Hard to believe the weekend is over already!
First of all, happy mother's day to all the mother's on my friends list. I hope you had a lovely day!
It was a hard one at times for me, and especially for my mom, as it's the first one without Grandma. She went out to Rome this morning and put periwinkles on her grave. Periwinkle was always a joke with my grandmother -- it was one of her favourite colours and she loved to tell everyone about how her outfits were not blue...they were PERIWINKLE blue. For some reason, it always made us laugh.
This weekend Dahlia had the first "test" of her Canine Good Citizen status. We had a gig at this place called Kellish Farms. It was on an actual farm in a semi-converted barn. It was a really odd sort of place and the woman who runs it (and owns it) seems a bit unhinged. After every performance she gets up and makes some big announcement in a voice that can only be described as the female Bobcat Goldwait's and she goes on and on and starts getting all weepy. She is an odd woman.
At any rate, last week I had written about bringing Dahlia. We were supposed to have session (which ended up being canceled in the long run) and then the gig in the evening with little time between the two. I didn't like the thought of leaving Dahlia home from basically 1:30pm to 9pm. The decision was either she goes with us to the gig or I don't perform.
I got permission to bring Dahlia because she was a CGC and friendly and well-behaved. Well, Dahlia passed with flying colours! She met almost everyone there. She was quite popular. People kept coming over and petting her and ooing and ahhing over her temperament and soft fur. One woman said she reminded her of her deceased dog. Everyone was impressed. When it came time to go on we decided that, instead of leaving her with a friend to watch her, we'd just bring her on stage with us. She did amazingly well there. She laid at my feet the entire time, completely relaxed. I saw a lot of people pointing at her during the performance and a couple people who came in while we were on stage didn't even notice her until she moved.
When someone pulled out a camera to take pictures of us though, she immediately stuck her head up and no doubt struck a pose. Silly girl.
After the gig, more people wanted to meet her. Several people asked how many performances she had been on stage with us for and were amazed that it was her first time. Overall, I'd say she was a great advocate for dogs!
Today we had my parents over the apartment for the first time. Sad, I know. But the place has been SUCH a mess. We've been awful at keeping it clean and then about a month ago we just got sick of it, cleaned the whole place, and have actually managed to keep it pretty neat for a whole month! Amazing. My parents were pretty impressed with our humble abode. It really is a large apartment (bedroom, two studies, a huge living room, dining room, and kitchen) and we've furnished it nicely with a lot of antiques and a ton of books. I think it looks quite nice, if I do say so myself.
They're also quite impressed with Dahlia. My Dad is certainly taken with her and both my Mom and Dad were into giving her little bits of dinner (and pie crust...lol). She rolled over for them and soaked up all the love.
I made dinner -- chicken parmesan and my folks were amazed that I cooked it! David followed it up with a lovely coconut custard pie. All together it was a lovely meal and it was nice to have them over for a couple hours.
It was a hard one at times for me, and especially for my mom, as it's the first one without Grandma. She went out to Rome this morning and put periwinkles on her grave. Periwinkle was always a joke with my grandmother -- it was one of her favourite colours and she loved to tell everyone about how her outfits were not blue...they were PERIWINKLE blue. For some reason, it always made us laugh.
This weekend Dahlia had the first "test" of her Canine Good Citizen status. We had a gig at this place called Kellish Farms. It was on an actual farm in a semi-converted barn. It was a really odd sort of place and the woman who runs it (and owns it) seems a bit unhinged. After every performance she gets up and makes some big announcement in a voice that can only be described as the female Bobcat Goldwait's and she goes on and on and starts getting all weepy. She is an odd woman.
At any rate, last week I had written about bringing Dahlia. We were supposed to have session (which ended up being canceled in the long run) and then the gig in the evening with little time between the two. I didn't like the thought of leaving Dahlia home from basically 1:30pm to 9pm. The decision was either she goes with us to the gig or I don't perform.
I got permission to bring Dahlia because she was a CGC and friendly and well-behaved. Well, Dahlia passed with flying colours! She met almost everyone there. She was quite popular. People kept coming over and petting her and ooing and ahhing over her temperament and soft fur. One woman said she reminded her of her deceased dog. Everyone was impressed. When it came time to go on we decided that, instead of leaving her with a friend to watch her, we'd just bring her on stage with us. She did amazingly well there. She laid at my feet the entire time, completely relaxed. I saw a lot of people pointing at her during the performance and a couple people who came in while we were on stage didn't even notice her until she moved.
When someone pulled out a camera to take pictures of us though, she immediately stuck her head up and no doubt struck a pose. Silly girl.
After the gig, more people wanted to meet her. Several people asked how many performances she had been on stage with us for and were amazed that it was her first time. Overall, I'd say she was a great advocate for dogs!
Today we had my parents over the apartment for the first time. Sad, I know. But the place has been SUCH a mess. We've been awful at keeping it clean and then about a month ago we just got sick of it, cleaned the whole place, and have actually managed to keep it pretty neat for a whole month! Amazing. My parents were pretty impressed with our humble abode. It really is a large apartment (bedroom, two studies, a huge living room, dining room, and kitchen) and we've furnished it nicely with a lot of antiques and a ton of books. I think it looks quite nice, if I do say so myself.
They're also quite impressed with Dahlia. My Dad is certainly taken with her and both my Mom and Dad were into giving her little bits of dinner (and pie crust...lol). She rolled over for them and soaked up all the love.
I made dinner -- chicken parmesan and my folks were amazed that I cooked it! David followed it up with a lovely coconut custard pie. All together it was a lovely meal and it was nice to have them over for a couple hours.