It's the Dog Blog

Hello faithful readers. I want to thank Rufus for posting an entry earlier this week. That was very thoughtful of him, given that I've been a bit too busy to post myself.

At the risk of you all thinking this has turned into a dog blog (hey, it's a nice break for you from Sens Hockey, no?? Lol.), let me tell you about our little puppy. Lexi is not yet 9 weeks old and has been with our family for 5 days now. She has mastered "sit", she's doing not too bad at "come", last night she learned "down" (but performs it sporadically at best), and today, went into her crate and put herself to sleep without the usual whiny drama fest. On the downside, I'm totally sleep deprived, as she is getting up 3 to 4 times a night for potty ....

So, what a way to spend summer vacation. It's really like having a baby in the house all over again. The poop, the pee, the relief when she's finally asleep ... yikes. Thank goodness puppies grow up quicker than babies!

I've managed to catch a few relaxing moments despite being Dog People now. On Tuesday the girl and I went out for Dim Sum in "Chinatown" (we don't have much of one here - hence the quotation marks) and then did some shopping in the Glebe. Today I went out to A Fine Mess for some scrap shopping ... and found some of that core cardstock stuff, in 8.5x11 multi-colored packs! Heaven!!! You can't imagine how thrilled I was. I looooove 8.5x11 textured card stock. Oooh, and I love A Fine Mess. They display their scrapbook stock so artfully. It's a pleasure for the eyes. After some very satisfying shopping I sat on the Starbucks terrace sipping a latte and reading some Nora Roberts. Ah, finally - that vay-cay feeling!

Tomorrow the girl, sister M and I are taking a little road trip to a quaint village with lots of neat shops. Definitely looking forward to the doggie break. The boy will have to manage on his own! I think that he is finding the puppy thing harder than he anticipated. He wanted a dog so badly, but even when we talked about how much work it would be, I don't think he realized it would be like this. However, he's had a taste of what having a Real Dog will be like, over the last couple of days ... as Lexi has started to play fetch and run around the yard with him.

I really, really wish that vacation wasn't coming to an end. I've managed to really forget about the office for the last two weeks (I've barely looked at the blackberry, I swear ... scanned a few email titles, opened one or two that looked important, that's it!). The only thing that keeps me going is knowing that I'll be off the last two weeks of August too.

Now if I could only find some scrap time before the party's over .... this picture is just screaming to be scrapped: