Fall

 Well I got pretty complacent, because Sade has really been so good about NOT getting into things she was not supposed to, and mostly i can say, Stop! or no! and she stops playing with my shoe or chewing on Brians' boots... and i have been easily able to redirect her play... BUT i was all involved in making cards, cutting and pasting, and out of the corner of my eye, i saw her race past with a looooong ribbon of toilet paper waving behind her, and then i saw this.....  the 2nd bathroom door was open.... we normally keep it closed, just because it's easier and not tempting.. well, now we are going to have to remember to close it... the other bathroom toilet tissue is up too high for her to get to.... Geez, it is always something, huh, and she likes receipts too, it must be the paper...

She had a fuzzy duck i had to toss as she was pulling the fur off, was not chewing it, just delicately pulling the fur out.. strange.... and fuzz was all over the rug.. and that is the only one, there are other fuzzy toys,  not AS fuzzy i guess.

Am in the doldrums of the end of August and the swing upward to September and downward grind to Winter, Fall leaves (to be picked up and discarded).. deadheading all the flowers, sunflowers, hollyhocks. coldness and darkness.... morbid, huh?  we are supposed to get almost 100 degree weather this week end.  This is the time of year whilst in the Navy they would give the order to go out of summer searsucker uniform to the navy blue wool, skirt/jacket and white blouse under, the guys from whites to wool (in San Diego)  then it would get so hot, we would be sweating like crazy and then they would say it was optional what we wore prob for the next month... happened every year...

Safeway had a nice Fall display today... Walgreen's has closed the pharmacy on week ends, but are open to 10p mon-fri... and they still have NOT opened the drive thru, not enough personnel they say... geez, gets harder and harder to get in... but then i am retired and can go any hour really.  cept when i am really sick, i don't want to drag myself in there and to the FAR end of the store to get a prescription.  and there is the thing that there may be other sick people in there, even when i am well.  .oh, well,  at least there is a store and pharmacy, which there is NOT in the Ukraine or Gaza.   I don't really decorate for Fall or Halloween..  

Jerimay got more chickens this Spring and now they are laying already, so has 12 i think and they have started laying like crazy, so we are having LOTS of eggs to figure out how to use up... give some to my neighbors... i think we should start paying her for them!!

Started going to the chiropractor again... and even after 2 treatments have noticed a difference... have got to figure out a maintenance system that works, rather than just not go, then get so bad that i then HAVE to go.. lower back n neck issues.. have to also ice it,  it does work! amazingly. and then they are so very kind in there, and they bring their little dogs to work and they wander in and out and stare at you and accept pets. and BOY do they decorate for holidays!!!! So that is fun.

Take Care all and God Bless

pretty

 Aren't these the prettiest? I have a wonderful niece, that is always bringing me little things, beautiful things. and makes me a part of her family as much as possible... and i always feel 'wanted' by her and her hubby.. which is a special feeling.

along with these was a little jar of garden tomatoes...

Take care all and God Bless

little nothings

 finally got a really good picture of her sitting still.  she was watching me and wary as we had just got done with a bath, not her fav..

Had a royal mess in the yard.. had some wind and limbs down, then Brian got in there and cut down some that were hitting on the roof.. still have stacks in the yard, have to get them taken care of.. of coarse the pick up would not start and had to charge it... so hopefully will gt them to the dump soon.  we are now having some weather, so far no much happening., got very still and humid (for us)  then a tiny bit of sprinkle.. now, clouds but nothing else.. supposed to get more rain, sure home so, as it is really dry out here.

Take Care all and God Bless

miss

 Well, these are perfectly good flips, and Archies, which i paid a pretty penny for, but they are molded, so no blow outs and have an arch (hence name) and a small lift in heel. Which podiatrist said i needed.. and they really are comfortable to walk in!. sooooo.. little missy chewed on the left green one and i LOST, yes lost the right orange one, have looked ALL over and not to be found, sooo here we are....  anyone else do this? i thought it a great save....

Take Care All and God Bless

update

 

 

 This is NOT acceptable....

but have to admit it was just laying on the floor by the bed and not on a shelf or on one of the many stacks throughout the house on tables...

