Today was the perfect day to go hiking with a dog.

So Easter Sunday has come and gone. The kids woke up at the crack of dawn to open baskets and go on their egg hunt. We made a breakfast of French Toast with whip cream and strawberries. There was LOTS of chocolate eating, since this was one of the days during the year we indulge the kids and let them pig out. I kept thinking that if we are lucky, this time next year we are going to have to monitor the kids and their chocolate endeavors.. just to make sure all family members stay safe.

But a little place in my heart felt sad this morning because I kept thinking how today would be the perfect day to go hiking with a dog.

Image borrowed from Tucker And Stuart, Our Swissies

I’m finding the waiting pretty difficult to the point where I have had to really stop talking about it with my friends. Mainly because they are starting to look REALLY bored when i start talking about swissies. And I’m starting to bore myself. I’ve heard of people who’ve waited 3 years before they actually got a Swissy. THREE YEARS. Not to mention… I feel like a poser in the dog community. I lurk and read the posts and I form opinions on certain training techniques or ideas about owning a dog, but I don’t own one yet. Poser!

A friend of mine has invited us to go with her to her dog’s training session at a facility we are interested in. Hopefully we’ll get to do that soon. A dog we are interested in is having her litter in about 10 days. I’m on pins and needles. We’ll see I guess. If all goes well, it will mean we only have three AVAILABLE weekends left to finish The List. EEK!!!