Contemplating my week

Well, this week has been very very full. I won't say stressful, but more just full of those little details you have to get through in order to feel satisfied that you completed your "job". When I say "job" I mean all those things that not only include work, but taking care of the dogs, mop the floor to remove the last traces of doggie diarrhea from the previous week, dust bunnies out of the corners, boxes off the floor that you've been tripping over for weeks, vacuuming because your cleaning lady hasn't been here in 2 months due to surgery, and taking care of the incidentals like a 3 year old, and a husband going to a gaming convention for the 3-day weekend and your parents and grandmother coming to visit to keep you company and give you a bit of a break. Busy huh? :)

I have to admit, I did it all this week. That and more. Dio has decided that along with our next door neighbor that he has a vendetta against gophers and fully intends to dig up our entire grassy area to get at them. As a result, last weekend I came home to find he had dug 3 - 2 foot deep holes in various places across the grass. Talk about ripping your hair out. Then the gophers go at during the week buy putting up 5 more mounds throughout the grass. Got those cleaned up, the left over mounds of dirt went to fill the holes Dio created and all I have left to do there is re-seed and compost - our gardener didn't have time to do that sort of stuff this week. Another thing that had to get done was to put a nice looking fending unit in to bar off the new veggie patch. We're not sure what is causing Dio's digestive issues - dog food or the stinky soil that all dogs in our family so far seem to just LOOOOVVVEEE. We barred off the grassy area until I could get the fending in, and the grass repaired. I was fully intending to get it done before my parents arrived. Another one checked off the list - approximately 2 hours before they were due today.

Now I sit, basking in the glow of my accomplishments. I realized I hadn't blogged a lot lately and realized this would sum up the week fairly well. Parents and grandmother are due in any time now so I sit for the first time since getting up this morning with my 5:50 wake up call from my little one and enjoy a moment of silence while she naps in bliss.

Work is nearing completion on the latest project. C++Builder 2007 I think will be pretty good. I hope anyway. I have my own opinions about projects in general and have learned to keep them to myself - reason? It happens over and over again no matter how much I b****, moan, and groan. So why waste the effort? Some things are improving, but other issues appear to remain in the fold of so much tradition that I doubt anyone realizes it's a problem anymore. We'll see. I like being a peon - and plan to stay that way for a while I expect. Have been desperately trying to get to the gym. Succeeded fairly well last week. I hope for better this week as well.

Well..time to get away from the computer again. But thought I would check in and say "Happy Memorial Day"

I ALMOST FORGOT!!!

Well, geez. It's been nearly a month and I haven't mentioned the new addition of a family member. :) Please welcome our new puppy dog! His name is Dio and he's part lab-retreiver, part Border Collie. He's amazingly sweet but extremely timid - especially around men. We adopted him through the Animal Services group here in Scotts Valley. He'd been given up for adoption the month prior and had been there for quite some time due to the fact that he was so afraid of people. We adopted him on Monday April 23rd after I spotted him on Saturday afternoon during a walk. He's the sweetest baby in the world and is getting very good at using an extremely large and cold nose to flop your hand on his head for a good petting. :)

Also the other thing we were not prepared for: HE LOVES THE POOL!!!! We're still unable to get a lot of pictures of him. He's extremely scared of people with things in their hands - even me still. But he's coming out of his shell slowly but surely.

We're going through the growing pains but overall, life is getting better. Lady loves her new companion and is no longer afraid to go riding in the car when she knows Dio is going along. Hopefully more pics soon.

Logic and a 3 year old

Ok, I seriously don't think I am ready for this, but this last weekend showed me just how smart a child of 3 can be. *shudder*. The family went to the mall to get Momma some shoes (was at death's door when it came to my feet). We did our shopping and during our excursion she was constantly touching things. The day before, when we were doing our errands she was doing the same thing and we had had a talk about the fact that we were not supposed to touch things.

So I reminded her (I thought) by saying: "What are you not supposed to be doing? What did we talk about yesterday?"
Irene: "Not to touch anything". She yanks her hand back from touching all the socks on the wall
Momma:"That's right. Why were you touching it?"
Irene: "Because we didn't talk about it." (referring to the fact that we had not talked about it *today* yet). *rolling eyes*

I was so flabbergasted that she had actually come up with a completely logical reason for this, that I nearly tripped over myself. I also completely lost my mind at that point and simply stopped the conversation. I didn't respond. I just couldn't fathom that a 3 year old had come up with as logical an answer that an adult would.

I am not ready for this.