April 2nd, 2009

Kind of a sober heading, huh? Well today we are having our chicken coop made! We have been talking about it forever and finally we got in touch with Steve, (this guy does incredible things) We had to tell him up front, "Now Steve, this is just a chicken coop, not an inlaws house". He said OK, within an hour of discussing the plans over the phone here comes the lumber company delivering the materials!

At 4pm the door bell rings and there stands Steve saying well it's delivered let's talk chicken coop! Never mind that I was on the couch with a migraine that had numbed my face, left arm and couldn't speak but drool, I think he got the idea of what I wanted, ha ha.

I am going to order 14 chicks, (peeps) today, keep them warm and dry until they feather out, I will probably put on Craigs List a want for female chicks, however, you really don't know what you are getting until they get older, no Roosters! It's bad enough to have Woody up at 4:45AM!

So ,here are some pictures of the lumber and work that is going on on our side yard, wow, it never seems that we slow down, this weekend we are also starting the garden construction, raised beds, but the view that is there WOW!!!! More pics.

Have an awesome day, when Steve gets here the party is goin to start!

Pictures of Woody and us at Forest Falls, March 29, 2009

All right Lesa!

From my friend asking me to post more pictures of Woody on my blog, you are right, I should have done this yesterday, however, we are doing MAJOR projects in our yard and as I promised, I should put pictures on our construction, but a HUGE backhoe is not that attractive.

I am in the process of looking for plans for our garden, now don't get me wrong, I know how to garden, as I said before, I had an incredible garden in Las Vegas and had submitted pictures to be in Sunset magazine, but moved before anything could come of it. So now here we go again, all I have to make sure of is the critters. That is why all the research, but I think we have a plan.

Also, a chicken coop, we love our chickens, doing research on a house, (we tore our other one down, I didn't like it anyway). I found plans this morning. They look great and I think we may start tackling the mesh and fence for the garden this weekend.

How's Woody? He is a PUPPY!!! Wow, almost PERFECT if he just didn't pee and poop in the house!!! I hate this stage! Last night, I was so done with him, thank God I have wood floors and rugs I can throw into my washing machine. I just hate the surprises! When I go to scold him, he just stops and looks at me with those beautiful eyes, well last night that didn't work, Oh I was so aggravated with him, Andy just laughed, I was aggravated with him, Ha ha, 5AM came really early this morning for HIM to get up with the puppy. Today, so far so good, I love the fact that you can go outside with Woody for a good 30 minutes and he walks right into the house and squats right in front of you and poop! WHAT!!! A bleach spray has become my best friend.

On to a better story.....we took Woody to Forest Falls. It is 45 minutes down the mountain in a small (I mean small) mountain community. They have the most georgous water falls there. He discovered water in a new way! Scared at first, but REALLY got into it, literally, pulling me into it as well. My tennis shoes were SOAKED! We had a blast, and who doesn't love a puppy. Kids were calling out, "Woody I love you" "See you soon Woody"! How sweet is that?

He did really well in the back seat of the car, if he is going to be a "go" dog, I have to train him to get ready for a lot of driving.

Well I hope you like them, I have way too many pictures to post all of them, I am going to try to make a movie out of them, I have an idea, for Andy's birthday I am going to make him a photo book about Woody, sounds good in theory, hope to get it finished soon, I am still working ont he photo book from Europe that we took 2 years ago! Too many projects you think?

Have a great day, let's hope OZ girl is OK, it is just toooo cold there! Let summer come on!!!!

Here are the pictures of Woody's first days home!

I decided to put it into a collage, I am going to have hundreds of pictures of this special baby, this is definitely the way to go! Click on it to see the pictures of this larger!

Finally the baby is asleep!

I promised this past week to post pictures of Woody, I have to tell you, I forgot how special a dog can be. He is such a great dog! I am just not saying this because I am a new parent, I used to think that Nestle was one of a kind until I got Woody. Now in talking with Andy I believe it is Jillian's dogs. At four months old, he gets it when I am in the kitchen, he sits on the mat by the door and when we are eating dinner he sits in the kitchen on the same mat by the door. You can't teach that to a 4 month old! He knows his name, and what sit, lay, NO, come, and go!

