Hello friends!
Can you believe its been nearly 2 months since I last updated my blog? I've thought about it a lot, but not much had been going on and I didn't want to bore you! Don't get me wrong, we still do stuff nearly every day, but not all of it is blog-worthy if you know what I mean!?!? But since it's almost October, I thought I'd catch you up on what's been happening with the house and with the family !
The house is taking FOREVER, but we are finally seeing some improvements. We are nowhere near being able to move back home which makes the mom both sad and happy at the same time! Why you ask - because when we move back home she'll have over 800 boxes of stuff to go through to see what we want to keep and what we don't want in our house any more!! She is mostly afraid that it is going to take another 4-6 months to get the house liveable and we're supposed to have Christmas at OUR house this year (Auntie Terri and Grandma said so!)!
Yes, you read that right - more than 800 boxes of stuff came out of our house! AND another bunch of boxes of clothes, blankets, toys, dog beds and stuffed animals (more on that later)! Everyone wants to know how we got SO much stuff into our house, and the momma tells them "one thing at a time for the past 23 years"!
In the middle of August, the company that dry cleaned our clothes and other fabric belongings called and said that they were ready. The momma wanted to tell them to store them, but then she came to her senses and told them they could bring them here. The momma thought that she could go through the boxes and get rid of some of the stuff that don't fit either her or the dad before we had to move back home. So, one Friday 2 people showed up with a moving van and asked the momma where she wanted them. She asked them if they could put the boxes upstairs in one of the spare bedrooms and they said SURE! Well, they went up and down the stairs at least a nickzillion times and they put another 8 boxes outside with stuff that was "unsalvageable". the momma tipped them and gave them homemade cookies for bringing the boxes upstairs for her, and after they left, she went up to see how many boxes there actually were. Well - its a good thing she tipped them 'cuz where there was 3 empty rooms upstairs, they now have boxes in EVERY one of them!! And not just a couple here and a couple there! NO - the 2 regular bedrooms were pretty much filled and the "master" bedroom had several more!! And when I say filled I mean that litterally! There was hardly any room to move in there! So, over the next 2 weeks, when the momma woke up early and on the weekends, she went up and started going through the all of those boxes! She started seperating everything into its own box so they could find them easier when they went to look! Almost everything had been put onto hangers - PJ's; shorts (yep - they safety pinned them to the hangers) sweats; t-shirts; dresses; jeans; blankets and even our costumes and bandana's! She's already gotten rid of 5 boxes full of clothes that don't fit either of them (and probably haven't for at least 10 years or more). She threw them into one of the empty boxes and litterally filled it back up again and then she took 3 of those boxes to the DeAnza flea market and sold some of the things to raise money for Golden Gate Basset Rescue and then her and Addy took the rest over to the Goodwill by our right now house and donated the rest! The guy was NOT happy with them 'cuz the boxes were too heavy, but at least they are gone from our house!! So the rooms aren't as full as they once were, and you an actually move around in all three of them! And the big boxes that are in the left bedroom and the master beedroom have already been gone through and seperated. She only has to go through about 10 more large boxes and a bunch of smaller 2'x2' boxes, but most of the smaller boxes have socks, sheets and stuffed animals in them so she's in no hurry! To give you an idea of what has been done already, here is a partial list of what is now in the gone through boxes:
1 box is nothing but shorts - and its full!
1 box is nothing but sweat pants
1 box is nothing but lounge pants / pajama bottoms
1 box is all of the dad's t-shirts with sleeves that aren't for anything in particular
1 box is full of the dad's sleeveless t-shirts. Some of these were bought this way, but most of them the dad cut the sleeves off when they got too tight.
2/3's of a box has all of dad's Raider, Sharks, Earnhardt, Earhardt, Jr. and Music (Pink Floyd and Frank Zappa) t-shirts
1 box is 2/3's full of dad's long-sleeved shirts
1 box is filled to overflowing with pants
1 box is filled to overflowing with the momma's "girlie" clothese (she doesn't wear them that often)
1-1/2 boxes are filled with blankets.
1 box is filled with light coats and sweat jackets.
1 box has the heavier coats/jackets in it
1 box has all the "dressy" clothes in it for the momma and the dad (again, don't get used much!)
1 box has just Raider stuff in it that no one will ever probably wear again, but can't get rid of yet
1 box has clothes, costumes, jackets and bandana's for us girls
1 box will have nothing but jersey's and 1 more with the dad's work clothes that he can't wear to work any more 'cuz they've gotten new uniforms since then.
Oh, and there is 2 boxes of shoes that hasn't even been looked at yet, and about 15 boxes of "stuffed animals" which is probably a combination of our dog toys and the momma's stuffed animals!
The momma has already decided that 99% of the stuffed animals are going! She's told everyone that she doesn't need any more EVER!! Cross paws that people listen! Now to keep the momma from buying more, too! Where are the stuffies going you ask? Well, since they've all been dry cleaned, they will be donated to the firemen for Toys for Tots! Yep - she's going to help the firemen that helped me to help kids have a great Christmas!! :-)
The momma also picked out the cabinets and whar color they're going to be, so they've been ordered. The design is called Hartford, which means the cupboard doors will have an arch at the tops, not just squares. They will be made out of oak and stained a chestnut color with "chocolate glaze". Doesn't that sound yummy?!?! The glaze helps bring out the wood grain without making the doors too dark!
Well, after that, not much went on for about 5 weeks. About 2 weeks ago, the momma ordered the recessed lights for the kitchen. She ordered 9 of the 6" cans and LED lights to go inside! She also ordered 3 12-inch florescent lights to go under the cabinets (if they ever get here!) and a ceiling fan with a light for the living room since both her and the dad like the one here at the right now house. The electrician installed them last week! The momma got to go talk to him and tell him her idea of how the lights should be. He told her what he would do, and she nixed it, and since its her kitchen, she got her way! One of the lights will go over the kitchen sink. 4 of the lights will be in each side of the kitchen - 4 in the old kitchen and 4 in the old breakfast nook part of the kitchen. She then told Jorge that she wanted 2 light switches so that she could turn these 4 on or those 4 or all 8 if she wanted to and he suggested putting in a 3-way switch so we can turn them on or off from either side of the room! It's going to be SO AWESOME!
The new kitchen window is going to be a garden window, and since they are taking out the sliding glass door to put in more cupboards and the new double ovens, she found a new back door that has a window up top (so there is now a window on each side of that room) and a doggy door built in!! We just heard that both of these things came in on Thursday of this week, so if they didn't get them put in yesterday, they'll do it on Monday!! Yay - more progress!!
The other thing they did recently is pick out the color of the new carpet for the whole house (a light grey called "Majestic"; Granite countertops in a color called "Kashmir White" which is a cream background with swirls of grey and specs of green, blue and burgandy and what the momma calls the most amazing backsplash ever - its called "Merlot-Linear GLS Stone Mosaic, which is a fancy way to say that they are glass and stone oblong pieces in greens, beige, grey and burgandy! It goes SO good with the countertop! The kitchen is going to be SO COOL! Now she needs to find the laminate flooring. She wants it to look like stones, but its not, its laminate! She wants the same floor for the entry way to tie the rooms together, whatever that means! (shrugs shoulders)
The one thing that the momma is working on in secret from the dad is to finish the hall bathroom, so PLEASE don't tell him!!! Its been partially done for 3 years now and the momma wants the house to be totally finished when they move back home! Well, yesterday, the momma went to Home Depot after work and picked out a Whirlpool Bathtub and a new shower surround to go with the new light she ordered when she ordered the kitchen lights! Now all she needs to do is find the pedestal sink the dad bought 3 years ago and never put in (so far, the company that is storing our stuff haven't found it), so hopefullly its in the garage somewhere - that's the one place they didn't pack up! She'd hate to have to buy a new sink when there is a brand new one somewhere - right!?!?! Oh, and she needs to pick out a new floor and paint colors! In fact, they need to pick out the paint colors for the whole inside of the house! Neither the momma or the dad are into white walls, so they're going to have fun! The momma has been a little overwhelmed with the idea since they don't have any furniture to help decide colors from, and up until this past week, they didn't know what color carpet was going in. Now, that the carpet is picked, it might make the paint decisions a little easier. She better call Barry soon and get him to help her and the dad! The momma told dad that she already knows what color she wantss for the outside of the house... light grey walls with black trim! She is SO beyond tired of the salmon color the house has been since they moved in!!
