A Night Walk- I DID it!!!!! :D

Tonight, we are supposed to get some serious snow and ice, and I really hadn't been able to go out and really walk with Honey since being home. Mike make the crack that after we got the kids down to bed, why don't I go out and take a walk with Honey. I don't know for sure if he was serious or joking, but I took up on the suggestion. :)

I took her out to break and then harnessed her up and off we went around the large block of our neighborhood. We call it the short block and the large block. Because we live on the the corner of a big horse shoe shaped block and there's another street that cuts up from the bottom of the shoe up and curves up and over the right hand corner up to about the middle of the right side. So the outer loop, or large block as we call it, is about a 1/4 mile walk.

So she breaked and we made our way around and gosh what a liberating feel that was! I can't tell you the last time I've ventured outside on my own at night, even in my own neighborhood. My schedules and going over to visit Dad and Sue has been contingent on the setting of the sun, if you will. So we set out, heads high and it was quite a nice leisurely stroll on around the neighborhood.

We got around to Dad and Sue's house and Dad was in the garage, pulling out the snowblower to be ready for this massive storm we are supposed to have tonight. So talked to him for a few and Sue came out and said hello. Honey got antsy an was wanting to go in the house, so had to get after her a bit there and she finally gave up and plopped down on the floor of the garage, thoroughly put out with me for ignoring her on going inside like any sane person would, where it was warm. LOL!

We chatted for a few and could feel the temps were dropping, so we took off and made our way on around the block and as always, she was great and wow, wow, wow! I wish it wasn't going to be so bitter cold, I'd love to go out trekking around!

We got home and she took me straight to the door perfectly. We came in and took of her harness and gave her lots of loving and praise for doing such a great job. :)

Then she discovered the bean bag chair.... I think it may be her new bed now. LOL!





Oh! I forgot to mention, I've been working on Honey alerting me when I use the buzzer on the oven (need to get started on the alarm clock too). But while just doing it a few times now, if the buzzer is going off and I say "Find it! What is it?", she's took me straight to the stove, from the living room tonight! :) It's really cool to see how she's responding to things and so forth. :)

Ok, it's late and time for bed! Night all!

Wow, it's Thursday already.

Things have gone well this week, Honey's been good. :) We've only had a couple of things we've had to work with, but they've been simple. :) I'm having to watch her close and keep her on the tie down for meals, as she did swipe Alex's lunch on Monday, but caught her red handed and while she's sniffing/looking and wanting to go for the kids table, she's hesitant, knowing she shouldn't. LOL! So that is definately improving. :)

Monday I'd tried to take a walk with Alex and Honey, but it just really didnt' go well. Not on Honey's part, but moreso with Alex. He either lagged way behind me or when in front, Honey was getting upset feeling she was supposed to guide him too. So I've talked with the trainer and have a few ideas we are going to try out for that. The first one I really want to try is putting Alex in the wagon, though I need to work with Honey and make sure she'll be ok with the wagon "following" us. Another option is getting one of the harness/leashes for Alex, which on my guide dog chat lists, I'm hearing a lot of good things for that. :) So will have to keep that in mind. Another option I've heard is as stroller with a reversible handle, where he can be facing forward, though I'm pulling the stroller behind me. Only thing is, took a look online last night at these and YIKES, they are like top end strollers, upwards of $300. So that's going to have to be a last resort, unless we can find something MUCH cheaper...

So Tuesday we got up and putzed around the house and we had our Great Banquet meetings that evening. The kids were going to the sitter and we had a late evening ahead of us. When Alex went down for his nap, I took a quick walk around the small block, for some work with Honey, since I really hadn't been able to with her. Then I took her out to the back yard to let her run and stretch her legs. She loves that! :) So the rest of the afternoon was getting stuff and dinner ready to be out for the evening. We ate dinner, and then take off and drop the kids at the sitter and head on to the church. Mind you it was 50 degrees when we got there at 7pm.

