If you ever want to know what kinds of things roll around in my head, this post is for you. If I ever own a restaraunt, I will never ever use the word "appetizers" for the various snack items meant to eat before a meal. To me the word appetizer should describe a feeling of getting more hungry; an increased appetite.
If I were to open my own restaraunt, the various snack items meant to be eaten before a meal would be called "satisfiers". You are satisfying your intense hunger so that you don't go crazy waiting for your main meal. By eating these various snack items, you are actually decreasing your appetite.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
It's like having a baby in the house
Okay, so I have to vent some frustration. Our amazing-in-almost-every-way dog Belle has been having some potty issues, and after following the advice of both professionals and non-professionals alike we don't know what to do anymore.
Belle is about a year and a half old, and we have had her living at our house for about 6 months. Of course we had the initial potty training concerns, but she did imporove and had no incidents for relatively a long time. She gets us up at about 4:30 or 5am every morning to go potty. And this is after just taking her outside when we go to bed around midnight. During the span of the day, I would say she gets to go outside at least 10-15 times, sometimes staying out there for over an hour.
We did discover that she had urinary incontinence, as a result from spaying her. But putting her on daily medicene took care of that. When she was dealing with urinary incontinence she would only pee in her sleep, which is an unusual thing for dogs to pee in their "den" or bed. Now, we are almost sure that it is a behavior issue.
The front living room in our house is the only place she has ever gone potty. I don't know what it is about that room, but from day 1 that has been her spot to potty in the house. Even after barracading it off, she somehow has gone under/over/past the barriers. Last night was also a "first". Until last night, she would only tinkle in the house...but this time she left some poo. (and not to get too graphic here, but it wasn't runny so we know its not likely due to a medical reason) There was nothing out of routine for her that day, including a trip to the park. So we don't know why she is going out of her way to potty in the front room.
Belle is not a dog to crate. We tried for months, but she gets very distressed. Try as we did to make it a positive experience, she looks at it like punishment. Who knows, maybe her past owners who abandoned her used the crate for punishment? Most dogs do not crate well if you miss the window of opportunity when they are young puppies. Besides all of that, she is a great...no....aweseome dog around the rest of the entire house.
If anyone has any other suggestions...please pass them along!
Belle is about a year and a half old, and we have had her living at our house for about 6 months. Of course we had the initial potty training concerns, but she did imporove and had no incidents for relatively a long time. She gets us up at about 4:30 or 5am every morning to go potty. And this is after just taking her outside when we go to bed around midnight. During the span of the day, I would say she gets to go outside at least 10-15 times, sometimes staying out there for over an hour.
We did discover that she had urinary incontinence, as a result from spaying her. But putting her on daily medicene took care of that. When she was dealing with urinary incontinence she would only pee in her sleep, which is an unusual thing for dogs to pee in their "den" or bed. Now, we are almost sure that it is a behavior issue.
The front living room in our house is the only place she has ever gone potty. I don't know what it is about that room, but from day 1 that has been her spot to potty in the house. Even after barracading it off, she somehow has gone under/over/past the barriers. Last night was also a "first". Until last night, she would only tinkle in the house...but this time she left some poo. (and not to get too graphic here, but it wasn't runny so we know its not likely due to a medical reason) There was nothing out of routine for her that day, including a trip to the park. So we don't know why she is going out of her way to potty in the front room.
Belle is not a dog to crate. We tried for months, but she gets very distressed. Try as we did to make it a positive experience, she looks at it like punishment. Who knows, maybe her past owners who abandoned her used the crate for punishment? Most dogs do not crate well if you miss the window of opportunity when they are young puppies. Besides all of that, she is a great...no....aweseome dog around the rest of the entire house.
If anyone has any other suggestions...please pass them along!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Point of Accountability
So Robbie and I started a new work out regimine last night...and we got our booties kicked! I was sore lifting up the tube of toothpaste this morning. It is an intensive 7-days a week, 1 hour each night rotation of muscle toning, cardio, and yoga/pilates. But the really cool thing is that you can still work at your own pace in the comfort of your own home. The other really great thing is that the only equipment you may need to buy is some tension cords or free weights.
The overall goal of the program is to achieve noticeable results within 90 days, and still improve thereafter. I know that it is physiologically impossible, but I swear I felt skinnier waking up this morning.
Why post this on the world wide web? Hopefully making this announcement will keep me accountable to stick with it. Someday I will look like this:
The overall goal of the program is to achieve noticeable results within 90 days, and still improve thereafter. I know that it is physiologically impossible, but I swear I felt skinnier waking up this morning.
Why post this on the world wide web? Hopefully making this announcement will keep me accountable to stick with it. Someday I will look like this:
Friday, June 6, 2008
1st anniversary
This has got to be a record for me, look how many posts I've made just this week! It must be that I have time on my hands....hmmm. Anyway, on May 26 Robbie and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. He suprised me with the plans to go horseback riding...but unfortunately that got rained out on our actual anniversary. So we went this past Sunday. I can't say enough thank-you's to the owners of this ranch, because they let us go horseback riding for however long we wanted, and where-ever we wanted on the ranch, by ourselves.
I was a bit nervous about being on our own because I've had a pretty bad experience horseback riding before. Let's just say it involved being tossed off and having to walk back a couple miles in mud & poo. But the horses they let us ride were amazing. Robbie rode "Ginger" and I rode "Red". They were very sweet and obedient. Robbie always suprises me with the best ideas!
I was a bit nervous about being on our own because I've had a pretty bad experience horseback riding before. Let's just say it involved being tossed off and having to walk back a couple miles in mud & poo. But the horses they let us ride were amazing. Robbie rode "Ginger" and I rode "Red". They were very sweet and obedient. Robbie always suprises me with the best ideas!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Imagine waking up and seeing this...
Okay, so you could be the most cold-hearted person alive...and you're heart would still melt if you woke up and saw this coming down your street:
As I was getting ready for church last Sunday, I was looking outside our living room window and I saw this adorable family of geese walking down the street. As I am a mush for anything small and fuzzy, I quickly grabbed my camera. We were actually late for church because I just had to capture this moment forever.
As I was getting ready for church last Sunday, I was looking outside our living room window and I saw this adorable family of geese walking down the street. As I am a mush for anything small and fuzzy, I quickly grabbed my camera. We were actually late for church because I just had to capture this moment forever.
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