Give the cat a bath

Saw this article in the SBTribune today about bathing cats.
Go to this link and see pictures of cats getting a bath! Can't say I want to try this with our cat, Mao. Sounds like a recipe for a trip to the ER to me!!!

Better start training!

I know Talk like a Pirate Day isn't until September 19th, but it's never too early to start practicing!!!!!!!!!!

Dogs and Shoes

Had a visit from "Aunty Assistant Prof. H" (AAPH) yesterday. She had two reasons to visit. #1 The Little Guy (of course) and #2 Running Shoes. She had found this specialtyrunning shoe store that looked promising. See, she has super thin and long feet...tough to fit. This store lived up to its expectations and AAPH got royal treatment by the manager and we got her into a nice pair of new running shoes. He even made her run outside in the parking lot so he could evaluate her run. The other cool thing about the store was that they had two dogs in there. Cute dogs. One looked like a big shaggy dust mop. Turns out it was an 8-month old golden-doodle. Mix of a red poodle and a 55 lb golden. He looked kind of like one of these dogs...but very red. He was cute

Also, the parents were here visiting last week. Cooking, doing yard work, holding "little guy", etc. They wouldn't stay with us, but instead chose to stay at the Country Inn and Suites a few miles away. They were happy with the place, but I noted this article about the hotel having a carbon monoxide leak this morning in the SBTribune. Good thing they decided to leave on Friday!!!

Gym class

I don't know whyI was thinking about my old gym classes. Perhaps all the news about obesity in kids and the lack of physical activity at school these days.

But when I think back on what we did I don't know how much that helped us in keeping trim. I remember having to do square dancing....a lot...and the boys didn't want to hold our hands. And that dumb parachute game with the ball in the middle. Dodge ball...a little bit. And in high school we had multiple units of golf!!!!!!! yuck! Floor hockey in middle school. That's about all I can remember....

RELAX!!!