This and That

It has been awhile! I always think about blogging, but of course it never actually happens. It also doesn't help that most of my pictures are on my iPhone and not my computer making it just a little bit more time consuming to have some pictures for my readers to enjoy! Anyway, it is well into summer here in Washington. The sun has been shining, more or less and it has been pretty warm like summer should be. I have had a pretty busy summer so far. I went to Leavenworth with a friend in June which was fun. It was just a one day, two night getaway, but it was relaxing and fun! The weather had yet to turn nice here, so going over the mountains, further away from the ocean current and having nice sunny, warm weather made the trip even better! Then in early July my family went to a wedding for a friend of my brother's. It was a pretty good wedding. I didn't stay all that long as it was getting late and we had some dogs that needed to be taken care of. The food at the wedding was pretty good too. There was mashed potatoes, pretzel rolls, filet mignon, etc. The cake was pretty good too (although I didn't have any of that until today! haha!), then just this past Sunday I went to my really good childhood friends wedding. I had such a fun time! It was at a quaint little old factory building in SOHO, really close to the stadiums (for those not familiar with the area, it was in Seattle :P) It was a really fun wedding as I knew a lot more people at this wedding then the first (I had a fun time at the first one despite that), there were really yummy appetizers, such as some steak thingy on a thin piece of bread (don't know what it was call, but it was yummy), a chicken, onion, basil mixture on a piece of lettuce, that was yummy, but the lettuce was somewhat bitter. There was also a small table with bread, cheese, fruit, different spreads (like Pesto), some fruit spreads, and asian cracker mix. All that I had from that table was really good. Then dinner was a typical wedding spread (or so it seems) with salad, bread, yukon gold potatoes, roasted and seasoned vegetables, halibut, and steak. I had some bread, salad, steak, and potatoes. I didn't take any vegetables because I am not a big fan of cooked vegetables. Everything was very yummy, I only had a few bites of steak as I am not a big meat eater, unless I have steak sauce. :P The potatoes were very yummy, especially with salt and pepper added. The best part came shortly after dinner. First there was the toast by the fathers, best man, and maid of honor, then the cake was cut! The cake wasn't a traditional wedding cake, there were actually a bunch of different types, like seven! I had the red velvet and oreo cookie cake! They were both really yummy, but I was sure full after that! Then came the dancing, not good on a full stomach! I had such bad stomach cramps, but I kept dancing because it was so fun! My parents left before I was ready to leave, so luckily I was able to hitch a ride with some friends! We have another wedding to go to on Friday that I hope is just as fun!
Today my brother, his girlfriend and I went to Wild Waves. It was pretty fun, but I don't think it was worth the money. We were only able to go on two of the water rides as the lines were so long and really disorganized. We did, however, go on quiet a few of the non water rides. The best ones were the Kang-a-bounce, the log flume, pirate ship, and hang glider. The best was really the kang-a-bounce! That thing bounced you more then expected! I had a good time, though I got a head ache towards the end from not drinking enough and it being pretty hot. I also got sun burned on my face, kinda forgot the sun screen. :P

Now for an update on Charlie. Nothing much has changed for him. His 7th birthday is coming up though....I don't want him to get any older!!!! This does, however, give me an excuse to go and get him a bunch of birthday presents! I will try to update a little more frequently, but that just depends on if I have done anything exciting. I don't think that my readers want to read about the boring stuff I do on a daily basis, like eat lunch and go outside to read my book. That just isn't very exciting. Now I leave you with some pictures! 

The Kang-a-bounce. I didn't take this picture, it is from the internet.  

Charlie after having some frozen yogurt from Yogurtland! He loved it! Yes he did get his own! 

Is it already March?

I started a blog post the other day, but completely forgot about it! I was going to finish it later that day, but got busy with other things!
Anyway, where has the time gone! I seriously cannot believe that it is already March! Despite my liking of cold weather, I am seriously looking forward to some warmer weather and being able to wear my spring clothes instead of winter! Not much has been going on around here. We had a busy February with the doggy guests who included: Mina, Joe, Bruno, Chester, Daisy, and Daphne! It's weird how the amount of dogs we have varies from month to month! This month we will be getting Velcro and Chucu only! Charlie tolerates the doggy guests very well. Sometimes he does get annoyed at them, especially when he is tired! He does a better job tolerating them then I do! Some of the dogs we have will NOT leave me alone and have to constantly be by my side. I try to go to my room to get some peace and quiet, but they just sit outside my bedroom door and whine until I open it up for them! UGH!

