It's Spring Break!

and I'm doing dishes and laundry....ewweeee.

I'll admit it, I'm a tad spoiled. I grew up in beautiful warm, dry Palm Springs. When Spring Break was upon us, we high school kids would load up in a car and head downtown to "cruise" Palm Cyn. Dr. and scam (I'm using my retro 80s term here....) for college guys. We'd usually end up at a party (or two) at one of the many hotels where the kids were taking over the pool area.

One Spring Break, my mom (who had a store right on Palm Cyn. Dr.) let us bring in lawn chairs and a cooler of drinks and sit in the display window. She had a great time with us, as we held up ranking cards "0-10" letting the boys know where they fell on the "hot spectrum."

On another spring break, we took one of my friends dads truck. We rolled out of the driveway and pushed for a block, so he wouldn't hear us start it up...she never got caught. I would never have done that to my mom, she trusted me and I didn't want to blow it.

I'm here in Oregon... there's a light mist in the air and I need to play. I want to break some rules.

This is Not a Dog Blog...

But, as requested... here's a picture of Arlo.

Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Ocean swimmer. Sock chewer. Butter eater.

Loves his family.

No Blind Dog for us.

I just heard that the owners of the mystery St. Patricks day blind doggie have contacted Heartland Humane Society and little "Patrick" will be headed home with his family later today. This is good news for "Patrick" and his family, but I was just kind of getting excited about having another dog in the house to keep Arlo company...

Obviously, I won't be able to post a picture of the little one, but maybe I'll revisit the humane society and who see else might like to have a buddy : )

Hey...3 posts in one week!? What must I be thinking?

ch

What happened last night...

So, last night being St. Paddy's day and all, my husband and I hit the town with ideas of a fun-filled night ahead of us.

What really happened...

We went to the movies and the movie we wanted to see wasn't being shown. Instead some Chevy Chase box office loser was being shown instead. We didn't go.

We drove to downtown Corvallis. Did we want dessert or drinks? Eh, didn't matter. We wandered around and talked with people whom we know who were also looking for fun.

We ended up with dessert at New Morning (expensive, bus your own tables, follow our rules)bakery. It was OK, but nothing notably spectacular. After dessert, we went for a drive. I always try to talk my husband into "parking," but it's usually not in the stars...dang. Anyway, we needed to get gas (petrol), so we stopped at the Chevron on 9th st. While there, a little blind schipperke was wandering through the station and was getting dangerously close to 9th st. We walked the neighborhood with him, hoping to find his family, but no luck. We drove him over to Willamette Vet. Hospital where they have a 24hr doctor on duty. They took the little doggie in and said that he would be at Heartland Humane Society by Monday. Today we had a phone call from Heartland and he was already there. It turns out that this little doggie is about 12 years old and probably not high on the list of wanted to adopt dogs. We went to visit him today and put a "do not kill" tag on him. If his family doesn't show up, I think we'll be his new family.... just what we need... a 12 year old blind dog.

Since he came into our lives on St. Patricks day, I've already named him Patrick...but I think we'll call him Paddy.

Partying isn't the same when you're over 40 : ) You go out for beers and end up with a blind schipperke.

ch

Happy St. Patricks Day

Eighteen years ago today my husband and I had our first date.... time has flown by quickly. Two kids and two dogs later, we still like each other.

ch