Whut?!

Going in late to work today so that I can help run the Wheel of Jeopardy (that is going over very well), and I was getting ready to let the puppies outside.  Imagine our surprise when I opened the back door to see snow.  Huge, ginormous flakes of snow!  Ack!  It must have just started a little while ago, it's not sticking to anything because it's still got enough rain mixed in to make it slushy, but it's snowing (!) outside!  Emmy and Milo raced outside to play in it and chased each other around the shed in the back yard.  That's one of their favorite games.  Lol.  Add snow?  Ohhh.  It's puppy heaven!

Speaking of puppy heaven.  Milo's still in it.  Blissfully oblivious to the fact that his poor little apple cart is about to take a serious tumble tomorrow.  He's been our little baby for over a year now.  For some reason, I thought yesterday was Wednesday.  It's always good when you are one day closer to the weekend, or in this case, one day closer to getting Fergus.  Even though I still can't tell if "Fergus" is winning the battle, I haven't heard anything else be mentioned with the exception of McDougal.  Lol.  Poor little Milo.  He has nooo idea what is in store for him.  I'm sure he is going to be jealous for a few days, but I'm going to try my best and curtail that.  Here's his take on the whole matter.

We are definitely taking Emmy with us to pick up our new addition.  We are also taking a small present for her "Momma Judy".  It's a triple picture frame that will have this picture taken at Emmy's first PetSmart graduation..

 Giving her Momma a little Emmy lovin..  : ).

And greeting her actual Momma Chrissy for the first time since we got her.
Chrissy is pure black, which is an interesting Cairn color, I've seen dark gray, but she's the only pure black one I've seen, and Emmy's Poppa is a Wheaten Cairn Terrier.  She ended up with a little bit of both, which has made several ladies ask, "Where did Emmy get her highlights from?"  Lol.

I'm not so sure about taking Milo aka the Scottish Hooligan.  The aggressive Scottish Hooligan.

I'm not sure we really want to make Judy worry that Fergus will be eaten by the aforementioned aggressive Scottish Hooligan or not.  Dutch says Milo will be "fine" with our new puppy.  I'm not so sure.  He says that about Milo all the time, even after an aggressive move.  Apparently, as they say, "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt".  Lol.  I know that Judy would love to see both our dogs, especially since she's never gotten to meet Milo.  I'm just not sure it's a good idea.  Although, I could put Milo in the small kennel and let him get used to the puppy before I put Fergus in there for the ride back.  Ohh, decisions, decisions, decisions.

Anyway, tomorrow is our big day.  : )..  I can't wait!  I'm going to google a few more things about introducing puppies to aggressive dogs, this time specifically to a terrier.  I'm hoping that I can find something that will work.  I might take a pocket full of bacon with me.  Lol.  Why do you smell like.. bacon?  Hmm..  Why DO I smell like bacon?  Ha!  Alrighty, wish us luck!  We might reallllly need it!

The Band Perry - All Your Life

Another great song, definitely a great way to start an early, early, early, chilly
Monday morning.

Woke up with Milo who wanted to go outside and enjoy the day. We saw birds, kitties, and leaves to bark at, although after telling him, "No barking", he quieted down and silently ran his security detail around the yard, stopping to grab what is left of his ball. He had been holding it down and trying to chew on it a couple days ago, and finally got enough teeth marks in it for the air to fizzle out. Emmy finished it off. It was nothing but a little rubber bowl yesterday morning that has now been shredded into a few pieces outside. Here's a picture of Emmy and Milo playing with a little bit of it this morning.

Yup. They are WIDE awake and full of energy. Me? Not so much.

 

 Those little black dots? Were something that looked like seagulls?  Not sure if there are other birds that look like them, but that's what they looked like as they flew by. I should have had my other camera.

Alrighty, time to get the day going.  Can we say caffeine? : )..

Shaggy little puppies..

It's about time that we give Emmy and Milo's "Aunt Chelsea" a call.  We have two shaggy little puppies again.  We were outside enjoying the warm (!) weather this morning, trying to get some good pictures of two active little pups.  They are starting to look a little shaggy.  : )..  Aunt Chelsea has her own grooming shop through a vet in Excelsior Springs.  I've known her and her family (including Wayne and the rest of the Famous Seamus and the Travelbongs) since I moved here in 1998, while dh has known them since he moved here in high school and since Chelsea was born. 