We arrive and the tornado sirens are going off. So I hurry up and put Honey's harness on and we hustle it inside. We get into the chapel and make our way up to the front, and land for a seat. Then the director comes up front and says that because of the warnings going off, that everyone needs to move over into the B building- where the nursery is and no windows. So we all move over and everyone kind of circles up and the music guy pulls out his guitar and gets ready to start playing. Several people asked about petting Honey, and I told them to let me take her harness off and so I did and she got some loving, and was all over it. :) By then everyone started singing a song, and since I had her in a sit, she just went ahead and laid down, not moving and quiet. I sat down on the floor next to her, as most people went ahead and sat down on the floor as we all sang a couple of songs.

Then someone checked the radar and the storm had pretty much passed, so we all moved back to the Chapel, and I put Honey down and under my seat. She was perfect, laying down and snoozing. Then the speaker came up and gave her speech. Then we had communion, which she took me up and on down around tothe end of the my row and back to my seat. Instead of talking a lot to have her go back under my seat, I just had her do a down and stay beside my chair, since everyone was praying and she was awesome, laying still even though there was all these people walking right next to and past her in line to go up and get thier communion.

After communion, the director made announcements, and then she had the sack of invitations that were going out to invite all the people to attend the March 2008 Great Banquets. Everyone moved up to the table and placed thier hands on each other and we prayed over the invitations. Honey again, amazed all by taking me up and then just dropping down to the floor and laid quietly as everyone was standing around her and praying. Several people came up after the prayer and was just like WOW, she's soooooo calm and were amazed at how well behaved she was.

We headed upstairs quickly, which was it was sooooooo nice having Honey, because usually this is not an easy task for me. The stairs are carpeted and dark in color, so it's really hard for me to make out the edges of the steps and finding the steps/landings. Honey works like a dream, taking me to the steps and stopping, to let me know right where they are! It was really cool to be able to get up there on my own and so forth. So we get upstairs and listen to the first speaker and do a critique on her speech.

Then there was a second speaker, but the kitchen team ducked out and went to work on planning kitchen stuff. We went over to the storage room to find it was locked and we didnt have the right key, so we headed back to work on meal planning. But while I had everyone there and away from everyone else, I asked the team if anyone had any problems with Honey being there, that I just wanted to know up front. Everyone said they were fine with her and didn't have any issues. We then headed back to an empty room an sat down and started planning. Honey just plopped down under the table and didnt hear another peep out of her until they came in and said that the meeting was being cut short because in the next town over that there were houses being severely damaged and that it was now super icy and the roads were pretty dangerous outside, so they were dismissing to get people home asap. So all in all, things went well, I'm feeling good about things and Honey was on her best behaviour. So I was a happy camper. :D

Wednesday, was a long day for me. the kids were in rare form, I was getting really frustrated at the trashed house staring me in the face, and I think I'm still feeling it from being gone for 2 wks. I wound up taking a three hour nap with Alex in my bed and Grandma brought Meaghan home, we got Honey's baseline appointment set up with the vet for next week. :) I did take Honey outside and played with the Kong with her that Mike had went and got for her a couple of days. Boy she really, really liked that! :) I love seeing her tearing across the yard, tongue lolling out, and bouncing around in pure joy. :) Then as we were playing with the kong, I'd call her to come and she'd come right to my hands and hand it to me to roll across the yard again for her. :) Did I say I LOVE my dog! :D

Mike was working last night, so it was just the kids and I. Sigh, my kids sure know how to keep me hopping. Not any one of them has been the same. Granted I realize they aren't the same and you wouldn't want them to be the same. But Golly, after you've had three kids, you think you've seen most of it and would be able to handle just about anything. Well, that's where the Man upstairs tells you otherwise. LOL!

The kids were actually pretty good last night though Mike wasnt home. I did get the dishes caught up and was working on putting away all the laundry last night. the kids were up later than usual as I had the girls helping me put stuff away. Things then got hairy, it was almost 9pm and we were just about done with the clothes. I'd asked Meaghan to go get Alex's toothbrush ready so I could go ahead and get him down to bed as the girls and I were finishing things up. She did, and instead of staying in her room and putting the clothes away like she was asked to, Katie decided she had to go get her medicine out and got the 2 pills out and laid it on the counter. You all see where this is heading....Yep, I'm in Alex's room across from the bathroom putting his clothes away, he's in the bathroom with Meaghan and I as I finish up and head to the girls room and they are both there, messing around. I start to get after them, especially Katie and she's like Mommy I have to tell you something, it's really important!!! She tells me that Alex took her medicine. So I immediately tell the girls I'll take care of the laundry, for them to go brush thier teeth and get ready for bed, so I could minimize and only have 1 kid to contend with.

