I headed up to Winchester on Friday evening to spend the weekend with Andrea's grandma, and to take care of the puppies. Grandma and I had our regular drinks together, and I headed off to bed.
Saturday, Travis showed me around town. We went to the Virginia Market to pick up a pie for Grandma, then headed "downtown". It was a very cute village, with lots of antique stores and cafes. We poked around, and stopped for a drink at a local pub.
Grandma and I wrapped up our evening, with a Western movie and some more drinks.
That night, Gibson the cat, decided he was going to get frisky at 4 a.m.
Ellie Mae and I were cuddled up together in bed, having the best sleep of our lives. Gibson decided to play with my bracelets, that were on the nightstand. I shooed him off, and he was back 30 seconds later, when I was almost back to sleep. He then decided to knock my glass over, and started to roll the cup all around the table.
I pushed him off again. I put the cup, bracelet and misc. objects under the sheets with me.
He then came back full throttle, and jumped right on Ellie Mae's head. She lifted her head, and the cat was still on it, his claws and teeth still stuck in her head.
Bye bye Gibson. I put him outside, so that he could get rid of some of that excess energy.
The next morning Gibson came out of the woods when we came outside, meowing and purring when he saw us. Ellie Mae chased him through the bushes, and around their house. Did I stop it? Nope. That's Karma for ya.
Grandma asked me to stay one more night. We had a yummy cookout, with all kinds of people on Sunday, and tons of dogs.
I headed back early this morning.
Side note...Today was the first time that I was actually sick of blogging! Could it be real? I'm a little bit bored of it now, and find my posts, kind of half assed...Maybe I'm tired 'cos I've been up since 5am, and I'm waiting to embark on my long ride to work. We'll see if it changes... Bye for now!

Dancing Shoes

Check out my new shoes! I'll probably only be able to wear them

for about an hour but who's complaining? I'll just buy those old lady heel inserts.

Visit more fun shoes...

http://www.stevemadden.com/

and/or

http://www.nordstrom.com/

See you on the dance floor!

I Love You Momsies!

My mom and I were talking about me as a child recently. I asked her to name three things that she thought were cute about me when I was little. Well good ol momsies couldn't think of too many at that moment. Thanks mom. I think that she felt bad or challenged, so the following day I got this in my inbox...
I highlighted my two favorite ones...

Cute Things About Katie H. when she was a young child.

1) She used to run around in her bare feet.
2) She could suck her thumb and talk at the same time.
3) She always called her brother Biw.
4) She held her doll's hair up in the air so she could feed her.
5) She liked to tell her father scary stories in bed and then she had to put the light on.
6) She liked to comb his hair with a comb and a plastic yellow glass with water in it. (Play barber shop).
7) She liked to play with home made play dough.
8)She like to play store....and have things displayed in her bedroom and sit at a little table and chair that used to belong to her mother when she was a child....and use a broken calculator to pretend to tally things up....
9) She liked to play Barbie's......
10) When she made her mother's lunch sometimes....she used cotton balls to wrap a peach to protect it because she loved her mother so much.
11) She always said "I love you Mom..."
12) She has cute (2) dimples.
13) When she was little and you combed her hair the ends of her hair would flip up naturally.
14) Brought home a cute (wicked) hamster in her purse....and her father decided to check her purse .....and stuck his hand in...and SCREAMED>>>OOOWWW!!!!!because the cute little hamster gave him a nice BIG bite.....THAT WAS CUTE!!
15) When I did my taxes she made me tea and a biscuit ...and tied a string to the spoon. Hanging from the spoon was a heart that she made. She wanted to give me a break! (8 years old).
SEE YA
LOVEMAMAXXXXXXXX0000000000000

Animal Crossing Wild World

Nothing too exciting happened this weekend.

Worked on Sat., watched UFC that night. Went for a swim on Sunday.

Have I ever mentioned that I'm totally addicted to Animal Crossing Wild World?

After Vegas died, I bought a Nintendo DS to keep my mind occupied. It really did help for the most part. I am not a gamer. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I've just seen it turn very nice people into cave dwellers.

I think it stems from my brother's obsession with video games as a child. He had EVERY entertainment system that came out, accompanied by all the best games. I was mostly a 'voyeur', due to the fact that he was extremely selfish with his toys. He still is. When I went back to Mtl. he barely let me play with is Wii. This is the year 2007, and nothing has changed.

C'est la vie! No worries, I was evil to him too. I elbowed him in the back for no good reason.

I blame that on our childhood admiration of WWF wrestling.

