My First Trip to See Pickleball by Roxy

Today, Karen was off work and her and Gerard took me along with them to Elmwood Park in Independence where they play Pickleball.  I was not interested in the game at all, but I sure enjoyed meeting their friends who said I was a gorgeous dog.  One guy (Bob) said I reminded him of his first dog, a Husky/Shepherd mix.  Gerard and Karen took turns playing while one stayed with me.  Bob volunteered to walk me around too so Karen and Gerard could both play at the same time!  I loved walking around such a pretty wide open place.

While walking with Karen, we found a nice big bowl right by a drinking fountain near the ball fields that I got a drink from.  We also found a poop bag box so Karen pulled out a couple just in case, but I didn't have to make poopers while I was there.  It was a very nice day, sunny with a gentle breeze and only around 70 degrees the whole time I was there.  Part of the time I just sat near the bench getting pet up by different people and some of the time I laid in the shade near the picnic bench.

I saw a big field with a fence all around it and some dogs were running around inside.  I sure hope one day I'll be able to do that!  It's a very pretty park as you can see from these pics Karen took as we were leaving.

Gerard and Roxy heading back to the car

Fence is around the ballfield and some let their dogs run loose inside.

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5 Things I Learned This Week of 2009--Part 26

New Blog Discovered

While on Facebook, I was inviting some new friends to follow my blogs and noticed a list of related blogs that I started to visit. I found a very interesting one about Christianity by a Pastor that is called The Church Of No People. It is a pretty popular blog. I'm guessing because it has great posts that are funny and that make you think.

Our New Dog, Abby

I learned Abby loves the park. Here's a link to a video we took of our first time going there. Abby's Trip To The Park. I was so happy to see both our cats waiting for us like usual when we got home. Of course, Abby put it on her blog too at Zemek's Updates (Abby-Woof, Woof section) and wrote all about it.

Abby likes the treat called "Better Than Ears." It's a soft and chewy pig ear alternative that is 50% lower in fat than regular pig ears. She gobbled one up in less than a minute so I didn't even have time to get my camera to take her picture eating. These were the smoky bacon flavor. A co-worker got them for her. It was a very nice surprise for Abby.

I have learned how to teach my dog some basic commands by reading How To Speak Dog by Sarah Whitehead. Abby catches on fast and does real well until distractions come (Gerard or other dogs).

Driving in Ohio

Ohio is the 17th state to adopt the law that if you drive with your windshield wipers on, you have to also turn on your headlights.

A Fun Labor Day!

We are both on vacation this week and Labor Day was very fun! We played tennis early which is my best time of the day at the neighborhood courts. When we played there on Sunday, I won 6-4 and Gerard won 6-2! I was very thirsty, hot, and getting hungry so really couldn't focus and grew frustrated as I got more behind, which I'm not used to. I just wanted the games to go quick so if Gerard got ahead, I just enjoyed banging the ball and didn't care if it went out or not. Once it got stuck high in the chain link fence, I hit it so hard. It was actually pretty funny, but Gerard didn't want to win that way so we postponed the third set until the next day and ordered our pizza for lunch. Monday, when we played, I won 6-1.

After tennis, we went to Elmwood park and relaxed on the swing by Elmwood Pond in Independence, Ohio. We used to go here often before we were married. I took a book along and we enjoyed some time on the swing. The Ohio State shirt Gerard is wearing was found at the neighborhood tennis court when we were picking up all the litter left by the basketball players on Sunday. No one was there but us so he took it.


Next we moved on to play Boccie Ball. This is a fun, easy game that only takes two people or you can play with four or six and have teams. The idea is simply to roll a hard ball down the Boccie ball court and try to get your ball closer than your opponent to the little white target ball. The one farthest from the white ball goes first with the next throw. I beat Gerard at this too, but sometimes he will beat me. It was very fun because when he though he had a great position, I would still get my ball in and top it! (I had the blue balls, Gerard the red.)



We brought along our Ohio State checker game and a sheet to cover the table to play some checkers which Gerard is best at. This is the one game he can consistently win. He won the first game but I managed to win the second one. The tie-breaker he won so that was good he won something!

It was a very nice day and later I finally made it to the computer to do my Entrecard drops AND play some pogo too!