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Addy!! I have found a conference I am seriously keen to attend, in Las Vegas in October... so keep a bed spare for me, I might pop over for a visit if I can work this out!! How cool would that be :D:):D Hope your concussion is settling down and you aren't so foggy! Hugs for you and Koko! xxx
I'll save every bed I can:D
Koko and I would love you to come, Trish, what fun!!
I've never been to Las Vegas, my brother goes quite often. I missed a trade show once, I was to go for 4 days but got sick.
My concusion is getting better, thanks for asking. A bit of a slow go, but I have improvement, so I'm thankful.
Everyone here has the flu.
I have avoided it but I think I messed up taking Kate to tea. The had us smell all these jars of tea a so we could decide which one we wanted. We didn't think to go rewash our hands:eek::eek: after touching all those jars. I don't think I saw anyone go wash their hands.
I'm a germaphobic right now because they said this flu is bad and I worry about my asthma.
Other then that scare, we are great, great, great.
Hope Flynny is better. Dietary indiscretion gets them ever time. They can't seem to help themselves:):)
I think we should all meet Trish in Vegas, Now THAT would be a blast!!! We should have Sharlene set it up. She's great at stuff like that! What do you think Addy?
So glad you are starting to feel better. My doctor said that it's a horrible flu season and the shot isn't helping, even if you did get one. I don't blame you at all for being extra careful. I have hand sanitizer all over my classroom and we wipe the desks down with antibacterial wipes every day. I am surrounded by germ magnets.lol :eek::eek:
Give Koko Puff a butt scratch for me.:)
Hugs,
Kisses to monkey girl too, Kathy. Almost five hundred people in Milwaukee have been hospitalized with the flu. I think I will buy some little sanitizer packets for my purse. I have a bottle at home and at work and at mom's.
Road trip to Vegas and remember what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, ha ha, the commercials:D:p
Hmmmm... Am I seeing a full blown Cushings reunion 2015 in Vegas?:eek:
Wouldn't that be WILD!!!! :D:D:D:D
So Koko can add Walgreens and Sherwin Williams paint store to his list, ha, was so funny taking him into the stores.
Hubby says I'm pushing it. I laughed and said the worst that can happen is they throw us out if the store, who cares?
We started a trend at my mom's nursing home. Sunday two more dogs came to visit besides Koko. Was fun to see.
After reading Susan writing about how the dogs go everywhere in Florida, I sure wish I could retire tomorrow.
Addy,
You need some instructions for my game.;) I started with Buddy and have continued with Rosie. The game is called, "I don't see a dog". This is how it goes. Sneaking them in undetected is worth two points. Getting thrown out the first time is worth three points. Talking them into letting your dog stay is worth 10 points. That means CALMLY exasperating the managers until they give up. That one is so fun! Each time you get thrown out of the same store, you double your points. Oh yeah, and sneaking in to a store where there's a posted "Service Dogs Only" sign is worth five points. Tell hubby to lighten up and have fun!;):D:D:D:D
I love that , I really do Kathy:D:D:D:D:D I am going to start adding points too:D:D:D:D:D
That is just so funny. I usually just pick Koko Puff up and carry him right on in. Funny thing is, he is really liking being out and about. He enjoys it and is such a grateful little boy. Afterward, he sits on my lap in the car, gazes up into my eyes, his eyes actually shining and then licks my face.
I always had to worry, who was Zoe going to bite:rolleyes:LOL remember Kujo dog spells with Zoe? Still cant get used to it sometimes, not having to worry about that lover boy pup.
Kisses to Rosie girl.
Buddy and Rosie both love/loved to go ANYWHERE with me. Buddy was a calm, quiet sweetie pie like Koko Puff. He was easy to take in almost anywhere. Monkey girl is quite different. Still loving, but gets overexcited very easily. She thrives on running the show. She navigates from the shopping cart, standing up with her front paws on the edge of the cart. She expects everyone to stop and talk to her and plays the cute card for attention, which she always gets. She wants the cart to keep moving when no one is fawning over her. She'll start fussing like a baby in a stroller when the cart stops. LOL Needless to say, she doesn't exactly blend in.:D:D:D:D:D
Squirt used to go everywhere with me, and I mean every where. I wore Big Smith overalls and carried her in the pockets or the bib. It was obvious when her head was poking out - we got lots of stares and grins. :D
A www I can so picture that Leslie, our itty bitty puppy Squirt in your pocket:)
Koko is a bit big to carry around but I manage even with my screwed up arm.
