{"id":3584,"date":"2018-04-02T17:27:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T00:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2018-04-03T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T23:50:28","slug":"and-now-for-your-not-so-regular-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-now-for-your-not-so-regular-update\/","title":{"rendered":"And Now For Your Not-So-Regular Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, busy times!\u00a0 So much to cover and so little… errrr… interest.\u00a0 But hey, you know what, I’m going to type something up.\u00a0 Because I can.\u00a0 Or should.\u00a0 Or something like that.\u00a0 I’ll start with the new puppy I so briefly alluded to last time I bothered updating this, little Nacho.\u00a0 She is a small (5 llbs) mixed breed puppy from the same rescue that we got Quinn from.\u00a0 We like to go up there on the occasional Saturday and check out their new rescues, which they get in weekly.\u00a0 For people that like dogs, this is of course a monumentally stupid idea.\u00a0 Honestly, I’m surprised we held out as long as we did, being of rather weak constitution.\u00a0 Things went all wrong when they posted some pictures on Facebook of a new litter they’d just brought in, which were some little pit bull mixes<\/a>.\u00a0 I was fairly comfortably going up and checking these pups out, because in all honestly there is a pretty non-existent chance of me getting a pit at this particular time.\u00a0 Lots of rationalizations behind that, but suffice to say it just probably wasn’t going to happen.\u00a0 But, wouldn’t you know it, little Nacho and her twin sister were right next to the pittie pups, looking all sad and lonely.\u00a0 (OK, they were rolling around like little maniacs, having the time of their lives.\u00a0 But they were probably lonely sometime.)\u00a0 Two hours later we were driving home with Nachito in the car.\u00a0 What happened?\u00a0 I still don’t know.\u00a0 Our time together honestly started off almost too good to be true.\u00a0 We brought her home on a Saturday afternoon, so we had all day plus Sunday to get acquainted.\u00a0 Things could not have gone better.\u00a0 Not one single accident in the house all weekend.\u00a0 Then on Monday, the rain came.\u00a0 And it just kept coming.\u00a0 The winter has been unusually dry so everyone was referring to the sudden monsoon season as the “March Miracle.”\u00a0 We were calling it the “Kenagy Curse.”\u00a0 I will grant you, I wouldn’t want to go squat in the rain to do my business either, but c’mon.\u00a0 This little monster would look out the door, then scurry across the room and poop in the corner.\u00a0 Over, and over, and over.\u00a0 When the rain finally stopped two weeks later she miraculously turned things around, but not before I nearly went crazy.\u00a0 I definitely remembered why I said Quinn was our last puppy ever.\u00a0 Slow learners I guess, but then we knew that.<\/p>\n

Other random notes?\u00a0 Well, our friends the Aushermans came and visited us last weekend, and that was a blast.\u00a0 We ate some good food, hit the wine-tasting circuit, and did some relaxing.\u00a0 Good times.\u00a0 We also celebrated the retirement of a friend by joining her and her family at a very nice dinner at The Kitchen<\/a>.\u00a0 I had never been to a place like that, and it was pretty awesome.\u00a0 It was, I guess, the proverbial “Dinner and a show.”\u00a0 The head chef was out in front of everybody cooking all the courses, and he’d explain everything he was doing, all the ingredients, etc.\u00a0 From the seating until we left was nearly four hours, and it went quickly.\u00a0 Very cool and very entertaining.\u00a0 And, very pricey.\u00a0 Hey, cool things cost I guess.\u00a0 What I thought was funny was that they’re part of the Sellands<\/a> group, which we go to often and enjoy their “two for $25” dinner.\u00a0 Suffice to say, this place did not have that option on the menu.\u00a0 Hey, whatever, it was an awesome dinner, even if we never get to do it again.\u00a0 My requisite food pictures aren’t quite ready for posting yet, I’ll do my best to get them done tomorrow. (Edit:\u00a0 Pictures are added!)<\/p>\n

Yesterday we wrapped up the holiday weekend with a great brunch at a friend’s house.\u00a0 It was one of those “extended brunches,” which means the weather was awesome and we wasted the entire day sitting on their patio.\u00a0 Whew, I needed one of those days.\u00a0 We indulged in some serious gluttony, which was probably rare for their family but pretty much an average Sunday for me.\u00a0 Maybe slightly in excess of my usual Sunday, but I do tend to inhale some calories towards the end of the weekend.\u00a0 It was a fine sunny day filled with ham, cheesy potatoes, many salads, pork verde, cakes…\u00a0 The list goes on and on.\u00a0 It also marked the first time we’d left Nacho out of her kennel alone.\u00a0 This experiment did not go well.\u00a0 Back to the kennel for the puppy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t