A Good Day to Play!



~Rudi/left - Josh on the right~

It was such a beautiful day in Virginia on Sunday!  The warmth of the sun and spring that was in the air truly energized all of us!  The dogs wanted to play a round of frisbee.  How did I know that?  Rudi magically found a frisbee that had been lost months ago. How do they find these things?  The first games of spring are always a lot of fun and I realized how much I''ve missed warm weather and just being outside

~Sheba~

I did stop at the grocery store on the way home from church.  I never shop on Sunday, but I'd not gone on Saturday.  But as I was standing in the shorter express line of  '15 items or less,' I counted, and the person in front of me had 19.  Why do people do this?  I always think they need to have their rights read to them and they should be arrested and hauled off when this happens--But then as I was taking my things out of the basket, and counting, I realized I had 18.  I tried to hide the 3 little cans of cat food in case the person in back of me noticed...Maybe we shouldn't be so harsh with those that break that rule--At least not on such a beautiful spring day!  (Below: left Sheba - Rudi right)

I hope your week is off to a good start! 

(Below: Rudi) 

Almost on Time!

With Carl working nights for now, that leaves yours truly to get the dogs walked and fed in the morning.  Being a bit obsessive compulsive, I try to stay on schedule in the morning by doing each task at the same time.  But for some reason, if I end up getting behind, I can never make up that lost time and I end up being late for work.  That's what happened on Friday morning.  While I did oversleep just a little, I was doing okay with my time.  I was all ready for work--With efficiency and focus the dogs had all been walked, fed, talked to and hugged--I let them outside one last time, and to get them to come back inside, I gave them a treat.  All the dogs were happy and accounted for...Except for one little sheep...

A look out in the yard revealed this.

A call to the culprit, who was not happy about leaving his job undone...

And I was late for work.  You just can't make up the time it takes to give a dog a 'quick' bath! 

Behind and Burned Out

To start, my apologies for not visiting your blogs this week!  I so enjoy starting and ending my day by reading your posts and catching up on news in your corner of the world.  But this week something happened...

I didn't even enjoy my husbands birthday dinner at our favorite restaurant or a snowfall this week...

Picking up Carl's car from the repair shop today did little to lift my spirits...

I think my family drama, work, and the end of the winter, have left me tired and burned out.  The lack of sun shining days hasn't helped either!  I decided that nothing recharges your inner batteries better than getting away.  So, I tried to wrangle an invitation from my very good friend in Pennsylvania.  Despite dropping a number of hints, no offer to come and visit her was mentioned...So, it was time to go to another plan. 

I'd been thinking of a friend, Ginny that moved to Tennessee about 6 years ago.  She and her husband have a dog-friendly cabin that they rent out on their Llama farm.  Ginny has been asking me for several years to come down for a visit.  The cabin was available in a couple of weeks, Carl and I both got a few days off work, and so I made the reservation.  It's all set.  We'll take the dogs with us that can't be trusted at home with the remote and the internet, and leave the others to be cared for by our dog-walker.  I can't wait!  

Knowing we're going to be getting away in a couple of weeks really lifts my spirits--That and lunch I had this afternoon with my two good friends.

Again, I'm sorry I've not visited your blogs this week. 

I look forward to getting all caught up on your news!!
~Am I the only one with problems seeing all the updates on my dashboard?~  

(Below: Tanner)

The Smells of Saturday

The weather remains a mix of all seasons. On Friday, we had a warm day that hardly required a sweater. Today, it feels like February again and there may be a rainy snow mix at the start of the work week. The high winds that have been wreaking havoc around us the last couple of days toppled our nation's live Christmas Tree. It had stood on the Ellipse since 1978, and had been through five different presidencies in its time. Thankfully here, we've not lost our power and had no damage to any of our trees, other than a few small branches.  

This morning, it was our cat, CC's turn to go to the vet. She was one year past her yearly exam and needed a rabies vaccine. My thought to get her to the vet was put on the front burner when a couple of nights ago, she was outside growling at something. This afternoon, I did spot this visitor. Although it's February and it's a skunks-month for finding romance, I'm hopeful that it will want to be alone and not stay around--As you know, nothing says I want to be alone quite like an atomized sulfur cloud does! 

The dogs however don't know that.  They are still rolling on the exact spot where the dead mole was picked up 3 days ago. Given the choice of their rolling on the spot where there was a mole or meeting the skunk, it's an easy choice to make--At least for me!