A strange reaction...

Maybe sleep deprivation? I read the part of the article that said the pirates were "released" 300 miles from shore with no weapons and no navigation equipment. it isn't funny that they apparently died, but I just started to giggle thinking of the "justice of the seas"!
If you just scan the headlines, it appears that Russia "released" the pirates because they didn't have enough proof to hold or charge them. That part is scary, especially if they had to know that the chances of them surviving that far from shore, where slim.
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Five are on their way.

Hattie had her x-ray yesterday. Five are on their way, sooner than we thought. They had all been moving into birth position and her temperature has dropped. The temperature is one harbinger of impending birth. Last night I was convinced because of that and some of her activity it would happen then...well, we are still waiting! Everything stopped around midnight. I have to take her temperature this morning, but for now, she continues to grow....

And now we wait...

Hattie is 10 days away from her whelping date. It is to be May 16. May 10 we have an x-ray scheduled so that we know how many puppies to expect.
We bred her to Goren, Champion SB&K Criminal Intent owned by Carol Onstad. He is Sully's dad and Alex's litter mate.
She happily checked out the new whelping box Greg made for her.

Families are like puzzles

Each member a piece...


My oldest son is 35 today. Wow. I still remember the day. It was hot in Las Vegas. Over 80 degrees. What a blessing he is.

Our puzzle would not be complete without him.

Nigerian Miniature Goats

Aren't they darling? An adult can produce as much as 2 quarts of milk a day. MMM, mm. goat cheese.
I would love to have a couple of these and a couple of fiber goats. Some chickens....oh and the land to put them on....

Locks of love

Several months ago, my darling grand daughter decided she was going to donate her hair to an organization called "Locks of Love". She has very thick very curly hair. I am not sure why she decided to do this. Locks of love takes the hair and makes wigs for cancer patients. Each hank of hair must be ten inches long. Her mom washed it last night and then made about 7 braids, each of them about 1/2 inch thick. 5 of those were saved to be sent off to Locks of Love. I am very proud of her, she was pretty nervous today and afraid of the reaction of her school friends to her short sassy new hair do.
She made a decision, set a goal and in spite of nervousness followed through with it!

Birth of a dream...

http://www.methowgear.com/Site/Blog/Blog.html

This is the blog page of Kevin and Sherry's dream. Follow the birth of their business...very talented couple. Exciting business idea!

Hiking again

Jennifer reminded me that I had stopped hiking. It felt good to be out today in the woods. It had been about 12 years since I had hiked in Washington state. The last time I had gone out to go on a hike, a couple of the boys had scared me. Doing things that I didn't think were safe.

I knew that if I went with Kevin, Sherry and the baby it wouldn't be too much for me to handle. It was fun.
We went to Guillemot Cove Nature Preserve, out on the Kitsap Peninsula. It was an interesting hike. The beginning was very nice. Beautiful woods with lots of ferns and alder trees. It would down a hill to a cove on Puget Sound. Once we came out of the woods, there were some abandoned buildings. The preserve had once been a farm. The interesting part starts here. There was water running into the cove...everywhere. Lots of water. At some points pretty deep...had to hold my pants up to keep them from getting wet!

We had a fun time, it got to be a pretty long day, but felt good being out like that.

HAPPY 80TH TO MY MOM

On February 4th my mom turned the big 8o. Last night a group of her family and friends met at Fido's Farm in Olympia for a celebration of her life.

There were about 30 people there. Chris Soderstrom the owner of Fido's Farm opened her home for the party. Many thanks to her! One of my most favorite people.

Two of my grandsons

Jameson and Logan. Taken by thier mom. She is so talented, and they are certainly beautiful children!

Agility classes start tomorrow

I am so excited tomorrow we start classes with Aireborne Agility in Woodinville!

Kona is so happy to work for me, and I can hardly wait to begin!

Read to me daddy

Jay gave this book to Marley for Christmas. It is a great book and I love watching her face as she looks at the book. Kevin and Sherry are really good with her.

Speaking of traditions...

..I was just on Face Book remembering how we used to celebrate New Years Eve:

We used to make root bear floats between 8-9 o'clock (that's right, load the kids up with sugar and send them off to bed).
I would never consider staying up until midnight to watch a ball drop somewhere back east and then have to get up in the morning with kids! I still wonder why we care. The new year will be waiting in the morning when you wake up. Celebrate with breakfast and the Rose parade!
For as long as I can remember I have made beans and rice. It is a southern tradition, I have no memory of it as a child living in the south, but I carried it with me into my own house (one of those internal rules Jennifer refers to). Today I have a ham hock, andouille sausage and the beans are soaking.
Happy 2010 everyone!