Saturday, September 25, 2021

Today has been pretty good. Tiring, but good.

Today has been pretty good. Tiring, but good.

We were up ENTIRELY too early for a weekend so we could be with the dogs and watch balloons. When the neighbors came out to prep for the wedding, Cubba (of course) ran over to greet them. He's smart enough that he jumped up in a spot where he could see over the wall and get petted. Rose just stood up and looked at the wall. 😂😂😂

When it started warming up we brought the dogs in the house. Cubba is used to it. He likes couches. Rose - not even bad weather makes her come inside on her own. We spent a little time coaxing her in. Finally got her right inside the door with a treat. She was good, but nervous. Scared of the cats and gave them space. Basically sat in one spot until Shaun carried her to the couch, where she and Cubba (and me and Shaun) eventually fell asleep.

After we woke up we walked the dogs outside on leashes so they wouldn't disturb the wedding. Then Shaun and Shadow went to get food. After we ate we decided to get ice cream and take the pups to the park. As we were getting ready to leave I guess Rose decided she'd had enough of indoors and tried to go out through the sliding glass door. It uh... didn't work. I don't know if she was being smart or dumb for that one but she was used to having a doggie door at the old house so I'll not tease her for this. I did laugh hard, though. 😂

We loaded up and had ice cream from Coldstone Creamery. We ate outside at one of the tables. A car with some kids drove by and they were happy to see the pups. The feeling was mutual. 😊 Then we went to the park near our house. As we were arriving we saw Carole Baskin (that bitch!) and the Tiger King walking away from the park. I don't know what that was about and I don't even care. I fucking love it here so much. 😂😂😂

The weather was perfect all afternoon and evening. We had a good walk with the pups. Cub got a thorn in his foot and I removed it for him. I guess if that's the worst thing to happen to us today then we are lucky. 😊 Shadow and Kira also really enjoyed the park. It's walking distance from the house so I'm happy they now know where it is.

Now we're home resting and waiting for the celebration to wind down before we let the dogs out again. There's music and happy people sounds and some really delicious food smells and a beautiful warm glow emanating from next door. I hope they had a good day and that we didn't disturb them in any way.

I hope all of my friends are having a good night, as well. Enjoy this picture of puppy naps before I go. ❤️


I don't know when Shadow started doing this, but...

I don't know when Shadow started doing this, but he's been calling Cubba (pronounced like "Bubba") Cupboard as his full given name and it is GIVING. ME. LIFE. 😂😂😂 I love the evolution of pet names.

For the record, Cubba was named as such by Kira because he looked like a bear cub when he was a puppy. It had nothing to do with cupboards or cabinets or anything like that. 😂

I took a bunch of pictures this morning...

I took a bunch of pictures this morning because I came out so early. My earlier post didn't have pretty pictures; I mostly snapped those because of the sheer number of balloons. I know today was nothing compared to what next week will be with Balloon Fiesta. I'm excited for that. 😁😁😁

Here are a few nicer shots from this morning:

We ended up just buying Rose some new toys. They squeak. She is happy about it. 😂

Very pretty balloons (gotta zoom) as seen from under the pergola.

The dogs (and me, with my allergic-to-the-sun ass) sunbathing with the dogs. I'm wearing long leggings, long sleeves, a sun hat, and sunscreen. It's 60° F out. Chilly under the pergola and comfy in the sun (for a little while, anyway).

Poor Shaun is working on the dog kennel. Cubba keeps digging under. We have a wall around our backyard and Cubba can climb it in some places. 😕 We've got someone coming to give us an estimate on raising the wall a bit. Until then, we're struggling to contain our overly-friendly escape artist. Everyone has dogs here and people walk in this neighborhood and he is LIVING FOR IT. Unfortunately, we don't have a routine yet so he doesn't know how to behave. We've been here just over a week and are still trying to settle in and get situated and work out all of the kinks. It is definitely a process.

Anyway, I hope you all have a great Saturday. We've got someone coming to teach us about our yard soon so I'm excited for that. Maybe once that's done we can get one of the kid's rooms painted. Or maybe not. Today is the neighbor's daughter's wedding day and we don't want our dogs acting out so it might be a dog-park day. We'll see. 🙂






A mother balloon and her 11 babies spotted in the wild.

A mother balloon and her 11 babies spotted in the wild. It must be migration season!
😂😂😂

I don't know if the wind will bring them close today, but Shaun has counted 26 this morning. I think if you zoom hard you can count 20 in the 2nd photo. One looks like a chicken and I'm hoping it gets much closer. I need a good pic of that one. 😂

Edit:  Chicken might be a fish. I'll keep y'all posted. 😂

Edit:  Definitely a fish.



Thursday, September 23, 2021

Wednesday, September 22, 2021