Luna TailAnxiety, Dogs, and Life

I now have just about 15.4 Gig of photos on my latop. I’ve been digging up old backups from CD and DVD and from my husband’s computer so that I can arrange them all and organize them all and back them all up together. Then I’ll probably put a copy in a safety deposit box so as to keep them very safe.

I love photos. This is of my husband when we went sailing on the San Francisco Bay back in 1998. I think it was 1998, anyway… the pictures don’t have a date stamp on them and I’m not positive about the year! But I’m pretty sure that’s it. We didn’t stay at any Hilton Head rentals in San Fran… but I’ll tell ya, it was a total riot sailing into Fisherman’s Warf from the ocean side, finding a slip, and staying overnight!

I don’t think I’d ever do it again. We were pretty big dorks and didn’t know what we were doing sailing. And I wouldn’t feel safe now that I’m older and much more mortal. But I’m glad we did it, we got some great memories and pictures!

I recently posted a comment on another blog and found out about Disqus, which is a commenting system you can sign up for and then apply a plugin to your wordpress blog.

I think I really like it. It’s like a community of commenters. the only thing I don’t like is that when I reply to comments, the commenter is not emailed directly about my reply unless they are a member of Disqus themselves. If they are not… if they are unverified, it’s called, then they don’t get a reply email.

Hopefully this will change soon. I have this commenting system on this blog, and my other blog, Tip Tail, to try it out.

My Disqus Profile is, I think, viewable by anyone. If you have problems with this commenting system please, please let me know. You don’t have to be registered with Disqus to comment, but if you do register you can claim all your comments and participate. It’s fun!

I am catching back up in sleep and energy after my trip to Colorado… it’s amazing how tiring a 10 hour drive can be. And, I’ve still gained some weight… ugh! So back to the Eat To Live plan I am going. I lost more weight eating like that than anything else. And being healthy means for life insurance no medical exam is needed.. or we can hope!

ugh.. back from Colorado. I’m dead tired. Got up about 10am.. and it’s noon now and I think I need a nap. Tatum is sleeping by me on the couch, and Chase is sleeping upstairs. They did well and had fun.

My bed is so comfortable compared to that bed in the Motel we stayed in. And the shower was so dirty! It was awful! It was a Super 8 and I didn’t really like it. And I’m pretty tolerant of Motels, usually, too. At least the curtains closed and the sheets were clean.

I think I’m going to go take a nap…

Well, I’m home. Finally. It was a long drive, and a long trip. A bit too long, I think. Sheltie Nationals was okay but not nearly as fun as Collie Nationals was back in 2006 in Boise, Idaho when I went with my husband.

The dogs had a good time and got alone well with the dogs we stayed with, which was nice. The driving weather home yesterday wasn’t bad at all. I guess we just missed all the snow, as we heard there was a lot coming down. But I-70 wasn’t bad. We left about 7:30 AM and I got home about 7 PM. Yikes, lots of driving, but it worked out well.

We didn’t have any games to play on the trip, so I knitted socks. I didn’t get them done but pretty close. I’ll have to post pictures of them soon.

For now, back to work, and back to waking up.

Well.. just a short post, I’m actually in Las Vegas Nevada at a Flyball Seminar. I took Chase and Tatum with me. I won’t, most likely, have very much internet access while I’m here. If I do I will probably post on Tip Tail, my dog blog, to post pictures and things.

We are staying in a townhouse and we are hoping to have a good time!

Woo Hoo I’m excited!

This weekend will be busy, not much blogging. I’ll be at an agility trial with the boys. Will be fun, wish me luck.

This will be my last post probably until about Monday. I have all my blogging assignments done, I packed last night, and I’m ready to go.

I’m going to the Clicker Expo in Los Angeles. I’m excited. I’ve been wanting to go to one of these for years, ever since I started reading about clicker training!

I hope there is not too much cool stuff to buy… because I just am low on money! I need a raise. But that’s nothing new. I’ll have my laptop with me but if I blog, it’ll be over on Tip Tail, my dog blog, since this is all about dog training.

Anyway.. talk atcha next week!

Well I got a lot done today. Did some dog training, bought some dog food, got a Mammogram (never fun), and now I’m home. I also sent in my flyball seminar entry for Tatum. They are having a green dog seminar on Friday, and I’m excited about that. So now I have to make sure I can have it off work, the extra day, but I don’t think that’ll be a problem.

This is a short week for me. Going to LA on Thursday. I hope it’s warm there. Will be a nice change from getting dumped on with 2 inches of snow per hour today. It was nice not having to go in to work, though, that’s for sure. We need a corporate relocation here, a building not in the capitol would be nice! Something closer to home. Oh well, wishful dreaming.

And dangit, I was going to write about something else and now I forgot what the heck it was. Gah! Oh well. Maybe tomorrow.

I have a weight loss goal… that is the Cruise I’m taking in October! I am so excited! My friend from work and his sister and I are all going to share a cabin. If you stuff three people in a cabin it’s cheaper for the third person, less than half the price, so we are going to split the total cost three ways.

Anyway, lacking tool storage in my house or on the ship is not going to be a problem.. because we won’t need any! But really… I want to drop at least 8 more pounds. I now weigh 153. My high was 170 a couple of years ago. And at 5′7″ that is just too heavy. My low, when I dropped 20 pounds a couple years ago, was 147. I would love to get back down to 147 or less. My goal is, then, 145. I was about 135 in High School, and that would be ideal but I don’t know if I could maintain it.

We’ll see if I can do it. It’s going pretty well. I just need a structure to follow, which I have with Weight Watchers, and a goal, which I have with the cruise!

I’m sitting here eating my oatmeal, which is only a point for a half cup… and I like oatmeal!

Woo hoo Friday is here. I love Friday’s. I’m wearing blue jeans today.. I know I know, I shouldn’t, but usually I wear black jeans and mine were downstairs in huge clean clothes pile and so I threw on the blue jeans instead.

I think it’s going to snow this weekend. Again. And be cold. Well, I’m not minding it yet. I am going to Los Angeles on the 31st, going to the Clicker Expo. I’m excited. Will be fun, and warm there! And then I’m going (hopefully) to Las Vegas Mach 1 and 2 for a flyball seminar.

This weekend, I’ll be doing dog training Saturday, going to help my Dad move furniture on Sunday, then more dog training on Monday. Will be a good weekend. And today is Day 3 and I’m feeling pretty good today!