Too Early On Monday

Little Coach Dog Eddie had a busy weekend.

Got a lot done this weekend, but unfortunately none of it included the sweeping and vacuuming that I SHOULD have done.  Watson and Coral have started their spring sheds, so this will become an issue, especially when Ron wallows on the sofa in the dog hair and then carries it through out the house.  He's a lot more of a problem than the dogs, since he naps on the loveseat covered in Dals and Dal hair.

Bought a Sony Walkman to replace the useless little iPOD.  Same 8 gigabytes of memory for half the price.  Shoulda bought one in the first place - assuming I can get it up and running tonight.  There are a lot more free on-line books available to me now through Net Library - quite a few of their books won't work with iPODs.

Dinner with mom & Ron at Green Mill.  We had the nicest server!  Ron is a generous tipper (and we get awesome service at our regular spots).  The server came back to see if he had made a mistake!  Apparently the customers at this Green Mill are normally pretty chintzy.  Mom's doing very well considering her age (almost 87) and shows no signs of age-related dementia, which is a blessing.  She's frail, and her vision and hearing are failing, but she still loves to argue politics - and still hates Tim Pawlenty, but the Governor of Wisconsin is a close 2nd now.

Entries in, motel reservations made for the Dalmatian National in Fort Mitchell, KY the first week in May.  Naturally it conflicts with a show weekend I enjoy - hope the panel is bad for those shows.  It sure leaves a lot to be desired for DCA, but we go anyway. It's a Dalmatian Convention!  Argus & Lucy (if she's not in season), Mariah (if she is ready to show and not in season), Pauli for Top Twenty (if she's not in season) and Penny for Specials (if she's not in season).  Wish we had more boys and no bitches!  I suppose they will all be in season and screw everything up.  Need to sign the dogs up for the health clinic.  Argus will get the Cardiac test.  Just had his eyes re-done, and had his thyroid re-done last year.  Mariah has had her eyes done, and is too young for the thyroid test, but Penny & Pauli could have the thyroid test done this year and their hearts too.  Very nice having affordable and handy testing at the National.