I call the ped and he calls back and was like oooooooooh. Hmmm. He was pretty certain that he would be fine, but told me to call poison control just to make sure. So I called poison control (thank you for the easy look at magnet on the fridge!) and they said they thought he'd be ok, but took keep him up and watch him for the next couple of hours. Give him something to drink and to keep a close eye on him for anything out of the ordinary, fever, vomiting, anything, and they took my phone number and would call back in about an hour to see how he was doing. I called Mike and gave him the heads up of what was going on, and he was about done so he took off to come on home in case anything did come up. The girls were good and got them to bed, took Honey out for her break since I hadn't done that yet either, and switched the laundry around too, since Alex was content and not acting any out of the ordinary.

We sat down and put the On the Farm einstien movie in and after a few minutes he went and got a book for me to read to him. So we sat and read for a while and after about an hour had passed, the guy from poison control called back and Alex was still running around like the 2 yr old boy he is. The guy was like good, he should be fine then. Said I could go ahead and put him to bed and just check on him every couple of hours to make sure there wasn't a change in anything. Just a few minutes after I hung up with him, Mike walked in the door, so we put Alex to bed and then Mike worked on a set of bags as I took care of folding diapers and a few more things. Alex is fine this morning, though a little grumpy from being up so late. Man my kids... !

Gosh, I can't believe tomorrow is February 1st!

Shout out to Amy- Happy Birthday!!!!!

Ok I need to get my butt in gear and continue to work on stuff here around the house. :)

Monday pictures....

I have stuff to write about, but just feeling blah and not ready to put it all down in words. I've been a total bum today, not doing much of anything but skimming posts, watching a little tv, and now need to go get dinner started. Gosh I can't believe how tired I feel still, even after a couple of good nights sleep.

I tried going for a walk with Honey today, with Alex walking along. It went, but there's room for lots of improvements. I need to make a call to the school about a couple of things to see how I should handle some situations that I've encountered here at home. Nothing big, but wondering if there's some better ways to do it.

I do want to share a few pictures of Honey and the kids though. :)



Practicing the stool sit with Meaghan up above her. :)






Lot's of Hugs!



OHHHHH she's rubbing my ears!!!!!



Those kids are finally asleep, I can snoooooooozzzzeeeee now!









Until later! Gotta fix dinner! :)

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We're Home!!!! :D

I've been MIA for a couple days, as still trying to get back into the swing of things and being at home again, as well as everyone adjusting to the new routine/livelihood with a dog in the house. :)

We had a super busy morning on Friday morning, going over contracts, getting food, equipment, heartworm meds, frontline and all ready to go and packed. With the contracts they told me her birthday is March 22nd, 2006! So she'll be 2 in March. :) Then we went over everything else and found out I need to do my in home training the week of Feb. 11th, not the 4th as I'd gotten set up. ugh. So need to call everyone back I had set up for the week of the 11th and see if they can still do those dates. :P Several of the trainers made a point to come say bye and give both Destiny's handler and me a hug. :) I was sad to leave! I really enjoyed everyone there! Then Jodie, the apprentice and I took off for the airport.

We arrived and breaked Honey in the parking lot, and headed on in to the U.S. Airways counter. They were awesome and a ticket agent came and took us over at the side, straight up to the counter and went ahead and checked me in and all. They also gave Jodie a "boarding pass" to get through security so that she could go back with me to the gate. Darn good thing, I would have been screwed with all the stuff I had and the strip search they basically do! We stopped at a bench and I ate my lunch that David had packed for me to take with, since I wouldnt be getting lunch on the plane but was going to be missing lunch there at GDF. So a sandwich and some Chocolate chip cookies it was, with a juice box. :)

We got to security and had to take the laptop out of the laptop bag and take our jackets and shoes off to be scanned. Then I had my backpack full of all of Honey's stuff since I didnt have room in the suitcase for it. Then to go through security, I had to have Honey sit and stay, I walked through then brought her through. Then they patted her down, and then I had the fun of putting everything back on. LOL! We go on back to the gate and Jodie went up and talked with the gate agent, and they came and got me to board on the plane first, so I could get settled in. Honey did great and followed like she was supposed to. It was a little tight getting on the plane with my two bags and the dog, but we made it. LOL!

