Dog Days Of Summer

Each of our four dogs have very different personalities. We are just seeing DJ develop into his and not so sure it is the sweet boy I remember from his puppy days. DJ is a miniature dachshund, he is our other dachshunds (dexter) son. We brought him home at 8 weeks old and he has been the sweetest little thing. He cuddles with us, runs to Vic when he's hurt or scared and runs to me when he's getting in trouble or needs to be picked up. I've posted videos of him loving up on the bigs, he does all of their dental cleanings and makes sure they get their faces washed up all good.



There is Dakota, our only female dog, that gets her feelings hurt. She totally pouts as shown here.



Dexter is our toy hoarder. This video was made before we got DJ. Dexter feels it is his job to gather all the toys up and keep an eye on them. Unfortunately  he has passed this on to DJ, but DJ takes the job to a different level and gets "ugly" if dexter comes near the toy DJ is protecting at the time.



Thank goodness for the most part they all get along great and love each other!

"X,Y,Z"

A few of my favorite X,Y,Z things


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Youtuber: Zipster



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Shows (I have not really seen this one yet)

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And of course..my Yellow Labs Scout and Dakota

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A few of my favorite "L" Things

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Labradors of course! My two babies Scout and Dakota pictured here

Youtuber: Lizzie the Lezzy!



And of course Loco Mama

Fur Love from DJ

Out of our four dogs our youngest (DJ) is by far the most affectionate with everyone. He cuddles with us, he cuddles with the labs, he cuddles with his daddy Dexter. This little guy just makes my heart want to explode with love !

Ho Ho Ho

I hope that everyone out there had a very merry Christmas!!

Our family always celebrates together on Christmas Eve. We went to my older sisters house around 3. My brother in law fried a turkey for sandwiches and we had other yummies to munch on. I brought the crack candy , mom made her delicious spinach dip and brought some new pumpkin pie dessert that Vic and I ended up bringing home. My niece Mallory made chocolate chocolate chip cookies and Steph made party mix (yay!).

Once we all were there we played a holiday version of Bingo. The winner of each game got a lottery scratch off ticket. My sister Britt and  her son Brandon were the big winners..they won three lotto tickets and when scratched Brittany ended up winning $45..you go girl!  Greg (mom's beau) won a card too but he didn't scratch it last night. I spoke to her this morning and she didn't mention being new millionaires or anything so I'm guessing he didn't win big.

Some of my favorite gifts were..a frame that mom and Greg made Vic and I. I love it because they made it, and that it has my moms handwriting on it. The picture of us was one we took earlier in the year when we came to visit them for a crab boil.

My sister, Steph, had some glasses made for Vic and I with pictures of the furchildren on them..It was so touching that Vic and I almost teared up a little when we saw them!

All in all it was a lovely Christmas. We were home earlier than most years (6:30 ish) but still didnt manage to get to bed until after midnight. I think we were laughing to Hank Hill  on TV right before I fell asleep.

We are heading back to the homeless camp today with the propane that they asked for a few days ago. Vic also picked up some oranges, veggies, canned soups and coffee with money that my mom donated. Right now  we are being lazy enjoying a quiet Christmas morning watching movies and munching on some of the food we brought home from last night.

Vic made me cry this morning with a very sweet card and gift bag full of yummies. We were not going to exchange anything because we got our gifts for each other earlier ..but Vic didn't follow the rules. I'm secretly glad...because I LOVE my card!! I have some lotto scratch offs to do  in a bit too! I'll be sure I'll tell you if I win BIG! :)

Here are some pictures of my sisters fur children from yesterday...I hope that you all have enjoyed your holiday as much as we have.

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

I have always had dogs. Growing up we had a beagle mutt named Toot. She was born the same month I was and lived until new years day in our 15th year. She was so cool, her trick was to sing happy birthday whenever we sang that song.

 When I moved out on my own I got a Dalmatian named Engine One, and then because you just have to have two , got his girlfriend Oreo. They  had several litters of puppies and i was in the puppy business for a little while. Did you know dalmatian puppies are born white and get their spots later? As there are many losses in divorce I had to say good bye to my spotted friends.

After having my heart broken by saying goodbye to a foster baby that I had fallen in love with it was time to take on a baby that I could KEEP! It just so happened that a lady that my mom knew was having to place her yellow Labrador "Scout" in a new home because she was moving. Of course I would spoil him rotten (see above first b'day picture..tux, doggie cake and b'day party!) I would have been happy with just one furchild but then came Dakota..another yellow Labrador in need of a forever home.

I love the labs..they are so smart and have kept me company on more than one or two  lonely nights. I did stop dressing Scout after Dakota came around because she would not stop making fun of him. He is very sensitive and was getting a complex.

Last year Vic and I went to a football party at our friend Marcia's and we met Brandy. Brandy was a long haired dachshund and it was all she wrote for Vic. We talked about dachshunds all the way home. We looked online for rescue sites and talked about what it would be like to have a lap dog around.

I can't remember which one of us found Crystals website first but she is a local breeder and was in need of placing some of  her adult dachshunds. We looked thru the pictures of all the dogs and Vic fell in love with a little long haired black dachshund named Dexter.

We went to visit him and of course brought him home. The labs didn't quite know what to think. I was thrilled because I had a dog I could dress again!

Right before Christmas last year I got back on Crystals website and realized that Dexter had had two puppies before we adopted him. The girl was already sold but his son was available! I knew we just HAD to have Dexter Junior (AKA DJ)

So that explains how we have two dachshund's, and two yellow Labrador's. Also known as The Littles and The Bigs.

I could easily have a houseful of dachshunds! I don't know what it is about those little dogs but they worm their way right in your heart and you just can't get enough of them. Everyone I know that has a doxie seems to have multiples!

From our babies to yours...Merry Christmas!

2010 Year in review

Ok can you even believe that we are nearing the end of 2010!? I think this year has been the fastest year to pass me by yet.
Some things that happened this year in my life..

• Best Friend Steph came to visit with her boys in July
• Vics son, Victor and his girlfriend Hilary came to visit
• Found out Gin had cancer and three months later lost him
• Got a new treadmill in Oct. (so far it's been used three times, one of those times is when it tossed Vic off)
• Friends Deb and Linda visited once and then moved here from Oregon
• took a road trip with my sister (Brittany) and visited our dad in TN
• Had several family get togethers (Crab Boil, My B'day party, Moms b'day party, 4th of July)
• Saw RENT at the Venice Little Theater..awesome!
• Volunteered at Sarasota Pride
• Worked for several weeks for the Census Bureau
• Parasailed for the first (and probably last) time
• Started a blog!
• Celebrated more b'days..me 43, Vic 57, DJ 1, Dexter 2, Dakota 5,Scout 7
• Celebrated one year with my new hip, found out it was recalled but so far so good with that

Making Themselves At Home: The Fur Children

Day 27 of the 30 Day blog journal

Day 27: my worst habit

My worst habit is posting too many furchildren pictures and stories on facebook/blog/twitter...

Today I bought the babies new toys....

The Year So Far

Random pictures from the year so far...
January

February

March

April

May

June

July

The Littles and the Bigs

We have four dogs. Two yellow labs that we call the "Bigs" and two miniature long haired dachshunds that we call the "littles". Real names are Scout, Dakota, DJ, and Dexter. They all get along very well and LOVE to have me follow them around with the camera...they do. No really..they DO! I asked them. Ok, well Scout actually said he didn't care one way or another. Dakota said she liked it when she was in every shot, DJ didn't stop running around long enough to answer my question and Dexter said it was fine as long as I didn't take his toys away...seeeeeee They love it!