Day at the Museum

I've been wanting to go see an exhibit at our local museum as it is only going to be there until April. It's called the Afterlife: Tombs & Treasures of Ancient Egypt. So I decided to drag my husband there on Valentine's Day. I enjoyed it. He was yawning three quarters of the way into the tour. They also have a small aquarium there. Here's some pics. Hope you enjoy the quick tour. It was hard to get good pictures as most everything was encased in glass.

 Doesn't this one look like it's smiling?

 A Hawk mummy. Period is 664-30 BC

 Front is Bronze figure of Bastet. Age is 664-525 BC

Rear is a cat mummy. Period 664 BC - AD 100

 Set of Canopic jars. Age 1186-715 BC. These jars held the

internal organs from the body during mummification.

 Panesittawy Coffin and wrapped mummy. Age 1069-322 BC. This coffin

belonged to a man named Panesittawy but the mummy inside was that of

a woman. Apparently it was common for this to happen.

 This is the mummy of a 2 1/2 year old girl. Age 100 BC- AD 100.

It was determined she died of appendicitis. A CT scan also showed

that her hair had been perfectly braided beneath her gilded mask.

 This mummy was discovered to be the man of the son of the 

great Pharaoh Rameses II. Age 1295-1186 BC. His body was discovered inside the

coffin (underneath him) of the Chantress of Amun Tayuhenet. He lived 300 years before

her. It is believed that the coffin was used to rebury him or possibly was just placed

in the coffin to make it more interesting. Like I was told, this seemed to happen a lot.

New Bed, Toy and Friend

Sometimes I can't tell if the week is going by too slow or too fast. It's already almost the middle of February! Geez Louise!

A quiet kind of week. Yesterday the rescue guy came back down for the day to get some more maintenance work done on his minivan. He was at my house for 8 hours, which left me no time to do any house cleaning. So today I will be busy all day. He brought down Rosie and one of his fosters Cody. At first no one liked him because he was just bouncy all over. Then after everyone calmed down, there wasn't any more growls. Holly wanted nothing to do with him, as usual. Really don't know what to do about her. She loves her Rosie though.

Here's Cody with Rosie laying down.

The other week I bought a new bed for the kids. Seems to be a hit with them both. Not sure if it's because it's nice and warm and they were both exhausted from a hectic day with their company, or if they really do love it. We'll find out.

Lucas testing it out.

 Holly fake sleeping.

And here's Pugsley and Gomez' new cheap toy.

Well I must be off to start house cleaning or I will never get it done. Hope everyone has a great Sunday, and upcoming week too!

Picked Up a Hitchhiker

I can't believe January is done and over with already!

The update from the rescue guys visit last week, the 2 dogs he brought did get adopted. One was adopted by someone not far from me. The other one was adopted a few days later by someone in North Florida. I'm so happy for the both! Here's a pic of them. Louie is the Dachshund (once in awhile he does a favor for other rescues and takes a little one), and Zeus is the Doberman. They are both very young and that's why I'm happy they both got homes. So they don't have to grow up in rescue, waiting, and can be trained to be good puppies (although Louie was perfect).

I went down to my parents yesterday and picked up a hitchhiker. His name is Finn and he's about 11 months old. He was scared and unsure at first when I got home. He wouldn't get out of my car. But then he heard Holly and Lucas barking and he was good from then on. He played a little rough, by placing his paw on their back and trying to play. He's a big boy. Holly would have none of it and did her berserko crazy thing she does. Lucas, well I didn't want him getting hurt. So they both stayed inside while Finn had run of the yard. A very good boy. He went from one rescue to another because the foster he was in had too much going on with kids in and out and he was too nervous about it. He would growl at people coming in. A good move for all. He'll find a good home.

Tried getting my paperwork together to do our taxes soon. Gomez was no help at all. Kept laying on the papers, playing with the papers, chewing on the papers. Finally got it all together though.

In the meantime, Holly and Lucas are enjoying the nice weather. Supposed to be back in the 80's this week again, but hopefully not permanent so soon.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Healthy Heart

Hi all! Well the subject pretty much says it all. Holly had good results at her DCM screening. Everything came back normal. Yay! Normal! One simple word can cause such joy and relief. And she was such a good girl during the whole process. We got to stay for what they did, so she had her daddy with her all the time. It was a very long day. An 8 hour round trip drive. We were in and out of the hospital in about 45 minutes. Since we got done so fast we (or I should say I) decided to stop and visit my childhood bff who lives in Gainesville. We stayed and chatted for about an hour then got back on the road. We were gone about 12 hours. Here's a few pics.