She did such a great job of transforming our shaggy little puppies from something like this..

 And this..

 Into these cute little puppies..

 And this little hound dog..  Lol..

 Here's my shaggy little boy this mornin..

 And my shaggy little girl..

Aunt Chelsea!  We need ya!  Stat!

: )..

Milo this mornin.. : )..

Reminded me of this..  Milo doesn't understand what this box is in front of me.  He just knows that I stare at it a lot.  Lol.  How could I sit here and plick the keys on the keyboard when there is a living, breathing, loving little puppy anxiously waiting for my attention?  Oh wait!  He found a kitty to chase.  Lol.  That'll buy me about a half minute.  Moving toys.  How fun are they?  Milo says, "They're great!" and gives it one paw up.

Alrighty, quick blurb before I go and play with the puppy so that the cat can rest, dh made a couple adjustments to the White Turkey Chili last night and it was delicious!  : )..

Here is the original recipe..

And here is a picture of the new version..

He substitued cooked chicken cubes

for the ground turkey and added whole

kernal corn instead of the creamed corn,

put it in a tortilla and drizzled it with

lime juice.

Yummy!

Alright..  Puppy time!

Tennis Balls, Toys and Collars.. Oh My!

Went puppy shopping today without the pups.  They kind of lose their little puppy minds when they go to the puppy store and we needed some new supplies for them.  We got a new collar for both of them, squeaky toys for Milo and a new green spiky ball for Emmy.  We also grabbed a tennis ball and two Comfort Harnesses as seen on TV.  Hopefully Milo won't chew through this one.  Anyway, here are a few pics of Emmy and Milo enjoying their new stuff.  : )..

 Emmy's new collar..  And the only way

she takes pictures when awake..

 Fixin to love on her new

green spiky ball.. 

Milo watchin his new

squeaky toy..

Alrighty, time to go play.. 

Catch ya'll later!

Pinterest can wait today.. : )..

I decided the puppies were right!

Pinterest could wait!

Ahhhh..

Sooo nice..  Sitting outside in shorts

and a short sleeved shirt..

In the middle of January..

Really?  Realllly.  : )..

Can you tell what Milo's favorite toy is?

It's half of an alligator.  Lol.

I would say that we let the stink

blow off the puppies, but they

both found something questionable

to roll in..  Ha!

The puppies were definitely right.

Pinterest schminterest.

I'm addicted to warm weather.

Lesson learned by a 2 year old pup..

Emmy says..

If you love something..

Set it free..

If it comes back..

It's yours..

If it doesn't and it gets eaten..

Hunt your little brother down

and bite him..



Emmy and Milo's Christmas Mornin..

Milo says Santa left him a frozen sock outside!  Lol.  Santa might have left something for Emmy too, I saw her sitting by the shed eating something.  I don't think that I really want to know what it was!  Lol.  I'll let her keep that between her and Santa.  : )..  Here's a quick video of our pups enjoying Milo's treat!

Hope everyone else's Christmas was just as joyous and carefree!



Vacation Day Number Two.. : )..

Yesterday was nice, filled with puppies and naps, pork chops, cheesy taters and yummy salad.  Today was filled with a short nap (stayed up too late last night and got up too early this mornin) and then some quick shopping for a couple White Elephant gifts for a Christmas party tomorrow night.  Then we took our pups, Emmy and Milo out for a little treat.  My dad, who loves dogs, lol, sent each of our dogs $5 for a Christmas present.  Lol.  We went to one of the local Petco's and got Emmy a new hedgehog spiky ball and both of them some yummy treats.  We usually buy Milo replacement squeakers because he will tear a toy up in a minute to get to the plastic squeaker inside.  Petco doesn't sell them like PetSmart does, but luckily, we still have a couple of them on hand, so he won't know that his toy had to wait.  Lol.  : )..  Emmy loves her new ball and has been carrying it everywhere.  Happy little puppies for sure!

Here are some fun pics for the day..  Lol..

 And my favorite one for the day...  Lol!

Hmm.. Lessons Learned.. : )..

