Melissa

I Have Been A purple Angel

Since July 7, 2002

My name is Melissa aka LadyBichon. I was born and raised in Birmingham,
Alabama, by very loving parents.They taught me well. They taught me to
respect others, to treat people the way I would want them to treat me in
return. 

I have been married to a very loving man for 17 years. We don't have any
children of our own, except our 2 furkids Happy & Hannah. Oh and plenty
of nieces and nephews to spoil rotten and send home.  LOL
 
Our Frisekids,  Happy, {my Happyboy} filled a deep hole left in my heart
by
the passing of our first furkid. Happy is very patient except when it
comes to his Beggin Strips. LOL  He's Loves to have his picture taken.
LOL  What a little HAM he is. Just pick up a camera and he strikes a
pose. LOL  He always knows when I'm feeling down. He comes in and kisses
my cheek then proceeds to do something that just totally cracks me up.
We do piggy races each night. This is where I take this squeekie pig he
brings me and sit it on the floor then slapping it so hard it rolls down
the hall. He races with it to see who can get into the other bedroom
first.

Hannah was a special Christmas gift, givin to us by a couple who adopted
my us as their kids. She was born 2 days before my birthday, and a total
surprise. She was transported to us thru a Bassett hound rescue unit.
Amazingly when she got here I was very amazed that she was so much like
our first bichonboy  I cried when she came out of the crate and looked
up at me with those brown eyes of hers. It was like I was sitting there
looking at BijouBuddy all over again.  She is very smart. My hubby is
hard of hearing and when he's home alone she let's him know when the
phone rings.

    I'm a "Domestic Engineer" and I almost love my job.   I take care of
my hubby who has a Degenerative Spinal cord injury not from an accident,
but from something called and Arachnoid Cyst that grew inside his spinal
colum{sp}. It damaged his spinal cord. One thing I have learned from him
is to never give up.

I love to make things with Plastic canvas and I'm also attempting to
teach myself how to sew. Especially since I inherited my mother's sewing
machine.
My mother sewed a lot and told me it was better for her instead of
taking nerve medicine.  I also love to play with Paint Shop Pro in my
spare time.

I love to collect Old Cookbooks, Bichon Frise trinkets, Angels,
refridgerator magnets, and thanks to my grandmother some old salt and
pepper shakers.
I also have a few dolls.

My favorite things are  watching Happy and Hannah play. Hearing the
laughter of children.  Spending time with my hubby, Memories of my
parents and grandparents. Taking up time with Senior Citizens and
listening to them tell stories of their past because they are living
history books. I also love to try to help people when I'm able to help
them. 


My favorite quote is

Touch a Bichon,
 and you have touched a bit of heaven...
 Hold a Bichon,
 and you have held the world...
 Love a Bichon,
 and you will love life forever...
                                         Author Unknown

If you would like more information about me or about Coco's Castle you may email me at LadyBchn@concentric.net