It is easy to assume sameness.
To assume anyone who looks/believes/thinks/votes that way can be neatly categorized.
Doing that means we miss the amazingly unique and wonderful complexities of individuals.
It also means we lose the opportunity for connection because we cannot connect or have relationships with categories — only with individuals.
It is when we stop thinking they all think alike, act alike, and/or look alike that we know the wonder of relationship.
And it is wonderful indeed.
I have been feeling a bit left out — I have not watched Tiger King, I don’t drink alcohol, and I cannot find yeast to bake bread.
But the other thing people seem to be doing is grooming their dogs — that I can do! And so yesterday I jumped into the Pandemic Activity Pool and gave baths to all four dogs.
Harper B is now 8.5 years young and doing just fine. She and her niece, Daisy, are BFF’s. It is interesting to see the family similarities and especially in their happy, friendly temperaments. I love knowing the many good things about Harper can carry on through Daisy.
Harper B for Beautiful
I like this photo of Sparkle, although it makes her eyes look light and they really aren’t so please ignore that part. Sparkle is also doing well — do you realize that Sparkle will be SEVEN in June?! How did that happen??
Sparkle Always.
There is so much to love about Miss Daisy. I am disappointed she will not have a chance to shine this year in the performance rings because she is ready — and she is good. Oh well. The path detoured and maybe that will be okay.
Daisy Rey
This is Claire and Sparkle — I love fluffy, clean dogs. You can see that Claire is significantly bigger than her mom, and yes — she is sporting her unicorn horn these days. I want it to grow enough for a bow.
Sparkle and Claire (aka Moose)
I just can’t do Tiger King and without yeast readily available, I may need to make a sourdough starter — or start grooming the cats. Bread seems safer.
Happy Sunday to you and yours.
Apparently fall is a slow time for cabinet building because our new cabinets arrive this morning — ahead of schedule. WOWZA.
They will be in boxes that will take up the training area (aka the dining room) but we must make sacrifices for progress.
Lest you think — as I did — that this means we will have a kitchen in time to bake scones for the holidays, allow me to dash that fragrant image.
So, the cabinets will be installed next week. Yay! Of course, that assumes the electrician can come and do the work needed before cabinet installation — let’s think positive, shall we? Cabinets in next week.
The countertop cannot be measured and then created — a process that will take 4 - 5 weeks — until the cabinets are installed AND the new range and sink are in place.
The new slide-in range arrives on January 2. The goal is to have the new sink installed before the range arrives, and that will let the countertop measuring happen in that first week of January (everything crossed).
And then the countertops will get created — hopefully not by a shop that is giving their workers silicosis; I am going to call them today and make sure the shop is certified as safe for workers.
Who knew that a dishwasher leak would create the need to ensure safe labor practices?!
And speaking of dishwashers — I need a new one and so I will be negotiating with the insurance company about that (on top of everything else — I should have been a lawyer).
And the new floor will go in at some point and there is new trim and new lighting and new zone heaters and so on and so forth. Plus end-of-semester grading — my favorite (extreme sarcasm alert) — and the very stressful game of Oh Sh!t Bingo (see yesterday if that is confusing).
But do not fear — we practice flexibility and positive attitude around here, and not just in dog training!
Here is the ever happy and cheerful Sparkle — is your Bingo Card current? Nothing yet.
A rare day of sunshine and a warm 42 degrees yesterday — I rode my bike and played/trained with dogs (not, of course, at the same time). Daisy and her moose.
Daisy prefers to fetch stuffies, and Claire is a balls-with-feet kind of gal.
I hope you have a terrific and happy and sparkly kind of day. Make it so!