we’ve been practicing our traveling skills as of late.
lots of little trips to the city. preparing for our upcoming 30 hour drive.
Sadly, none of the trips involved me picking up my faucet or range hood. 
our new outside dog. please drive carefully.
This guy’s been causing us a lot of grief lately (but we love him).
One day last week… we got home, and as usual, went to let Sam out of his kennel. He wasn’t there, but the kennel was closed. After a quick mental check to recall if we actually even put him there in the first place, we scoured the house. There was a little little to no destruction anywhere. We went up stairs and laughed. The poor dog had worked so hard to get out of his kennel… just to get himself stuck in another…. he had closed the bathroom door behind him and was trapped inside. 
Keep in mind… he’s only 8 months old… a puppy.
All the towels were pulled off of the hooks on the door, the shampoo was squirted all over the window sill, the little container of pony tail holders was behind the toilet, the contents of the garbage can were everywhere, and the water was on.
And that my friends is how Sam became an outside dog.
He was usually outside all day anyway, so that transition wasn’t too hard. We started by keeping him in his kennel in the garage at night… and then worked up to being outside 24/7. I liked that Libby wasn’t alone outside anymore.
Problem.
Sam chases cars.
Big problem.
Our two other dogs before Libby were run over because they chased cars.
So, we kept him in the kennel (in the garage) when there wasn’t anyone home. No chasing.
I can home a couple days ago, opened the garage and the kennel was empty again.
Jail break. (This time user error. The side unlatched at the top when we moved the kennel to slide it in between some furniture to keep the door closed).
So.
This unfortunately means we can’t leave him at home while we’re on holidays and have to pay to have him at a kennel. And then when we get back we’ll have to work on training him.
(This morning I held him back till Derek was down the driveway (1/4 miles away) and then let him go. He still went after them and almost caught up with them at the highway (1 mile away). 
Yah).
Any suggestions? Anyone else had a dog who chased vehicles?
photo printing neglect.
I haven’t printed out my photos in a long time (I still have some from last March that need to get done!). Birthdays, trips to Grand Forks, new puppy, Christmas, first day of school… tons. I just hate having to resize them all before I print them. And the uploading. Oh my goodness… that takes forever. I was hoping to get some done earlier for the online crop this weekend, but better late than never. At least I’ll be caught up before I have a ton of vacation pictures to edit.
I came across these from our trip to Florida last year (our last day at Old Town) as I was resizing them this morning.
The kids are all about the General Lee on Car Cruise nights…
… and the arcade all the other days…
And I fell in love with this red wall.
Can’t wait to get back there.
But today I’ll put on mukluks, coat, scarf and mitts instead.
Have a great weekend everyone (and join us over at the MSS online crop if you feel like getting your scrappy on).
sweet
i love how he displays our family picture in his truck. out in the open and secured with a clip from my scrapbooking stash.
it may or may not be right beside a picture of his old truck. i’m just saying.
weekly challenge 2.
Thanks to everyone who played along last week.
This weeks challenge…
Split your journaling into two sections.
This layout was made with the March kit (which will be out tomorrow).
If you’re enjoying these challenges, there’ll be lots more this weekend during the MSS online crop!
If you’re playing along feel free to leave a link in the comment section.
by Marcy
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