Tuesday's Tails on Wednesday

This is a picture of me and my boy - all ready for Christmas. 

Last week's post went very well grandma said and I was all already to post yesterday, but when grandma talked to me she asked me to wait a day in respect of those sweet victims in Connecticut.  So I said, "No problem gram."   A day of silence is a sign of respect and prayer.


Now as I was looking at Pinterest with her - I saw this cute reindeer and asked her if I could show you this picture.  I think this is so cute.  My hair is too short, but I think it is cute.  Don't you?

A little story about my past:

A long time blog friend just wrote grandma a note the other day - it was Monica at Chicken Wrangler - do you know her?    She told grandma that she remembered how when they got me - they were going to tell my boy they were watching me for half a year for a friend. (Kind of a dumb plan don't yah think?)

My grandma had tried 3 pugs and they had to be given to friends due to her severe allergies. My family decided to give me a try, but if it didn't work out - they thought they had an escape clause.  If they had to give me up, my boy might might not hurt as much, thinking I belonged to someone else.  That was in July of 2010.

If it worked out for 6 months then at Christmas time they would tell him the truth.  She was a little on the dumb side though - thinking my boy wouldn't fall in love with me at first site and me with him!!!

He wasn't going to give me up that easy or me him.  Thankfully grams is not allergic to me - my hair is totally different than a pugs.

Now the only trouble ahem I gave them was when I was brand new there  I did a little submissive peeing because I had been abused and I was scared.  They were patient with me and I am all better!  I know they all love me and I am not afraid anymore.

This is my favorite video because well, I'm a dog and I love stuff like this.



These are some of my other dog friends singing for you:


My boy - who had his flu shot - got the flu type B - and has been sick all weekend and now.  He has his finals this week too.  So we have been running late reading and writing back - but grams said not to worry - we will catch up.  You know how she is.


Thought of the day:

Disco's first playdate!

Disco's first play date - named Marley - a golden retriever - his dad's dog.

A rather big size difference - look at the GS projects rack! At least it is an orderly mess.

A little friendly sniffing.

A little more friendly sniffing.

They both spot something outside! What is it?

Never mind let's go check out the house again.

Oh no - can't get i the dining room this way!

They got a long really well.

BOYS - ALL OF YOU! Get out of the living room and off the sofa!


In and now out!

Disco going after Marley - Marley's dad said he wouldn't leave the yard.

Kids make such liars out of you.

Marley marking his spot and every where he did - Disco went over it!

Playing in the back yard by the swing set.

They even played games - Hide and seek - where is Disco?

There he is!

Okay what's next?

Back in the house to have a final drink and say goodbye!

Goodbye Marley - you'll have to come back and play.

This animal we kept! lol Oh yeah and Disco too! They are best buds.

Okay just to keep you up to date we went to Cincinnati over the weekend (baby pictures tomorrow) and we drove home Monday - 450 miles - in torrential rain! It was rough. Good thing the GS and daughter stayed home. We saw 13 MAJOR car accidents. It was like bumper cars!

Hope Texas got some rain - I know they got cooler temps and so did we.

Do you know how many natural disasters have been recorded in the US this year - saw it on GMA - 10 - a record! Whew - hope every one is okay!





"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."

--Cecil Beaton

Show and Tail - Bats and Dogs

Please join Angela at West Virginia's Treasures for Show and Tail Tuesday - she invites us to post on our pets, other animals, a trip to the zoo, or other animal stories.

Last Saturday night we went to a concert and did not get home until about 1:30am. Now we had one of the daughter's friends come over to babysit and check on Disco the dog.

Grandson fell asleep in the car.

We get home and he gets up and runs in first. All of a sudden before the rest of get in - he comes out screaming there's a bat in the house - there's a bat in the house.

I believed him because he was really scared. The daughter and hubby though he was kidding.

We come in and darn if there is not a bat on the floor of my family room. Do you know they click and hiss? It had flown from my daughter's chair to the floor.

We figure when the dog sitter left the bat must have flown in and she didn't see it. Poor Disco probably didn't get any rest at all with that bat flying around in the house.

So how do you catch a bat?

Hub put a bucket over it and asked me to get some poster board. This is the way we catch other critters that come into our home!


Now after you scoot the paper under the bucket.



Then you pick up the whole thing - take it outside - let it go. This way nothing gets hurt!


Now I got in a little trouble - my husband said - as I'm taking pictures and asking him to lift the lid so that I can take a picture of the bat for my blog. Do you know what he said, "I've got to be married to somebody who blogs and takes pictures of everything!" Can you believe that?

