Home again

I came back home yesterday. It was only a 3 hour drive but it felt like forever. My back was killing me last night. Now I'm nervous, how am I going to drive 8 hours to Tampa. It maybe my last year for this trial, its just to far. Right now it looks like it might rain during the trial. I just cant get away from the rain. It rained here on Christmas, 3.5 inches. My backyard is never going to recover from all this rain. Evey time you let a dog out, they come in looking like this

I messed up my a-frame by trying to glue the slats on. It must have just been to cold for the glue because if foamed up. I couldn't find anything in the directions on what temperature it had to be to use it. But it was about 50's during the day and 30's at night. I had it in the garage. I guess that wasn't warm enough. So some of the glue looks like this

So I took a Dremel tool to the glue and cut it off and sanded it down. It worked ok. But now my a-frame is really ugly. I wont post a picture of the the whole side because its just to upsetting but here is what the glue looks like after its been Dremeled.

We did manage to walk the dogs at the park this morning. I think we walked about 3.5 miles . I must be really out of shape because my legs were like rubber when I got home. I didn't walk at all at my mom's house because its just to dangerous to walk in their neighborhood. All these people just let their dogs run loose and some of them are aggressive. Scary! The park is also very muddy. There must have been a lot of water because the run off streams looked like it ran over the banks and onto the road. The creeks are about 5-6 feet below the road. It must have really rained.

In this picture the creek is just visible if you look just beyond the road. That big log is on the road, it must have been a strong current. ( if you click the picture to biggify, its easier to see)