We had a good flight home. I slept most of the flight home and Honey did too. She curled up under my feet and didn't hear another peep from her until we were landed and I had her get up. The flight attendant asked if I could wait until most everyone was off the plane, and so he could help me get my stuff and get off the plane, it was more so he could get to me since people were up and trying to get out the door almost as soon as the plane stopped. It was pretty funny hearing people gasp as most didn't realize she was even there! I got off and got situated and headed on down to baggage claim, doing down the escalator. Yet again, almost giggling at the people commenting they were amazed at her being on the escalator and doing it like a pro. :)

Sue picked me up at baggage claims, which my suitcase came super fast! We went out to the garage and found a place to break her and we then came on home. Honey checked everythng out in the house, though for the first half hour she probably brought me 8-9 stuffed animals that the kids had laying about in the house. LOL! I had quite a pile going on the island. LOL!

We got settled a bit before Mike and the kids came home. Once they did, Alex and Katie LOVED Honey, but Meaghan was scared of her. Honey was good and laid down as the kids were bouncing around, excited and all. Alex was bouncing off the walls yelling MOMMY!!!! HONEY!!!!! After everyone got in and settled down a bit, I took Honey out for her break and at the snow she was all excited and wanting to run around, so after she did her business I took her out the the back yard and let her loose. Oh man, the dog ran like a maniac for a good 5 minutes. ! Then she found one of the toys we'd had for Lisa and Yogi, two smaller tennis balls attached together with webbing loops between them. She grabbed it and was running back and forth tossing it up in the air, throwing it around and such. She was having a blast playing. I let her play for a good 15 minutes or so and then came back in.

We did pizza for dinner and Honey did great, had her lay down and stay to keep her from trying to get the food. After dinner, the kids played and eventually settled down and pet her and stuff. Meaghan pretty much stayed on the couch with me wanting to be close. She seems to have warmed up to Honey quite a bit, but is still was still pretty reserved about her. We got the kids ready for bed and then went in the living room and Mike and I talked and caught up on things. Honey was good and just sprawled out on the floor and snoozed. I took her out for her last break at 8:30 which she's done awesome and there's not been any change in her breaking habits, and she came back in and we were good for the night. We headed to bed about 10, as both of us were wiped and tired. We folded up the old quilt we had used on our bed, which she immediately curled up on it. She did jump up on the bed once during the night, but I told her OFF, and made her get down, so she went and laid back down on the blanket peacefully. Mike set the alarm for 6am, which is what our (Honey and I) routine had been, and when it and the tv came on, Honey hopped up and came up to me and was nudging me needing to go out and knowing it was time to get up as per routine.

So I got up and got dressed and took her out, which she quickly did her business, even in the snow we got last night and we came back in. The girls were then up and I made some breakfast. After breakfast, we got the kids changed and dressed to get ready for me to go to the Disabilities Support group meeting yesterday morning.

We took off for there and quickly realized we really need to clean the van out! LOL! Honey was doing a pretty good job of it for us, getting little peices of old french fries, peices of food and so forth. Oops, didnt even think about it. LOL! But she laid down in front of the second row seat and had her head between Mike and my seats.

We got to the church and she was under my feet for the whole meeting. Took her harness off to meet friends and she liked that. Then we rode the disabilities van home about 12:30.

Got home and took her out for break since it was late for her. Gave her some water and she conked out and snoozed as I ate lunch and watched some TV with Mike while the kids were napping. Honey found one of the kids microfiber blankets and curled up on that. :) The kids one by one got up and with the first one, she came to me, so I knew one was up. :) Praised her big for that. :)

Then we got the kids some snacks and got ready to go to church. Again, loaded up in the van and kept a hold of Honey's leash this time to keep her from roving the van liek she did before. LOL! We got there and I took Katie's hand and we walked in. Got a lot of wide eyes from the kids in the nursery area but parents kept a hold of them. Got the kids checked in and I headed up towards the I center to get my large print bulletin, but only got about half way before running into someone I knew well. I had her sit and took her harness off so they could pet her and another one of the ministers came up and gave her lots of loving too. :) Then another lady and her daughter came up as well as another older kid came up and asked if she could pet her as well. Since she asked I let her and then after a couple of minutes, I told her ok, I need to get on into the service, so I need to put her harness back on and she needs to work. And thanked her for asking first. :)

