Woo hoo!

I feel like I've gotten so much done so far this weekend- and its only halfway through! We bought a "Little Green Machine" last night- a small carpet shampooing thingy. I cleaned every rug/carpet surface in our house in about six hours of work. Its highly satisfying to see all the nasty water that gets sucked up. Our carpets look new again! We'd been talking about renting a machine, but I think I'll use it more if I can just get it out whenever I want to. Okay- so I'm nuts. I had too much fun cleaning my carpets.

I also cleaned out the craft room (Troy calls it the "crap room"). The closet was a disaster, and every surface had something (or several somethings) on it. Again, more satisfaction.

Its done nothing but rain here for two days. We've gotten over five inches of rain. We really need it here, but it makes for a crummy weekend. Especially when its pouring the weekend of the Garlic Festival! We may still get out there tomorrow for it. Mmmm. Garlic burgers, goat cheese, raspberry wine... Yummy!

On a different note, I talked to Mom some yesterday about Nana. I can't believe that she's been hitting the nursing assistants that come it, and now Grandpa. It makes me so sad to think about the decline that we've seen this year. I know we didn't get along, but I think I'll always feel guilty that I didn't like her better or treat her with more respect when I was younger.

Today I learned that six hours of using the "Little Green" will make all the muscles in your fingers and arms hurt.

Is it really Tuesday?!?

The really amazing thing about my life right now is that I'm so busy that I lose track of time. Time just flies! For example, I got up at 6 am, and have been going nonstop at work. Now its almost time to go home.

Henry has class tonight. We aren't practicing as much as I think we should, but I'm doing the best I can. He's really good at heeling when I walk in a circle because we do that at class when he's paying too much attention to the other dogs. He gets him focused on me again. I've been letting him chew on his vanilla rawhide chews, and that seems to be keeping him away from our socks. However, he's been waking me up with "kisses" at two o'clock in the morning. That's a ticket to his crate.

The Garlic Festival is this weekend. Its the neatest thing. We love the wine tasting, the food, the garlic, the music... They have great goat cheese there every year and people selling organic apples. Jesse and his girlfriend may go with us this year. Everyone needs to go to the Garlic Festival sometime- its just so much fun.

Today I learned that bullies can be good friends. It takes coaching and modeling, but it can happen!

Weekend...Over

I'm just sitting around watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with Troy. He's a little loopy. He pulled a muscle in his back and took a muscle relaxer. He says he feels the same, but he's out of it. It's awfully fun to watch him.

The weekend was lots of fun and very relaxing. Yesterday we went to the Genworth company picnic and saw "Batman Begins." Today we ran some errands and hung out at home. Nothing terribly interesting, really.

I've gotten so used to school this year that I haven't been too nervous on Sunday nights. However, since I wasn't at school Thursday and Friday, I'm a little antsy about returning. I haven't really gotten any plans together for tomorrow, although I know I can come up with things pretty quickly. Maybe it'll be really smooth. Or maybe it'll be crazy and I'll have good stories.

Today I learned that more than one person has had a huge tumor, weighing over 150 pounds, removed from their body. Ew.