July

I hate July

It's too damn hot to do anything
Too damn humid to move much

Granted, we don't get as hot as Vegas, but it's too damn hot for me. Watching the work on my computer last night had me sticky just standing there. . ick ick ick.

Could do dog shows, if ANYTHING I owned had coat, HAH! LOL Dei jumped up on a dog house in a puff of white hair this weekend

Started to Spray paint the contacts on the agility equipment last night, not going to be a quick job LOL Aframe has 42 inch contacts on both sides. glad I bought 3 cans of green. Was waiting for BOrzoi Bob and wife Sally to show up, he had a program to help my computer run faster. They requested a quick show, so Dei did everything but jumps & weaves for them. . .Silly hairless white girl. If I can get to bed at a decent time(We were up til 10:30 running the program on the computer, found 1600 little things in the registry that got deleted, wowza), I'll start working on it in the early A.M. when there is no humidity, only DUMB DEER! There's three sets of moms, and 6 babies(1-2-3, yes triplets) on the grounds, and they're not afraid of humans.

Had to take the Zoimobile in yesterday to get a tire patched, guy asked how old the tires were, that the tread was great, but the sidewalls were dryrotting. .I told him considering the car only had 35K on it in 11 yrs, I'd wager they were the original tires LOL. Get that done, and get it a checkup. Guess that's one reason to be glad July is a down month, LOL. . I have the money to do this.

Trying to figure out if I can travel this fall . .I would really like to pit Gossip against Sammy, but unless I can get another driver just no way in hades. .. I can't do that kind of driving on a Friday or Sunday night. . .other dog I want to see her against is way out West, but his owner told me last year he didn't think he was as fast as Gossip. IT'd still be nice to see in person. I'd also like her to run against Bartleby and a few others in his area. Would also like to run her against a few of Sally Barron's dogs. Quite a few of these dogs are way impossible due to distance :P Let alone the fact I don't want to do that to my little car. It's gotta last me a few years :) Wish Bonnie had more energy to do things more.

working, wishing, playing

LOL.

Working: Damn it gets warm and humid here fast. . .tried to do some weeding on the flower garden as I have some ideas on how to spruce things up a bit, but damn you get hot and sweaty fast. . let alone the back ache.

Yesterday I did the same to my veggie garden, my tomatoes already bare fruit YEAH!!! I am so tickled, especially with the current tomatoe shortage/scare. . .i love them, but not enough to risk getting sick. My watermelon plants are going bonkers, the peppers not so much. My iris' are growing well, tho only one of them bloomed this year, I'll have to dig out around their bulbs this fall, they are so finicky it's not funny. My star lilly is looking GORGEOUS, too bad I didn't get pics of the bloom when it first happened, beautiful purply red colour. . .goign to have to pick up some more, the ones I gave Bonnie last year are huge and such pretty pinks, customers have commented on them. Planted some more iris & star lillies :) Gotta get mulch up there to keep the weeds away, this had originally been tilled 2 yrs ago for a garden, but the people who did it never took care of it. . .so it got overgrown. . .i'm trying to keep up with it, but the way some of these weeds grow, good HEAVENS!!

Also worked on my salt water tank yesterday. Had to make use of the day off and no puppies darnit LOL And no racing today because of that, damnit :P So scrubbed it of the coraline algae, and put my new coral in. Isn't he purty? He's now all fluffed up and looks to be very very happy. It's hard getting good photos in the tank, may have to upgrade my camera lOL Yeah, when money grows on trees. Hell, there's a 75 gal tank on Craigslist I'd love to have, and Bonnie's all for getting a bigger tank LOL She's more excited than I am, makes sure all visitors comes and sees it. Need to find her her cardinal banghaii for the tank.

Wishing:
Missing the flexibility of my old job. . I'd be able to put in hours in order to take off early to go long distances, but I also had a much more reliable car than I do now. Nothing wrong with my 97 Dodge neon, it has really low mileage(35k), and gets 40+ mpg, but I would not be comfy driving it 8 hrs to Camden SC to run LGRA or to IL, even tho I'd love to pit Gossip against Sammy & Bartleby. Hell, I'd've loved an honest match against Zemny, but that didn't happen :P When I get back in school, I'll have even less time for playing, oh joy, hopefully I'll still be able to fit it in, or i'll burn out, btdt.

Hell, wishing I'd finish school instead of getting distracted with the need to work in order to do more doggy things. . .having only 6 dogs and 4 cats has definitely cut down on the vet bills, that's for sure, and knock on wood, no emergencies in 2+ yrs. Even Fidget's vet bills weren't that high, most expensive part was the food, but that's because I refused to go thru heroics for a 16+ yr old kitty. . . thankfully racing is a lot cheaper on the pocket book than coursing. . .


Playing:



Played with Dei on the agility equipment, she had the zoomies something bad and decided to do it HER way. LOL. Oh well, you can tell she's having a blast, can't you? yeah, the video isn't perfect, hard to do when you're doing it yourself and running the dog. Will have to break down the teeter & the dog walk, as when she gets the zoomies, that's what she runs and does instead of what I want her to do LOL BRAT

well, off to weed some more now that i've cooled down

Goose

And a pic for people who don't believe Gossip curls up and sleeps in the front seat of my 97 Neon LOL