Mm..  K..  Sooo..  Found a great project idea on Pinterest (which I love and am addicted to), so I decided to try it.  It's still a learning process.  Here's what the project should look like..  Lol..

 Thought this was a really neat idea..

 Sooo, I bought this at a thrift store...

 Placed my stickers on there..

  Painted over them..

And peeled them off..

The things that I've learned from this..

1. Pick a regular canvas picture..

2. Use bigger letters..

3. Use a roller paintbrush..

4. Hope that it turns out well..

And of course, I had to go with a Cairn Terrier / Toto theme because of these..

 That's one of my favorite pics from CafePress.com.

 Our sweet little Toto puppies..  : )..

They really do look sweet and innocent..

Don't they?  Lol..

Don't be fooled though..  Lol..  It's just a disguise..

Oooh, whatta sweet little puppy!

: )..

Think I'm linking up to Debbie Doo's Newbie Party again this week.

Click HERE for her link, check her page out!  She's got a lot of great ideas!

Another moment with Milo.. Lol..

I always feel a little guilty that Milo doesn't have a choice but to live with us.  He didn't get to pick his family, we handed his people some money, grabbed him, stuck him in a puppy crate and brought him home.  Kinda reminds me of Maya Angelou's, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings".  Milo loves us, but, lol, I don't think we ever gave him the choice not to.  : )..  He's such a happy little fellow, but I still feel guilty.  Here's a little sumthin, sumthin from his perspective.  Click HERE.

Here are a couple more pics of Milo and Emmy after they got home from "Aunt Chelsea's" grooming.

 Emmy was happy, she just doesn't like taking pictures.  I think my Aunt Lou has been re-incarnated!

Milo doesn't mind takin pics though!  I think he could still be a model.  Lol.



Nooo.. I am sooo not ready for this yet!

Milo agreed with me!  He put one foot in it and wanted back in.  : )..  I haven't payed attention to the weather recently sooo it was quite a shock to open the door and find this.  I am soooo not a fan of this stuff.  I need to be somewhere that stays around 76 degrees year 'round.  It doesn't even have to be sunny!  Just warm!  Just say nooooo to snow.  Brrrr!  Ughhhh!  Sigh.

Emmy loves it!  Here are my best Emmy and Milo pics from the past.

 Such a little sweetie!  This was her first real snowfall.  She had a blast!

Who could resist a snowy little puppy like that?  Not me!  : )..

Even with snow stuck to him, he was just too cute.

Snow.  Here.  Now.  sigh...  brrrr...  sigh...

Milo's keeping Dr. Swoope in business..

I'm thinkin we are going to have to ask for a frequent flier program through Dr. Swoope's office.  He's going to be able to afford a brand new car by the time we stop seeing him.  : (..  Soo, Dr. Swoope's our vet.  He's great.  Saved our cat from a bad bout of fatty liver disease.  Spayed Emmy, neutered Milo.  Fixed Milo's first toenail.  Fixed Milo's second toenail.  Now?  Today?  Is going to have to fix yet ANOTHER toenail.  Aye Carumba!  There has to be a limit of times that it's safe for them to knock him out to fix one. 

But!  Aha!  Now I know why he's broken the last two off at the quick.  We have five steps off our back patio.  Milo only uses two and then flings himself off them to run across the grass to bark at kitties, squirrels, birds or other dogs that are all outside of our fenced yard.  He loves to play hard.  I'm hoping that another rail going down the outside of the steps will curtail his jumping frenzy.  Hopefully he will realize that he needs to actually go to the bottom before he tears across the yard.  Hopefully.  Maybe.  Keeping my fingers crossed. 

He's only going to have seven toenails left after this, but I don't think it's safe to have him knocked out each time.  : (..  Emmy never had this problem, but she doesn't play with total abandon like Milo does.  He's still puppy crazy, even though he's starting to show signs of slowing down a little.  Just a little.  Dr. Swoope was teasing me last time and asked what I was doing to break his toenails.  Lol.  I'm almost embarrassed to be taking him back in again.  He knows that Milo's never been abused, lol, Milo is a happy, well-adjusted pup that still runs and plays happily in their office, despite being in pain from his toenails.  I'm hopin this will be the last one.  Aye carumba.

