And they’ve finally restored my account. Argh.

No, I still don’t know what happened exactly. I got that original message about the economy. *scratches head* And then I got some messages about them resetting my password and about unauthorized access to my account. Swell. Not sure what they decided in the end but then they sent me the forms I had to fill out and FAX back in order to restore my account.

Oh, and 2 of my characters are GONE. Thank goodness, not my highest level pally. But my druid that I was leveling up is gone! Bastads!

It will be 4-6 weeks before I hear from OFA, but Lizzie’s x-rays looked very good! The vet’s opinion was a very strong Good rating, and he has seen a lotta hips and a lotta corgi hips. OFA rating aside, I trust his thoughts and he was very positive about her x-rays.

I heard from her breeder that her sister’s hips also looked great.

Check one off the list. Now to find a darn CERF clinic somewhere.

Tomorrow we trek to Nashville to the best OFA vet in the area. I like him because he talks everything over with me…he was great when I had Leo’s hips done. So fingers crossed for Lizzie Lou!

Blizzard put my account on 72-hour suspension for “Character(s) on this account were found to be used for intended exploitation of the World of Warcraft economy.”

W.T.F. I honestly have NO idea what I did??!! And I just hit level 40 too. Argh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080804/od_nm/athletics_lithuania_dc_1

Not my favorite. But not horrible either.

My Lizzie girl turned 2! On July 25th. *smacks forehead* Yes, I am a bad dog mom. I have enough trouble remembering the kids’ birthdays, let alone the dogs. LOL My favorite little snuggly girl is growing up. Although from her staid and mellow approach to life, she has kind of always seemed “grown up”.

Fingers crossed, she has an OFA appointment in a couple of weeks.

Also a happy (less) belated birthday to Leo and his siblings. I can’t believe they are 3! And conversely to Lizzie, no matter what his age I’m quite sure that Leo will always seem like a puppy. ) We miss that boy!

Well I’ve been waiting until I had the pictures in order to do a post, but most of you have probably already heard that LIZZIE IS FINISHED! Yay! And I thought it was a really lovely way to do it, too. She was Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite Sex over 2 specials. It was either 4 or 5 points, but need to count to know for sure. The judge, Melanie Williams, had some really lovely things to say about her. I mentioned to her that she had seen Lizzie before, and she got a slightly worried look on her face and asked…”Did I do anything for her then?” I told her that she had put her up over a special for BOB and she laughed, saying “Well at least I’m consistent!”. Indeed.

Melanie put a relatively unknown dog up for BOB, a Harry P son that Sherri Hurst bred. Sherri herself was showing Powell for Lisa, and much to Sherri and Lisa’s horror, Powell hadn’t been exercised before the ring and, well…couldn’t hold it! He peed a river right during his go-around. He did get a Group 2 on Friday though, in front of all the Animal Planet cameras. So look for that to air in October, he looked great and I understand that they interviewed Sherri about him too so there might be some extra features.

Here are some photos that Heidi (thank you!!) snapped while we were in the ring on Saturday. No, my legs aren’t really that splotchy or weird looking…I am going to believe that it was simply the low lighting.

Look at that front
Some other Open Bitches
Winners Dog & Winners Bitch

Her finishing picture. Sigh. I don’t think I’m going to like it that well…we’ll see.

Heidi and I have been in Houston for 2 days. Man is it HOT here…but at least it’s not raining like it did last year! Yesterday was the regional specialty, with supported entries the rest of the days.

Heidi has done quite well with pretty boy Rush, winning Reserve 2 days in a row. She pushed hard for WD today, too. Not too bad for a baby puppy! Even the sweeps judge who for some reason put Rush 3rd of 3 yesterday, came over today and was giving many compliments to Heidi about him. *scratches head* I’m trying to decide if she just didn’t remember him, or…? Heidi however wussed out and didn’t say anything to the judge along the lines of, “Well you did see him yesterday!” LOL

Lizzard has been 2nd in her class of 6 both days. Yesterday the bitch who was 1st ended up going WB. Maybe tomorrow will be our day.

I don’t have software to resize pictures on this computer, but here’s a couple that Heidi snapped in the ring today: