Stairs

Monday night, Nova and I went to visit the Wilde Manor. It was a grand time, until the end of a tour of the house (not for me, Belle stopped by). During the tour, we visited the upstairs, Nova whined when I first went up, and then decided to follow. WELL! when we were going back down, Nova refused to follow.

Here she is at the top of the stairs, this was as I was trying to call her down.
The next steps were: bribing with treat, pulling her collar and bribing with a toy. Well, she wouldn't eat the treat (which is weird for her) and when I pulled her by the collar, she slipped out of it and then would not come within 2 feet of the stairs.

Here she is sitting waiting to see what I would do next.

The final step was to carry her down, luckily Geoff said he would do it, because I was dreading picking her up, SHE IS GIGANTIC!!! Plus, their stairs are narrow and steep and I am clumsy, so I was worried I would fall. So a BIG thanks to Geoff.

Now I have to get her used to stairs...Anyone volunteering their stairs for practice???

Bike-A-Thon

Oh and I forgot to mention, I have now updated the leader board.

Charlie rode 5 days in a row, two of those days I was in Las Vegas, so he now has the lead. DANG!!

As of yesterday, the count is Jenni-9, Charlie-11, Tamaran-1 (It is too cold to ride in with a baby!)

My Office

Well, so far it has not turned out to be an April's Fool joke, so I guess I get to stay.

Here are some of pictures of my fancy new digs. I have a ton (6) of windows, which is nice, since I haven't ever been by a window at any of my jobs.
This picture shows my walls and table. Steve was in here a long time and must have had the same pictures on the wall the whole time. My goal is to find things that fit the squares.
**The item above the door is a failed "Beaver Protection Device". It is some plastic tubing that was placed around a tree to protect it from the beaver and the beavers chewed right through it and took the tree anyways. Steve left that for me, and I find it amusing, so it can stay.**
I, also, get two bookcases. Currently, I only occupy 1.5 shelves, which is all I need right now. The other shelves contain the Water Resources Library and random books Steve had. One day, when I get ambitious, I will go through everything...
But overall I really enjoy being in here. I have yet to turn on my overhead lights! My only issue is that I see everyone that walks across the bridge (seen in the first picture). I think eventually I will stop noticing, but for now, I get distracted by everyone.

And even though I like my office, I still miss the other side, I already feel out of the loop.