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Nursing Home Tales and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 19

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Today we’re joining 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie, for This ‘N That Thursday. You know, some days you have a little of this or a little of that.  It’s an anything goes kind of day!

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Many thanks to our hosts!  Let’s get started shall we?

My mom came home from the rehabilitation center yesterday and went to spend some time at my sister’s place.  But before she did we managed to get the dogs up to visit her once.

Mom and Sampson She cried when she saw him.  She said he’s getting so gray!  But at least you can see where I get my Heat Miser hair from, I do come by it naturally. 🙂  I know that was mean, she’s in a nursing home for Dog’s Sake!  I’m a horrible daughter and I’m going to hell.

good boy We brought the dog’s mats so they’d have a place to lie down and we shut the door to her room.  It happened to be around dinner time and there was a knock on the door and the door immediately opened.  Thankfully I’m quick cause I caught Delilah’s leash as she bolted for the door.  I can only imagine the chaos that would have reigned in that place with those poor defenseless people getting their meals and Delilah on the loose.  (Has anyone ever been kicked out of a convalescent home?) The poor girl who opened the door screamed and practically dropped the food tray.  She was terrified of Sampson and his ‘green’ eyes.

good Girl After that fiasco, Hubby kept his foot on her leash.  Can’t have crazy labs running around terrorizing people who are trying to get better!  So much for trying to make them therapy dogs!

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And finally, it has nothing to do with the rehab story, but I took this picture of my back yard one night not too long ago.  I thought it was cool.

Thanks again to our hosts, 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie, join us tomorrow for Follow-Up Friday, where I answer questions, post some of my favorite comments and wrap up my week!

Day 19: Win a Happy Dog Subscription box in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Giveaway Event It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing Up Bella! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by Happy Dog Boxes. You could win a 1 month subscription box filled with toys, treats & fun for your dog. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

Ear Worm and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 18

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What would a week around here be without a little ear worm?

Sung to the tune of “Meet the Flintstones”

Bloggers, meet the Bloggers,

We’re all part of online history

From all a-round Blogville

We’ll take out all the mystery.

Through the courtesy of this great hop

Some new faces up do pop

When you, join the blog hop

You’ll make some new friends, some old and true friends, you’ll have a grand old time!

The brain child of AJ from I Still Want More Puppies and Amy from Go Pet Friendly and co-hosted by Jodi from Kol’s Notes, Leslie from Bringing up Bella, Jenny Jugs from My Brown Newfies, Dawn from NEPA Pets, Mel from No Dog About It, Julie from The Daily Dog Blog, Lauren from Life With Desmond, Kim from Cindy Lu’s Muse, Kristine from Rescued Insanity, Peggy from Peggy’s Pet Place and yours truly, this is MEET THE BLOGGERs getting to know you hop.

Meet the Pet Bloggers Hop

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The first rule was to post a current photo.  Now I’m not one of those bloggers who shy away from posting pictures of themselves, I’ve put the good, the bad and the downright fugly on this blog because that’s just how I roll.  But as it’s part of the ‘rules’ here is my Heat Miser picture.

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And this is a little Selfie, I took with Sampson barely a week ago.

The next rule is to answer at least five questions from this list.  (You can do more if you’d like, but come on guys, I basically share everything there is anyway.)

What’s your favorite non-animal related book?
What’s your favorite non-animal related movie?
What’s your favorite non-animal related food?
Who’s your favorite actor?
What’s one thing you have to do every day?
What makes you feel fabulous?
What do you wish you were more skilled at?
What’s your favorite holiday?
Favorite meal?
What do you like to do in your free time?
What one word would people who know you use to describe you?
If your pets could talk, what one word would THEY use to describe you?
What is one thing you’ve done that you’re most proud of?
How is your pet most like you?
What can your body do for you that makes you most proud?
If you could change one thing about your life what would it be?
Other than blogging, what are three things you do that bring you joy?
What’s one thing you could do to be more kind to yourself?
What drives you nuts about your pets?
What melts your heart?
If you didn’t have your current pets, what pets would you choose to have?
 