The contractors say we'll be able to move back home sometime in November! They are hoping for Thanksgiving, but it could be all the way until the end, depending on the inspectors from the city! Cross your paws its sooner rather than later!!
Well enough about the house! I know that's what is on everyones mind, but other things have happened, too! For example: Teddi - the last time I typed Teddi was diagnosed with a torn ACL and the momma opted not to do the $5000 surgery! Teddi received 8 Adaquin injections from the vet and the momma started her on SOD & Boswalla and she has been doing fantastic! She races me and Sasha out to the ramp every morning to make sure no kitties snuck into our right now yard! The momma took us to meet some friends at Pillar Point in Halfmoon Bay today and Teddi was running all over the place! Sure, by the time we got home, she was moving kinda slow, but that's what massages are for!
Sasha has mellowed out a bunch, but we still need to go to the dog park every day for at least 1 hour for her to play with her friends! She's recently started chewing things up after the dad leaves for work and before the momma gets home. The momma has gotten to where she asks "what did you get into today, Sasha" as she's walking in the door. She's usually right! We thought she was over it, but apparently, she's gotten really comfortable in the right now house, so she's started again! Not good!
I had a goopy eye in August. The momma took me back to my eye specialist to make sure I wasn't getting glaucoma in that eye, too, but knock wood, it was just a cold. I got another bottle of drops that the momma had to put in my eye twice a day, but I'm WAY better now!
Last Thursday, the momma and the dad celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary! The momma told her friends at the dog park that we wouldn't be there that day and she made us the most awesome dinner! It took her 4 hours from the time she started until they ate, and the meat just basically fell off the bones!! It was called Osso Bucco. It's an Italian meat dish that is supposed to be the meat of the kings! Like I said, we all loved it, but because it took forever to make, she'll probably never make it again! :-) They went to San Francisco on Saturday night to see Chris Katan from Saturday Night Live. He was OK, but the guys he brought with him were really funny! Then they went to Mojo's in Fremont on their way home to see their friends band play. They didn't get home until like 2am so I guess they had a good time without us!
The momma has been super busy! She's been doing all kinds of stuff to help raise moiney for the bassets!! She helped with a couple of photo shoots for hounds that had been adopted through GGBR so they could put together a Rescue Calendar for next year! Its at the printers now so they'll be ready to sell at the auction. Then she helped put things together to make gift baskets for the auction with Addy and Lina. They spent 6 hours one Saturday taking pictures of everything so they could put them on the internet for the on-line portion of the auction and for the bid sheets for the live portion. The on-line part has been going very well, so far! Cross paws it will continue to do so! Next Saturday is the live-auction and dinner! The momma has to make spaghetti for 100 people. Don't know how many people will show up, but she always makes enough so that Auntie Terri can take the rest to her school and sell it for the lunches to make money for them, too!
The dad bought himself another guitar on Thursday. He found it in the paper for $100. Its almost brand new. The lady that sold it to him bought it for her son, but he didn't want it, so the dad made out like a bandit and now he doesn't need need to buy any more (not that that will stop him!)!
Did I mention that with all this going on, they called to schedule the momma's knee surgery? They scheduled it for October 30th. Then she called them back the next day and told them she couldn't do it then 'cuz she needs to be able to pass out Halloween candy to all the trick-or-treaters! :-( So now that she cancelled it, she can't do it in November 'cuz we'll be moving back home and there is a LOT to do when we move! And then it'll be Christmas and since we're having Christmas at our house, she'll need to wrap the presents and cook the dinner, so it can't be then, so we're now thinking New Years 'cuz "she has priorities"! (lowers head and shakes it).
Well, now that things are moving once again around our house, I'll be able to update y'all more often then once every 2 months! Thank you all for your patience and the encouragements I've received lately to continue writing this Blog! I'm glad that those of you who've read it, have liked it! More soon, I promise!! Thanks once again for your continued love and support!
Love and hugs to y'all!!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Week of July 28, 2013
Hello friends!
Its really been a quiet week around here considering, but I thought I'd share what the family did this week:
On Monday, the momma finally got to go see HER knee doctor and guess what?!?!? No, Not a torn ACL!!? Just a torn meniscus! The doctor wants to do surgery, but the momma asked him if it could wait until October 'cuz she has a BIG fundraising event coming up and he said, sure - you've waited this long! SO, she told him OK, anytime October 8th or after 'cuz Howl at the Moon and Wine is on the 6th and she has a LOT to do to get ready for that!
Tuesday was another day of litte sleep for the momma! She worked late 'cuz its meeting Tuesday. Then when she got home the people from the mobile car wash were already here so she had to wait up until they were done cleaning the BUV (BOY did it need it!!). My eye as been runny for the past week, but over the weekend, it also started gettin green boogers in it, so she called my eye doctor and they wanted me to come in at 12:15, so we did. I am happy to report that my eye pressure tested at 10 which is GREAT and I had normal tear production, so they concluded that since they didn't see anything IN my eye, that I must have gotten something in there that irritated it and then it got infected, so I got a refill on my NO GLAUCOMA drops and got a new new one for NO MORE GREEN EYE BOOGERS one! We didn't get hoe untl 145pm. At 4:45 Teddi went to the vets for her 4th Adaquin injection. Dr. Young is VERY happy with the way that Teddi is walking and thinks that if she tore her ACL, then its probably only a partial tear! :-) However, on the way home to come get us, the momma decided that she needed more sleep and she texted our friends to tell them that we weren't going to make it to the dog park! :-(
Wednesday the mom got to go pick up her new glasses!! She thinks they are AWESOME and says is like looking at an HD-TV all the time now! Then she came home and got us and we went to the park for an extra half hour to make up for yesterday.
Thursday, the guy from Restoronics came by and brought the dad his guitar and amp back and took he momma's puter to clean it (hoping it doesn't skip letters anymore when it comes back!!). Daryl from Schwan's found our right now house and brought the momma and the dad a gallon of Chocolate ice cream (Daryl is our driver from OUR house!!)! Then the momma went over to our house to meet Patrick from the contractor's office. He is going to help the momma design her kitchen so that it is PERFECT!! They talked and measured and talked some more and he told the momma that he'd have something for her to look at when she got to work tonight! When she got home the UPS guy delivered her Pampered Chef order! 2 big boxes of stuff to go thru and deliver to her friends and a 1 whole box of stuff for our new kitchen!! Of course she isn't going wait for the new kitchen to use some of the stuff (mostly the tools), but she did put some of the big stuff back in the box and put that in the garage until she abolutely needs it! By the time she was done seperating everything, she realized that we missed Teddi's appointment for her 2nd shot this week, so she called the vet to reschedule and off we went to the park! When the momma got to check her e-mails at work she saw that Patrick had indeed sent her some pictures of what her kitchen could look like. It didn't have the ovens or fridge where she hoped and the pantry was smaller, but it wasn't bad. He asked for her thoughts (BIG mistake, Patrick!) so she did. She asked him to move the ovens to the end by the door and to see if she could move the fridge next to the stove and a bunch of other questions. Hopefully he'll have time to work on her gianormous requests tomorrow!