I absolutely loved the new Mario Bros (DS). Its probably one of my all time fav. games. I was thinking of getting Animal Crossing but didn't really understand the point of it. I got a chance to play my bro's g.friends game, and decided to take the plunge.

1 month later....OBSESSED! I started by playing before bed for about a half an hour, now I play at any free moment that I have! I talk to Marc about golden shovels, and about how much the turnips are selling at Tom Nook's store.

His eyes usually glaze over, then he asks me what's for supper.

I have not gotten very far in the game. I am on my third mortage and have donated a fair amount to the museum. Mostly fish. My favorite catch has been the hammerhead shark. I'm still chasing down the tarantula that keeps bitting me.

At this point, Olga and I are playing via WFC. She has given me many a fruit to plant in my town. I started with only apples. Now I have a variety of oranges, peaches, cherries and coconuts! Awesome!!! If anyone that I know, reads this post and wants to exchange friend codes, let me know, I'd be up for a tour of your town!

Did anyone understand this post?!?! LOL

See ya!

Farewell Soleil...

This was our last weekend with Soleil.

She went back to her co-owner in PA, who will be showing her for awhile.

She will be going back to Diane's afterward.

She's come a long way in the short time that she's been with us.

Her guard was down with us, and she was very playful. She really enjoyed all the luxuries of

being a 'pet'. She got lots of attention,

and I hope that it continues when she is with her co-owner.

I truly feel that she would benefit from that. I think she really missed playing with other dogs

too, which she was used to. She loved Vegas' brother Dallas so much.

I'm happy that we got to share this time with her,

it was great to see all the similarities within the breed.

Doberman = BABY! LOL

Hope y'all had a great weekend!

This One's for You Cari...

I know that you are feeling a bit homesick lately. Just remember that you are in everyone's thoughts...This is a note pad that is posted on our fridge. As you can see, there is also the nice magnet that you sent to me.
Please read the scribbled note from MB. He wrote it yesterday morning.
Miss you!

Wedding Crashers...well not really

We had a great day today. We all went for a morning swim, and got ready for Jeremy & Iesha's wedding. Jeremy & Iesha are the couple that took care of the baby kittens (mentioned in a previous post). Jeremy's dad is the Dr. who took care of me after my accident too.
We got there in the nick of time. We ran late because Marc couldn't decide if his beige pants were too short. Everyone bugged him so much, that he went back inside to change into his longer black ones.
It was SO hot today, not sure the temp, probably 100, or high 30's. Yesterday, it was 108! Which is about 38. Needless to say, I've been hiding from the sun and still got a burn! (not a bad one)
The wedding was held at the Blackthorne Inn. It was THE perfect place for a wedding. They got married in a very nice and brief ceremony, took their pics on the property, and had their reception there too. What more could they ask for?
I had a couple of drinks while most were REALLY taking advantage of the open bar. Needless to say, everyone was having a great time, especially Aaron! He had to be put in the car for a little nap. Who would've known? Aaron is usually so sweet and quiet.
Andrea and I got our hands done with henna. They put a little circle of it on your hand, and wrapped it in a silk cloth. It looked like a blob of baby poop, then it turned into an orange circle. Its meant for good luck. I'll let you know!;)
On our way home, we drove through Middleburg. I would live there in a second. It had beautiful stone homes and wonderful little villages. I reminded me of Old Montreal & Pte-Claire village. Our friend is opening a store there within the month, so its an excuse to go!
Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

The 'End' of Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was INSANELY HOT!

It went up to 95 degrees on Sunday! We spent the long weekend swimming at our pool, and went to a big cookout at Andrea's on Monday.

Ethan built two horseshoe pits and the drinks were flowing

(I'm still the designated driver as always).

Soleil is still with us, and she played really well with all the dogs that were there. She was even off her leash!

I have misplaced my camera, the below pics are from MB's cam.

MB was the butt of all the jokes.

There are more but I was not allowed to post them.

It's ok, this one says it all.

Good times...

The Timeless Art of Seduction

This is MB.

He picked Marc and I up a framed photograph of 'George' from Seinfeld in his sexy pose.

(see back left)

It also goes with our Kramer one.

This is what I saw when I came downstairs last night.

I can't see the difference can you?

Soleil

She loves to rest on the couch...She has so much stimulation during the day, that its dodo time for her, almost right away! She sleeps very well at night, and curls up in a ball between Marc and I. She used to be crated at night but she went right on the bed at our place.

She's bilingual too lol.
She listens to commands in both English and French.

