Basset Hound Picnic

Today was the Helping Hands Basset Hound Rescue's Family Picnic. They had all sorts of fun events that Annie didnt want to participate in, but we did watch and enjoy.



The biggest hit of the day was the Snasage Toss, which surprisingly Annie didnt participate in either, she was too busy just walking around.







There was a costume contest which only a few dressed up, got a picture of "Harley Dog" and his crew. There was also basset musical chairs, which was pretty funny, basically the parent couldnt sit down until the basset sat down first. But the basset that won only won because he sat down and wouldnt get back up, so he was blocking the pathway and the game had to end :)





Annie had all sorts of fun as you can tell by the pictures, Jaska even had a good time surrounding by bassets. They were exhausted on the way home and slept the entire trip.

Pecan Update

So I said in my blog from earlier today that I probably kept about 75 pecans and threw away 75 more. I am not very good at guessing quantities evidently because as I washed them off I went ahead and counted them and had 198 sitting on my kitchen counter. So that means I probably threw away close to 200 and still have a ton in my front yard!!!

The Puppies

I wanted to post some new pictures of the puppies for everyone. I tried to get them to sit down together but had no luck. They really arent puppies anymore, but I will keep calling them that anyway. If you look closely at Annie's face you will see she has all sorts of gray hairs, she is becoming a grumpy little old lady. Tomorrow we are going to a basset hound rescue picnic (we are bringing jaska along as well), so I will have some pics of that which should be pretty funny.

Backyard Adventures

Ian and I have been to finally pay attention to our huge backyard and have discovered some neat little treasures.

Ian found a bright green lizard hanging out on our deck and managed to get a few pics before it ran away. We have also seen some really big black lizard thats probably 6 inches long that I guess hides in the slits in our brick, but I saw him just chillin on our deck, I tried to grab the camera because he was impressive, but he was gone when I turned around. But below are pics of "ian's lizard"





Today I went pecan hunting in our yard. Our neighbor has a huge pecan tree that extends into our front and backyard. I went out to fill a hole jaska had made trying to get the kitty next door and discovered there were tons of pecans. I tried to pick up as many as I could find (but gave up after about 45 minutes since I could have kept going for hours). I threw away any that had large cracks in them (afraid the bugs got in) and kept all the nice ones to sample and keep for mom. I probably have about 75 and probably threw away about 75 and I would guess there are probably another 50 or so still in the front yard. I am gonna go pecan hunting every weekend to try and keep them from getting out of control as summer approches.

Grand Hyatt San Antonio

I got to help attempt to open the new Grand Hyatt San Antonio last week, they were supposed to open over 3 weeks ago, were behind (as usual) but they are the headquarters for the Final 4, so had to open up over the weekend, so they called in everyone they could for help. I went to help for 2 days, each day being about 26 hours of working (manual labor) and 4 hours of riding on a bus. Needless to say it was a long few days, luckily I had off the next 3 days or I dont think I would have made it. We spent 2 days cleaning up a hotel that was still a construction zone (yes, it was pretty pointless) but it was fun to get away from the office and experience a hotel opening. I have heard many horror stories but didnt quite believe them, well let me tell you, after only 2 days, I will never open a hotel :)

The fun thing is that a large group of helpers managed to get bronchitis, and not realize it was that bad because everyones throat hurt and was itchy, but we all thought it was just the dust we inhaled for 2 days (or more). Luckily I was ONLY just sick for 5 days, but that still wasnt fun. I spent all day on Ians birthday and our 3 day weekend (which we never get) alseep or grumpy because I felt like crap.

Anyway, I thought I would attach some pictures of the hotel, when it is done it will be beautiful, but right now people are sleeping in rooms without bathroom sinks and constructions workers all over the hotel. We got to wear hard hats, too bad we didnt have a camera, we looked pretty stupid, but we had fun.

So enjoy the pictures and take my word for it, if you ever end up working for a hotel, make sure it is open before you get hired on, and never volunteer to help open it, unless of course you are crazy!!