Bailey and Friends

Night, Night Addy. Sweet dreams.
Love,
Susan

Happy Friday!!!!!

I hope you and Miss Bailey have a wonderful day.

Are you feeling any better? How much longer on the antibiotics?

Thinking of you, only have a moment,

Love,
Addy

Happy Friday to you!!
Took my last antibiotic yesterday.
Bailey was a terror yesterday. Just a MAD dog! Nothing would settle her down, not even a walk. We both are aabout at our wits' end.
It's GORGEOUS here today! Now up to 77-not expected to get too hot. Beautiful blue skies and no clouds.
I'm going to walk up and water the entrance gardens....then do a couple more things OUTSIDE!!!
Still need a lot of rest. What is bothering me most now is my arthritis in my neck. A dr. friend suggested that the Erlichiosis could be aggravating that. Most of the other symptoms have ceased to be. THANK YOU WOMAN ABOVE!!!!
I canceled the puppy training for now. We will start again on the 21st. I just was unable to take the time needed for the training. Just too sick. So-postponed, not given up on.
Here's to a quick end to your workweek! Kisses to Koko.
Love,
Susan

Hi Sus,

The puppy training will be there when you are feeling stronger. Thank goodness the antibiotics are now done. Hopefully that alone will make you feel better:) I always feel yucky on them.

And now you can go out in the sun:D:D:D:D

They are coming to open the pool today. I like looking at the water but it is one more chore to keep it clean:(:(:(:(

How are your gardens coming along? My peonies are about to open and my lilacs just started blooming. I bet I am a month behind your garden.

I miss my Friday furlough days:p:p:p:p It made things a bit easier.

Gave Zoe her first dose of Vetoryl. Wouldn't you know it is to be hot and humid today? It has been so cold. I am off to go check on her.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Love,
Addy

So glad you are off the antibiotics--I hope you are eating yogurt so you have good bacteria in your body...:):)

Addy is right the classes will be there when you feel better. You know what you need to do with Bailey since you had Palmer as a puppy. I have been going through the puppy books I had when Maddie was a puppy so it has helped.

Keep up the good work getting better!!!:)

The zinnias are almost ready to bloom and litte Miss Ella wants to eat them--of course she wants to eat everything...:D

Hi Addy-
My peonies are on the side of the house......and I don't get around there very often. I saw them the other day and realized I'd missed them. My Mom always used to say...."Peonies bloom for your birthday!"
I am probably one month ahead of you. It is horribly dry here. My new roses are doing very well. I had 31 of them in VA. I found it was a lot of work and while I love them, I'd kind of burned out on them. I've tried one or two or three here and have not had luck. The places I've put them stay wet.....irrigation or rain. I have them now on a little hill that I built. 3 or 4 of them. I think one survived the winter. I need to feed and spray them. Even Bob told me to be sure and see the yellow ones.

I've not been able to get out and do the usual.....no energy. I did get Bob to fertilize for spring finally.
We went to a craft show today. It was down on the boardwalk. They do it every first week in June and the week after Labor Day. It's a judge thing, so you get some nice crafts. Bob and I always enjoy walking those shows. Today, however, I had to stop and sit 4 times in but a 2 hour period.
There is this weird thing that happens. Every once in a long while I all of a sudden gasp for air.
I'm stilll losing weight and I'm still exhausted.
We have a busy day Monday. We're "goin' to the CITY!! I hope I can endure it. I'll probably sleep in the car on the way back.:(
Question: Bailey met a doggie neighbor today. When that happens.....new people or new doggies, she rolls over on her back, submissively. I think I may have asked about this before. Anybody know any tricks to correct this behavior?

How is the Trilostane going? Any signs of anything yet---good reaction or bad reaction. It's really way too early for a good reaction......unless you call reacting to no poop issues a "good reaction." :D:D
Well....it IS ten. Time for beddy bye. I hope you had a great day, Addy.

Love,
Sus (also once known as Sooze....pronounced as in "snooze."

Going to the City???? Oh boy, what fun, going to the City!!!!! I wish I could go to the City!!!!!


Wait a minute, what city???:D:D:D:D

Sus, I was wondering, did you doctor saying anything about giving you an inhaler? Like a bronchodilator to take when you get short of breath? Just wondering what may be causing the sudden shortness of breath and if that would help.

Have fun in the city and kisses to Miss Bailey. Zoe and Koko send kisses too.

