Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

Happy New Year to you too Sharlene!!
I posted on my thread about Trixie's problem with the new sweater...it's an epic fail. Haha..on top of not wanting to wear anything she has now been groomed...so, not too much fur on her. She wasn't shivering this morning, it was moderately cold-22 degrees. Snow and much colder in the forecast here so she will have to wear something over the next few days! :eek:
How is Molly doing with all this cold?
Your super cold temps are headed this way with some blizzard conditions for us on Friday. That is always hard dog walking weather..and I suppose it's not "walking" at all..it's just "quick-do what you need to do asap so we can get back inside!"
The 40's party sounds super fun...should be some great dancing to the big band music!
Barbara

Well Sharlene from the dog forum in Canada is a big hit with my family :D:D

I did the spaghetti, bought the fresh stuff, mixed in olive oil, cherry tomatoes, basil and the cheese. Then had the meats, prosciutto, little salami's, smoked salmon on a side plate with salad, olives etc. Ohhh also made fresh croutons and home made bruschetta for starter. Then brandy snaps, meringues and choc dipped strawberries and cherries. The loved it, I told them how you came up with the menu :D:D There were eight of us so one very happy family and they said to tell you thank you and you improved my cooking!! Cheeky buggers!

Plus I bought fresh peaches and made it into the puree for the bellinis, I froze it so it was kinda semi freddo. The first lot they said was not strong enough so the next batch had more of the peach schnapps in it. :eek::eek:

We had a lovely evening, my brother's cat Timmy (the one with lymphoma on chemo at 14yo) "gave" my brother Greg a toy for Christmas... this toy is a helicopter thingy, that flies , hovers and has a camera attached and takes photos or videos through a programme that runs through his phone that connects to the hand controls :eek::confused::eek: It looks like a blardy UFO with flashing lights, it can go 200m straight up into the air and can zoom along at 50km/hr. Anyway I am telling you this because we were flying it about in the school tonight, Flynn was running around having a fine old time and Greg was hovering it over him chasing him along so I am really hoping I can share the video with you when Greg downloads it all and sorts it out!! That Timmy is a very generous cat!

Anyway, thanks for your suggestions Sharlene.... I've already had requests they want the same next time they come to dinner!! :D xxx

Just popping in to see whats for dinner tonight, after reading Trish,s post I am rather peckish now. I think out of that lot all I could have made was the Bellinis lol :p

wow Trish's meal sounded fantastic!! :) Those were your ideas/recipes Sharlene???

B.

I just threw out ideas, Trish made it her own. :)

It sounded so good that I had to make something similar for us tonight. :)

Tomorrow night is another dinner out, salmon for me. :) I had a chicken pesto that was divine for New Years eve. (the key is whole roasted pine nuts, yummy) :)

Alas, though the story here is the bitter cold and the wind chills. Molly and me both freezing out there, even with her coat on. Tonight we went out earlier as it is suppose to get even colder over night, snow blowing. Molly did her thing pretty quickly then wanted to run back to the house. I had a down coat on and a scarf over my face trying to just keep the cheeks from freezing (the coat has a down hood on it too) Glad I picked that one up at the outlets this fall. wish it came down to my ankles though as the wind was cutting right through the pants.

Earlier I picked molly up and carried her home and she was shivering, so I pulled her in close to keep her warmer. It's really rough out there right now for animals and I hope not to hear of any being left outside in this.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin

It breaks my heart for dogs that live outdoors. It's a problem in Alaska, and other places, for sure. But, we have this amazing dog rescue up here that does outreach for dogs that live outdoors. They provide insulated dog houses, straw, food, interaction, and education to the owners. Such an inspiration!

We're surviving the cold weather. Not a fan though, really not, will be looking into vacations south for sure. :)
Currently Molly is going out into the back yard to do her business, there is some wind break back there at least.
I'm sick, not fun, so if I don't answer anything too promptly, you know why. Yea, I made it to the dinner on Friday night and having much left the house since, except for a run to the pharmacy. (Yes have my flu shot)
Must be better by weekend!!!! So, I'm working from home for the first part of this week at least. We'll see how it is by thursday.
Poor molly, I think she started to get another ear infection. I saw her shaking her head and on Friday night when we got home from the dinner out, sure enough she had thrown up like 3 times. Poor thing. She hasn't done it since, but if her ear was bothering her and she got an upset tummy, that would do it.

Anyway, molly and myself are going to work at feeling better this week.

hugs all,
Sharlene and Molly muffin

Aw I,m sorry your not feeling well, good idea to work from home that way you can have a rest when needed. Poor Molly throwing up like that I hope she is better now. I don,t envy your weather, we are being battered by wind and rain but rather that than your snow and ice.

Hope you both feel better soon :)

Aww, thanks Tracy. How did the job hunting go today? Anything interesting out there? How are you feeling?

Gads, still wind and rain. Hope you guys catch a break from that soon. It's just as bad in a different way. Flooding is nothing to mess around with. We had horrid flooding in Calgary this year, took out train tracks, roads, homes. Horrible. (my brother in law and their family are all in Calgary and surrounding area).

I tink moly Is feeling better. I started to put meds in her ear, Sat morning. She is currently pouncing on some toy, barking at it in the living room.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Theres not much out there in the job front, but I,ve registered with 2 agencies so wait and see. I,m not bothered at the moment what kind of job I get so long as I get one. Of course I,d like to be a lady who lunches but that's not gonna happen lol. Glad Molly is feeling better.:)