1. Minnie had a make up gymnastics class, and it was a freaking TREAT to watch her in the gym 2 days in one week. SHE GETS SO SWEATY. SHE LISTENS SO CAREFULLY. She wears a leotard-- everything is awesome. Also! Dance started back up again, so I got to watch jazz and acro, too-- darling!
(She bailed on her acro class though-- just DID NOT WANT to do it. I switched her into ballet, which screws up our schedule, but she is really really excited about it, and she can start class just in time to learn the recital dance, so I think it is going to work out ok **crosses fingers**)
Note: she takes gymnastics on Saturday mornings, but as dance and dive heats up, we have had to do a few make up classes on weeknights, and holy cats was it crowded! Also, I do not have the stamina to squeeze more kindergarten activities into the school week-- yeesh! Minnie told me she would like to take class on Saturdays and Mondays, but I just do not think I can make it happen.
2. I made cookies every day, one batch at a time, and they were excellent except for a batch with oatmeal that were just not sweet enough. I squeezed them into my afternoons, made a few batches after I put Minnie to bed, and even whipped them up in the middle of the morning craziness. I think I have mastered the Tollhouse cookie recipe and can make like Elsa and let it go. (I even made a bunch to take to my TA meetings)
3. I LOVE a cold morning run. On Thursday, it was only TEN when Annabel and I went out, and we were the only people (or dogs) around. Everything was cold and quiet and sparkly, and we loved it. There is something so delightful about being sweaty and also cold. 9I wore long underwear-- top and bottom-- plus a thermal long sleeved T, plus sweats, plus slipper socks, plus a hoodie, plus a NorthFace fleece and also a hat and gloves (duh).
4. Dorothy and Cooper and I had a Tuesday night movie night with popcorn, and M&Ms and (most of) People We Meet on Vacation (Liked the book; loved the movie).
5. Harry and I went on the most random Target run and then!
When we got home, I took Annabel for a walk and brought her in and had a snack. Midway through my snack, I heard her crunching on something in the laundry room and assumed it was a toy of Minnie's or something, so I got up to take it away and found her eating HALF OF A RABBIT. A RABBIT YOU GUYS. THE LEGS WERE HANGING OUT OF HER MOUTH. IT WAS SO BIG. HOW DID SHE BRING IT IN WITHOUT ME NOTICING???? SHE WAS EATING A ROTTING FLATTENED BUNNY MY GOD.
Harry and I screamed a lot and shut her in the laundry room WHERE WE COULD HEAR HER EATING IT while we figured out a plan (that included FaceTiming Ben who laughed until he cried when we showed him the dog who was SO PROUD with the bunny in her mouth.)
We used steak (prepped ahead for tacos!) to get her to drop it and lure her away. Then Harry picked it up with a snow shovel (almost flung it across the living room OMFG) and threw it outside. Then I bleached the ever loving fuck out of the laundry room rug and also mopped the floor with bleach and gave her tons of water and 2 toothbrush treats and a major bath (her dirty little bunny eating face and paws-- so gross!).
It was pretty hilarious. The other kids all loved the story, and we have started singing the Talking Heads song Psycho Killer to her (even though the bunny was already dead).
Bunny half on shovel: not pictured. YOU ARE WELCOME.
Oh god, I have, unfortunately, had similar experiences. There was one frozen half-eaten jackrabbit in Calgary the first winter we got Rex that I would rather forget. And out here in the sticks, there are all sorts of things that Rex has snacked on, most notably, a deer carcass. Sarah, you haven't lived until you've cleaned up dog vomit that has pieces of deer with fur still attached. Hopefully she didn't ingest too much. Dogs! So fuzzy and so cute and also apparently are wolves.
ReplyDeleteAhhh we had a similar incident the other day when I let Charlie out in the fenced-in backyard unleashed (it's a decent sized yard with several landscaped areas). It's not the best option for him unless the ground is snow covered, because he does like to EAT WEIRD STUFF. Well I went back to get him, he was laying in the middle of the yard eating a big SOMETHING that from a distance looked a lot like part of an animal or a dead bird! I ran to grab beef sticks which sometimes can lure him in, but he was uninterested and seemed to gulp down whatever it was before Asher ran out to try to get it from him.... ewww..... Why are they so cute and cuddly and also so gross?!
