Is My Bed Ready Yet??

OMG!! Where did this month go???
Well lets see ......
I have finally discovered how to have a peaceful, non arguing morning, complete with no yelling for Prince Charming  to get in the shower, wash (don't just lay there in the tub and use up all the hot water), hurry up in the shower and yes another reminder to wash ...with soap and shampoo... ....hurry and get out of the shower!!!  This peaceful morning also included No complaining about how the breakfast I have made sucks, the lunch I packed sucks.....well here's an idea for you genius ....don't take so long in the shower and you'd have time to have a say in what's for breakfast and you could pack your own friggen lunch!!! But NO why would we do that when its so much fun to moan, groan and complain and just make our mornings oh so ......loud ~~ mainly because I am yelling like a crazed mental patient by 8:08 for PC to get out of the friggen shower and get dressed ... because we leave at 8:10am - yeah ... that doesn't happen often ...and then he is all crabby in the car because he has to put his shoes on, eat the breakfast that sucks  in the car .. and what ?- you packed this for lunch ?? I don't like that..it sucks.....lets just say school mornings...or any morning I have to poke the bear to get up ...is a morning that indeed sucks!!!  

However ~ I have discovered the secret how to take a nice hot, long, quite bubble bath all by your self, without 4 legged fur babies like the cats or pups or even the hubster coming to see what you are doing.......I have discovered how to sleep without being woke up by my fur babies all hours of the night, how NOT to have to cook (hahaha not that I do it often), or do dishes, unload the dishwasher or laundry or any of those other pesky domestic duties that you have to do....

So what's my secret?? How did I manage to do this? Have I run away and changed my identity? Well not that I haven't contemplated that option a few (thousand) times ......over the years .....

I shall call you ..... "Cha-Ching"

It’s been a long month and a half with our little new fur baby Jill, and finally I think the light at the end of the tunnel is a good thing…..and NOT the train getting ready to run me over! Adopting her spur of the moment (ok …well kinda… spur of the moment) we have certainly had our fair share of issues!! She has had tons of medical issues starting from day one of adoption! I am thinking I should rename her to “Cha –Ching” because she is costing a fortune between kennel cough, demodectic mange (needing 3-6 treatments at $100 a dip OMG…..we are on treatment # 3), tape worms (the most disgusting thing I have EVER seen), a UTI infection (seriously??).  And just last week I had to take her to the Emergency Vet ~ (OH COME ON)!!! I had flash backs from being there with Rigby…who we dubbed the “Golden Kitty” after he had to have emergency surgery!! 

Waiting and waiting for the doc to come in

Thankfully she didn’t need surgery or anything drastic like that! The diagnose they came up with after me sitting there for 3 hours was “Non Specific Gastro” so really … they had no idea what caused her to be sick to her tummy…for $260 they could have made up a fancy name……..but they gave her a shot to stop the vomiting, a pill to stop the runs and some fluids to replace everything that came outta my poor girl!! She just laid all curled up in my lap ....while my leg went numb ... and growled when ever the door bell woke her!

 But I have to say ….Jill woke up one happy pup the next  morning, wagging her tail and giving her morning kisses (did I mention that both Jack and Jill are my new bunk mates~ good thing hubster sleeps on the couch) that I would have paid twice that amount ~ but we certainly won’t tell the vet that!!! Finally she is feeling better and she hasn’t had any accidents in over a week!! So we won’t have to change her name to “Piddles” either!

Now as far as mischief goes …… well ………Jack and Jill  have been in full force mode on that!

The hubster told me the other morning that he had to go into the office for a couple of hours ..……hum well that poses a problem doesn’t it? We have 2 pups and 1 crate…. I even contemplated calling in sick (I know not the most ethical thing to do …..but OMG leaving the fur babies unattended for 2 plus hours.. …they make horror movies outta stuff like that!!!) Prince Charming chimed in and said he would stay home with them….. umm………almost considered that option too! In the end I made a Redneck attempt at a barricade to get them all blocked into the craft room ……….they had all the comforts they would need…….I had their beds, toys, snacks, water and I even left the TV on so they would have something to watch …….as they laid there quietly and behaved!!! Apparently they must not have like the show I left on ……….when the hubster returned home he started sending me pictures!!My attempt had failed……..  If it wasn’t for my little angel face Jill caught in the act of sleeping on the couch I’d think the cats framed them …… okay so maybe I should have called in that day ……because clearly I was delusional thinking blocking them in would work!!

Jack and Jill are also helping speed up the process of our redecorating efforts……. The hubster has been looking to update our curtains for some time now …….

