Races

Look what Bella got this year. Here are my first and only half Marathons that I finished this year. A year ago, I was signing up for my first half Marathon (13.1 miles) now this year I am signing up for my first marathon (26.2 miles).

Westies

A local Westie group contacted me through facebook. They saw one of my profile pictures of the kids. I was looking at their website and they had a huge page about children and Westies. I have hard many times that Westies and children are not recommended. Also, they don't recommend any other kind of animals in the house. For example, cats or small cage animals.

"Westies may also perceive a small child as a lower-level pack member and try to dominate or correct the child for what the Westie perceives as inappropriate pack behavior. Westies have a relatively low threshold for having their hair, ears and tail pulled; being stumbled over or fallen or stepped on; hugged tightly; being hit; and above all, being kissed on the face. These normal child behaviors often elicit a warning snap (not intended to make contact) from your Westie. The dog does not intend to inflict harm, he is speaking dog for “not so hard, or not in my face.” However, if the child has his or her face in the dog’s face, unintentional contact can occur. Even if there is minimal or no actual contact, when parents see a dog snap at their young child, it is frightening and unacceptable. You cannot blame the parents for their reaction, but you cannot blame the dogs for their natural and instinctual reactions either."

Source www.thedogspeaks.com

Headboard

The whole Labor Day weekend we worked on this and we liked how it turned out.

B-day Boy

I am Back!!!

I been busy - we all get busy! I been running and working and boot camp too!

Sorry for the fans that have been bored reading about running gear. :)

Running Gear

It takes more than waking up at 4:30AM and driving to the maron trail. Its quite funny to watch all of us park our cars than walk to our trunks and "get dress".
Items I prepare for a long run-

Baseball cap
Flash light- attached to the hat
Chocolate Milk - for after the run
I pod - I only put in one headphone for security reason
Flue belt -holds a few things of water plus my phone
Extra bottle of water in my car
Knee brace
Gloves

Just four Saturdays away for my 3rd half marathon this year.

I just signed up for my third round of boot-camp as well!

Birthday Dinner Pic