Bailey and Friends

Has the weather been nice? I hope so. Back to BB just in time for the holidays. Can you believe how late turkey day is this year?

The weather turned pretty cold last night but my wave petunias are still blooming in my window boxes. I dont have the heart to pull the out yet though they look a bit to summery for this time of year.:o

At least with the cold air when I walk the pups my nose runs and relieves all that sinus pressure in the morning:D:D:D:D I just dont want to hear the s word in the forecast:eek::eek:

Have a great day!!!!

The weather has been scrumptious. One rainy day....the rest blue skies, sunny and 81 or 82. :D

At BB the pansies bloom all winter. Would that work up where you are? On one of our many trips to Lowe's I saw a whole bunch of little potted poinsettias outside. It's so weird what you see here which looks so out of place when you're from mid Atlantic or further north. Last Sunday, since we've not had any tv, I went over to the clubhouse to watch the Redskins play football. There I sit in shorts and a teeshirt and the people in the stands are all bundled up in hoodies looking very cold. It seemed so weird.

We got our new refrigerator today. It's really big.:eek: And of course, with all this money we've spent, we can't afford any food to go in it.:confused: But it's sure pretty.

How is hubby doing? Mended yet? Bailey says "woof" to Zoe & Koko. I hope your Mom is doing ok.:)

Love,
Sus

I couldn't find any pansies:(:(:( I guess I will just have to do with empty boxes until I can fill them with evergreen branches.:):)

82 sound heavenly, wow and sun, double wow just what my light deprived brain needs:D:D:D:D

Sus it is so funny with Koko, since I bought those darn biscuits he cant take his eyes off me on our walks. All of sudden I am the best thing around;);):D I cant get over it, who knew? And they aren't even good biscuits, I bought the same brand the vet had.:rolleyes:

Mom's dementia is so much better off the incontinent drug, I am amazed. She has even participated in some crafts, she painted a picture of a tree. She is so excited about coming home for Thanksgiving, she wants to see Zoe and all of her hair:D:D

I hope we all make it to Thanksgiving. I usually try not to let myself go that far ahead emotionally.

You will have to get Bailey's sweater out when you get back to BB. Remember the winter we ordered sweaters from Etsy? FUN stuff!!
This is the first time since Zoe's ultra sound in 2010 that she will have HAIR on her belly for the snow!!!!! OMG:p:p:p:p

Our local market had a Thanksgiving taste day of foods they are offering for turkey day. They had the most yummy butternut squash and apple puree type soup. I am thinking of ordering some and serving it in expresso cups as an appetizer. What do you think?

I think I'm a picky eater. I don't eat squash often. I can't imagine apple puree soup. It doesn't compute. I like apples. I like apple juice. It would be interesting to try. That would be something that would interest me in espresso cups.

Ryan fortunately did not pick up my eating habits. Both he and Bob are trying to expand my eating repertoire. They're very patient with me. It really is ridiculous. I live in two places and they're both near sea water.....and I don't eat fish. Sheesh!:o:o
Love,
Sus

I forgot I was on Bailey's thread. Well....it has started. There have been complaints about Bailey and her barking....while we are out. :confused::mad:
Our new refrigerator came and some resident came and had to inspect the new one and ask if we had taken out a cabinet so we could fit it in.:eek: She's asking the delivery guy this!!:( She must have asked him six or seven times..:eek:....I finally called out...."YES.....we took out one cabinet!!":p Then another neighbor expressed disappointment that he did not know we were replacing the refrigerator because his ice maker is broken and he would have liked to have swapped it out.:confused::confused::eek::eek: And we've gone from living in a neighborhood with old neighbors to living in a neighborhood with VERY old neighbors. I can see I'll have to get out and make social contacts pronto.
I am a huge Snoopy fan. I found one here that is a Christmas one. He side steps to the Christmas song that Shroeder plays on the piano....back and forth, back and forth. It is SO CUTE!!:D:D:):)
Love/hugs,
Sus/an

Oh my goodness. You really are in the midst of "inquiring minds want to know" segment. LOL :rolleyes:

Yep, you're going to have to get out and network. Good grief. Of course, you do know that they are all in competition to be the first in the door for a cup of coffee/tea, whatever. Whomever scores that privilege will have the scoop to go back and tell the others of anything you have done to make changes, what your story is, basically, the good gossip. Choose carefully, you will be placing the crown on their head within their social circle. (the club house will be all a twitter). hahahaha :D

I might be tempted to say, that wasn't Bailey. That was me, Bailey is quiet as a mouse. :D

