clean

i haven't been able to use my computer for a week now. my power cord stopped working. i've ordered another and it should be here soon. i'll get my photo album updated as soon as it does. gareth went to see repo men last week. we finally got to see the blind side this week. it's good. and only available for rent at bbuster. same as sherlock holmes next week. we're looking forward to seeing that. it's been such a nice week out until today. a rainy and windy and cold one on my day off. we gave colby his first bath today. he did quite well with it. he was pretty stinky after a month of playing outside. we've been bringing him to an apartment complex nearby that has a dog exercise area just about every day this week. it's been nice getting out and seeing spring come to life. i'll have to take some pics of that soon. i hear my dad's having an interesting time in georgia. i told him he should start a blog. he sent me a nice sunset shot last week. made me smile. i can't wait to get to traveling this summer. no big plans this year but a trip to va beach to see my dad and a trip to florida to see gareth's dad will suffice. i'll have to settle for trips around the neighborhood with the dog for now. at least he's clean and cute.

exciting

another exciting week but i'm not so exhausted today. the puppy's passed out though. we went back to the shelter i got him at last night for their adopt-a-thon event. he was so happy to see everyone there and they were happy to see him. he had more excitement the other day when we went to our old roommate's place and colby got to play with his dog naiyah in their back yard. she's a little bigger and we were all rooting for him getting the ball from her. it's starting to feel like summer here. yesterday was the official first day of spring. tonight is the official start of the series "life" from the people that did "planet earth." i'm super excited. i did get called in for jury duty on st. patty's day. we had some luck though and after sitting in a room for almost two hours the judge actually came up and said that we were not needed for the day because the defendant had pleaded guilty. so we all got paid for just showing up. and we shouldn't get called in again for this period. i got a surprise when i stepped out the back door of my apartment the other day. this guy was sitting on the fire escape. i screamed. then took this picture...

exhausted

i've been exhausted all week. it had been raining for the past few days. we're supposed to get thunder storms tonight. but it was nice out this afternoon so colby and i got to play a lot after i got home from work. he learnd how to sit in class last night. he's doing pretty good with that command and even better with last week's. i didn't get out to the barn this week but i did go to the monthly meeting. we're looking for more volunteers if anyone reading this is interested in joining. my dad left today for an rv adventure in georgia. i'm sure he's excited to get out and explore after being cooped up all winter. i called my grandma for the first time since she got home. she'd sent me a belated bday card. nice of her after all she's been through. she sounded better but said she's still not feeling well. i also got a gift from a friend travelling in asia. a little pillow pin with embroidered stick figures and some foreign candies. made me feel special. i had to call in for jury duty for the first time last night. i'm on call for the next two weeks. just hope i don't have to go in. i guess there is a lot going on. i'm just feeling more exhausted than excited about everything.

nice

another exciting week with colby. we had some nice days out and got out to enjoy them. he made some friends at the park and at obedience class. we started him on clicker training. he did really well with the trainer at class and he's been doing better with us at home. he did have his first accident inside the night we got back from class. we'd just taken him out but i guess he still had to go. we took him to our vets this week too. learned how to trim his nails and got him on his preventatives. we're finally done paying for everything initially for him. it came to almost a thousand dollars. wow. we went to see the midnight showing of alice in wonderland. it was pretty cool looking but not the best story. the oscars are tonight. gareth took off but i forgot and am working. there are some pretty good ones this year. we watched up in the air the other day. it was really good. we got to see my family again yesterday. my nephew had his tenth bday party at a laser tag place in short pump so i got off work early to go hang out. my parents and my brother came over to see colby before we all went out to eat at the best italian restaurant in r'mond. carinis. it was a nice way to end the week.