I have been and will be away for a while. I'm really trying to make a 150% effort on getting my business up and going. Hanging out in the blogosphere doesn't make that task very easy, so I'm ignoring y'all (but thinking about you!). Please feel free to ignore me in the meantime.

Einstein continues to amaze me with how smart he is. He's so fun to train and gets really excited when I ask him if he wants to do some tricks. I know... what he hears is blah blah blah tricks blah blah blah. Tricks = treats. I've kind of run out of the normal list of commands to teach him and he has every one of them down pat. So, I think I'm going to go with more difficult tricks. Next on the docket is "commando crawl". Wish us luck on that one.

C: you asked what my method of training was. I can't really say that it's any particular method. Einstein just happens to be VERY motivated by treats. They have to be the right treat, otherwise he pushes it away with his nose (with a great deal of force, I might add, making it very clear he does NOT want THAT treat.) We also do tricks three times a day. Usually I'll do it when he's going crazy because that seems to calm him down and get him focused. Also? He really does live up to his name. I've never known a dog as smart as he is. I know I'm his 'mom', but really- he's exceptionally smart.

I've received a couple of nibbles on my consulting biz, which I'll share once I'm back to being social. I might get to learn about and teach environmental compliance. I never really thought about that, but ya know what? Why not? I'll bet that business will be more and more important, so I might as well get on that bandwagon.

Going back to chewing hasn't worked out so well for me. I need to call the facial surgeon and get in. I think I might have moved a bone around my nose, because I'm really swollen and black and blue under my eye today, it's painful, and it's felt like I have something in that side of my nose since last night. I'm also VERY dizzy. Of course the hypochondriac in me is telling me that I'm dizzy because maybe a bone is poking me in the brain too. Now that the doctor's office is opened, I'll give ol' stingy drug doc a buzz.

Anyhoo- that's what's going on in this household. Gimme a week or so and I'll be a little more social.

Love ya, mean it.