Hotdogs, Pizza, and Corgis...OH MY!

Meredith and I thought that this weekend was going to be spent mostly at home. It's funny how plans change on a moments notice, but I wouldn't have changed what we did for the life of me. It was so much fun!

Friday we got a call late in the evening to see if we could help some friends pack some boxes and move some furniture so that they would be ready for their move and their yard sale on Saturday. So, at about 9:30/10pm we drove over and did just that.

Saturday morning, Meredith and I went to see our friends Emily, Tuck, and Daniel in their last Upward Soccer game of the season. Then, after the late night on Friday, we caught the moving bug and decided to clean out our front bedroom. We took out all the furniture, papers, and whatever else we had packed away. We mopped the floor, dusted, vacuumed, and replaced things in more of an office order, instead of a bedroom order.

That afternoon we received a call to meet some friends for a snack dinner. So, we packed up the Corgis, and headed for the park to play Frisbee and have some down time.

Sunday was a bundle of joy. We had already planned on going to the Corgi Picnic in Kingsport, and so that what we did. My mom, sister, and nephew traveled up and we all met at the park. We brought Kalla (KAY-LA--Top Right Picture) and Alex (Bottom Left)--our two corgis. My Mom brought her corgi, Fraiser, and there were about 25 corgis in all. Many came from out of town. There were visitors from Chicago, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Atlanta with Corgis in tow. There was a silent auction to benefit Corgi-Aid --a rescue group for the breed--pizza, bobbing for hotdogs, a blessing of the animals (there were some honorary Corgis there,) and contests for best trick, costume, loudest bark, shortest coat, youngest and oldest corgi, best corgi mix, etc... Kalla took home honors for shortest coat, and Fraiser took home the honors for oldest and loudest corgi :)

After having such a great time time in the park, we were then invited to FORT CORGI--a wonderfully fenced in backyard for four Corgis who belong to Susie, the regional Corgi Aid director--for RC Colas and Moonpies. Not to mention some chicken cake for the corgis. All the dogs got to run free in the yard, but they didn't explore too much, because everyone had food...and corgis are notorious 'perfect begging.' When it was time to go, it was hard to say goodbye, but we all slept well last night.

More pictures will be available soon of this year's Corgi Picnic at http://webpages.charter.net/noelcorgi/picnic06 and a few more at www.wcqr.org

Chalmer