thanks carol, but its not my doing,

the curls and the color that is. the awsome styling job, that is all me! its all been just an interesting surprise. i have to say that if these changes were up to me they would definitely be a little different. i am still rather baffled by the fact that your body can grow a completely different head of hair. i guess i just always thought that the color you were born with was what you got. and if it was straight, it would always be straight and vice versa for curls. obviously that isn't the case. i hear that "chemo curls" are pretty common and that they often grow out in time. anyway, enough about the hair, right? sorry for the tangent. see what you started mom.

anchorage is super late on getting snow. we have had a couple of teases, but nothing that has lasted even 24 hours. very uncommon. i'm ready for it. . .

duke went to the groomer today. i've never paid someone to wash him before, but he's been shedding terribly for over 2 months trying to get ready to grow a new undercoat and i have had it with the hair. i wash him and brush him and its doesn't seem to do anything but make him shed more. i heard that petco does a good de-shedding treatment so i thought i'd give it a whirl. glad i did. duke must be ten pounds lighter in hair alone. he's shiny and soft and smells so good. they cleaned his ears, clipped his nails and gave him lots of treats all day. they worked on him for over 5 hours. worth every penny of the $65 i paid.

i better stop babbling and get some sleep.