Saturday chat

It's bright and sunny this morning and should be mid-70s. Tomorrow and Monday it's supposed to drop to mid 60s and be rainy. I'm sure a lot of people had outdoor plans for Mother's Day, so it's crummy timing. It'll be in the 80s the rest of the week tho, so I think I'll put winter clothes away and break out the summer stuff. I always enjoy that, especially when I unpack clothes I forgot I had.

Glenda - I hope you hear something from those applications soon. I always felt like I should hear something in a day or two and it always seemed to take weeks. I'd be thinking "don't they know I need a job NOW?"

 Glenda your efforts should be repaid with a job!!  You go get 'em! 

I am aggravated with myself - I can't find Bugsy's long line.  I have more rope but it had about $20 worth of climbing hardware on there - nothing else is strong enough. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR my mind is cabbaged lately 

It is hot & muggy here but very breezy.  DH & I took a long walk to the lake and it was just beautiful down there - the walk home was very warm though.

Well guess I am off to buy more climbing hardware as I can't do goose patrol or next weekend we go to the beach without the long line. Sigh.

kpwlee

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR my mind is cabbaged lately 

I know the feeling Karen. It stinks!

I decided to google the restaurant we're going to for Mother's Day dinner. SIL made the reservations and sent an email with all the info. I misread it as Carnitas and assumed it was a mexican restaurant but couldn't find it online. I reread the email and it's Carmitas and it's kosher mediterranean food - lol. I was disappointed because I really had a hankering for mexican food but the reviews are all really good and I enjoy all kinds of food. Glad I checked before we got there tho.

Glenda, have fun at the bbq.  Sending you vibes that your job search pays off soon. 

Karen, the way it usually works for me, when I can't find something, is that I buy a new one and magically the lost one comes out of hiding. 

We went to the farmer's market and got some lovely strawberries, peaches, new potatoes, green beans, squash, mexican chocolate toffee, strawberry preserves with no sugar added and my addiction, spiced peach butter.  I'm a happy woman. :)    The weather has cooled off and it was very nice.  Lots of people and pooches wandering around, sampling things and enjoying the morning.  Now it's time to clean house and maybe get a nap in this afternoon.

We finished our latest jigsaw puzzle this morning.  Two pieces missing.    I hate it when that happens.  I think I'll take a break for a while as I get pretty obsessed with finishing once I start one. lol  I have two books from Amazon and can't decide which to start first.  One is Jean Donaldson's new book and the other is a true story of a sailing trip with a disaster of some sort.  Knowing myself, I'll probably read them simultaneously. :)

Wow!  Talk about a good way to start the day!  Went to get a glass of milk with dinner last night and blech!  Sour.  So, was going to use change to get a gallon today, but Todd's food card came!  What wonderful timing!  Guess mine will probably show up Monday.

My world famous pasta salad is made and "marrying" at the moment.  Will really be nice to get out and do something with another couple for a change.

I have pretty much nothing to say, other than good morning all and enjoy your Saturdays!  Maybe more later? lol

The trainer has backed off lessons to 8 a.m. (Florida's getting TOO hot even by 10 a.m.) which means we have to LEAVE the house by 7 to get there.

Got down there this morning and she'd forgotten to email and let me know they went to NH to a dog conference.

ACK .... both of us were quite ticked off. 

Billy's getting groomed right now -- and now *I* gotta go get "groomed" myself.  (which mine was as cheap as his is!!)

My neighbor popped in last night.  She decided very spontaneously to hit the Dixon May Fair and wanted to know if I would go with her.  I'm always up for at trip to the fair and a corn dog on a stick so we went and had a lot of fun.  A got e-mails from people this a.m. claiming to have received a very weird e-mail from me with a French link - apparently this went to everyone in my address book, even Home Depot.  So ... if I have your e-mail and you got one of these, I didn't send it so just delete it. Not sure how that happened.  Virus?  My only known cure for a virus is to crack open a bottle of Two Buck Chuck, but that probably wouldn't work here.  OK ... off now to cruise through Big Lots and Costco. Happy Saturday, everyone.

