Great walking weather

So Mr Zig and I went for a LONG walk this morning on Kenebunk Beach. I LOVE that beach as does the Zig man. It was high tide so we only actually walked on the beach for a few hundred feet. But the sea wall was really empty and we had fun. We did meet a couple of new dogs, one was a HUGE, I mean really huge Great Dane. He was all white with black spots. When he approached us he crouched down like a cat going to spring. His owner said he was trying to be inconspicuous...not gonna happen I'm afraid. But it was so cute. Ziggy didn't know what to thing of him, he towered over Zig but was really friendly.
Then we met a tiny Sheltie, so sweet and mild, Now that is the size dog Zig likes to play with, smaller than he is so he can have the upper hand. He is funny.
Zig decided to race the waves today, he ran out toward to water and when the waves came at him he acted as though they were really after him and he tore all over the beach like a crazy person. It was quite funny, I wished I could have taken his leash off so he could really RUN, but with the road right there I didn't dare...just couldn't have him run out onto a busy street, nope.
Anyway, it was a nice morning and the cool breeze felt so good and smelled good too. I enjoyed watching the waves roll up along the sea wall and spit straight up into the air as it hit.
At one point Ziggy jumped down over the sea wall onto the tiny bit of beach that wasn't under water yet. Then when he tried to et back UP, he remembered he can't jump, I mean the can't jump AT ALL, so we had to get to a place where the beach was higher and the wall lower, then I hauled him up over the wall...he didn't do it again, I think he was scared when he realized he couldn't get back up to where I was. Poor Zig.
But alls well that ends well and we had a great walk and he is napping in the car waiting for the long ride home after we get Cari.

NEW Widget!

Hey! How do you like my new widget? I think it is pretty cool! Tran showed me how to paste it in and I am lovin it.
Thought while I was at it I would show everyone one of my Santa ornaments. This time we find Santa running around with too much to do. After all it is just 5 weeks before Christmas! He hasn't even had time to get dressed, just threw on his vest and hit the ground running.
Santa is made of a wool/mohair blend needle felted over a wire armature. He can be posed differently if you so choose. He comes ready to hang with a mono-filament strand already attached. This ornament may be hung on just about any tiny or light weight branch as it weighs but a scant portion of an ounce. He will be posted on Etsy this afternoon so you may see him in my widget too : )

Felted Wool Wild Things Once Mild, Now Wild

Felted Wool Wild Things Once Mild, Now Wild

YIKES!

So sorry to have been absent for SO LONG! I forgot about this blog, honestly. Life has been moving pretty fast and I have been busy.
Been going to school still. I've done ok, with all A's so far. Not taking a lot of classes but have been trying to do well with each of them.
I transfered to Granite State College, the Conway campus. I really like it, they take a personal approach to school and my advisor knows me and emails me with reminders and questions and attaboys. I like that.

Onward and upward, success and happiness

So I was online looking at the Conway Area Humane Society site checking out doggies that were available (because we don't have enough dogs around here)since the little pup we were waiting for happily turned out to be a girl (If it turned out to be a girl Kim will have her be a wonderful show dog, if it was a boy she was going to place it and we asked if we could get him). Anyhoo, I saw this little "poodle" girl listed and man, was she cute. But there was also a Chihua puppy/baby up for adoption along with a couple of other chihuas. Upon arival at the shelter the little girl dog was on a leash walking and playing with two guys that I know from the Fryeburg area. I figured they were adopting her, but when I went to pet her she jumped into my arms and started snuggling with me. From what the staff said the guys are regulars there but don't adopt (they have a little poodle at home). So after finding out that the shelter lost my application that I sent last summer, I filled out another one, got approved and brought the little princess home.
Issabelle is wonderful. From what we can figure she is either a poodle/bichon or a poodle/maltese. Either way she is such a good little dog. Izzy is two and a half years old, weighs about 3 or 4 pounds and is a total love bug. She is totally housebroken, only one tiny accident, she knows her commands, and obeys them. She already knows some tricks and she is sweet with the big dogs, they were a bit aprehensive about her at first but... Kelly has tried to roll her out in the snow, Jazz thinks she is a squeeky toy and Sophie, well, is Sophie. She snuggles and sleeps on the back of the sofa. We have her in Jazz's old crate at night and she is quiet and good. I think we hit the doggie jackpot with this little girl. : ) Obviously someone loved her and spent a LOT of time with her and trained her well. The story at the shelter was that she was a beloved family dog and then they had a baby. Izzy didn't like the baby. They tried for 8 months and sadly (I'm sure) took her to the shelter. So sad for them as I'm sure they are missing her very badly, but happy for us as I am so won over by her sweet ways and cute face. She loves to go in the car and is very good. JACKPOT! And the best part is; I don't have to house train a puppy! Booyah!

On another note; we went to get an internet card at Verizon, similar to what Tran has. Got home, it wouldn't work. Damn! Took it back, they said it should work something went wrong with the installation. So home again and re install, it worked, then it wouldn't. Finally figured it out; put the card in AFTER starting Vzam. Duh. Now it works like a charm and I am loving having internet access. So, spread the word, these little things work out here and now I can dump the satelite internet thing that is so expensive and works intermittently. Yay! Onward and upward!

The book buying saga

So I figured it was a fairly straight forward thing, I am taking such and such class so I need such and such book. Right? Go to the bookstore in Gorham, well, they have one of the books, or I guess I should say book bundles I need. The math class is taught at Gorham. BUT the psych class is taught in Portland and I had to go to the Portland campus bookstore to get that book. Plus there is more than one Psy 101J class and the teacher for each class decides which book will be used in that class. I guess I lucked out, I only needed a $40 book instead of the$120 book AND the $40 book. The bookstores are tiny all a jumble and I had to ask for help in each of them. They list Physics AND Psychology under Phy, oh good, no confusion there. The guy kept trying to find Phy 101J at the Gorham campus and I could see that he was looking at physics books. Holy Crap on a cracker! If HE was confused what are the rest of us supposed to do?
The good news is I got a used set of books for the math class but they look brand new, score! The bad news is it isn't PRE algebra as the class title is, NO, it is beginning algebra and intermediate algebra. Don't know if I am splitting hairs or if these titles coincide with the reality of Pre and beginning... maybe I just don't know enough about either to know the difference. I am so afraid I am going to go in and sit down and be totally LOST for the whole semester. That is my usual procedure. I guess I have to have faith in the USM system of testing and that I am in the RIGHT class for MY abilities... after all they have everything else together, right? Right?

I'm screwed.

Welcome to Monday...

Went looking for some stuff on Ebay for my booth and found some awesome Pashminas for incredible prices. I LOVE these things and what's not to love, cashmere, soft, fine, warm, beautiful. Some of them are even in animal print. Does it get any better? This is a great start to the week and bodes well for the remainder.

On a different note...
Has anyone out there heard about the Tear Drop 9/11 monument given to this country by a Russian artist and the Russian people? You can see it at this link;

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/tributes/teardrop.asp

It is a truely beautiful work and an incredible gift. I can't believe I NEVER heard of it before. Check it out, it is beautiful.

Now I am trying to convince myself that running at 9 at night is a wonderful idea. It is taking a LOT of persuasion BUT I think I may have won. Gotta go put on the shorts, shoes etc. guess I'm gonna run... yay.