Merry Christmas to everyone! Have a Safe and Happy Holiday season!
Monday 23 December 2013
Merry Christmas
the craziness of December grooming is over and I am enjoying time off with my 6 girls.
Sunday 15 December 2013
2 X 4 trial
It has been a crazy work week and I finally have a few moments to sit down and write about last weekend.
Lexi and Ava
This was my first weekend not running Ava so she was a little worried heading out with Lexi every course without me. They did a lot of good things.
In Lexi's Advance Jumpers run they executed a flawless blind cross. I was a pretty proud Mom. The judge came off the course after Lexi ran to compliment her on a beautiful blind cross. I was excited to see her pick up things from the seminar a few weeks ago.
In Standard they had a few bobbles here and there, but they did get a Q in one of the runs. They are now one away from Lexi's Advance Jr Handler title. I think once they get that Ava will play a bit in snooker and jumpers but will be pretty much retired.
Blossom
Oh my little rat!!!! She no longer wants to play agility with me :o( She kept running off the course to find Lexi, so I let Lexi run her as a regular handler and she stayed on course and ran fantastic for Lexi. So Lexi has a new dog. I won't force Blossom to play with me and she is so happy and has fun with Lexi, and they will do well together.
Storm
OMG!!!! The switch has been flipped!!! What a dog! The seminar with Stephan changed our relationship so much. I wasn't nervous I wasn't frantic and she was a rockstar!
Jumpers- I wanted this one for her games title. But I messed her up, I front crossed where I should have blind crossed and sent her to wide for a jump. Oh well, it was a nice run, no barking, fast and flowed well.
Gamble- what a good girl! nailed her dog walk contact at a distance (I forgot to release her from it and took off to the other side of the arena and noticed I was missing a dog still waiting like a good girl on her contact) then she went out to the weaves at 15ft in the gamble, she missed her entrance, but she went out, I was so proud of her!
Standard- SHE GOT HER ADC!!! Three clean standard runs in a row!!! All beautiful, fast, quiet runs! Nailed her contacts, nailed her weaves, was just an awesome dog. I wanted to cry. It felt so good to run her for the first time. I am so proud of this little girl, she is just so much fun! Then we ran one more standard as starters because we couldn't move up yet. WHAT A GOOF!!! There was a snow pile in the back of the barn and she decided she could go play in it :0) She gave everyone a good giggle.
Snooker- OI!!!! Let me tell you that dog made me work! I set her up a beautiful path with 2 aframes because it is her favorite, well nope she kept changing my course making me replan everything! Then on a straight away to go finish the little bugger took me out at the knees!!! I was face first in the dirt, everyone had a great laugh. But we finished the course and Q'd!!!
I am pretty excited to just have Storm to run and put my time into her. We have a great bond and she has a lot of potential to be a pretty amazing dog. It was nice to get so many compliments on her over the weekend, we have worked hard and it finally feels so good!
It was a great weekend. I love the 2 by 4 trial. It is a nice weekend away in December to break up my crazy work schedule.
Lexi and Ava
This was my first weekend not running Ava so she was a little worried heading out with Lexi every course without me. They did a lot of good things.
In Lexi's Advance Jumpers run they executed a flawless blind cross. I was a pretty proud Mom. The judge came off the course after Lexi ran to compliment her on a beautiful blind cross. I was excited to see her pick up things from the seminar a few weeks ago.
In Standard they had a few bobbles here and there, but they did get a Q in one of the runs. They are now one away from Lexi's Advance Jr Handler title. I think once they get that Ava will play a bit in snooker and jumpers but will be pretty much retired.
Blossom
Oh my little rat!!!! She no longer wants to play agility with me :o( She kept running off the course to find Lexi, so I let Lexi run her as a regular handler and she stayed on course and ran fantastic for Lexi. So Lexi has a new dog. I won't force Blossom to play with me and she is so happy and has fun with Lexi, and they will do well together.
Storm
OMG!!!! The switch has been flipped!!! What a dog! The seminar with Stephan changed our relationship so much. I wasn't nervous I wasn't frantic and she was a rockstar!
