Up awake!

I am just coming out of a looong winter's nap... or so it feels.  

Spring has sprung.  The daffodils are blooming (time to plant potatoes and peas!) and the pussy willows have sprouted. We had a fantastic spring break and a really nice Easter.  One day I woke up and the winter haze of tiredness and mental drudgery cleared.  Yea!

Our cute dog Paisley is pregnant.  We bred her with a white poodle. We are anxiously expecting Goldendoodle puppies mid-May!

I have spent a lot of time working on our Goldendoodle web site.  It takes me twice as long as it should as I try to learn the new programs. 

I've been busy re-reading some of my favorite training articles and including links to them on the site's web pages.  Clicker training is a thought process that has influenced my perspective in everything from parenting and relationships to how I get the dishes done.  I find behavior modification fascinating! In my next life I will totally be a B.F. Skinner groupie.   

I have lots of family stuff to write about now that my brain is starting to clear out the winter cobwebs. Jenna and I have been cooking our way through a new cookbook, I used a computer program to draw up all the landscaping plans for the back yard and Jackson is a crazy, ladder-climbing,  three-baths-a-day toddler! Among other things...

For now, check out a post I wrote a post about teaching Paisley to 'come' when called.