better, and less morning back pain.

I totally sound like those late night commercials, don't I? But I wasn't ready to shell out three grand for the Tempur-pedic Celebrity, so I told the SO I'd saved us $2,850.

Hooray for saving money and sleeping well! Hooray for lack of back pain!