Jumpers- I wanted this one for her games title. But I messed her up, I front crossed where I should have blind crossed and sent her to wide for a jump. Oh well, it was a nice run, no barking, fast and flowed well.
Gamble- what a good girl! nailed her dog walk contact at a distance (I forgot to release her from it and took off to the other side of the arena and noticed I was missing a dog still waiting like a good girl on her contact) then she went out to the weaves at 15ft in the gamble, she missed her entrance, but she went out, I was so proud of her!
Standard- SHE GOT HER ADC!!! Three clean standard runs in a row!!! All beautiful, fast, quiet runs! Nailed her contacts, nailed her weaves, was just an awesome dog. I wanted to cry. It felt so good to run her for the first time. I am so proud of this little girl, she is just so much fun! Then we ran one more standard as starters because we couldn't move up yet. WHAT A GOOF!!! There was a snow pile in the back of the barn and she decided she could go play in it :0) She gave everyone a good giggle.
Snooker- OI!!!! Let me tell you that dog made me work! I set her up a beautiful path with 2 aframes because it is her favorite, well nope she kept changing my course making me replan everything! Then on a straight away to go finish the little bugger took me out at the knees!!! I was face first in the dirt, everyone had a great laugh. But we finished the course and Q'd!!!
I am pretty excited to just have Storm to run and put my time into her. We have a great bond and she has a lot of potential to be a pretty amazing dog. It was nice to get so many compliments on her over the weekend, we have worked hard and it finally feels so good!
It was a great weekend. I love the 2 by 4 trial. It is a nice weekend away in December to break up my crazy work schedule.
Saturday 30 November 2013
1095 days....
1095 days ago I was at Shane's house watching 9 beautiful springer spaniel babies come into the world. If you would have told me that day one would be living at my house I would have told you were insane.
Happy Birthday to my beautiful Storm today :0) I have a special bond with each of my dogs, but Storm and I have something different, when I am happy she is happy, when I am sick she is quiet and calm, when I am frantic and acting like a nut, well so is she, may be it is because I have known her since she was less then an hour old.
I was raised with springers my whole life and always knew I wanted one, James on the other hand not so much. But with some convincing he let me choose my Storm and our love for each other has grown from there <3 That is how she got her name, James told me hell would freeze over before there was a springer in our house (he felt they were way to big) so the joke is there was a snow storm in hell because I got my girl.
She has been a love in our house, she is amazing with the kids and has been since she was very small, she has never chewed a toy, never wrecked anything, doesn't get into trouble, and is always ready to go with the flow of our crazy house.
She is my agility friend and challenge, I have never had a dog that has wanted to work so hard to please me before. I love her to bits and we are getting there. Storm is enthusiastic and full of drive, sometimes we just miss aiming it in the right place.
This sweet girl is full of so much heart. I look forward to our future.
Happy Birthday to our 9 amazing babies that have all grown into their own special unique selves. Autumn and Justice made us a lovely bunch of crazy!
Happy Birthday to my beautiful Storm today :0) I have a special bond with each of my dogs, but Storm and I have something different, when I am happy she is happy, when I am sick she is quiet and calm, when I am frantic and acting like a nut, well so is she, may be it is because I have known her since she was less then an hour old.
I was raised with springers my whole life and always knew I wanted one, James on the other hand not so much. But with some convincing he let me choose my Storm and our love for each other has grown from there <3 That is how she got her name, James told me hell would freeze over before there was a springer in our house (he felt they were way to big) so the joke is there was a snow storm in hell because I got my girl.
She has been a love in our house, she is amazing with the kids and has been since she was very small, she has never chewed a toy, never wrecked anything, doesn't get into trouble, and is always ready to go with the flow of our crazy house.
She is my agility friend and challenge, I have never had a dog that has wanted to work so hard to please me before. I love her to bits and we are getting there. Storm is enthusiastic and full of drive, sometimes we just miss aiming it in the right place.
This sweet girl is full of so much heart. I look forward to our future.
Happy Birthday to our 9 amazing babies that have all grown into their own special unique selves. Autumn and Justice made us a lovely bunch of crazy!
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| baby Storm <3 |
Friday 29 November 2013
it's coming....
