I think it's safe to say that we've now hit, and have exceeded, the 100 dog/person in 100 days thing. Tweak met just about everyone participating in the flyball tourney, met a ton of dogs, played with about a dozen puppies, including her siblings. :) It was really interesting to see how different their personalities are! Plus, they're growing at different rates as well - Tweak is pretty tall!
Freddie was solid like usual. He so knows his job - even coming back over the jumps when he bobbles the ball. He didn't use to so clearly he's getting better with age. :) I so love running him - we have such a good time. :)
Millie and Pacie stayed with my brother and his girlfriend at my house this weekend. It was still standing and Pacie is quite chunky so apparently they had a good weekend as well. :p
It was kinda tough with the one hand thing - I'm so glad Freddie is as easy to run as he is! But, the team all pitched in to help bring crates to and from the room. Now that's team work. ;)
Let me interrupt to say Tweak is one sneaky, and smart pup! She wanted the frisbee Pacie was playing with so she jumped on him and started wrestling with him. Once he got fed up, he jumped down and she pounced on the toy and ran away with it. He tried getting it from her once or twice and gave up. So she grabbed the toy and pranced in front of him with it until he started chasing her again. Not to shabby for a 3 month old puppy. :p
Anyway, we raced cleanly, but weren't good enough in our divisions. I think both teams took last place. It's a good thing we're not that competitive! hahaha
Monday I rested my hand. I kinda over-used it this weekend - shocking, I know. I got tires for my car, oil change, etc., which was just sitting around. I cleaned up the destruction debris that landed on the cellar stairs, tried to do a few dishes, picked up around the place a bit, and spent the rest of the time playing with the puppy, and catching up with tivo.
Jay came by today and built the third and final bookcase and nailed them into place. That wall is going to be so rocking when it's done. :p I'll be sure to post a picture once it's stained and full of books. :) I'll have no choice but to clean out the spare room then. :p
Tomorrow we're going to meet Kevin for lunch and then pick up the wood we need for Jay to face it. Whatever he needs, he'll get. I was a bad friend tho' by not creating a fully stocked wood shop in my basement for him so we have to take the wood back to his shop where all the "proper" equipment resides.
Ugh. I am soooo tired. I was up late last night and early this morning so it's time for bed.
D
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
can't sleep....
So I got up to walk around the house a bit, check mail, et., when I remembered I haven't blogged in a coupla days. It takes me so damn long to type anything now I dread the laptop.
Yesterday, I did nothing. Nada. Zilch. At least I think I did nothing, I'm not really sure tho'. Oh wait, I did a load of laundry and read the requirements for the class that started today. It was a Dog the Bounty Hunter on Tivo kind of day. I didn't even turn the damn thing on today, which means I'm behind. Again.
Today was different tho'. Dave the exterminator came up to do some killing. :) And killing he did! He took out 2 Carpenter Bees and 4 hornets nests. He said it was early for them to build nests. Ha. I guess he learned his lesson. I think they like the front of my house because of how much sun it gets. Someday they'll learn. If not, I'll just have Dave keep killing them. :p
Jason came over to start the bookcase project. I did what I could, which was really not a whole hell of a lot. I handed him towels, got water, hit Home Depot a couple of times, put my hand there when he needed me to (get your minds out of the gutter), sat and watched, grilled lunch, sat and watched some more - all while he worked so hard in the glaring sun. Did you know it was supposed to be 87 degrees out today? I didn't.
My hand certainly didn't like the weather. Hot and sweaty doesn't mix well with incisions, let me tell you.
Anyway, he decided to build it in three separate sections and actually got the two end ones done! Amazing. I was trying to learn from him while he was working without actually hovering over him. What I need to do is see where he makes his cuts. Anyone can measure, it's the cutting that's important. So, I'll try not to be a pest but will pay more attention tomorrow.
I put the AC on in the bedroom and tossed all the dogs in there while Dave was here. I can't have them going near all those chemicals. He says it dries in an hour and then it's safe, but I always give it more than that before letting them out, just in case. Today it happened to be 6 hours. Can't be too careful.
I'm going to attempt to do dishes with one hand tomorrow. I may even record it because I'm sure it'll be stupidly funny. I'll just have to figure out how to bleep out all of the cursing first. :p
I have to get everything together for the tourney. I'm leaving here at 3pm so we can get up there between 5 and 5:30pm. I printed out the directions, but have to write the hotel name on it so I know where the hell I'm going. I also have to get in touch with Renee to see where I'm meeting her. I have to bring the wheelie cooler up. The crates, grill, and chairs are in the car. Damn, I have to remember to ask Jason to take that seat out before he leaves.
