On the mend now

Well, finally I am feeling better. Just in time too we have another big show this coming weekend. I went to my Dr. yesterday and she prescribed Prednisone steroids because I am now in my 5th week of the plague and she thought I needed a push to really shake this. My friend Sheila is getting a lot of mileage out of my steroid use. She repeatedly goes into her Hans & Franz accent and tells me I am going to be pumped up and I can lift cars with one hand. Hmmm, its her birthday today so I am humoring her.

I am simply amazed anything could make such a difference in such a short time but I woke up feeling almost human this morning and my energy was almost back to normal. So there is much rejoicing here.

I just wanted to say hey. I am off to bed now so I can keep getting better.

Weezee, weezeeing

It was a dark and stormy night, suddenly there was a CRASH of thunder. Oh no, that's me, coughing, coughing, coughing and coughing. I can't believe I still have this cold/congestion/cough/plague thingy. This is week 4 and it is really terrible.

Two weeks ago I taught 1 and canceled 6 of the classes I usually teach each week. Then I made it through the next week but I had to cancel one class this week and braved my way through the others while having coughing fits. My students are very understanding and said they still learned stuff. I hope they weren't just humoring me.

The worst part of this, well besides being incredibly weary and sore from coughing is that the weather is so nice and my gardens are calling to me. I have bags of garden soil piled up to fill in the veggie garden and leaves to be removed from flower beds, raking, trimming and all the spring stuff I love to do sitting, waiting, for me, to get well.

So I am back on the couch, waiting, weezeeing, coughing, hopefully healing.

And they are waiting too.

(big sigh) OK give me sympathy friends.

First Dog show of the year!

Last Friday we loaded up the camper and headed out to our first agility trial of 2008.
The dogs were as eager as we were to be off and hopped in their crates gladly.

We arrived and found a lovely spot to park the camper and a ring side site for our tent then relaxed for the evening with a nice dinner and turned in early.

The weather was gorgeous all weekend, lots of sunshine, blue sky and warm with a nice breeze. We hit the low 80's on Saturday.

Normally we travel with a group of friends and several of our students usually compete at the same show so it is pretty busy for us. But this weekend it was just Scott, me and our friend and partner Christie so it was very relaxing. We had lots of time to chat, laugh and enjoy seeing all the other exhibitors after a long winter.

The dogs ran beautifully. Beta, qualified in 2 of her runs taking 4th place in the 16 inch group of the Grand Prix and qualified in Master Snooker. Jackaroo had fantastic runs though did not manage to qualify but he is always a raving maniac at the first show of the season so I count that as a great start.

I had planned to take lots of pictures and videos to load here but we had a few technical difficulties and the plague revisited me resulting in a loss of motivation. Not to worry there will be many more shows. We are just happy to be out there again enjoying our dogs.

The next show is May 3rd & 4th so stay tuned.

And We're Off

The camper is packed and the dogs are being loaded, we are off to the first agility trial of the season.

There will be pictures, videos and stories next week.
Until then......

Not tagged but doin it anyway

I like this one, my sister Dlyn (go look at her gorgeous photos) did this one and invited whoever to steal it so I did.

How long have you been together?
We will be married 23 years in July but I think we have been together for 26 years. It's sort of sketchy, we partied a lot back then.

How old is he?
He is 49 and 1 year younger than me and he never lets me forget I am sooooo much older than him.

Who said ‘I love you’ first?
I did and I was in a panic because he was not known as the marring type and I wanted to marry him! He surprised me by saying he loved me too.

Who is taller?
Scott's taller by about 4 inches.

Who is smarter?
He is way smarter than me in most things but we balance each other out because I am more creative. Scott can perform most math at the drop of a hat in his head, really a walking calculator. Comes in very handy since I have no math skills.

Who does the laundry?
We both do laundry, he is really good about helping out with that. It took a little time to get him to read labels so things didn't shrink or turn colors but I explained when stuff gets ruined I have to go shopping. That spurred him on to read ALL labels.

Who does the dishes?
We both do, I usually cook if we are home the same nights and he cleans up. Works out nicely.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
Scott.

Who pays the bills?
We have a few different accounts, the dog account and household account are mine to manage and he manages the mortgage, utility stuff. He is also president of our dog training school so he pays those bill and payroll etc.

Who mows the lawn?
Scott mows most of the time unless I have a hankering to ride the tractor. Our yard is huge. I tend the flower beds, veggie garden and beautification projects.

Who cooks dinner?
Mostly me since I really only work 3 days a week it seems unfair to expect him to cook after working all day. He is a good cook though and a super grill master.

Who proposed?
He is so romantic; after we lived together for 2 years he said "well I supposed we should get married." I said YES!

Who is more sensitive?
Oh gosh ME!!!! I am better than I used to be but I emote on a regular basis. He does have a soft heart although he will deny it. He cries at sappy movies especially dog movies when the dog dies. We saw ET on maybe our third date and he cried at the end, that was it for me, I was head over heels.

I'm not gonna tag anyone, this was just fun to do and think about.
Have fun today.

Front door, Back door meme

My sister Dlyn tagged me with this photography meme.
1. Step out your front door and take a picture.
2. Step out your back door and take a picture.
3. Put them on your blog, along with the rules.
4. If there are things in the photos that you particularly like or dislike, you can point them out, or just explain what we are seeing. Maybe changes over the seasons or some junk in your neighbor's yard that drives you nuts.
5. Tag as many or few people as you like - preferably at least one though.
6. Do it again next month if you like.

Here's my front yard. I actually had a winter scene of this same view a couple months ago.

And the back yard, our first agility show is this coming weekend so I've been practicing in the back yard. That little shed is Scott's workshop, he does all kinds of wonderful projects out there. This is taken from the deck so you can just see the little tiny dogs playing out there.

This will be interesting to do in a month.
Have great day.

The plague

I was feeling pretty smug that I had not had a cold or the flu this winter. Well that will teach me. I started going downhill last Saturday and have been battling a sore throat, nasty cough kinda thing I am referring to as the plague.

I think my sister Dlyn somehow passed their NY plague through a cell tower to me. Ok, I'll be back when I am feeling a bit better.

Swimming

My dogs love to swim. We have a lovely little kiddie pool they frolic in all summer. Well to be truthful we usually go through at least 2 each summer because Jackaroo's idea of swimming is to paw at the bottom until there is no bottom.

They often make up their own swimming games and add toys.

But I can just imagine what they would do with this set up.

I bet that dog sleeps well.