My favorite meal is very simple.  Spaghetti and meatballs.  I could eat that every day for weeks on end and not complain.  Add in a loaf of crusty bread and this girl is in heaven!

What drives me nuts about my pets?  Siriusly I was going to answer the book question and then Delilah did something and I came back and changed the question.  After Delilah has her snack at night she wants to go out, so she goes to the back door and instead of barking or even growling, she sort of grunts.  Something like, “UNNNNNGHHHH.”  I effing hate that!!  Just bark for crying out loud!  She barks to come in, but she grunts to go out.  Go Figure!

My favorite non-animal related movie.  One would assume since I love the HP books so much they would be my favorite movie as well.  Sadly that isn’t true.  I liked the first and second movie, but hated the rest of them.  My favorite movies are actually the Lord of the Rings series, with The Two Towers being my favorite of the three.

What I wish I were more skilled at.  This one’s easy.  I wish I understood the technical side of blogging.  Don’t get me wrong, eventually I catch on and I’m very blessed to have amazingly patient friends who explain things to me, I just wish it were a little bit easier.

And finally, just because Kristine wanted to know what makes me feel fabulous…here you go. I feel fabulous when I am surrounded by people who ‘get’ me. You know what I mean.  When you can be all crazy about your dogs and how much you love them and no-one looks at you like you’ve got three heads.  Oh and when I take a nice smelly bubble bath, have matching smelly lotion and put on a nice pair of pajamas.  I feel fabulous then too. 🙂

So did you learn anything new about me?  How about some of our other fellow bloggers? What’s the one thing you’ve learned today, either here or another blog that surprised you?

It’s not too late to join the blog hop.  All the questions are there and the hop is below the advent calendar, won’t you join us?

Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers

Fresh Pet’s has a new line of treats!  And guess what?  The Advent Calendar sponsors are the first ones to announce and feature them!

Here’s a sneak peak at the prize pack for today, head on over to Kol’s Notes to get the full scoop!

Fresh Pet

Day 18: Win a tasty food & treats from FreshPet It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing Up Bella! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by Freshpet. You could fresh, healthy treats and food for your dog. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

Gawking Around the Christmas Tree and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 17

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When you have a dog like Delilah, every day life is challenging.  Why just Sunday she ate a stick of butter off the counter.  Organic butter!  Yo that stuff is not cheap. She ate like a dollar’s worth of butter.  In one sitting…..er standing.

Holidays can be extra challenging because of all the additional food and when you throw in a Christmas tree and presents, well you best be bringing your A game to make sure everything stays exactly as you want it.  Cause this dog has skills.  Mad skills. She’s brazen and fast and goes after what she wants.

The first year we put up a tree we lost a number of ornaments.  My baby elf.  Oh my baby elf.  Hand-crafted by me over 30 years ago, my special ornaments always went on the tree first.  And then Delilah ate an elf.  So we stopped putting my treasures up.

And forget about putting presents under the tree, Delilah likes to unwrap packages and then chew up what’s inside.

We’ve had to simplify our tree.  This year, I went totally basic.

Christmas Tree As you can see, Sampson could care less about the tree, the ornaments or anything that might be underneath it.

 

Ornaments I stuck with simple ribbons, crystals and a few glass ornaments and so far, Delilah hasn’t even looked at it.

TREE Until a present came in the mail yesterday.  So we’ve gated off our tree.

Hubby took our fireplace screen and arranged the furniture just so.  But it doesn’t keep a girl from window shopping. 😉

How are your pups around the tree, do they bother the tree, ornaments, presents?  What creative ways do you use to help keep your sanity around the holidays?

Day 17: Win a P.L.A.Y. Wobble Ball treat toy in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Giveaway Event It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing up Bella! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by P.L.A.Y (Pet Lifestyle and You). You could win a whimsical Wobble Ball Treat toy. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

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