Crochet Me Crazy

We've been enjoying "dog sitting" this week for our neighbor since last Thursday. Our neighbor has two big dogs he keeps in the house and we've been going over to feed them and checking up on them. We decided to try our hand and taking them out on a walk and boy was that fun! Once we did that, the dogs really bonded with us! We ended up taking them out 3 times while our neighbor was gone but we quit calling it us "taking them for a walk"...it was more like they took US "on a drag!" Whew! A month of that and I'd be very skinny!!! LOL! I was amazed at their strength! Michael would put on his roller blades and hold the one that was a little easier to handle....he would pull Michael right along!! I would come home sweating profusely! Time for a swim then!

We had a nice quiet evening tonight. Jeff left for San Antonio and we sent away the neighborhood kids today. Michael and Alison wanted to spend some time playing alone together and they have been getting along great today. They swam and played around the pool this afternoon, then we went on our dog walk, now they are playing a game on the computer together. It was a nice change of pace...sometimes I think they feel a bit "put upon" and need a break from the kids in the neighborhood. It seems like someone is ALWAYS at the door! I'm glad they have friends but Michael doesn't really "need" someone to play with all the time. He has his own little things he does and is perfectly content to play on his own. When Michael decided to include Alison, everything works out great.

I think we are going to REALLY enjoy the pool and deck Jeff put up. He is not completely finished with the deck but it is finished enough to use. The weather has been really warm (high 80's) the past few days so they have really been using it alot. I don't have near as many kids in my house now, which is good. Now I have "towel" issues to deal with. How many towels can a kid use in one day? I've about decided I need to just get some extra bathing suits at the thrift store in sizes 6-10....someone is always needing a bathing suit! Oh well...all this will pass and I'm sure I'll miss it when it does.

Well, I started crocheting something with curling ribbon the other day! It's slow going because it's a little difficult to work with and its harder on the hands so I have to take breaks. I'm making sort of a tote bag. The curling ribbon will make for a very sturdy, waterproof type bag. I'll try to get some pictures of it soon.