Category Archives: Maggie
Poor Maggie…
This is what you look like when you need to dash out of the house straight from bed in order to take your dog to the vet because she’s been needing to go outside and pee? poop? every two hours overnight and the vet only has one opening in 20 minutes.
Maggie woke us up last night BARKING to be let out of her crate—that never happens so we knew something was up. Long story short, we stupidly gave her sausage drippings last night and we assumed that didn’t sit well with her but as time wore on and more info became clear…we think she ate cat poop and then she got gross stuff in their shared water bowl…because a cat had diarrhea, too.
It was really scary for awhile because Maggie had diarrhea for days and wasn’t eating and we eventually had to go back to the vet for medication to make her stop pooping. And then she still didn’t want to eat. And since she’s so old, we worried she might not recover. But within a few more days she was doing better… But it was a stressful week with lots of laundering of poopy dog beds and blankets.
I’d trade places with Maggie. Not Charlie.
Maggie has many happy places…but in a comfy bed in the sun with a cool breeze blowing has got to be one of the best. And who am I kidding? I would love to trade her places in a hot second.
Charlie? Not so much.
Every night before bed.
Maggie cuddles with us every night on the couch but just about the time we’re ready to go to bed, I’ll flip her over and she stays like this for anywhere from 5-10 minutes.
Room cleaning drama, day 2.
Today started rough but in the end, I think we all got on the same page.
So they knew that today they were going to have to continue and I was going to ask them again to make their bed and put everything left on the floor on their bed.
So I literally stood outside in the hallway between their two bedrooms to keep prodding them.
When I say put everything from the floor on the bed, I mean it. Don’t put anything away. Don’t play with anything. Don’t try to leave the room. Literally put every piece of everything from the floor onto the bed.
Okay, now… Katie, pull out all the Barbies. No not the clothes. No not the Legos. The Barbies. Not the garbage. No! Not the stuffed animals. The Barbies. Okay, now the clothes and just the clothes. No not the Legos. One thing at a time. One thing. Clothes.
Owen, you pick out socks and underwear. Just socks and underwear. No! Don’t put them away. Get all of them first. You dropped one, pick it up. I see more socks. Dig through everything on the bed.
Katie, are you done? Now do stuffed animals. Good. Now crayons and pencils. Put them in your art basket. No, don’t do Legos. Just pencils. Don’t touch anything else.
Owen, now do Pokémon cards. Move stuff around and find them all. No don’t set them there. Put. Them. Away. You have a Pokémon card box. Use it.
Katie! Just crayons and pencils. In the art box, not on your bedside table…
Left, right, left, right, left right. The ping pong match from hell. An hour later it was passable.
We were up there so long Maggie even joined us…and napped!
Their reward for keeping their rooms clean? The Amazon dots they’ve spied in my room. Their rooms get too messy? Unplugged and removed. Easy.
Wish us all luck.
I’m surprised she’s not more in the sun.
Maggie is relaxed as usual.
Len Christmas in July, Year 6
I’m not sure we have enough crap for one day.
See? It really is Christmas!
When you learn awesome party tricks from your elders: Tequila-infused watermelon with salted limes. Aunt Rose, you rock!
The annual cousin lineup, by age: 7, 10½, 11, 12 (almost 13), 14 (almost 15).
And Nick is pulling away, which is okay since he is almost five years older!!
Adding older cousin Alex (17) to the mix (Jess was working).
I introduced Lisa to a few new products.
Unfortunately, it was a stormy day so we had to dodge rain and lightning for most of the afternoon…but, on the plus side, it wasn’t 100° with 95% humidity! My hair kinda grew throughout the day.
There was a fishing contest… Aubrey is a Master Fisher so she helped my kids. I was surprised at how long they kept at it! (Of course Tom was out there, too.)
Darrell caught the biggest one:
And then this happened…
Someone started the cooties!! (I think that will be a blog post in itself!) So for the last two hours we all had to keep our fingers crossed! We reminisced about the old days and learned Greg still has what it takes!
The big bummer? Lisa and Alex left pretty early and with the rain throwing things off, we totally forgot to take our group photo!
When the bed is full of suitcases…
Happy old girl loves her scritches.
Maggie rarely lays in the kids rooms but apparently today was the day.
I love this sweet old face.
She’ll be 14 this fall.
I want to sleep this comfy.
This crawls into bed with me most mornings.
When I finally sit down after being gone all day.
Kids and pets. Why?!
Owen came home, found a piece of garbage on the ground, played with it for a few seconds, then flipped it away and it landed here…and then he was off.
I’ve been outside mere minutes and Maggie is begging at the door to come out, even though she’s been in and out and in and out all day.
But at least it’s gorgeous out and there are no bugs.
Meat, meat, and more meat!
We may have had just a bit of smoked pork butt and chicken last night. I think we could have fed the neighborhood instead of just eight of us. 😂
And we let Maggie lick the platter at the end of the night and she REALLY got into it.
Sun Dog enjoying the weather
She slid off but then slept like this.
Enjoying an unseasonably warm day.
I love my new chair…
And my dog…
Shreepy dog on pillow.
Lazy Saturday morning doing my job as a pillow.
First, she begs.
Then she lays.
It’s a minefield out there.
Someone doesn’t like to poop in the snow anymore. And someone has been neglecting his chores.
Jealousy…or plotting.
It’s practically a race to see who gets there first.
I haven’t sat down all day so when I do this happens instantly.
The standoff for my heated lap.
WHO WILL BE VICTORIOUS?! 🐶😺
Awwwww. No fighting.
Super comfy kitty.
Gorgeous Kitty.
Polar Vortex Day 1
We knew it was coming (school was even called off in advance) but it was still a shock to see it. Feels like -45°.
I stayed in bed because the kids can fend for themselves (and Tom had a late start) but eventually Katie came up to cuddle for a few minutes.
Then Tom went to work and I honestly hadn’t been planning to leave the house but we were invited down to the neighbor’s house for lunch and to just hang out…so we did. The kids had fun playing, we had a yummy lunch and birthday cake (for Enzo’s birthday), and I actually helped Stacey organize her pantry (yes, that’s fun for me!).
When we got home we turned our new heater on…and someone loved it. 🙂
And even though the furnace was working and it said it was 70° in the house I was still cold so pretty much sat under blankets next to the heater…
Growing ever more comfortable with each other.
Maggie helping with the decorations.
I Konmari-ed all the ornaments and stuff and got rid of almost a full bag. If you count the old lights and garland I wasn’t using, it was more than a full bag. If you count the entire tree… Yes, we sold our fake tree. I have never loved it and we’ve been wanting to get a real tree so next Christmas we will get a real tree and then shop for a new tree during the post-Christmas sales.
Everyone likes a heated blanket!
These two are getting cuddly again.