Joyce

If anyone wants a laugh, here's a link to a deluxe redneck shed on craigslist:

http://northernwi.craigslist.org/zip/1724604799.html

Cher & I went to training this morning.  She loves to track, & it shows.  Our TD is very complimentary of her tracking.  She was having focus issues today during obedience.  If it weren't a little frustrating, it would have been funny.  I could just see her talking to herself during our heeling work.  "Fuss, fuss, fuss, OH MY GOD A SHINY THING!!!!, fuss fuss fuss...." 

Protection sucked.  We are working with a new helper, who is not very experienced.  Every time that we work with him, I remind him that Cher leads with her mouth, not with her feet like our gsds, & mals do.  Today, I reminded him, we backed off, & she went in for a bite.  She was amped up & she went in hard, & he wasn't ready.  He jammed her, & she came off the sleeve, & landed flat on her back.  I nearly had a heart attack, because I was sure that she was really hurt.  I've never been so relieved to see her come flying up off the ground & make a grab for the sleeve.  She was still ready to go, but I put a stop to it so that I could ream the helper.  Before I had a chance to say much to the helper, our TD came out to handle it himself.   The guy claimed that the reason that he jammed Cher was because he didn't realize that she didn't lead with her feet.  Even though I had warned him right beforehand.  I was even more pissed after the excuse, as was our TD.  He ended up jamming one of our Sch II dogs later in the day, & at that point he was relieved of his duties....permanently.  I could not be happier.

LOL, Willow woke me up this morning early.  It was thundering.  I thought, that's odd because she's never been scared of storms.  Hum, so I go to investigate and poor thing, I had left the window open near her bed and the rain mist was hitting it.   It's a good thing she did wake me though because the alarm on my new phone is much quieter than my old one and I'm not sure I would of heard it. 

Oh, well, I got my flowers and cards for Mother's Day.  And, now I'm going to clean, watch TV and relax for the night.  I might go to Petco for some fun too. 

I'm done with school until September.  I got a bonus this week.  DH is working tonight and tomorrow night.  It's me and Wills time!!

 LOL! Poor Willow.

 I'm on call this weekend. Someone called me at 3:30 in the morning because her dog's leg muscle was twitching. She didn't want to come in to see a doctor, and it wasn't causing any pain, just wanted to know why it might be twitching. I was beyond irritated.  I have no problem being called in the middle of the night if someone wants to see a doctor, for whatever the reason may be. But to call for the heck of it is just rude... I also want to know who is even looking at their dog at 3:30 in the morning  to know what a leg muscle would be doing.

fuzzy_dogs_mom

A got e-mails from people this a.m. claiming to have received a very weird e-mail from me with a French link - apparently this went to everyone in my address book, even Home Depot. 

  I *hate* when that happens!  I get spam sometimes and when I go to report it to my carrier, it shows the spam came from ME! 

Amanda, sucky on the part of that helper.  I realize they all have to start somewhere, but respect is such a huuuge part of SchH, that I can't believe he'd out-and-out lie about "not realizing" she doesn't lead with her feet.  Hope he doesn't go practice on anyone else's dogs.  Hope Cher is ok.

Some of you recall Kindi (my trainer's dog) died suddenly a couple of weeks ago, when her human "dad" was away, dealing with the death of his mother.  Well, his father just died last weekend.  I can't imagine losing both parents just a couple of weeks apart.  Prayers for Chris.  Also learned another training associate's dog died suddenly last night.  Ugh.

In good news, I got a Mayday update.  Her Physical Trainer says she hasn't plateaued yet and could make a full recovery.  Meanwhile, her mom sent me this pic, which she says may be her most valuable Blue Ribbon she's ever earned: