Afternoon with Alix

Alix spent the afternoon with me and the Pack & Pride. I watched her while her Mom and Dad worked on packing up their apartment. Yep, they closed on their house yesterday! Woo hoo! Congrats Amanda & Brandon!! Can't wait to hear how the cats love their stairs and I know Rufus is going to love having his own back yard. Alix has become a little motorboat. It's hilarious! Here's some video of her antics.

Agility

Brindi and I had a very busy weekend on September 20th and 21st. We entered a NADAC agility trial in Princeton. We are new to the world of agility so I am constantly learning or trying to learn what each venue offers. NADAC offers 2 rounds of traditional agility, tunnelers, touch and go, weavers, jumpers, chances, and hoopers. I entered Brindi in one round of agility, touch and go, and tunnelers for Saturday and Sunday. We had a great time. The trial was hosted by Agility Club of Evansville (ACE). We are also some of the newest members of ACE. They are a great group of people. Very friendly, helpful, and fun! Saturday everyone was supposed to wear their pajamas. There were both dogs and people dressed up in their pjs. Not me or Brindi though. I didn't have a chance to go out and get some pjs for either of us. Oh well, I think Brindi might have bitten me if I would have made her wear pjs. :)

Sunday was "Q for the Cure". A lot of people wore pink and tie dye for the occasion. I didn't have any pink but wore my trusty agility tie dye shirt. The group also held a half pot drawing. With half of the proceeds going to the Komen foundation. As it ended up the other half ended up going in my pocket as I held the winning ticket. :) That was cool!

Brindi really enjoyed the weekend. Her fave was the Touch and Go class. There was contact equipment (her faves), tunnels (another fave), and hoops. Hoops were new to us, but she liked them because they weren't jumps. :) Because of her height she has to jump any where from 20 - 24 inches. She's a little over weight (we're working on that) so it's harder for her to jump those heights. So for her to go into an agility ring and not have to jump she's in heaven. I definitely caught her smiling this weekend. She had such a good time Sunday morning that she actually won a ribbon! She got 3rd place in Touch and Go. It was great! This is the first thing she has won. It really was AWESOME. I can tell that we are coming together as a team and it's amazing how much more fun it is.



Brindi had a wonderful weekend and is almost all rested up from all the excitement. I am raring to go again. I can't wait for practice this weekend.

Cosmo update

Well Cosmo is hopefully on the mend now. She went through 14 days of antibiotics and had a relapse with her uti. The evening of the September 16th, which was the 14th day, I had to take her to the Emergency Vet. She was whining, moaning, and shaking. And of course trying her darndest to urinate constantly. Poor pup! A few hundred dollars later we left the E-Vet and headed home. She had gotten a shot of antibiotics, a bag of subcutaneous fluids, and a new prescription for antibiotics. On the way home she also lost her dinner while sitting on my lap. I thought I was going to hurl too. OMG. I've seen and done a lot, but until then have never had anyone up chuck on me. So when we got home Cosmo sat outside while I cleaned out the Pilot. It was a horrible night!
I had decided that she was going to her vet's office for the next day. I wanted them to get samples and try to figure out what's going on with her. Plus, I didn't think she should be unsupervised for the day. She really felt horrible. Her vet did an ultrasound and luckily didn't see any stones. He took a sample and sent it off to be cultured. We are still waiting for the results of that but she appears a bit peppier and happy. Although she still tries to pee alot.
I am hoping that she is feeling good this weekend so she can go back to agility practice. She LOVES to run the courses.

Back from the zoo and remembering

Monday September 15th was the third anniversary of Jay's passing. I also lost Taylor (our Aussie pup) the same day. I had special plans for the day. Alix and I were going to go to the zoo and then we were going to go to the mall. I have not been to the zoo since I was very young. I can honestly say I didn't like the zoo when I was a kid. It seemed cruel to have the animals pinned up like they did then. I still have a hard time with zoos. Even with all of their attempts at making the zoo a more natural setting for the animals it doesn't seem right to me. So, anywho. It was the first time for Alix to see the zoo and my first time in a long time to visit the local zoo. I must say that they have made some vast changes since I was there last. Still not a big fan, but that's just me.

We had a nice day and Alix did notice some of the crazy monkeys at the zoo. I would guess that her faves were the Francois Langur monkeys and the Cottontop Tamarins. They were all wrestling and generally having a good time. My fave was the baby langur monkey. TOOO CUTE!!!

We stopped and sat at a bench on a way out, where Alix had a bottle. A peacock showed some interest and was trying to see if we had anything to offer. Nope, sorry. But it got close enough to keep me on my toes. Birds (any kind) make me nervous and scare me. Irrational fear of birds is right up on the top of my list!

After the zoo, Alix was pretty much done for the day. I got her back into her car seat and we then drove to the mall. Out of the car seat and into the stroller and she barely woke up. She slept through my shopping experience. I haven't been to the mall here since I was a senior in high school. I always hated malls! So, I went in looking for some Birkenstocks, found them, bought them, and we were out. Back in her car seat we headed to my house.