Funny how life works. I always will remember falling with Zoe and protecting her from the fall, my arm is a daily reminder.
Weird how that all works out sometimes.
Well I just caught up on Koko's adventures. MB I cannot believe someone took out the dog's vocal chords......although....it does sound appealing not to have to listen to all that barking!
I didn't realize Koko had become such a traveler. Bailey loves to go for rides in the car. I've never tried taking her into stores. I don't know about that for us. I am glad to hear you are really enjoying Koko's company now.
How has winter been so far? I've not heard much about snow. It's supposed to get to 78 here today...and it's very sunny. This is why I love it here!!
Hugs,
Sus
Hi Addy!! Popped in to say hello and hear how Koko is doing! I see he is getting around with you quite a bit! :p I still have many posts to read but wanted to say hi and Happy New Year to you, (and yours ;))
Finally sold my mom's house...ugh...what an ordeal, selling a house not for the faint-hearted....making decisions and not knowing if better offers will come or not..no fun! It's almost over at least. What's doing with your home...did you decide to sell? Last I recall you were tending to the pool and other outside maintenance. I have to try to get on here a little more often so I don't lose track of everyone's news. Trixie is doing well...I posted the latest on her today.
Hope all is well with you, your family and little Koko! :p
Barbara
Susan and Barbara,
I'm really hoping I can take Koko Puff to NYC on a plane.
Thank you both for stopping by to say hi. Love hearing from you and always miss you both. Barbara, if this summer we can fly, we can meet in Central Park and Koko and Trixie can walk together and Susan, if that goes well, our next stop will be Florida!
We are fine and I am so glad you are all fine too.
come on down!!!!!! :D:D:D:D
http://www.k9cushings.com/forum/albu...pictureid=7476
Look how small Koko looks when he is just groomed.
LOL he looks like a little Maltese.
Yes, they look very tiny and thin after a groom. Almost an entirely different dog. Our Koko Puff is a totally adorable man about town either way. :p
Crikey, don't take him outside you will lose him in the snow!!!! He looks so clean, so white, so small, so Koko!! He is a beauty Addy!!
Hope your feeling better, would be nice to have a catchup.. maybe this weekend! hanging out for Friiiiiiiiiiiiiday! xxx
Hi Addy,
I saw your light on!:D what's happening with our little Koko Puff? Is the snow starting to melt so he can get outside?
How are you feeling? Shoveling snow cannot be good for that bum arm!:o;)
Please take care of yourself sweetie. I know that you have a sucky anniversary coming up. We'll get through it together.
Big hugs and butt scratches for our sweet boy,
Thanks Cathy, I know you too have Buddy's birthday so we will hold each other's hands. Koko hasn't been able to walk much because it got terribly cold after all the snow. I felt badly all this awful weather came right after his trip to the groomers.
My arm is a bit looser so I push it in hopes it will loosen more. Hubby had strep throat and was sick for a week. I was in bed most of yesterday with a migraine but other than that we are fine, thank you for asking.
The biggest obstacle. Right now is trying to get the house ready to sell. The handyman we found has disappeared and we talked to a new one but he wants $1500 for 3 days of work fixing minor jobs we can't do so not much cost in the way of materials.
I'm feeling a lot of pressure from that since it seems I am going to end up doing most of the work.
My brother hurt his knee so can't help me and hubby just can't do things anymore. He is 10 yrs older than me.
Oh well, I try not to think about it or I start getting really stressed out.
Enjoy your Sunday and kisses to monkey girl.
I bet she and Koko would have a ball running and playing together.
