Winter Has Arrived!

So, like two weeks ago, it was 80 Deg. F, and now it's literally freezing!  Seriously, where was the gradual shift in temperature?

Too bad we put off getting our heater fixed for so long!

Now, we're desperately trying to get someone over to replace the broken igniter, while we all huddle near the space heater.

Domino hogging all the heat....can't say I blame him.

Quick Weekend Recap

Well...

Ronin is all healed up, Yay!  

Our Dyson Animal is in the repair shop (and it's not even a year old!)

My sore throat turned into a full fledged cold.  

I dropped a pipe on Rogér's face, and he had to go to the Emergency Room for a stitch. 

 We're cooking our first meal in our fully functional kitchen!  

And we found out that Domino is actually not a dog, but a Jedi Ewok. 

Guess who's ba-ack!

The Big D! (Domino).  Ronin's feet are fixed too, thanks to our very kind and patient ferrier, Nick.  And that makes us almost back to normal. 

We can feel winter coming on too...in fact, this Wedsnesday is supposed to sport thunderstorms.  I do love the onset of winter, with one exception,  we have a horse.  All the empty stalls are making me ponder the possibility of putting Ronin back in a stall (he's in pasture now).  This is a purely selfish debate, but seriously, who wants to go muck through a foot of mud to grab your wet, dirty horse and then spend an hour cleaning and drying him before a ride?  Two downsides to moving him back into a stall - 1.  Cost - we're not exactly swimming in our savings like Uncle Scrooge. 2. Excercise/anxiety - Ronin LOVES the pasture.  A little too much.  He's at the top of the herd, which makes me wonder if he'll try something crazy stupid if he's separated.  And with Baby Balyon on the way, are Rogér and I going to be able to get up there to work out his crazies all the time??  Do you remember last winter?

Oh where oh where has my little dog gone?

Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his tail cut short and his ears cut long
Oh where, oh where can he be?

Dom is having a week long slumber party with his paw-pal, Koda.  So nice of Koda's parents to dog-sit for us while we have contractors come to work on the house!  I'm sure he's having a great time too, but we miss him!

It's so weird without him here. We keep hearing dog tag jingles and thinking "Where's Domino?"

Freaky.

Koda and Domino.....angels.

Why We Love Spots

Domino is always dead tired after a night or two at his favorite kennel, Spots.  It's an open kennel, so he gets to run around all day with his doggie pals....a beautiful idea!  Plus, it's open 24 hours, which works out great when we need to drop Pups off at 4am before heading to Tahoe for some snow ;)