Where did November go??? I can't believe December is almost here. I am so unprepared for Christmas this year, in past years by now I am done shopping, done baking and I am just sitting back and relaxing when my work days are done. Not the case this year!
It was report card week at school and parent teacher interviews. My girls are both doing great and I couldn't be more proud. Both of their teachers were very positive about how the girls are. I am so happy that Bella is adjusting so well.
Bella had her last hearing test in Calgary on Wednesday!!! YEAH!!!! The lady in Medicine Hat feels that she is able to handle Bella's needs without us going to Calgary, I couldn't be happier, one less Calgary trip for us!
Last weekend Stephan Henry was here for a agility seminar and it was amazing! I worked with Storm for the weekend and I think we have finally found our groove. I am looking forward to a trial Lexi and I are going to next weekend in Calgary and see if we can make it work on course :0) I have to remember to trust my dog!!! Lexi worked with Blossom for the weekend and they were so cute! They are going to make a cute little team. They worked so well together, and Blossom was so confident! I am proud of Lexi that she could work and listen so well in a seminar setting, I hope to get her to more seminars to continue her learning.
All in all life has been good :0) now to prepare for a busy 3 weeks, lots of grooming, but a fun agility weekend breaks it up nicely!
It was report card week at school and parent teacher interviews. My girls are both doing great and I couldn't be more proud. Both of their teachers were very positive about how the girls are. I am so happy that Bella is adjusting so well.
Bella had her last hearing test in Calgary on Wednesday!!! YEAH!!!! The lady in Medicine Hat feels that she is able to handle Bella's needs without us going to Calgary, I couldn't be happier, one less Calgary trip for us!
Last weekend Stephan Henry was here for a agility seminar and it was amazing! I worked with Storm for the weekend and I think we have finally found our groove. I am looking forward to a trial Lexi and I are going to next weekend in Calgary and see if we can make it work on course :0) I have to remember to trust my dog!!! Lexi worked with Blossom for the weekend and they were so cute! They are going to make a cute little team. They worked so well together, and Blossom was so confident! I am proud of Lexi that she could work and listen so well in a seminar setting, I hope to get her to more seminars to continue her learning.
All in all life has been good :0) now to prepare for a busy 3 weeks, lots of grooming, but a fun agility weekend breaks it up nicely!
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| my Storm <3 she is so much fun to run!! |
Sunday 10 November 2013
the good, the bad and the just sad...
I am terrible at this... I think each night that I should sit down and do a blog post then I start on something else and all of a sudden it is 6 weeks later and I feel behind again.
I guess I will break it down like this:
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The Good-
Lexi turned 7 in October, she had a great fun party with 30 kids (YIKES) she collected gifts for Alberta Herding Dog Rescue which was great, we were able to take a ton of stuff to Cindy in Calgary for the dogs.
James and I got a great day away to Calgary to go see the Flames play the Devils. We enjoyed a shopping afternoon and then the game in the evening, even though the devils lost we had great seats and had fun.
We spent the month working on Lexi's new room, scrapping ceilings, painting, new floor, and it turned out amazing! And James and I are still married, sometimes home reno's don't go well for us :)
The weather was beautiful for October so we got out to take beautiful pictures and take the dogs for lots of runs.
AMAZING NEWS, my brother and Lisa got engaged :) I couldn't be happier to have Lisa as my sister, she won't be my sister in law, she is to amazing for that, she has been like a sister to me for a long time, and I am so happy to have her in our family and I am so happy for my girls to have such an amazing Auntie!!
Halloween was so much fun with the girls this year, Bella was so into it. I loved taking them trick or treating!
Miss Bella turned 5 on November 8th, this little girl has come so far in her 5 years of life, James and I are so proud of her :)
I haven't done much agility, which is bad, but I had a great practice with Storm today and Lexi had a good practice with Clover which was so much fun to see things click in her puppy brain!
School is going very well with the girls, Bella is loving going everyday and is doing well in Kindergarten. I am so impressed with her printing abilities! Lexi of course is excelling in Grade 2, she is so much like her dad.
Dance is dance, crazy as always keeping me on the go.
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The bad...
