...still waiting!

I was supposed to interview at JCPenney's today, but that ended up not happening -- the manager called in today. I'll wait for her call tomorrow and see if I can meet with her then. Lynne also called me this evening and said she wasn't feeling well and that she was going to cancel class tonight. Robby just got off work and we're still going to take Lexi out to PetSmart or PetCo and work with her.

I asked Lynne about the status of the Moore PetSmart and she said she talked to Mark yesterday and he's starting to pull off the applications. She reminded him again that I applied for Presentation Manager, so hopefully I'll be hearing something from him soon. He's up at the Penn & Memorial store getting used to being a store manager again.

Robby interviews with Alltel on Friday -- we're hoping that goes well, too. He was the first person that the manager called to get scheduled (they were supposed to meet last week, but the manager had to reschedule.)

The day after Christmas.

Last night we took our tree down -- it's so nice to have our livingroom back! The yard ornaments are still outside and we'll probably leave them out a few more days.

The temperature today was awesome! I left the dogs out all day, opened up the windows, and cleaned house!

I took Drew with me to the cleaners this morning, I think he had fun.

Robby is getting really bored with his work! Hopefully his Alltel interview will go well next week, or his friend can help get him on Braums management.

I still haven't heard anything from PetSmart, but I expect to next week. The store is set to open in February as long as it doesn't get pushed back again.

Miss Lexi was very naughty...

Santa should bring her a lump of coal this year for what she did yesterday! The first part of class went well. But then I had her in a down in the training center while Lynne and I were talking. One of Lynne's "trainers-in-training" walked in to sit down and Lexi barked, jumped up and nipped her. She didn't do anything but cause a small bruise thank goodness. I felt absolutely horrible! Right after that we went to work, hard. After explaining to Lynne about Lex trying to herd Smudges around constantly, and some other problems we were having, we opted to try some counter-conditioning in hopes that we just need to get her herding drive under control. She started to do better as the night went on, but I need to start taking her places and working on her focus while people walk by. Hopefully it all works! I've never had a dog with so much drive so this is all new waters for me. I keep reminding myself this is exactly what I wanted...a dog with a lot of drive...and that's what I got! I just need to figure out how to harness it!

"To grandma's house we go..."

Yesterday was fun! Robby & I left around 7:30 (in the corvette, yippee!) and drove down to Grandma & Grandpa's house for Christmas. After we got there, Robby took Grandpa for a ride in the vette like he had promised. They were gone awhile!

The food was different this year! Seafood and Mexican. Robby & I made beef enchiladas and those vanished like you wouldn't believe!

Robby got a Lowe's gift card from Aunt Linda and I got a Bath & Body Works gift card and a bottle of shower gel from Aunt Elizabeth.

We stayed until Heath & Jamie got there and visited for a bit. Robby got to finally shoot his shotgun and get rid of all of those shells he found in a truck at the dealership last year.

It was a fun day and great to see everyone since we missed out on Thanksgiving.

Robby & I went to Lowe's last night and picked up some putty to fill in a spot where the loveseat recliner kept hitting the wall. Then we went to bath & body works (it was so busy!) and I picked up two different shower gels and a bottle of lotion. I had a coupon for a free item with any purchase, so that made it even better!

Stormy

We cleaned her cage this evening and while we were doing that, we let her jump and run around in the front bedroom. She had a blast! She wasn't too happy when I brought in the camera, though -- she kinda froze!

stay!

We took Lexi and Skye both to class last night. It was fun. I did stays with both of them side-by-side...good work for Lexi. Skye broke her stay a couple times, but Lexi didn't budge! I got her to where I got disappear around the corner, and was even able to put her in a stay in the doorway of the training center then circle it without her moving. It was awesome! We also worked on heel work, turns, and recalls. Everything is coming along smoothly. She did bark at one little dog, but that was it. Skye had fun socializing and Lynne said she had gotten bigger since the last time she saw her.

The bug guy came out today to spray - they have a new spray for inside and it's so much better! We were all able to stay inside and never once did we smell anything! The chinchilla, dogs, and cat acted like nothing happened.

We took our books back to the bookstore from this semester. Robby got a B in Oceanography, and I got a C. We're still waiting on our lab grades, but considering we had A's & B's for every assignment, we're not worried! It's so nice to have passed that class!! It was a little scary there for a while!

Ran by Hillcrest and checked with Doc on the business cards -- I had to order more and knew I couldn't get the same logo. We went to Kinko's first and their price was outrageous (not to mention their customer service was horrible!) Left and went to Office Depot, got awesome help and a cool new design (hope Doc likes it) for a lot cheaper.