She's got lots to explore in the house. Lots of new smells and stairs to keep her fit!

I love her colour and markings!

Very pretty girl.

Meet Soleil (sun)

Our weekend in Mtl. was defintely a good one. We were running around so much seeing different people and eating A LOT!

We got to Mtl. on Thurs morning at 3 am. A few hours later I had my dentist appointment with Dr. Hampshire (the best dentist) to see if there was anything wrong with one of my teeth. I've been getting some numb feeling in one of them lately. Anyway after an x-ray he told me nothing was wrong and I was on my merry way.

We headed to Procaps to see everyone there and got a chance to catch up and make plans for later.

I also went to see Barbara, Wendy and the rest of the gang at Diversi-Tech. Miss them lots and all of our great conversations. We plan to meet half way this summer.

After supper with my fam., my Nanny came over for a game of Boogle. She played a mean game and it was hard to keep up.

Sorry no pics. Marc left with the car and my camera was in it.

I went to Tangerine to get my hair done on Friday at 10 and didn't get home 'til 1:30! She did a great job. I colored my hair back to my original one with some highlights. I'm so lazy when it comes to going to the hair dresser I wanted it to be as easy to maintain as possible. I actually don't like going to the salon 'cos it takes so long!

Marc helped Mitch dig up the front driveway and took care of the automatic car starter that wasn't working since my accident. My bro and I headed to Fairview so that he could pick up some new work clothes.

Mom and I went to Panier (of course!) where I picked up some dip and awesome smoked cheddar cheese. We also passed by Chapters to pick up some French books for me (they don't sell any here).

After supper, I played three way Nintendo DS with my Bro and his girlfriend. It was awesome! Olga is too good at the Mario mini games.

Saturday morning we went to Angell Woods to spread Vegas' ashes. It was nice to be there and we walked along the path that we used to take, and talked about Vegas and how great he was. We laughed about his ways but tears were soon to come. We spread half of his ashes and will be keeping the rest with us. I feel very good that we went there and also feel that we did the right thing. I can't think of a more appropriate place to go.
I felt a sense of closure after leaving, I know we did the right thing.

Afterward, we stopped by the agility trials in St-Lazare. Jael won first place with her dog Indy. Good job!


We stopped by Diane's on our way back. Take a look at the pic above...That's baby Veg's brother Dallas!!! He is HUGE, and also taller than me, not that that's very hard to accomplish! He was an affectionate boy but he seemed so scary! He kept giving me his paw and hitting me in the face!


Him again...
We headed to Mitch and Jael's after for a great supper as always.


Sunday breaky before leaving...

I forgot how much butter dad puts on his toast! Yes, he is having steak with his breakfast.


And last but not least...this is Soleil.
She's coming to stay with us for a little while. She fights a lot with Coco, the other female at Diane's. Diane asked us to take her for a little while to see how she does. Diane is her owner and her breeder from PA, is her co-owner. So in other words, we are the glorified babysitters.

She will finish her Championship, and they will breed her at about 3 years. She is 10 months old.
She was super quiet on the drive home, and has really taken a liking to me. When we got home after the super long drive, she was very playful with me, and jumped around like a little horse. She is very dainty and has a pretty face. Will post more pics later.
She is very apprehensive of others right now. She has definetely been groomed to be a show dog, and has spent most her life in that kind of atmosphere. Marc is going to feed her to establish some kind of trust.

She is very cute and likes to lick my eyes.
She is not used to being walked on a leash to go to the bathroom. This is a concern, since we don't have a backyard. When she is on a leash, she walks like she is in a show ring! I've made progress with her already. She had an accident in the house (she went in the bathroom lol) on her first night with us. She is now peeing in the same spot outside, and she gets lots of praise and a treat when she does. I think I worried too much about it, she will be fine.
In all, she is very sweet with me, and I'm hoping that she will warm up to others soon.

Farewell to Matt

Dearest Matthew,
Nobody left me any room to write on the card ‘cos they are all a bunch of good for nothin’ tricksters.
I just wanted to say, that I have had a horrible time since I’ve met you. You have never done anything but lie around, while I waited on you hand and foot. I’m sick of cleaning up after you, and you snore too much. Oh wait, that’s what I was going to say to Marc.
Thank you for cooking and cleaning. You are a master chef, and I have always enjoyed your culinary style. It was cool to have someone to drink lots of vino with too. You were a lot of fun to be with, and you made my transition to VA an easier one.
Thank you for getting me into an accident. If it wasn’t for you wanting to get sheets for your ‘sexy time romance explosion bed’, I wouldn’t have gone through that traumatic event.
Most of all, thank you for being such a good friend to Vegas. He loved you so much, and he could always count on you for great playtimes. However, he didn’t like it when you called him a ni@#!r, and he never wanted to ‘rip his flesh’ as you so often ordered him to do to others.
I truly wish you all the best in CA, with your future wife Lisa. She seems like a wonderful person, and you have never said anything but good things about her since I’ve met you.
Hopefully, I will get to see you guys walk down the aisle together one day.
Please keep in touch, I will be checking your blog daily to see pics. and updates!
We will all miss your jokes and smiles!