Wow, am I truly impressed! He is soooo lovable. If he was black, I would have named him Shadow. But you will notice in these pics, he has earned his name! He goes into our livingroom and eats the pieces of wood we have for the fire. He goes outside and tries to eat the tree! We took him to the park after the snow storm on Sunday, this is his first time in the snow, how cute!!!

Enjoy these pics, I am actually able to finally play with my camera since I had my lesson last Thursday, I am just now remembering the aperture, too much fun!!!

I forgot how EXTREMELY tired you get with a puppy!!

Hey everyone, WOW, I forgot what it was like to have a baby in the house!!!! I am exhausted! By 9PM I can't even keep my eyes open!!!!

I have taken (as you can guess) a WHOLE bunch of pictures and when I get a moment, I am going to post, just wanted to write to tell everyone, he is so darn CUTE!!!!! That is why God made them so adorable, you just forget about the chewing, chewing chewing and poopies, poopies, poopies, peeing peeing peeing accidents in the house! Thank God for wood floors and rugs I can throw in the washing machine!

But it will be worth it! I know he is from a great line of dogs, again that is where Nestle comes from. He sits like her, he grunts like her, same disposition and temperament, and boy is he smart, just like Nestle! I had a breakdown yesterday, I think it was postpartum...Yea, that was it was, I just broke down and cried for her holding Woodie, too many good memories. That was definitely something I guess I needed, to hold him and know she is by me. I am blessed!

Well off to put in into his crate for a while. That way maybe tonight I can get some sleep, awe sleepless nights, how I love them!

I'll write later!

The Puppy Journey begins!

Here they are singing for their food, well at least Beau is, it looks as though Woody is SMILIN! I love this picture!

Well I know she is coming, I heard the bowls rattle, do you see her Beau?
Here she comes with our FOOD!!!!! Yeah the world is perfect!

I am sooo excited!!!! We are leaving on our Journey to pick up Woody!!! I have posted pictures of our cute adorable puppy, Jillian sent these over, obviously to wet our appetite in getting this dog. We are leaving to do family gathering in Las Vegas then Sunday we head over to Pahrump Nevada to get WOODY! I promise I will log the whole adventure on my camera, just hope I get the pics on the blog!

Wow, toys, dog bowls, bed, crate, cookies, leashes, collars, OH MY!!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will be writing on Monday!

We're goin to San Diego! Yacht living that is.....swimming pools and lovin' life!

We are going to San Diego!!! Wheww Hewww! We decided to go ahead and book the yacht for our little getaway!!!! Wow! I am soooooo excited!!!! I went ahead and made reservations and now just have to wait! My sister is having her friend Jo visit from Minnesota and that will be the finale of her trip!! How exciting is this!!!

Can't wait to go play!

OK only in Southern California!

Well, I decided last night to start looking at some rentals for one evening in San Diego. We wanted to drive down there (aprox. 3 hours) and play for the weekend, in fact, wanted to go there to visit our other sister, Stephanie (our meaning Bobbie and mine).

I am definitely a house rental person. Andy is a hotel person. We have had this discussion (I think it is an argument) for MANY years. I don't like the people at the pool, crowds at dinner and so on. Don't get me wrong I love people and I am the first one to get the party going. But I like the lay back life in a house. Andy likes it for room service (though he never uses it) I like to make my own meals (or for the most part, Andy does that, especially breakfast)

Now don't get me wrong, there are time I love staying in a hotel a.k.a Mission Inn. Enough said on this part.

So I go on house rentals in San Diego and they have some really nice houses, on the beach and the prices are actually really good for what you are getting. When you break it down with another couple, it actually makes it really easy. Then I see this!!!! An actual yacht that you can rent 2 day minimum for $269 a day!!! WOW!!!!! Take a look at it's web site! http://www.greatrentals.com/rental-property/p160719

How much fun would this be to get six girls for the weekend and play! I love girls weekend.

THE REALITY....Well after going to bed with yachts floating over my head, I woke up to Andy telling me that we would not be able to go to San Diego this weekend due to his work schedule. AWWWWWW!! We will just have to save it for another time. But next weekend we are getting our puppy, I don't want to leave him home without us or even put him in a kennel. But wait, I did see a beach house that did allow dogs........