Snow dogs

Video of snow

Loved the snow fall of January, glad it's over though. I will post a few of Jack's snow dog pictures

Ahh, Snow

Maybe this won't be the last snow of the season. I always feel like a little kid when the snow comes. I love to hear the snow falling, the intense quiet all around except for the muffled fluffy sound of snow hitting snow. It's just so peaceful, brings on a peaceful feeling inside. And playing in the snow when it's a clear day is great - it's always warmer when there's snow on the ground to reflect all of the sunlight.

Now shoveling? Not so much but it's great exercise. I can say that now that I dug my car out and parked it on the street. Navigated the way to work and can sit back and enjoy the rest of my Sunday.

A Night with Jack

Friday is here and it's a restful night at home with the kids. A warm pizza, cold beer, toasty fire and a little TV.....and then there's Jack

7:00 - Ball?

7:15 Ball!

7:30 How about Tug?

7:45 Please?

8:00 back to the ball

8:15 - Balls under the chair

8:30 what about this one?

9:00 - Fine, I'll play by myself

10:20 - FINALLY!

Cheers to 2010

Here's my Cheers to 2010 though coming mid January instead of the first. Probably coming now because I took off a half day to do a dog adoption and take a nap....that makes for a fulfilling day : ). Leo got adopted to a former adopter whose dog passed away from heart disease. A preliminary update tonight is that he's having a blast. I am so sorry for the loss but I am happy that another dog got the chance to have a great home. The first adoption of the new year and the first adoption we've done in months.

Ahh bliss, the offer that I made on the house in 2009 two days after Christmas finally came to fruition. Had to walk away from the deal twice before I got the house and the repairs and finally a signed agreement in January 2010 to close March 2010. I will be a homeowner again. What a relief. And the dogs will enjoy the fenced yard which I intend to upgrade into a privacy fence sometime this year.

Maybe it's time now for me to consider getting back in the dating scene? Maybe, Maybe not. Sometimes that's way more trouble than it's worth. Maybe I'll just stick to the dogs : ).

Going through the sorting process now to weed things down. If I haven't worn it in a year - it's going to the Good Will/Salvation Army. If it's make up or hair care products that haven't been used - they will be used or thrown out. It it's broken, I'll fix it and if it can't be - it's going to be thrown out. Purging is good for the soul and movers. I did it three and a half years ago when I moved up here and have accumulated more stuff to weed through.

Long time since my last update

Wow, it's been a long time since I've written an update. Jack got his CGC and then passed his TT in october but we haven't enrolled in a TDI class. I have not decided what class or sport would be the best for him but I've been side tracked with the purchase of a home. I haven't owned my own place for three and a half years and it's just killing me. I can't wait to have a place of my own, it just feels good to me to have a little piece of the american dream. A place where I don't have to answer to anyone and if god forbid the dog chewed up the carpet (it's happened!), I don't have anyone to answer to.

So I've been picking up extra call and working hard trying to save all the money I can to get myself into a house. Hopefully the dogs will forgive my lack of attention when they have their own fenced yard.

Updates

Spending the weekend with my niece and am contemplating the Zoo with a 2 year old for Sunday - please someone kill me now. Ringo will probably become Jack Rabbit the flying dog from Neverland when I make things official. Since he passed his CGC and I'm going to test him for his TT in October and hopefully enroll him in a TDI class later this fall.....I should probably make him a part of the family.

Been considering getting one of those dog powered scooters for him. He has such a high energy level and frankly, I'm too old to pick up my roller blades again. I don't need to risk breaking a leg or a wrist just to make sure he's tired enough to go in the crate. The flirt pole works great but I'm getting tired of using it.

Still nothing on the house hunting front. I just think I'm too picky. Looks like I wont' be getting the tax incentive since you have to close before the end of October. Here's hoping that next year brings an incentive package too. I am going to really start working hard at finding something after the first of the year if not before then.

I've upgraded my Imac to snow leopard and bought some new memory. Now I have 4 gig of ram, not that I really have noticed a huge difference. I created a website for the VA dogfighting taskforce using iWeb and damn if I don't think I did a pretty good job. My only concerns are that some of the widgets don't quite work if whoever is browsing doesn't have the lastest Safari, FireFox or IE. Sometimes it isn't all that great to be on the cutting edge if things don't work. It was smooth and easy though - uploading was not the easy part. Homestead likes you to use their stuff and well, their stuff is crap. After about two hours of troubleshooting - it's all there and looks super!!!!! I can't help being pretty proud of myself. Check it out. (http://vaanimalfighting2.homestead.com/Home.html).