Mellow hippy mountain folk rock! The one bad thing about my vacation was scheduling dog sitting on only 4 days notice (for Memorial weekend no less). We were sooo grateful that we found the perfect solve to our dilemma!
Enter 24 year old gymnastics coach Kevin - lives in an apartment with a roommate and his puppy. I offer the use of a 3 bedroom house, hot tub, laundry facilities, TV and whatever beer is left in the fridge in exchange for hanging with my 3 obnoxious dogs for a few days. He says "you had me at hot tub".
Ahhhhh.....I can just FEEL the vacation already!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Hip, hip, hooray!
Enough of the wind and snow....enough of the dogs and enough of cheer....okay that is a little overboard :)
Friday - Monday we head to Durango Colorado! Along with our good friends the Borrero's, to share a condo for the weekend. Neither of us has had a vacation in quite some time that did not involve driving back to see our familes and we are SUPER excited!
Nothing but rivers, old buildings and exploring....yep, super excited!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Meet the dogs - Friday
Friday is Ryann's puppy. If she was not so darn cute, I may have sent her back. Friday is a 6 month old Sheppard Chow mix and was adopted when we went to get a fish. Mom's, when you go to the pet store - LEAVE YOUR KIDS AT HOME!!! This dog has eaten more shoes, documents and peed in every corner of the house (thank God she is now potty trained). She is in puppy training now and doing somewhat better. She has one friend....a Pit Bull named Bentley. Other than him, she barks at ever other dog in the world who does not live at our house. This one needs a lot of work, but will eventually be a good dog. Her issue? She, at 32 pounds, can still fit through the rod iron fence. She is quite the contortionist and will move snake like through the slats until she has managed to get to the other side. When I find her on the front porch.....she will run back through the fence, in the doggy door and stand at the front door like she never left the house. Yep, we are in serious trouble!
Meet the dogs - Roxy
Roxy is by far the strangest dog you will ever see. She is pretty photogenic, but when you see her in person.....well let's just say she is special. She is a 2 year old Brittany Spaniel/Pit Bull. No, that is NOT a typo! For anyone who has ever been afraid of the Pit bull, you really need to meet Roxy. She 
was raised from 4 months to 1 year in a kennel. Why no one wanted this dog was beyond me. You would think after not being in a family her whole life that she would not be the dog she is. While she is known to jump on people (she thinks she is a lap dog) she has the best disposition of an animal. She has been tackled, bit by puppy's, jumped on, tail pulled, ears eaten and more. She takes it all lying down (literally) so that the child or puppy can get a better angle on her. She loves the snow and will spend hours in it until she can't walk due to ice balls on her hind legs. Once she defrosts, she is back out again. Her one oddity???? She has been known to announce her arrival into a room....by burping :)
was raised from 4 months to 1 year in a kennel. Why no one wanted this dog was beyond me. You would think after not being in a family her whole life that she would not be the dog she is. While she is known to jump on people (she thinks she is a lap dog) she has the best disposition of an animal. She has been tackled, bit by puppy's, jumped on, tail pulled, ears eaten and more. She takes it all lying down (literally) so that the child or puppy can get a better angle on her. She loves the snow and will spend hours in it until she can't walk due to ice balls on her hind legs. Once she defrosts, she is back out again. Her one oddity???? She has been known to announce her arrival into a room....by burping :)Meet the dogs - Cruzado
Cruz was the only survivor of a litter born on the side of a freeway to a stray dog. He is 5 years old and by far the best dog we have ever had (I say that about almost all of them). 
He can usually be found under the futon which sometimes scares our guests who stay in that bedroom. For those of you with sinus issues, Cruz is your man! He has a slight licking fetish and often goes for the nose....we do warn people first!
He can usually be found under the futon which sometimes scares our guests who stay in that bedroom. For those of you with sinus issues, Cruz is your man! He has a slight licking fetish and often goes for the nose....we do warn people first!Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Charter....no public...no charter!
So my 13 year old daughter Ryann went to Montessori for her whole life. I was happy about this and it showed. Then, one gray day, she decided to go to public school. I resisted.... my husband resisted...I resisted again. Then, my well trained future lawyer pleaded her case.
1. Everyone in high school will already have their friends picked out by the time I get there.
2. If I go to a larger school now, I will be able to acclimate better.
3. You have taught me to be a mature, well balanced child. Don't you trust my decisiveness now?
So that third one eventually got us. She was right, we did trust her and off she went to public school. Fast forward 9 months - decent grades, captain of her cheer squad and officially not getting placed in the dumpsters I was sure I would find her in at a public school.
Happy ending? Maybe. Now my kiddo informs me that public school is just too big, and too much drama, and why did I ever let her go there (okay that last one was just me) and she wants to go back into a charter school. We have found one that fits her personality (they have a great DRAMA department) and we interview tonight. Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy. Looks like a great school, the kids really enjoy the performing arts and they travel to way cool places like New York and Los Angeles. They also do not have a bus which means I need to now put clothes on much earlier than I want to.
1. Everyone in high school will already have their friends picked out by the time I get there.
2. If I go to a larger school now, I will be able to acclimate better.
3. You have taught me to be a mature, well balanced child. Don't you trust my decisiveness now?
So that third one eventually got us. She was right, we did trust her and off she went to public school. Fast forward 9 months - decent grades, captain of her cheer squad and officially not getting placed in the dumpsters I was sure I would find her in at a public school.
Happy ending? Maybe. Now my kiddo informs me that public school is just too big, and too much drama, and why did I ever let her go there (okay that last one was just me) and she wants to go back into a charter school. We have found one that fits her personality (they have a great DRAMA department) and we interview tonight. Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy. Looks like a great school, the kids really enjoy the performing arts and they travel to way cool places like New York and Los Angeles. They also do not have a bus which means I need to now put clothes on much earlier than I want to.
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