Not to rush the year, but....

We are waiting on Christmas.. Already!

We emailed with Jim, a WA breeder of Boykin's in Eatonville and he is going to breed his female with Earl and pups will be ready around Christmas. Earl is a Boykin that came from back east and is a great hunting/working dog down in OR that has video posted on YouTube. Derek and I have been very impressed with Earl and are super excited that we will be getting a puppy out of this dog!

We will get pick of the litter as well, which is AWESOME. I wish the timing was a little better, but we cannot be too picky on the con's because there are far too many pros to this situation, particularly since there are so few breeders in our area. So Merry Christmas to us!!! lol

Something else we are waiting on is a yeah/neay from our lender. See our lender took bailout money and because of this they have to offer to us an option of getting a Loan Modification on our current mortgage. We filled out all the paperwork and sent it in, we'll know in 10 days or less what the status is of our eligibility. We could really use the relief on the mortgage, basically the program lowers your interest rate and locks you into a new 30 year loan. NO FEES WHATSOEVER! If we do not qualify (not sure why we wouldnt) but anyways, if we dont get this program, we have been talking recently about options again. I want to stay, there are so many cool things I want to do to our place but it's tough being maxed out on your loan.

We havent ridden again since this past weekend, wanted to give Red some time to be sure he was not still sore, Derek was amazed yesterday at just how much Edgar is now shedding! I had warned him that within days of being wormed he would start dropping his hair rapidly and I dont think he believed me! lol He does now..

Derek cooked us a traditional (well probably Americanized or Safewayized version) of an Irish Meal, Corned Beef and carrots and potatoes and cabbage. Well we boiled the shit out of it, the potatoes were mush, the cabbage resembled nothing like cabbage, the carrots were alright and the flavor of the beef was okay, but OMG the fat on that beef was just gross! We both finished our meal feeling like AGGHH.. The meet was very bizarre there was soooo much fat in it.. We decided that our first traditional Irish meal would be our last traditional Irish meal! As we lay in bed disgusted with our meal, we concluded that next year our St Patty's Day dinner will be a big fat bowl of Lucky Charms! mmmmm.....