Love,
Addy

Ahhhhhhhhh... you found me out. ;) The city is Salisbury, Md....closest point of civilization (malls, PetSmart, etc.)
I asked the doc about getting oxygen and she tested me at 97.....so no on the oxygen. I will ask next time I go in (in a week or so) about the bronchodilator. Thank you for the suggestion. :)

A number of years ago, I made the mistake of suggesting our little development have some flowers at the entrance signs. (We're only 17 lots....so we don't want folks to miss us~!) Well-here I am, all these years later, still being drafted to take care of them.

I took up a chair (resin), hooked up my hose, turned on my iPod and sipped my Coke as I watered for an hour. It was very relaxing. Bailey has chewed apart my iPod headphones, so I've not been able to use it for awhile. My there are some good songs on there!!!

That's all the news that's fit to print over here. 12 hours sleep last night. Seems to be what I need right now. (That's with a few trips to the bathroom in there.)

You take care. It's very very humid here today.
:D
Love,
Susan

Where are Addy & Marie today?????

:( :( :( :( :(

Hi Susan,

I posted to your thread this morning and I have no idea what happened. I don't see it here:o

I wanted to know how your visit to the city went. Stopped by to hear all about it.

I also found some free ferns for the garden yesterday while walking Koko and was so excited but then after the storm the heat moved in. It has been in the 90's so I have not planted them and they are wilting like crazy:(:(

I have been home the last two afternoons with Zoe. I feel better about being with her and not at work. Work is a zoo right now:eek:

Miss ya,
Love,
Addy

I am not missing any longer...

I want to hear about the City visit also.

I hope you are still feeling better--day by day!!!:):)

Happy Wednesday Susan!!!!!!!

Get ready for the heat wave, I read it is headed your way:eek::eek:

The air was so bad yesterday, I actually thought I was going to have to take my inhaler:eek::eek::eek:

It is not as bad today, thank goodness!!!!!

Ahhhh, the pups are snoozing and I might just go take a nap.

Love,
Addy

Hi gals!
Addy the heat wave is not coming. It is HERE!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

Thank you both for your messages. I have been going nonstop since early Monday and you can just about pour me into a container and throw me into the sea! (I feel like I was hit by a Mack truck!!)

I will fill you in on the city visit....probably tomorrow. I have to bathe Bailey and then I need to go to bed!!!

The poor pup is almost toothless! Absolutely nothing in the front on the bottom. Sad thing is I haven't been able to "get a souvenir." I'm not going to search through poop for that!! She still has her very sharp, first incisors, and can use them very well............OUCH!!!

Glad everyone is reporting in. Mom was getting concerned. All the little duckies were not in a row!!

More soon.

Love,
Susan

New picture!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D:D:D:D

Love the picture!!!

Is is bad to say I cannot wait till Miss Ella is toothless!!!! :eek::D

I know, we are to enjoy enjoy enjoy because it won't last long....:p

Too bad the heat wave cannot head this way--darn it would have to travel all the way around the world....:D It is 68 today and not much higher for the weekend!!! Maybe this will keep the crazies away from the beach--not, they come no matter what...:D:D

Hi Marie-
101 here right now.
Whew!!!

I averaged out the temps and a nice 84 degrees would be nice. Maybe a little hot for here but I think I would like it right now. I have a sweater on (not the red one) and it is still a little chilly.

Keep cool!!! :D:D Go run throw the sprinkler with Bailey....:p

I gave her a bath instead. It was quite a challenge this time. She has been developing her leg muscles.....the one you use to jump. It's not going to be long before she can hop up on the sofa and then the bed. The bed is a good bit higher than the sofa. Anyway-she kept trying to hop out of the sink.
How do "those people" get their dogs to stand there still as can be so they can wash them??!! Why don't I ever get a dog like that??!!
She is now very fluffy, sweet smelling and tagless while her collar dries. And her head hair still stands up straight! That's so cool. Her eyebrows are totally cool!

-Love
susan

Zoe will hold still but Koko tries to climb up me if I give him a bath.;)

Happy Friday!!!!!!

The heat won't last, we had to put the furnace back on this morning for a few minutes. It is 42 degrees outside:eek::eek::eek: Cold front is probably headed your way;);)

Home this morning, work this afternoon:mad::mad:

Have a great weekend, Sus:D:D:D:D:D:D

Love,
Addy

Hi ladies!
I'm getting sick. Doc said the symptoms could return. That or I just am getting another illness. Bob is talking about getting a hospital bed and it and me in the spare bedroom. ;)
I'm off to bed.

love,
the always sick one anymore

Hi Sick-A-Boo-,

Not happy to hear you are not feeling well, maybe the heat set you back a bit. I did not feel well when we had it. I hope it cooled off and you start feeling better.