 

Her fav toy!!!  it is just the simple things 

It used to be a fabric cup with large pillow "cocoa" and 2 marshmallows, this is one of them.. and she carries it all over the house and even into the bed.. flips it over her head, off the bed, then will bark to have me get it for her, or under the couch...

she is surely a stinker...

i have a seat belt for her and today i forgot to put it on and she jumped into my lap when i was going 50mph down the highway,  had to stop.. get her back in her seat and hook her up. funny she knows when it is on her and just lays down and does not try anything...

Truly a stink... and is getting closer to the back door, when she pees and is on the wood floor instead of the rug. just do not trust her... she has gotten sneaky .... to do it out of my sight... loves fetch... her nose and ears re getting longer and body... her last check up last week was 5 1/2 # only one more shot and rabies to go..

Take care all and God Bless

Eugene

 Spent four days in Eugene.. tagged along while Rylie went to a Womens Basketball Camp at U of O... She appeared to have a great time.. We ate out alot, she got to go swimming at a huge pool with friends. We went school shopping.  The drive over and back was good, we missed alot of the smoke that had drifted into the C.O. area.. and it was nice in Eugene, only drizzles one morning.. and it smelled good!!  we were really comfortable at the AirBNB.  and it was VERY clean.  She was a little nervous at first as she did not know anyone, was not going with anyone else from her school and was worried she would not be good enough, BUT she did great and even won some of the competitions and made baskets... We were able to watch her for and hour or so b4 they would break for the day. So worries were unfounded.

Monday night i had friends who live in Eugene over for dinner, it went well, meaning the food turned out good! And we talked and talked until it got dark outside.. We sat on the patio so Sade could roam the yard... Jan on the left i went to High School with and in the middle is Tanya, ( a good friend who had at one time many years ago been married to my youngest brother) we remained good friends.. You never know what life will throw at you and what sticks and what does not.

these were under the front room window at the AirBNB...

On the way back we stopped at Fish Lake to use the 'facilities'  they are cleaner than at Sahalie Falls, which has tons of people that stop there to see the Falls.  There is not much to see at Fish Lake, which goes away in the summer time... as you can see. but its a great little place to stop, has a trail head to the guard station and a couple picnic tables.. and not too many people.. but is one place you always see but never stop at...

Sade barely has to walk when Rylie is around! and she takes advantage of it too.  does not like walking and has gotten to hate the harness, but it is the only way to have a leash on her and under control.. don't want to have a leash on a collar and have to pull on it, to maybe hurt her next or back.. soooo she will just have to get used to them.. the one she has now is just getting a little small on her..

JeriMay got me a pet sling and we carried her into some of the stores we went to, as it got too hot at times to leave her in the car.. and OMG you can't get on with your business, so many people want to stop and talk or pet... takes forever.. everyone has a doxie or had one or knows someone that had/has one... one guy even thought i wanted to rehome her!!!! NO!!!

Take Care all and God Bless

pup update

 Blurry pic, but showing that she fetches, quite well now.. and loves to do it and brings it and drops right in front of me too!!! hardly have to wrestle her for it... BUT  potty training not going well.. well it does, until it doesn't.... and then she pees, just right in front of me!!! Really??? and sometimes she runs all eager to the back door.... guess it is  progress or not... a, ringing the bell every time... ah well

She also has an old sock that she carries around with her... inside, outside and to bed. loves her dirty old sock!! and she loves her yard... does a perimeter patrol, then gets down to business, digging for worms!!! UCK! she'll find a stick and prance all around with it, like a great treasure... Always are sticks falling out of those horrid trees... Had two HUGE limbs fall off by the shed after a wild wind we had mid-day, that was pretty exciting for her..

 My little unemployed freeloader, so tired after an active day...  Tomorrow she goes in for her 3rd shot series. going to get her nails trimmed too.. i can manipulate her feet, toes, touch them, but get out the nail clipper and she goes bonkers, what is it, with that? me? her? It is just crazy, why i can't do that...

So tomorrow vet, then pup-a-chino, then pet store for food and a new toy... Be a busy day for her.

Take Care and God Bless