Category: Milestones

The Boston Red Sox won the American League Championships tonight and will now go on to the World Series! Yay!!!! What a game it was too!!!

It’s been brought to my attention, that there are many readers who read, but do not comment. So, every once in a while we have a “Delurking Week”.

The cool kids, like my cousin Janet and Miss Zoot are doing it, so please join us, for what could become an annual event.

Delurking is a time when we beg ask our readers to drop us a comment and say hello. It doesn’t have to be a long comment. Even a Hi! will do. Just so I know you are out there and reading! LOL

So please take a moment and drop me a note!

Thanks!

Can you hear the voices? The voices of all those who were lost to us on September 11th, 2001. I think for a moment in time their pain must have screamed through the universe before they were forever silenced. Men, women and children. Innocent lives. Just people on their way to work, or flying off to see their families or in their final moments saying good-bye into a cell phone to their loved ones.

I sat in my family room that day in shock and filled with horror. What these terrorists did was not spectacular or wonderful. It was sick, and cowardly.

I called all my family that day to make sure they were alright. I cried.

Please go here to learn more about this day. I wrote a longer entry last year for the 5th anniversary of this terrible day. I can’t believe that another year has gone by us.

I hope that, like Pearl Harbor, we never forget all who died for their country, on September 11, 2001 or in the war against terror, since then.

I have now had 35,000 visitors to Dackel Princess. It seems the reader that put me over the top was Goofy Girl.
Thanks to everyone for sticking with me and sharing my life.

First, before I write about our day, I must share that this is my 1000th entry on Dackel Princess. I have shared the good, the bad and I hope the funny with you, dear Reader’s. I also hope to share 1000 more. Although some of you might not appreciate that! Hihi!!

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Monday was a holiday here in America. Memorial Day. A day set aside to remember all the men and women who have given their lives in military service to our country. It’s a solemn day with parades and prayers. It is also the unofficial start to the summer.

Most families gather for a traditional barbecue. This year we invited my cousin Janet and her Dad, my Uncle George, and our friend Michelle. Emily also came over and joined us for dinner.

The day had dawned bright and sunny. The weather forecasters once again had blown their prediction of gloom and doom for the holiday. We had perfect weather here. 80 degrees, with a light wind and blue skies!

Janet, Uncle George and Michelle arrive about 12:15 and we set out a multitude of appetizers. Shrimp cocktail, chips and dips and Hummus. We sat around the table drinking, eating and laughing.

The two Emilys arrived to play with the pups and to see what we were up to. We really enjoy when the girls stop by and they enjoy playing with the pups!

We began to prepare for our cookout, which would consist of barbecued steak and chicken, corn on the cob, a tossed garden salad and a bean and mango salsa.

Hubby had started the grill and worked hard to cook the chicken and steak to perfection! I can report quite happily that he did a splendid job!

After dinner Janet and Michelle took her dogs for a walk while I cleaned up the kitchen and made some coffee to go with the cakes that Michelle brought with her. When they returned we sat down sipping our coffees and nibbling on the cake.

Picture courtesy of my cousin, Janet.

The day is done now and the doggies are asleep. Hubby and I are watching a Red Sox baseball game.

Yes folks, my 1000th post. It’s been easy to write. We relaxed, we enjoyed and we laughed. Another good day.

Three years ago today I started writing “Dackel Princess“. I didn’t know what I was going to write about, or where writing this blog would lead me, but I knew I wanted to write about my dogs and my life and so “Dackel Princess” was born.

At first my cousin Janet, and my sister, Mel, my daughter, Mandy, and Megan were the only ones who read me. But their encouragement got me going and kept me writing.

You have all learned a little about Hubby and me, about our love for our Dachshunds and our white German Shepherd. You held my hand when Shubi passed away, and again when Greta gave birth to five beautiful puppies this past December.

So thank you everyone, for your kind words and your thoughts and ideas and most of all, here’s to another 3 years!

***Update***
PinkChihuahuaPrincess & her pups are number 30 thousand!!! Thank’s girls!!!

VISITS Total 29,994

As you can see by the running tally on the sidebar I am due to have my 30 Thousandth hit. Who will it be? Stay tuned!