Sniff sniff,

Katie
xox

Dobe

I liked this one...

Spring Cleaning

Marc and I had a nice relaxing weekend. We got an early start Saturday morning, to hunt down a new jersey for paintball. We had a nice lunch at Red Lobster, which is a huge deal since Marc hates seafood. He had a steak and I had a monster lunch (I think it was the largest that they offered lol) of crab legs, scampi, two different kinds of shrimp and rice. Salad and unlimited biscuits came with it too. I ordered the biggest 'cos who knows when we would be back! Needless to say, I didn't finish all of it but it made for a nice supper later on.

I also decided to tackle our neglected closet to get rid of lot of clothes. Two hours later... nice and clean. I put aside 3 garbage bags of clothes for goodwill, and one for MB's g.friend to go through is she wants anything. I kept going back to look at my handywork and admire my spring & summer clothes...I seriously have an addiction to order and clothes. Which one is worse?!?!

I ended the night by watching the Equestrian Championships in Vegas. It was the most entertaining competition I've seen yet. It requires some serious balance, I saw a few seasoned atheletes fly right off their horse! One poor horse fell too.

I came into work today to catch up on the work that has been backed up for about 2 weeks, and will be heading home after I finish my post, to clean the rest of the house.

I just wanted to wish Mom a Happy Mommy's day again, I hope you enjoyed your surprise, as usual its better than Sir William's! lol

xoxox

I Can Be Your Hero Baby...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOT STUFF!!!

If I were there with you, we would dress up and have a yummy dinner, served to us by some handsome Aussie waiter. He would graciously decline our tip due to our hottness. (Oh wait you don't tip there do you?) We'd later head out to a club (281style) and embarass ourselves as usual (well just you). We'd drink a la Nova Scotia style, and there would be no sprained ankles!

Missing you on your B-Day, and wishing you the hottest one ever!

Miss you miss you miss you!

Road Trip

Marc and I have decided to take a much needed trip to Montreal. I'll be going into work this weekend to make up some time that was lost 'cos of the tournaments.

Some of the things that I plan to do...

See Family & Friends

Bug and punch my brother... as a good sister would do

Go see my awesome dentist Dr. Hampshire

Eat a Poutine

(they don't have the cheese to make it here),

Eat Cherry Bombs, Garlic Olives, and drink lots of vino!

Go see Diane & Andre, our breeder,

they invited us to come visit last time we spoke.

I think that it will be hard but it might be a healthy thing, who knows...I'll probably be miserable, yes I know that I'm being negative.

And the hardest part...

Go to Angell Woods to spread Baby Veg's ashes.

I decided to do this because this was a place that we went to everyday, rain or shine, when he was a baby monster. He learned how to play with other dogs, run off his lead, and it was a great place for us to have fun together. I have great memories of our walks and playtimes throughout the woods but most of all, I know how much he loved it there too.

Dave-Ism

His surprised reaction to something...
Jimminy Christmas!

P.S. Dave bought me muffins today and gave me sips of his fruity drinks too. Technically, that means that we kissed.

80th Apple Blossom Festival

Marc and I had a relaxing weekend at Andrea's. Her and her brother went to the MAO (Mid Atlantic Open) in SC. Marc and I headed up on Friday evening. Grandma and I enjoyed our drinks, I had a whole bottle of champagne and she had her beer. Needless to say we had lots of laughs and good conversation. She loves watching Westerns and I definetly got caught up in that department!lol
Marc and I headed to the Parade on Sat. It was not unlike any other. There were tons of dancers, horses, marching bands, and floats that I didn't quite understand. Since we were in the country, there were lots of tractors too.
Guess who was the Grand Marshal? Wayne Newton! I didn't get to see him but I wish I had. I used to sing his music in front of the mirror as a kid.
We also went to the Texas Steak House for supper on Sunday. I had the Mahi Mahi with a sweet potato (yams). They brought it to me with cinnamon and marshmellows on top!YUK! I scooped off the candy and enjoyed the rest.
Hope everyone had a good one too!
P.S. The Queen of England was here too...

