Skeeter At Last

TA DAH ! Mom and I finally got a picture of Skeeter for you to see. He really is much cuter than his picture.

Mom has been really busy, She worked a couple of days and yesterday and today she is playing "Catch Up".

Our neighbor and friend has gone away, so Mom is taking care of her bills and house and pool etc. Mom goes in the pool but I want nothing to do with water. I know Spaniels usually like the water but I don't see why I need to be like the rest of them. I tolerate a bath occasionally but I am not going in that pool. Mom hasn't tried Skeeter in the pool yet. He wants to be right by her side all the time so I suppose he'll go in the pool whether he really likes it or not.

Mom needs high speed internet. Everything takes too long on this one.

We still have lots of things on our agenda for today so best get busy.

The quote for today is by Mary Little.

"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it"

Holiday Weekend

I have been trying to upload a picture of Skeeter, since I am always talking about him. I managed to get my picture as you know. I must be doing something wrong but will keep trying.

In the meantime, I hope y'all havin a safe holiday weekend. Mom is trying to diet a little but we have been eating our way through the weekend.

I heard her say Monday is the day to start on the diet again.My Mom likes to eat but best of all she likes to cook. We get to sample a little when she does. She makes at least one new recipe a week.

Yesterday she made a spicy shrimp dish served over linguine. I thought it was very tasty but Skeeter didn't like it. Dad liked it. I know Mom liked it because she put it in her tried and true keepers recipe file.

This morning she made cranberry muffins for Dad and some of his friends. I didn't get to sample any. She makes them a lot anyway. She buys cranberries in season and freezes them right in the bag.

Mom and Dad owned an Inn in Massachusetts for a while. She did most of the cooking. She still likes to cook and bake but it's not the same unless your cooking for a crowd.

If you ever need a recipe for anything, just ask my Mom she probably has one.

Today's quote is from O.A. Battista and refers to one of my favorite things to do. Napping comes first.

" A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk."

Where's my leash?

Problems

Confidential to Snoopy Lover, you guessed my real identity. Shhh

Today was a good day, Mom was home most of the day. She went grocery shopping. Never takes us with her on that run but she brings home some interesting packages. Sometimes there's a treat for Skeeter and me.

My human sister is having some problems with a co-worker. I hope she doesn't quit her job to0 hastily. It is difficult to work under pressure. Maybe she will take a vacation and get away from it for a while.

My quote for today is an old one you have probably heard before but it still has a lot of truth to it. It is from Sally Kempton.

"It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head."

Also one from Eleanor Roosevelt

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."

Mexican Petunias

Mom is still upset about her truck getting damaged. She had to work Wed., Thurs & Friday this week. Skeeter and I will be glad to have her home for a few days.

A writer friend told Mom about all the flowers now illegal in Florida. Unfortunately, we have lots and lots of flowers in our yard. I heard Mom say she had some of the illegal ones, Mexican Petunias for one. We have lots of those. Maybe it's just illegal to buy them anymore.

Psst, hey want some Mexican Petunias?

The quote for today is especially for Mom's writer buddies and of course for anyone who wants to read it. It is by the famous author Tom Clancy.

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."

Hit and Run

Today is Thursday. I don't know why my postings show wrong dates but they do. We'll see what happens today.

Tuesday my Dad went to the Dr. to see about the blood tests he had done. Everything was great. Do you believe he had a total Cholesterol of 85?

Wednesday my Mom got called into work because someone called in sick. She was so mad. Someone hit her truck in the parking lot and did quite a bit of damage. Police couldn't do anything because there was no witness and she didn't even know what time it happened.

Today's quote is by Anonymous

"There cannot be a crisis today, my schedule is already full."

Big Fish

Monday we took our usual walk in the early morning. We saw a dead fish in the road. Both Skeeter and I wanted to get a closer look but Mom pulled us away.

However, it reminded me of an incident that happened a few months ago. I told you my Mom likes to write. She mostly writes children's stories but once in a while she writes a poem, usually a silly poem.

She wrote the following about an incident with my first brother, Buddy.

The Bad Boy List

A bird went fishing in the lake.

He caught a big one by mistake.

So big he couldn't carry it.

He dropped it in our yard, Oh shit!

It baked there in the sun all day

"cause no one saw it or took it away.

Now Buddy thought it smelled devine.

So he rolled in it 'till his coat did shine.

He got a taste of his owners wrath,

Got dragged inside to get a bath.

He knew that she was really pissed,

When he made the top of "The Bad Boy List."