I did homework after he left, read the chapter I was supposed to, posted messages on the discussion board, blah, blah, blah. I haven't much been in the learning mode lately. I'm hoping I snap out of that or I'll never move on to my bachelors. The good thing is that I don't have to take one class right after another, I can space them out and not get penalized or kicked out.
Tweak was sooooo freakin' cute today. With the furniture all over the damn place, she was able to walk on the back of the loveseat (one of her favorite places) without bumping into the wall. While I was sitting on the loveseat reading my homework, she walked along the back, plopped down behind my head, and rested her head over my shoulder. I could just eat her she's so damn cute!
Oh! I know what I did Wed, I shaved the cats! The poor things look *awful* since I'm not used to shaving with my left hand. But, they were much cooler and didn't mind being locked in the bathroom for the day (the chemicals y'know) since they got to lie on the cool tile in their new haircuts. I think Tweak is finally learning that they don't enjoy playing crocodiles and alligators. She only bugged them a couple of times tonight. Plus, when I told her to stop, she did. :)
I was THRILLED when it started raining and I heard the faint rumblings of thunder! Besides the fact that I *love* thunderstorms, I was really, really, really hoping she'd experience one before she was 14 weeks old! She was great! Just like every other "scary" situation, she bounced back in under a second. She heard the thunder, was puzzled when it was farther away, got a little scared when it was right on top of us, but immediately went to the screen to see what was going on. There were a couple of rumbles that had her tuck her tail, but those were really right on top of us and even Millie got spooked by them. But, she bounced right back to see what was going on. It was better than I could've hoped for!!
This weekend is another big weekend for her, she'll experience a full blown flyball tournament and all that it entails. She'll get to see most of her littermates again, and will be able to play with other puppies as well since Paula is bringing Coal with her. I think she'll be nice and tired by the time we get home. So will I. :p
Unfortunately I'm still not tired after 2 freakin' hours of typing. Ok, so it was more like one. I guess I'll go stare at the ceiling and hope I get tired soon.
D
Yesterday, I did nothing. Nada. Zilch. At least I think I did nothing, I'm not really sure tho'. Oh wait, I did a load of laundry and read the requirements for the class that started today. It was a Dog the Bounty Hunter on Tivo kind of day. I didn't even turn the damn thing on today, which means I'm behind. Again.
Today was different tho'. Dave the exterminator came up to do some killing. :) And killing he did! He took out 2 Carpenter Bees and 4 hornets nests. He said it was early for them to build nests. Ha. I guess he learned his lesson. I think they like the front of my house because of how much sun it gets. Someday they'll learn. If not, I'll just have Dave keep killing them. :p
Jason came over to start the bookcase project. I did what I could, which was really not a whole hell of a lot. I handed him towels, got water, hit Home Depot a couple of times, put my hand there when he needed me to (get your minds out of the gutter), sat and watched, grilled lunch, sat and watched some more - all while he worked so hard in the glaring sun. Did you know it was supposed to be 87 degrees out today? I didn't.
My hand certainly didn't like the weather. Hot and sweaty doesn't mix well with incisions, let me tell you.
Anyway, he decided to build it in three separate sections and actually got the two end ones done! Amazing. I was trying to learn from him while he was working without actually hovering over him. What I need to do is see where he makes his cuts. Anyone can measure, it's the cutting that's important. So, I'll try not to be a pest but will pay more attention tomorrow.
I put the AC on in the bedroom and tossed all the dogs in there while Dave was here. I can't have them going near all those chemicals. He says it dries in an hour and then it's safe, but I always give it more than that before letting them out, just in case. Today it happened to be 6 hours. Can't be too careful.
I'm going to attempt to do dishes with one hand tomorrow. I may even record it because I'm sure it'll be stupidly funny. I'll just have to figure out how to bleep out all of the cursing first. :p
I have to get everything together for the tourney. I'm leaving here at 3pm so we can get up there between 5 and 5:30pm. I printed out the directions, but have to write the hotel name on it so I know where the hell I'm going. I also have to get in touch with Renee to see where I'm meeting her. I have to bring the wheelie cooler up. The crates, grill, and chairs are in the car. Damn, I have to remember to ask Jason to take that seat out before he leaves.
I did homework after he left, read the chapter I was supposed to, posted messages on the discussion board, blah, blah, blah. I haven't much been in the learning mode lately. I'm hoping I snap out of that or I'll never move on to my bachelors. The good thing is that I don't have to take one class right after another, I can space them out and not get penalized or kicked out.