I spent the last couple days giving Zoe some extra time with me and working with Koko's clicker training. I was glad to have time off from work.

How is Little Miss Bailey? I just loved her new picture. She is so pretty.

My new found ferns shriveled up in the heat:rolleyes::rolleyes: Oh well, at least they were free:p:p:p:p

I was hoping once you were off the antibiotics, you would start feeling better. We'll just think positive and say it is a bump in the road for you. Like Zoe's bumps in the road, you both will soon be better.

BIG HUGS

Love,
Addy

Hi Miss Addy-
Strangest "sick" I've ever had. I went right to bed and basically stayed there for 24 hours and now I"m fine. Bob and I both think my immunity system may be compromised from "E." Anyway....back in the saddle again.

All the busy-ness last week was due to purchasing a new car. It came on all of a sudden....not due to repairs needing to be done, but due to possible repairs being needed and a number of other things coming due that were expenses we do not have now. (At least for now.) It's a dark blue SUV and I just got all my stuff in there and organized.
The car I had, which I dearly loved, was one where you "sat down in it." With my knees, getting up and out of that had become more of an issue. With a SUV I don't encounter any of that.
We did do some important things in "the city" like go to PetSmart and Bed, Bath & Beyond.
There is this really neat stretch of road about half way between here and there where you go from being in farm land into a state park. Trees line the left and the right and they are all very tall. I've named it my Enchanted Forrest and I just love going through there. There is an alternate route over to "the city" but it does not go by the forest....so If I'm driving, I always go by/through the forest. It's maybe only a couple of miles long but it is gorgeous.

Bailey is getting her new teeth in very quickly. I'm anxious for the process to finish. Fortunatley she has not chosen to chew on anything other than us. She has not gotten enough exercise the past two days so, come bedtime, she starts rippin' 'n' tearin'! Things should settle down a bit now and we will also get a start on the training. We have had a couple of accidents inside and I want to get this finished. She has started ringing the bells when she needs to go out. There are signs of progress.

I hope things are going okay with Zoe and KoKo. It's starting to cool back some here. It's only 85 today. They are saying the week will be a nice one. I could use some nice days for some yard work.

Happy Sunday!:D

Love,
Susan

Hi Susan,

I hope this Monday morning has you feeling better.

I, too, love to take the back roads. So much more scenic even if it take a bit longer to reach the destination.

Don't you love new car smell? I love that smell. I can see why it would be easier for you to get in and out of an SUV. Yesterday, I was playing "dog" with Koko and my knees hurt from being on hands and knees playing. Wow, for that moment, I thought, what? Why do they hurt? I used to be able to do this, so we we continued our game on the carpet.:):):)

Zoe goes for her stim today. It is 45 minutes to get to IMS in traffic. Wish I could have the test done closer.:(:(

Have a great day,
Love,
Addy

Good Monday morning Addy!
I just want you to know I'll be thinking of you and Zoe.....and hoping the traffic all pulls over for you two!
Results tomorrow?
Love,
Susan

Happy Tuesday!!!!!

Hope the bump in the road is gone and you have smoother pavement:):) We don't want to ruin your tires:D:D:D
Seriously, I hope you are feeling better. Thank you for the post on my thread. I sincerely appreciate your kind, loving and supportive words.

Do you have to go back to the doctor for any follow ups? When my asthma used to go into a huge problem and I could not do much, it took me a long time to regain my strength. Hoping baby steps will come for you and little by little you will get stronger.

I have to work ALL DAY today:eek::eek::eek: I don't think I can take it:p:p:p:p:p:p

So enjoy your day with Little Miss Bailey!!!!!!

Love ya,
Addy

Happy Tuesday back atcha! :D
I am feeling much better. :) We think maybe this was an allergic reaction to something in the auto showroom. 24 hours out of there and I was my ol' self.
I go see the doctor Monday. She said I could cancel the appt if I felt fine, but I think I'm going to keep it.
I don't know if I've mentioned, but on the foot that was operated on last winter, the big toe is in pain. :mad::(:eek: It's right where they put in this huge staple. I am hoping this won't mean having to open it up and go back in, but I'm thinking it will. I see that doc this Thursday.
Little Miss Bailey is now at 6.75 lbs. WOW!:) She even looks like a real doggie. ;) She is doing well mostly. Last week, with all the running, her normal schedule was non-existent. She's a little unsure now, but I think I can fix that.