Friday, was another late day for the momma 'cuz she had another meeting! When she left work she went to the bank and to mail a Pampered Chef order that came to her by mistake (should have been mailed to New Jersey!!). Then she went by to see the grandma for a little bit before coming home for a nap. She got up early so the guy could drop off her cleaned puter and so she could go have he hair done and deliver the rest of the Pampered Chef stuff to the ladies at the shop, andwhile she was there one of Stacies customers placed another order with the momma, so she now has to send out another e-mail asking her right around here friends to order some more stuff so she can get the rest of the things for her new kitchen (Crossing paws that they do!). Then we went to the park! Auntie Teri (Hula's momma) came over for dinner and coctails tonight and she brought the dad a bottle of his FAVORITE can't find it anymore Mango Martini mix! The dad was SO happy, that he asked the momma to stop and buy some vodka when they went to go pick up Carmen's BBQ! Boy does Carmen's have the bestest sauce! The momma gave each of us girls a rib bone to gnaw on and it was yummy!! The momma had margarita's and Auntie Teri had some kind of Rum Punch with dinner, then she tried the momma's Rita's (a mix she got from Pampered Chef - of course)! After dinner the momma put together the stuff to make potato salad and cole slaw for our picnic with the hounds tomorrow! By the time she went to bed she was beat!
Today we got up and packed our lunch and headed to San Francisco. We went to Stern Grove to meet Kewpie and Lulu. We arrived fashionably late (the momma blames the dad for taking forever in getting ready), but it was OK 'cuz Lulu's people got there right after we did! We had a great walk! Lots of sniffin and running! About 1/4 of the way through, a new family joined our play group! Ben and Donna brought 6 year old Scout to join us! She is BEATIFUL with a deep mahogany and white coat! We stopped at the picnic tables to get a drink and chat when another lady with anoher basset showed up looking for the momma! Her name is Hariett and she is the foster momma for a 1-1/2 year old boy named Wally. He was cute and super nice and he thought everyone was his friend (he didn't dislike anyone!)! His F.M. told the momma that he had seen an orthopedist who took x-rays and told her that his elbows were growing at differnt rates and that he has mild hip displasia, so she is to limit his exercise. But because she has stairs in her house, she's afraid that he's going to hurt himself worse, so she wants GGBR to find him a new foster/forever home! She sai that the Milo Foundation who is his rescue is willing to give him over to GGBR, so the momma told her she would talk to Cindy thier foster coordinator about getting an e-mail plea sent out. She also gave Harriett her e-mail address and told her to send her his bio and a picture. Then we had a picnic! I didn't care 'cuz I was looking for gophers, but Teddi and Sasha didn't stray too far from the table, so they got bites, but I didn't care 'cuz I was hunting!! :-)
After the picnic, we headed home and all of us hounds took a nap. The dad took his guitar to have it tuned up and restrung (the guys at Restoronics tightened his bridge(?) too much!?!?) and to have his car washed (guess he was jealous that our BUV was cleaner then his car!). He brought home taco's from a taco truck near the car wash. We got to have some of the momma's chicken in our dinners! Yum! Then the momma played on her puter all night trying to catch up on e-mails and facebook stuffs! Patrick did e-mail her and answered all of her questions. He told her that if she made the pantry bigger it would cost more and then she couldn't put the fridge next to it 'cuz then it would move the stove down next to the sink (not good). The pictures that he sent today showed the ovens next to the door and a desk next to the fridge. The fridge still isn't where the sink was, but I guess if they have to move pipes for the sink anyways, that it won't be that much more to move some to where the fridge is so we can have ice and water dispensers, right?!? I guess that's something the momma will have to ask Patrick tomorrow 'cuz as it is I barely got to use it to type this 'cuz she was hogging it so much! I had to wait until she had a margarita before she let me on! Geesh! How in the world am I supposed to keep my public aware of our exciting lives if she's hogging it all the time?!!? Well, I guess the good news is that I'm finally able to and the letters aren't skipping nearly as much as they were before!! Yay! I still have to proof read my stuff just to be sure, but it is WAY better!
We may go to the dog park tomorrow to meet our friend Higgs, but that is all that is planned for now. Well, that and calling Auntie Terri and wishing her a Happy Birthday!! :-)~ Hoping that this coming week is drama-free! The momma has a busy month coming up, but mostly on the weekends, so stay tuned for those adventures!
In the mean time, that's all for now! Thanks once again for the continued love and support!
Hugs! <3 (BTW - does that look like a heart to you?!?!?)
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
Its really been a quiet week around here considering, but I thought I'd share what the family did this week:
On Monday, the momma finally got to go see HER knee doctor and guess what?!?!? No, Not a torn ACL!!? Just a torn meniscus! The doctor wants to do surgery, but the momma asked him if it could wait until October 'cuz she has a BIG fundraising event coming up and he said, sure - you've waited this long! SO, she told him OK, anytime October 8th or after 'cuz Howl at the Moon and Wine is on the 6th and she has a LOT to do to get ready for that!
Tuesday was another day of litte sleep for the momma! She worked late 'cuz its meeting Tuesday. Then when she got home the people from the mobile car wash were already here so she had to wait up until they were done cleaning the BUV (BOY did it need it!!). My eye as been runny for the past week, but over the weekend, it also started gettin green boogers in it, so she called my eye doctor and they wanted me to come in at 12:15, so we did. I am happy to report that my eye pressure tested at 10 which is GREAT and I had normal tear production, so they concluded that since they didn't see anything IN my eye, that I must have gotten something in there that irritated it and then it got infected, so I got a refill on my NO GLAUCOMA drops and got a new new one for NO MORE GREEN EYE BOOGERS one! We didn't get hoe untl 145pm. At 4:45 Teddi went to the vets for her 4th Adaquin injection. Dr. Young is VERY happy with the way that Teddi is walking and thinks that if she tore her ACL, then its probably only a partial tear! :-) However, on the way home to come get us, the momma decided that she needed more sleep and she texted our friends to tell them that we weren't going to make it to the dog park! :-(
Wednesday the mom got to go pick up her new glasses!! She thinks they are AWESOME and says is like looking at an HD-TV all the time now! Then she came home and got us and we went to the park for an extra half hour to make up for yesterday.
Thursday, the guy from Restoronics came by and brought the dad his guitar and amp back and took he momma's puter to clean it (hoping it doesn't skip letters anymore when it comes back!!). Daryl from Schwan's found our right now house and brought the momma and the dad a gallon of Chocolate ice cream (Daryl is our driver from OUR house!!)! Then the momma went over to our house to meet Patrick from the contractor's office. He is going to help the momma design her kitchen so that it is PERFECT!! They talked and measured and talked some more and he told the momma that he'd have something for her to look at when she got to work tonight! When she got home the UPS guy delivered her Pampered Chef order! 2 big boxes of stuff to go thru and deliver to her friends and a 1 whole box of stuff for our new kitchen!! Of course she isn't going wait for the new kitchen to use some of the stuff (mostly the tools), but she did put some of the big stuff back in the box and put that in the garage until she abolutely needs it! By the time she was done seperating everything, she realized that we missed Teddi's appointment for her 2nd shot this week, so she called the vet to reschedule and off we went to the park! When the momma got to check her e-mails at work she saw that Patrick had indeed sent her some pictures of what her kitchen could look like. It didn't have the ovens or fridge where she hoped and the pantry was smaller, but it wasn't bad. He asked for her thoughts (BIG mistake, Patrick!) so she did. She asked him to move the ovens to the end by the door and to see if she could move the fridge next to the stove and a bunch of other questions. Hopefully he'll have time to work on her gianormous requests tomorrow!
