Ceathair

Day 4 and it is finishing out this week splendidly!

Last night
I made the most delicious dinner possible. Tired of chicken, I cooked up some salmon! First I diced up my sweet potato super tiny with some diced onion and cooked on low with some water to help soften everything. Once fork tender, I threw in a ton of smoked paprika and garlic powder and a small tsp of avocado oil. I then put the heat on blast and let it develop a crust. While I was cooking that, I had some salmon in another pan cooking with just a sprinkling of paprika. Once the potatoes were crispy, I threw in some shrimp, spinach, fresh garlic, more paprika and cooked until the spinach was wilted but still fresh. OMGosh it was so delicious! I wish I had added more spinach to it last night so I could have had more to eat it was that good. I duplicated it so I could have it for lunch and it did not disappoint. Yum!

3:50 pm
Well it has been much too busy to update this today. I brought both dogs and Bill was outfitted with his new bling (a lovely collar much like Daisy) and he felt the jock a bit when the static hit him. Boy, he has been an angel since! Comes when called, isn't hopping the gate that keeps them corralled in my office, and whining less. I know some people believe that positive reinforcement is the only way to go and, while I cannot speak to your dogs or how they behave, mine need a firm hand at times (no that does not mean i hit my dogs, which I don't) and have to have a consequence for their bad behaviors as well as a reward or praise for their good. Daisy is stubborn when she wants to be and Bill has the thickest head ever. The collars are a tool to shake them up a bit and interrupt their own thinking so that my commands and direction can be heard and followed. One lady at the dog park recently berated me for the use of the collar and it made me laugh. It is like telling a parent that they can only reward their children and have no discipline or consequences. Let me take care of my babies my way and you can handle it yours. For the most part, I have some pretty good dogs. They are sweet, loving, and hilariously zany. I have no wish to change that! Ok rant through.

My day is well. FYI this took me over an hour to write due to several interruptions. Busy as always and I missed both my morning and afternoon snacks. I dont feel hungry but I know I will be later so I must eat my snack! At least my second snack since I probably wont eat dinner until much later to avoid getting hungry when I have my down time. Overall, I am seeing the differences and the changes and I love that I can see it. I can feel it as well but seeing it is so much better! Yay!