Anyway - he threw every thing out the back door - no picture of the bat. None of our bat - however I looked up bats and found a couple of pictures of bats that looked like ours.




Now I felt this was a real experience - one I've not had in 58 years - on the other hand - it is kind of yucky - right?

Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns.

- unknown



(Welcome Patty in Oz - my newest follower. I might be losing my mind - but I can't find your blog or an email address any where. Thank you for following me though and please send it to me. Thank you.)

(PS Note to self - no more painted cats on posts - lol)

And last but not least it was Disco's 3rd birthday. He was adopted a year ago today and they think he was two. So Happy Birthday Disco!

No GS, Disco can't sit on the table!

Disco no table!

Happy birthday - we really should have had three candles.
Just let me eat.


Really I get to eat all of this? Are you guys sick or what?
Don't you take my plate - I'm not done yet.



Believe it or not I'm done!

Our new addition . . .Show and Tail

I am joining Angela today over at her Show and Tail. Please come over to visit and then share a story about your pet.

Now my daughter and I are called Lucy and Ethel a lot by my husband. Sometimes she is Lucy and I'm Ethel or vice versa.

This time I think I was Lucy (I hate to admit that). I love animals and I want a dog so very bad. I think every little boy (and family) should have one and I just want my grandson to have this experience.

So . . . we got a dog. Yes we did. And yes, I might be allergic, but I am going to do my best and this time go see an allergist and get shots. I'm committed.

He's two years old - Disco - he's potty trained :) - and he's a rescue dog - and we love him to death already.

So I feel this is kind of silly, but if you'd send up a prayer and ask God to not let me be allergic this time - I'd appreciate it. I know he has bigger issues to deal with. . . but this is really important to us.

So now I am going to have 3 GRANDSONS and something to write for real on Angela's blog!

Isn't that the sweetest pciture ever? Thanks for your prayers for us.

Happy Birthday to Nancy Reagan - wikipedia

During her career as an actress, Nancy Davis dated actors in Hollywood; she later called Clark Gable, whom she dated briefly, the nicest of the stars she had met.

On November 15, 1949, she met Ronald Reagan, who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild. Nancy had noticed that her name had appeared on the Hollywood blacklist and sought Reagan's help to maintain her employment as a guild actress in Hollywood, and for assistance in having her name removed from the list. Reagan informed her that she had been confused with another actress of the same name.

The two began dating and their relationship was the subject of many gossip columns; one Hollywood press account described their nightclub-free times together as "the romance of a couple who have no vices". Ronald Reagan was skeptical about marriage, however, following his painful 1948 divorce from Jane Wyman, and he still saw other women.

After three years of dating, he eventually proposed to Davis in the couple's favorite booth at the Beverly Hills restaurant Chasen's. They married on March 4, 1952 in a simple ceremony designed to avoid the press at the Little Brown Church in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. The only people in attendance were actor William Holden, the best man, and his wife, the matron of honor.

The couple's first child, Patricia Ann Reagan (better known by her professional name, Patti Davis), was born on October 21, 1952. Their son, Ronald Prescott Reagan, was born six years later on May 20. Nancy Reagan also became stepmother to Maureen Reagan (1941–2001) and Michael Reagan (born 1945), the children of her husband's first marriage to Jane Wyman.

The Reagan family in 1967, shortly after Ronald Reagan's inauguration as Governor of California Observers described Ronald and Nancy Reagan's relationship as intimate.

As president and first lady, the Reagans were reported to display their affection frequently, with one press secretary noting, "They never took each other for granted. They never stopped courting." Ronald often called Nancy "Mommy"; she called him "Ronnie".

While the President was recuperating in the hospital after the 1981 assassination attempt, Nancy Reagan wrote in her diary, "Nothing can happen to my Ronnie. My life would be over."

In a letter to Nancy, Ronald wrote, "whatever I treasure and enjoy … all would be without meaning if I didn’t have you."

In 1998, while her husband was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, Nancy told Vanity Fair, "Our relationship is very special. We were very much in love and still are. When I say my life began with Ronnie, well, it's true. It did. I can't imagine life without him."

Nancy was known for the focused and attentive look, termed "the Gaze", that she fastened upon her husband during his speeches and appearances. President Reagan's death in June 2004 ended what Charlton Heston called "the greatest love affair in the history of the American Presidency."

Now that was a sweet story.