Monday, July 30, 2012

Gibberish(n.) Meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.

  I got into Oklahoma on Thursday night and went straight to Chris's dad's work to get my new tires and oil change! It is a huge plus having Chirs's dad work on cars and he is generous enough to fix my car when it's in needs a little TLC. I taught private lessons all morning and afternoon Friday and Saturday. I got to work with some awesome awesome dogs and people. I love teaching and can't help but get excited to see a handle/dog finally get it, especially RDW's. So much fun.

  I got to sit down with Chris's neighbor, Wayne. He is an older man that has plenty of awesome stories to tell. He got to talking about how when he was growing up he couldn't just go get food, he had to feed his own cows. If his cows died cause he forgot to feed them then he didn't get any dinner that night. Got to talking how now a days kids don't have to work for anything and just gets life handed to them. I wish I had a great grandma that lived close to me that could tell me stories like that. I would love to listen all day about the older days and how things are much different now than before. I felt privileged to sit and listen to him talk and I didn't want him to stop.

  I took Legit to a fun match for his first time and wow he was a superstar. He has having the deepest AF's he has ever has in sequences and his DW's were great. I love his work ethic and his brain. He is sending like nobody's business and is keeping his bars up. He sure doesn't act like a 17 month old puppy out on course but a seasoned agility dog. I have a harder time getting places more with him than I do Ace, finding myself do more rears than front which I am okay with that. I LOVE that puppy and cant wait to see whats ahead for us :).

  The boys and I hit the road again tomorrow at 8am. Making the 800 miles to Woodstock, IL for 8 days. I am so excited for the regional(s)! Wednesday we are training with some friends and going to a fun match on the same surface and equipment has the IL regional. That will be so good for Legit!

I jope everyone has a great rest of the week and see some of you soon :).

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Cinderella, Hawaii, puppy and planes.

 I finally found the time to blog yay!

We are back from Hawaii! It was seriously an awesome trip and I am so excited that Chris got to come along, he almost didn't. He flew in two days later than us and left on a different plane. I wish my other two boys got to come but that wasn't happening. The land is the most beautiful land, so green and lush! The second day we went on a boat tour to the Na Pali Coast and that was the highlight of the trip. The mountains were gorgeous, filled with flowers and waterfalls, the water very very blue. On our way the coast we spots a few dolphins and we went to them and as soon as we know it we were surround by 25+ dolphins. One even spun in the air and the boat guy said he has never seen that before, that they usually don't come that close much-less flip in the air. We also went tubing in the underground irrigation system which was so blast but very cold!
























 I still get nervous on planes and I have been on tons and tons of planes. When we take off till when we get to when you can move around the plane I freak out a little...okay a lot. All that's going through my head is oh my god we are going to crash, oh my god we are going down. Once we get to the point were you can move around the plane I am fine. I really don't like to fly in the first place. I mean siting still for 5 hours is pretty much impossible for me...unless it's at night then I can sleep .

My friend commented on a picture and asked if I was Cinderella and to be honest I kinda do feel I am. I live such a blessed life with wonderful family, dogs, boyfriend, friends and I get to go to some kick ass places. Plus, it doesn't help that Chris treats me like one, getting a massage on the beach was oh so awesome! Thank you, Chris.



I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off yesterday and today. Getting ready for our 2,400 miles, 5 states and 19 day trip. I am about 70% done and we leave on Thursday morning. This is by far the biggest trip I have taken along. We first stop in Oklahoma and stay till Tuesday then we go straight to Illinois where we stay there till next Thursday, drive to Blue Springs, stay for a 4 days and head back home! In between then I get to go visit the breeder Chris is getting a puppy from. We get to stay with some awesome friends and hang out with them . SO excited!












































































































Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Oh darling, let's be adventurers.

Yes, I know I have used this title before but it really suits this blog post!













  Adventure. What a fun word. I love adventures. Since I was a little kid my parents would always take us on adventures. I didn't remember a weekend we stayed home and if you did it was rare. I love it. I love my life. It's very go go go and not much stopping but I'm okay with that! I am a type of person that can't sit still. We leave for Hawaii Friday morning and we are staying for 11 days. We are going to a lot of adventures there. Boating, hiking to a waterfall, Hawaiian Luau, diving, zip lining and more!












   Three days after we get back from Hawaii the boys and I make a 2,400 miles round trip to Chicago for the regional. Our first stop will be Oklahoma as I am teaching private lessons. Then that Monday I make my way to Chicago for the regional, stay for a week then head to the Missouri regional then back to home! 18 days and just the boys and I. A huge trip for the 3 of us but I am looking forward to it! This will be Legit's 3rd show and his first regional. He will be doing steeple and is on a team for both regional. Very scary but he needs the ring experience and both are non-pressure teams so I am looking forward to running him :). Ace will go 3 months without a show going into the regional. Does it scare me? A little but breaks from showing does Ace very good and me for that fact! I am excited to get to more training with the boys :). I can't wait to get into the ring with that dog.
      





  
         






Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.

 Too often we are so preoccupied with the destination, we forget the journey.
 










                                                        

Monday, July 2, 2012

Rough Month

   It's been a rough couple of weeks here. I am just emotionally drained with everything that has happened. Within two weeks Ace went to the ER with a big scare and we lost our blue puppy Luke 2 days ago. My heart is pretty empty and so is the house. There is nobody saying "Luke, no!" "Luke don't do that!". He was so full of life and joy (and naughtiness ;)). I can't go into details right now what happened as I will burst into tears but he has been fighting distemper since we got him at 6 week and we all thought he had fought it off till Saturday morning when he started having terrible seizers (here comes the tears). My whole family was very much attached to him in the short 3 months we had him. My mom and I held onto him till the very last breath he took.

   My family decided we would take him home and bury him at the house. Gosh, I miss him so so much. It's very quite around the house without him. I am just so happy that he got to stay with his for the last few months of his life but I wish we would have him back.

 Since we have moved to Houston all of our dogs but Legit has been the the ER. Lily cause she couldn't poop, Buddy cause he got into a dog fight, Gizmo having to have surgery cause his teeth, Abby had to have surgery cause she got carpet in her stomach and almost didn't make it, Ace with the water intoxication and Luke. Let's not have Legit's turn in the ER lol.

 Tomorrow we are leaving for the beach for a few days. I needed this and so does my family, we need to get away and clear our heads. It will be good for all of us.