ReplyDeleteThose chocolate chip cookies look divine!
ReplyDeleteI had a cat that would bring us voles with alarming regularity- some dead, some otherwise. The worse was when she brought a bird in the house , which was just stunned, so it started flapping and writhing. Husband got that one outside. Dog walking -took neighbors ' dog for a walk- I thought it had a short stubby stick it found in some bushes- nope, petrified squirrel. That was awful.
The psycho killer song with Annabel's adorable fluffiness is so good. I'm planning to watch People We Meet on Vacation with a friend--I can't wait to see it! I really liked the book, but I'm glad to hear you liked the movie even better.
ReplyDeleteNo no no no no no no no no no no. This is one of my worst fears that Doggo will find something disgusting to snack on and we will not have steak on hand to lure her away. Nooooooooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteEwwwwwwwwwwww! This is the WORST part about having pets -- the potential for bringing murdered (or live!) creatures into the house. NO THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteOMG that story is horrifying!!! Aren't you glad you weren't home all alone??? And, I'm laughing at Annabel's new nickname- yes, one look at her and you think "Psycho Killer" lol!
ReplyDeleteGah those cookies look amazing!
I WOULD DIE. DIE! Harry is a true hero. Annabel is...a dog, I guess. WHY ARE DOGS SO GROSS SOMETIMES? (Hannah is the reason I know about two deer carcasses in the local park that are in different stages of decomp and I would NEVER KNOW about them if it weren't for MY GROSS DOG.)
ReplyDeleteThose cookies all look so yummy! My brother had a Jack Russell Terrier that constantly killed and brought home animals. Once a mother bunny and some of her babies. Best was when she killed and dragged a raccoon twice her size to their deck.
ReplyDeleteI cannot even with Annabel. OH MY GOODNESS. I would freak out so badly, Sarah. I am amazed at how well you two handled it. UGH!!!!
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look amazing and now I am headed to the kitchen to raid the pantry for a snack :)
Thank you for not including the bunny photo! I remember my childhood dog found a dead fish once. She didn’t try to eat it, she threw herself down and rolled in it. SO SMELLY.
ReplyDeleteOh, we watched People We Meet on Vacation the other day, it was cute! It wasn’t what I expected given the title, but I liked it nonetheless. Never read the book.
DeleteOh man, thanks for not showing us the "half bunny"... do dogs not lose their hunting instinct when they're fed regularly. Did she really need a bunny as a snack? LOL
ReplyDeleteThey do not! Lucy had the stupidest proudest prance going on when she bagged a bird. And once we were in the hot tub and she cornered a mouse just outside the hot tub and... never mind lol.
DeleteEEEK Minnie. NOOOOO Annabelle. The worst Lucy has ever done is come back with half a big dead bird in her mouth, but that was at someone else's cottage, NOT IN THE HOUSE.
ReplyDeleteYou a better woman than I am to go running in the cold. No thanks. I love Minnie's interest in the dancing classes, but how on earth are you gonna add something into your schedule. That bunny story is so funny. And gross. Obviously. But it did make me laugh out loud. Bleaching the everlasting . . . out of the laundry room. Yes. And I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR AN APRIL VISIT. Let's count on that.
ReplyDeleteI would not have imagined Annabelle as a Psycho Killer and imagine I would have fainted like a proper Victorian Lady. I can definitely imagine the screaming! What's the plan going forward? Constant vigilance?
ReplyDeleteI was randomly thinking yesterday (while not reading your blog--nothing weird about this at all) how much Minnie must adore Dorothy to love dance so much, you know?
If you could have SEEN MY FACE while I was reading the rabbit story. OMG. ANNABEL! Why must our pets be disgusting sometimes? Gah!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me about People We Meet on Vacation. It's one of my least-favorite EH books but I think the movie could be better in this case.