Monday, March 28, 2011

Still feeling under the weather

Morning... still feeling yuck... poor nose was so stuffed I could hardly breath...I finally dug out the Neti Pot.. (little tea pot thingy that you fill with warm water and a pinch of salt, then tilt your head and stuff it up one side of  your nose)... I know it sounds gross, but I can breath today, and i even made it thru the night without waking up with a mouth so dry I had to get a drink...
Agility class this week was absolutely humiliating... I could not for the life of me remember the course... Levi did great, but i kept getting lost..my excuse was that my head was just too stuffed up to think straight... that is my excuse and I am sticking to it.. on our last run of the day, everyone was clapping... and they said it was for the Handler (ME), cuz i finally got it right... Denise and I are off to another trial this weekend, down in Cloverdale again... hopefully Levi will be as relaxed as last time... several more girls are coming down, so it should be fun..
The snow in the yard is finally gone...now i just have to rake all the pine needles and the dog poop...the currant bushes are putting out buds already... but they are a real weed...
I have spun up some lovely alpaca and silk from Barb Eslake.. still have about 9 ozs of fibre to spin up... the spinning retreat is just around the corner.. yipee... have to save up some cash just encase i see something that i absolutely need... I have some BFL that i bought in the fall... so i will take that to the retreat.....don't have any great plans for it, but i love the feel of it, and it is so beautiful to spin...
Joe and his honey and her kids have been here all weekend... they are easy to have around, but i sure like my nice quiet house when everyone is gone...Teresa took the girls to school, and the silence was a real dream..well i had better go and put the roast in the oven... "prime rib" was on sale at Coopers last week... 4 bucks a pound off the regular price...  oophs forgot, I got to bake the bread first..another half hour of rising and then into the oven...  I have been playing 'Scrabble' on Facebook... i have one friend who just won't quit starting new games... I think Judy and I are playing 15 games... 4 with Gail d, 4 with my neighbour, and one with my sis in law. and a couple with some agility buddies....i have been really lucky.. I have had 2 'bingo's last week and one this week... that is were you use all your tiles and get a 50 point bonus.. take care guys... talk to ya all soon.... S

Sunday, March 20, 2011

I am just fine

Okay, I didn't realize that it had been over a month and a half since i had written, I really had planned to write more often when i started this new year... but what is new, i flubbed up again.. not sure where the time has gone, I ended up with a bad cold in February... first time in 3 years, and it really knocked me for a loop... finally got over it, and then it came back with a vengeance two weeks ago, I was sure i was going to cough up a lung or two.. I don't usually cough so went to the Dr, and he tells me that the new meds i am on can cause pneumonia, and if i was still coughing on the next Monday to go in for a x ray.. or if i had problems breathing to go for an xray... well that night i needed two pillows to be able to breath, so i called and they made me a appt for an xray.. and they turned out fine... so I went to Cloverdale that weekend to an agility trial and we had a great time, Levi got two "Q"(qualifying scores)... he was much more relaxed, he laid at my feet as we waited for our turn, before he would pace around and sniff dogs and their handlers... he even peed when i took him out, before he would just sniff around and not pee, and then pee in the ring... he even ignored the ring crew and the judge...so things went much better.. he ran a great run at class yesterday, he is improving... I can hardly wait to start Wynn this spring, but the instructors home base still has 3 feet of snow, so we will have to wait...
I went to the coast for my Mom's 85th birthday on the 24 of Feb, we had great plans, but her birthday was probably the worse she has ever had, her best friend passed away that morning..she had only been sick and in hospital just over 3 weeks, and she was such a sweet heart... and a very good friend of my Mom..
Snow is all gone around here... and the lawn is starting to get green in spots... the dogs were out in the field munching on a patch of green grass this afternoon...
I didn't go to the Fibres West fibre fair... just didn't have enough $$ to buy anything, and didn't need the tempation..plus Desert Mesa Spring Retreat is just around the corner...
I had a project that i worked on, Sandra on Facebook  put a little thingy up, that if you went to her page, and put up the same thingy, she would send you a hand made gift, so i did it and i got two answers so i had to make two projects, got the first one done, nothing too fancy, the garden basket shawlette was the first one, i did it in "finn", and put pink beads where the "nupps"(hate them) were suppose to be.. it looked great, washed it and blocked it, and when i unpinned it... i noticed the beads had lost colour and had stained the wool, i was so "pissed"... i quit knitting and spinning... decided to over dye it,  what a disappointment... just need to find the time to over dye it...
Still volunteering at the food bank, I am now secretary/treasurer... we have to make cutbacks as we have more clients and less money... so the new presidnet and i are making some changes..
Larry has been busy panning gold... in the shop, it is too cold out and i don't need him falling in the river..we have great plans to go out during the summer and have a picnic, take the dogs, and go gold panning..may be we will make our fortune, (giggle)..
To all my dear friends who have been worrying about me, I am fine, just LAZY.... really...