Earlier last month I went to the allergist. I have been having trouble breathing for awhile now (really it has been probably about nine years where I have had trouble breathing, but more recently has gotten worse). Anyway, my mom and I suspected it might be asthma caused by allergies. Before this I had never had a formal allergy test, just knew I was allergic to a select few things (grass and cats). Well this test really explained why I couldn't breath! I am allergic to grass, weeds, dust mites, alder, birch, juniper, and cottonwood trees, and cats and dogs! When I found out I was allergic to dogs a little of me died inside. If any of you know me well enough, I LOVE dogs! Knowing that I am allergic to them is difficult to come to terms with. Of course that won't stop me from cuddling Charlie or any of the doggy guests that like to cuddle. :) I was glad that I finally pinpointed my breathing problem as it was hindering my ability to exercise! I couldn't breath when I was playing Kinect, I couldn't walk up hills without feeling faint, and I couldn't do any cardio machines without getting winded! It was horrible! How was I to stay in shape when I couldn't work out! Luckily, I got things sorted out and I am back to working out (though having not done it much since August, getting the motivation to actually work out again is difficult!)

Now on to Charlie...well Charlie is just Charlie. He needs a haircut though, so he is a very furry Charlie! He has been very loving lately. My brother, John was gone for the past month to Europe and you could tell Charlie knew someone was missing because he clung to me a lot. He would follow me everywhere! I would be in the Media Room, there Charlie would be, I would be on the Elliptical and sure enough Charlie would be near by, laying down! During the weekends he kept coming up to the couch where I sit on my computer to give me kisses! What a crazy dog! He also recently (about a month and a half ago) got a new toy. It's a little elephant that squeaks very easily. He loves it and can play with it for ages!

Joe being Joe....

Daisy in her sleeping bag. Yes she has a sleeping bag!

He just came in from outside where it was pouring rain!

Mina the Westie!

It is hard to see, but Charlie's elephant is between the cabinet and the wall! It wasn't put there purposely, John threw it and it bounced there!

Snow!!

As many of you are probably aware of, it snowed! So I am a little late on the whole blogging about it thing, but what can you say! I was having fun outside!! Charlie LOVES the snow. He hates getting cold, but he doesn't mind going out in it, getting wet, and all over having a blast. He tends to get what my family calls "air on the brain", that is when he just runs wildly around without a care in the world, and without paying any attention to what he is actually doing except running in circles.
He also just likes to go on walks in the snow. He wears his sweater to stay warm, but I let him lead the way and he will just walk and walk. If he looks up at you he usually has snow around his mouth and nose because his snout is always sniffing the ground! It is cute! You might think he would be a hard dog to keep track of in the snow, being white and all, but he isn't. He is usually wearing his darker sweater, but the times he isn't, his fur turns a creamish white against the blinding white of the snow. I like to take him out in the snow. He even likes to go sledding!
There really isn't much else going on considering I have been house bound for pretty much the past 6 days. I did go out with my brother, my friend Molly, and her sister Bridget in their dad's Jeep. It was fun! We went to the store because they needed to get snacks and I needed to get fruit. I ran out and I don't like PCC fruit, so I was kinda stuck in a rut with no fruit for a few days! Ended up eating canned pineapple most of the time....On Wednesday I went and hung out with my friend, Bri. We haven't hung out for the better part of a year because of our schooling and work schedules. They always seemed to clash when we wanted to hang out. It was fun! She lives within walking distance of my house, being in the same development and all so I didn't have far to go. We started out with sledding, then we sat in the snow and talked for about 20 minutes, but we were getting cold after that so we went to her house. We ended up playing The Adventures of Tin Tin on xbox. It is a FUN game! I haven't had much time to play games recently because of school. I start a game and will play for hours, so I tend to avoid games when I have something to do for school.
The rain has finally come after almost a week of snow. :) It has been fun and I am glad that we actually got some this winter as I was worried we weren't going to! That would have not been good! I should be blogging more as I have found my camera charger so I don't have to take pictures with my phone and email them to myself! That is just too much hassle!

Not very happy with having to wear a sweater!

First day of worthwhile snow (snow that covers the cement)

Not listening to me to come!

Shouldn't the person be in the sleigh and the dog pulling it? Naw this is Charlie style of dog sledding!