Dear Addy,having Koko and my little Ariel is a comfort for both of us. Our lives are so similar. Trying to close our business will probably fall on me, Mom's care will fall on me( my brother lives in Ohio ), eventually selling our townhouse on me. My husband is 6 years older than me and not in good health. I am dealing with my own health issues. I have hip problems from a fall I had years ago trying to manuver a retractable leach when Apollo started running. KOKO is such a sweet heart. I am trying to get Ariel comfortable with a carrier so I can fly with him. Apollo was just an Angel when it came to flying, he knew we were going on a trip. He was a pup when I started flying with him and was quite the celebrity on many flights. Ariel is the screamer,whinner and barker. I fear I will be on YouTube- the plane needs to turn around because an 9 pd dog is causing havoc on the plane ::eek:
Thinking about you as Zoe's one year mark comes and also Cathy's ,Buddy's.Holding both your hands in love and comfort.
Sonja
Hi Sonja, we always seem to run parallel, that is why we are sisters in battle always :)
Hubby passed on his germy sore throat so now I am sick:mad:
What next, right?
It is hard when our hubby's are older. Maybe we should have been cougars:D I tried to give mine away once, included food, recliner and tv, do you remember?
Ah, heck, I guess I keep him.:p
Drat! Sorry you are under the weather too now Addy. grrrrr Just take care of yourself.
My sisters husband is 10 years older than her and hasn't been able to do anything for many years around the house. She said she was sure glad she had the boys living close enough to do some of it.
Even when we are all around the same age, the older we get the harder it gets. Hubby's knees and shoulders and just shot. He's a year older than me, but we end up having to hire out a lot of stuff that just a couple years ago we would have knocked off in a weekend. grrrrr
How is our Kokomo doing? Bet he's A-dorable after his grooming. Molly is looking pretty groovy herself and is being a typical trouble maker these days.
I sure do wish winter would end. I've just Had it and want spring, summer, fall and no winter!
huggers!
At least you made me laugh. I don't think I would know what to do with a young stallion.:eek: I would probably faint just at the site of a young man!:eek:
Miss you sister in arms.
Hugs Sonja and Angel Apollo
Oh Sonja ROLF I too needed a good laugh, young stallion indeed:D:D
I have tears in my eyes from laughing.
Yes, but wouldn't it be fun giving it a try! lol ;):D:D:D
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Originally Posted by apollo6
I cant even spell your name right after how long? What would I do with a young stud????:p:p:p:p:p:p:p I'd probably ask him to cut the grass:rolleyes:
That could make a funny sitcom though:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Ohhh my, everyone fantasising about stallions on your thread... us old mares would probably have a heart attack LOLOL!
Gosh those bugs are swirling around this group, hope your feeling better Miss!! Soon you will be back to walking on the warm spring evenings with Koko trotting along smelling the flowers... ahhhhh just dreaming for you!! But in the meantime
Happy Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiday!!! :D
Had a bit of a sleepin this morning, it was awesome till Flynn reminded me mornings are for eating and to get my lazy butt out of bed and feed him!! Gawd it was only 9.30... think he hadn't eaten in a week :D Hope the weekend goes well and have my fingers crossed everything thaws out soon xxxxxxxxx
LoL tomorrow our Valentine Day is for Eskimos, bitter cold, below zero, terrible winds, guess it doesn't matter I have the flu:p
Burst our bubble as Koko and I were so happy it was still light out for a bit when I get home from work. Dancing thru the tulips will be awhile ;)
Kate is going to The Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago with a group from her college. It is semi formal attire. She will freeze to death. I hope the bus the university chartered has heat:eek:
In the back of the kitchen cupboard tonite we found an old box of Quaker Oats, expired in 2010' sitting behind a teapot on the top shelf.
I had bought the oats for Zoe as the holistic dog store owner said she gave a bit to her dog every night before bed as it firmed up her dog's stool.
She is still everywhere, my little girl. I remembered her barking for the oats and smiled. Koko never barks, I told hubby. Hubby said can't you hear him barking on Friday nights? He waits and waits for you and as soon as he sees your car lights, he runs around the house barking like he is nuts.
