Dog Training….Unraveled

35 Weeks

Today. Only 5 weeks left, give or take, before the newest member of our family enters the world. Terrified? Yup. Excited? Maybe. Wondering what in the world I am going to DO with this baby? You betcha.
I think that my life will never be the same. Not sure if that’s good or bad. I worry […]

Driving dogs

My best friend has been my best friend since high school. Oddly, she does not, and never has, owned dogs. Even still, we bonded early on over cup-o-noodles from the biology room, and as she struggled to understand my fascination and relationships with all four legged creatures, I worked hard to understand her fascination […]

Belly button woes

My poor, sad, overworked, under appreciated belly button is finally giving up the battle. After months of being stretched, prodded, and kicked to pieces from the inside, it is now nearly flat and on the verge of becoming an “outie.” One of my few measly requests of the pregnancy goddesses was to please leave my […]

June

Hmmm, somehow I managed to completely lose June. Somehow it slipped by without me even noticing. I can’t tell you what I did really, except I’m pretty sure I walked a lot of dogs and cleaned up a lot of poop. Yippee. Already the 4th has come and gone, hope you all had a lovely […]

New kid on the block

Well, as my “official” retirement date draws nearer (July 1st), I find myself piling on the work. This is difficult, because I really don’t know how to not work. I have a dog here for two weeks of training, another two showed up today to board till Saturday, and yet another comes on Saturday for […]

To my dearest Kayleen,

My faithful reader, my best, and often only, commenter. Thank you thank you thank you!!
You have no idea how helpful it is to know I am not the only one who rather shocked and somewhat disturbed by the “wonders of pregnancy.” You’re so right, it doesn’t matter what you think you know about baby making, […]

Lumpy and smashed

There seem to be quite a lot of things no one tells you about being pregnant. The first is, well, it sucks. You have this great, romantic image in your head of how you’ll float through, glowing and thrilled, and your belly will be so cute and round. You will spend you days staring into […]