Congrats Kali!

Kali has graduated from her doggie class and as you can tell from the photo, she’s very proud of herself. I would recommend the classes to anyone. She learned a lot and is much better about not jumping up on people…well, unless you are the meter reading woman and you comment about the “good dog” bumper sticker on our car then that “good dog” jumps on you. Ugh! I blame the entry point. Someone coming in through the garage really threw Kali off and that was a high energy time in her pre-walk morning. Enough excuses, she fucked up.

The floor is done! That is not a project we will engage in anytime in the near future but it looks nice now.

You know how I love car repairs so life dealt us a couple. The car was vibrating at higher speeds really bad and there was some sort of rotational noise that was driving me up the wall. Smart Mau took it to a dealer and got a nice, insanely expensive estimate. I called a normal mechanic and got the expenses cut in more than half. There was an axel bearing in need of replacement…ya that right fallangy thingie, whatever. Apparently it causes pull so it was probably a must and the vibration subsided slightly. We also replaced the rear tires which were not nearly as cheap as the tires on our previous cars but one had a broken belt…yep, that was the main vibration because now it’s gone! Ah, so nice to be in the car again that drained us of any extra money we thought for a moment we had. We still need 2 more tires, an alignment and new rotors. That will have to wait a bit.

Inga will be arriving today so we are in the process of a whirlwind cleaning adventure. It is so exciting! Oregon to Ohio? Probably more exciting for us! The weather is not cooperating for our tonight’s evening or tomorrow’s plans so far. I wonder if this visit will take us back to when we were 15 hanging out listening to the Ramones? Money, children and automobiles might make it a little different huh?

I have a disturbing animal story that ended up with me getting into a fight with 2 redneck guys in the park by myself at night but it is long, drawn out and I would rather not go into it right now. There is a small happy ending thanks to Kari. We really do make a good animal advocates team!