Guess the kids thought that sooner would be better then later!!! So we currently are living in a fish bowl after we had to take them down completely and all the fur babies (3 cats and the 2 pups) are really enjoying not having those pesky curtains in the way of their view outside!!!

Oh what fun this has been............

 

Guilty As Charged

It’s true what they say, when you have a good child first you have another thinking it will be the same..… but when you have a bad child first ….you stop at one… PC is a prime example!! Not that he was necessarily  “bad” …he was errrr... difficult and busy…….busier than the other rug rats out there ~ that’s for sure!! PC was born bullheaded (he got that trait from the hubster and not me~ I am as flexible as a Twizzler) he did what he wanted and that was that! WELL …….. he is still like that … which is why we stopped at one!!!

In my next life I plan to be wiser, and listen to all the unsolicited advice I am given, and think things through …….before I go off halfcocked and do what I want to do and not listen to the wiser ones (hum maybe I am a tiny bit bullheaded) …No….…who do I go and listen to ???? I listen to the ones that say YES you should totally do that!!!  Current example….  get a 2^nd puppy! OMG – I am thinking that my sweet Jill is the devil dog in disguise and is now corrupting my sweet Jack because he is looking GUILTY lately!!!

Sweet little Jill, the shoe eating little bitch has managed to destroy my beautiful plants out in the back yard, and then looks up at you with that sweet little face like “What? I don’t know what happened”.  Jack …he looks guilty well that and I’ve seen him racing off with plants hanging out of his mouth as he runs around the back yard!

Now my sweet little girl, the shoe and plant eating little one has resorted to a life of crime…. She is now stealing and has an accomplice to help her destroy the evidence! What dog digs out of the yard ……..and returns?? Not only returns… but returns with items that do not belong to her ….. That would be Jill ….I checked out back to see what Jack was barking at, and I saw  his  tail a wagging as he had his head shoved under the fence ….I run over there yell for Jill and............. up pops a red and blue ball!!! As she wiggles her fat little body back through the hole she had freshly dug wagging her tail with that “What? “ face and  Jack races off with his new (stolen) treasure  as happy as can be!!!

I know the “right and mature” thing to do would have been to get the ball from Jack and toss it back over the fence, but I have never claimed to be mature!! Besides, if I took it now, Jill would have just gone back over to get it!! And the neighbor’s grandkids come like once a month and when they are there, they yell and scream, climb up on the fence, and get the dogs all barky barky!! So nope I let the “fur kids” keep the ball….like I said ……never claimed to be the mature one! Checking back on Jack and Jill, the evidence of them ever having a red and blue ball had disappeared … into about 100 foam pieces scattered throughout the yard …… Jack is Jill’s accomplice in her crime spree…….

So to the list of things my sweet little Jill and her accomplice Jack have eaten (this week) …….. you can now add the TV remote …. PC and hubster left the 2 angels unattended while they ran to the grocery store ( WTH??? Why they ever thought that was a good idea I will never know ~ they don’t behave when we are HOME and you left them on the honor system) and came home to a half-eaten remote …(and we were surprised at this???) Your kidding right??? Good thing hubster is a Mr. Fix It or we would have been stuck watching the “ Remote Guide Station” !!! Maybe they were trying to change it to animal planet!! Maybe I need to sign them up for  “Canine Delinquents”  I see they are offering a class this weekend at the SPCA….


And I am assuming at one point .. that the pups will realize that the growling and hissing from the cats .................DOES NOT  translate to ...... a "YES please come closer"!!

Mastering The Art of 2

Jack is quite smitten with his new baby sister!! And she has him wrapped right around her little paw!  When she barks he comes a running, she has mastered the art of collecting all of his toys, no matter what he is playing with....they will be hers ...all hers!!! (Insert evil puppy laugh here) So will his food, his bed, his blanket..... And anything else that Jack once had!! Yep -she's a girl alright and she already has the motto " What's mine is mine .... And what's yours is mine"

My little pookie Jill is quite the fashionista, she can rock a tutu, and has her own furry pink doggie boots - thank you to Mama Pepper for those!! Told you I have become one of "those people" - pretty sure
that is the cause of the hubster's throbbing vein in his forehead!! OMG - isn't she cute!!! 

My little cuddle bug is also an avid shoe lover!! Yes just like me!!! You know I love me a good pair of shoes or two .....or a hundred  and twenty two....only her love of shoes evolves eating them!!! OMG!!! WHAT??? Okay okay she is just a baby we will nip that little problem in the bud....