Friday, was another late day for the momma 'cuz she had another meeting! When she left work she went to the bank and to mail a Pampered Chef order that came to her by mistake (should have been mailed to New Jersey!!). Then she went by to see the grandma for a little bit before coming home for a nap. She got up early so the guy could drop off her cleaned puter and so she could go have he hair done and deliver the rest of the Pampered Chef stuff to the ladies at the shop, andwhile she was there one of Stacies customers placed another order with the momma, so she now has to send out another e-mail asking her right around here friends to order some more stuff so she can get the rest of the things for her new kitchen (Crossing paws that they do!). Then we went to the park! Auntie Teri (Hula's momma) came over for dinner and coctails tonight and she brought the dad a bottle of his FAVORITE can't find it anymore Mango Martini mix! The dad was SO happy, that he asked the momma to stop and buy some vodka when they went to go pick up Carmen's BBQ! Boy does Carmen's have the bestest sauce! The momma gave each of us girls a rib bone to gnaw on and it was yummy!! The momma had margarita's and Auntie Teri had some kind of Rum Punch with dinner, then she tried the momma's Rita's (a mix she got from Pampered Chef - of course)! After dinner the momma put together the stuff to make potato salad and cole slaw for our picnic with the hounds tomorrow! By the time she went to bed she was beat!
Today we got up and packed our lunch and headed to San Francisco. We went to Stern Grove to meet Kewpie and Lulu. We arrived fashionably late (the momma blames the dad for taking forever in getting ready), but it was OK 'cuz Lulu's people got there right after we did! We had a great walk! Lots of sniffin and running! About 1/4 of the way through, a new family joined our play group! Ben and Donna brought 6 year old Scout to join us! She is BEATIFUL with a deep mahogany and white coat! We stopped at the picnic tables to get a drink and chat when another lady with anoher basset showed up looking for the momma! Her name is Hariett and she is the foster momma for a 1-1/2 year old boy named Wally. He was cute and super nice and he thought everyone was his friend (he didn't dislike anyone!)! His F.M. told the momma that he had seen an orthopedist who took x-rays and told her that his elbows were growing at differnt rates and that he has mild hip displasia, so she is to limit his exercise. But because she has stairs in her house, she's afraid that he's going to hurt himself worse, so she wants GGBR to find him a new foster/forever home! She sai that the Milo Foundation who is his rescue is willing to give him over to GGBR, so the momma told her she would talk to Cindy thier foster coordinator about getting an e-mail plea sent out. She also gave Harriett her e-mail address and told her to send her his bio and a picture. Then we had a picnic! I didn't care 'cuz I was looking for gophers, but Teddi and Sasha didn't stray too far from the table, so they got bites, but I didn't care 'cuz I was hunting!! :-)
After the picnic, we headed home and all of us hounds took a nap. The dad took his guitar to have it tuned up and restrung (the guys at Restoronics tightened his bridge(?) too much!?!?) and to have his car washed (guess he was jealous that our BUV was cleaner then his car!). He brought home taco's from a taco truck near the car wash. We got to have some of the momma's chicken in our dinners! Yum! Then the momma played on her puter all night trying to catch up on e-mails and facebook stuffs! Patrick did e-mail her and answered all of her questions. He told her that if she made the pantry bigger it would cost more and then she couldn't put the fridge next to it 'cuz then it would move the stove down next to the sink (not good). The pictures that he sent today showed the ovens next to the door and a desk next to the fridge. The fridge still isn't where the sink was, but I guess if they have to move pipes for the sink anyways, that it won't be that much more to move some to where the fridge is so we can have ice and water dispensers, right?!? I guess that's something the momma will have to ask Patrick tomorrow 'cuz as it is I barely got to use it to type this 'cuz she was hogging it so much! I had to wait until she had a margarita before she let me on! Geesh! How in the world am I supposed to keep my public aware of our exciting lives if she's hogging it all the time?!!? Well, I guess the good news is that I'm finally able to and the letters aren't skipping nearly as much as they were before!! Yay! I still have to proof read my stuff just to be sure, but it is WAY better!
We may go to the dog park tomorrow to meet our friend Higgs, but that is all that is planned for now. Well, that and calling Auntie Terri and wishing her a Happy Birthday!! :-)~ Hoping that this coming week is drama-free! The momma has a busy month coming up, but mostly on the weekends, so stay tuned for those adventures!
In the mean time, that's all for now! Thanks once again for the continued love and support!
Hugs! <3 (BTW - does that look like a heart to you?!?!?)
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
Friday, July 20, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Hello Friends!
This has been a boring week. The momma AND the dad both yelled at Teddi on Monday night! She had that shot on Saturday and now she thinks she's all better and she was running in the house!
Monday, the momma got up and went for a massage and chiropractic adjustment. She said she felt like a limp noodle when they were done with her, so she came home, texted out friends that we couldn't come out to play and she went back to bed until dinner time!
Tuesday when the momma took her in for her 2nd shot, they asked how she was doing and the momma said "Too good!"! And then they both went to the momma's nail appointment (she had her nails painted a dark purple!). When they were done, they stopped by our house to see if Dave's crew was done with the asbestos abatement. Except when they got there Andre' from down the street was standing in between Leo and Steve's house, so the momma stared to ask him what was going on when she saw smoke!! Boy did THAT bring back some yucky memories and she started shaking! She just couldn't believe that was happening so close to home and so soon! She tried to get in the backyard to see what was burning, but she couldn't get the gate open. When Chad came over, she asked him if he could hop the fence, so him and Andre' did! Then the fire truck showed up and the momma told them that the gate was locked, so the first fireman kicked the gate down so they could bring the hose back there. Turns out it wasn't their house, it was their back fence!! Somehow it caught on fire and was starting to catch the behind them's neighbor's grass on fire, too! Big Steve thinks kids were playing with matches, but we don't know for sure! It sure shook the momma up, though! My fireman wasn't on the truck that came to put out Leo's fence. I'm glad 'cuz I wasn't there and I would have been sad to have missed him!
We ended up going to the park late, but we got to see our friends, so it was worth it except that Sasha got yelled at twice by a lady we'd never see before! She said that Sasha was biting her pitbull's face. The first time, the momma put Sasha on time-out until Dave told her that it was over a toy, so it wasn't really her fault, so the momma let her up. The 2nd time the lady yelled and told the momma she'd better keep an eye on her dog blah, blah blah so the momma yelled back, so they gathered up the pitty with a huge chain and left. When they were walking out, she said something about calling the city and we think she did 'cuz they walked around outside the park for a long time while she was on the phone to someone, and then they left. About 5 minutes later, a police car drove by, and the momma raised her hand to show him she was the one they called him about, but he didn't even slow down! Josh said that they probably just laughed at her when she told them that a basset puppy was attacking her pit bull! The momma said it's because they don't know Sasha - she thinks she's a pit sometimes!! After she started a fight with another new dog, the momma made us go home! She thinks that Sasha had too much energy pent up from not going to the dog park in 3 whole days! We'll see how she behaves tomorrow... Since we left a little early, the momma cooked the pepper steak that she had been marinating for 3 days! We got to have a taste and boy was it yummy!!
