Junie B
I wanted to share the photo Leslie just received from June’s Select Bitch win at Nashville a couple weeks ago…not a bad photo of the girl. Not a perfect stack, but hair makes a big difference! Unfortunately, I’ve heard that she has now started to drop her lovely coat again… just in time for Nationals. This win for June was just shy of a major, boo! Way to go Leslie! 
Nash was RWD the day before, but we only showed one day. With all the stuff to get ready for moving I’ve hardly had time to enter any shows…his CH will very likely just have to wait until after we are in Colorado. He has decided to nekkid himself as well. In fact the only dog in my house with hair so far is (knock on wood) Lizzie! I plan to show her in breed at Nationals this year, which will be the first time since she was a puppy that she’ll actually have hair for that show LOL. Nash is entered in Bred-By but I’m wondering what I can do to help him manufacture hair in the next week.
Move plans are coming along. We have figured out where the kids will be going to school/preschool next year, which is a huge weight off of my mind! Our move is being scheduled for the last week of May. It is looking likely that our Alabama house will not have sold before we move, which is a bummer, but we really need to go ahead and get out there so that the kids can get settled before regular school starts. We still need to sell so many things, that is my next project…clearing out the house!
The Big Announcement
Posted by admin in Uncategorized, life on February 23, 2011
I work with my husband. Â I know some people are amazed by that and/or think we’re crazy, but it works out pretty well for us really. Â He’s actually my boss! Â Anyway, the point of talking about that is because he’s a partial owner of the company we work for. Â And said company is based in Denver. Â Up until now, it has worked out OK to have the rest of the executives in Denver, while Dave, me, and most of the other developers are here in Huntsville. Â But times, they are a-changin. Â As the company grows the pressure for us to relocate the development center there has grown also. Â We’ve resisted the pressure for a while, but with several things happening this year, it has become too much. Â Dave also wants to be there to help the company grow and be a part of its (hopeful) success!
So the upshot of all that is that WE ARE MOVING BACK TO DENVER! Â It’s bittersweet, of course…we leave a lot of wonderful family and friends behind in Huntsville, and move further away from the rest of Dave’s family and my own family. Â Now that the shock has worn off, however, I’m trying to focus on the positive and am getting excited about moving near some of our old friends again. Â Oh and did I mention…we bought a house?
Now, we just have to sell our house in Alabama. Â The plan is to move this summer so that the kids have some time to get settled before school starts. Â Obviously this announcement isn’t a huge surprise for some of my Facebook friends, as I made a comment about it on there a few weeks ago. Â I then had to delete the comment, because I realized (well, was reminded) that some of the other developers for our company were my FB friends, and the company was still deciding what to do with the office here so wanted to keep it quiet until all the decisions had been made. Â WHOOPS.
A little about the house – it’s a wonderful, fully restored 20’s bungalow about 5 minutes west of downtown. Â We’re a little tired of suburban living (which is, to be fair, safe but fairly boring) and are going to try a more urban environment. Â Of course that means smaller house, smaller yard, closer neighbors, etc. Â Those are the downfalls…the plus side is that we’re just a few blocks away from Highland Square, a cute little neighborhood shopping/eating area. Â And a few blocks walk from Charlie’s new elementary school, which we visited and were very pleased about. Â And a nice park in the other direction. Â You get the picture…it’s right in the middle of everything. Â A HUGE change! Â Oh, and we have to sell off about 1600 sq feet worth of furniture in order to fit into the new house. Â So if you’re looking for something, let me know…
No, I’m not dead
Just immersed in a busy, busy hell of sorts.  I’ll post more updates later this week! Unfortunately I was so sad to miss the puppy party yesterday at Janet’s house!
For today, though, we actually had a day to just enjoy. Beautiful weather…65 & sunny. A reminder that spring here will come early (as does summer) and be wonderous. Also, sneezy.    We were playing in the front yard with the kids and since Nash is a great listener, he got to come out and hang out with us. So proud and happy with who this puppy is becoming as he grows up!
Future soccer star?
Handsome, very dirty boy. And he had a bath this morning before rolling around in the grass!
Happy boy
I included this just because I couldn't believe how much dead grass he picked up LOL. Also, he loves Dave 
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Playing fetch with Charlie
See? Handsome.
His flashy side.
Updates and things
Happy Holidays to everyone! Â We’ve been VERY busy here…I went back to work more full-time in October and with Christmas shopping etc, it’s been a little crazy! Â I love Christmas though, and it’s been fun this year trying to come up with great gifts for the kids and family. Â Probably the best idea we’ve had came from Dave, for our 3 year old Jack:
2010 Hess Truck with motion-activated Jet
I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a HUGE HIT with Jack LOL. Â He loves cars AND planes, and I can so see him zooming around with it. Â Can’t wait!
