DOGGIE SCHOOL

OK, so last night was our first night of Doggie Obedience School at Northville Parks & Rec. I took Tiny (who is now 2 years old) and Susan took Lucky (who is now about 8 months old). There were approximately 12 dogs there. Tiny was just too excited to "listen" in school! By the end of the hour they were both doing fine and "playing" nice with the other dogs. They basically teach you how to make your dogs "heel", "sit", and "come". Then if you have any special problems they will try and help you out! It was a pretty good class and I am looking forward to Tiny being trained and am hoping that we can finally housebreak her too (I mean it's only been TWO YEARS!!). My incentive: Tiny goes outside, I get new carpet!!
Ta ta for now!

Busy week

OK, so this weekend just flew by! I think Matt had a game on Friday night which they won, Saturday I can barely remember but I know I did laundry, church, out to dinner, then Pat got in about 11:30 to spend the night as she was in town from Boston for her Rosary High School Reunion (35 years!!). Sunday morning we watched the deer in the backyard :), then went out to lunch at Rex's on Michigan Ave & Wayne Rd - there was me, Pat, Janet, Kathy, Rod, Bobby and Chuck. From there I had to get Matt to hockey practice, run over to Laura's to put some little fishy's in her pond, run to the grocery store, come home and get the groceries put away, go on a walk with a neighbor, finish the dishes, then help Susan with her homework - by this time it was about 12:15 and I had to get up for work this morning at 4:30am!! I am exhausted, but didn't want to go to long without blogging cause I might just forget about it! This week is going to be very busy - I have to go in late tomorrow because of a Dr. appt - then I have to see the Chiropractor after work, then go to Doggie Obedience School - - - Wednesday I am doing Community Service at Arts & Scraps, then go back to work, then directly to Matt's FOOTBALL game, then from there on to Lakeland for a hockey game! Thursday I have to go to work late again so Matt can go to the orthodontist - I can't even remember what I'm suppose to be doing on Thursday night - but I've decided to take Friday and Monday vacation as we are going to Holland for a hockey tournament!!!! Monday is a day off for Matt, so I figured we'd just make a long weekend out of it. The only picture I have to share are of the deer in my back yard - I did get better pictures this weekend, but I don't have them developed yet! Until next time . . . . .

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12TH

Not too much happening. Went to a birthday party for me grand-nephew (or is that GREAT-nephew??) on Sunday! The weather was wonderful and it was nice to catch up with family. I don't have any of the photo's back yet, but I'll share some when I get them developed - I took about 24 pictures, so I'll have to pick the best! We also picked names for Christmas!
For the benefit of the family, I will list the WHO GOT WHO list below:
You buy for the person next to your name in the brackets ( ):
Kathy K (Pat Howe)
Rod (Simon)
Deb K. (Dick)
Pat K. (Susan S.)
Beth K. (Margaret)
Timmy K. (Collin
LIsa K. (Brenda)
Kandace (Julie)
Jaydon (McKenzie
Ronnie (Tom H.)
Noreen (Hannah)
Mike (Debbie Howe)
Laina (Steve)
Brooklyn (Brigette)
Lilly (Lisa Slepetski)
Greg (Bob D.)
Rachel (Linda)
Dick (Lisa Kurowski)
Michelle (Chuck)
Marlena (Jenna)
Rick (Jimmy H.)
Pat H. (Beth)
Renee (Rod K.)
Emma (Deb Keegan)
Hannah (Kandace)
Chuck (Marlena)
Debbie H. (Mike K.)
Brigette (Ronnie)
Christina (Michelle)
Simon (Jennifer)
Collin (Matt D.)
Jimmy H. (Laina)
Tom (Bobby H.)
Julie (Rachel)
Jenna (Brooklyn)
Katie (Greg)
Margaret (Pat K.)
Bob (Emma)
Lisa S. (Jaydon)
Linda (Noreen)
Susan (Lilly)
Matt (Katie)
Steve (Christina)
Brenda (Rick)
Jennifer (Jimmy)
McKenzie (Kathy)
Bobby H. (Renee)

Pat is expect in this coming weekend for her 35th(?) Rosary HS Reunion at Ernesto's in Plymouth!!! We'll hopefully get together for lunch on Sunday and I'll have some updates!
Ta ta for now.

OK, so this weekend news. Matt played hockey on Friday night - our team won 3-1. Saturday was just our usual day - hockey & fitness training for Matt - I did use our carpet cleaner and cleaned the family room carpet (3 dogs it really needed it) - went to Church and then out to dinner with our freinds - that we always go to dinner with on the weekend and back to their house for a while to chit chat. Sunday I went to Collin's first birthday party - it was very nice! Got to see the family which seems like it's getting tougher to do! We even picked names for Christmas already. Now it's back to work! As most of you know, my daugther works for the Humane Society, so if anyone is inclined to donate toward the Pets Hurt by Katrina, just follow the link above!! Ta ta for now.

Matt's hockey game

So, yesterday (Tuesday, Sept. 6th) Matt had football practice until 5:00, then we went directly to Hartland for a hockey scrimmage - both of our goalies were sick, so we actually borrowed one from the team we were scrimmaging against. Both goalies were awesome . . . . first period ended 0-0, then 2nd period I think ended 1-2 or 1-1 I don't really remember, but we ended up losing 3-1, but I thought the kids played pretty good . . . . Here is an picture of Matt on the ice (not from last night, but it's a good one!!).



While I'm at it - I'll add a photo I got this week of my great-nephew (Christina and Simon's baby, Collin) - he is having his FIRST birthday!!!

Lisa's new puppy

OK, So Lisa got a "rent to own", or actually "foster to adopt" pet. They think it is a Germany Shepard/Spaniel mix - it just looks like it will be a Giant - it's current name is MUNCHKIN, but if she keeps it, she will change her name!!
Here is a photo:

What a Week :)

OK, so this week was pretty hectic! After being on vacation for the last 2 weeks, I went back to work Monday and was swamped! Monday night Matt had a little scrimmage hockey game - our team is 1992 and we played a 1991 team - they beat us by a lot, although we didn't keep score on the scoreboard!! The kids played well, just not better than the older boys, which is understandable. Tuesday I had gone to jury duty (as mentioned in a previous post), then I worked unitl about 5:00 and then out to Red Lobster for dinner. Wednesday I worked from home and put in a lot of hours - 6:00am-5:00pm!!! and completely forgot about my Chiropractor appt. that was suppose to be at 4:00! I don't think I've ever missed an appointment before. My bad! I had to pick up Matt from football at 5:15 and then I crashed! Thursday it was back to work all day and then trying to get some laundry done - then I crashed - I was just exhausted. This morning I got up, then couldn't find my badge for work (which was in my van that I gave to Lisa to take on her trip....which she has not left for yet!), got to work late, worked hard all day, then made my Chiropractor appt., went to the grocery store, made dinner, started watching my soaps, then went for a walk with a neighbor . . . and here I am now! Blogging - is that what this is for - to keep a diary? or is it meant to actually write something interesting?????? I wish I had something interesting to say, but for now, this is all I have. I am going to make an appointment with an Herbologist because freinds of mine (Tara & Kevin) see this person and they tell me that their health is so much better and they feel so much better since they have been under their care! If you are interested in reading more on this, go to www.herbalenergies.net for more information!

I am very glad to be having a 3-day weekend! I plan to get a little caught up on housework and also maybe just do NOTHING for a while. I hope everyone has a great weekend - we'll "talk" soon.