Giles and Lily are doing great.  They happy and healthy, loving the spring weather, and playing with other pups nearly every day.  The new dog park in Leesburg opened up on May 9th!  It’s wonderful!  It’s a grass park, as opposed to rocks and dirt, and most of the owners and their dogs have been good company so far.

Adam and I will be going to Antigua begining of June.  We’ll be soaking up the sun, lounging by the pool, floating on the waves, and eating and drinking ourselves into a coma.  I can’t wait!

My ever changing plethora of interests has pointed me in the direction of piano playing and sailing.  I’m obsessed with Pirates and Tall Ships!  I search Google images relentlessly in search of Tall Ship photography.  I’ve got a book list a mile long consisting of ‘How To’ books on sailing.  There is a lot to be learned!  Also I’ve found some interesting programs for adult sailing lessons.  I’ll definitely be looking into these programs with a fervor.

Adam and our best buddy (we’ll call him Pat) are off in Ohio fishing in Lake Erie this weekend.  So I’m left along to contemplate my book and also my blog.  If I’m going to be a writer I’ll need to start writing, right?

More to come…  and pictures too!

I’ve got updates up the wazoo, but I left my camera at Lindsey’s!  Blogging is no fun without pictures.

I’ll be back tomorrow after X-mas shopping.

Happy Holidays!

My house is so clean you can lick my carpet.

Yes.  I’ve, without cognitive thought, uttered these words aloud before.  I’m a sick, sick person.  Regardless of my oral disability, my house is clean.  The never ending job of picking up after yourself and scrubbing everything in sight is finished for the week, until Adam dirties another pile of dishes.

I drove out to Front Royal yesterday to visit Juliet, Brandon and baby Brandon.  I took 50 most of the way over and it was one of the most beautiful drives I’ve taken in a while.  The drive through West Virginia was lovely, the road curving around each mountain and the clouds settling down on the mountain’s tops.  But on the way from Leesburg to Front Royal there were small towns crowded with antique shops and people out window shopping, enjoying the sunny day.  I saw amazing homes that could well be centuries old, spread out across fields and forests, hills and side streets.  Every mile was eye candy and pink lemonade for a thirsty suburban soul.

Adam and I are both extremists.  Though Adam may not enjoy living in a city’s center as much as I would, in a penthouse with wall to wall windows and a view to die for, we both have a passion for the country.  I don’t mean those overstuffed palatial homes on 5 acres of land that used to sell for $6 million and are now begging to be sold at $3 million.  I mean the wild, 20 acre, no neighbors for miles, trees and fields abound kind of country.  Adam’s parent’s Farmhouse for instance.  It’s secluded and quiet.  It’s a happy, lived in place where the chores never end and there’s fun to be had in each.  That’s what I want some day.  Peace.  Wide open spaces where my dog(s) can run free and peace.

Of course that will only come about when FiOS is available in the middle of nowhere.  Adam couldn’t live or work without his superior Internet connection.  And I think that’s fine.  Hell, I don’t think I could get by for very long without an Internet connection myself.  A few months maybe.  I’ve done it before and didn’t really miss it.  But then, I wouldn’t be updating this blog and my life would only be interesting to myself.  Heh.  I imagine that this is already true. 

Also, Thai Food.  I couldn’t live without mouth watering Thai Food for too long.  The country may not always offer convenience, however most communities are at least within 30 miles of a grocer.  Convenience is one thing.  Culture is something entirely different.  Major cities and the skirting suburbs often offer a melting pot of cultures.  This means a myriad of food to choose from, besides the interesting traditions and history that surrounds.  Food!  Thai, Greek, Indian, true Japanese and Chinese, Middle Eastern, real Mexican and more.  I love food.  I’ve never been a picky eater and I enjoy the different textures and tastes of cultural food.  I doubt I’ll find that in Podunk, VA.  I suppose we make sacrifices for our ideal home, but being exiled from exotic food may be taking it too far.

I’m still recouperating from our trip to WV.  I still have photos to post.

Need to call Neurologist and schedule appt. for migraine.

Same for Psych.

Working for Kathy, packing Wed.  Need to get boy to look at her computer.

Taking a neighbor to the airport Thurs. at 2pm.

Dog Obedience class Thurs. night with Kim.

Pack Kathy some more on Fri.

Got to do what you got to do.

It’s really a beautiful night out.  There’s a sliver of the moon out tonight and it’s blood red.  Lovely!

I got my top 3 Things To Do done!  I just need some stamps to put on the envelopes and get them in the mail.

I walked Giles, J.D. and Brady together today.  It was nice.  Brady’s a great walker.

Still need to pack for WV tonight.  Guess we’ll do that before bed.

Reminder:  Charge the damn camera batteries!!!

I had a very unproductive day today due to a splitting headache.  I still managed to walk Giles, Brady and J.D. though.  Tomorrow is going to be a better day.  I have a few big ticket items that I need to take care of before Adam and I hit the road to West Virginia on Thursday for Andy and Allison’s wedding.  If anyone feels like calling to remind me to do these 3 things, please feel free:

1.  Finish the Thank You notes

2.  Send in the money for the Penna Turnpike toll

3.  Write the letter to Artillary Ridge and ask them to pay the medical bill

After I finish with those tasks I really need to call Toll Brothers and let them know what’s going on around here, then pack for WV.  I’m hoping I’ll be up to all this tomorrow.  Right now I’m sick as a dog and sweating like a bullfrog.

I did go to orientation for Basic Obidience today.  Mr. Giles and I will be attending A Click Above in Leesburg throughout Semptember.  I’m really excited!  The orientation covered mostly what I know from my own research and reading, but putting clicker training into continuous practice will be great for Giles.  We’ve tried it before.  I just wasn’t interested enough to continue.  Now that I know Giles better though it should be a breeze (not really, but think positive!).  Also, I volunteered to ‘work for M&M’s’ tonight.  Basically, I was the dog.  The instructor ’shaped a behavior’ with me, the clicker, and the M&M’s.  Her goal was to get me to pick up her dog’s leash and take it for a walk.  Well, even though she said I was a great dog… haha…. it still took a while to even get me to touch the leash.  My hard work paid off though!  I won a new toy for Mr. Giles!  He’s a very happy puppy.  And I’m a very tired one.