Wednesday, the momma was supposed to go to the knee doctor, so she got up early and took a shower. While she was soaking her head, his nurse called up and left the momma a message saying that he was in surgery and they had to reschedule until Monday! So, the momma went down to Gala Bakery to pick up the cupcakes for work. She hit traffic, so it took her 45 minutes to get there, but only 25 to get home. We did make it to the park on time, though, so that was good! Dave told her that they were done with the clean up an that we passed the air inspection, so the momma called up Doug, our construction guy, and told him the good news! He told the momma that we have a different project manager. They chose him over Bruce 'cuz he worked in our area so he could pay close attention to our house when the work started. He also told her that they were meeting at our house at 11am on Thursday to do the final measurements if she wanted to join them and meet the new guy. She said she would try.
Thursday, the momma worked late 'cuz of meetings and then she got up early to go meet our construction guys! She got there about 11:30 'cuz she didn't hear her alarm, but the new project manager was already gone and Doug was just putting the keys back in the lock box! Turns out they got there early. Doug did go back in with the momma and they checked out the house together. All the carpet is gone! The momma didn't think about that until later, but we thought they were going to clean the carpets in the rest of the house?!?!? We'll have to e-mail Doug later and ask him! Anyways, the momma said that the house looks SO big with none of our junk in there! The hardwood floors look good in the rest of the bedrooms, so she may want to think about sealing them and leaving them alone since us girls don't go in those rooms (well, except for our bedroom!)?!? Something to think about!
They took part of the ceiling from the living room down and there isn't one in the kitchen any more. The only thing left in the kitchen is the old tile floor that the momma and dad put down when they first moved in (before any of us girl were born!!) and some of the super old tiles that was down when they first bought our house! BOY was that stuff ugly! They think its from the 70's! The momma told Doug a couple of things that she was thinking for the kitchen, like moving the sink in front of the window, moving the fridge to where the sink was and making the window smaller so we could put cabinets in front of it. She also asked him if the wall that was behind the fridge was a load bearing wall or could they take it out? He told her that it WAS a load bearing wall, and if they wanted to move it at all, they would have to pay for an engineer to come in and that could be quite expensive, so they'll have to leave that wall alone!! Then Doug told the momma that with all of her changes and additions, that it would probably cost the momma and dad about $5,000. The momma thought that was great and Doug was happy, too!
Then the kids from across the street came over! They couldn't believe how big the house looked, too! Then their gram came over and and she was looking in the house, too and her and the momma caught up a little. When they went outside, Johanna and Jacob came over so they had to go see inside, too! The momma didn't get home until 1pm!! She had a quick nap and then Donn and her 2 basset girls came over so they could talk about a rescue calendar they are going to try to put together for GGBR!! I think Sasha and I can be in it since we are both GGBR alumni!! Then it was off to the park! I am happy to report that Sasha did not start a single fight today!! AND that our friend Jess showed up with her human Michael, who just got his license yesterday AND Auntie Susan and Kewpie were at the big dog park passing out carrots! I spit mine out 'cuz they weren't cooked, but Sasha and Teddi, Frisky, Jess and Meeka all liked them! When we left, the momma stopped by and picked up pizza at Centerville Round Table so she didn't have to cook!
Today, the momma had a bunch of appointments scheduled! She actually got home before the dad left for work for a change (that was a first!)! She didn't eat last night 'cuz she knew that she had to take a blood test this afternoon, but when she woke up at 12pm, she didn't feel very good, so she went early so she could hurry up and eat something! She felt MUCH better when she did! Jason from Resteronics came over to check out the momma's laptop. He doesn't know why it skips letters when she is typing,so he wants to take it one day next week for the day and clean it out to see if that will help! She sure hope so 'cuz having to type things over an over is driving us crazy!! That's also the reason why i looks like i can't type sometimes - its the puter not my thick paws!! :-)
So anyways - the momma had 2 other doctor's appointments and then Teddi had to get her 3rd shot and the momma remembered that we were almost out of dog food (heaven forbid!), so she called Auntie Sandy to see how much longer she was going to be open. She said she'd wait for us! SO we went and dropped Teddi off to get stuck in the leg and while they were doing that, the momma went and bought us food - Bison and Venison this time! Last time it was lamb, but Sasha seemed super finicky on it, but I digress... so when everyone is back in the BUV we head over to the Niles Community Park to help setup for tomorrow's dog show! We LOVE helping to setup 'cuz we get to run off-leash!! Well, we DID until Sasha let a chihuahua chase her WAY far away!! The momma was so mad at her, that she made all 3 of us sit in the BUV and wait for her to finish!! BAD SASHA!!
So on the way home, the momma had to stop and buy pancake batter for the morning! Turns out the guy that promised her to donate Batter Blaster back in March, left the company and forgot to mention us to anyone else!! Their nearest plant is in Newbury Park down by L.A., which is just a 5-1/2 hour drive ONE WAY from us! They promised to donate next year, though! Oh, good!! That will help us a LOT tomorrow!! OK, momma, I'll quit whining!! Sheesh!!
After the store it was home for dinner and to play on the puter! We have to leave here at 7am so we can go pick up the old neighbor kids!! Destiny, Marie and Johnathon will all be coming with us! Yay!! The Gram and pops are supposed to drive up for the day, too and Auntie Terri is supposed to come over the hill just to see us girls!! The momma said we're all going to dinner afterward!! What!?!?? Just the 2-leggers?!?!? Fine!! Just be sure to bring home some leftovers! Sheesh!!
Well friends, that's it for tonight! Thanks once again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
This has been a boring week. The momma AND the dad both yelled at Teddi on Monday night! She had that shot on Saturday and now she thinks she's all better and she was running in the house!
Monday, the momma got up and went for a massage and chiropractic adjustment. She said she felt like a limp noodle when they were done with her, so she came home, texted out friends that we couldn't come out to play and she went back to bed until dinner time!
Tuesday when the momma took her in for her 2nd shot, they asked how she was doing and the momma said "Too good!"! And then they both went to the momma's nail appointment (she had her nails painted a dark purple!). When they were done, they stopped by our house to see if Dave's crew was done with the asbestos abatement. Except when they got there Andre' from down the street was standing in between Leo and Steve's house, so the momma stared to ask him what was going on when she saw smoke!! Boy did THAT bring back some yucky memories and she started shaking! She just couldn't believe that was happening so close to home and so soon! She tried to get in the backyard to see what was burning, but she couldn't get the gate open. When Chad came over, she asked him if he could hop the fence, so him and Andre' did! Then the fire truck showed up and the momma told them that the gate was locked, so the first fireman kicked the gate down so they could bring the hose back there. Turns out it wasn't their house, it was their back fence!! Somehow it caught on fire and was starting to catch the behind them's neighbor's grass on fire, too! Big Steve thinks kids were playing with matches, but we don't know for sure! It sure shook the momma up, though! My fireman wasn't on the truck that came to put out Leo's fence. I'm glad 'cuz I wasn't there and I would have been sad to have missed him!
We ended up going to the park late, but we got to see our friends, so it was worth it except that Sasha got yelled at twice by a lady we'd never see before! She said that Sasha was biting her pitbull's face. The first time, the momma put Sasha on time-out until Dave told her that it was over a toy, so it wasn't really her fault, so the momma let her up. The 2nd time the lady yelled and told the momma she'd better keep an eye on her dog blah, blah blah so the momma yelled back, so they gathered up the pitty with a huge chain and left. When they were walking out, she said something about calling the city and we think she did 'cuz they walked around outside the park for a long time while she was on the phone to someone, and then they left. About 5 minutes later, a police car drove by, and the momma raised her hand to show him she was the one they called him about, but he didn't even slow down! Josh said that they probably just laughed at her when she told them that a basset puppy was attacking her pit bull! The momma said it's because they don't know Sasha - she thinks she's a pit sometimes!! After she started a fight with another new dog, the momma made us go home! She thinks that Sasha had too much energy pent up from not going to the dog park in 3 whole days! We'll see how she behaves tomorrow... Since we left a little early, the momma cooked the pepper steak that she had been marinating for 3 days! We got to have a taste and boy was it yummy!!
