McMillan Pumpkin Patch

Attended the first preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch this morning. There were hayrides, hay mazes, corn mazes, a petting zoo and a corn pit to dig in. I felt like I was on enemy turf after reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma. The little girls had a great time and this is how they spent their afternoon (picture above).
I worked for a part of the afternoon while Miranda took the twins. 
Tabs is at dance tonight and Mist has a friend over and they’ve biked to the top of the mountain to do “homework.”
I made a delicious chili tonight, full of veggies.
Oh, and great news–I got Fuzzy-Buzzy back on face book! They finally fixed her profile. All is well. 
All except one of my legs is damaged from running/sports. From my knee to the outside of my foot: calf pain and numbness on the side of my foot. No more squats at the gym and running for a while. It hurts even to walk on it. I bought these sport insoles for my running shoes and it made it worse! I wore them to spin class and my arch on that foot ached so much, I could barely peddle! I am still so annoyed with my current gym, IQuest and their lame cardio classes. They only do a little spin and then get off the bikes to do all this boot camp like hopping like a rabbit etc. It’s always that double leg hopping etc that F’s up my legs! Just leave me on my bike would you? I do enough crazy maneuvers running up mountains and in Bikram’s yoga that I really don’t need to do all that dreadful hopping.


I am alone in dealing with Fernando. He is my dog. Peter wanted no part of him and the only reason Peter cooperated with adopting him into the family was on the condition that basically he doesn’t exist to Peter. Peter does not have to help feed him, walk him or clean up after him.  I am a single parent to Fernando. Although, Mist and Tabs promised to parent him with me. Anyway, this being the case, I am left with an out of control dog who refuses to submit. I have tried every dog training trick in the book–I actually still have the guide I got from when Weldy was in dog school. But Fernando is the most dominate dog on the planet. He spends most of his day locked in his pen whenever the kids are home because he will not stop jumping on them , nipping them and barking at them. I called Bark Busters. The guy comes into your home for 4 hours and works exclusively with you and your dog. It is pricey so I told him that I have no doubt he is worth it, but I cannot afford him at this time. He called me back today to announce that he’ll give me the 4 hours without the lifetime guarantee for nearly half price. I think it is an OK deal:four hours, one to one dog training. It works out to about $65 an hour. I want to do it as I hear nothing but high pitched screaming from the children constantly as Fernando harasses them and nothing but complaints from Peter that he can’t stand “the dog” and “give him to your sister.” 
So as a single dog mom, I must decide this one on my own.