I have not been as good this las month blogging here. I have a wonderful excuse! Her name is Lili! She is a sweet puppy, but she is just that. A puppy!
Most of the pictures that I have posted have been of sweet Lili sleeping. Trust me, she does very little of that and keeps me on my toes!
We go to the Vet today and Lili will have her shots and get weighed in. I’m actually looking forward to that!
Ahhhhhh! Today I went out to the garden and I was checking the peas and beans to see if anything had sprouted! The had! Just slightly, pushing their green baby plant selves through the loose dirt. In fact, the garden is looking pretty good.
Call me happy!
I realized today that we have had Lili for a month.
And we have survived! Actually, she is doing really well. She was not too people or dog friendly when she arrived. Coming from a litter of ten puppies, she was always fighting for food, toys, and attention. She had to understand that the dackels come first, and she is the low pupper on the totem pole.
Now a month later, Lili eats from her own dish, chews her own bones and doesn’t try to steal the dackel’s bones. She also sleeps well at night, is 99% house broken and loves to curl up on our old sofa. I haven’t gotten a new one since 1996 because of the dogs. Guess it will be a while longer.
Lili goes on Tuesday for her next shots. I am interested to see how much she weighs and what the Vet thinks of our baby girl! School starts on Tuesday night.
Yes, we’ve made it through that first tough puppy month!
Tired.
Busy with dogs, housework, cooking.
Laundry.
A puppy that has discovered how to tip over a large bowl of water!
Sheets.
A clean bed with fresh sheets & blankets!
A cute puppy who grows while she sleeps!
Me.
Dackels.
Tired.
Good-night!
We have a magical puppy! Her name is Lili. It started out innocently enough, but after the first week we knew it was true. Lili is magical!
You see back then a morning or two would pass and Lili would be out of her crate in the morning. I easily blamed Hubby for this but then I started to find that this was no normal 11 week old puppy.
We can put her in a crate and in less than 5 minutes she has popped the lock! After seeing her do this, we decided that we would close her into the mud room, and just forget about closing the crate door.
She likes that. She sleeps better, the whining has stopped and in the morning she actually will sleep in until almost eight o’clock!
She is still having a touigh time with the dackels, but she’s come so far and starts school soon. I can hardly wait!
1. I’ve read several posts and status updates recently describing end of year school field trips. Do you remember taking school field trips as a kid? Where did you go and do you recall a favorite? For any parents responding today, have you ever chaperoned a school field trip, and if so where?
I grew up in Falmouth Massachusetts. We had two memorable field trips. One was to the Mayflower in Pliymoth Plantation, in Plymouth, MA. You can read about this historical site HERE. It is pretty close to my hometown and was a great field trip.
The second one was to The Nation Seashore. You can go HERE and check it out. Back then, we we were able to stay in old barracks and stayed for a few days. Growing up on the peninsula of Cape Cod really was quite the idyllic way to grow up. The ocean, the sun, and my bike. Does it get any better than that?
2. What’s something you’re tired of seeing online?
Commercials! You know, the ones that pop up when you get to a site and are reading something? They just turn themselves on. Of course if you disable that pop up then you do not get to read the story you are trying to read!
3. June is the month for roses. Which of the following expressions would you say has most recently applied to your life-‘everything’s coming up roses’, ‘there’s no rose without a thorn’, ‘came out smelling like a rose’, or ‘wearing rose-colored glasses’?
Everything is coming up roses. Life has been mostly good. Savannah’s party was great, the garen is almost completely in and after today I can take a day or two off.
4. When grilling outdoors do you prefer gas or charcoal? Who does the grilling at your house? What’s the last thing you ate that was cooked on a grill?
Charcoal. Hubs used to do the grilling, but I have found I do a pretty good job of it, so I have taken over.
5. Are you afraid of the dark?
Yes. I have nite lights around the house. It has always been this way.
6. Share a favorite song with a number in it’s title.
7. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”(C.G. Jung). Do you agree? Why or why not?
Yes, because when we find something that irritates us, we can often see that we are guilty of the same. Through this insight can come understanding.
