Hank Come out!

I just took Hank out to play in the snow and run around a little bit. HE clearly wanted out of the house to see what was going on! So, I took him outside, and besides eating snow, he was doing VERY well, so I let him off his leash to run on the sidewalk behind our house. NO ONE was out, so he was set! Hank came running towards me when I called, and then a guy came walking down the stairs, so hank made a beeline for him. Luckily it was Cash’s dad, and he knows Hank so was totally fine with him. Darren said that Cash was waiting for him to come home so they could play, and then his wife opened the front door and Cash came running towards Hank. They ran up and down the sidewalk, it was SO CUTE, but then Cash started heading towards his mom…and Hank followed…right into their house! CRAP! So, the wife went inside, and I called for Hank, they called for Cash, and luckily he came right back out, but oh man is Hank not shy! They ran around a bit more, peed a little, and now they’re both happy to be back inside where it’s WARM!

Where's Dad?

It's creepy when I watch commercials for Marley and Me. I'm really convinced that Hank played the role of Marley in the movie, and then ran off to Ellensburg and now he lives with us.

Tonight I picked up Hank from Day Camp. The girl at camp mentioned that Hank never eats his food, so we don't have to bring food for him. Which means, sometimes, he'll go for 14 hours without eating, but he's 90 pounds, he'll survive, I'm sure.

We came home, he ate dinner, we sat on the couch to watch TV and wait for Jeremiah to get home from a Christmas Party. About 6:30 Hank heard something outside and was CONVINCED it was Jeremiah. He started pacing around the sliding glass door looking, and then went towards the front door to get "in position" to JUMP on Jeremiah when he came in. Only problem...Jeremiah isn't home. I finally opened the front door so he could go outside, because CLEARLY something was freaking him out. He paced back and forth, whimpering, and looking VERY intently. It was pretty cute. I finally started to shut the front door and let him stay outside (dude, it's going to snow this weekend!) and he kept looking for Jeremiah, so I called him inside, and he planted himself in front of the window, and is still waiting. Jeremiah should be home from his Christmas party about 8...

We got Chex Mix!

The good news is, The Bailey's gave us Chex Mix for Christmas! It's one of my favorite holiday treats, and I love it! However...the bad news...Hank found it first...


Today, Jeremiah and I went to this really fun wine event up in Woodinville. We were gone for about 4 hours. We knew Hank wouldn't be that happy with us, but we didn't realize that we had FOOD taunting him under the tree. The gifts that are for Hank, we have hiding upstairs on a table so he can't get to them, but oops! We came home about 2:30 this afternoon, and after unloading the wine, I parked the car up on the street, and came into the house to see that Hank had carried the tub of treats from under the Christmas tree into the living room by the TV so he could snack, and watch. The bucket has some great looking bite marks on it, and not much food was eaten, so that's a "good" sign.

Obviously someone didn't get enough exercise today, whoops! So, for future reference...if you give us FOOD for a gift, please let us know so that we don't leave it near Hank where he can attack it! But thanks for the Chex Mix Georga, it's delicious!