Bailey and Friends

Well! Marie Irene finally got out of the nonbasement long enough to talk to us.:D

Thanks for your kind words. I remember your speaking about Maddie having her last Christmas. Sometimes maybe it's better if we don't know ahead of time. I don't know. I guess it's never good.....they always wind up "gone."

I didn't realize this was your first Christmas without your Mom. (Did I understand that right?) If you only teared up......kudos to you. I think maybe I'd have had to leave the store. Oh those first times through without a loved one are so hard.

Your dinner (except for the soup.......for me) sounds wonderful. How many people were there? We just had the three (four) of us, but Bob cooked a wonderful prime rib with scalloped potatoes and peas. There was pecan pie for dessert. He had tried making a crust and it wasn't as good as the regular one....it was too thick...but did I let that keep me away from eating it???!!! NO!!!!! :D:D There is still some pie left, if anyone wants to stop by and have a piece. All the calories are baked out.;);):)

Bailey and I have had some cuddle time and I'm feeling better about all of it. How could you not fall in love with this little furball? Just like I'll never get over missing my Mom, I'll never get over missing Palmer. HOWEVER........ , Bailey has a new, hot pink, collar and a new, not quite so hot pink, sweater. Pictures will hopefully be posted soon.

I hope everyone survived the big day. I am exhausted. I've burned my candle at both ends and they are just about to meet in the middle! Massage tomorrow......I wonder if I could make it later than 10 AM?

You are really helpful too Marie. (Irene) And YES....where IS Carrol to make us laugh?? At least she let us know her son arrived safely. I guess we'll have to cut her some slack.

Have a great Wednesday. We go through a lot of this next weekend, as well.

Love,
Susan

Gone in a blink of an eye, Christmas, I mean. Happens every year.:(:(

We packed up the party Christmas Eve after dinner and took it to Mom's new digs. The girls actually had a good time there. The little one loved walking up and down the halls to the trash room to throw things down the trash chute.:D:D:D:D They thought it felt good to go to Grammy's, part of the Christmas spirit. I was proud of them.;)

So, now the question is---------


what are you doing New Year's EVE?



2012


party in the non basement


love ya

YES!!!! Party in the nonbasement!! Everyone is welcome....especially you special people....and you all know who you are!!!! If we choose to come upstairs, from the nonbasement, there will be a fire in the fireplace, a very friendly little ball of fur, and plenty of junk food to eat. (Can someone please take all this junk food out of here???!!) :confused::confused::eek::eek::(;)

Addy, I got up in the middle of the night, just to watch the tree with all the other lights out. :D When we turn the tree lights on, a table lamp also comes on.....so I had to turn that off, which is no big deal, to get it to happen. It is a very pretty tree. It's 8' or 9' tall, with a little snowman as the topper. His top hat just reaches the ceiling. We have twinkle lights, motion ornaments and old time ornaments.....passed down.:)

It is 49 with gorgeous blue skies here today. The wind, however, is around 40mph. It's been blowing like that for almost 24 hours. :eek:

I'm ready for 2012. I've been told I won't need to see the inside of a hospital ALL YEAR!!! :D:D:D

Love,
Sus

I like partying in the non basement. Will there be any pecan pie upstairs to munch on????

Of course I will be partying up at my niece's wedding that night. I have been trying to find a place for Ella--figured out staying the the hotel room for many hours will not be a good idea for her especially in an unfamiliar place.

I love the tree lite up without the other lights on---so pretty---do we have to take them down and thrown them aways????:( Our angel is a little drunk at the top of the tree---had to make adjustments for her at the top and darn if she doesn't get a little crooked up there when a furball messes with the tree ornaments.

Have a wonderful time at the party everyone!!! :D:D

Addy--I called one of my grandmothers Grammy....

Happy New Year!!!! Happy New Year!!!!!! I am so excited, where is my hat, where are the horns? Did I hear we are having a band in the non basement?


OMG, a SALAD BAND!!!!! I never heard a salad band. I can't wait!!!!!


Oh, wait a minute, it is a Salsa Band and I have 2 more nights to wait.

NEVER MIND

Not a bad imitation of Carrol, there......
This night is almost over....then it's one more night, or sleep as we like to call it. :)
The hat and the horns went out with the move 10 years ago. :eek::( HOWEVER, we do have talking balls. (WATCH IT!) :D They are Bailey's but I will try to get her to share. She is not very good at that yet. When you play fetch, she brings the item back to you, but then won't let you have it or get it. :mad: I think she fell on her head down in Alabama. :confused::eek: Anyway...she has three talking balls and one flashing ball. (Watch out for seizures.....the flashing ball is bright red.....and kind of distracting.):cool:
Well....I need to go to bed if I'm expected to stay up and watch that silly ol ball drop down. I'll bring the pecan pie. Who's got the chips and dip??

Oh! By the way....just a small item.......last night I pulled out 17 feet of yarn from Bailey's mouth and stomach. YIKES!!!!!!! From time to time, I receive these small blankets in the mail from places looking for donations. They make nice little lap blankets or as a furniture blanket (to keep dog prints off.) Well-one I received a month or so ago....I had put down for Bailey to sit on, cuddle up on. They are kind of felt like and these places make a slip stitch to keep the edges intact. Well...as I sat at the computer last night working away, I became aware of an unusual sound. I've learned to keep my third ear trained for these sounds. I turned around and Little Miss, who will eat anything and everything that is on the ground and is not food, had a piece of string hanging out of her mouth. I thought at first that she had just gotten ahold of a piece of thread and I turned to get it from her. As I turned, I saw that it was not 5 or 6 inches long....it was at least a foot long. I quickly scooped her up and started to pull. She started to pull back. In a few seconds we looked like that magician who keeps pulling handkerchief out of his pocket. When I finally reached the end of my rope (her yarn), it was so long I decided to measure it. 208 inches!!! I then took the blanket and removed all of the side stitching.

Very cute puppy for sale (cheap!!)

OMG Susan,

I would have been in panic city:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I watched an episode of the Dog Whisper once and a little one ( shih tzu mix about 15 pounds max) ate an entire plastic tablecloth while her mom was away.:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Reminds me of the first New Years Koko spent with us. We decided to go out for a few hours, we had been home with the little devil for six months every night. Well, back then I used a belly band and free range of the house (suggested by a rescue group for his anxiety). We came home around 11:00pm and he had managed to chew the belly band off and Zoe and Koko ate the Kotex pad inside it:eek::eek: Zoe had NEVER done anything remotely like that before:eek::eek:

I spent 3 days pulling Kotex pad out of her butt:eek::eek:


Dogs, always something!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D

love,
addy

Where oh where has my susan gone, oh where oh where could she be???

with her little red sweater and cute little dog, oh where oh were could she be?

OMG!!! Susan that is something Ella would do--into everything and eats it as well!!!! You sound like you did panic too much!!!:eek:

Is Bailey still for sale???? hehe!!!!

I didn't take any chances with Ella while we were doing wedding festivities for my neice. Ella went to a sleepover at someone's house who I only met on Saturday. I used Sleepover Rover, Inc. I am not sure how far they reach, but they are here in So Cal and Arizona. Ella had a great time, not sure if they told me how much trouble she was. They have 2 beagles and one of them loves to play.

I hope you had a wonderful New Year's party in the non-basement!!!!

Happy Monday!!!