I hope things are good with Zoe. Thanks for your comments. I wasn't sure if it would sound really depressing and discouraging. I certainly did not mean it to be and it sounds like you took it exactly as I intended it.
It's a WONderful 77 degrees here today. THIS is my kinda weather. :D:D:D:cool::cool::cool:
Love,
Susan

Susan,

So glad you are feeling better, but not about the toe!!!:mad::p

Wow!!! Miss Ella weighs twice as much as Bailey. A big 13 lbs when she went to the vet on Friday. Now she has to be on de-worming medicine for a week. I think the medicine made her a crazed being last night....:eek:

Keep up the good work of getting better!!!

Okay so I have a funny story. We have a hamburger place called Five Guys that opened up a few years back.

Well, my daughter was speaking with her new supervisor at work. The supervisor is about my age and my daughter mentioned to her that she reminded my daughter of me.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

So, my daughter proceeds to tell her, "Yeah, and you know that hamburger place, Five Guys? Do you know what my mom always calls it?"

And her supervisor answered right away without missing a beat. "Does she call it Three Brothers?"

And my daughter just stared at her. "How do you know that?"

and her supevisor said "Cause that is what I call it too!!!":p:p

Now how weird is that?:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I thought it was funny.

Stuck in a time warp Addy;););););););)

LOVE YA!!!

Quick! Call EMS!! Addy has flipped!
HOW is that funny? I just don't get it. What happened to the other two guys??
For real-the original very first Five Guys was less than a mile from me when I lived in VA. They were around for quite a while and then they started the franchise and poof! Now they're EVERYwhere. We have three of them down here in this sleepy little resort area.
That's okay Addy. Keep that smile on your face!!:D
Worried-;);)
Susan

It is funny because why would someone else make the same mistake and call it Three Brothers? I thought I was the only dimwit:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I guess it is lost in translation:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes ::rolleyes:

Maybe you have to live in Wisconsin:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Can't let the day go by without saying hello to my Susan and Miss Bailey.



BIG HELLO AND BIGGER HUGS

Love,
Addy

Now......I wrote a response to this yesterday. WHERE IS IT???????

I said something like-I can always count on Addy to say "hello". It's very thoughtful and I like it!

So-on to Friday. Last night the big toe was NOT happy, having gotten that shot. Today it has calmed down and feel darn good. I went ahead and got the Rx-doc said I could start now if I wanted-so I'm taking that. Real test will be tomorrow when I wear something other than sneakers.
How is Zoe? Still progressing well?
89 degrees here today and the sun is VERY hot. Another 3 or so days and will be the highest it gets in the sky so after that it should not feel quite so hot....on the skin. 100 degrees will still feel like 100 degrees!
I remember one summer where it was so hot and we were having 100 degree or more days for several days, we went down and got in the ocean and stayed....all day. We just bounced around out there. It was the only way to stay cool.
Painter comes by in the morning to talk about our house painting. He's already been contracted to do it, it's just that someone (not me!) could not make up their mind about the colors we will use. Now we're all ready. He was ready to paint the first week in June. I hope we don't have to wait a long time now. We're not making any major changes.
Ryan comes down tonight for the weekend. Look for new pictures!
Love,
Susan

I just realized that since last night's post was lost, you don't know about the doc visit. He said he thinks the first joint, the one not fused, got upset. Either I walked too far or too long, or the toe just decided to get upset. He gave me a cortisone shot in the toe (OUCH) and an Rx for Napercin. The toe felt really big with all that medicine in there and it affected/really slowed down my walking pace. See today's note for today's news.
love,
susan

89? Wow, I would love a day of sun and 89. It is 68 here.:mad::mad:

I hope your toe fits in the sneaker!!!!!! Poor Sus, you are like my Zoe, always something. I will try to give Zoe a Pepcid tomorrow before her Trilo and Flagyl. Wish her luck:):)

Tell me about the colors for your house. What fun to pick a new color.

Oops, Koko is begging to go out.

Have a good night Susan,



Sending hugs and kisses to you and Bailey.

Maybe you do have to live in Wisconsin. I have a friend who lives in Pardeeville her name is Betsi and she always would say "Bless your heart". I haven't talked to her in a while--I must do that....

We just got a Five/Three Guys Burger. Addy, I would probably say that too. I am always off my rocker and my daughter usually has to correct me. Of course, she gets what I say when my husband has no clue or doesn't read between the lines.