She loves dogs. Of course. :) And my dogs love her. So we spent a little bit of time visiting with the dogs and then she got back in her car seat and I took her home.

We had a very nice day. And a lot of firsts for this Aunt. I had never driven her anywhere. I had to borrow the Alix-mobile, but it was nice. I've not driven a jeep before and my sister has a nice one. Then I had to learn about putting her in the car seat, removing the car seat, and then had to learn how to manuever the stroller. :) It was a day full of new stuff and we both survived :)

Our day together started around 10 am and ended around 5 pm. Whew! What a day. But it was GREAT to spend the time with Alix and see some animals.

Alix also got a new stuffed monkey toy and a zoo t-shirt. Lucky chick. Brindi tried to steal her monkey, but I made sure that Alix got her toy back. It's kind of an honest mistake really. Brindi has a toy monkey, named Tug and they look kind of similar. Alix's is grey, while Brindi's is brown.



After I took Alix home, I had to run home and get Darby ready for her agility class. I had just enough time to get a water bucket and some treats and we were off. Luckily we live only a few minutes from where our agility class is held. Darby had a great time and is picking up the agility stuff pretty quick. It was just her second class and she is doing pretty AWESOME. :) In my opinion anyway :)

So, I had been non-stop going since about 7 am when I got up until about 8:30 pm. Had to get some chores done around the house and stuff before I went to bed.



Thanks to Ike (without power Sunday until 10:30 pm) I had some quiet time on Sunday to remember Jay and our life together. He was my best friend and I miss him so much it hurts. I still feel him with me. Whenever I need a sign he provides one. It seems like his rosebush will bloom right when I miss him the most. I am thankful for that. I am very lucky to have done so much with him. We have numerous photo albums of places we went and things we've done. It's great to have those to look back on. I am sure that he is with Thomas and Taylor and they are having a great time at the Rainbow Bridge.



I miss you Jay,
Love Always,
Kristie

Hopefully someone will find mine!

more animals

Fido Walk

Brindi and I attended the Vanderburgh Humane Society Fido Walk this morning. It was a very nice day. Hot, but nice. I got to meet up with some of my knitting buddies and their pooches. It was a fun day. Here is a picture of Brindi at VHS.



I am starting to feel a little more human now. Just left with a very bad cough. It should be fun trying to survive our 2 hour agility class tomorrow morning. That should help clear out my lungs. :)

I'm still working on the crochet-along, sort of. I have been ignoring my sock though. It's just too small and tedious.

Crochet-Along with a cough

Hello,
I have been down and out for a while now with a sinus infection turned evil. It's now moved into my chest. X-rays are ruling out pneumonia. That's great but I still feel like crap. I spend most of my nights coughing and hacking. It's gotten so bad that a couple of the girls head into the guest bedroom at night. I mean it's pretty important for them to get a good nights sleep right. :)

Anyway. I've been working on my Lion Brand Crochet-along a little. I have completed one each of the 3 blocks that this afghan requires. Only 27 more to go. :) I can see that a big problem is going to be that these blocks are different sizes. One is a lot bigger than the other 2. Hopefully this will be an easy fix. We'll see. Here are pictures for ya.




And I'm off to bed. Cough, cough, cough, hack, hack, sneeze!

Sinuses!

I've been down and out for about 2 weeks now. The sinus infection has moved from my head to my chest. Hooray. I only hope that this stuff clears up soon.

Good news. Cosmo is starting to feel better. She still has tons of antibiotics to take, but it looks like they are working for her. :)

Darby starts her first agility class tomorrow. That should be fun. She needs a job that doesn't include bringing me a ball or frisbee to throw. I can't wait to see what she thinks of this agility stuff.

Sadie and Brindi are doing well, as are the cats.

I'm working on a crochet-along with Lion Brand yarns. I am using Vanna's Choice for the afghan. 3 different blocks, 3 different colors. They are linen, toffee, and taupe. I am also working on a little bit of knitting too. Funny how much time you have to knit or crochet when you're under the weather.

And I'll of course leave you with a picture of me and Alix. :) Her first tooth is finally almost in! Woo hoo!

Happy Birthday Brock!

Today is my brother's 31st birthday. Happy Birthday Brock!

We had a really nice get together at Mom and Dad's this weekend. It was great to see everybody again!

Been a while, here's a post with Cosmo's news

But we have been keeping pretty busy.

Cosmo graduated from her obedience class. And the "topper" is that she earned her Canine Good Citizen certificate!!! Wow! Of all my girlz I wouldn't have thought she would have earned her CGC first. :) She did great in class. She shall now be known as Cosmo Topper, CGC. Woo hoo!

Since Cosmo graduated from her Beginner Obedience class she is now going to agility classes with Brindi. Cosmo is doing pretty good. She hasn't been on any agility equipment for about a year and it looks like she hasn't forgotten anything. Brindi is improving also. Running 2 dogs in class is wearing me out twice as fast though:)

Right now little Cozzie is curled up at my feet. She has a wicked urinary tract infection. Poor pup. She saw the doc today. He gave her a shot and is now taking antibiotics. I sure hope she feels better soon.