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Spank You Helpy Helperton

Monday, 16. November 2009, 08:55:02

toy fox terrier, I'm Bored, Jack Russell terrier, Dogs

Warning!!!

Dog post.... *giggle*

Oh come on, you know you love the adventures of Magnus "RobotDog" VerMagnussen and Bella "FlatulenceDog" Blu!

*realizes her dogs are superheros too!*

Enjoy my short story

No One Told Me They Would Change Colors

Thursday, 12. November 2009, 06:30:55

Dogs

So imagine my surprise when I was outside today and looked at them. Black splotches? That can't be good.

Allow me to back up so this makes sense. I was outside with the dogs this afternoon. I was brushing Magnus and he was standing all still and good, enjoying the brushing.

I decided to see how his gums were looking, if they were pink (to be sure he still is making red blood cells, he has a chronic illness that causes them to die). I do this every few days. Gotta take care of my buddy!

So imagine my surprise to see black splotches all over his top and bottom gums. That can't be good.

Being the good dog mummy I am, I trotted off and called my vet who happened to answer the phone. She asked me to bring him out so she could see what was going on. Apparently this is just pigment, like freckles that can suddenly appear. Just like that.

Since Magnus has black lips and black eyeliner (

eyeliner ) she says it's normal for this pigment to appear. It does no harm and doesn't mean anything. (are you sure? cuz if my gums turned black, we'd have problems) oohh kaay Dr. Vet. I did not know this. Yay! I learned something today.

So there you have it. If you own a dog that has pink skin and black lips and, eh, eyeliner, don't get your panties in a bunch if suddenly the dogs gums turn black or splotchy. It's not the bubonic plague or swine flu, it's just freckles. That suddenly appear. Out of no where.

And are black.

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Strut Your Stuff

Monday, 19. October 2009, 08:12:14

Dogs, animals, cake

Hey Gang! How was your weekend?
Did you do fun things and meet with fabulous people? Or did you catch up on sleep and meet with your tv?
Mine was spent doing much sleeping. Finally! From one extreme to the other.

I also made an apple cake which looks terrible! I made it in a bunt pan. It looked done, it was pulling away from the sides just a bit plus I stuck a toothpick in and it came out clean. When I turned it onto a plate, after a while it kind of oozed and went flatter.

It was cooked everywhere but in the middle bottom.

So I just cut it into pieces and dumped it all back into the bunt pan and cooked it some more. Now it's all done and is piled in a big heap on a plate. Ugly but still yummy!

Saturday Magnus got a bath with shampoo then a medicated cream that is supposed to help with itching and skin problems. He has been itching continuously and his skin is pink. I feel bad for him, he looks miserable. Sunday was a beautiful fall day. The dogs and I spent some time outside and went for a walk around the pasture. (Inspired by Magnus being a brat and running off again!) I discovered why Magnus is having such problems with his skin allergies (he's allergic to grass of all things). As I sat on the back porch while they were playing in the yard, Magnus goes to the tallest grass and starts flopping around and rolling in it. Yes, do that.

But, the medicated cream seems to have helped greatly despite his attempt to test it.

Saturday I took Bella to Petco with me. She did not enjoy it. I'm trying to teach her that I'm not going to abandon her somewhere every time we ride in the car.

She was very nervous the whole time and I mostly held her, but towards the end of our visit she became confident enough to walk beside me (on leash). As we were walking out, a guy comes in with an American Pit Bull Terrier, who was quiet, seemed well behaved, and caused no problem what so ever. Just the site of this dog really scared Bella and she tried to slip out of her collar and run away. She could not and I just picked her up and went on my way.
The pit bull looked much like the one in the photo, only with no white color on him. He was an intimidating looking dog, but also very impressively built. So muscular! Poor little Bella, he must have looked like a bull to her.

Sunday morning, as Hermit was leaving to go to work, he called to me and told me to come outside. I went and got to see something I'd never seen before. The wild turkey were in my neighbors yard. There are about 8 or 9 females and as of lately, 2 males. The males were in full strut side by side. I'd never seen this before and Hermit explained that this is how they get mates (or a harem apparently!). He said the tom's strut side by side and whichever looks the largest usually gets all the females. Interesting! And non-violent. They do have pretty feathers I think.