How is everyone feeling???? HAPPY FRIDAY & WEEKEND!!!! :):D:p

I am trying to stay out of reach of Miss Ella's teeth. Now when do they get the "OFF" command and "NO BITING"--she understands just doesn't want to play along. She's the Devil.....:eek:

How is Miss Bailey?? Cute as ever!!!

Happy Father's Day to the Dads!!!

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The colors turn out to be not that different. We found a beige/clay color that is closer to the window frames in color-so there is a tiny change there. The doors will be a navy/turquoise kind of blue. I redid the front door a couple of years ago. It had been kind of brick red and I was tired of it, plus-it faces west so when the afternoon sun would hit it, it generated all kinds of heat. With a storm door on there all that heat got trapped and when you opened the door it was like opening the door to a brick oven. So the blue-Bob finally said he did not like it. The blue he has selected is (I swear)one tone darker that what I did.
I tried to "sell" a lighter color for the siding, but we are kind of stuck due to railings and window frames that are permanent and beige-y. We also have a screened porch and we are going to redo it the same as it is now.
SO-after months of discussion and a gazillion paint chips, the average person will think we just got a fresh coat of paint. It's okay-we like that look and to change it without being able to see how it will look in total is kind of risky. We'd be stuck with that for the next 8 - 10 years.
We just had another go-round being sure everything is exactly as both of us expect it to be. The guy is due here any minute. The porch was not included in the estimate.
We had another guy give us an estimate and it was almost 3 times what this guy offered.....and this guy is a well known, well established businessman down here.
So-the new "feature" to Bailey is that she has started to pee, or leak, when she gets excited to see people. She never did that before. I don't know if there is a way to correct that. I am guessing it just comes with age. Although, with age, aren't we supposed to start peeing/leaking more???!!!:rolleyes:
Good morning to Abby and Marie! I hope your Saturdays are wonderful and peaceful.

Tonight we go on a dinner cruise which is a murder/mystery cruise.....for Father's day. I hope it's fun. Takes 1.5 hours just to drive there.:eek:
Love,
Susan
and BIG BEAR HUGS!!!!!

Hey Susan,

How was the murder mystery cruise? I bet a ton of fun!!!!! I was reading about how dog friendly Chicago is. They have a river cruise and you are allowed to bring your dog. Another case for needing doggles, Bailey would look good in red goggles, I think.:):):)
I don't think Zoe will ever be up for that though, a trip to Chicago and a river cruise, but it is fun to imagine it.

We are having a rainy Father's Day. We celebrated with the kids last night. The pups are tired from all the todo:D:D:D:D:D

The colors for your house sound really nice. It is always nice to get to do an improvement. We cut down some old, sparse, evergreens at the end of our driveway and we are amazed at how different the house looks. I get sun on my window boxes now:D:D:D:D

I hope you are having a lazy, restful Father's Day and hope your sneakers fit!!!!

Love ya,
Addy

Good Monday morning to you Abby!
The murder/mystery cruise was pretty sorry. I thought the food was really below par and the actors were so loud (the pa system) that I covered my ears at one point. It was a fun night, though, and something different. Bob loved not knowing until we got there what was happening. Ryan won one of the top prizes for guessing the murderer, the weapon and the motive. He got a very nice embroidered sweatshirt and turned around and gave it to Bob.
I spent a very lazy day watching the baseball game and then catching up on episodes of Parenthood.
I have "lost" two camera related items. I just found one and now I am only missing the remote control for taking pictures. It's a little thing, but it's in a black case, so I still have hope. I almost always wind up finding things I think I've "lost." I know it's here in the studio, if it didn't acidentally get put in the trash, so it's a matter of cleaning up and finding it.
Foot still feels fine and I think I'm not going to go to see the Ehrlichiosis doc tomorrow. I'm feeling pretty good.
Have a great day!
Love,
Susan

Hurrah, feeling pretty good?

Now that makes me truly happy:D:D:D:D:D:D

I am going to battle the fog and rain and head in to work. I don't know why we bothered to open the pool, it is too cold to use it and it rains every day:eek::eek::eek::eek:

I nee some sun and a pina colada:D:D:D:D:D

Have a wonderful Tuesday. Give Little Miss Bailey hugs and kisses.


Love,
Addy

Addy-
I'll send you the sun. You'll have to get your own pina colada. I'll send you some heat as well. All I ask of you is to please send some rain!
How is Zoe?
Love,
Susan