Wednesday, the momma was supposed to go to the knee doctor, so she got up early and took a shower. While she was soaking her head, his nurse called up and left the momma a message saying that he was in surgery and they had to reschedule until Monday! So, the momma went down to Gala Bakery to pick up the cupcakes for work. She hit traffic, so it took her 45 minutes to get there, but only 25 to get home. We did make it to the park on time, though, so that was good! Dave told her that they were done with the clean up an that we passed the air inspection, so the momma called up Doug, our construction guy, and told him the good news! He told the momma that we have a different project manager. They chose him over Bruce 'cuz he worked in our area so he could pay close attention to our house when the work started. He also told her that they were meeting at our house at 11am on Thursday to do the final measurements if she wanted to join them and meet the new guy. She said she would try.
Thursday, the momma worked late 'cuz of meetings and then she got up early to go meet our construction guys! She got there about 11:30 'cuz she didn't hear her alarm, but the new project manager was already gone and Doug was just putting the keys back in the lock box! Turns out they got there early. Doug did go back in with the momma and they checked out the house together. All the carpet is gone! The momma didn't think about that until later, but we thought they were going to clean the carpets in the rest of the house?!?!? We'll have to e-mail Doug later and ask him! Anyways, the momma said that the house looks SO big with none of our junk in there! The hardwood floors look good in the rest of the bedrooms, so she may want to think about sealing them and leaving them alone since us girls don't go in those rooms (well, except for our bedroom!)?!? Something to think about!
They took part of the ceiling from the living room down and there isn't one in the kitchen any more. The only thing left in the kitchen is the old tile floor that the momma and dad put down when they first moved in (before any of us girl were born!!) and some of the super old tiles that was down when they first bought our house! BOY was that stuff ugly! They think its from the 70's! The momma told Doug a couple of things that she was thinking for the kitchen, like moving the sink in front of the window, moving the fridge to where the sink was and making the window smaller so we could put cabinets in front of it. She also asked him if the wall that was behind the fridge was a load bearing wall or could they take it out? He told her that it WAS a load bearing wall, and if they wanted to move it at all, they would have to pay for an engineer to come in and that could be quite expensive, so they'll have to leave that wall alone!! Then Doug told the momma that with all of her changes and additions, that it would probably cost the momma and dad about $5,000. The momma thought that was great and Doug was happy, too!
Then the kids from across the street came over! They couldn't believe how big the house looked, too! Then their gram came over and and she was looking in the house, too and her and the momma caught up a little. When they went outside, Johanna and Jacob came over so they had to go see inside, too! The momma didn't get home until 1pm!! She had a quick nap and then Donn and her 2 basset girls came over so they could talk about a rescue calendar they are going to try to put together for GGBR!! I think Sasha and I can be in it since we are both GGBR alumni!! Then it was off to the park! I am happy to report that Sasha did not start a single fight today!! AND that our friend Jess showed up with her human Michael, who just got his license yesterday AND Auntie Susan and Kewpie were at the big dog park passing out carrots! I spit mine out 'cuz they weren't cooked, but Sasha and Teddi, Frisky, Jess and Meeka all liked them! When we left, the momma stopped by and picked up pizza at Centerville Round Table so she didn't have to cook!
Today, the momma had a bunch of appointments scheduled! She actually got home before the dad left for work for a change (that was a first!)! She didn't eat last night 'cuz she knew that she had to take a blood test this afternoon, but when she woke up at 12pm, she didn't feel very good, so she went early so she could hurry up and eat something! She felt MUCH better when she did! Jason from Resteronics came over to check out the momma's laptop. He doesn't know why it skips letters when she is typing,so he wants to take it one day next week for the day and clean it out to see if that will help! She sure hope so 'cuz having to type things over an over is driving us crazy!! That's also the reason why i looks like i can't type sometimes - its the puter not my thick paws!! :-)
So anyways - the momma had 2 other doctor's appointments and then Teddi had to get her 3rd shot and the momma remembered that we were almost out of dog food (heaven forbid!), so she called Auntie Sandy to see how much longer she was going to be open. She said she'd wait for us! SO we went and dropped Teddi off to get stuck in the leg and while they were doing that, the momma went and bought us food - Bison and Venison this time! Last time it was lamb, but Sasha seemed super finicky on it, but I digress... so when everyone is back in the BUV we head over to the Niles Community Park to help setup for tomorrow's dog show! We LOVE helping to setup 'cuz we get to run off-leash!! Well, we DID until Sasha let a chihuahua chase her WAY far away!! The momma was so mad at her, that she made all 3 of us sit in the BUV and wait for her to finish!! BAD SASHA!!
So on the way home, the momma had to stop and buy pancake batter for the morning! Turns out the guy that promised her to donate Batter Blaster back in March, left the company and forgot to mention us to anyone else!! Their nearest plant is in Newbury Park down by L.A., which is just a 5-1/2 hour drive ONE WAY from us! They promised to donate next year, though! Oh, good!! That will help us a LOT tomorrow!! OK, momma, I'll quit whining!! Sheesh!!
After the store it was home for dinner and to play on the puter! We have to leave here at 7am so we can go pick up the old neighbor kids!! Destiny, Marie and Johnathon will all be coming with us! Yay!! The Gram and pops are supposed to drive up for the day, too and Auntie Terri is supposed to come over the hill just to see us girls!! The momma said we're all going to dinner afterward!! What!?!?? Just the 2-leggers?!?!? Fine!! Just be sure to bring home some leftovers! Sheesh!!
Well friends, that's it for tonight! Thanks once again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
Sunday,. July 15, 2012
Hello friend!
Today, the momma got up super early, but she doesn't know why. She was trying to catch up on her e-mails when Auntie Terri called. She was taking cousin Nicky and Sara to the airport so they can go to Hawaii! She asked the momma if she wanted to meet for breakfast at Stack's after she dropped them off in San Francisco. Good thing she was on speaker phone 'cuz she was supposed to be taking them to San Jose!! The momma told her to get 101 South and it will take them right there and she was right - they were only about 6 exits away and they arrived ahead of time!! So, the momma suggested they meet at Scrambles instead 'cuz it was on the way back to Auntie Terri's house, so that's what they did! The met, they talked, they ate and got super full and then Auntie Terri had to go clean out her classroom and the 2nd grade classroom so she could move her class, so they had to leave. The momma brought dad some food, and she brought us her leftovers, so we forgave her for leaving us!
The rest of the day we pretty much laid around until we went to the Fremont Dog Park to meet Hula and or other Auntie Teri! Sasha and hula played and played for just about a full hour! When we left, the momma surprised us girls by taking us to meet Auntie Susan and Kewpie at Sonic! Turns out today was National Ice Cream Day, so the momma bought us a cone to share and she bought one for Kewpie! It was SO good, but it didn't agree with me, and I threw up all over the back of the momma's BUV!! The momma took a picture of me and Sasha sharing before I got sick.
Check it out...
Today, the momma got up super early, but she doesn't know why. She was trying to catch up on her e-mails when Auntie Terri called. She was taking cousin Nicky and Sara to the airport so they can go to Hawaii! She asked the momma if she wanted to meet for breakfast at Stack's after she dropped them off in San Francisco. Good thing she was on speaker phone 'cuz she was supposed to be taking them to San Jose!! The momma told her to get 101 South and it will take them right there and she was right - they were only about 6 exits away and they arrived ahead of time!! So, the momma suggested they meet at Scrambles instead 'cuz it was on the way back to Auntie Terri's house, so that's what they did! The met, they talked, they ate and got super full and then Auntie Terri had to go clean out her classroom and the 2nd grade classroom so she could move her class, so they had to leave. The momma brought dad some food, and she brought us her leftovers, so we forgave her for leaving us!
