Turns out one of my blogger/writer pals is completely stumped about where to click through to comment when she visits Champion of My Heart. While I continue to chip away at the various glitches and bugs since our redesign and platform shift, I can’t possible know everything that goes wrong.
One of my dog magazine editors challenged me to teach Lilly to vacuum, after seeing Lilly CLEAN UP her toys. That would be a major dog trick and feat, for a couple reasons. A) Lilly is afraid of the vacuum. B) It’s really heavy. So, instead, I decided to teach her to dust mop the…
Of yarn, that is. Yep, because I have so much free time, I’ve taken up knitting. The truth is that knitting is an amazing, natural stress/anxiety buster. It’s also been proven to ward of the mental decay of aging.
Last week, we got about 5 feet of total snow from three different storms, spaced 2-3 days apart. Tom plowed some pretty big snowbanks after the third blast, so Lilly and I used them as poor-girl’s dog agility A-frames. This slow-motion, snow-motion video shows just how athletic my lithe, sensitive girl truly is.
Just a quick post. Time very limited today. I believe we’ve found Lilly’s new sport. It’s called Treibball, and it’s essentially a form of herding that uses big balls instead of sheep. Looks like I’ll be combing garage sales and begging neighbors for their old exercise balls this spring. Check it out.
Last Sunday, Lilly did the Tour du Grandmas, vising first my mom who now lives in an assisted living facility and then Tom’s mom who is home after more than two months away. I ran out the door without my camera. So, sadly, I have no photos or video to show.
Sometimes Lilly is so intent on playing fetch in a way that doesn’t get Ginko riled up to the point that he ruins the game. The ONLY way to accomplish that is by using a stick rather than a toy. For some reason, Ginko could not care less about sticks. Lilly’s stick strategy worked fine until she became friends with Katie, the borzoi, because Katie had no qualms about stealing sticks. But, sometimes, I think my brilliant, sensitive girl can’t tell the difference between a stick and kindling.
For your Wednesday viewing pleasure, a trio of Lilly photos that chronicle a bit of last week.
We had another big-ish snow storm last Friday, so Lilly and I played a little snowball fetch over the weekend. It’s hard to throw and film, and I never seem to capture the really high or wild pounces, but some clips in the new Snowball Fetch video are pretty cute.
HOT NEWS! I won one of two grand prizes in the BlogPaws sweepstakes to attend this new pet blogger conference. The event team and sponsors will cover my airfare, hotel, and registration. And, it’s about the best news I’ve had in a long, long time. Three cheers for me!
