Rough Day

We sat on the porch for a while yesterday reading, knitting, and enjoying the sun.

In the evening we went down to Gig Harbor to visit our friends who run Camp Agape for a week each summer. It's a beautiful place and seems to be a good time for families of children with cancer to connect and get a break from all the stress that goes along with it.

I should have pics of our trip up in the next day or two, just need to collect them all from various devices.

The Bark Collar

"Sleeping in the Doghouse" has been starting to become a bit too literal lately. We have dealt with baying hounds for a long time, but now that we live in a paper-walled townhouse with lots of people and dogs around we have received a couple complaints about them. The last option available to us was a bark collar. John found one online that senses both noise and vibration, has multiple settings and strengths of shock, and the ability to increase in voltage as the barking continues. The dog basically has control over how much he is shocked.

Here is Tony, the model.

And Daisy, just after her turn wearing it.

It's just the first day, but Daisy is already taking to it quite "well". Only a few times has she been shocked and it stopped her barking pretty much immediately. I have been reluctant to get one for them (John has been pushing it for years) because it seems so cruel, but now it seems we don't have a choice. I am looking forward to not having to yell at them to stop all the time and being able to leave without worrying how much they're howling. Hopefully this will do the trick and they won't have to wear it for very long.

A Window with a View

Last week John's company had an event downtown. After it was over we were hungry so we went with Jason and Colleen to the Columbia Tower Club for dinner. The Club is on the 75th floor of the Columbia Tower, the highest building downtown. My ears actually plugged up a bit riding up the elevator, and that was a long ride! They have the entire floor so you get a view on each side of the city. While these aren't the best pictures, this is the view out the women's bathroom window.