I have been feeling really defeated with work lately. I am not sure where I am at. Customers have been making me crazy with no shows, being late, being rude and just a pain in my ass. Plus I have just had rotten luck with bad dogs, I have never been bitten, scratched or cleaned up more messes then I have in the last two weeks. I have so many amazing clients, but the bad ones have just been stuck in my head lately. Plus I have been making a mess of my schedule lately. Booking dogs in the wrong times, not writing dogs in at all, or double booking myself. I feel like I a need a holiday but I know that isn't coming any time soon, it is just going to get busier so I need to get out of my funk.
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The sad...
Last week we said good bye to our two kitties,,, it was a hard awful decision to make but behavior and health issues at home left us with little options, as we have been dealing with problems for the last 4 years things have escalated in the past few months. It was hard to say good bye and the house feels strange without them under foot. Ava is the last of our before children pets, it is heart breaking.
There is so much I want to type and say, but my head isn't ready yet, I feel more wrecked about this then I thought I would. But I know Jersey and Bratty are with Daisy now, who they both loved so much.
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I would like to say I will be better and blog more... But I will be realistic and end with a few of the pictures from the last month :)
I guess I will break it down like this:
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The Good-
Lexi turned 7 in October, she had a great fun party with 30 kids (YIKES) she collected gifts for Alberta Herding Dog Rescue which was great, we were able to take a ton of stuff to Cindy in Calgary for the dogs.
James and I got a great day away to Calgary to go see the Flames play the Devils. We enjoyed a shopping afternoon and then the game in the evening, even though the devils lost we had great seats and had fun.
We spent the month working on Lexi's new room, scrapping ceilings, painting, new floor, and it turned out amazing! And James and I are still married, sometimes home reno's don't go well for us :)
The weather was beautiful for October so we got out to take beautiful pictures and take the dogs for lots of runs.
AMAZING NEWS, my brother and Lisa got engaged :) I couldn't be happier to have Lisa as my sister, she won't be my sister in law, she is to amazing for that, she has been like a sister to me for a long time, and I am so happy to have her in our family and I am so happy for my girls to have such an amazing Auntie!!
Halloween was so much fun with the girls this year, Bella was so into it. I loved taking them trick or treating!
Miss Bella turned 5 on November 8th, this little girl has come so far in her 5 years of life, James and I are so proud of her :)
I haven't done much agility, which is bad, but I had a great practice with Storm today and Lexi had a good practice with Clover which was so much fun to see things click in her puppy brain!
School is going very well with the girls, Bella is loving going everyday and is doing well in Kindergarten. I am so impressed with her printing abilities! Lexi of course is excelling in Grade 2, she is so much like her dad.
Dance is dance, crazy as always keeping me on the go.
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The bad...
I have been feeling really defeated with work lately. I am not sure where I am at. Customers have been making me crazy with no shows, being late, being rude and just a pain in my ass. Plus I have just had rotten luck with bad dogs, I have never been bitten, scratched or cleaned up more messes then I have in the last two weeks. I have so many amazing clients, but the bad ones have just been stuck in my head lately. Plus I have been making a mess of my schedule lately. Booking dogs in the wrong times, not writing dogs in at all, or double booking myself. I feel like I a need a holiday but I know that isn't coming any time soon, it is just going to get busier so I need to get out of my funk.
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The sad...
Last week we said good bye to our two kitties,,, it was a hard awful decision to make but behavior and health issues at home left us with little options, as we have been dealing with problems for the last 4 years things have escalated in the past few months. It was hard to say good bye and the house feels strange without them under foot. Ava is the last of our before children pets, it is heart breaking.
There is so much I want to type and say, but my head isn't ready yet, I feel more wrecked about this then I thought I would. But I know Jersey and Bratty are with Daisy now, who they both loved so much.
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I would like to say I will be better and blog more... But I will be realistic and end with a few of the pictures from the last month :)
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| Alexis |
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| Isabella |
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| my beauties |
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| these 6 keep me on my toes! |
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| Lexi and her best friend <3 |
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| My beautiful Cellist |
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| Halloween 2013 |
Monday 30 September 2013
a wonderful weekend
I love agility. I didn't do much over the summer and I think my dogs enjoyed the break and so did I, I came back this weekend with a new attitude and just felt good running.