In dog news, I haven’t posted an official congratulations yet to Leslie Reed! Â I keep meaning to. Â Miss Junie B finished her AKC Championship in November at our local shows…and I was there to see it! Â The delight on Leslie’s face was just so good to see. Â That makes Junebug the first champion to be bred here at Allegro, formally known as AKC/UKC Ch Allegro Celestial Charm. Â I think they’re out working on trying to grab a few more Grand Ch points this weekend in Jackson MS…good luck girls.
Leslie also got DNA results back that June is fluff-free. Â Nash is also fluff-free, and Piper is a carrier. Â I plan to have Nash’s hips x-rayed soon for Penn-Hip…I’d like to start him in agility next year and would like a baseline x-ray for that anyway.
And Lizard is due in season any day now! Â I guess I should go ahead and revisit and finalize that stud choice, huh. Â 
Random show photos
I hate posting without photos , so had been waiting to hopefully see some pictures and maybe even Miss Junie’s win photo before I posted! Well, no win photo has arrived at Leslie’s house yet so that post will have to wait, but I did get some pictures of her brother Nash from the Priceville show, taken by Norman’s owner Carol. Thank you Carol!! These pictures are all from Sunday…the day Nash didn’t win. LOL! Oh well, I think he still looked handsome, ifIdon’tsaysomyself.
Handsome boy! Waiting his turn outside the ring.
Nash's "dark side"
Crazy Dog Show People
Yep, that’s me.
I leave this afternoon for a show in Knoxville TN. I get to see Uncle Chase again (haven’t seen him since he was 9 months old), and my mom is driving down from Ohio and showing her chihuahuas. That means that Charlie is going with me too, yay! She’s such fun these days, and I’m really looking forward to having a “girls weekend” with her and my mom. I had entered both Nash and Lizzie, but Lizard has decided to shed every last hair so she’s going to stay home. If she follows her shedding schedule from last time, that means she *should* be coming into season as expected towards the end of December. You know, right when it’s most convenient to arrange a breeding.  I’m bummed that these shows didn’t pull majors, but there are 2 points available both days.
Next weekend is my local shows. A solid entry, but only 1 point available each day…our point schedule has gone up so much that it takes a sizable entry just to make 2 points. I plan to make some lunch on Saturday to share, so if you’re planning to be there keep that in mind!
The weekend after that, I have entered the supported entry in Concord NC. I’m not 100% sure yet that I’ll be able to go, honestly it depends on how work is going. On that note…I’ve gone back to work again. I work as a contractor, so my jobs are very dependent on people signing contracts. We had a lull over the summer and early fall, waiting for people to work around their budgets etc, and now I’m finally busy again. It’s great to be working again! I didn’t want to miss out on the NC shows in case I can manage to go (without my husband killing me for 3 weekends in a row…), so I entered Nash just in case. Hopefully it will all work out, and hopefully it will pull majors!Â
Edit: Just checked the breed counts for NC…no majors! 
 Lots of specials entered, but only 3-8 in the classes which is 1 point in boys and 2 in girls. Le sigh.
Remembering back…
All of these adorable new cousin puppies, at Elyan (by Uncle Chase), at Storm Ridge (out of Aunt Clem)…are making me seriously start longing for puppies again. I was reminiscing back through blog posts from my litter last year and laughing.
When I saw this picture today on Penni’s blog of her little red-haired girl Reba:
I knew it reminded me of someone else who used to rule the whelping box (Maddie):
Then I came across this beautiful picture of June:
I was struck by how much she has always been so consistent. Here she is when she came back to my house at 11 months:
Pupdate – Vegas, and Paws It Forward
I realized a ways back that I have never posted this win photo of Vegas that Joyce so kindly sent to me! Still obviously has a lot of growing up to do, but MAN am I jealous of that gorgeous coat and color! LOL From all reports, Vegas is a big lovable goofball (I wouldn’t expect anything else!). He is about halfway to his championship with 8 points and one major…hopefully he can finish it up next year after he grows up some more. One thing that struck me about this picture…he and Nash look a lot alike in the head especially!
We also got a Paws it Forward package from the Fwuffy Biscuit Boy! Man, the dogs enjoyed opening this one LOL. Brady immediately snagged the tastiest chewie for himself, naturally, but everyone has been enjoying the tasty treats. Thanks Biscuit! If there are two other people who would love to participate in Paws it Forward, just leave me a comment!
Bulletin Ad help
I’ve been tinkering with a bulletin ad for Nash most of the day today, and here is what I’ve come up with so far. I am going to try to take a good front photo of him for the upper left corner, any other suggestions are welcomed:
(*yes, I’m projecting that daddy Pilot will get his GCh by the time this goes to print! LOL!)
Win photo
Not the best photo ever, but not too bad. Unfortunately I think it’s about time for me to get a new scanner…after fussing with it forever to get it to even warm up and scan my photo in, the best I could get was a very yellowed, faded scan that looked approximately 50 years old. I tweaked with Photoshop to make it reasonable but the color saturation is off…sorry!
I’m in the middle of trying to put together an ad for Mr Nashville for the next Bulletin. I think I’ll use his outdoor photo, but at least I have a fairly non-barf-worthy win photo of him.