Wild Tom Turkey in full strut.
"I'm awesome, look at me strut."
*strut strut*
"See, You want me now don't you?"
*strut strut*

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A Sea of Orange

Friday, 16. October 2009, 22:18:22

Purse, Fibromyalgia, my day, Dogs

Today was another happy mail day! :yay:

*jumps up and down*

Suggestions Please!

Thursday, 8. October 2009, 13:37:25

Random, movies, Dogs

Hi all!

I'm just beginning my day. The dogs and horse and myself have all been fed. Now we are just hanging out on the warm, now heated comfy bed listening to the rain and the radio. The dogs have just begun their morning wrestling match. They have so much fun!

Just a little news:

The rain IS louder on our new metal roof. I was wondering because Hermit had them put an extra layer of insulation under it. It's a nice sound but I can't hear it unless it rains fairly hard.

Bella got a new collar.

It's silver and has little "diamonds" on it. She looks cute in it. Her old one is so dirty, I will try and clean it up.

Magnus continues to improve. He has his off days, like yesterday, where he just wants to sleep but many days, like today, he is playing and acting like he feels well. He has gained some weight but has a bit more to go. He has been stealing my blanket at nights

Hairy little blanket stealer!

I'm feeling well again. By "well" I mean the sinus problems seems to be mostly gone. The fibro and CF are still everpresent. It occurred to me yesterday that I've always just considered the fibro and chronic fatigue syndrome the same things, which they are not. I have both. BOO! I guess the CF is what knocks me down for days after I'm active. BOO! My nemesis has a side kick! Sneeky

I'm not sleeping well again. Insomnia, nightmares, restless legs, apparently I kick in my sleep now, ect... Yesterday during a nap/nightmare I managed yell out and to kick the tv tray next to the bed that Gert is on and bruised my shin. Oh, and I think scared the dogs. I felt really bad about that! and since they usually are asleep on or near my legs, one got thrown in the floor.

I think she jumped on my legs though and that is why I kicked because I was fighting in my dream. I had some ninja skills in this dream! Usually I can't defend myself (can't breathe, move, ect...) but apparently now I'm full on kicking some arse! Go me!

Yesterday evening I was watching movies. I watched 'Pride and Prejudice'. It is based on the book by Jane Austin of the same title. I really like this movie and the book. There are several versions, but this one is the most recent I believe and stars Keira Knightly and Donald Sutherland. I love movies that are historically correct. I enjoy studying the clothing, cultural habits, and buildings. They are usually fictional stories and that's just fine by me. I also watched 'Memoirs of a Geisha'. This one is also based on a book. The book was very good as is the movie. Women living in Japan at this time didn't seem to have many options or choice in where they ended up in their lives. It did make me realize where I'm at is just fine and ok. I'm always boo-hooing to myself about not having a career. I had never considered not having one before getting ill. Sooo this is a reoccuring issue in my mind. But, my point is that I'm hardly the only woman that got put in a situation I did not choose and must deal with that. (Not that it's bad, life is quite relaxed here in Casa de Brown with my little dogs and heated bed

)

If anyone has a movie suggestion of this type (historical fiction) that you can recommend, I'd appreciate it. I have been wanting to see the movies made from Jane Austin books and others similar. I'm getting a movies I want to see list started for the winter.

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Battle of the Ages

Sunday, 4. October 2009, 14:55:35

Dogs, I'm Bored

I was blessed enough to witness a truly fantastic clash of titans.

I am still silenced by the wonder of it all.

It's Sunday!

Monday, 14. September 2009, 00:07:33

my day, purses, Dogs

Ok so I'm sure you are aware it's Sunday

So how was it? Fun I hope!

I had lunch with Hermit and a couple of his coworkers. Yummy Mexican food!
It's cloudy and cool here, rainy off an on also. I've got a sinus headache and swollen tonsils and a slightly sore throat. No fever though!

That's good as I cannot get strep throat. Don't want to set off the Rheumatic Fever once more.

It's been several years since I had that so hopefully even if I did it wouldn't. I worry about this every single time I get a head cold or get a sore throat from snoring. (heee not very lady like I know

)

My drama for the day. I ran out of ice cream yesterday.

None for me today because I'm not driving all the way into town just for that. I considered it though.

I've added a Facebook badge to my Welcome sticky post. It tells my current status on FB.

If anyone is interested anyhow.

Well after THREE whole months of being committed to one purse, I've bought another. No it's not a record, but that is a good length of time for me.