My little angel face.....did eat a pair of my flip flops last week, ( that was okay they were on their last leg anyways so I guess I will just need to go grab a pair) and I have rescued my pink sneakers and cheetah slippers from her chompers....on more then one occasion..... So we can no longer leave shoes under the table in the living room ..... Parenting is all about making  sacrifices right? So we will now keep our shoes out of the babies reach....

My little peanut face, has not fully mastered that art of house training .....(Jack picked that up much quicker).......she has had several accidents 8even after being outside) she's had them in the hallway, in my lap, in the hubster's jeep (OMG - I thought the throbbing forehead vein would explode on that one).... But hubster has taken that in stride and now refers to her as Piddles, trying to at least help the situation with her accidents I got her some potty pads!!  Yesterdays email  subject line  was " Piddles like the potty pads" ...humm not really what I had in mind when I bought those!! 

My little ...bitch!!! Today's email subject was " Your little girl is in BIGGGG trouble" as I  open the attachment, my cell is now ringing.... I answer it and open the attachment at the same time and SCREAM!!!! Hubster is on the other end of the phone and says " guess you got the email" ....and he was laughing....pretty sure hysterically laughing - Guess who has the throbbing forehead vein now!!! OMG!! I had these particular shoes in a bag by the front door, because I was going to have them reheeled at the mall.....I blame hubster, since I originally had them on the hook hanging up in the bag...... He has some aversion to me having everything hanging on the hooks by the front door( thats what they are there for right?? ) and hubs had cleaned it off, put the bag on the floor....

So yep there is my logic it's the hubster's fault that the little bitch ate 2 pairs of my favorite shoes!!!
 

Jill and I clearly need to have a come to Jesus meeting with a special portion devoted to NOT EATING MY (anyones) SHOES!!! It's a good thing she's so friggen cute because  the state of my shoes ......not so much!! 

And Then We Had 2

It is safe to say that I have NOT come to my senses … and they should have committed me when they had the chance!! I  now am a puppy mama to a Baby Girl “Jill”!!  OMG - just look at that face!!Yep ~  we have “Jack and Jill” and now I’d like to quit my job and just be home with my cuddle bugs!! And fill my days of playing, cuddling taking them out and about and watch those wagging joyful tails….. Obviously that can’t happen ~ but maybe if I win the lotto I could do that (note to self ...buy a friggen lotto ticket) ! And I could open a puppy day care and have puppies, puppies everywhere!!!

 Humm… …the cats would be plotting my death for sure then!!! Not that they aren’t already doing it…just look at that face… This is Tweety Bird ..either he is plotting my death for

1.       His name (that’s what happens when your 5 year old names the pets)

2.       Bringing home Jack …. And now he just realized that we have yet another dog ....who is sitting in his spot........ (did you know cats could glare?? )

I am amazed at how many things are geared to the dog lover (or crazy ass people who love their pets ~ ok.. ok.. ok …I am fitting into that category –rather quickly) things like posh pet boutiques, custom made doggie t-shirts (Pretty sure I will need one of those made up), doggie day cares, doggie water parks ~ so I guess like a Wet and Wild for

Dogs??  I am sure the doggies are much cuter in their bikini’s then most people do (OMG yes- they have bikinis for dogs)!!! They also have snow shoes (I found pink furry boots), jogging suits ( in pink), evening gowns…WTF?? 


They have shuttles to pick them up from home…….. REALLY??? I can’t even get PC in a carpool for  his school ~ but you’re telling me I could get my dog a lift to the “Doggie Day Care” ??  Doggie salons, mobile salons, dog beaches, dog parks..…and doggie Prozac and even Pet Psychics  … … I mean hello..... Really?? I am thinking of a career change something in the world of doggies ... maybe  a "Doggie Whisper" (because I have had plenty of practice being a "Jackass Whisper" hahahaha) ...maybe I could be a doggie consulantant ...... the list goes on and on with all the things we have these days for our critters!!

Jack is quite smitten with his new baby sister Jill (after we had a chat that there was no humping on the sister ... I think we are clear now... Baby Sister ...Not Hot Young Girlfriend....) Thanks to the big doggie gods above that they are both fixed!!! Or I really would be the crazy puppy lady!!! The vet thinks she is a Border Collie Mix (just like Jack)- the adoption shelter had her listed as a Lab Mix  ...but who knows... and who cares... still wont be getten any DNA test done for either one!!!!  Gotta  get all my fur baby's off to bed - Jill has not learned Jack's magic  tricks of unlocking the crate ... she actually sleeps ALL NIGHT IN THE CRATE ...and Jack sleeps next to it with his paw on it!!! OMG- how cute is that!! Or he may just be tryen to figure out HOW to let her out!!!