So we went on our way and headed on in, and WOW, I could go on in and get a seat, as I normally have to have Mike help me get to a seat, since I can't see the greatest with the change of lighting that there is. It's much more dimly lit in the sanctuary area as to the lobby area that has LOTS of windows and naturally lit. So I landed on an aisle seat and had her lay down and stay. I just simply dropped the leash and put my foot on it when we stood up to during singing. She was a perfect angel, actually laid down and snoozed. :)

Then after the sermon, Mike was a server for communion and the offering, so he ducked out of the row and she didnt move. Then after it's all been passed out, one of the elders of the church will come up front and everyone partakes of the communion in unison. It happened to be Wilbur, whom I'd gone to KY with this last year on a mission trip. He's been following everything about getting Honey and asking a lot, and had commented that I'd probably have more of a problem keeping HIM off the dog when it got here. LOL! But he scanned the seats and as soon as he saw her laying there, he got the biggest grin on his face from ear to ear. :) Then after service let out, he was at my side before I even had the chance to stand up. LOL! He said he was so happy for me and congrats. :)

Honey was good as people walked past and we talked with several others who have been following and praying for us too, so took her harness off again for her to meet them. Which she LOVED of course. :) Then we headed out and to the fellowship hall to see another friend who was working the small group booth for our group. Said HI there and then took off for home. Honey did well, as I had Meaghan's hand as we walked out and it was indeed fully dark by this point. We followed Mike for the most part and then when we went to cross the island/sidewalk to get to the parking lot, Honey was pretty adament about following the sidewalk down instead of going into the street. So I let her take the lead there, as it was in the right direction, and then when we stepped off the curb, I told her to "Find the van!" and she took off in a B-line straight for the van and Mike, who had just got there. Which surprised me because other than the two rides in it, I'd not really taught her the van yet. :)

So we head on home and grabbed taco bell on the way home since we didn't have any thing planned or out and ready. Ate dinner and got the kids to bed. Honey just lounged around enjoying herself being a snooze hound. :)

Thursday- A day of OVERLOAD for me. :( continued

So everyone in the class loads up on the bus and I'll be honest. I'm super nervous and really was becoming uptight about it. I said a small Prayer, We get there and unload, then we all had to harness up our dogs and some want one way and others went the opposite direction. I was super tight, s my arm was loos but my back felt super tight from being tense. I took a deep breath and continued on.

We for the most part had a super smooth walk, where I had a couple of trips from not picking up my feet, but she did awesome bringing me back to the middle of the sidewalk, and completely around things. She continues to amaze me over and over with her eagerness to learn and to get from point A to B. But I was in tears from fear most of the the walk, and then by the time I completed my walk. I think by this point, I'd hit my breaking point of a sleeping schedule gone awry, deeply missing my kids and Mike, the stresses of the traffic checks and bouncing back and forth trying to be in the right place, talking on the phone with my puppy walker, as well as knowing I was flying out tomorrow.

So we make our round and Mike S had encouraged me when he passed me on the walk, he came on the bus to see if I was OK after, and I said well I'm here. I just couldn't stop the tears as my face was buried in Honey's fur and stroking her soft chest telling her good dog for such and awesome, awesome job. I finally was able to stifle most of the tears, but by golly the head ache and sore eyes were still raging. Everyone finished up their walks and we headed back to the foundation and still, I was having a hard time keeping from gushing. We got back and went out and breaked the dogs and then came back to the room. I had such a headache and was so worked up that I was feeling sick at my stomach. I talked with mike for a few on IM and then I laid down for a bit, falling asleep for about an hour. I then woke up and got up and packed up most of my suitcase and stuff to be ready to go. and then have tried to type up this post, but as I"m sitting here typing, I keep falling asleep and dozing off . Then I'll wake up, and I think I'm finally going to make it to finishing it at 2am! LOL!

