Preparing for Oireachtas

I'm preparing for Oireachtas! It's in a month, I find that very soon. I actually am kind of nervous, usually I'm not nervous for feises.
Also, my dress for Oireachtas came! It's very pretty. We already had the sleepover and we got our Oireachtas Jackets. They're really cool.
Anway, I'll update on Oireachtas training again!

Meet Cassie

Another Cassie Update!!

We are also deciding to do obedience with Cassie, since she is so wild. Sasha is so good, so she doesn't need obedience. For example, she doesn't jump and isn't crazy. We missed the first class with Cassie so we got homework. :( I have to teach her heel and stay. She can do sit and down, we taught her those when she was a little puppy and the class was at PetSmart, not at Cloud 9, where we do agility.

Oireachtas Camp

These last two days I had Oireachtas Camp since I didn't have school (it was MEA). It was fun, we danced a whole ton, did crafts, ate good food, and had a mock Oireachtas! It was tiring now, I can barely move! :(
Next weekend we have an Oireachtas Sleepover! I'm excited for that too.....

Minnesota = brrr!!!

It already feels like winter is here! Yesterday, it snowed all day! A little of it is still here, frozen on the roofs or the grass. I can't believe this happened befrore Halloween. Time to get those jackets out........
I think it will be a cold winter!

Cassie Agility Update 3

Hey guys!
Today I had Cassie's agility lesson. It was awesome!!!!!! They introduced the ramp (where you go up and down this ramp like thing, hard to explain sorry!) We also did more advanced tunnel work, the dogs were sent to the tunnel from a farther distance. When we did everything together, Cassie ran sooooo fast, I couldn't keep up! Need to practice the mile more........The homework this time is to introduce the jump. The homework last time that was due today (we sadly didn't do it) was too send the dog around a "base" and have them come back. It's so adorable. Also, we had to go from down to sit. Cassie used to have problems, but now she's a pro.
We call her our "baby genius"!
4th update next week!

Cassie's agility #2

On Wednesday, Cassie had another agility lesson. She did really well! She went through the tunnel no problem, even going to it from a farther distance. She also went on the tettor totter, and she refused last time! Well, I guess she was just scared. Now it's time to practice sending her around cones! That should be pretty hard.

Contact Troubles!!!!!!!

About a month ago, I got contact lenses. I'm not a huge glasses fan....
At first, I had troubles putting the contacts in my eyes. It feels kind of funny at first. I had no problems taking them out. Now, I have no problems putting them in and they pop in almost right away! The weird thing is, all of a sudden I'm having problems taking them out! Today, I tried my right eye a couple times. Didn't work, so I tried left eye. It worked.......but the right eye still had problems. I eventually got it out. I hope it gets better!

Cassie's agility training!

This is Cassie swimming earlier this summer. She is in full action!

Yesterday we were practicing for Cassie's agility classes that are on Wednesdays. Last class, she was afraid of everything. So, we made a teetor totter and she did that fine unlike in class! Ugh. We also made boards that went up. She was slipping so my mom had to hold her, for her to climb up. She's so funny.
She's gotten much better at targetting! That's where you put a white disc and say, "touch!" The dog is supposed to touch it with the nose or with the foot. Cassie sorta leaps and pounces to the target. It's adorable! I don't know how we got her to do it with the nose.
We haven't gotten to jumping over things in that class. We do tunnels though. They've gotten really long now, Cassie needs more training I think.
Well, we have class on Wednesday, so no more Cassie news until then! (unless she does someone annoying or funny non-agility related)

The Minnesota Feis

Irish Fair-August 2009

Yesterday was the Minnesota Feis! A Feis is an irish dance competition. I did pretty good.
Here's what I got:

Reel: 5th
Slip Jig: nothing
Treble Jig: 3rd
Hornpipe: 1st!

In irish dance, you do multiple dances. The Reel, Slip Jig, Treble Jig, and Hornpipe are all different dances with different tempos! The Reel and Slip Jig are soft shoe dances (no sound) and the Treble Jig and Hornpipe are hard shoe dances (like a tap shoe).

My 1st in the Hornpipe is brought me one step closer to PC. (prelim Championship) All I need now is the Slip Jig..........(I won my Reel and Treble Jig before)

Spirit Week

This week is Spirit Week at my school! This is where we dress in different "themed" clothing to be in spirit for the Homecoming game! This is what the different days are:

Monday: Mix and Match
Tuesday: "Letter Day" where each grade gets a letter. You dress up as something that starts with that letter. My grade's letter is A.
Wednesday: Kindergarten Day, where you dress up in clothes as if you were a Kindergartener.
Thursday: Light's on Day. You dress in all white.
Friday: Edina Day! You dress up in green and white, the city's colors!

Welcome to my blog

Hello!
It is Sunday evening and we are going to go eat dinner. I really don't want to go to school tomorrow, too much homework!
My dog Cassie is very peaceful today, that's rare. My other dog Sasha is always sleeping unless she is barking at animals or asking for food.
I just finished practicing Irish Dance. I was practicing for the Regional Championships, Oireachtas. I am so happy I am going! :)
-Rita