What the heck??

the weirdest thing i've ever heard...
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Thank you Dani!!!

This morning, Dani took me on an AWESOME bike ride. (man I blog a lot with Russell gone...) We parked at the McDonalds on 1604 and Babcock somewhere between 7:30 and 8 this morning. We wonted to get going before it was too hot. But I don't have a light on my bike so of course we had to wait for the sun to come up. It was beautiful!!! We were out in the hills. We admired the fun houses along the way. Definitely the kind of area I want to live in. The way up was a bit of a climb, but after reaching the top, it was a fun ride down! How exhilarating! Which makes the initial climb worth it (and it really wasn't that bad). Thank you Dani for inviting me to go with you! I would take a good bike ride over running ANY DAY! More to see, faster, more fun, and you get a breeze.

Canceled class= fun times

My thursday class was canceled this week.  I was so excited.  I've been busy at worry trying to get a garden in.  Wednesday we finally got the manure down, so now we just have to let it sit.  So on thursday I decided to work on a planter box to go right outside my sliding glass door by the kitchen with the intention of planting herbs in.  Using the left over wood from laying our cement patio, i built a planter box with is about 2x2.5 feet and about a foot high.  I figured since it was just one planter, I was ok with buy one back of dirt to go it in.  It's right under where the water runs off the roof, so i also bought a bag of river rocks and put those down where the water will fall to keep the dirt from washing away.  I planted some strawberries (i'll probably move them later... but i needed to get them in something), parsley, oregano, basil, and cilantro.  These are just some of my kitchen basics that i use all the time.  I never buy the fresh stuff at the store because you have to buy a big bunch when all you need is a few leaves.  Everything was all organized.  Everything was clearing marked.  I just knew it would look so pretty once the plants all grew in.  

Apparently though, i didn't build an herb planter box.  I built a dog bed.  Athena is obsessed with laying on soft things.  Especially new soft things that she's never test driven before.  This planter box fit her mold of an ideal soft bed.  When I came home from enrichment last night, i found her curled up in a tight ball sleeping.  Luckily she wasn't right on the strawberries, so they didn't get smashed or dug up.  But my markers were all moved.  And the rocks were all covered with dirt.  So tonight when it cools down (todays high is 92. IN MARCH!) i'm going to turn the dirt all under and replant.  I just need to think of a way to keep her off.  Any suggestions?

Funny thing is, i'm not really mad.  I think it's funny.  Who knew sort bought dirt was so irresistible?  

Procrastination

I think I'm an even better procrastinator when Russell is gone. He's only been out of town 3 days and I've been so unmotivated to get things done...  I need to suck it up, or I'm going to be up all night studying without anyone to bring me snacks and water and chocolate milk, or whatever else I may desire.

High jumping

OK I know, this is bordering on too much of my dog. But in my defense. She's the only interesting thing going on right now. And to me, I think she does the funniest things. Here are some recent video of her. We wanted to know what she would do if we sprayed the water over the fence. We're such horrible teases! But we got some high jump shots!

This her crazed face. She has such a big mouth. I personally think she looks like stitch from the Disney movie Lilo and Stitch in this picture. She was getting her head up over the fence.
She starts to look a little chubby when she chases water. Mostly because she inhales so much air while running around it inflates her stomach. Once it's over she has to burp a couple of times and you can see the results instantly. I wish we all could loose inches that way.






For contrast, here is a video of her when she was completely drugged up. Usually, when we turn the hose on, she wont stop until we put it away and go in the house. You know she's having a hard time moving and completely out of it when she lays down with the hose still running.

Athena does funny things

Athena like to "help" me put away the groceries. She likes to sniff them out. Since everything is pretty much in its own packaging, I don't mind too much.
Today she got something. HEB has a tub of rolls for 5 for a dollar. We like to buy them for our sandwiches. Since I don't really like sandwiches, I really only like them if they're on good bread. Athena found this bag of rolls while sniffing around and she got lucky that the bag had untwisted and opened. So she snatched one. I turned around right when she was pulling her head out and grabbed it out of her mouth. But the damage was already done. Nobody in this house was going to eat a roll with dog teeth marks in it. I was faced with two choices. Waste the roll completely and throw it away. Or just let her eat it. Since with dogs every punishment or reward has to be given within seconds of the dog's action otherwise they don't get it, I decided it was ok to just give her the roll. End of story.

Or not. Athena, like lots of other dogs, likes to hide her big treats. For example, we gave her a bone for christmas, and she just kept hiding it in my in-laws back yard. I got tired of looking for it, so we ended up just leaving it there. I don't know where; just somewhere. This roll was no different. She decided to hid it away for a rainy day. But since she was in the house, there is obviously a limit on where she can bury it. So where did she chose to stash it? Luckily in plain sight. She tucked it in the open side pocket of my flute case.
About ten minutes later, when she was concerned since I was near it, she came back over and got it and decided to eat it any way.

Birthday Bash

Wednesday was Russell's birthday. It was kind of a busy day, and Russell had to study all day. But he was able to take a break for a half hour while we had some friends over for ice cream cake. I forgot to get a group shot, but I did get Russell blowing out his 26 candles. This was my first succesful ice cream cake. It was also my first time using the squeezey decorative thingy for decoratingthe cake..... so it got a little frilly when I got carried away.The best part was that I didn't even buy trick candles and Russell still had to blow on several of them multiple times to finally get the flame out.
I got him a new computer chair since our old one is the worst one to sit on for hours like Russell does. You sit on it for 5 minutes and you've already developed a numb bumb. So this new chair will hopefully help save his behind while studying.