The rest of the day we pretty much laid around until we went to the Fremont Dog Park to meet Hula and or other Auntie Teri! Sasha and hula played and played for just about a full hour! When we left, the momma surprised us girls by taking us to meet Auntie Susan and Kewpie at Sonic! Turns out today was National Ice Cream Day, so the momma bought us a cone to share and she bought one for Kewpie! It was SO good, but it didn't agree with me, and I threw up all over the back of the momma's BUV!! The momma took a picture of me and Sasha sharing before I got sick.
Check it out...
Teddi got a couple of licks but she preferred the cone, so the momma saved it for her! Auntie Susan thought it was AWESOME that Teddi made the momma bring her the ice cream cone to try! Why wouldn't she? She IS the princess after all! ;-)
Well - that was our day! Wasn't it great?!?!? We thought so!! But that's all for now! Will write more when it happens! Until then, thanks again for all the love and support!! Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Hello friends!
Today, the momma got up and loaded the BUV with a gajillion boxes so they can stuff goody bags for next weekends Niles Dog Show. Then she ad Teddi went to Close Feed and Supply to get another gajillion boxes of Taste of the Wild samples and they went to the stuffing pawty! Teddi made out like a bandit 'cuz they had extra Bright Bites so she got one. Then a little dog that was there didn't eat his so Teddi had that one, too!
When they left there, they went to see Dr. Young. She was going to show the momma how to do a Jones Wrap to help stabilize Teddi's knee 'cuz the momma does NOT want her to have surgery! They got Teddi's leg all wrapped up, but she walked like a pirate and Dr. Young was afraid she would hurt her hip walking like that, so they took it off and decided to give Teddi Adaquin injections. They are a glucosomine shot to help he joints. She will get 2 a week for 4 weeks and then once a month.
So, the instructions are to keep her from running, and as long as she don't we can take her with us to the dog park! Yay! That means that I can go back to the dog park, too!! Just not today...
The momma spent the rest of the day doing laundry and picking up dog hair from around the house!
Just another boring day at our right now house! Will write more when it happens! In the mean time, thanks again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
Today, the momma got up and loaded the BUV with a gajillion boxes so they can stuff goody bags for next weekends Niles Dog Show. Then she ad Teddi went to Close Feed and Supply to get another gajillion boxes of Taste of the Wild samples and they went to the stuffing pawty! Teddi made out like a bandit 'cuz they had extra Bright Bites so she got one. Then a little dog that was there didn't eat his so Teddi had that one, too!
When they left there, they went to see Dr. Young. She was going to show the momma how to do a Jones Wrap to help stabilize Teddi's knee 'cuz the momma does NOT want her to have surgery! They got Teddi's leg all wrapped up, but she walked like a pirate and Dr. Young was afraid she would hurt her hip walking like that, so they took it off and decided to give Teddi Adaquin injections. They are a glucosomine shot to help he joints. She will get 2 a week for 4 weeks and then once a month.
So, the instructions are to keep her from running, and as long as she don't we can take her with us to the dog park! Yay! That means that I can go back to the dog park, too!! Just not today...
The momma spent the rest of the day doing laundry and picking up dog hair from around the house!
Just another boring day at our right now house! Will write more when it happens! In the mean time, thanks again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
Monday, July 16, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Hello friends!
Some peoples think that today is a scary day, but the momma doesn't think so! She likes the number 13!! She actualy got 3-1/2 hours sleep when she got home today and then went out to run all of her errands.
She finally returned the empty keg from the pawty so she could get her deposit back. Then she went to Dr. P's office to pay for the super extra neat glasses that she just ordered on Wednesday. They told her that because they were so special they would take up to 20 days to get back here. :-( Then she went to the grandma's house to return her table and chairs so she can setup her stuff for next weekends garage sale.
When she left there, she headed over to our house to see if the box with the goody bags for the Niles Dog Show (next Saturday) arrived yet! She hoped so 'cuz they are supposed to stuff them tomorrow! On the way to our house, she calls Gina at the Odle Group to verify when they were sent and where. Gina told the momma that they were delivered to our house on June 15, 2012 at 4:51pm and were left on our front porch. UH OH!! That was 5 days afte our fire!! Where could they be!?! We had gone by our house after we went to Point Isabel that Saturday and there wasn't any box on the porch then! Not good! Then the neighbor Steve comes over and momma asks him about them. He said no, he'd only seen the one box with the wi-fi stick for momma's puter, but he called her for that weeks ago! Then he reminded the momma that the day we were waiting for the polic to show up to write a report about the break-in, Kathy told the momma that someone left a box with Niles Dog Show bags behind her truck. The momma thought she just meant 3 or 4 bags so she didn't think any more about it until now, so now she goes running 5 houses down and asks Kathy if she still has those bags. She says yes, they're in the shed and she brings out a box with all 150 of them!! What GREAT neighbors we have, huh?!?! So, the day before stuffing, the goody bags are found!! YAY!!
So then the momma goes to the beauty shop where Auntie Dee works to collect her order for the momma's Pampered Chef pawty (she's trying to replace the stuff we lost in the fire). And great news, 3 other ladies placed orders, too!
And when she got home, the dad was already there 'cuz he went in early today, so the momma told him that since he was home, she was going to take me with her and Sasha to the dog park, but the dad didn't want Teddi to have to stay home again, so he said he'd come with and keep her on a leash to make sure she didn't run or jump or anything, so they cam with us, too!
Auntie Susan and Kewpie showed up a little after we did and she had Charlie Bears in her pocket!! She was SO heartbroken when Teddi wouldn't eat any, but Sasha and I made her feel better by eating her share!
When we left, we stopped by the grandma's house so the dad could move his Harley closer to the wall so that grandma would have more room for her garage sale. Auntie Terry was there, too, so they left us kids in the car while they went inside! The were gone FOREVER and we were starving to death,so I told Sasha to grab the bag of treats the momma has hidden behind her seat. She just couldn't get the darn bag open, and next thing we know, here come the momma and the dad and she's busted!! I tried to look extra innocent, but the momma saw right through that!
After dinner, the momma spent like a nickzillion hours on the puter trying to order some special things for Christmas presents. The dad tried to get her to wait until she had a nap, but the momma said NO - it has to be done tonight 'cuz they expire today, so the dad was smart and left her alone!
When she was done she was pooped!! And she has to get up early tomorrow to pick up some Taste of the Wild samples at the feed store, and then they're supposed to stuff goody bags for next weekend! So we're off to bed!! I'll write more when it happens! Thanks again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds
Some peoples think that today is a scary day, but the momma doesn't think so! She likes the number 13!! She actualy got 3-1/2 hours sleep when she got home today and then went out to run all of her errands.
She finally returned the empty keg from the pawty so she could get her deposit back. Then she went to Dr. P's office to pay for the super extra neat glasses that she just ordered on Wednesday. They told her that because they were so special they would take up to 20 days to get back here. :-( Then she went to the grandma's house to return her table and chairs so she can setup her stuff for next weekends garage sale.
