He was a Good Boy.

I left him alone in my house for the first time today for 4 hours while I went to church.  He was so good.  He didn't touch anything.  Yay for finding an excellent dog!

Meet Harley

 Anyone who really knows me, knows that I have wanted a dog for a long time.  When my family got a dog (after I had moved out), I would go home just to visit the dog.  Sometimes I get lonely and many times I have thought about getting a dog.  Typically, I realized that I was too busy, lived somewhere that would not allow pets, or just overall needed to take care of myself and not a dog.  I have been looking at dogs online of the past few weeks.  I felt like I really wanted to get one.  I was looking at rescue website and the animal human society website.  There are so many dogs out there who are older that need homes and many more people who want puppies, so I decided to go with an older dog.
Last night, since I didn't have any big plans that evening (I rarely do), I headed out to do errands and thought I would run over to the Animal Human Society here in Golden Valley (a neighboring city).  I walked in and was in love with so many of the dogs.  There was the cutest American Bulldog there.  She reminded me of "Return to Me".  I love that movie, but the dog had so much energy and was chewing like crazy on my hand.  I thought, this dog will chew up my house.  I kept coming back to this sweet black lab.  Who would gently come up to the front of his kennel and sit patients will you scratched behind his ears.  I took him into a visitation room and he just wanted to cuddle or play fetch with a tennis ball.  He was so sweet.  I knew that he just needed to come home with me.  So, I came out the Animal Human Society the owner or a sweet boy.
His name is Harley.  All that I really know about him is that he is a lab mix.  He came here to MN on a puppy train.  That means that another shelter in Alabama had too many animals, so they brought many of them up here to MN.  I was told he came with a group of 59 other dogs.  I guess that means he might be a University of Alabama fan, "Roll Tide," right Will?  I was a little worried about how he would handle all of the construction and things without homes in my house, but he has been a champion.  He only plays with the toys that I bought for him.  I got him a crate, which he refuses to get into.  He slept the night on my couch.  He can't go up my stairs, they are too slippery and steep.  This means that he will be living on the main floor.  The picture above shows a line where is gentle guide leash rubbed against the hair under his eyes.

 The following is the list of stuff I have figured out (I decided that if parents can do this for their kids, I can do it for my dog):

• He doesn't bark at anything (I don't even know if he can bark)
• He only eats and drinks if I am not in the kitchen where the bowls are at
• He only sleeps on the couch
• He is social, he loves other dogs and children
• He is overweight.  He needs to lose about 15 pounds
• He knows sit, stay, go, up
• He loves his walks...although they end up more like runs
• He loves, loves, loves to be scratched and petted
• He loves to fetch tennis balls.  He brings them back, but he gets so excited that sometimes it is difficult to get it out of his mouth
• He has one little twinkle toe (it is golden)
• He has an ear infection that I am treating with antibiotics
• He is very calm.  He does not jump up on people or counters.
• So far no accidents in the house, although I don't know how he tells me that he needs to go outside.
• He enjoys watching people out the windows, but mostly just follows me around.

•  He has lovely brown eyes

And here is a photo of his extra weight.  I guess I don't get to sit on the couch anymore. 

Oh Yeah And...

The shower doesn't drain properly.  I have showered in it once and had to turn the water off four times so that it wouldn't overflow.  Hope I can get that fixed soon. Plus, the inside of the shower never dries.  How do I fix that problem?  I left the bathroom fan on for hours.  Days later the base of the shower is still wet. I would love suggestions.

Um, What?

Remember the freezer that would not open?  Well, I carefully removed the molding so that I had full access to the freezer.  It stayed that way for about a week.  I brought some questions to the service HD about the measurements that were done and why the freezer didn't have enough room.  The builders came out and replaced some cabinet doors that were painted a little funky.  They were supposed to be checking out my options for the molding around the door.  When I came home from work I saw that the molding had been placed back around the door frame.  I just started to laugh.  Once again...I have no access to the freezer.  This was last week.  I have to admit, I haven't taken the molding off again.  The idea is just exhausting.  So, once again I look at the freezer and think....hhhmmm.  I will put that off for another day.

This week was not a great weight week.  On Saturday I had spent 10.5 hours in the yard.  That is equivalent to 3000 kcalories in one day.  It didn't help.  I gained 1 pound.  Oh well, I didn't really eat junk, but I know that with big workouts I tend to gain weight (weird).

Shower Power

 For all of the impatient readers...here is the shower.  If I post everything now, there won't be anything to talk about for the next few weeks.  A girl can only get so many things completed.  Here is the shower from standing in my bedroom.  The lettuce green walls are not so overpowering without the overhead light on, but they are still going to be going soon.  I was going to do it this weekend and then I decided that I should do outside work.  Winter is on its way and when it is here I will have plenty of time inside to complete painting projects, and other little indoor tasks.

This is a look from inside the bathroom.  There is not a ton of room in the room to get a decent pic.  Yep, once again it has a yellow tint.  It is a mixture of the light in the bathroom and my camera.  You get the gist though....clear glass (cheaper), but quality glass and frame.  It was much better than what I had in there and couldn't get lined up.  I have lived and "maybe" I have learned not to attempt showers.  I make no promises though.  I still have this idea that I could do it.  It was the money that I would have to put into it before I got it right that was actually holding me back.