Graduates

The dogs graduated from obedience class last night. I have some pics that I'll try to post later. They got framed certificates. I have an idea for a photo display for the wall...actually I've been thinking about it for a while. We have pictures of us at the wedding, us on our honeymoon, us on vacation, etc, but not many with the dogs. Which seems silly, since we love our dogs! So I need to get moving with that. I'm very proud of them, but they still have some things to learn. Mostly just not to be so stubborn (Izzy) and to listen to Nick and not just me (Sydney). But I said all along that if taking the class allowed us to take Sydney on a nice normal walk, it would be worth it. And now we can!

Also last night was the first meeting of our Homeowners' Association. Actually apparently they had a meeting last year, but obviously they failed to notify anyone. We were supposed to have a homeowners' association when we first bought the house, but 2 years later and we still don't. Nick went to part of it and had to leave early for dog class. Apparently there were lots of complaints. And they plan to charge us $125 a year for dues. Which is interesting to me, seeing as they do nothing. I will not be paying that. Nick takes everything so seriously...if someone said it, it must be true! But maybe I'm just too cynical. I'll just be glad to put our house up for sale...even if it does take years to sell. Hopefully not though.

The first night of Crown was interesting. I think going over all of this again will really help Nick and I get refocused. Probably mostly me. I don't consider myself to be very materialistic, but seriously I so am.