So I'm putting down the laptop and going to crawl under the covers and put on my alarm clock and then wait for it to go off at 6am.

Night all!

Thursday- A day of OVERLOAD for me. :(

Today we got up and I was definitely moving slow this morning. I feel about as sleep deprived as when having a baby getting up in the night, though Honey hasn't been getting me up. My sleeping habits are all screwy, I'm not in my own bed, and since things are super accelerated, things are getting hairy.

We started off the morning running late, as I was in the shower still when they called for break, but thankfully I take a pretty quick shower anymore. So they were knocking on the door about 7:10, making sure I was up, which I was just sitting down to put on my shoes, then jacket to head out with Honey for break.

At breakfast, Mike Sargent informed us that the Destiny team and Honey and I would be doing of curb work, have our id photos taken, I would talk with Honey's Puppy Walker, the Night walk, our vet checks, group and class photos and that he needed to go over the alarm clock with me. So I head back to our room and leisurely go my stuff together and brush my teeth, thinking we were working separately from the group. Next thing I know, someone is knocking on my door, and it's Destiny's handler saying that Mike decided that we are to ride with the class on the bus, so ACK! That meant I had to get my butt in gear and get out to the gathering lounge to get ready and board. So we did and we head out and get on the bus.

Destiny's handler and I both hang out on the bus until we are called for our turn to work the dogs. We unload and break the dogs and harness up. We head off down the street and at the first down curb, Mike has me make a street crossing and about half way across, all of a sudden, here comes this car buzzing up and screeching it's breaks in front of us. Honey stopped and blocked like a charm, I then realized it was a GDF employee and bent down to praise Honey, but Mike tells me to go forward and not pet her in the street. So we get up to the curb and he then explains that you don't ever pet the dog in the street for two reasons. 1. if you bend over, and the vehicle is still right there close to you, you can bonk your head on it. 2. you are still in the street and if petting the dog as praise, you are distracting the dog from watching traffic. So get to the curb, then hugely praise up he dog. He also explained that this is the only time the dog is allowed to blow the curb, since they are most likely pretty rattled.

So then Destiny and her handler came through. We continued on, going about 4-5 blocks, in which at each intersection they did a different type of traffic check of the car coming at you. Man you talk about pretty unnerving to hear those breaks screeching and seeing that car coming at you. But Honey was perfect, stopped me in great time at times body blocking a bit. So we worked our way back and our poor dogs crashed hard on the van, as they were definitely working hard this morning! Our hearts were pumping pretty good from the adrenaline as well!

So then we came back for lunch, ate and then the Destiny team and Honey & I went downstairs to the grooming room to have our id pictures taken. After this, we went with Lisa to do off curb work, there on Fifty Acres Drive, right outside the dormitory. We worked doing left side off curb work going down the street, down the hill and to the dead end. We then worked our way back up and coming back the way we'd come, doing right side off curb work, back to the foundation. Honey continued to show here excellence, hugging the curb tightly both ways and finding the straight right around the parked vehicle as well.

We came in from the off curb work to find Donny and Mike Sargent looking for us, as the vet and the rest of the class was waiting on us. So we rush to our rooms to drop our coats and harnesses and then rush to the Leather Lounge. The vet examines our dogs and Honey is on the thinner side of a lean, healthy working dog. She'd be OK to gain a couple of pounds more, but not much more than that. Her ears were immaculate and her coat clean and soft and shiny. All was good and she got a good bill of health for her health certificate to fly home tomorrow. :) Then Dr. Cavello (sp?) talked with us about weight, the dogs vaccinations, heart worm and flea preventatives, and so forth. She then took off and we were told that next up was the class individual and group photos.

So I ran back to the room and changed into my rugby shirt and headed back to the leather lounge. They swapped out our training harnesses, giving us our new and fancy matching harness handles. :) Then then took each of us outside to get our "formal" portrait of us and our dog. Then they took all 12 of us outside and lined us up for the class photo. sheesh you talk about chilly out there and a sight of everyone trying have their dogs sit still and look towards the camera! LOL! These pictures are supposed to go up on the GDF website sometime soon.

After photos, we fed, watered, and breaked our dogs at 4:30. Then we came in and went to dinner. After dinner, we took the dogs immediately to the break area and hen proceeded the camera.