another puppy-filled weekend :-)

this past weekend, we welcomed skeena back into our home. she was our first puppy-sit at 11 weeks of age. and now at 4 months old, she was a bundle of a bit more energy. i knew she would be trouble when i found her sitting on my drivers seat, and then at home when she decided my couch would be a good place to rest :P

on friday night, we went to montana's for dinner to celebrate melanie's 26th birthday. skeena was a bit excited by all the smells and people around her and just wouldn't settle down :P of course, when she finally decided it was time to lie down, she decided the middle of the pathway would be ideal...silly girl!

i've gotten used to the idea of being late. i'm usually a very punctual person, but having a puppy kind of throws it all out the window. we were supposed to be at the vancouver library at 10 a.m. on saturday for the "dog days at the library", but we were running 1/2 hour late :P when we finally got there, skeena and leon were VERY excited to see each other. leon was so excited in fact that he couldn't stop lunging for skeena and barking HELLO to her :-) we hung out for an hour, because i had other things to do in the afternoon.

after being up for many hours in the morning, i left skeena at home to sleep while i went shopping at the gourmet warehouse with sandra. i bought a bunch of baking stuff that i need for the cookie exchange in december. unfortunately i have to go back this weekend to return a strainer i bought....i forgot that i had previously bought one at the bay (or cookworks). oh well. i was disappointed to find that they don't sell very many appliances - i was hoping to buy an ice cream maker :-) i know cookworks and another store at metrotown have the exact same maker, for the same price. now i'm hoping chris will buy it for me for christmas......HINT, HINT, hon!

since i was down near clark, i stopped at fujiya to grab some yummy lunch.....gyoza, chicken karaage and a spicy tuna roll. unfortunately my meal was interrupted at home by the light fixture falling down. i definitely did panic when that happened, especially since skeena was so excited to be out of her kennel, and didn't want to be put back in :P i was so frazzled by the afternoon, that i thought i should stay home for the rest of the day, but we had miguel's 30th birthday party to attend. so off we went to hippo's for dinner. skeena was very well-behaved and went right to sleep.

on sunday chris was supposed to go to work, but after sleeping in he decided to stay home :-) so the 3 of us did absolutely nothing! i did drag skeena out in the pouring rain so we could watch the v-ball crew.

skeena accompanied me to work on monday. she might be going through an identity crisis now because everyone kept saying "hi, leon!", since he spent 3 days with me before. she was a big hit, and enjoyed lots of playtime with my co-workers.

i can definitely see the growth of these puppies, not just physically. they're awake for longer periods of time, and are more willing to get up on their own. in the past week they all learned to shake hands, so skeena was very excited to meet ppl. i think she shook renee's hand at least 20 times :P the only time i saw skeena hesitate was getting into the elevators at work. i'm not sure why they freaked her out, since we go up and down the elevators at home dozens of times a day.

when i took her back on monday night, she was very excited to see her siblings. the sad part was seeing fraser in a kennel by himself - he seems to have caught a bug, and his samples were sent to the vet for analyzing, so for now he's in solitary confinement :( poor guy, he kept whining as the other 3 played together. leon also seemed to be out of sorts, being stuck in a new kennel with 2 girls! he marked his territory at least 6 times inside, and then another 3 times outside.

and now i'm looking forward to a puppy-free weekend, and i hope to get lots of chores done, since i'm sure i'll have another rugrat the following weekend. pads is supposed to have a display booth at a bay location to sell their 2007 calendars.