Tweak was sooooo freakin' cute today. With the furniture all over the damn place, she was able to walk on the back of the loveseat (one of her favorite places) without bumping into the wall. While I was sitting on the loveseat reading my homework, she walked along the back, plopped down behind my head, and rested her head over my shoulder. I could just eat her she's so damn cute!
Oh! I know what I did Wed, I shaved the cats! The poor things look *awful* since I'm not used to shaving with my left hand. But, they were much cooler and didn't mind being locked in the bathroom for the day (the chemicals y'know) since they got to lie on the cool tile in their new haircuts. I think Tweak is finally learning that they don't enjoy playing crocodiles and alligators. She only bugged them a couple of times tonight. Plus, when I told her to stop, she did. :)
I was THRILLED when it started raining and I heard the faint rumblings of thunder! Besides the fact that I *love* thunderstorms, I was really, really, really hoping she'd experience one before she was 14 weeks old! She was great! Just like every other "scary" situation, she bounced back in under a second. She heard the thunder, was puzzled when it was farther away, got a little scared when it was right on top of us, but immediately went to the screen to see what was going on. There were a couple of rumbles that had her tuck her tail, but those were really right on top of us and even Millie got spooked by them. But, she bounced right back to see what was going on. It was better than I could've hoped for!!
This weekend is another big weekend for her, she'll experience a full blown flyball tournament and all that it entails. She'll get to see most of her littermates again, and will be able to play with other puppies as well since Paula is bringing Coal with her. I think she'll be nice and tired by the time we get home. So will I. :p
Unfortunately I'm still not tired after 2 freakin' hours of typing. Ok, so it was more like one. I guess I'll go stare at the ceiling and hope I get tired soon.
D
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
more pics
I've been swapping pics with the other owners of Tweak's littermates. I usually share here too and today is no exception. :)
Look at those long legs! One morning she woke up and Poof! she had legs. :)
This pic was to show her ears and her cute face. :) Sometimes that ear is full up, most of the time it's at 3/4 up. Either way is cute. :)
She's so good it's ridiculous. :p
D
p.s. She doesn't quite get the dogs-barking-on-tv-aren't-really-there theory so she's barking her fool head off at the kitchen door. :p
Look at those long legs! One morning she woke up and Poof! she had legs. :)
This pic was to show her ears and her cute face. :) Sometimes that ear is full up, most of the time it's at 3/4 up. Either way is cute. :)
She's so good it's ridiculous. :p
D
p.s. She doesn't quite get the dogs-barking-on-tv-aren't-really-there theory so she's barking her fool head off at the kitchen door. :p
doing well
Surgery went well. I'm recovering nicely. :)
I'm not in pain, which is surprising and super cool! The dogs know something is up and have taken it easy on me, napping when I have and playing together. I'm not up for tugging or training so the puppy is getting a break today.
I wanted pizza for dinner and found out, while looking for Domino's phone number online, that you can order and pay online! Woohoo! I so love technology when it works in your favor. :)
Tenille *finally* hauled off and smacked the shit out of Tweak today! I think her puppy license with them is expired. ;)
I forgot to mention that we started doing restrained recalls with Tweak at practice. I tried a technique Cheryl told me about - throwing the tug while running. I'm not even sure she noticed. :p She was totally on me the whole time, which is a good thing I think. :) After she "caught" me we'd run back to the tug and play.
Also, our team really does do everything together! Almost every single one of us have new'ish to new dogs! Paula surprised the team by bringing her new puppy to practice this week! Nancy is going to see her new puppy this weekend. Cindy has Mattingly, Renee has Ailis, Holly & Rob have Herbie, Angelica has Winston, I have Tweak, and Deb has...uhhh...I forget his name! Now we just have tot talk Phil into letting Susan have another dog and we'll be set. ;p Oh and Kate needs one. But since she's doing the baby thing this year, she'll jump on the dog bandwagon next year.
I couldn't handle the warmth of the day so I turned on the AC in the bedroom. I probably wouldn't have except I wasn't feeling that great from the anesthesia. I think it'll be cool enough to sleep in there tonight. I like it *cold* when I sleep - keeping the window open in the winter time kind of cold. :)
It's taken me about an hour to type all of this so I'm off. Tivo and I have been catching up today - I'm only 2 1/2 weeks behind. I caught up on CSI today, tonight is Dog the Bounty Hunter. :)
Aloha.
D
I'm not in pain, which is surprising and super cool! The dogs know something is up and have taken it easy on me, napping when I have and playing together. I'm not up for tugging or training so the puppy is getting a break today.
