Well, I was right! Neither the momma or the dad were upright very much on Sunday after the pawty! They got up and ate and laid on the couch all day long. Finally when the sun was going down, the momma went out and washed the tables so she could put them in her BUV and the dad helped her take down the canopy and put that in her BUV, but they never made it to the storage! The momma said she had to go and meet Addy there on Monday anyways, so why make 2 trips! Sure! ;-)
On Monday, the momma met Addy at the storage after work and they pulled almost everything out to find the stuff that they'll need for the waddle. They have a lot of nice things in there that people have donated, but it got all mixed up, so out it all came! When they put it back, they tried to keep them in piles for the different events coming up - Waddle up front; The yard sale in September and Howl at the Moon and Whine in October. She didn't get home until 11am!! Good thing she slept all Sunday!!
Monday afternoon, Lloyd from Diamond Pet Foods came by and, although they didn't have samples of Taste of the Wild for the waddle goody bags, he did bring 4-15 pound bags for the raffle and boxes of Brite Bites that the momma can put in the goody bags as people pick them up after the parade!! He also brought the same thing for the Niles Dog Show! The momma has decided that it is VERY nice to be able to use the garage to store these boxes and not the dining room!! :-) She may have to talk to her friend EJ about putting in a new garage door opener when we move back home! When Lloyd left, we went to the park to meet our friends and then picked up a pizza at Centerville Round Table! Now, most of the Round Tables are good, but Centerville Round Table is the BEST!! The momma put some of the crust and stuff that she doesn't like (salami and italian sausage) in our dinners! Life is good!
On Tuesday, the momma worked late (meeting Tuesday, so we're used to it). Then the new mailman brought a box of Nordic Naturals for the Niles Dog Show and woke the momma up before her alarm so she only got 2 hours sleep, (but she's getting used to that!!)!!
They had a meeting with Doug from Paul David our new construction company at our old house at 1:15pm. The dad just HATES being in the house right now! It makes him feel all icky inside and he has a hard time breathing! The momm says it still smells SO bad!! Especially in the kitchen and breakfast nook!! The Restoration company had a couple hundred boxes in the driveway that they pulled out of the attic. We can't wait until they are all done and we can get a final count of all the boxes they took out of our house! Teddi says it will be 800. I think 700. Sasha says 1500 (she exaggerates like the momma!)! The winner gets an extra treat before the momma goes to work.
They still have some big things that need to be taken out of the house, but the momma thinks that most of those things will have to be thrown out - the curio cabinet that held all the basset crap that got kinda burnt; the couch, recliner, mattresses that smell SO much like smoke, etc... They also had a huge pile of the dad's stereo stuff from his room and the bedroom that the guys from Restronics still need to pick up. I guess they've been too busy, or they don't have a big enough warehouse to store all the dad's stuff!! LOL!! I crack myself up sometimes! :-)
So the4 if them had to go through each room and kind of go over the bid packet. It has every room listed out as to how much carpet and paint they need (2 coats or whatever) and what they are going to fix or replace along with a dollar amount and is 25 pages long! Just the structure stuff (including appliances for the kitchen, but not the refrigerator for whatever reason) comes to over $63,000!! YIKES!! I can't wait to see how much the contents will cost 'cuz the momma had all kinds of boks that I'm sure they won't be able to save and a gazillion Pampered Chef tools in her kitchen, not to mention all the cookie cutters and doggie cookbooks for making the treats for our pawty's!! I only mention that 'cuz my 11th birthday is coming up in October, and she'll need to bake for all of our friends!! Maybe she'll have it at at our right now house in our mini-dog park, but I digress....
So since they were there, the momma started talking to Doug and Bruce (our new project manager) and telling them that she wants to move the kitchen around and maybe take the screen room off the back of the house to make more room for us kids to play and that they want them to patch any holes they find ('cuz she heard some companies won't unless you tell them to) and paint the whole outside of the house, not just the front. They took notes and said that those things cost more and that the momma and the dad would have to pay for that kind of stuff, but the momma says that if you're going to paint part of the house, you SHOULD paint the whole house so you don't look like a redneck and if you're going to have to tear the kitchen apart, you might as well put it back the way that the momma wants ('cuz you know what they say... if momma aint happy, then NO ONE is happy!!), right!?!?!? :-)
On the way home, they went to a little BBQ place up the road from the right now house called Carmen #3 BBQ. They got the 4-meat plate with extra potato salad and baked beans. Everything was SOOOOO good!! They both shared the plate for lunch, and then the momm pigged out and ate the rest for dinner!! They want to recommend it to all of their nearby friends who are looking for good BB!!! They asked them how long they've been there and they guy said "19 years!" How in the world have they missed this place for that long?!?!? One more good thing to come out of us having to move for a little while! :-)
The momma then went and had her nails done in red,white and blue for tomorrow and came home and took us girls to the Fremont dog park since we missed our play date with our friends. We didn't play - only Skye was there, and he wasn't playing either. They watered the yards so no fireworks will set the right now house on fire and then loaded up the BUV with the stuff that we need to take with us to the waddle tomorrow! Next thing we know - it's 9:30pm! No wonder the momma is SO tired!! She went to bed, but both her and the dad were wide awake by 1am so they got up and had ice cream. Us girls are just looking at them like they are crazy - don't y'all know you got to get up in a couple of hours?!?! Can you say caffeine for tomorrow?!?!?
Well - it's now 3:30am so I best tell her to go lie down for a couple of hours (don't want her being a bear tomorrow!) What - uh, No, momma! I wasn't saying you get grumpy when you get tired (or hungry - smiles and wags tail)!! You must be over tired and misheard me!!
Nevermind! Night, night all! Will report in after the waddle!! Wish me luck in being crowned the queen for next year! It's not looking promising - right now, I've only collected a little over $900 which is GREAT for the rescue, but probably not enough to win! A valiant effort was made neverless (not bad though, for only 3 weeks fundraising, huh!?!?) Wish me luck, anyways!!
Sleep well my friends and thanks again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
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