Still waiting to hear a final word from PetSmart. Apparently Mark is going to start interviews after Christmas.

Lexi

We brought out her favorite toy to play with some this afternoon -- she had a blast!

It's cooold!

Dogs haven't spent much time outside today because of the temperatures and boy does it show! Lexi has been dropping her Kong at our feet constantly for us to throw.

Robby has a 2nd interview tomorrow with AXA Financial. Hopefully it goes well and he won't end up going back to the car lot.

We went out to the mall today and I bought some Yankee Candle tea lights. I finally found Coconut Bay again! I thought that scent disapeered -- I could never find it anywhere! It was nice to get out and walk around. I'm tired of being cooped up in the house!

Tomorrow night is Lexi's class. I bought some doggie sausage last week, so maybe I'll get a little better attention this time.

Friday

Today was fairly relaxing. We ran some errands this afternoon and took Skye with us. She had fun riding around in the car.

Robby & I went to PetSmart Wednesday and picked up some stuff, including a couple frisbees for the dogs. Drew & Skye absolutely love playing with it! Skye was prancing around in the backyard after getting it. Lexi isn't too interested in it, she likes the kongs more.

We're waiting on our grades to be posted for Oceanography. We know we both got 100's on our research projects. Robby had access to his final exam grade, and he figured up that he probably got a B in the class. I don't have access to my exam grade (the Professor had problems with the online class system the whole semester, and still never figured out why some grades would show up and others not...) Hopefully we did good. She said she will be emailing us our exam grades this weekend. She had surgery apparently today, so we knew we wouldn't get any info then.

Lexi

Class last night went very well. We were the only ones who showed up since apparently the weather, to some people, was questionnable. In that case, we got to work on whatever we wanted. We did some heel work, a couple recalls, and then some AWESOME stays! I was able to put her in a sit or down stay, walk to the end of the aisle (which are fairly long) and walk back without her budging. We still need to work on returning to treat half way through and then walk away. She thinks her treat is her release, not "okay." I messed her up a couple times because I led away from her with my left foot instead of my right, so she thought she was supposed to heel. Other than that, she did awesome -- especially since I didn't work with her any last week. We're going to start going to other PetSmarts, Tractor Supply, and Atwoods to get more practice. She had some barking issues last night, but settled down eventually.

No news on jobs -- it sucks!
****Update**** Robby took a job at City Chevrolet. Just waiting on the background and drug tests to come back. Still nothing from me -- but I did apply for a job at a University...out of state...we'll see what happens!

Monday

Not much to say since my last post. We finished our Christmas shopping (only had to buy two things this year...easy) -- went to mom & dad's for the BOk Christmas party/football party. OU made it to the National Championship (yay!) Finished school work -- done for the semester. Went to see Kim this afternoon (after sleeping through my initial morning appointment!) -- just a follow up on my Lexapro -- all is well and I don't have to go back for 3 months.

Tomorrow night is Lexi's class.

Midway

It's finally Wednesday. This week is going by horribly slow.

Robby got layed off last night from Reynolds. Stupid budget cuts. He's gone to interview at CarMax right now. Hopefully we can both find something quick. I'm getting so bored now. I applied at a few other places this week. PetSmart is just being so slow!

Lexi's class went well last night. We worked on come, stay, and leave it.

I gave her and Drew a bath this morning - they were stinky! Everyone (including the cat) was crashed out in various spots of the living room until the pups woke up. Now Lexi is laying on Drew chewing on him.

Not much else going on -- just sitting and waiting.

Simply AMAZING!

That's how good the TSO concert was! My eye candy's leg was in a brace from jumping off the stage a few weeks ago -- ouch! I had my voice this morning, which was good! But, the concert was better than last year!!! It's soooo awesome! I felt bad for Robby, though -- I had to go to the bathroom at one point and while we were on our way back to our seats (which were only five rows back - YEA!!!) I heard them start playing Flight of the Bumblebee which is one of Robby's favorite parts of their concert. We made it back to the floor in time to watch the final moments of that part.

This morning we slept in a bit (we were both totally exhausted from our escapade yesterday!) Then ran to Hillcrest for a couple hours, Freddy's for lunch, then home for a bit. Studied for our test and went to take it - we both did a lot better this time around. Ran a few more errands after that.

Skye was very naughty today. When we got back from Hillcrest this afternoon - she had pulled two books from the bookshelf and chewed them up. One was the Purpose Driven Life and the other was one of my dog show books that had a ton of old pictures from the early 1900s in it. She was in soooo much trouble!