Lexi and Storm- Lexi ran Storm in gamble this weekend. She did well, Storm was a bit nervous with Lexi and a bit unsure of what Lexi wanted with her, they will have to work together over the winter building their relationship so they can have fun playing together in Gamble.
Lexi and Ava- Lexi and Ava had a good weekend. They got a Advance Jumper's Q and had some nice snooker runs. They had a clean second jumpers run but were over time. Ava was a bit distracted because she had been running with my for the weekend and that tends to make her head a but funny.
Ava- it is the end of our career. I have officially retired from running my amazing girl. We have had a wonderful time together. She has ended with her Master Agility Dog of Canada, Ex Bronze Jumpers, Ex Bronze Snooker, Steeple Chase Title, Qualified at both Regionals she has been too and had top 10 placements at Nationals in 2010. This little girl owes me nothing and she continues to give me more by playing agility so well with Lexi. I couldn't love this little girl more and I am going to miss playing with her, but it is hard for her to switch back and forth from me and Lexi. Our Snooker run on Saturday was a thing of beauty, flowed nicely and she finished to 7 with time remaining. I was so happy to have that be our round for her Bronze. Then on Sunday we got our victory lap playing team relay as we were short a dog. Her run was clean and fast, best weaves I have ever seen from my little dog. She will always be that dog who holds my heart and no other dog will compare to what she has taught me. Some day (a VERY long time in the future) when she gets her final retirement run she will get to do that with Lexi.
Blossom- my little firecracker is back!!! How much fun was she this weekend! She got her Advance Snooker and Jumpers this weekend to move her up to Masters! YEAH!!! I am so happy to be playing in Masters again with her. I am in love with this little girl, she is so funny and spunky and can be such a goofball. She did both Advance Gambles this weekend but was over time because she wanted to go visit people around the ring. At least I know she can do them. Her first Master Snooker run was lovely, she was 3 points short of a q, she needed to finish the tunnel she was half way through when the buzzer went, and in Master Jumpers she had one refusal because I was in the wrong spot. I have so much hope for our future. She is a great little girl!
Storm... Oh my moose... She is turning into a great girl. She had a good weekend. She got an Advance Gamble Q that was very nice, and we got our first Starter Jumper Q!!!! I was sure we would never get one of those and it was nice!!! YEAH!!! We are starting to find our "click" and I had fun running her this weekend. I didn't feel stressed and I handled her like I do in practice with no babysitting and it felt nice.
Clover was a good girl on the sidelines this weekend. She spent a lot of time in her kennel with very little barking or whining, she played nicely with the other dogs out in the ball diamonds. I was proud of her. She is still very people shy, but I don't need her to want to be everyone's friend. She needs to love her family and tolerate others around her and she did that nicely.
It was a great weekend. Our judges were great, the trial ran smoothly and was a fun weekend. I am excited to get back to practice and work on new things with my girls.
Lexi and Storm- Lexi ran Storm in gamble this weekend. She did well, Storm was a bit nervous with Lexi and a bit unsure of what Lexi wanted with her, they will have to work together over the winter building their relationship so they can have fun playing together in Gamble.
Lexi and Ava- Lexi and Ava had a good weekend. They got a Advance Jumper's Q and had some nice snooker runs. They had a clean second jumpers run but were over time. Ava was a bit distracted because she had been running with my for the weekend and that tends to make her head a but funny.
Ava- it is the end of our career. I have officially retired from running my amazing girl. We have had a wonderful time together. She has ended with her Master Agility Dog of Canada, Ex Bronze Jumpers, Ex Bronze Snooker, Steeple Chase Title, Qualified at both Regionals she has been too and had top 10 placements at Nationals in 2010. This little girl owes me nothing and she continues to give me more by playing agility so well with Lexi. I couldn't love this little girl more and I am going to miss playing with her, but it is hard for her to switch back and forth from me and Lexi. Our Snooker run on Saturday was a thing of beauty, flowed nicely and she finished to 7 with time remaining. I was so happy to have that be our round for her Bronze. Then on Sunday we got our victory lap playing team relay as we were short a dog. Her run was clean and fast, best weaves I have ever seen from my little dog. She will always be that dog who holds my heart and no other dog will compare to what she has taught me. Some day (a VERY long time in the future) when she gets her final retirement run she will get to do that with Lexi.
