I thought I’d go ahead and put this photo up here. It was up for about 20 minutes Thursday night because I’d forgotten that I’d scheduled it for HNT and then I put another one up. I thought that I took it down before anyone noticed but I see that hits keep coming in from people looking for that page. So, here it is! If you big it, you can see the bits of cheese that were clinging to Tiny Dog’s face. It’s not easy to make her be calm but the promise of cheese does that quite nicely. She’s an official Cheese Whore. She actually choked on some when she snatched the whole fucking block out of Bekah’s hand. We fished it out of her throat and Bekah hung onto that slimy thing to tempt Tiny Dog with it. Bekah’s a trooper. I won’t touch food that my dogs have slimed on.
It’s been cold here, people. I saw ice on the ground the other morning and gave it a few kicks while trying to figure out what the hell it was because I hadn’t seen ice outside in over 8 years. At first, I thought they were some sort of clear berries on the grass.
There is a chance of snow flurries here this weekend. WTF? I bitch all the damned time about how hot it is and now that it’s cold I don’t have any climate appropriate clothing. I’m just walking around freezing and angry. It will pass soon enough.
The pants that I’ve been wearing to work for the past few years blew out on me Thursday. I spent all day waddling around with my jacket yanked down to hide my pink panties that were glaring through the rip in the seat. Time to go get a new pair of pants for my “work uniform”. Work uniform consists of a pair of khakis and 4 striped shirts that I rotate through. I don’t give a damn what I look like at the salt mine. As long as I don’t stink I don’t think anyone should care about my lack of fashion.
Speaking of work! I have all my vacation time squared away for the year! We’re going to Las Vegas for a week, Reno for a weekend (Sweety has to bowl there) and then my trip home in the summer. I. Can’t. Wait. I keep touching the days that are marked off on the calendar when I’m at work to remind myself that there are good things coming that will get me out of there for awhile.
Oliver continues to delight us. Tiny Dog woke up at around 4 the other morning and seemed to realize that he was a permanent houseguest and proceeded to scream at the top of her lungs for 3 hours. I’d go into the bathroom to see if she wanted to go outside and she’d roll onto her back and show me her belly while trying to be cute.
Part of me wanted to shove my foot into her soft belly and wear her as a slipper to keep one foot warm while I took the other dogs outside.
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VERY creative photo! Love it!
And I’m so relieved that Tiny is still a top-notch annoyance; I’d be disappointed otherwise.
And I’ve said it before – Olivers, no matter the species, rock the house.
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Chickie said:
January 9th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Isn’t it cool? And Tiny LOVED working for cheese.
Tiny is totally sharpening her pain-in-the-ass skills. I expect it to pass and her and Ollie to become great friends! *fingers crossed*
Oliver’s already got me trained. He shoves the ball under the couch and I retrieve it.
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January 9th, 2010 2:48 pm
omgomgomg
Tell me when you are going to be in Reno. That’s only 2 hours from me, and I will totally drive that far to see you!!! :)
peace…
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Chickie said:
January 9th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Cool beans! :D
Be warned – since you are shorter than me I will want to closely inspect the hair on top of your head.
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January 9th, 2010 3:12 pm
Austrella is the same way, when we have a doggie visitor she is always like “that dog isn’t staying, right?”
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Chickie said:
January 9th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
We rarely have doggie visitors so Stinky and Tiny didn’t know what the hell was going on. I think Tiny’s still hoping that he’ll walk out the door and never come back.
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January 9th, 2010 4:14 pm
I think I will add “Official Cheese Whore” to my email signature!!!
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Chickie said:
January 9th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
With Tiny Dog’s blessing!
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January 9th, 2010 6:38 pm
Think of all the poor people who are taking vacation to visit the land of the mouse only to find out that its almost as cold in Florida as it is back home.
I must admit that I’ve got a “work uniform” too although I have more pants in the rotation. And be glad for the underwear even if it was pink. From time to time, I forget to pack an extra pair in my gym bag and end up going commando after my lunchtime workout. (There is no way I’m putting something that I worked out for an hour in back on after a shower.)
Did Tiny have a hard time adjusting to Stinky too or is this new and unexpected?
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Chickie said:
January 10th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
We have talked about the poor vacationers that are here now. If I were them, I’d feel ripped off! This weather is so out of the norm though.
I have winter pants (long) and summer pants (capris) for my “uniform”. I only work 2 days in a row so it gives me time to do laundry. And it makes Sweety very happy to see me wear the same pair of pants 2 days in a row – all the money we save on laundry!
Tiny was okay with Stinky but Stinky was here first. Tiny was just a few weeks old when we got her so I think she kind of looks at Stinky like a Mama.
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January 10th, 2010 7:09 pm
holy crap! When are you coming to Reno????
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Chickie said:
January 11th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
In June. I emailed you!
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January 10th, 2010 9:27 pm
I wanna go to Vegas with you!
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Chickie said:
January 11th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
We’ll have a 2 room place. You guys could come along! Seriously.
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bekah said:
January 12th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Email me the deets.
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January 11th, 2010 1:56 pm
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