8. Insert your own random thought here.
My garden is officially is in. The bubble gum is laid out in the stone walls and I hope that it will work again to keep the chipmunks and squirrels at bay.
It was a great weekend all around! Savannah turned two years old, the party was great, and watching Savi enjoy her day was really wonderful.
The theme was “Frozen” and the movie played in the background throughout the party.There were two poster boards of the Frozen sisters Else and Anna. And a balloon of Olaf.
Savi with her cousin, Hannah and the cutout poster.
I love that movie and if you haven’t seen it, get your favorite little person and sit down and watch it together with them. What a fun movie!
Of course there was really great pizza with (beer for the adults), soda and cupcakes and dixi cups filled with ice cream!
Oh yeah, a great way to end the party!
Sunday, I tried to get my garden planted, but the dogs are making it tough. Especially the puppy. They all want to be with me!
Today is Savannah’s Second Birthday! Our families are blessed by this wonderful, sweet, child! She is truly the sunshine in our lives!
I did not have a great day today. In fact I am exhausted. So is the life of a new mother! I woke this morning to a pup who had pooped in her crate and was covered in it!
First I had to pick up this poopy mess and carry her outside to wee-wee. Then I brought her in and tossed her in the sink, and gave her a bath. She did not like her bath, but accepted that in the end, she smelled better.
Then I put her crate outside, got the bedding out and in a plastic bag to carry to the laundry room. Cleaned up the poop, and then sprayed down the crate with shower cleaner, and hosed it all off, leaving it in the sun to dry.
The puppy room was mopped up and then the kitchen was cleaned up as well.
The dachshunds watched everything wide eyed! I don’t think their little minds go back that far, to when they were being potty trained. She is still so young, and these things happen.
Lili was upset (I think my gagging during the entire fiasco probably bothered her) as she wee-wee’d a few time today inside. Just a little setback, right?
I have discovered “The Good Wife”. They show it on the Hallmark Channel in the afternoon. Wow, is it good!
I had chicken to use. Not just a little, but enough so that I could make an entire meal, if only I could figure out what to cook. So many items I did not have in my pantry, but so many things I did. In the end I made a chicken soup, with a couple of small dumplings. It was enough and Hubby was happy.
1. What news story are you following right now?
The problems with the VA. (Veteran’s Administration Hospitals) Hubby is a Vet and gets his care from the VA and currently he is waiting for skin cancer surgery.
2. What’s the last thing you wanted but didn’t get?
A new shower head, although that is still in the mix. I just didn’t get it when I was at Loews. I’m still doing investigations.
3. May 28th is National Hamburger Day…when did you last have a hamburger? Other than your own kitchen or BBQ grill, where is your favorite place to go for a hamburger? And for all you non-meat eaters out there…when you’re invited to a cookout what is the one side dish you hope is on the menu?
Last time I ate a non-home cooked burger? When we were coming back from one of the VA trips. We popped into Burger King and grabbed one there. My favorite burger joint 5 Guys Burger and Fries.
4. How have your priorities changed over time?
I realize that family and close friends are the most important in my life. Things…do not matter but people do.
5. What’s a favorite memory with your grandparents?
Afternoon tea. I loved coming home from school and sitting down with them and having afternoon tea. I would tell them all about my day and how it went, and what I did, and I just loved that! And I really miss it now.
6. On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being fantastic!), how good are you at multitasking? Share an example.
I am not. I was in my younger days, but not so much anymore.
7. How would you summarize your highs and lows for the month of May?
Sleep deprivation from puppy care is the low and birthdays for Hubby, Savannah are at the top and Lili herself is also a gem…in training, of course!
8. Insert your own random thought here.
I loved “Dancing With The Stars” this year. I wanted Meryl Davis and her partner to win, and they did! Meryl is half of our Olympic Ice Dancing Team. She and her partner, Charlie Davis, won the Gold medal in Russia. Anyway, Meryl is such an amazing dancer, and she is so graceful! Her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy is from Ukraine. He has smouldering good looks and the two of them danced with so much sex appeal! Each week they danced on the show and were, in my opinion, perfect! I am so happy they won!