On the other hand, once they "know" you. You'll probably never have to worry about your place again while you are away. Make sure that a couple of them have your cell number or home phone in BB. You'll never have a better alarm system. ;)

Oh Susan, I'm having way too much fun with this. Sorry. hehehehe

Addy, ohhh, I like that idea. How cool. Soup in espresso cups. On Christmas Eve we go to a friends every year and there is always a chowder served in coffee cups. Good way to walk around, talk and eat at the same time.

hugs all
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Wow Susan, you will need to bring them all home baked goodies on your next trip back and do a heavy duty PR campaign.
I would have a hard time dealing with it but that is me, :o:o:o

Good thing you will always have a break from it and go home to BB.
Bailey too, how can they complain about Little Miss barking, how loud can her tiny bark be? She is itsy bitsy.:rolleyes:

Ok, I am done being overprotective of you and Bailey, so have a great trip home.:):):):)

SNOW is on my CAR:eek:

I must confess that Bailey has a very shrill bark. Ear piercing at times. We always hoped her "adult" bark would settle down an octave or so. I think that once she becomes accustomed to the golfers, the golf carts, the geckos, the squirrels, the alligators, the elevator bell, the other people talking, the guy who comes by cutting the grass each week, the birds who have started to land on our screen on the lanai, that the barking will become minimal. It is much less now than it was when we first got here. Besides....pets under 25 lbs are allowed .....and she's nowhere near that.

We got our carpeting today. More importantly we got rid of that nasty old stuff. They did a very nice job but were pricey. Tomorrow afternoon we get our shower door. I've been scrubbing down the shower tiles....hadn't been done in awhile. Meanwhile we're doing a little paint touch up, some caulking, some spackling of holes (not in that order) and gearing up to head home.

Sharlene-there are going to be workers in here while we are gone....putting in some new countertops, a light fixture for the kitchen and tile out on the lanai and.....now you have me worried that there will be a parade of people through here inspecting the work. I had a neighbor do that when I lived in Arlington. We were gutting and redoing our kitchen and she wanted a look-see. When both Bob & I were at work, she went over and invited herself in to inspect the job. THE NERVE!!!:mad::mad::mad:

Beddy bye time. Night gals!
Hugs and love,
Sus/an

Oh Susan, the progress you're making sounds fantastic! We're set for our first mid-20s hard freeze tonight, so your tropical paradise sounds REALLY inviting right now (everybody thinks Atlanta is pretty warm all the time, too, but we definitely get "winter" here :o).

As far as Bailey's barking when you are away from home, would it be possible for you to restrain her in a room or a part of the condo where she isn't likely to be disturbed by so many visual/auditory distractions? Plus, any barking might not carry so far if she's in an internal room.

Sadly, I know from experience that uncontrolled barking can really wear down the nerves of neighbors :(. I am wide awake and posting right now because the dogs next door were let out into the yard (right below my bedroom window) at 5:30 a.m. They are BIG dogs with LOUD voices. I no longer need an alarm clock because I never need to worry about oversleeping. They are also left unattended in the yard for hours at a time during the day and evening. When the owners are home and hear them bark, they take them back inside. But when they are not home, it is "out of sight, out of mind" for them and I suffer never knowing when to expect them to come back. We have discussed this with our neighbors many, many times. We think the problem is solved, and then a couple months later we are back to Square One. On the rare occasions when the family vacations and the dogs are boarded, I cannot believe how nice it is to be able to take an uninterrupted afternoon nap or sleep late in the morning. It is like a vacation for me, too.

So if you are truly getting multiple complaints about Bailey's barking when you are away from the condo, I urge you to consider it to be a genuine issue to try to solve as best as is possible. And as I say, just restraining her to one specific internal room while you're gone might hopefully help?

Marianne

Good point Marianne and nice to hear from you. We actually discussed this yesterday. I think we could confine her to the master bedroom which is at the back of the unit. That would keep the barking confined to an area with cinder-block walls and carpeted floors. We'd have to go through a training period and we'd have to structure it so she didn't dig the heck out of the nice wood door, but it's doable. We'll try that when we return in January and I'll let you know how it works out.

Bob only heard from one of the board of directors that he happened to run into while walking Bailey. It was not a formal complaint. There is another little dog in our building that sounds quite similar to Bailey. I told Ryan about this and his response was....yeah...you'll get that with condo living. I'm not worried about it....I would like to get a handle on it and would prefer not to be annoying neighbors.

Susan