When she left there, she headed over to our house to see if the box with the goody bags for the Niles Dog Show (next Saturday) arrived yet! She hoped so 'cuz they are supposed to stuff them tomorrow! On the way to our house, she calls Gina at the Odle Group to verify when they were sent and where. Gina told the momma that they were delivered to our house on June 15, 2012 at 4:51pm and were left on our front porch. UH OH!! That was 5 days afte our fire!! Where could they be!?! We had gone by our house after we went to Point Isabel that Saturday and there wasn't any box on the porch then! Not good! Then the neighbor Steve comes over and momma asks him about them. He said no, he'd only seen the one box with the wi-fi stick for momma's puter, but he called her for that weeks ago! Then he reminded the momma that the day we were waiting for the polic to show up to write a report about the break-in, Kathy told the momma that someone left a box with Niles Dog Show bags behind her truck. The momma thought she just meant 3 or 4 bags so she didn't think any more about it until now, so now she goes running 5 houses down and asks Kathy if she still has those bags. She says yes, they're in the shed and she brings out a box with all 150 of them!! What GREAT neighbors we have, huh?!?! So, the day before stuffing, the goody bags are found!! YAY!!
So then the momma goes to the beauty shop where Auntie Dee works to collect her order for the momma's Pampered Chef pawty (she's trying to replace the stuff we lost in the fire). And great news, 3 other ladies placed orders, too!
And when she got home, the dad was already there 'cuz he went in early today, so the momma told him that since he was home, she was going to take me with her and Sasha to the dog park, but the dad didn't want Teddi to have to stay home again, so he said he'd come with and keep her on a leash to make sure she didn't run or jump or anything, so they cam with us, too!
Auntie Susan and Kewpie showed up a little after we did and she had Charlie Bears in her pocket!! She was SO heartbroken when Teddi wouldn't eat any, but Sasha and I made her feel better by eating her share!
When we left, we stopped by the grandma's house so the dad could move his Harley closer to the wall so that grandma would have more room for her garage sale. Auntie Terry was there, too, so they left us kids in the car while they went inside! The were gone FOREVER and we were starving to death,so I told Sasha to grab the bag of treats the momma has hidden behind her seat. She just couldn't get the darn bag open, and next thing we know, here come the momma and the dad and she's busted!! I tried to look extra innocent, but the momma saw right through that!
After dinner, the momma spent like a nickzillion hours on the puter trying to order some special things for Christmas presents. The dad tried to get her to wait until she had a nap, but the momma said NO - it has to be done tonight 'cuz they expire today, so the dad was smart and left her alone!
When she was done she was pooped!! And she has to get up early tomorrow to pick up some Taste of the Wild samples at the feed store, and then they're supposed to stuff goody bags for next weekend! So we're off to bed!! I'll write more when it happens! Thanks again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Hello friends!
When the momma came home from work today, there was a message from Dr. Gill saying there was a problem and Teddi can't wear the knee brace after all. She called and he told her that the guy at the brace place said that her leg was not long enough.
Mom didn't like that answer, so she called and talked to the guy herself. He told her that Teddi would need a small brace, but they only go up to 8" for the thigh size, but Teddi's is 14"! He said that if they went up to size 1 to make it fit her thigh, then it would be too long and rub against her groin and her ankle and it would not be comfortable, not to mention they couldn't guarantee it would work the same so he couldn't sell it to us. :-( He did tell the momma that there are places out there that make hard braces by taking a cast of the leg and she could learn to do something called a Johns wrap (maybe not) where they put cast padding on her leg and cover it with that stretchy bandage stuff from the vet to make a figure 8 and hold the knee in place. She's going to ask our vet to show her how to do that 'cuz she does NOT want to do surgery on Teddi!!
We then went to bed 'cuz the dad was already at work (Yay!) and we all got to sleep with the momma! She had to lift Teddi and me up, but Sasha jumped up on her own! About 1:30 she jumped out of bed and almost screamed 'cuz someone was opening up our bedroom door. I guess she didn't hear the dad pull up or open the garage door or anything. He came home for lunch to change shirts 'cuz his was so wet from how hot it was at his work!
She told him that she had stopped at Wally World on the way home and bought us a new Smokey Joe BBQ so we can have steaks for dinner tonight and she told him the bad news about Teddi's brace.
When he went back to work, we weren't sure we were going to be able to go back to sleep, but the next thing we knew, the momma's alarm went off and it was time to get ready to go to the dog park. She made the dad some sweet tea and seasoned the steaks and then she and Sasha left and I had to stay here and keep an eye on Teddi again 'cuz now that there is carpet, she thinks she feels better!
The dad ate his pb&j when he got home, so when the momma and Sasha came home, he wasn't hungry, so instead of steaks & baked potatoes today, she made herself a hamburger on the new grill. Then the dad decided that he was a little bit hungry, so he cooked some hot dogs on the grill. Can you believe that we didn't get a single knibble!?!? The nerve!
Today they were supposed to go by the house and start throwing out all the stuff left there - the couches, matresses, the curio cabinet that got burned and hopefully all the crap in the kitchen (well, y'all saw the pictures, thats what it looks like, right?!?!?). Tomorrow they start demo of the kitchen and the asbestos abatement. One step closer to getting back home!!
Well - that's it for today. I'm too upset about not getting bites to write any more! Woe is me!! (sighs deeply!)!
Have a great night and we'll type more as it comes up. Thanks again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
When the momma came home from work today, there was a message from Dr. Gill saying there was a problem and Teddi can't wear the knee brace after all. She called and he told her that the guy at the brace place said that her leg was not long enough.
Mom didn't like that answer, so she called and talked to the guy herself. He told her that Teddi would need a small brace, but they only go up to 8" for the thigh size, but Teddi's is 14"! He said that if they went up to size 1 to make it fit her thigh, then it would be too long and rub against her groin and her ankle and it would not be comfortable, not to mention they couldn't guarantee it would work the same so he couldn't sell it to us. :-( He did tell the momma that there are places out there that make hard braces by taking a cast of the leg and she could learn to do something called a Johns wrap (maybe not) where they put cast padding on her leg and cover it with that stretchy bandage stuff from the vet to make a figure 8 and hold the knee in place. She's going to ask our vet to show her how to do that 'cuz she does NOT want to do surgery on Teddi!!
We then went to bed 'cuz the dad was already at work (Yay!) and we all got to sleep with the momma! She had to lift Teddi and me up, but Sasha jumped up on her own! About 1:30 she jumped out of bed and almost screamed 'cuz someone was opening up our bedroom door. I guess she didn't hear the dad pull up or open the garage door or anything. He came home for lunch to change shirts 'cuz his was so wet from how hot it was at his work!
She told him that she had stopped at Wally World on the way home and bought us a new Smokey Joe BBQ so we can have steaks for dinner tonight and she told him the bad news about Teddi's brace.
When he went back to work, we weren't sure we were going to be able to go back to sleep, but the next thing we knew, the momma's alarm went off and it was time to get ready to go to the dog park. She made the dad some sweet tea and seasoned the steaks and then she and Sasha left and I had to stay here and keep an eye on Teddi again 'cuz now that there is carpet, she thinks she feels better!
The dad ate his pb&j when he got home, so when the momma and Sasha came home, he wasn't hungry, so instead of steaks & baked potatoes today, she made herself a hamburger on the new grill. Then the dad decided that he was a little bit hungry, so he cooked some hot dogs on the grill. Can you believe that we didn't get a single knibble!?!? The nerve!
Today they were supposed to go by the house and start throwing out all the stuff left there - the couches, matresses, the curio cabinet that got burned and hopefully all the crap in the kitchen (well, y'all saw the pictures, thats what it looks like, right?!?!?). Tomorrow they start demo of the kitchen and the asbestos abatement. One step closer to getting back home!!
Well - that's it for today. I'm too upset about not getting bites to write any more! Woe is me!! (sighs deeply!)!
Have a great night and we'll type more as it comes up. Thanks again for the continued love and support!! Hugs!
~Madden and the Smokin' Hot Hounds~
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