Here are some pictures I took at the dog show I went to yesterday.  I had a great time and got to meet and pet lots of awesome pups!  Unfortunately, I met too many to take pictures of every single one, but here are the ones I did get pictures of:

Riley is zonked out beside me on the couch taking her morning nap.  It's going to be almost 90 degrees today.  It was 95 yesterday!  We stayed inside most of the day.

Just ignore this post...I posted this a week or two ago during the Blogger meltdown and it had some strange labels on it that I didn't want showing up anymore...so I had to repost it.  My "real" post from today is below this one--"Wordless Wednesday--Roaching Edition."

I totally forgot to blog about how my meeting went with the Activities Director of the new (technically not "new," but new to us) retirement community Riley and I are going to start visiting!  If you want to take a look at their website, you'll see just how fancy of a place it is: The Chesapeake Retirement Community.

They have a swimming pool at this facility!  Wowsers!  And, three of the seniors there were playing Wii Bowling when I was there.  Too cool.

The Activities Director was very nice (although I think she is under the impression that Riley is a small dog...surprise!) and showed me around the other day.  We'll be visiting the assisted living building that has three floors.  The only thing I'm a little concerned with is that Riley will have to ride the elevator to get up and down to the different floors.  She's never been in an elevator before, but hopefully as long as I'm in the elevator with her, she'll do fine.

The Activities Director told me that they have a lab named Luke that visits every Tuesday morning and when he first started going there (right before Christmas) he was scared of the elevator too but is fine with it now.  We will be visiting every other Thursday afternoon starting next Thursday.  We still have our nursing home visits to Coliseum Park every other Friday (next Friday).  We're excited to be expanding our reach!!  (Well, I am at least...Riley doesn't know she's going somewhere new yet)!

Since Riley was your very own Personal Trainer on Thursday demonstrating how to properly execute (and enjoy) the Insanity Workout, she feels she needs to do a post on how to stay properly hydrated when exercising!  She also is applying to become a regular writer on the "Miss Manners" newspaper column.  Not sure how that last bit is going to work out though!

Just a note to let you know we are still alive and kicking because I haven't posted in several days...  I have a sinus infection and possibly pleurisy.  Ick.  I am feeling quite a bit better now, but definitely not 100%.

Here is a picture of the cutie pie to tide you over:

I know a lot of areas in the US are having horrible weather--floods and fires, etc.  We have been having very nice, cool weather, so I thought I would brag about it!  :)  No, but seriously, we are thinking of everyone who is being affected by the fires and the flooding and we hope everything gets resolved quickly!

It was in the mid to high 70's yesterday and sunny.  It's supposed to be nice again today, tomorrow, and Thursday, and then rain on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (yuck!!).  I guess that's what I get for bragging, huh?

We enjoyed a nice day in the backyard yesterday and I finally took some pictures.

So last night was the big night!  The "Art of Recovery" art show's opening night.  Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Baddy (who is not always bad), and I headed up to Fredericksburg (VA, of course!) to the gallery to attend the opening.  It was about a 2 hour, 10 minute drive, so it wasn't too bad.  We got there in plenty of time, so we had dinner at a Mexican restaurant and then walked around the mall for a little while before heading to quaint little downtown Fredericksburg to the PONSHOP art gallery.

I mentioned in a previous post that they had incorporated my painting into their promotional materials advertising for the art show.  It was cool to actually see the posters in person!  The owners of the art gallery, Gabe and Scarlett, were two of the nicest (and coolest) people I've ever met.

Here are some pictures:

This is just a quick post...no pictures, unfortunately.  We just got back from our regular Friday nursing home visit!  We went this morning instead of our usual 1:30 PM time because I'm heading up to the art show this afternoon.

We are confirmed for every other Thursday at the assisted living place I was talking about the other day!  They already have a TDI dog visiting every Tuesday, but we're just going to add to their visits.  I am going to meet with the Activities Coordinator next Tuesday to get a tour and to bring her all of Riley's shot records and a copy of her badge.

Anywho, I'm getting excited about the art show!!  Just a few more hours til I head up there!  :)

We got a "tip" on a nursing home/assisted living/senior adult community that would like a therapy dog visit.  It's a fancy pants facility, and is huuuge, so we're pretty excited!  I'm going to get in touch with the activities coordinator tomorrow.

I got back from St. Louis laaate Sunday night...around midnight.  Riley and I were both so happy to see each other!!  I had a good trip overall.  I had a delayed flight on the way back (which ALWAYS happens when I go to St. Louis), but I did get home safe and sound.  I look forward to catching up on everyone's blogs, but we have a lot of friends, so it may take me a while to get around to everyone!!

Here are some pictures of me and Riley's reunion: