Working Backward

I will work backward to update the latest interesting and not-so-interesting happenings.

The water was not draining out of my dishwasher and so I looked online for information on this. One good web site gave a lot of possible reasons and instructions for evaluating each possibility. The first suggestion was to disconnect and clean out the drain hose. I did not particularly enjoy learning how to do that on Wednesday. But it seems to have done the trick. After disconnecting, flushing out with the hose (no obvious junk came out), and reconnecting, the water has been draining just fine.

The dishwasher was and still is sounding a little bit funny - so I am wondering if I might have to get a new one soon. If so then I am tempted to get all new stainless appliances. Not sure how that will look in my kitchen but if I change the cabinet knobs from gold to silver then it might be okay.

This is the end of our Spring Break week. Classes start back up on Monday.

Hiatus

I took an unplanned hiatus from blogging because raising the new kid to be a good boy - with another dog in the house - has been more demanding than I had anticipated. So - with this first blog back - I wish a very happy belated birthday to a number of friends who have turned a year older in the past month or so.

So, Happy belated Birthday to:

Austin & Jesse & Leda on Feb. 10
cannot believe they are 22!
and college seniors!
have known them since they were 7!

&

Kim on Feb. 10
Cheryl on Feb. 16
Ian on March 3
Laura on March 10
Tom on March 14
Nancy on March 20

Kid Pics

Runners Blog

I wonder if blogging about running will help me run more or at least more consistently. I was running every single day of the new year until I got Bodhi. Since then I have not been very consistent and both Maddie and I are missing it. This morning I ran in a Mesilla Valley Track Club event with Ed - the Super Bowl Fun Run. It is a trail run up Geothermal Road and there are 5k and 10k events. We both did the 5k this time but I have done the 10k in the past. It is a tough run with lots of little hills and lots of soft sand. I may try to make this the beginning of a new running streak. We will have to wait and see. I was glad I went this morning because I saw a number of people that I know or have met in the past - Shannon and Mary & Eddie and Jules & Kate and John.

It is a small world after all. John is one of my neighbors and I met Shannon through Team in Training which was coached by Kris. I first met Jules & Kate at a party at the house of Kris & Steve. I have since met them again at a party thrown by Kevin & Lisa and another party thrown by Mary & Eddie. I met Kevin & Lisa through Ed. I was introduced to Mary by Steve after the marathon last year that Shannon and I and Steve did - and Kris coached. Steve and Mary and I spent the several few post-marathon hours at the finish line drinking beer instead of drinking water or stretching or showering or napping. What fun. I met Eddie when Mary invited me to a party at their house a week or so after the marathon. Ed met Eddie through a friend of his who is a colleague of Eddie. I am intrigued by the small worldness of life in this town.

Puppy Games

Some of the puppy games we play:

Potty outside like a big girl/boy

Fetch like a retriever

Tugs and kisses

I do not bite you - Why do you bite me

Baby Book

This blog is turning out to serve as a baby book for Bodhi.

Thanks to the stranger friends who said the nice things about the doggies yesterday.

When Maddie was little I started calling her Maddie Pookins.

Bodhi still has his puppy fangs and was climbing on me the other day to give me some love with his fangs bared. I have started calling him Bodhi Monster.

I wonder if I am gender stereotying them already.

Bodhi also has a rasta name - Bodhi Mon.

I know what it looks like when a girl dog squats to pee but I am still getting used to what a boy dog looks like - so I can be effective at house training. Not sure if all boy dogs stand this way but Bodhi stands like a telemark skiier - one leg in front of the other with bent knees and ankles. Will try to get a picture.

Pics of the Day