Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto
Wordless Wednesday
How would you like to have this toilet cover and bathroom carpet greet you every time you went into your bathroom to do your business?
I think this photo needs a good caption – can you come up with a good one? “Waiting to serve you“?
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After all this snow I need a break.
Last year when we were planning to go to Vegas I got a membership with a travel club that offers great last minute travel deals. I think I’m going to search through the latest deals and see if there are any short vacation packages that we can take advantage of in the next two or three weeks.
Chris almost always has Mondays off work so he’s pretty much got a long weekend each week. I think it would be great to go to one of the Caribbean islands, Mexico or even back to Vegas just for a long weekend. I know that’s a really short holiday, but I think I’d feel better if I went somewhere that’s warmer than here for a few days.
Yes it is finally starting to warm up here in Toronto and with any luck all that snow we got last weekend will begin to melt away soon, but I’ve had enough of all this cold and snow.
Do you ever get that way? You know, just wanting to get away for a few days of sun and fun?
My back is feeling a lot better! I don’t think I’ll be able to say it’s completely back to normal for a few days, but three days of really taking it easy and gobbling down aspirin to take the inflammation down in my lower spine seems to have really helped.
We have a dog training class tonight and I was really dreading going if my back was still acting up. Midnight gets so excited when she sees the other dogs and she’s in love with the trainer who talks in a loud excited friendly voice so she’s alway pulling on her leash (and yes sometimes barking!) while we’re in class. I was afraid that if my back was still really bad and she started pulling on her leash and jumping around while in her training class that my back would be done for! As it is I’ll still have to be careful, but I think there’s less chance now that a small movement will throw it out again.
Did all the snow and the subsequent shoveling get to any of you’re backs?
I’m not sure if I’ll count today as a write off, as in a wasted day, or if I’ve actually accomplished a few things that needed my attention. I think it will fall somewhere in the middle.
As I said in an earlier post I’ve spent a lot of time lying on the couch today because I threw my back out with all the snow shoveling I did on Saturday. I filled my time by watching some TV, writing a few posts on my blogs, reading a new forum and browsing online stores in an attempt to get some redecorating ideas so I’ll be ready when we complete our living room dining room renovation.
I think quite a few people start to get a yearning to redecorate as Spring approaches. I know I’ve gone through stages where I’d move the furniture in our living room around once or twice a year to give the room a new look, changing some of the rooms accessories each time as well.
One of the sites that I visited today was eBuffet.com. They carry a wide line of buffet tables and buffet cabinets in a range of styles and price ranges to suit any budget.
I already have a beautiful antique dining room set and I don’t plan to replace it anytime soon, but perhaps you’ve been thinking of purchasing new dining room furniture for your home or adding a beautiful sideboard to add to the look and function of your dining room.
eBuffet has beautiful antique sideboards and buffet cabinets. This one, to the right, actually looks quite a bit like the one I own.
Buffet tables and sideboards usually have drawers and cabinets that are perfect for storing your fine china and other dining room accessories that you’d use when serving a meal in your dining room. They’re impressive pieces of furniture to look at and functional too.
Along with sideboards and buffet cabinets you’ll also find buffet hutches, as well as complete buffet and or dining room sets. Their buffet cabinets and sideboards come in many styles ranging from antique, contemporary and traditional. Take a look at their selection. Oh and if you want to save some money take a peek at their clearance section. They have some great deals listed there!
Now I’m off to get more redecorating ideas.
I’m pleased to let you know that Midnight graduated from her puppy training class.
She actually graduated on February 8th and we’re already going to intermediate dog training classes, but I forgot to make a post about her graduation. Actually … I even still had the photos on my camera up until yesterday!
Here’s the little grad:
She was not at all happy to be wearing the graduation cap no matter how cute she looked in it. LOL
It was too big for her really so it sat lopsided and whenever she moved (which was often!) it pretty much fell off.
Prior to getting her cap and graduation certificate we had our last puppy training lesson. I guess it was more of a test to see how well the puppies had learned various commands throughout the course than a lesson. Or rather how well the puppy parents had learned commands as it turned out! We had to walk around with our dogs carrying a full cup of water and using only one had to control the dog and leash. … the floor was pretty wet after that exercise!
Those are Chris’ feet BTW.
Another test was having the puppies stop at three different pylons to perform different commands like staying in place while sitting or laying down, listening to us when told to ignore something on the ground (food!) and finally sitting, laying down and sitting again for a treat … kind of a dumb trick.
The test that was the most fun was when the trainer paired up two dogs and had their owners stand a distance away and call to their dogs. This was to see if the puppies would go to their owners.
As you can see below Midnight failed … or maybe Chris failed. The other lab owner had a treat in her hand and Chris didn’t, so of course both dogs took off to see her!
I’m thankful that the trainer didn’t grade the class. Midnight wasn’t behaving at her best that night and I’m sure she would have been near the bottom of the class if they’d graduated with grades!
If you have a dog did you do puppy training classes?