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HOBBY
My Hobby is raising my dachshunds. It was always a dream of mine and this past December I helped Greta deliver her first litter.
The puppy on the far right is Anneliese. This was immediately after the puppies were born.
Greta with Arnie as a young puppy.
Greta and Anneliese as a young puppy.
Me with Anneliese.
Ingredients:
4 cups of love
2 cups of loyalty
3 cups Forgiveness
1 cup Friendship
Take love and loyalty, mix them throughly with Faith. Blend it with
tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope,
sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Serve
daily with generous helpings
We had to go and get our car at the dealership where we bought it today, after it took a week for them to troubleshoot the problem. Don’t get me wrong here. I think they did amazingly well fixing this electrical problem. After all, in today’s cars, everything is electric and just because a wire goes here or there doesn’t mean it actually gets it’s power directly from the battery. It may go through a few other places before it actually goes to the battery.
Anyway, our battery kept going dead, despite the fact that the battery was a good battery. So we brought it in (still under warranty) and told them to keep it until they were sure that it was fixed. I also mentioned that the drivers side seat wasn’t heating up and could they perhaps fix that too? (I hate it when my bottom gets cold in the winter!) Well the electrical problem stumped them too, but true to their word a week later they called to tell us that the car was fixed. It turns out that the problem with the seat heater actually led them to the short in the electrical system. I think I must be clairvoyant!
So after we drove down in Hubby’s car, we parted so Hubby could get his license renewed and I could go grocery shopping. I stopped to get the doggies some of their favorite cookies and then proceeded to the grocery store.
It was there that my cell phone rang and it was Hubby inviting me to lunch. Sure! There is a nice Chinese restaurant in the plaza and once Hubby arrived we had a nice lunch. He had Moo Goo Gai Pan and I had Crispy Shrimp and vegetables. Then our check arrived with our fortune cookies. I love those things!
I opened mine and, well today was my lucky day! Three fortunes!
“Find Release From Your Cares And Have A Good Time”
Well, I was having a wonderful lunch with my sweetie and didn’t have to clean up after!
“You Are An Exciting And Inspiring Person”
I did help that sweet little old lady reach the yogurt she wanted on the top shelf and she was so happy and told me how nice I was (and tall!). I think my handing her the yogurt made her happy and inspired?
“Share Your Joys And Sorrows With Your Family”
Well, I had spoken to my sister and we shared our joys and sorrows with each other. So I was three for three.
Then Hubby opened his. Just one lone fortune, and it said it all.
“You Should Be Able To Undertake And Complete Anything”
And this is true, he did our taxes yesterday got completely done only to have the machine lock up and swallow all his work! So now, he will be “undertaking and completing” our taxes yet again.
And whoever said that fortune cookies were never right?
People often wonder why I have 4 dogs. In fact today, I saw my doctor for a physical and he was asking me how on earth I could do it? Didn’t having 4 dogs mean a lot of work, a lot of time spent running around with them and cleaning up after them? Or feeding them?
Yes, it’s true that there is work involved with owning 4 dogs, but…and here is the important part, what they give me is so much more than any thing that I might have to do for them.
You see when I came home today Fritz and Greta met me at the door. They both danced around giving me kisses and happy faces and wagging tails. They were so happy I came home!
Then the puppies started jumping around and when I picked them up to bring them outside they licked my face and wiggled lovingly in my arms!
Even when I am not feeling well, the pups are all at my side. They snuggle and cuddle and sleep quietly. And I feel like the luckiest lady on the face of the earth.
Now before you all start thinking that having 4 dogs isn’t challenging I’ll tell you there are times when all heck breaks loose! Like when the Oil Company Man makes a delivery and all the dogs see him and start barking. Woo-hoo! That’s when it is really fun. I just love it when I can’t hear myself think! LOL
Oh just one more thing before I close. You all remember that I bought those doggie steps for Greta was she was pregnant and as rotund as a Pot Bellied Pig? Well, I brought out the steps for the puppies and I taught them to use the steps. They love them and no longer even try to jump up or off the chair. As long as the steps are there they go up and down with ease. In fact now that the puppies are using them, Greta has started to actually use them too! I think now I will buy a second set for the bedroom. The key? Start them young!
