The Weekend

Friday. 

A very windy Friday. Although I guess it is not bad as yesterday.

I went on a walk with our guest dogs, Spootie and Clover, around noon and went only half way on our usual route. I think their paws got chilly and so after we came back home I soaked them in warm water. Hopefully we got rid of all the salt they walked on too that kept the grounds from being slippery. 

We were dusted with snow the other day and while I was disappointed that we would get more snow, perhaps it's better that we lucked out with a dusting. 

For the entire month of January Spootie and Clover will be staying with us. For a few days here and there we'll also have other friends joining but mainly it'll be our favorite cockapoos.

They are also so very easy to care for (aside from being picky eaters from time to time but that's noting really). With some guest dogs I have to constantly be on the look out as they can have a tendency to mark when I'm not looking (even though they are house trained - alas they are dogs after all and new environments mean new behaviors), or have accidents that are out of character or they like to sneak into things (like the garbage bag, treat bin or the recycle bin). Some dogs who sneak into things have special diets and so I get extra cautious and worried when they wander into the kitchen. I have bought a new gate to block that area off so that it gives me a peace of mind. With Spootie and Clover though I don't have any of these worries. They roam freely about our home even though they mostly like to stick by my side.

I have a few things I want to make over the weekend and will send Yangkyu over to the Korean grocery store tomorrow. Did you read the article about the woman who draws her husband a grocery list? I thought it was the funniest thing because while I don't draw, I have to be super detailed with the list I give Yangkyu, especially with the size of certain vegetables. Yangkyu is just better when I am as detailed as possible. I didn't think I was that picky but perhaps I am?

There is also knitting and crocheting and also reading. I started 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (I read a string of books by him last year, including Kafka on the Shore, and finally am taking on the monstrous volume that is 1Q84 - my favorite so far is South of the Border, West of the Sun) and I have also borrowed manga from the library as well. Rurouni Kenshin, which I already read (and watched the anime, which is a little different from the manga) in Korean but I didn't understand it completely and so I am re-reading it English. I was disappointed though when I read that recently Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of Kenshin, was arrested for possession of child pornography. It is completely and utterly disappointing. 

Aside from Rurouni Kenshin I have also borrowed One Piece. I have never read it, although I tried watching it (I couldn't get past the first five minutes of the anime) and while everyone tells me I will like it, I am still not sure. I am not particularly fond of the drawing but I will see if the storyline and characters will win me over.

I also hope to use the fireplace over the weekend and maybe get our little grill going outside (or perhaps the fire pit) as I want to roast some chestnuts and also sweet potatoes as well. They always turn out better on a real fire instead of in the oven. And I love the smell of fire when it cold out. Don't you? I have always admired people who can still be so active and mobile in the cold and so in their spirit, I will too try it over this weekend.

Have a wonderful one, friends.