We are the champions!!!

Saturday night was the annual boy scout trivia challenge. It's the largest fundraiser the troop has and usually brings in around $3,000. Our team consists of me, David, Brandon, MIL, FIL, Aunt, and 2 cousins. It was a close one though. In the beginning, you have to pick a number that you think you will get right and that is the tie-breaker in the event that 2 teams get the same score. There are a total of 100 questions, so we choose 80. We tied for first but since our tie-breaker number was closet without going over, we were declared the winners. It was alot of fun!

I think I am going to walk a 5k race on June 1st. I am so out of shape though and I have problems with my hips hurting if I walk for long periods of time. So I think I'm going to take a little trip to the park and see how I feel after walking the trail there. I think it's just under two miles. And I think I'll take Sparky with me - he likes to walk and could really use the exercise!

I'll report back later with how we did..........

**Back from the walk**

Well, I made it all the way around the park. The sign at the beginning of the trail said it was 1.75 miles. Can't believe I did the whole thing! I did take Sparky with me. He is such a nut! The parking lot is right by one of the children's area's and what do you think he does?? He walks right over and unloads just feet from the swingset! Thank goodness I always have doggy doo-doo bags. So if you've ever had to clean up dog crap from a 140lb Lab, you know that it's almost impossible to do with one hand (I know - TMI!!) So anyway, I've got the handle part of the lead tucked under my arm and he managed to get away from me. He went running for this group of ladies sitting in the shade - I guess watching their kids playing. Fortunately one of the women turns out to be my friend Linda - she grabbed him and hung on to him while I finished cleaning up. How lucky is that? So we hadn't even started walking yet and I'm ready to take him home. But I thought "I drove over here, I'm going to walk this freaking park even if I have to put this nutcase of a dog back in the car!" It was then that I realized I forgot to put his prong collar on - boy, was this going to be fun (NOT!) Remarkably, once we got past the play area and the tennis courts we kinda got into a rhythm and other than the few times he kept running into me, it went rather well. He can't walk a straight line - just like the kids. I had to keep nudging him to keep him from veering to the left - LOL I think we'll do this again - and by "we" I do mean Sparky =)