rain rain go away, come again another day

first it was the never ending snow piling up 3-4 feet deep now it is the never ending rain. today is day 4 and i am feeling soggy. tomorrow the sun will return and hopefully dry everything out. maybe if the weatherman is right and saturday is as nice as they are saying the doggies and i will go for a walk. i got a new lead for gracie that hopefully will end the choking and stop the pulling. i already adjusted the fit for her so we are ready to go. winnie will be a very happy dog if we return to walking again. i miss our walks almost every night. exercise for us both and lots of fresh air even in winter. since buying the house and getting a second dog i have been lazy.

yum for pf changs

friday night was fun. my nephew had a blast running around with his buddies and playing. my niece and i played games. oh and yes i met the new guy. hi nice to meet you and that was about all. cool for a first meeting and nice because it was some place where there was other people and things going on. picked up dinner and drooled all the way home. monday night my nephew ordered pizza and cake. ate none of it. in fact did not eat at all monday after school. a bit weird he usually graizes all night but monday nothing. he did love the cake though.

saturday since the weather was actually nice i took the dogs for a walk. when winnie was younger and we lived in our apt we walked all the time so i bought a training lead for her. it is great more control for me and no choking for her. she loves to go for walks and gets super excited when she sees the lead. when i pulled the lead out saturday she went nuts jumping around and barking with delight. i tried putting it on and realised i never adjusted it from when i got it and it was now too tight. fixed that got it on her and put on the leash. she was ready to go. then went to put gracie on the leash and she ran away. finally got everyone ready and off we went. winie will pull a bit from excitement at first and then gets into a nice walking rythum for me everytime. gracie chokes herself and tries to pull my arm out of the socket the whole walk. i am now looking for another lead for her. hopefully once we get the new lead we will go for more walks.i miss our walks and am looking for a safer place to walk the dogs than my street which can get busy and people drive fast around the curves. when we got home i checked the mailbox before we climbed the driveway and found the treat i ordered for the dogs in the mail. they love the naturally shed antler chew toys i ordered from the daily coyote's esty store. i even had to take one away from winnie at 11:30 pm so i could go to sleep.

hi

long time no see or write. let's see what has been going on lately?? we had more snow. not a lot just annoying. my sister in law had a baby during the storm. emergency c-section but everyone is OK and home doing well. baby is an adorable little peanut who graced me with burps, a rather large messy poo and several sneezes complete with snot flying everywhere. a newborn trifecta. good thing i have had lots of practice with my brothers 2 kids. my nephew's birthday is Sunday and his party is Friday night. since my brother and soon to be ex are fighting i am the only one from my side going to the party his mom is throwing. it makes me sad they can't work together and have a nice party for my nephew like they did for my niece. i am making him a dexter's laboratory cake for monday and we are having pizza for dinner at his request. yummy!! the party well that may be a story for monday. my soon to be ex sister in law's boyfriend and his kids will be there. i have no idea how that will go. i know she is thrilled i am going to be there and will finally meet the new guy but it will also be weird for me. i hope to enjoy playing with my niece and nephew for a bit and then picking up my dinner. that will be the best part pf chang's for dinner i will be drooling all day. wish me luck

never ending snow

well i have survived 2 20+" snow storms in less than a week and dug out from both. my poor winnie can barely been be seen when running around between snow drifts. the snow piles at the end of the driveway are taller than me and the plow truck hit our mailbox 3' in from the road. worst part it is only the middle of feburary and we are getting more snow tonight. sighhhhh.

6 more weeks of winter

proven correct by 2 inches of snow over night. now there is more snow coming saturday. yuck 45 more days til spring and only 16 weeks until memorial day. can anyone tell i hate the cold and i am longing for warm weather. at least this month will be somewhat busy my niece turns 12 around valentines day, another one is due at the same time and my nephew's birthday will be here before i know it in the begining of march. at least i have things to look forward to doing to get through the worst of winter.

now on to a quick dog story. i few weeks ago i had to go to the shore and pick up more stuff from my uncle's house. i went after work friday night and was home by noon on saturday. while away i slept terrible. uncomfortable bed and no hubby and dogs to keep me warm. hubby slept terrible too. why??? gracie did not have one of her flock home and spent the entire night running back and forth between the front door, computer room window and the bed room frantic and barking at every sound. she was so excited to see me when i got back. more than a normal day coming home from work. it was too cute.

a baby shower first

i got DRUNK. not a little drunk, not dipsy, not even buzzed full on drunk. i blame a bottle of chardany. brought by my hubs uncle. now i am not a big wine drinker but i must say whatever i was drinking was really good. my sister in law got cool stuff and we all had a great time. the cake was adorable. the food yummy and the company even better. hubby drove and after trying the wine he was told that it was my turn to get drunk at the party and i did. i don't even remember the ride home. of course when the baby shower starts at 1pm and you finally beg your hubby to leave at 9pm it is ok to sleep all the way home and then crawl into bed and sleep until 7 am the next day. luckily for me i had the next day to recover.

baby shower blues

on saturday i am going to my sister in law's baby shower. i am still not pregnant so this is not something i am looking forward to.i am excited to have a new niece but would really prefer to be having one of my own. as far as where we stand well we are getting ready to start trying again. in sept i skipped my period and then for oct and most of novemeber flo came with a vengence. hanging around and making me miserable for weeks on end. going to the doctor was no help. since i am over 40 he recomemended seeing a fertility doc. ok for me but hubby is not working and does not have insurance so no tests for him. kind of a catch-22 for us. so i am looking for a new doctor and we are going to try again this month. wish me luck