Blossom- my little firecracker is back!!! How much fun was she this weekend! She got her Advance Snooker and Jumpers this weekend to move her up to Masters! YEAH!!! I am so happy to be playing in Masters again with her. I am in love with this little girl, she is so funny and spunky and can be such a goofball. She did both Advance Gambles this weekend but was over time because she wanted to go visit people around the ring. At least I know she can do them. Her first Master Snooker run was lovely, she was 3 points short of a q, she needed to finish the tunnel she was half way through when the buzzer went, and in Master Jumpers she had one refusal because I was in the wrong spot. I have so much hope for our future. She is a great little girl!
Storm... Oh my moose... She is turning into a great girl. She had a good weekend. She got an Advance Gamble Q that was very nice, and we got our first Starter Jumper Q!!!! I was sure we would never get one of those and it was nice!!! YEAH!!! We are starting to find our "click" and I had fun running her this weekend. I didn't feel stressed and I handled her like I do in practice with no babysitting and it felt nice.
Clover was a good girl on the sidelines this weekend. She spent a lot of time in her kennel with very little barking or whining, she played nicely with the other dogs out in the ball diamonds. I was proud of her. She is still very people shy, but I don't need her to want to be everyone's friend. She needs to love her family and tolerate others around her and she did that nicely.
It was a great weekend. Our judges were great, the trial ran smoothly and was a fun weekend. I am excited to get back to practice and work on new things with my girls.
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| my awesome nails for the weekend! |
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| Awesome Blossom was back!!! |
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| my Storm <3 |
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| my beautiful girls, I love these two so much! I look forward to watching them! |
Monday 16 September 2013
I am slowly going crazy, one two three four five six SWITCH
remember that song... It has been the theme song for my life lately, that or the circus theme music, that would probably work too...
It has been forever since I posted and a lot has happened so this is gonna be a long one, grab a coffee or a beer and settle in :o)
Vacation leave off...
Here are some Vegas/Disney and Beverly Hills pictures:
Santa Monica Pier was great, we enjoyed the rides and the beach, then views were beautiful and it was a great atmosphere.
Then we went to Oceanside, it was a stop on the way to San Diego, there was a lot of good shopping.
San Diego. WOW! Loved everything about it. Sea World was a ton of fun with the girls and I loved the zoo and seeing the Panda's. We went to La Jolla beach which was beautiful, there were seals everywhere and the girls enjoyed snorkeling. We also saw dolphins out in the ocean. The girls loved their surprise of Taylor Swift and it was a great show.
Then it was off to San Jose, we stayed at an amazing hotel, it was a mansion that was converted into a hotel. Then we went to San Fransisco to see the Golden Gate Bridge and went through wine country.
Driving up California was beautiful, the Red Wood Forest was beautiful, and the northern oceans were fabulous. I could have lived anywhere in California. I loved our holiday and I can't wait to do it again someday. Our girls were so well behaved, we are excited to have a trip to Hawaii planned for next summer!
Now we are back home... things are back to crazy.
I am working lots. Trying to play catch up is not going well and my old clients are great, new ones are making me crazy. Like today I had a lady mad at me because I didn't have her 14 year old arthritic cocker spaniels legs brushed out and dried perfectly straight, trying to explain to her as I tried to have her dog stand I had to hold up all his weight the whole time as he trickled pee down my arm and shaked because he couldn't handle it. This was after I shampoo'd him 4 times because he smelt to terrible he was making me ill and I still could smell him after that, and after I was done I scrubbed most of my skin off trying to get the smell out, then as I was outside I could still smell the stink in my hair when it blew in the wind, YUCK! So you aren't coming back, OH DARN!!! Then there was the lovely lady who called my home phone 8 times and my business phone 7 times between 9 and 1. New person never groomed her dogs, she wasn't so happy when I called her back and told her I was booking into the middle of October, she started freaking out on me and I hung up the phone. Beauty of working for me, I don't have to put up with it... It may be time to stop taking new clients, I love my regulars... but enough of that rant :o)
Lexi... my big girl is in grade 2 and loving it. She loves her teacher and her class. 10/10 on her first spelling test and she is doing great. She is happy back at dance and working hard on her solo. She is doing a tap solo this year and is loving the hard work! Cello has started again too so she is a busy girl.
