A Flurry of Posts, Part 2: Date Night, Round 1

Even though Lianna and I have been quite busy, we've still managed to spend some good, quality time together. One of which times was when we went to the Rockies game. Neither of us are hard core Rockies fans like the majority of my family, but we still enjoyed ourselves quite a bit. We even partook more fully in the experience by buying the ridiculously expensive food that the game, but boy was it good (and unhealthy)!

We also had GREAT seats, which significantly added to the fun of the experience. We were sitting 15 rows behind the 3rd base dug out, which made it seem like we were really in the game. Here are a few pics that we got, using a simple point-and-shoot camera:

So, with that said, we had a great time! Thanks Love, for the great memory.

A flurry of Blog Posts: Teo's First Bath

So recently Lianna and I have been doing blog-worth things a lot, but neither of us have had the time to blog about them. As a result, our list of things about which we need to blog has been growing at an alarming rate. So, now that things have calmed down for me a bit, I'm going to start. Be ready for lots of posts in rapid succession!

Teo's First Bath:
Now, we've had Teo for nearly two months, but please don't think we haven't bathed him until now. This picture was quite some time ago! Over all, he handled it quite nicely. There was the occasional shake-drying that dogs do which thoroughly soaked everything around him. Luckily I was able to contain most of it with the shower curtain. Isn't he cute?

Vet Knows Best!

So we were a little worried that Teo seemed to be losing weight, and not gaining any back (Naturally being lost, then being confined to the Denver Dumb Friends League, which is a humane pound for 3 weeks would make one lose weight) But Teo seemed to not be able to gain it back, no matter how much we fed him. So I've been stopping by the Vet clinic every week or so to weight him on their scale in the front of the office. This time, the vet came out to see how he was doing. When I asked him what he thought Teo was, he said, "Well, the first thing people are going to think is that hes part German Shepherd. But I don't think so... he's got a short face." So, the vet said he thought he was part Shiba, part Australian Kelpie. Upon googling both breeds, I think he was right, and that we've finally come to a verdict: Shiba-Keplie. Here are pics of an Australian Kelpie:

note the ears... and another Kelpie: Then a Shiba Inu: Note the Tail... Both combined gives us... TEO!

Two peas in a pod

My sister, Debbie aka the Yoat (inside joke that has lasted years), came to stay with us for a week in transit from London back to California.

All I have to say is Hooray for Sisters! I could compose poetry about that special relationship...

As friends we're two peas in a pod

our humor's decidedly odd

but closeness is best

we sisters attest

so visits we'll ever applaud

I thought a limerick would be appropriate, due to her recent visit to Ireland. It's also about the extent of my poetic genius.

It was fun, we hung out, we laughed, we played with our dog, we scrapbooked her trip to Europe - which is definitely a primarily female indeavor - and ate good food, including gourmet cheese she brought back from good old England. Good Times!

(sorry, no pix... just imagine two dark haired half Chinese girls giggling about Shakespeare..)

Cleverly Disguised

We are officially one of those people whose animal has taken over their home.

We got a dog kennel big enough for Teo to move around in, which he is much more comfortable in, but it's larger than our dining room table.

I tried to disguise it with a blanket and some decor.... but I'm afraid it's still pretty obvious.

Any ideas to make it more presentable? Criteria 1: he has to be able to see out of part of the kennel. Criteria 2: the Top of the kennel can't support more than maybe 10 lbs of weight total, or it may fold on itself. Criteria 3: Teo likes to chew things that hang down in his vision range. We are teaching him not to so i MAY be able to extend the reach of the blanket to hang over the edge.

PS. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Quillen! Our wall will soon have balancing art.

The Coolest Movie Ever?

So I don't know if any of you are excited about the upcoming movie by M. Knight Shyamalan, but I sure am, and it has excellent potential to be the greatest movie ever... even greater than Stargate. Here's the trailer in all its sweetness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMoGFeMmhKA

Its based off of a Nickelodeon cartoon( I know, Nickelodeon... for real?) But yes, the cartoon rocks with great humor, solid action, and in depth character development. You can stream the complete series (3 total) from Netflix. I highly recommend it.

Correction...

So, we originally thought that Teo was a German Shepherd/Australian mix. However, when we were up on our hike at Devil's Head, we saw a dog that looked a lot like Teo, and it was neither a German Shepherd nor Australian Cattle Dog. We are convinced that his is Shiba Inu, not full blood, of course. He may still be part Shiba. Check out a pure bred Shiba Inu:

And here is a picture of our cute Teo. You can see the dots of blond above the eyes, the legs, and chest area are all blond. He even has the cute ears. So, what do you all think? What breed/mix do you think he is?