Y is for Yappy.

No, Corgis are not to be considered ”yappy dogs” but Gwen sure has been yappy lately!  Just as I type this, someone dropped something on the other side of the house and Gwen tore off in that direction barking an alarm.  Gwen has decided that since she is currently homeless she is going to bark whenever and wherever she feels like it…whether it be in a hotel room, inside, outside, in the car, or in whatever house we are currently standing inside…ugh!  It seems to be getting a little better now except for the fact that she keeps seeing things (mainly people and birds) out the window and feels the need to bark at them.  She never had that opportunity when we were in Charleston since we didn’t have windows low enough for her.

My grandparents and my parents both have sliding doors which provide prime guard-dog views.  She loves sitting there and watching outside!  She follows everyone around and has been a very good girl (minus the barking) at all the places we have been.  Today will be our (the humans) first night in our new house while Gwen stays with my parents for a couple of days.

X is for X-cellent Day

The day for the letter X just so happened to fall on Gwen’s birthday!  Which also happened to be my hometown’s heritage day parade.  My hometown has some big Dutch roots so the last weekend of April is Holland Happening, where they have a big parade, carnival, and street fair.  We all went to the parade (without the dogs).  We had a fun time, got some lunch and saw friends and family.

After all the festivities, we had dinner at home with my mom and dad and my “sister,” Dayzee.  Gwen got to meet her Aunty Dayzee and they got along just fine.  Last night they even played!  Well, as much as a young Corgi and an older Lab with a bum leg can.  Dayzee would bark at Gwen when Gwen would run by her, it was the most we’d heard Dayzee bark in such a long time!  It was really kind of cute.

Since it was Gwen’s Barkday Pawty (Birthday Party) we got some hats to put on the dogs and a “Happy 1st Birthday” banner that we hung up in the kitchen.  Dayzee was a good sport about wearing the hat and the beads that we got at the parade.  Gwen…well let’s just say that one hat just was not enough…

Aunty Dayzee Mae

Gwyndolyn Rose — 1st Birthday

One hat would slide over to one ear so we put two on her.  I mean, she already had 2 party hats (ears)!  She had one stuck on her rear at one point too, actually looked like she had a tail for once!

The humans got pie for dessert, Dayzee licked all the bowls clean and Gwen got a tiny piece of pie crust (she’s not allowed to have human food) as her “spercial treat.”

Frappy 1st Barkday, Gwen!  Hope you liked your Barkday Pawty!

Wow!  Tomorrow is the LAST DAY of the A-to-Z Challenge!  I can’t believe it!

The schedule looks like this:
April
Friday:
26 Family Carnival on Bayshore Dr.
26 6:00 – 8:00 PM Vendor Check-In
Saturday:
27 8:00am OHCS Eagle Run, Bayshore Drive/Hwy 20
27 NWFR Pancake Breakfast – 7:00-11:00 AM
Station 25, on Heller and Crosby Road
27 8-10 AM Vendor Check-In, West Pioneer Way
27 Family Carnival, Bayshore Drive
27 10 AM Street Fair Open, Pioneer Way
27 11AM Grand Parade, Bayshore Drive
27 Noon International Stage Open, East Pioneer Way
27 Roller Barn Dance – 7:00-11:00 PM
27 7 PM Street Fair Close
Sunday:
28 10 AM Street Fair Open, Pioneer Way
28 Family Carnival, Bayshore Drive
28 2 PM Klompen Canal Races, Pioneer Way
28 5 PM Street Fair Close

  Anywhoo.. here Iam today, just THANKFUL that its Friday~  Its been a looong two weeks.  My kids have been taking the WASL; Washington Assessment of Student Learning.  For 2 WEEKS!!  Lordy.. a mom can only make SO many good breakfasts… I will be so happy to serve up a big bowl of Fruit Loops on Monday!  (Not really, they only get sugary cereal on weekends, healthier cereals or oatmeal on weekdays.. but you get the point)  I’ve cooked breakfast burritos, biscuits, eggs, sausage, gravy, toast, waffles, and pancakes.. and I’m sick of it!  I’m not even awake most mornings when I’m making Jojo’s breakfast.  I mean, his bus leaves at 6:55, so at 6:15 I’m making Gravy???   Crazy!!  I’m done!  I get it, I mean I really get it.. a healthy breakfast is really good for you, good for you to take important tests on a full belly.. I get it!  But, my kids are NOT morning people.  They want a quick bowl of cereal, oatmeal, a bagel.. something like that and off they go.  They both are allowed to have a healthy snack between the start of school and lunchtime (usually an apple or pretzels) so they are not thrilled with the Healthy Hearty Breakfasts every day either!  Last weekend they begged for Cereal!!  And, I happily indulged them in Cocoa Puffs!!  Does that make me a bad Mom???  Please.. give me your opinions on this issue~!  I’d love to hear what everyone else does in the mornings. 

  And… We’ve finally decided what we are doing with this!!

  I can’t seem to re-size this without it getting distorted.. You will find my post about it here:  I have to laugh.  You will notice that this post was back in January~!  So, what, what are you gonna do??  I told you I’m lazy!!  We are going to replace the hardware; taking off all of the Southwestern Style stuff (it doesn’t GO with my other furniture) and replace the panels with beadboard.  Then.. we will paint it black!!  Suprise, suprise!  WE (meaning hubs) decided that one more huge piece of black furniture wouldn’t make us look like the Aadam’s Family.. (I stole that quote from Stephanie @ The Hearts of Hearmann and this post)  We have to wait for a nice weekend, but that is the plan.  So, this weekend we are buying the beadboard and new hardware.  We are going to Lowe’s.. (which means we’ll be off this Island!!! YEAH!!!) in Everett.  Jojo has a game in Mukilteo (say that five times fast!!) so we will be there anyway.  We will also eat at CHIPOTLE!!!!  And I’ll be eating this:  A Chipotle Chicken Fajita Bowl… in all of its calorie filled goodness!  I love thier rice.. I could eat it by the bucket!  (what does that say about my endless quest for weight loss???)  Speaking of rice: did you hear that there is a worldwide shortage of rice???  Did you know that every person on Whidbey Island realized this yesterday and CLEARED OUT our Commissary of Rice???  There wasn’t ONE SINGLE BAG!!!   Ooops.. remember, I have ADD, and tend to go off topic…  Armoire, or was it baseball I was talking about??  I don’t remember.  Is it Friday??  YES!!  Anyway.. we are going off Island tomorrow afternoon, going to baseball, going to Lowe’s and going to Chipotle.. did I cover everything?

  Tomorrow in our town is the yearly Holland Happenings parade.  My kids are both Marching in this parade with their teams.  How did we get so integrated into our community here that my kids are in a parade??  lol!!  So, before the baseball, Lowe’s, Chipotle trip.. we will be at the parade!  Here is a link to an article about the event:  Oak Harbor Holland Happening.

  Sooo.. what are YOU doing this weekend????