So *drumroll* here it is:

I think the bottom part is really pretty. I love the dark green. I'm not sure about the strap, but I like the rest of it so much I think that's not a big deal. It'll be a great winter bag. This bag will be a bit larger than my last one, which will be nice. I do really like my last one still though.
It's another Worldstock bag. This one will be coming from Artisan Jiap Rojjana in a province north of Bangkok. As the last one, it will take 3 weeks to get here. That's fine, I'm glad to give my spending money to someone who is trying to make an honest living through their craft instead of a large corporation who already has lots of money. This new bag is will also be hand made.

Jiap Rojjana also makes "clothes, wall hangings, table runners, cushion covers and various items with beautiful, diverse silk and cotton." It's all so exciting!

Well for me anyway.

This week I don't have much planned other than lunch with a gal pal. When it stops raining I hope to get the dogs over to the lake/park again. They enjoy it so much. I need the exercise. Oh! I read in the paper today the the Walk and Wag is coming up at the end of the month.

I love the Walk and Wag! It is a fund raiser our local Humane Society puts on at the same park I love so much. Many school children get people to sponsor them and then give all of that money directly to the Humane Society.

There are prizes donated and the top three money raisers get something. Sometimes they have agility dog demos and things like that. All dog related. I usually donate a bit of money and get my Walk and Wag tee shirt. Then everyone with dogs goes for a walk for about 1/2 a mile. It's so cute, all the dogs and children. Magnus is not fond of the crowd so we usually hang back towards the back. If I go this year this will be Bella's first time. The first year I took Magnus he was only about 6 months old. There was a huge Great Dane walking quietly behind us. Magnus finally got to looking around and saw this large dog and got very scared. I thought he was going to climb right on up my leg trying to get me to hold him. Poor guy! You should have seen the look in his eyes!

He thought surely this monster dog was going to eat him!

And to end my post for today, this kitty from LOLCats carrying a wise message in appreciating simplicity.

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Yabba Dabba DOOO!!!

Wednesday, 9. September 2009, 20:43:16

Dogs, Jack Russell terrier

Yay! It's official!

I got a call from my veterinarian this afternoon telling me that Magnus's lab tests came back normal.

She says it's as if he was never ill at all, all his red blood cells are regenerating like they are supposed to.

He's off the medications now too. This may come back to haunt him and if so he will receive more medicines just like he did this time and then he'll get well again. I'm so relieved to hear the definate answer even though I thought (by now) he was fine.

Magnus, he who pronounced himself well even before this phone call, decided to go on a bit of a romp alone through the woods this morning. I don't let him just run about loose because the highway is 1/4 of a mile to the west and 1/2 mile to the east of us, plus there are packs of coyotes living in the area who wouldn't think twice about killing a small dog. Usually if I yell "BISCUITS" like a blabbering moron he will come back to me for his treat. Not today. No. Today Magnus felt like an adventure, so off he goes, through the yard, then the neighbors pasture, then to the field past the pasture, then disappearing in the tall grass and trees. Yours truly was fast on his heels calling and calling but I lost him in the tall grass. It came up to my hips and an 11inch dog just becomes invisible in that. I followed the sound of his tags but that too was lost. I walked back home and waited a bit, got nervous and went searching in the woods. Yep, went on a little hike through the very wet grass and trees (it rained last night) for about 30-45 minutes. I gave up when I began limping and got the car and drove around. No Mags. I checked back at home once again and was just going to drive the other direction when he appeared around the side of the house next to my car. He looked extremely dirty and quite tired.

I'm so happy to have found him, or he found me really. He got a bath and a nap. I was soaked with water from the knees down -- jeans, socks, and shoes. So much for my new shoes.

These dogs are going to be the death of me.

Ah, I love 'em!

(fibro is not hiking friendly I'm discovering!)

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Moirahall
2009-12-03 19:15:44

Hello :-) hope you had a lovely day too x
Hermitess
2009-11-30 09:04:54

lol I know I know! Couldn't resist giving you a hard time ;op
SpicyFlier
2009-11-30 04:45:18

C'mon...you know I meant that I agreed with the senitment. Sheesh: wimin!
Hermitess
2009-11-30 03:13:28

lol@SpFlier Didn't realize you were a married gal H! ;Op
SpicyFlier
2009-11-30 02:14:54

Amen!
angel292005
2009-11-28 22:01:10

tehehe us married gals have to stick together. :P