Really. Though I suppose those of you out there getting snow in the South aren’t convinced of the fact that snow is pretty.
We’ve had a busy few days here in Michigan, starting Thursday when Aunt G. died through yesterday, the day of her funeral. In between the family things we needed to attend to I also took Katie to a couple hours of advanced dog obedience, where we worked on stuff needed to compete in obedience. She was off the wall and not very focused, the result of days inside with none of us around to practice with. But we did get to do a typical obedience run off leash which was very fun. And we got to do some jumps because they are included in higher level Rally, and Katie LOVES to jump. She came home and went to sleep. Two hours of being on your toes apparently exhausts a typical sheltie girl.
We had some snow too…though nothing in comparison to what some of you are enduring now. Our snow on Saturday was very pretty, soft white flakes floating slowly down while the sun was coming up. It was beautiful and for once we didn’t mind seeing it because we know that the snow season is almost over. Well we think so anyway. Katie was like a puppy, trying to catch all the snowflakes in her mouth. I told her she couldn’t catch them all, but she sure wanted to.
I also had to work quite a bit during these past few days, the result of not being scheduled for four days in a row! So I didn’t get to go to everything Aunt G’s family planned, but I did spend most of Sunday at the funeral home with my husband, Aunt V. and Uncle W., the two surviving siblings of my husband’s mother’s large family. It was nice to see distant relatives but I wish we were meeting under happier circumstances. Isn’t that always the way, we just don’t take time for family things until there’s a crisis. We should try harder, don’t you think, to get together for famility events that don’t involve funerals?
Katie and I hope those of you with lots of snow (we hate to tell you, we have none on the ground except where we have been piling it up all winter) are digging out and getting back to normal. But don’t you agree that snow really is pretty? 🙂
Change Is Hard 
March 3, 2009 at 8:54 am
I agree snow is pretty, and I really love watching the dogs play and romp in the snow. It is the ice I could do without!
Glad you got to spend some time with your husband’s family. We tend to forget that we are not here forever, and it takes a funeral to “shock us” into realizing that we should find a way to connect with our families, especially those who live at a distance. I typically only see mine at weddings and funerals! Sad.
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March 3, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Well, mom thinks snow is pretty in the beginning of winter but by March no snow is pretty to her!
Glad you got to go to some of the family events for Aunt G. It is sad but true that families don’t get together more often …..
Has Katie already learned to retrieve a dumbbell? Mom has been struggling to get me to at least hold a dumbbell – I will hold it for probably 15 seconds now (up from 0-1 sec. and still under much duress) after working on it for a year! We could kind of get through all the novice stuff but no way are we ready for open exercises.
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March 3, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I think snow is just lovely. But then I has only seen it once.
That rally-O stuff sounds fun. Glad Katie had a good time.
~lickies, Ludo
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March 4, 2009 at 7:23 am
I guess I was thinking regular obedience and not rally – sorry. There’s no dumbbell in rally – don’t panic!
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March 4, 2009 at 3:52 pm
We think your snow is beautiful 🙂 But we’ve never seen snow in real life, haha.
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March 6, 2009 at 8:07 am
Snow is pretty when it is falling or when it first falls, but once it gets all the sand and road grime in it, it’s just yucky mush. I am with Ricky’s mom on this one….enough is enough and it’s time for spring!!!
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