Friday, November 30, 2007
The stockings were hung from the entertainment center with care…
We don’t have a fireplace, so each year we carefully hang the stockings from the entertainment center. When we built the house, we still had northern blood and we thought including a fireplace in the house was just the funniest thing. Why on earth would people in Florida need a fireplace, we laughed. Now that we have acclimated a bit, and anything under 70 degrees seems pretty chilly, there have been nights when we have thought that fireplace might come in handy.
In any case, the entertainment center has served us well and proudly displays everyone’s stockings. Leading up to Christmas, we tuck any little presents that we pick up into the stockings. However, treats do not go into the stockings until Christmas morning. We wouldn’t want Baby Benny to get a crick in his neck from staring up at the stockings willing the treats to come to him.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Luna has a thing for rolling around in the grass. She gets a good laugh out of me each time she flops herself on her back and flaps around like a fish out of water, even though I know she is just doing it to mark her territory.
There is a whole process leading up to the infamous roll. First she catches a scent that she can’t resist. Then she paws at the grass and then out of nowhere she just flips around and lands smack on back and just wiggles around until she feels like she has adequately covered the scent.
I have been trying my best to get a video of this process, but so far have been unsuccessful. It really is quite a sight and she is ever so pleased with herself when she is finished.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Canines on the right, felines on the left. This family meeting will now come to order!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Here I come to save the day! I just love how Benny’s ears are flapping in this picture.
Can’t wait to read your captions in the comments!
Monday, November 26, 2007
Benjamin is honing his modeling skills.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Well, Wednesday was a trip to the ophthalmologist for little Luna. The hope was that she would have a clean bill of health and not need to go back until April 2008. While we were told that Luna’s eyes look the best the vet’s ever seen them, Luna will need to go in for a re-check toward the end of February instead of April. Luna’s medication had been irritating her eyes so the vet changed her medication schedule, doses and prescriptions to find just the right balance to maintain Luna’s eye health. Thus, we need to go back sooner to make sure that the new regimen is right for her. We’ll take the good news, though in exchange for the need for an earlier follow-up appointment.
We also took the opportunity to leave them a 2008 OBP calendar and brag a little bit about how the boys just won the Halloween photo contest on the petsource.com website. So, it wasn’t a bad visit at all.
Really the worst was the wait time (which is never more than 10 minutes) but was over an hour this time. They were packed. Guessing due to it being the day before Thanksgiving, everyone was trying to get everything done before they would be closed for a few days straight. In the waiting room was an eclectic crowd. There was an 18 year old Siamese cat named Neptune that was actually from right around the corner from where we live. There was a dog that was a German Shepard/Corgi mix. Let me tell you, that is an odd mix! There were a couple of Yorkies that were big for their breed. There was a Chihuahua that had not been neutered and was trying to let everyone in the room know that he was the “boss.” There was a really old and completely blind retriever and a Jack Russell terrier that had some vision troubles, too. So, at least there was a lot to see and talk about during the long wait.
We had a lot to be thankful for over the holiday. All the pugs are in good health. The cat is, too. So, no complaining here. We hope the holiday found you and your family in good health, as well.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Warm pumpkin bread
And piping hot turkey
Smooshy bananas
And tough chicken jerky
Slippery noodles that look like they’re strings
These are a few of our favorite things!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Owned by Pugs! We are thankful for everyone that drops by each day to catch up with Benjamin, Henry & Luna! Be safe and have a great holiday!
