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

So I never even had a minute to respond to my Nice soul mate:)

The first time I stood on the promenade and saw the sparkling Mediterranean Sea and the Foothills of the Alps, my knees shook and I cried at the beauty of it. The light was so intense and incredible, no wonder Matisse stayed there to paint. We loved the little towns along the coast, especially Beau-lieu Su Mer and Menton. The gardens of the casino in Monte Carlo were a wow factor and Ez on the upper corniche, Oh Sharlene, I could go on and on, I loved it so. I even loved the pizzas:D:D Who thinks of good pizza in France?

Our second visit we took along splurge money. Our choice was a night at the casino or dinner at The Negresco at the Chanticleer. I picked the 10 course dinner and we thought we were in an episode of dining with the rich and famous. The food and wine were incredible.

Aww Sharlene, Nice, tell me your favorite memories.

Ahh Nice. It's hard to even know where to begin I love it so much. I love the medieval villages high up in the mountains over looking the Mediterranean sea, like Saint-Paul or Tourrettes-sur-Loup. Seriously had some of the best pesto pasta there, although the really best one was at a roadside stop on the highway, go figure. St. Tropez was a hit also, loved it.

Nice, I love the city itself. The people were fantastic. I do love looking out over the sea from the promenade, or sitting at a sidewalk cafe, having a latte and watching the people go by. I love the harbor with all the yachts, (who knew there were so many!). We of course went to Matisse museum but I thought that was more disappointing than worthwhile, but I did love the gardens there. I got caught up in the strike marches and somehow ended up joining in. LOL It was more of a party with bands on the back of pickups and colorful groups with their own signs and flags. I have a recipe of a wonderful chicken pastry appetizer that was coerced out of a chef somehow. Still not sure how that happened, but I love it and darn, where did I put it.

You're right the gardens of Monte Carlo are beautiful. In Monaco, I loved the walk up to the palace. Did I mention that Prince Alberts car just about ran me over. I'd been at the palace watching the changing of the guard, but we noticed the black car with the bodyguards, complete with ear pieces waiting by a tree, so hung out there and then the Prince came out of a side door and got into the back seat. While the car was getting turned around to head down that narrow street, hubs and I had taken off and were just walking down the street and wala, here comes the motorcycle escorts and the car right behind and I sort of jumped of the way of the whole shebang. Even on the sidewalk, you feel like you're in the streets the roads are that narrow. That was a bit exciting and adrenaline inducing. :)

Speaking of gardens, absolutely beautiful are the ones at the Rothchild estate. Just gorgeous and words would never do them justice.

We stayed in Nice a week and went out and about every day to somewhere new. I loved the french food and the market in the old town. The Big Head is still a fun memory. In the plaza the statues on top of the tall poles amused me every evening.

Oh my god, I can just imagine how wonderful the 10 course dinner was. I'd do that in a heart beat too. There is at times an almost surreal feeling when you are there. You know it isn't going to last, but you want to soak it in so that you can pull the feeling out sometime in the future and feel the warmth of it again. I think a week was too short, but we moved on to Italy afterwards and that was another grand experience. I still love Nice area best of all though.

Molly didn't forgive us for leaving her for quite a while. It becomes harder and harder to get away for more than just 4 - 8 days. Contemplating more makes me nervous. I just worry about what can and will go wrong while she is out of our sight.

Got a sick hubby on the couch so have to go back to paying attention to him.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Oh wow... take me there now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL I wish we were all there now.
Molly is having a heck of a time with the snow and it all frozen. She cannot find a perfect potty spot and if she can't, then she can't poo. Then if she doesn't, she ends up with diarrhea and so had a messy bum this morning. Probably the worst ever for bum messes. I was embarrassed for her, poor thing. I brought her home and cleaned her up in a warm bath and gave her breakfast and by the end of the day she was back to pretty close to normal poos again. We went to the backyard this time where she can usually find a spot, plus the snow had melted a bit too. Not alot but enough she felt there were good potential potty spots. We'll do another walk tonight. I know Addy is on poo patrol through everyones threads. LOL And we had a doozy of one today. I know this was not due to anything other than her holding it for too long.

Definitely could do a Nice trip again though, till like summer time. :)

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

that sounds sooooooooo beautiful. i was picturing it in my mind as i read about it, and though you did not write this, suddenly i hear hear hoofs striking the ground.....I turn to look over my shoulder.....as i brush my long silky locks from my face, (lol) (snickergigglesnort) okay so I look over my shoulder and there is this massive beautiful horse, its nostrils flared, and there riding the horse is this strong, tall, man, with chiseled facial features and amazing warm eyes that are staring right into mine, he begins to wave at me and I lift my delicate hand up to wave back, LOL!!!!!!!!!!! trying to sound like fairy tale. lol.....did it work? lol!!! the place sounds amazing.
I understand the difficult part of going away for a few days.....I have hard time going away for couple of hours! i am just not as content anywhere else as I am when i am with her. lol, i know, i am a mess. lol
hope your husband gets to feeling better soon. does he have flu?

Haha Skye, I had a feeling your fairy tale was about to morph into 50 shades of grey!! :eek::eek:

I have to go away for 10 days to Australia next month, not looking forward to leaving him, but I am looking foward to the trip going to Melbourne and Sydney. I am going to book Flynn in for checkup with the vet while I am away. While Mum and Dad are brilliant looking after him, they sometimes miss the little things. So hoping it will be OK while I am gone.

POOR Molly, so embarrassing for her. Sometimes they hate you watching when they do their business so to have to get her butt wiped must have been the ultimate insult to her modesty... OK I will give up my autumn so you can have spring with no more snow so all the babies have somewhere to poop in peace and without danger of skidding in the ice (can't belive I just said that hahaha)... hanging out for the big thaw for you guys!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I dont usually worry about poo patrol too much with Molly:):) I'm glad it was a brief encounter:D:D:D

But I do know what you mean about the dogs not finding a place to poo. This morning we found bits of grass again along the road so they were happy, we just have to try to avoid the piles of salt in the road.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

We just have to hang in a bit longer, Sharlene. I think we are to get a break in the weather for a few days. We have sunshine and mild temps this morning so I hope it is heading your way:):):)
It would be nice to see the grass again but we have a lot of snow to melt before that happens:rolleyes:


Hubby just read to me they found a home for a 34 pound cat at the Missouri Humane Society. I'm trying to picture a kitty twice the size of Zoe:eek::eek::eek:

OMG, 34lbs!! holy cow! I'm looking at molly and I can't picture a cat that big.

I really hope it's through with winter. I saw one more possibility of snow in the long range forecast for next week. Today it snowed huge big flakes, but warmed up enough that nothing really stuck, then sun came out and it melted. Now there are a few worrisome clouds over Lake Ontario Not sure if it's rain or snow or what though.

Looks like I'll need to put molly on the maturity food for awhile. She had poopy bum again this evening, so I'll try adding in a bit of the maturity and see if it clears up tomorrow and the next day. It usually does, so I'm hoping. I never, ever forget that it was a major spat of diarrhea last march that started us back in again on the cushings testing and almost a month of antibiotic, with bland diet to get her back to normal.

Of course she Acts fine as usual, just ran like a mad thing through the house a couple times. :) :) :p

We want spring! We want spring! hmm..We want summer! We want summer! (I just remembered how muddy spring can be and molly's white!) :eek:

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

So it's been a shitty day - pun intended :D

Good she feels ok at least, not so great for you to have to deal with ;)

hahahahaha, that is about as accurate as you can get!! I'm glad she feels great too, probably just needed to uh, get it all out of her system. :eek: :D