I wanted pizza for dinner and found out, while looking for Domino's phone number online, that you can order and pay online! Woohoo! I so love technology when it works in your favor. :)
Tenille *finally* hauled off and smacked the shit out of Tweak today! I think her puppy license with them is expired. ;)
I forgot to mention that we started doing restrained recalls with Tweak at practice. I tried a technique Cheryl told me about - throwing the tug while running. I'm not even sure she noticed. :p She was totally on me the whole time, which is a good thing I think. :) After she "caught" me we'd run back to the tug and play.
Also, our team really does do everything together! Almost every single one of us have new'ish to new dogs! Paula surprised the team by bringing her new puppy to practice this week! Nancy is going to see her new puppy this weekend. Cindy has Mattingly, Renee has Ailis, Holly & Rob have Herbie, Angelica has Winston, I have Tweak, and Deb has...uhhh...I forget his name! Now we just have tot talk Phil into letting Susan have another dog and we'll be set. ;p Oh and Kate needs one. But since she's doing the baby thing this year, she'll jump on the dog bandwagon next year.
I couldn't handle the warmth of the day so I turned on the AC in the bedroom. I probably wouldn't have except I wasn't feeling that great from the anesthesia. I think it'll be cool enough to sleep in there tonight. I like it *cold* when I sleep - keeping the window open in the winter time kind of cold. :)
It's taken me about an hour to type all of this so I'm off. Tivo and I have been catching up today - I'm only 2 1/2 weeks behind. I caught up on CSI today, tonight is Dog the Bounty Hunter. :)
Aloha.
D
Monday, May 7, 2007
to do list
My to do list is about as long as the Rapunzel's hair. There's no way I'm getting everything done before surgery, it's just physically impossible. I need another set of hands and 3 more days. Ha!
Yesterday was a blur, fun, but a blur. I was 1/2 hour late for flyball practice (ugh), shot home, dropped off the kids, and headed over to my aunt's house. I had to pick my cousin up so I could take her down to the recording studio. I was actually on time for that, but we left 1/2 hour later than we were supposed to, which made us late for the studio. Ugh.
We got there around 1pm'ish. We spent a bunch of time picking microphones, and setting stuff up. Mary warmed up with National Anthem but decided not to record it. I won't go into alllllllll the details, I'll just say that she recorded 11 songs and we left there around 10:30pm. Got back to Peabody around 11pm, got home around 11:30'ish. Have you done the math? Yup. The puppy was in the crate for 12 1/2 hours. UGH!!!
Of course she pee'ed in her crate, which is fine since I wouldn't have wanted her to try and hold it for that long. I tried to call a few people to see if they could let her out but nobody was around. :( I was NOT planning on that much time away, I would've ex-pen'ed her in the kitchen with papers if I had known. I felt *horrible.*
Of course she was raring to go when I got home. Woohoo. And she needed a bath. :p So, all the kids went outside while I started cleaning crates. Then the puppy had her 2nd bath of her life - oh so way beyond less than pleased. I didn't have the time or the patience to make it a really good experience, so she just got a bath. She didn't really struggle all that much, she was just afraid. We bonded afterwards while I towel dried her and whispered sweet nothings in her ear. She was fine after that. :)
We played and played until I couldn't stand up anymore and then it was bed time. It was 1:30am. I so passed out.
All of the kids had had plenty o' time to sleep so they were up and ready for the day at 6:30am. Yay for me. I seriously contemplated passing out on the couch and saying screw it to work. But, it was my last day before surgery and I had a ton of shit to get done before tomorrow. After I'm done depositing my useless thoughts, I'll log on to work and finish up a few things before doing laundry, playing with the dogs, doing the dishes, and finishing up a few things.
Damn! I forgot to measure the deck! Be right back....
Ok, that's done. The wood for the bookcase is being delivered on Wednesday. Since I have to pay a delivery charge anyway, I figured I'd order extra wood so I can replace some of the railings on the stairs and the deck. I probably won't replace them just yet, but why pay another delivery charge when I can just get the wood now on the same delivery charge? I had to measure what I wanted to replace and then call my brother-in-law to figure out what that actually equaled in supplies. I have to call Home Depot tomorrow before I leave for the hospital and add to the order.
So I got to work around 9'ish, worked straight through until 6:30pm, forgetting to get lunch. I was starving by the time I got home and was thankful that I took some steak tips out of the freezer the other day. I ate, played with the dogs, fed the dogs, replied to some emails, started researching a few things for camp, took the rest of the wood outside, cleaned off half of the kitchen table, got some laundry together, and trained the puppy.
