sleepy must-keep-active dog

when we got tatum we worried that we wouldn't be able to keep up with her energy. our weekends began revolving around making sure she got enough exercise and enough errand trips. however, we soon realized either we are more active than we thought, or wheaten's don't take quite as much exercise as they warned us. saturday paul took tatum to the dog park while i went birthday/fabric shopping. he said she was a wild woman. ran from one end to the other. jumped over picnic tables in a single bound. jumped over other park goers in a single bound. danced in the water bowl (i could go with out that little trick). so when she came home, she was EXHAUSTED. didn't even ask to go out for the rest of the day. but it was a beautiful weekend out and i wanted to enjoy it. so sunday we went down to boulder and went hiking up mt sanitas. we were told it was an off-leash area but only if your dog has been certified in the county as a see & sight dog, which means they stay RIGHT next to you and obey your commands no matter what playful dog is coming or going their way. tatum is not quite there but we're getting closer. we climbed up, and i mean UP. it was straight up. but her cute little fanny was jumping up those rocks 5 at a time. rocks as big as she was. and her fluffy little self just climbed and climbed like a slinky going backwards on speed. so when we got home and had bath #2 for the weekend...she crashed. and didn't move again. she'd prefer to stay right here for the rest of the week: doesn't it look like she's saying "please tell me it's monday and you guys are going back to work!"

and speaking of monday and going back to work, this morning begins my first week of reduced hours. i couldn't be more excited. i now work from 10-5:30 with an hour lunch. i will only work 32 hours a week instead of 40. ahhh....i'm going to do some laundry, the dishes, wii hula-hoop, watch some tv, maybe quilt, then on to work. i am loving it!