Winter is my time of year

Seems like this time of year the conversation is dominated by dogs.

Then my sister sent me this Video and made my day
With my 50th birthday this year I can relate..It made me laugh...Stan Boreson
Life is too short to look at your self in the mirror naked...IMHO anyway..


Joe and Jessica went to Central Oregon this past weekend to a sprint race.
I was unable to go because of too much work right now.
I am working day and night right now trying to keep up with orders.

They connected with old friends and had a great time. Jessica even ran 2 teams in the race and did pretty good. Sled dogs are FUN.
We are heading out for 11 days on Friday. Starting with a race in eastern WA, then to Canada for some training and finally to Idaho for another race.
Slower more laid back pace this year racing..Just trying to get it all done without going insane..

The sunshine makes me want to hop on the motorcycle and ride away but man is it COLD.. We will have to settle for Harley Davidson dreams for now.

TTFN
Becky

Sled dogs

We just got home from BC.( Canada). Plenty of snow and good trails. We ran the dogs 5 of the 7 days we were there. The last two runs were 40 milers up a nice hill. Dogs doing well in general, all tho we are down to 11 reliable dogs now. Early injuries, limited number of dogs and training opportunities make it hard for us to keep more dogs in training. Not like this is a new problem just a long standing frustrating annual issue not likely solved unless we quit our jobs and MOVE!.( not) Our first major race was just canceled due to too much snow and bad weather. We are still debating a big Montana race in FEB 2008. Not sure if the dogs or Joe are ready for the challenge but we may just go anyway:):)
NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED.

Jessica is back home for 4 months, John is in IRAQ. Tight quarters and 2 stubborn women will make life a challenge but we will get thru it!!
Poor Joe...
Leanne starts a NEW job tomorrow, better pay and nicer group to work with. Jeff has started college part time while he works, 3-4 years to get his computer engineering degree. It is never to late to start, way to go Jeff. My business Alpine outfitters grew 40% last year and the way orders are rolling in already we should see that percentage rise. Nice to see the momentum but the work load has been rough on me. I have 2 full time employees and 1 part time bookkeeper. Being the boss has it moments..
Right now I would rather be in Wyoming running dogs.
Seems the old adage is still true for us:
It is either Time & NO Money or Money and NO Time.
Oh for a winning Lotto ticket:)
Back to the grind for now..

Becky 1-6-2008