Feb. 17-23, 2019

Weather | 2/17, 0.07" moisture, 23°, 29° | 2/18, 21°, 29° | 2/19, 17°, 31° | 2/20, 0.02" moisture, 28°, 36° | 2/21, 20°, 37° | 2/22, 20°, 42° | 2/23, 0.77" rain, 31°, 41° |

• Sunday (2/17): I sold a complete dog training package (three six-week sessions) to a woman with a 5-year old golden doodle (Golden Retriever and poodle mix) who took her dog to training at Petco 5 years ago, wasn't impressed, and left after 3 weeks. I said I hoped she had a different opinion about Petco dog training after working with me and in the middle of the class, she said, "Oh, you're already much better." That was nice. The 2 other dogs in this 2 PM class are a chorkie (chihuahua/yorkie mix) and a shar pei/boxer mix...basically a pile of mutts.
• Monday (2/18): Mary saw a sharpshin hawk while walking the dogs. I did dog training to Cupcake, a fast-growing yellow lab, and Freyja, a dog the owners think is a German Shepherd/Doberman mix, but I think is a Kelpie, an Australian cattle dog. Shane, my boss, is on vacation this week. He and his wife took the train to Chicago and are going to tour the big aquarium there. He left a note in the office not to bug him. Of course, Mary texted him over some frivolous thing, he answered her text, then reminded her what the note said. She told me that if he wasn't on vacation, she would have quit this morning...if only! She is a pain in the ass who never does her job and skips work all of the time. She missed her shift on Sunday.
• Tuesday (2/19): We cut firewood.
• Wednesday (2/20): Mary made a cherry pie and baked a turkey for my 62nd birthday. We ordered garden seeds. I ordered a heat gun and heat shrink connectors, using up monies sent by Mom for my birthday.