Have I lost my mind??

So.. now that the holiday season is approaching its end, we all take a look at ourselves and I have decided that I need to get myself in better shape. So.. Mere and I take a trip to the local Gold's Gym. She is a member, so I go as her guest. On Christmas Eve. we work out together. 30 min on the eliptical and than some weights. She has me following her around doing lunging squats. The men at the gym watched us lunge around the gym. It was pretty funny.

I wanted to check out the classes though. I think that this might be for me. So yesterday, I went to the half and hour abs class, did 30 min on the eliptical and than the hour long yoga class. Needless to say, I can not walk today. Very sore and I love it. I am just not sure I can go back today.

Back to the Grind

So.. the packages have all been opened, the room cleared of all the debris and the kids are ready to pack their cars and head back to their lives. It was a wonderful weekend. But in typical fashion, it was not ordinary. On the day before Christmas Eve we got a call from a gal who wanted to breed her bitch to Tanner, the only problem, was she was ready. So she drove across country and arrived on Christmas day. So between all the festivities, and the partying and the eating. we were also doing a breeding. My family and friends think that Dog People have lost their minds. I really can't say too much about this, since I am probably leaving to breed Hannah on New Years. Oh well.

We did it

So. yesterday was Newell's birthday. He turned the big 5 0... On Thanksgiving his sister Jackie asked if we were going to do anything special and that kind of started the ball in motion. Mere and I put our heads together and came up with a plan. We put together an intimate guest list, really just family and people who were close friends. Mere put out the evite.. Andrew responded yes to the evite because we had forgotten to tell him our plans. I went to Bill Batemans' and reserved the back room and it was done. He really didn't have a clue. We walked into Bill's just like we do all of the time. He went to sit at the bar side and I said I thought I saw someone we knew, lets go and say hi.. and than the big SURPRISE!!! Most of the way back to the room he called me a Pain in the Ass. But I knew he couldn't believe it. It was great. I think we really got him. Happy Birthday Newell...

I am Done...

So.. How do I know I am done shopping. Well here is how it goes. I take all the presents out of the closet. I wrap them and put them in piles according to who they belong to. Andrew's pile, Mere's pile and Newell's pile. I don't care so much about Newell's pile, but it is there anyway. Well, a week ago I did this, and Mere's was way smaller, so out to shop again. Yesterday the piles were even. Almost. Even Newell's pile is up there. I wonder how big my pile is? Maybe as tall as the ceiling? hee hee Merry Christmas..

Newell's Worst Day

So, here is how it went down. Saturday Newell thinks he may have tickets to the Ravens game but doesn't hear from his guy. Sunday morning we leave for the dog show, as Newell says we get up before God did. At 7:30 am, while we are almost at the dog show, the text comes he as the ticket, but we are already at the show. So..Oh well. We get royally dumped at the show. Not only do we not win in dogs, but Tanner and Heather are all but bullied in the Best of Breed class. We are not happy. We rush out of there so we can be home in time to watch the game on TV.. While driving home, Andrew calls, he has tickets and he is going to the game. Perfect. Well, we get home with 2 minutes to spare and the GAME IS NOT ON TV. . The Eagles are on, NOT the Ravens. Uh Oh.. Sorry Newell...

The end of Sportsmanship

So.. we went to the dog show today. And I know, it is a competition. But there is a sense of sportsmanship There is a sense that when you are disappointed that you didn't win you still congratulate your competitor and take your loss back to the car.

Not today.. Today I saw the end of good sportsmanship.

In the Best of Breed class the steward called in her class and the dog at the head of the line did not come in. She wanted to make an entrance I guess. Well, our dog (who was second in the line) came in and stacked up. My handler left plenty of room for the first dog to come in and when she did make her entrance, she stacked her dog right in front of Tanner's face. Heather asked politely, ( I was sitting right there) if she could move up and in a very not so nice tone, she replied to Heather, no, move back. Well, I could see on Heather's face that this was not OK. She did move back and had to crowd the dog behind her.

The judge proceeded to judge the dogs and did not consider Tanner. She was considering the first dog and the Veteran. When she brought the Veteran up, Heather made room for him, but again was crowded out by the girl behind him and she wouldn't move back.

It really doesn't matter that we didn't win. We have plenty of judges that like Tanner, but to behave in such a way as to crowd out your competitor. Well, that is just bad sportsmanship. Heather wanted me to say something, but to be truthful, the universe has a way of taking care of that sort of thing. If you live with such negativity and meanness in your life, your Karma will come and bite you on the butt.

Good luck in the future doing that to other dogs in other judge's rings. Many of the judges would not tolerate such behavior, today's judge was not one of them, and she won't get an entry from me again.

Merry Christmas!!!

We are Ready

Sorry it has been a week, but I have been getting ready for our annual party. Well, this year it is a bit different. We are having more of an Open House during the day. Yesterday, I spent cooking and cleaning, and now today with just a few more hours to go, I think we are ready. The house looks great, the tree is still standing and has not been peed on ( at least I don't think so) we have vacuumed and vacuumed all of the hair up ( or at least most of it) and it should be great. Have a wonderful holiday season for those who are out there, and I will be hopefully seeing you all soon.

Merry Christmas,, we say Merry Christmas at my house