Okay, I’m crazy. I know that now. I mean anyone who has 4 dogs definitely has a screw loose, but to take ALL 4 dogs to the Vets, well I think that makes me certifiable!
The puppies needed their last boosters today and Fritz and Greta needed their heart worm checks and their shots. So what they heck, I didn’t think it would be all that tough. You know, put them all in the car and go.
This would have worked well had we either not had Fritz with us, or perhaps drugged him! He was terrible! I’m not sure why. I mean, at home he is the sweetest, gentlest German Shepherd that we have ever had,
but put him near a car or in a car and he becomes “Psycho Dog”!!!
Hubby came with me today, so at least I had strong arms to hold our 77 pound boy down and to walk him to and from the car. Thank God! I really couldn’t have done it without him. The girls, and Arnie were Angels! But then, I think that dachshunds are all Angels!
Everyone had their exams, their shots and we are all set for the tick and flea and mosquito season. I don’t have to bring Fritz in until September for his rabies shot. I think then we’ll get a large dose of tranquilizers.
For me!
Happy Anniversary, Honey!
A Gift Of Love
Author: Sharon MacFadyen
My gift to you is my love
Given from deep within my heart
It is the best I have to offer
And its yours until this earth we depart
You have captured a part of me
A part so very fragile that I am in fear
For it is my heart I have lost
To you my love, the one I hold most dear
I chose to love you now
With all that I have and all that I am
And I pray that God follows us
To guide our steps as we cross this land
For it is with His blessings
We will live most at peace with each other
For He is the reason after all
We found one another …….. I Love You!
Last night I made fish sticks, french fries and spinach for dinner. It was so excellent! I have to say, I really like a good fish stick. It brings back all those wonderful memories of lunchtime on Fridays during grade school. You know me, I was the kid who never complained about the lunch menu.
Sloppy Joes, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese with a hot dog or that old standby, American Chop Suey! Looking back I don’t think I ever complained until my mother forced me to switch to a bag lunch. Then I was forced to eat tuna sandwiches or worse yet, a cheese sandwich. Yes, plain cheese. American cheese with no butter or mayonnaise.
So there I was with my fish sticks, with lots of tartar sauce, fries with ketchup and the vegetable portion, which I forced myself to eat because, well I’m an adult, after all, right? I was savoring each and every bite when Hubby says something about this being the worst fish and chips he’s ever had. Well, they’re not supposed to be fish and chips, mate they’re fish sticks.
Apparently Hubby doesn’t have the same attachment to his Elementary School cafeteria that I do. I swear, he actually looks at food for it’s nutritional value! Me? I get butterflies in my stomach when I so much as come near an Elementary School cafeteria and smell the wonders of my past. Even a little carton of milk brings a tear to my eye.
Oh the memories!
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CLEAN
New Fallen Snow.
There is nothing cleaner.
I’m finding that I have less and less time to write. Why? Well, it isn’t because I am running around all the time after the puppies, it’s more because they have now learned to climb the little doggy stairs I got for a very pregnant Greta a while back, and they now monopolize my lap. Why, I’m lucky if I can put my feet up in the recliner anymore.
I have to sneak in these little sessions on the computer. Like right now. I have tossed rawhide bones onto the floor, and gotten them playing together.
I don’t mind this, really. I just miss my “thinking” time. You see when I write for Dackel Princess I sit with my laptop in my lap and think, watch TV, think some more, watch a little more TV and then put down my thoughts. Now, I have to quickly write without watching TV. Shoot. Some of my best entries have been inspired by “All My Children”, “Everybody Loves Raymond” or perhaps even “House”.
I almost just put on another video of the dogs. However, I decided not to take the easy way out and actually use my mind. I hope this was okay.
If not let me know and I’ll post the video. (It’s really cute!)