Archive for December, 2007
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Christmas Letter from Chopper
What a surprise Christmas pictures of Chopper and her beau Coke, along with a letter.
I am so proud of Chopper, first leaning to read, and now mastering the word program on the computer! These GSD are so smart!
Julie
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
L-O-V-E
From the movie “Akeelah and the Bee” a wonderful feel good movie.
“You know that feeling where everything feels right? Where you don’t have to worry about tomorrow or yesterday, where you feel safe and know you’re doing the best you can? There’s a word for that,
it’s called love. L-O-V-E.”
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Pillars of the Earth
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
I have read only a small number of the books that Oprah has put on her book club list (aside from the classics). A few I have liked: Where the Heart is, What Looks Like Crazy on
an Ordinary Day, & The Poisonwood Bible. And then there was Vinegar Hill, Here on Earth, these books, well, they didn’t entice me to read any more from Oprah’s
list. Oprah endorses The Pillars of the Earth as a book different from the type of book she would normally read. Additionally it is historical fiction, a genre I enjoy.
So I decide why not…
The Pillars of the Earth, is a long book, yet at times I felt the author was rushing, I wanted him to slow down, not to skim over the years and events. So what if the book would end up
being 1,200 pages instead of 600 plus. This is a great read.
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Today…
Today, I do not wish for you a tree with wrapped gifts beneath it
Today, I do not wish for you a big magnificant gift.
Today, I wish for you the gift of love.
Today, I wish for you a day of ordinary miracles.
A kindness from a stranger, a smile, a hand.
A call from an old friend.
A kind [...]
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
The moments between the lines…
“Life doesn’t have a script, movies do, that is why we love them.”
from a HBO promo
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate…
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we [...]
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Training Session
Today was the pups first training session one on one. The first dilemma was to come up with a reward that was easy for the pups to eat and could be delivered efficiently. The normal dog
treats I have are soft and easy to swallow, put not for puppies this young. I thought about using canned dog food, easy to swallow, but delivery of treat would be sloppy and inefficient.
A tour of the fridge revealed an ideal solution, homemade Mac and Cheese.
So with a brief session one-on-one. We started crate work, going through the puppy tunnel, and puppy jumps. No luring, free shaping only. Not surprising each pup was different
excelling at different aspect.
Next time I am going to introduce play as part of the session. The word yes did not seem to register, so either I will use a clicker or not use any kind of marker sound. As long as I am
efficient at delivering the award that will be OK.