Nice day, huh?
I'll be heading to bed soon so I can get up early and finish some work before taking off. When my brother gets here in the morning (he's my keeper for the day tomorrow), I have to show him how to use the mower. I desperately need to mow the lawn and I ran out of time. I think I had planned on doing that on Sunday, but clearly that didn't happen.
Tweak put a new hole in my arm today, by accident....I think. :p It's quite sore unfortunately. She put a few new holes in Millie too. Tweak learned that her whole head still fits in Millie's mouth quite nicely. :)
Well, that's it for me kiddies. I'm going to watch an episode of Metalocalypse and then go pass out. This is the episode where they record their next album under water with a producer that bleeds from his eyes because of the awesome amount of metal, then explodes while getting chased by a nuclear seahorse. Heh. Good stuff. :)
Wish me luck tomorrow. :D
D
Yesterday was a blur, fun, but a blur. I was 1/2 hour late for flyball practice (ugh), shot home, dropped off the kids, and headed over to my aunt's house. I had to pick my cousin up so I could take her down to the recording studio. I was actually on time for that, but we left 1/2 hour later than we were supposed to, which made us late for the studio. Ugh.
We got there around 1pm'ish. We spent a bunch of time picking microphones, and setting stuff up. Mary warmed up with National Anthem but decided not to record it. I won't go into alllllllll the details, I'll just say that she recorded 11 songs and we left there around 10:30pm. Got back to Peabody around 11pm, got home around 11:30'ish. Have you done the math? Yup. The puppy was in the crate for 12 1/2 hours. UGH!!!
Of course she pee'ed in her crate, which is fine since I wouldn't have wanted her to try and hold it for that long. I tried to call a few people to see if they could let her out but nobody was around. :( I was NOT planning on that much time away, I would've ex-pen'ed her in the kitchen with papers if I had known. I felt *horrible.*
Of course she was raring to go when I got home. Woohoo. And she needed a bath. :p So, all the kids went outside while I started cleaning crates. Then the puppy had her 2nd bath of her life - oh so way beyond less than pleased. I didn't have the time or the patience to make it a really good experience, so she just got a bath. She didn't really struggle all that much, she was just afraid. We bonded afterwards while I towel dried her and whispered sweet nothings in her ear. She was fine after that. :)
We played and played until I couldn't stand up anymore and then it was bed time. It was 1:30am. I so passed out.
All of the kids had had plenty o' time to sleep so they were up and ready for the day at 6:30am. Yay for me. I seriously contemplated passing out on the couch and saying screw it to work. But, it was my last day before surgery and I had a ton of shit to get done before tomorrow. After I'm done depositing my useless thoughts, I'll log on to work and finish up a few things before doing laundry, playing with the dogs, doing the dishes, and finishing up a few things.
Damn! I forgot to measure the deck! Be right back....
Ok, that's done. The wood for the bookcase is being delivered on Wednesday. Since I have to pay a delivery charge anyway, I figured I'd order extra wood so I can replace some of the railings on the stairs and the deck. I probably won't replace them just yet, but why pay another delivery charge when I can just get the wood now on the same delivery charge? I had to measure what I wanted to replace and then call my brother-in-law to figure out what that actually equaled in supplies. I have to call Home Depot tomorrow before I leave for the hospital and add to the order.
So I got to work around 9'ish, worked straight through until 6:30pm, forgetting to get lunch. I was starving by the time I got home and was thankful that I took some steak tips out of the freezer the other day. I ate, played with the dogs, fed the dogs, replied to some emails, started researching a few things for camp, took the rest of the wood outside, cleaned off half of the kitchen table, got some laundry together, and trained the puppy.
Nice day, huh?
I'll be heading to bed soon so I can get up early and finish some work before taking off. When my brother gets here in the morning (he's my keeper for the day tomorrow), I have to show him how to use the mower. I desperately need to mow the lawn and I ran out of time. I think I had planned on doing that on Sunday, but clearly that didn't happen.
Tweak put a new hole in my arm today, by accident....I think. :p It's quite sore unfortunately. She put a few new holes in Millie too. Tweak learned that her whole head still fits in Millie's mouth quite nicely. :)
Well, that's it for me kiddies. I'm going to watch an episode of Metalocalypse and then go pass out. This is the episode where they record their next album under water with a producer that bleeds from his eyes because of the awesome amount of metal, then explodes while getting chased by a nuclear seahorse. Heh. Good stuff. :)
Wish me luck tomorrow. :D
D
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