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Someone is feeling better.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Patty is much improved from Sunday night. There have been no more let’s scare Mom and Dad incidents. She has taken advantage as is typical of a bull terrier. She’s been back in Daddy’s chair, a practice we stopped after the second chair had to go back to the store. Not from her, but from the poor workmanship. (Lazy Boy chairs are not what they used to be, their quality is way down.) Chair number 3 has its problems too but we’re sick of having to call them about the chairs. Next one, we buy elsewhere, and a different brand.
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Disability, Doggoned, Dogs, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Rescue Dogs, Writer
Snow to mud. Fun. Not.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Posted in Weather related
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Snow, Writer
We had some meltage today.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
It wasn’t much but it is better than none. I managed to get outside and clean up as many land mines as I could find. (Better known as dog poop.) With temperatures coming our way above freezing for the next several day we should be down to our usual Spring mud hole of a yard.
Maybe this is the year I get a patio in so The Curmudgeon and dogs don’t track in so much mud on wet days.
The real question is, do I have the patience to do it? LOL, I doubt it.
You all have a good one!
Posted in Weather related
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Gardens, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
We want warm weather
Posted by doggonedmysteries
It still isn’t warm enough to melt away much of the darned white stuff on the ground. We can’t call it snow because it’s more like ice. Barely hitting 40 by afternoon and then dropping to 20 degrees as soon as the sun goes down doesn’t work the greatest.
I did manage to break through the six-inch deep ice on the sidewalk out back and cleared a single square foot’s worth of cement in hopes that it will help melt the rest off faster. We have two small spots of visible ground, one along the side of the house and another out by what’s left of the pond.
Supposed to hit 47 degrees today, let’s hope it melts off more of the white stuff.
You all have a good one!
Posted in Weather related
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Snow, Writer
The first step is admitting you have a problem…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I am a silly Quiz addict. I can’t help myself. It began as lark and turned into an addiction. When one pops up on Facebook, I can’t resist it. I think I need an intervention!
What state should you live in? NC. (Damn I’m in the wrong state.)
Which dream home should you live in? Over the water in Bora Bora. (You bet your bippy it wouldn’t be this old house in PA.)
What period in history do you really belong? Medieval Europe. (I can hear it now, “Burn the witch! Burn the Witch!”)
What famous work of art are you? Starry Night (That explains it!)
Which character from Shakespeare are you? Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing. (I can see that.)
Which philosopher are you? Socrates. (Where’s the hemlock?)
Which Hollywood bombshell are you? Marilyn Monroe (Giggle)
How cute are you? Unconventional. (True!)
They keep on coming too.
What country should you actually live in? Spain (Why did I take French in school?)
What city should you live in? Madrid (Yep, couldn’t miss this one could I)
What Harry Potter character are you? Luna Lovegoode (Okaaaay)
What is your patronus? A hare (Like Luna Lovegoode, at least I am consistent)
Whatever you do, don’t go to Buzzfeed and get hooked on the quizzes!!!
Posted in Misc
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Humor, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
Three days after the Tea Tree oil incident
Posted by doggonedmysteries
The Curmudgeon is still not quite back to where he was before. Thanks to the idiot who used the Tea Tree oil infused shampoo on him. It is almost as if he had an MS relapse, although with secondary Progressive MS he doesn’t have those, it’s more a steady but slow downhill journey.
At least today he could walk, and he managed to do his normal daily routine, although with some effort. That’s a blessing. Maybe in a few more days he’ll be back to where he was before the stylist used the Tea Tree Oil shampoo. I hope so.
Posted in MS related
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, side effects of Tea Tree Oil, Writer
They have a box full of them
Posted by doggonedmysteries
They have a box full of Nylabones of all shapes and sizes suited to them and natural bones too. However, one always wants the one the other one has. If she isn’t outright stealing the bone from his mouth, she’s looking pitiful. He, on the other hand will wait patiently for her to get tired of the bone and then snatch it from where she’s dropped it. They are a hoot.
You all have a good one!
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Dogs, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Rescue Dogs, Writer
More cold weather. Today will look like 1963.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
This icy weather isn’t new to us. Check the record lows below. I’d rather we had the record highs now.
Temperature History – Feb 27
| Today | Normal | Record | 2/27/2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 28° | 43° | 72° (1997) | 48° |
| Low | 0° | 24° | -2° (1963) | 35° |
Temperature History – Feb 28
| Today | Normal | Record | 2/28/2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 21° | 44° | 67° (1976) | 45° |
| Low | 10° | 24° | -10° (1934) | 31° |
Posted in Weather related
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer, Writing
Cabin fever cure…get out of the damned house!
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Yes, I actually got out of the house today! G and I went to a nearby mall for lunch and some retail therapy. We stayed there for hours, wandering through every store. I almost cried when we found my favorite store was gone. Coldwater Creek is no longer in that mall, we have to travel over South Mountain to another more distant mall to find one. They are the only ones that have jeans that fit me right.
I should never go near stores. I spent more than she did. Again. Came home with bejeweled flip-flops and cute shoes for the conference in May.
We both feel better having gone out and away from home.
You all have a good one!
No, I’m not trading in my van already.
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I keep getting calls from the dealership, “Trade in your van for a new model today!”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“It is completely paid for and hasn’t even got a thousand miles on it yet.” Yeah, yeah. I know, I’ve had it two years, but I honestly don’t get out much. LOL!
I love my van, I will probably be driving this van for the rest of my life. They don’t get it. 😀
Posted in Misc
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Home, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer
I have just two words for tonight…
Posted by doggonedmysteries
Posted in Weather related
Tags: Author, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Life, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Snow, Writer
Yay, Terrier group!
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I may miss one or two of the groups but NEVER the terrier group. Nice to see a couple of familiar faces in there too.
Hats off to Mary Remer and Margery Goode. Good to see you out there Ladies.
Terriers, the clowns of the dog world. Got to love them!
Congrats to Sky the wire fox terrier on the win.
Me with Joey our second Bull Terrier.
Posted in Dog related
Tags: Author, Bull Terriers, Caregiver, Disability, Doggoned, Dogs, Love, Multiple Sclerosis, Writer