Here we are first thing in the morning. Lucas came along because

we were going to be gone too long. He enjoyed the ride.

Holly after everything was done.

Holly and my childhood friend. She loves animals too.

Lucas had another recheck on his chest x-rays this morning. There was change in them (a little more white haze in them). Nothing significant, but obvious change. I had 2 options, recheck again in 2 months or do the BAL test. I chose to do the test which he will have done in 3 weeks. She said I could wait but I feel like I don't want it to get worse before it gets better. And even though there's a chance the results will come back showing nothing, I feel like it should be done at this point. He's getting up there in age and as much as I don't want him to be knocked out, I figured the younger the better. I was hoping it was at the point where it was just scarring showing up, but because there is a difference from the last one she feels it is something else going on. We can only hope for the best, and also hope that we get results from the test which will be easily treatable with medication.


Tomorrow the rescue guy is coming over so he can have my husband do some minor work on his minivan, new belts, oil change and such. He's bringing a couple dogs with him for potential homes. Fingers crossed he goes home with one or two less dogs. Just hope it won't be a long day tomorrow as I still have much to do around the house. Always seems like chaos when he comes, with the extra dog or two with him.


Well I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday. Leaving you with a pic of the boys from the other night. 

Off My Hiatus

I'm thinking life just got busy, sometimes overwhelmed, and I just couldn't get myself to sit down and post. Too much to go through to catch up, so we'll start from here.

Pugsley still has his "butt" issues, so the other week I took a stool sample in to have them send out to test for other things besides parasites. They finally just called me Friday and told me it came back that he has Clostridium perfringens. I had to Google it, so feel free. Basically it's a bacterial infection. Now he's on meds for 2 weeks and I'm hoping it well help some. I'm so tired of his poopy butt, but I'm sure he is more.

I signed Holly up for a free DCM screening for Dobermans at the University of Florida. I haven't had one done on her yet, and just on the cost of the ultrasound itself, it'll definitely be worth the 4 hour trip to Gainesville. Just 2 tanks of gas vs. the cost of everything I would normally pay. Couldn't pass it up. We go this Tuesday for a 12:30 appointment. Hubby is coming in case I get tired driving on the way home. Also bringing Lucas because it would be too long to leave him home all day. Lucas' age is not within the requirements or else we'd have him done too. He'll enjoy the ride. If anyone has a Doberman, I highly suggest you email Dr. Luis Bolfer at bolferl@ufl.edu or call (352)870-6395. They prefer email. They're doing the screening for a couple months, I believe.

Wanted to share some pics of some recent guests to our home.
This one is Rosie and Ace. Rosie is our usual house guest when her dad is on vacation. This time her dad went into the hospital to have a stent put in. All went well. Ace was supposed to be adopted the day he came, but the potential adopter brought him back after only a few hours. He was about 9 months old when he came, and let me tell you he was the best boy I've ever watched. I'm just sorry Holly didn't like him or I would have seriously thought about adopting him. We got to watch him and Rosie for 5 days. I'm happy to say Ace did get adopted. Phew...I'm off the hook. Thought I'd have to have a talk with Holly.

This is Roxy. She was just here for the day until rescue picked her up. She was a very active girl. Non-stop. Didn't even take a nap. She is about 9 months. I'm pretty sure she needs valium or something. :) She is a very good, playful girl.

This is Zeus. He was just here for a day too. He is about 4 months old and a little terror lol! He is the darn cutest little thing I've ever seen. Looks like a mini Doberman as he's so tiny, just 31 lbs. He did not like other dogs at all, but he settled down once the rescue came with a muzzle to help him deal with other dogs. The next day the rescue told me he was on his porch with the big dogs.

That's all the visitors we've had since November. I do love when they come to visit. I'm just hoping it's not hard on Lucas with his age and all. And Holly, well she can do without any except for Rosie. She loves Rosie.


Is this the look of innocence? I should change Gomez's name to Trouble.

And I leave you with Lucas. This was him on Thursday at my work. I felt just as thrilled as he looked at being at work.

One more thing, if you haven't watched this video please do. It'll make you want to sing and dance even if you don't like I do.

