Monday, April 26, 2010

The little stinker

My new headlight finally came, so last weekend we took my car down to mom and dad's so Erik could install it.  He did a great job!  A dealership would've charged us a couple thousand to replace several parts and repaint, but Erik helped me do it for under $100!  So nice! 

We took Gwennie down too and let her meet Kola and run around the backyard.  Gwen was so hyper for hours and she just wanted to play... Kola is a little bit territorial and was just starting to warm up to Gwen by the time we left.  But, Gwen learned how to use the doggie door, and it only took a couple of minutes!  It was hard to get her little body through that big dog door but she managed.  She's a smart doggie.  She seems to be getting housetraining down too, although it's not perfect yet.  She's been standing by the front door and whining when she wants to go out, though she doesn't wait very long for us to respond.  Also, Geoff and I were playing nintendo the other day and Gwen was going nuts for attention... when she realized we weren't giving it to her she went over and peed on my coat, the little stinker.  (Good thing it's washable!)

Later that afternoon back at our house, our neighbors with the adult pug brought him over and visited.  He loved her!  But she was so feisty.  I can't wait until she has more shots so we can take her to the dog park and the daycare.  It will be so good for her!

That's all.  Just another Monday off the calendar.  Alison comes home a week from tomorrow, we're excited to see her!  I've got a humongous playlist for her of all the songs that came out in the last year and a half.

We've got a little trip in the works - it's just for a weekend but I'm still trying to take more time off work.  We'll see.

2 comments:

Jared said...

We hung some bells up by the door, and we'd ring them with the dogs paw whenever we took her out to pee. She figured it out after a few weeks, and now runs to the door and rings the bells whenever she needs to go out. Just an idea for y'all!
Hope you have fun on your trip.
How's Geoff liking his social work job?

Cali said...

Jared, that's a great idea! We should do that, thanks! Geoff loves his job- he seems to be pretty good at it too. :) I hear you're going through the FBI process right now. That's exciting! Crossing our fingers for you although I know you don't need any help! :)