Two Shaggy Puppies.. One Great Groomer.. Voila!

Emmy's string cheese incident.. 

Milo's weedin.. 

 A trip to our new groomer, Aunt Chelsea..  : )..  And now?  Pretty little puppies!

What a little hound dog..  : )..

Yay for Tuesday! : )..

Milo's toenail diagnosis..

Our vet kindly joked with me and asked why I keep breaking Milo's toenails. Lol. What can I say? That puppy loves chasing squirrels and cats and birds that are all smart enough to stay on the other side of our fence. : ).. Milo runs with abandon and without a thought to his own safety, which is why I love our fenced in back yard. It's huge so he and Emmy can gleefully run and play and have lots of fun. But, that being said, Milo has yet another toenail broken off at the quick. Good news though, we knew what to look for this time so he's not having to deal with it for almost three weeks like last time. He's going back under anesthesia shortly and Dr. Swoope's going to also trim the other nails while he's out so we might avoid having to do this again. Poor little guy. Still just as happy as ever. My little trooper. : )..

Milo's hurt again.. : (..

We think he must have broken another toenail, this time on his back, right foot.  Poor little guy.  It happened this afternoon as he was enthusiastically running around outside.  Not sure why he's having this problem, although when he plays, he plays hard.  Going to call our vet asap in the morning and get him in pronto this time.  He's still walking on it at times, but he's holding it up everyonce in a while.  : (..  Poor wittle baby!  He's going to run out of toenails eventually.  This time, while the doctor has him knocked out, I am going to have them trim his other nails down so he has less of a chance to get hurt again.  We went out for lunch and brought him some more squeaky toys to make up for his pain.  Lol.  He's a trooper though!  Still playing and happy as ever.  : )..

Milo's first birthday present.. Lol.

Lol, just kidding.  We took the pups for a ride, stopped at PetSmart where they got to play with some other puppies, and get some toys and treats.  Milo loves the little squeaky things inside toys, so we just buy him the actual replacement squeaky parts instead of the actual stuffed toy.  Emmy got another purple, spiky ball that she loves.  She's had two others that finally got torn up.  She found the first one back when we were busy trying to find a good squeaky toy that she might like..  We weren't having any luck, when we looked down to see her rolling around on the floor, rubbing against the spikes on the ball, just having a blast.  Lol.  Guess we should leave the puppy toy picking to the expert.  : )..  Up next for the birthday boy?  A little bit of vanilla ice cream....  Woot!

Btw, we had to buy a new fridge because our side by side finally gave out.  We have such a small space, so we just went with a regular fridge without an ice maker, which is fine, we plan on getting one of these little sweeties..

It's a stand alone ice maker.  Pretty cool if ya ask me.  : )..

Another Moment With Milo..

It's my birthday!  My very first one!  My momma and daddy said we are going to have a fun day, just like we did on Emmy's birthday!  I can't wait.  I'm getting sooo big!  I wonder what we are going to do!  I can't even imagine all the fun we are going to have.  I'm going to be dreaming of squeaky toys and balls and stuffed animals all night long!  Momma even took the day off work tomorrow so we could have fun.  How great is that?!  I think that's pawsome!

That's me, taken on my birthday!  It's today!  It's my birthday!  Woof!

Happy Birthday to our Auntie Em! : )..

It's Emmy's second birthday today.  : )..  We played this morning, then took the
pups out for a "picnic" lunch to a park in Kansas City, MO.

 

They each got their own "picnic" treat and thoroughly enjoyed it!

It's the birthday girl!

It's our sweet, almost one year old little boy!

 

 And our poor little almost one year old boy with

his wrapped foot.  He seems to be feeling a LOT

better today, back to being spry and running on

all four legs for now.  Still a little sore though!

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We took them to PetCo instead of the usual PetSmart

and let them enjoy a little walk around the store where

Emmy barked and growled at a huge dog poster. Lol.

She's sooo vicious!  We got them some small tennis balls

and some treats.

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Then we stopped by to see her favorite person in the

whole wide world, her "Uncle Steve!"

She loves her some Uncle Steve!

After that, we came back and she conked

out for a short nap.  Lol.  Busy day

for puppies!  But it was a fun one!