Bella... my baby goes to school full time. I miss the little monkey during the day, the house is so quiet, I haven't had a day off yet but I think those wont be much fun without her. She is loving kindergarten and ELP. She likes her teachers and the students. She is happy to go to school everyday which I love! She is also back in dance and will be starting piano lessons in October.
So all in all, life is good. I have lots of plans for some home reno's this winter, we will see what I end up getting done. This weekend is agility so I am excited to play with my girls and hang out with Lexi for the weekend.
I promise to be better at blogging... This was long... over a month and I am sure I missed lots of stuff.
"crazy am I slowly going, six five four three two one SWITCH"
I think the switch should be DRINK!
It has been forever since I posted and a lot has happened so this is gonna be a long one, grab a coffee or a beer and settle in :o)
Vacation leave off...
Here are some Vegas/Disney and Beverly Hills pictures:
Santa Monica Pier was great, we enjoyed the rides and the beach, then views were beautiful and it was a great atmosphere.
Then we went to Oceanside, it was a stop on the way to San Diego, there was a lot of good shopping.
San Diego. WOW! Loved everything about it. Sea World was a ton of fun with the girls and I loved the zoo and seeing the Panda's. We went to La Jolla beach which was beautiful, there were seals everywhere and the girls enjoyed snorkeling. We also saw dolphins out in the ocean. The girls loved their surprise of Taylor Swift and it was a great show.
Then it was off to San Jose, we stayed at an amazing hotel, it was a mansion that was converted into a hotel. Then we went to San Fransisco to see the Golden Gate Bridge and went through wine country.
Driving up California was beautiful, the Red Wood Forest was beautiful, and the northern oceans were fabulous. I could have lived anywhere in California. I loved our holiday and I can't wait to do it again someday. Our girls were so well behaved, we are excited to have a trip to Hawaii planned for next summer!
Now we are back home... things are back to crazy.
I am working lots. Trying to play catch up is not going well and my old clients are great, new ones are making me crazy. Like today I had a lady mad at me because I didn't have her 14 year old arthritic cocker spaniels legs brushed out and dried perfectly straight, trying to explain to her as I tried to have her dog stand I had to hold up all his weight the whole time as he trickled pee down my arm and shaked because he couldn't handle it. This was after I shampoo'd him 4 times because he smelt to terrible he was making me ill and I still could smell him after that, and after I was done I scrubbed most of my skin off trying to get the smell out, then as I was outside I could still smell the stink in my hair when it blew in the wind, YUCK! So you aren't coming back, OH DARN!!! Then there was the lovely lady who called my home phone 8 times and my business phone 7 times between 9 and 1. New person never groomed her dogs, she wasn't so happy when I called her back and told her I was booking into the middle of October, she started freaking out on me and I hung up the phone. Beauty of working for me, I don't have to put up with it... It may be time to stop taking new clients, I love my regulars... but enough of that rant :o)
Lexi... my big girl is in grade 2 and loving it. She loves her teacher and her class. 10/10 on her first spelling test and she is doing great. She is happy back at dance and working hard on her solo. She is doing a tap solo this year and is loving the hard work! Cello has started again too so she is a busy girl.
Bella... my baby goes to school full time. I miss the little monkey during the day, the house is so quiet, I haven't had a day off yet but I think those wont be much fun without her. She is loving kindergarten and ELP. She likes her teachers and the students. She is happy to go to school everyday which I love! She is also back in dance and will be starting piano lessons in October.
So all in all, life is good. I have lots of plans for some home reno's this winter, we will see what I end up getting done. This weekend is agility so I am excited to play with my girls and hang out with Lexi for the weekend.
I promise to be better at blogging... This was long... over a month and I am sure I missed lots of stuff.
"crazy am I slowly going, six five four three two one SWITCH"
I think the switch should be DRINK!
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