July 2011 Blog Posts (114)

This week was a double header for Rusty: his 18th month ampuversary was on the 25th and his 3rd birthday was the 30th!  We took him to In N Out burger for his celebration and when I told them that is was his 3rd birthday, they gave him a double patty, which he enjoyed immensely!  We will have a birthday party for him next Friday the 5th, as Dr. Macy, his Oncologist, wanted to be invited and was not in town until then.  Rusty's entire medical team will be present along with 15 parents of his…

Being a sun worshiper with reddish hair and blue eyes, I am very familiar with skin cancer. I have had umpteen removed, some even by MOH's surgery. I am pretty good at identifying it in humans.

I noticed a bump on Murphy's nose last week. It was black and flat, not deep. I thought it might just be a dirty face. Being like Joanne, I picked at it. It bled profusely but stopped. Yesterday, I checked it again. It felt a bit larger, and deeper. My vet is open on Saturday and, for…

Riley has had some heavy eye weeping from time to time.  Looks like a dog that should be in a KISS concert.  This has been going on for almost two weeks.  He was due for a bordella shot, so saw the vet Thursday.  He has some eye drops and regimen for three weeks.  Weighed 29.6 at vet, well I know now my scale is accurate.  Vet said no infection, possible allergy?  As his weeping is clear, not green indicating infection or other problem.  The visit with a stool sample ($42),…

The day went great for Lilly. The night- not so much. We took her to Lincoln ( 70 miles one way) juat as we got to Oficce Depot I spilled my Sonic Rt 44- ice and all on my lap and Lilly. I just figured that people would think she peed on me. (nice to have someone to blame things on, now that the kids are raised.) She went potty on the grass and slept all the way home.

 She ate dinner and I ran her up and down the house.. if a earthquake shows in Brownville, NE,on the scale…

Today, my daughter, who lives in Oregon, came home. We have not seen her since Christmas and it has been our longest separation ever. She flew into Washington D.C. for a conference and is able to stay with us for one night. Tomorrow, she leaves at the crack of dawn to go back to D.C. for more meetings. We will not see her again until Christmas. When she got here, it was as if she had never left. Vern and Fudge barreled out of the house when she first arrived so excited that…

We took Chester to the Vet for his first visit - with us as his Parents. We were like the nervous parents.. Asking lots of questions:

- His ears have dark spots and kind of stink ..Mites or wax or infection?/

- He seems to graze on grass is this ok??

- He is pooping 4-6 time a day is this normal??

-when do we start to groom..??

He was so good. We were so impressed. We weren't sure how he would act with other animals and a lot of different people…

Well I never thought I would be a "dog person" or even get so attached to one that I would feel such amazing love and emotion over the little guy.

I didn't think it was possible to get so attached to a dog. As a child my family never had indoor dogs.. or cats. I don't remember ever going to a vet with any of the childhood pets.

I now can no longer walk past the Pet Valu store, or Dog Barkery, or the pet section of a grocery store without a care. I race home from work to be…

I DID IT!!  .... no not that.

Unfortunately this blog post has nothing to do with intercourse, the Pennsylvania kind or otherwise.

I've been hemming and hawing for a while now, but I was thrown into decision time when my point and shoot broke and the camera shop said I needed to chuck it. So I did, and walked out with a brand spankin new DSLR Camera, and am now signed up for a beginners photography course!! I'm really excited since this is something…

She's here..she's here. Lilly is here with me in my house and in my heart. Papa Scott and I are over the moon thrilled. So here's the day. I woke up without the alarm clock at 6AM. We drank some coffee, I took a shower and was otu of the house by 7. We are unable to use HWY 29 since the floods closed the road. ( I am very bitter with Corp of Engineers not letting water out of the dam sooner.. but I am in to good of a mood to b*tch about it here) After driving…

Recently, I started a Photo Caption contest (now called Snap, Caption, and Post) and one of the prizes offered initially was a large hand holding a turtle.  After the contest started, I took that prize off the table because I thought I would offer it to Adina to lend her a helping hand since she has a lot on her plate right now.  Well, much to my surprise Adina very politely and very diplomatically said maybe it could go to the next Hopeless Doodle Addict. I wasn’t…

So we're off to cruise the western caribbean tomorrow morning (cross your fingers for these hurricanes/tropical storms to go away! Good luck to those of you in Texas!), and we're leaving Lola with my parents (as we always do when we go away!). I miss her already, and she's sitting right next to me!! I know she'll have a blast with Saba (my parents' hound mix), and my entire family adores her and showers her with love and kisses, but it's still sad to say bye for a week!!!

Have a great…

I don't know what is changing lately. Peri and Taquito have gotten along and loved each other almost as soon as Peri came home in June 2009. 

However, since we moved into the new house, they are bonding differently than usual.  They cuddle on the couches together!  They NEVER did this when we lived in the condo.  We come home from work - up the stairs from the garage (so they hear us coming with the garage door opening) and into the playroom/office where they stay during the…

Finally catching my breath to post an update on bringing home our sweetheart Maggie. There is so much to tell!

We flew home on a Southwest flight from San Diego to Oakland airport. Let me tell you that is the way to go. If anyone wants details on how I did it, just google Dog Jaunt and look up taking your pet on a plane. Awesome advice and it was perfect. She was quiet the whole trip. The only noise or fuss she made was during the first 5-10 minutes of the drive away from the…

Hangin with my brother! As Stuart's adoption fades into history, life at our house is finally getting to feel normal, well normal for us.  I can hardly remember those quiet, boring days before Stuart came - now the house is full of rambunctious dog play!  Our open floor plan, with all of these tile floors provides lots of entertainment for all of us as the dogs…