With any animal, you find your life is a little more interesting.  Our dog, Sascha, is no exception to that rule.  She always comes up with something that surprises me, makes me laugh, or just downright astounds me.

Today was another snow day for us.  The snow from yesterday continued on through the night and into the next morning.  I think it finally stopped out here around 9:00 or so with maybe 6 or 7 inches.  By Chicago standards, that’s a light snow.  That meant there was more snow on the ground to shovel.  Luckily, Rick was off from school today.  I believe it was a Teacher’s Institute Day to make a longer holiday weekend for MLK Day.  Good timing for me, because he was going to do the shoveling!  Yeah!

Rick went out to start the front driveway and the front porch.  Sascha and I made breakfast.  Around lunchtime, Rick and I went out to tackle the big driveway.  This driveway is about 3 cars wide.  So the snowblower is no help at all.  It has to be done by hand.  I took one side and Rick the other.  Sascha came  out to play in the snow, which she did NOT do.  She stayed by the side door barking occasionally in her high pitched woofs.  I understood she wanted to be out front of the garage, but that just wasn’t possible.  It only took us about 30 minutes to clear the whole thing.  Then I went inside.  Sascha, of course, followed. 

So I sat down to drink some water and warm up.  It was only 16 with the wind chill out there.  Before I know, Sascha is sitting next to me in the chair and drapes herself over my neck.  She’s been trying to find a place to lay in the chair where she is comfortable and, I believe, take up most of the room. She liked the position today. It wasn’t too bad, except she was breathing slightly in my ear.

So in between all of the activities today, I’m working away at different projects.  I have a couple of meetings with different groups.  I really felt productive today.  It might have been the exercise in the cold air at lunch.  I knocked off at 4:00 PM.  Rick and I decided to go out for dinner.  This is Rich’s bowling night, so he’s not there to hold us back. 

After dinner, I decide to relax and check out TV.  Before you know it, Sascha is in my lap again.  However,she opts for a position she tried the other day.  I get the feeling that I’m sitting in the chair with a large child.   I think she has found her favorite way to relax in the big, red chair!

So someone had mentioned that Huskies can become couch potatoes.  Most everyone I’ve talked to with a Husky says that’s not possible.  I think my photos prove that my Husky wannabe could quite possibly be the best couch potato in the house.  I know she had a hard day out there in the snow, but I really don’t think that’s a reason for the snoring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sascha helping to keep me warm after shoveling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sascha has definitely all the qualities of a couch potato!