Typical Low Keyed Day.....

Hi! Well, I've been moving thru the last two days low keyed and predictably. This morning I enjoyed my walking group and we walked for 1 hour and 15 minutes.....hmmmm, not sure how many miles that is, but it was very enjoyable. Half the walking time I spend talking to others around me, and half the walking time (usually the trek back to the car) I listen to my Blackberry App Pandora tailored to my favorite music. Tomorrow I'm going to join my walking group at a local tennis court to play PickleBall......I'm going to try this game out and what it's all about :) I'm hoping to snap some pictures of this game too to show you what it's all about.

This afternoon I napped on the sofa and watched TV, okay, maybe some internet surfing! :) OH, and I mailed out the paperwork to get Jake certificate for passing the "AKC Canine Good Citizen" test that he passed with flying colors last Saturday at the Animal Rescue League PetStep pet walk event. I had to mail in $8 with the form to get the certificate, and then I'll get the AKC tags for this collar. He loves to brags about his accomplishments......okay, maybe, I brag about his well-doings too! OH, and, you won't believe this, Jake can now have (I had to Google this word) "post-nominal letters" after his name. Don't shake your head yet. I would like you to meet Jake, CGC. Nice ring to it huh, before you write me off as Crazy! HA!

And then tonight, Jake and I hopped in the car and off we went to see Zoey. We met up with Zoey at a local PetCo store and we had a good time exploring the store and saying Hi to other dogs. At the store Zoey's Mom told me all about another dog event coming up next Saturday: Walktoberfest at the Budweiser Plant in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Hosted by the Humane Society for Greater Nashua. There will be a morning dog Walk-a-Thon followed by a day of fun, food, and entertainment for the whole family, including dogs. Click HERE or more information. I hope you have a nice night! :)

Sister Time And Then Jake Time

Well, the day started a little slow....didn't get much done, just typical small errands here and there. And this is after I hit the snooze button three times this morning. Yes, I'm still setting my alarm cause I just don't feel right sleeping the day away and I don't want to allow myself to turn my internal sleeping clock upside down. I still want to sleep at night and be up and be somewhat half productive during the day.

So anyways, the temperature was around the mid 80's here, so it was too hot outside to do anything strenuous. So my sister called me and wanted to know if I wanted to grab some lunch cause she was hungry (so was I since I only had english muffins for breakfast). Now, my sister, she is the princess of coupons. If there is a coupon out there, she will find it. She will surf the net, give away her email address, agree to surveys, all in the name of claiming a coupon. Today, in her email inbox, she had a $5 coupon for TGIFriday's if the tab totalled over $15 dollars. Not bad, huh! So printed that one off and off to TGIFriday's we went. Because she had the More Strips card (or whatever you call that rewards card), we got free homemade chips before our meal. I ordered the "1/2 California Club Sandwich with the Wedge Salad" combo meal and it was super delicious. I would definitely order that again and my sister had a hamburger and fries. So with the two lunches and sodas take away the coupon the tab came to $17 dollars and some cents. Not bad. I should be more involved in hunting out these coupons too now that I'm on a "fixed income". It was nice spending time with my sister....



After lunch, she dropped me off at home and it was Jake time. So I hustled Jake out the door and we hit the road to spend some time in the park. Just as we get there......I realized I left his leash at home. WHAT was I thinking?? All I had was his seat belt harness which can be used at a harness with a leash, but I was "leash-less" (I made that word up). So that's it, it wasn't going to happen again, so we went to the pet store and bought a leash that I can leave in the car and I would never leave it behind again. I have leashes at home, but none in the car. I swear, I got one dog and 10 leashes, just none with me. Yeah, I get ditzy sometimes. But this leash will stay in the car and I use the seat belt harness to stop his rambunctious ways in the car while I'm driving. The seat belt slides thru the opening in the harness and when the seat belt is buckled, he isn't moving, I don't care how much he gives me that "What did I do wrong look". But, anyways, the seat belt harness can be used as a harness to walk him with a leash. I know, I know, over kill, moving on.......

So, first we stop at the park, he's running everywhere - I know him - he's really testing how far this new leash will let him wander away from me. The retractable leash package said 16 feet for a dog under 28 pounds. This 8 pound pooch is only going 16 feet and it's a dead end, but he tried to tug further and it was funny to see him try to get extra slack out of the leash. We left the park and stopped by PetCo where he's got some friends he usually meets there. His girl pal Zoey was there tonight so they said Hi and played in the store. We didn't stay too long as it was approaching 7pm and Jake hasn't had his dinner yet, so the crankiness was soon going to rear its ugly face if I don't feed him. So we left PetCo and came home and dinner was served. And he's in his bed having dreams of his girl friend Zoey and I'm watching TV. So that was a good day overall. It was a great day! So check in tomorrow and see what I'm up too! :) Have a nice night! :)

OH, wanna know where I got Jake's name from......yes, I'm a total 100% classic country music listener.....this is where I got his name from......