Friday, November 20, 2009
Marker Club - November
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Holidays in Hand - Day 1
Our goal for Holidays in Hand today is to focus on what we want to get out of the class as a final project. Jessica suggests documenting our Values and Goals. She's challenging us to write/craft/document 20 minutes/day EVERY day in December so everything can come together once the holidays are over. WHEW!
My goals for documenting Christmas:
1. Show family traditions
- Stockings
- Dad Being "Santa" on Christmas Day
- Christmas Breakfast
- Segee/Laustsen Christmas
2. Document past traditions
- Caverly Holiday Party (Morgan Lane)
- Stockings for the dogs
- Hiding presents in the Christmas Tree
Discuss future traditions. My favorite parts about the holidays. Segee/Laustsen Christmas dinner and what there HAS to be on the table. Mimi's fudgecrackers. Family photos.
I think that's it for now!
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The Yellow Dog's Barn
So, I drove to Barrington this morning and dropped Titus off. Joann (one of the co-owners) encouraged me to call around 1030a this morning to see how he was doing (that's right at nap time), and to see if they suggested that I pick him up at lunch time (often times, dogs get stressed out in a new place on the first day) or if I could leave him there for the day.
I called at 1030a this morning, and they had great things to say about Titus. He was a little shy at the dog by dog introductions this morning, but once let loose in the pens to play, he played HARD. Joann said that not only did he play hard, but that she really enjoyed his "time-outs" every now and again where he'd trot over to her for some love. Definitely sounds like our man! We were interested to hear how nap time was going to go, as they have many crates set up for the dogs, and Titus has been in a crate in over six months. She said he trotted right into the one they'd set up for him and went to sleep. Where did this well behaved dog come from? :)
The Yellow Dog's Barn is more than happy to continue to have Titus as a client of theirs, so he'll attend TR during the weeks to wear himself out. So happy!
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Titus and Doggie Daycare
As many of you may know, that shortly after we got Titus, we decided that putting him in doggie daycare 2x/week was the best option, both for him, and us. Originally, he was attending a place that was on the campus of our Veterinarian, Great Bay Kennel. They were really great with the dogs, Titus liked it there ok, but it was realy dirty inside (so Titus came home very dirty), and when he was six months old, they refused to continue to take him until he was neutered. Due to the fact that we didn't want to fix him until he was a minimum of 9 months old, we started to look for a new daycare.
I stumbled upon K9Kaos just by doing an internet search. When I called them, I was excited to learn that one of the employees had a great dane that was only 6 weeks older than Titus (Fifi). They were more than willing to accept him without being neutered and had many "plus-es" to offer over Great Bay, including the fact that the had more play area, were cleaner, and broke the dogs into groups by age and play style. Recently, though, Titus has been coming home with a good amount of battle scars (last week they don't know how he got hurt, but he had a dime sized boo-boo near the top of his left front leg). So...because he can't tell me what's really going on at K9Kaos, we are, in fact, looking for a new daycare.
Fifi's mom has graciously provided a suggestion that we're going to check out tomorrow, called The Yellow Dog's Barn. I called today to see if we could swing by tomorrow, and the co-owner that I spoke with on the phone was extremely knowledgable and friendly. Hopefully we like what we see! It'll be a little more out of my way in the morning, but only about 5 minutes extra each way, so it's worth it! I'll let you know how it goes!
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Friday, October 23, 2009
October Marker Club
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Stampin' Up Regional - Portland
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Richards' Wedding - Oct 10
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