I’ve been home now for several weeks; simply not posting. I’ve been trying to keep up with home stuff and get back to some sense of normality. I’ll be headed north again in a couple of weeks but hope to get at least some sewing done between now and then. I have done enough to catch up but not get ahead. I have fabric for six more blankets to donate so would like to get started on them. Perhaps tomorrow…
Mom seems to be better and we’re not spending as much time down there with her, so we’ve been able to catch up at our house. Of course, when you look close you often find more than you care to see. Heeding the TV commercials, I called the insurance company to see if they could lower any of our rates. Turns out they can save us a lot if we just fill out this paperwork and this paperwork and …… you get it. Most, but not all, of that is completed. Then in the mail comes a letter from the homeowners association saying our chimney needs to be painted. Turns out our chimney needs more than paint; it needs a whole new chimney. So hubby has torn it down and is in the process of replacing multiple parts. Some had to be ordered so it will be time-consuming, too. I hope it gets done before the insurance company inspector arrives or there’ll be some “splainin’ to do”.
Zsa Zsa has had the last of her heartworm treatments now and just went back for her two week follow-up. Doc has okayed a little activity so the crate left the living room again. Two more weeks and perhaps she’ll get to resume her puppy-fueled activity. It’s hard to keep her from jumping straight up into the air in elated exuberance on any given occasion. I sure wish I had her energy! She’ll be two in June and we’re hoping by then she’ll be free to be the puppy she obviously is and leave the pain of heartworm treatment and spaying behind. It’s hard to introduce pain to a puppy; life is hard enough without starting young.
Zsa Zsa at the veterinarian’s office.
Since I’m getting my living room back, I went shopping today to replace the automatic recliner that no longer works. It goes up and up and up, then I crawl out over the arm. Not optimum. Not optimum at all. R had to take it apart to get it to return to starting position. This time I got a bigger (wider), more plush swivel rocker that also reclines albeit under my steam, not electricity (less to go out that way). R will drive up to get it Monday if he can climb down from the rooftop long enough. At least, that’s what he said.
It seemed that no one in the pack wanted Fancypants’ position of alpha. However, Khandi is stepping up to the plate. She is definitely throwing her weight around and no one is pushing back. Mimi tried at first but Khandi let her know pretty quickly how things were going to be run at HER house. R had them on the bed with him while he was changing shoes when Mimi started growling at Khandi for being too close to her human. (I wasn’t there but I can see it in my mind) R said Khandi never uttered a sound; she just grabbed Mimi by the throat and shoved her against the headboard…and held her there until she stopped struggling. R said there wasn’t a mark on Mimi but she walks a large circle around Khandi now so I guess the point was made. In a pack as big as ours there has to be some friction at times but I think Khandi sometimes goes a little overboard, but then I’ve never been a canine alpha so perhaps that’s the way it gets done. She never uses her teeth though sometimes she scares the little ones and they yelp (which breaks my heart), but she leaves no doubt who is boss.
Mimi, AKA Pinky
Khandi and Bandit accompanied R on a fishing trip after I got home from Austin. I don’t know which of them enjoyed it more. It was Khandi’s first time in the boat and in her life vest but she took to it like a trooper and had a ball. Bandit always loves trips with his daddy so they added more happy memories.
Khandi and Bandit enjoying a night on the boat
They love it when R brings in a fish because they get to touch it. They don’t hurt the fish; he gets to go back in the water to his family, but the dogs get so excited to touch them with feet and noses. Bandit will watch when R casts in and wait patiently for him to bring in another fish. Both of the dogs are really well-mannered when taken anywhere and it does them all a world of good to “get the hell out of Dodge” for a while.
My eyes are telling me to get my update over and go to bed so I think I’ll obey. Gone…but not forgotten.
Texas Lady 