Two Anniversary's, Christmas, and Shopping

On November 6th, 2006 we adopted our boy Lucas. I can't believe it has been 8 years! His poor little face is grey. A constant reminder now that he will not live forever. He's been doing good. He was struggling getting up a couple weeks ago so I asked my vet for Previcox as I heard how it's helped others. Boy I'll tell you, the morning after we gave it to him he was up so fast I couldn't believe it. He also ran half the yard after a UPS truck which I have not seen him do in I don't know how long! I couldn't be happier to see him not in pain as much from arthritis. He's almost like a new dog once again. Every time he takes the right medicine and he perks back up to his old self, I smile, I'm relieved, I wouldn't want anything more (besides making him young again). In the pics, the top one is Gary from the rescue. The bottom one is Rich and Diane who fostered Lucas after his heartworm treatment. They all hold special places in my heart.

On November 10th was my 23rd wedding anniversary. Boy I never thought we'd make it this long. Even though it's for death do you part, you never really think about how long that really is when you're getting married. Marriage isn't easy and blissful all the time. It's a constant work in progress. It's a commitment.  I see some other people, usually older, and they seem like their marriage is perfect and they never have problems. I wish I was more like them, but then my personality would have to change.


Mr. Puglsey has been having some "rear end" issues. He had diarrhea the other week, then about a week ago he kept going in the box to urinate, which usually means UTI. He went to the vet and they couldn't get any urine out of him to check to we brought him home to suck some up. We put him in a room by himself with some special litter that wouldn't soak up the urine so we could get a sample. Needless to say, the next morning when I went into the room he had pooped on the floor and on a chair and also peed on the chair. So said chair went out for garbage pick up.

My hubby was quick enough to slide a microwave lid under Pugsley as he was getting ready to go, and got a sample. Results were UTI and struvite crystals. He's on antibiotics and special food until the end of this week, then he'll have to go on other special food for the rest of his life. I asked why as I've had other cats in the past with UTI and never had to switch their food. She told me his body keeps making whatever it is for these infections. Hopefully he'll have it cleared up in a week with what he's on and get on with our lives in whatever normal way we can. :)


Friday I received my first Christmas card from one of my vendors. The earliest ever.

Yesterday I went down to my parents and me and my mom went out for a day of shopping. I am in desperate need of some shirts, but everything out is winter stuff now. Do they not know where we are? Florida. It doesn't get winter here. I bought a few shirts and one pair of grey pants that I'm wondering if I'll ever wear. There more dress slacks, and I wear jeans every day. I thought one day I might need them. One day if I'm ever lucky enough to get a job that I really like going to. It was a long day. The only time I seen my dad was when we were leaving to go shopping and then when I was leaving to go home. We'll be down on Thanksgiving as we always go there. Hopefully it'll be cooler by then. God I hate living in Florida!

Well I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their Sunday! Until next time.

Cats, Dogs and Halloween

Hope everyone had a great Halloween! I took the day off and spent most of it watching Halloween and other scary movies. Mostly older ones which are great to watch. I did do some of my house chores in between to I didn't have to do too much on the weekend. Hubby was wonderful and brought home a delicious chocolate cake. Worth every one of the 3 pounds I gained!

Lucas went in for a re-check yesterday. We had x-rays done to compare to the last ones. There is definitely improvement with the antibiotics he's on. Our plan is to keep him on them for another 4 weeks then re-check with another set of x-rays. The vet will tell us then if we should still do the BAL test. I'm just so thankful he's acting like himself once again. He is having more problems with his arthritis in his hips so I'm going to call the vet tomorrow and maybe see if we can get him on something a little more stronger than the usually glucosamine/chondroitin tablets. I really wanted to avoid any other medicines but he is really struggling lately. This week will be 8 years since we adopted him. We estimate he is 10 years old. It's so hard to watch them get older.

Yesterday we opened all the windows and sliders as it was the first nice day to do so since the beginning of the year. My two chicken cats didn't even want to go out on the porch at first. Then I couldn't get them back in once they did. They love it out there. The picture is of them check out the "new cat" on the porch. Gomez was so funny. He was stretching his whole body to get a sniff of it, then he realized it was not a real kitty. Silly cats!

Here's one of Gomez and Holly. Gomez was laying on the bed and Holly laid next to him. This lasted a whole 10 seconds. Gomez wasn't trilled with her so close.

Here's Holly sleeping with her new Pug toy.

Well I hope everyone has a great week coming up! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!