Overcompensation

We had another busy weekend which means great things for the aesthetics of our home, but terrible things for the psyche of our dog. Ms. Olive was relegated to the five feet of front yard that her leash allowed her and she was none too happy.

Today, out of guilt for having neglected her for essentially the last month, I decided to give her full reign of the house while we were at work (and yes, you may read this as me taking full responsibility - Josh was decidedly against the idea).

Her first time out of the kennel, almost like a child's first day of kindergarten! Only, if Ollie had been my child at her first day of kindergarten, I would have gotten nasty calls from the teacher about her behavior...the kindergarten equivalent of which would have been destruction of the teacher's desk. The equivalent in the dog and home scenario? Ollie ate our couch.

Now, please, somebody share a story equal in horror to make me feel better about this sad situation.

RIP pretty brown couch.

Our first trip to Bend was...

Truly awesome! And we only spent night! Ollie had a fantastic time in the snow - mostly because I forgot my ski pants so i was stuck in the parking lot with her while everyone else hit the slopes! but it was ok, i got some fantastic pictures of her being a snow dog :) we rented darling bungalows from lavabelles (if you haven't stayed in one of their historic homes or bungalows, check them out! great accomodations, good prices, dog friendly, free passes to mcmenamins, fantastic locations!... http://www.lavabelles.com/), had thai food, then martinis, then mcmenamins beer, then mcmenamins wine back at the bungalows. Chuck and Outhai are fabulous travel buddies! Sunday morning we relaxed over our huge beer samplers at Cascades Lakes Brewery then hit the waterfront for a walk with Ollie. The drive back, Josh let me snooze and that finished out a perfect, though short, weekend with good friends!

Check our all our good times and a great video of Ollie at http://picasaweb.google.com/jsuttong/Bend

What should we do next time we have a night to spend in Bend???