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Happy birthday Gavin–a few days late.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Ten years ago I got a phone call from Nova Scotia. Rosalyn Forrest told me that there was one white male puppy in a litter born on the first of November. He was mine if I wanted him. I told her YES!
Eight weeks later he arrived at the airport, had to go through customs, and then went to meet his new Daddy at work.
DH was surprised, since he hadn’t expected the pup to arrive for another two weeks.
He’s been my baby since the day he arrived. Thank you for calling me back then, Rosalyn.
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Doggoned, Dogs, Life, Love, Post A Day 2011, Writer
Koi anyone?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
It saddens me, but I think we’ll have to give up the pond. DH can’t do any of the work and I can’t keep up with what all needs to be done. It breaks my heart because I love it so much but I need to cut back on some of the heavy work around here.
We’ll have to empty it and fill it in. Maybe I’ll put a screeened Gazebo in its place. It would be a nice place to picnic or read and be protected from the bugs.
If you are in Eastern PA and could give some large, friendly Koi a good home , we need to talk.
Posted in my garden
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Doggoned, Gardens, Home and Garden, Koi, Ponds, Post A Day 2011
Whatever happened to entertainment?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I find that this season’s new shows are all a complete disappointment. The big three networks have fallen on their faces and someone in each network needs to fall on his/her sword. If only the shows were as good as their trailers looked.
The thing is, I know there’s some fabulous talent out there. I meet brilliant writers all the time. Shame on the networks for taking the cheap and lazy way.
I watch TV for entertainment not to watch idiots make asses of themselves–read that as I hate ‘reality shows and dysfunctional celebrity crap.’
I want a good story. No wonder I spend so much time with my Kindle and computer and so much less time in front of the TV.
Posted in Favorite TV shows
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Doggoned, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Programs, Television
Updates on DH and the snow damage
Posted by doggonedmysteries
DH is much improved from his several days of muscle spasticity to our great relief. His recovery is slow and we hope he will recover fully.
The night of the dreaded Halloween snowstorm you could hear trees and branches snapping and popping all over the place. All I heard today was the sound of chain saws.
I have to somehow pull two broken magnolia limbs out of that tree and so far it looks like only one more tulip tree branch I’ll need to get down from that tree. How you ask? You got me by the short ones. If my tree saw won’t reach I don’t know what I’ll do.
Then I need to start raking leaves and dragging them out to the street for clean up. The way I’m feeling now, this is going to take forever.
Posted in Heart Attack, Misc, MS related
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Writer
The after storm clean up begins
Posted by doggonedmysteries
We had sun yesterday and the snow began to melt away. I managed to pile all but one tree limb in the yard in preperation to cutting them into small, manageable sizes.
I will have to drag the long tree limb saw out of the shed and see if I can reach and drag down the remaining broken magnolia branch today. Then I can begin to cut up all of them and see if I can get them out for disposal before the city stops picking up yard waste.
Posted in Weather related
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Doggoned, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Snow, Winter storm
Another bad MS day here yesterday
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Not as bad as the last two days but bad enough to make me tell him he must go to the doctor today.
The use of extra meds as we had discussed with his neurologist may have helped a bit, but it still wasn’t enough. The spasticity in the legs is bad enough but this entire episode has also had his stomach muscles spasming. This is new. This is also quite painful for him.
I sit here feeling completely helpless since nothing I can do is of any help to him. I’ve been sleeping in my chair downstairs so I can hear him if he has a problem. In other words, sleep much? Nope.
Posted in MS related
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Spasticity
MS spasticity problems
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I was going to write about our freakish pre-Halloween snowstorm, but since two a.m. yesterday morning DH has been having some dire spasticity problems. He went down on the bedroom floor and once I got him into the bed, I knew I was up for the duration. I’ve had very little sleep since our party.
DH collapsed onto the bathroom floor again later yesterday morning he’d gone in there without a cane, calling me, or any other means of support.
My back is out from all the bending to fill short people’s Trick or Treat bags, there was no way I could get him up. G and her hubby weren’t home so I couldn’t ask them. I pounded on the next door neighbor’s door and soon Carlos was over to aid DH in getting back into his bed.
I put the walker by the bed so when DH made another run to the bathroom he had a better way to get there. He was NOT pleased about needing the walker.
The next time he remembered to call for me and I went up to be with him while he went from the bedroom to the bathroom and back again. Success! The walker worked in getting him back and forth without incident. Now maybe I can get some sleep.
It was probably the best day for this to happen since we had all that snow and no need to go anywhere.
Posted in MS related
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011
Whew! Trick or Treat hordes!!!
Posted by doggonedmysteries
We had so many Trick or Treaters show up that I had little time to take pictures and keeping my cauldron filled with candy was quite a trick.
Posted in Holidays
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Halloween, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Writer
Six pumpkins and a bottle of wine later…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Okay, only three of them were big enough to carve. Pictures will be posted tomorrow night. I didn’t do any fancy carved ones. I went lowbrow and easy.
Posted in Holidays
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Disability, Halloween, Life, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Writer
The pups are ready for Halloween…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Okay, if the dog Halloween hats had not been only $1.47 and were at their regular price of $5.99, I wouldn’t have bought them.
Posted in Holidays
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Halloween, Multiple Sclerosis, Pet humor, Post A Day 2011
I need a keeper
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I shouldn’t go shopping at this time of year. At least I shouldn’t go without a keeper. No, G isn’t my keeper she’s my enabler.
We went out shopping for three pumpkins yesterday. We brought home four…and three teensy pumpkins, a neat garland, a fake pumpkin with light inside that changes color, a dancing, singing broom, a sign, and a battery powered color changing light for a pumpkin (I now think I should’ve bought two more of them.)
I couldn’t help myself, all the stuff was half price!
Posted in Holidays
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Halloween, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Pumpkin
Week of preperations for Halloween
Posted by doggonedmysteries
The beef BBQ/sloppy Joe dinner is made and ready to reheat in the crock pot Friday.
Today G and I are going to pick up a couple of pumpkins to do some silly carvings–not the usual fancy stuff this year. I’ll do the carving Thursday night.
Wednesday I’ll do some last minute cleaning and get the house ready for Friday night. DH has picked out the Halloween movie to play–I don’t ask I wait and see.
I am undecided as to my costume this year. It might be what I wore last year, or I might do a Zombie costume. It depends on the weather, the Zombie outfit will be much warmer…after all it’s easy to layer clothes in that costume.
Until tomorrow…Boo Y’all.
Posted in Holidays
Tags: Author, Bones, Bull Terriers, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Halloween, Multiple Sclerosis, Post A Day 2011, Writer


























