Not scared anymore!

Yeterday I was taking a walk (with Caroline in the stroller) and it was such a beautiful day. I was thinking to myself how perfect the weather was and how I need to get out and walk every morning like this when this huge black dog started barking and growling at me in the woods and scared me to death. It was barking like it wanted to eat us and I could see his lip curled up and all of his teeth. So, of course I panicked and basically started to run. There was a jeep cherokee near by and I thought if the dog came after us that I would grab Caroline and jump on the top of that (ha...can you imagine that!) Luckily, the dog never came out of the woods, it must have been chained to a tree or something...but it ruined my walk! It is one thing to worry about a dog attacking you but it is quite another when you have a little baby strapped in a stroller with you. SO..DOGS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEED TO BEWARE! I have started taking my walks with protection! Tony has this steel club thing (like police officers carry) that he has given me to take on walks. I was walking this morning and laughing at myself thinking how funny this must look to see a young mother and her baby walking through a nice neighborhood with a weapon! Everytime I walk by a house that has a dog or by THAT house that has the mean black dog, I would whip that thing out and be ready! ha! What a sight!