Luray Caverns

We had a great day at the Luray caverns today. Matt and I left early this morning for our hour and a half drive to Shenandoah Valley in Northern VA. We decided to take a more scenic route which ended up taking us an additional 10 mintues. We drove through the National Park, which winds through the mountains. I'm thankful that we got there in one piece 'cos Matt's a horrible driver!
The caverns were amazing. It was an hour long tour which consisted of Matt harassing the tour guide and embarssingly enough, we almost got kicked off the tour for leaving the group and playing in the fountain, and for scaring the tourists while pretending to be bats.
Anywho, I prefered this tour to the Kartchner Caverns (AZ) only because we were allowed to take pics and it wasn't such a fortress with huge sealed doors. It had a zillion formations that were close enough to touch (but can't obviously).
There was also an organ that had no pipes but instead, used the sound waves of the formations to emenate the tunes.
We had lunch at the Scalactite Cafe, which featured some homegrown slop, and headed to the Transportation Exhibition. It featured various cars throughout history.
On our way back, we made a quick stop at the Yogi Bear Park, where we tried on some silly hats and purchased some prank toys that we intend to use on our collegues. These consist of dissapering ink, a hand buzzer, fly in an ice cube, and fake poo. We also bought some candy that we haven't had since we were kids.
We ended our evening with a B.B.Q., and watched Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller.
In a nutshell, we had a great time and I'm hoping to visit the other local caverns soon.
http://www.luraycaverns.com/
P.S. I'm only kidding about almost getting the boot from our tour.
P.S.S. Has anyone heard of Body Worlds? Its coming to Montreal, and it will be in NC too. Seems really gross but fascinating at the same time.
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.html

Happy B-Day MB!

We celebrated MB's Bday tonight...As you can see Andrea bought him a cake that he can actually see. What I mean is that he can tell what colour (or shade) it is...Yep, he's colour blind...We had a Bar-B-Q, I took lots of pictures but I won't post them because MB is always giving the finger...Not very nice at all... Random pic of me at Tyson's Corner getting MB's present. It's at a cute 'Make Your Own Bear Store'. Marc was a little embarassed to take this pic. so it didn't turn out so well. Matt went on the other side of the mall...I didn't see a problem, I waited 'til all the kids had their turn!

I had a great time making his wrapping paper. Guess what it cost me? $0! I love a good bargain. It's been awhile since I've made someone's wrapping paper, so i was excited. I already know that I'm a nerd ok! Anyway, I got to work early today, and took some printing paper and coloured some black dots on it. Then I wrapped it, and crazy glued the little bolts on some of the spots...I then cut strips of a garbage bag (a dirty one I might add, just for him;), and added a few screws to the bow and voila! Weird gift for a weird guy! P.S. Matt was also a consultant on the gift wrapping.

Oh look his hands are full! No finger! Here's a pic that I can acually post.

Sporting his new RayBan Aviators

Can you guess what the animals are in the above pics? Nooo, not hamsters. Cats! Iesha brought over three kittens that she is nursing back to life. They are 4 weeks old. She's been taking care of them for a week now. The mother brought the three babies to someone's doorstep and left. The man brought them to the vet, and said that if they didn't do something with them, then he would probably leave them outside somewhere...Thank god that jerk had some sense! So Iesha and Jeremy have been nursing them every three hours and losing lots of sleep. They are the cutest little things. I got to hold one named Q-Tip. He liked walking backwards. They were all very shaky, and were crying and purring so much. I got to feed one briefly after he started to suck on my finger. It was very sweet. Mom, in case you're wondering, I won't be taking any of them. I'm not up for any new ones just yet. The vet where Iesha works has already found them homes anyway. I can just see you reading this now and saying to yourself, oh dear she's getting another animal. Cheers to Iesha, for taking them in!

On another note, as some of you may know, it is Admin day today. My hero Dave W. (you know him by the Dave-Isms that I post) brought me pink daisies and roses. It was a great surprise and just reinforces how cool he is. Can you believe he's not married? Oh well. Yesterday, he showed me pics from when he was at the Pentagon for 911, and of the following days. They were crazy and yep I saw parts of the plane. I also saw some very sad pics of people. I can't imagine what that must've been like for anyone who went through it, or for those who were there afterward.

Wow! I just pulled a Mom! I ended my post on a sad note! lol! Miss your antics!