Thursday, March 15, 2012

Sheena Queena

I love our dog. As some of you may know, we adopted our dog Sheena in August 2011 from Out West Pet Rescue in Prosser, WA. This is my first time owning a dog and let me tell you - I am in love. She is so sweet and we have so much fun with her - we are truely lucky to have her! Rob tells me I have no idea how lucky I am to have her as my first dog. I really don't I guess. We didn't have to house-train her. She isn't dog-agressive (in fact, she's overly friendly!). Her nickname suits her perfectly - she certainly rules our lives! She loves to play. She doesn't chew furniture and she doesn't want to eat the cats. She would love to be firends with them, but our two cats Onyx and Tabby have not been very accepting. I think Tabby and Sheena might end up as friends, but Onyx still hasn't left the spitting and hissing stage of their relationship yet.

At the risk of sounding like a crazy pet lady, I am starting a pet photo album on Flickr for our 3 furry family members, or our "minions" if you will. Why not? They are part of our lives and I think it is imperitive to document all of their crazy antics. Sheena - soaking wet in the Oregon spring rain, tongue hanging out the side of her mouth, happliy trotting back to me with her precious ball. Tabby - laying on her back with her legs spread wide (not very ladylike by the way) with a dumb look on her face as if she is thinking in her walnut-sized brain "everything looks so funny when I'm upside-down". Or Onyx with her silent meows - begging for "ups" as we call it - she needs her shoulder time! And there are questions to be answered. Why does Tabby wake us up at 3am every night? How much of what we say does Sheena actually understand? Is Onyx really that sweet, or is she just using us to stroke her and feed her? The world may never know.

One thing I do know is this: I love these animals, and they love us.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamers818/sets/72157629711416699/

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Time spent with old friends is good medicine!

I flew to Burlington, VT this March to visit one of my closest friends, Jess. When I exited the airport in Vermont, the rush of cold air nearly killed me. I thought maybe I had mistakenly boarded a plane to Antarctica! There is one thing I don't miss about New England - that's definitely the weather. Thankfully I packed some thick sweaters and Jess put up with my whining :)

Jess and I took photos @ Lake Champlain, walked the mall, checked out the stores in the downtown area and had some local Vermont beer. I even had one of my faves - Magic Hat #9 - which is actually really expensive in Oregon compared to Vermont. After our day of retail therapy, Jess took me to experience her new hobby - archery! I absolutely LOVED it! Major kudos to Jess for having such a badass hobby! I got an intro lesson and we had targets to shoot. I was so excited - I got a couple bullseyes too! After shooting at the targets and moving them back from 10 to 15 to 20 yards, the trainer set up a tic tac toe board with balloons. It was tons of fun. I could have stayed all day if my arms would have let me. I have a pretty good eye for it too and now she's got me thinking of buying a bow!

It was so great to visit Jess for a few days. I miss her terribly already. Check out the album on Flickr from my trip! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamers818/sets/72157629177430018/