Brooke and Mark » Puppies

Winter, already?

mark — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:06:31 +0000

Since the last time I posted was about how it was summer I’m a little shocked that this post is about how it’s winter! Well it’s fall, but it’s very cold out and no snow. So, what have we been up to since the last post? A quick recap for those who haven’t been paying attention:

Brooke graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Technical Management.
She’s thinking about getting her PMP.
Brooke got a new Honda CR-V with all wheel drive so no more getting stuck in the snow.
Brooke turned 27 or so and I think each one is getting a little harder to admit to.

Mark is still in school with four more classes to go.
He took the fall semester off and if Brooke wouldn’t make him do it, he’d never go back to school as it’s a waste of his time in his opinion.
He’s been busy helping Mike with race4myplace.com, working on his own creation crowdrent.com, talking about continued help with gauto.com, coming up with new ideas.
Mark got a Honda Civic which is affectionately known as the vomit comet since Max gets car sick and it’s not all wheel drive so it should be a fun winter.
Mark is officially a full-time teleworker so we’ll see how that goes.
Mark turned 31 and really couldn’t care less. I think 31 was harder than 30.
Crowd Rent did it’s first transaction and I made my first three dollars in business. Doesn’t make me rich, just happy.
Mark is a serial “wantrepreneur“ but has yet to quit his job and make a fortune on any of the many ideas floating around his head.

Our puppies are a year old and entertaining as always.
We still live in the same house now just passing the two year mark. Longest I’ve ever lived in one spot since I’ve lived on my own.
Our company, CH2M Hill sold our division, EMS, to Golden Gate Capital and we’re now called Critigen.
We’re going to the southern Caribbean this winter for a week.

Oh, and it’s winter again. It has snowed, it’s been literally freezing, never over 32F/0C all day yesterday, lather, rinse, repeat.

Birthdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirstay

mark — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:25:12 +0000

The title has no relevance to the post but I’m listening to the Notorious B.I.G. Discography and think it’s the best line in Juicy. Anyway, ever had the snot in your nose freeze as soon as you go outside? Doubtful as most of our readers are family in Phoenix! They know all about the smell of burning flesh when you get in your car. So it’s 1 degree today. It stopped snowing but it never really started. It wanted to snow for the last 24 hours but we ended up with like 3 inches. I was out sweeping it off (shovels are for suckers) and my snot was frozen. I think I was about to get frost bite in the hands since I didn’t take gloves. Sweat pants, slippers, and a snowboarding jacket. Even the puppies wanted to go inside. I took them in about 2 minutes after they came out. It seems like just yesterday we had our AC units installed but so long ago at the same time!

Your moment of puppy zen

mark — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:01:39 +0000

Max empties the water bowl to play with it instead of drink it.

Puppies

mark — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:40:52 +0000

So, Brooke and I were going to get a teacup Yorkie from a neighbor who’s dog had puppies. He was adorable, Brooke had him as her wallpaper on two computers, we’d named him, and we were going to pick him up after we got back from Puerto Vallarta. Well, something happened and the whole thing fell through. It turns out it was for the best. Yorkies are needy and we can’t give them enough time. So we were still talking about puppies we went to the pet store. There we found two Shih Tzus, a male and female four days apart. They are about three months old now.

Brooke played with her, she was lazy and boring. She played with him and he ran laps around her for 10 minutes. We put them both together and it was love at first sight. While we bought them and all the supplies they need, they spent an hour rolling around and playing. They were both exhausted.

So, we now have Max and Zoey. Max is the brown one while Zoey is mainly white. They went to the vet yesterday and got a jillion dollars worth of shots and we’re taking them back in three weeks. They are getting good at going outside and have had only a few accidents. She’s a pro, he’s catching on. They’re in a pen at home to keep them in one place and not going on everything but eventually we’ll let them out to have free reign. I got up at 2:30 to let them out this morning and I’m going home at lunch to let them out. They’re a ton of fun, a lot of work, and even more expensive but they are so cute it’s worth it.

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