That surprised me.:)
AWWWWW Addy, thank you so much for lighting a candle for Buddy. :p
I loved your hubby's reply about Koko never barking. He loves his mama. :p:p:p:p
Feel better Sweetie,
I feel guilty because it was 89 degrees here today and you're freezing your tush off! So not fair!:eek::eek::eek:
Kisses to Koko Puff
Buddy's 12th birthday is Feb. 19.
Zoe flew to the bridge to meet the others Feb. 22
We'll get through this together.
Oh poor addy. This is one nasty bug alright. You take care of yourself. It settled in my chest and ear and caused all sorts of havoc. So hope yours doesn't migrate around.
I know what you mean bitterly cold here too. Sigh.
The perfect valentine. Soup and hot beverage. ( good for throat and mucus). A nice back rub or foot massage. Sigh now that is love. Rofl.
Oh wow Koko is nut for mommy. And knows it is the weekend too! Smart boy.
You take care of yourself!
I've blanked the exact date of her death from my mind. I just know it is sometime between the 21-24 of February. The date caused so much pain, I remember the time and every detail, just get fuzzy in the exact date as it was the middle of the night.
I went to light a candle for Scout and thought about Buddy too.:)
Squirt's birthday will be on the 25th of this month. She would have been 17.
I will never be whole again.
Oh Leslie, I feel the same way. Some part of me died with Zoe and it is not coming back ever. Maybe that is ok, though.
Koko keeps me busy and he is endearing. I am thankful to have my boy. Now that it is light out when I come home, he wants walkies.
Freezing cold, ice on the road but off we go for a quick walk up to the corner and back, keeps him happy.
I have noticed since I speak to him all the time, he has learned many news words.:D I can say whole sentences and he knows which words to pick out. Who knew?
Well he is a very smart boy. :)
Molly picks words out of sentences too. She does tend to pick and choose the ones she likes best though and tends to ignore the ones she doesn't want to hear. ROFL!
hugs
He is smarter than I ever gave him credit for as he lived in the shadows of Zoe.
Last night the closest we got to a Bark Fest was a demure, soft whining, er, er ,er for his treats while ate my dinner. We continue potato as a treat because I swear he is addicted to them as was Zoe. I dont know why. It is a potato:rolleyes:
They both loved them:D:D:p
Well when you want your potato, you must have your potato. LOL
Koko has sure come into his own personality wise. I think he didn't really have to do much with Zoe around, she said it was this way and he went along with it. Now he has had to find his voice (still working on that maybe) and with a louder voice comes a louder personality. Funny how that works.
I think he is pretty darn adorable.
love
Dear Addy, I think I got your bug. Losing my voice. It was fun to read the posts about the stallions. Sometimes we just need to laugh at ourselves. Hope you start feeling better. This is a nasty bug.
Hugs Sonja and Angel Apollo
Hi Addy!
I finally seem to have caught up on "life." Took me 40 years to do it, but I'm there now. :)
Ryan's wedding plans are progressing along. He and Ellen are handling almost all of it, but they did hire a planner to come in for this last 5-6 weeks and she will be there on the day of the wedding. I think that's great.
I've run into a glitch-getting my hair done. Here I've been growing it for a full year and now, since this falls on a holiday, I'm having great difficulty finding someone to make it look nice. Most shops are closed. In addition, I have to be fully dressed, ready for pictures by 10 AM. YIKES! I don't know what I'm going to do. I may wind up just going back to short hair. That would be a bummer, after all this time. :(
The alligators are not hanging around, for some reason. The family of sandhill cranes still comes around daily. :D The little baby is almost up to the shoulders of the parents.....but the feathers are still the baby feathers-not the gray adult ones. We do have a large population of very huge turtles around us. They love to sun themselves.
We head back to BB in just under 2 weeks. Looking forward to getting home. We're going to roll around in all the space we have there after being in this sardine can all winter. We're trying to work on our tans so we'll look like we've been here all winter.
I hope your cold and allergies are all gone. How is your Mom doing? Are you planning on listing the house this spring? Give Koko a big hug from us.
Miss you.
Love,
Sus