Cookies!

This past weekend Swing and the boys and I hooked up with our friend Sallie for what may turn out to be an annual event... Christmas cookie/goodie baking!  Now I hope Sallie forgives me for revealing this, but she's not an early riser so unlike "marathon baking" at my sisters, we didn't get started until after 10am (at my sisters you start around 6:30 am!).  Sand Tarts were first to go in the oven since I had prepared the dough the night before and we had to wait for Brad to finish the grocery store run (he was put on notice that he may have to make a run, or two, to pick up missed items).  Before I go any further, this was the first time we had tackled holiday cookie baking, so the wheel was far from greased to perfection.  We got off to a slow beginning but before we knew it we had two types of dough setting up in the fridge, one batch of cookies done, Heath Bars and fudge well on their way and that was all by early afternoon!  The dogs entertained themselves (Swing thinks Sam the shorthair  is quite the man, I'll have to get pictures of them playing for a future blog entry) and pretty much stayed out of our way.  Very few cookies were broken, the old hand held mixer made it through some intense dough mixing (those old Sunbeam mixers, they can take some abuse!), and no human or dog was hurt in the process so I'd say it was a success!  We are ready to do it again (right Sallie?), maybe sooner than later!  :-)

Since the last entry I have noticed that Swing has gone through another growth spurt and Howard reports the same with Hank.  Must be the 6 month jump or something like that.  Howard and I wonder if there isn't some mountain goat in our pups background (or maybe some distant relative was part of a circus act or perhaps a gymnast) since one of their favorite things to do is perch on top of the couch or lazy boy.  I have even caught Swing sprawled out across the top of the couch like a cat!  She's the first Weim that I've owned that does that and she cracks me up every time I turn around from sitting at this computer and see her perched.  Pictures will follow!

I have received updates from a couple of  you and will post them this weekend.  But if you have more to tell us please drop Swing and I a note, with pictures, and I'll pass the update along.  For now you'll have to be happy with this somewhat boring post, with no pictures.