I was right she did shampoo the rugs. Believe me, damp rugs do not make a pleasant place to take a nap. I had to retreat to Mom's bed. She tries to keep the spread clean by laying my own Blankie on top of it. Sometimes I just sleep on the pillows. They are much softer.

Skeeter naps mostly on the floor because he is too little to jump up on the bed.

My quote for today is from Ann Landers

"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them."

Another day, Another blog

Sunday was as restful a day as Skeeter and I had hoped.

After Mom and Dad read the paper they had a big Sunday breakfast. We got some scraps and they were very good. I think it was an omelet with peppers, onion, bacon, and cheese.

Got our nap in too.

Mom made Mustard Baked Chicken for supper. Sounds strange with all that mustard but it was good. I managed to beg a little piece. If you would like the recipe, I'm sure she won't mind. Its very simple.

Mustard Baked Chicken

2 Tbls Dijon Mustard

2 Tbls White Wine

2 Garlic Cloves Mashed

1/2 tsp each basil, oregano. rosemary, thyme

1/4 tsp dry mustard

In NON aluminum bowl mix all ingredients. Add chicken (boneless breasts or thighs are best) and toss until well coated. Cover 1 hour or overnight

Bake at 375 for 45minutes to an hour or until desired doneness.

Today, Monday, is going to be a disturbing day. I heard Mom say she was going to clean the rugs. That means vacuuming and shampooing. Both jobs involve big machines that make lots of noise.

My quote for the day is by Lady Astor

"The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything.....or nothing."

Damn Thorns

First of all I want to say "HI" to my Mom's friend's aunt who lives in Baltimore. Hi, Auntie.

Well, Saturday turned out to be a rather exciting day. As I hoped, we went to the park but not the dog park. We went to a people park where dogs are tolerated as long as they are kept on a leash and their Mom brings plenty of little plastic bags for anything we might leave behind.


There were lots of people there especially kids. I like kids. As usual, as soon as we got out of the car I charged ahead almost strangling myself in the process. I do know better but I get so excited I forget.


When I was young, I went to obedience school but I didn't like it much. Sit, stay, heel, down and if you do it right they give you a tiny piece of treat. I usually get bigger treats for doing nothing. Anyway, as soon as you did one thing they wanted you to do another. Sit, heel, turn. I wish somebody would make up their mind. I got so tired and confused that I usually snapped at some other dog invading my space because I was walking too slow. Sometimes I just lay down and watched all the other dogs looking foolish for a tiny treat. I graduated. However, they did not mention the advanced class to Mom.


After the park and a big drink of cool water, it was time for my nap.


It was such a nice day Mom decided to work in her garden. I don't know why she decided to cut down a small tree covered with very large thorns. She had a barrel full of the branches and was cutting down the last piece when the barrel fell over and a thorn went into her arm right into a major vein. The blood spurted out like a fountain. She put pressure on it and went inside to have my Dad put a pressure bandage on it.

Mom was upset because she had on a new pair of garden gloves and they were covered with blood. Dad washed them out for her. Such a silly thing to be concerned about.


She is Okay because she made our supper on time and made salad and spaghetti for herself and Dad. I did notice that she had a little more wine than usual. Probably to help replace the blood she lost.

Then after supper we watched a move. You wont believe the title "Must Love Dogs." It was cute but there weren't too many scenes with dogs in them.

Tomorrow is Sunday. Usually a good day for us. Sometimes Mom and Dad take a nap with us. We just snuggle in and snooze for an hour or so.
Love it.

Quote today is from my Mom

"Ouch! Damn tree"
(Not an exact quote)

Poor Skeeter

Hi Again

Yesterday, Friday, my Mom had to work. After she left, Skeeter and I napped most of the day.

Skeeter is still not feeling well. I don't know if it was the excitement of seeing his original Mom, the shot the vet gave him, or the stuff Mom is putting on his rash, He licks it off when no one is looking. It's probably a combination of everything.

Sometimes I resent his invading my space but I worry about him when he isn't feeling well. He doesn't seem to be as strong and healthy as I am. He has had his share of health problems, including and abscessed tooth.

We dogs usually live a pretty good life especially when we are adopted by a "dog person." My Mom is definitely a dog person.

We took our walk last night but we didn't walk as far. I think is was because my Mom knew Skeeter wasn't feeling well.

If Skeeter is better tomorrow, we might go for a ride in the truck. Maybe even go to the dog park. It will be our first time there.Mom doesn't go back to work until next Thursday so we'll get to do some things together.

My quote for the day is from Diane Arbus

"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been."

It Really Is A Small World

As I already stated in my first blog, I have a newly adopted brother named Skeeter. He is a black toy poodle.

He had a rash on his belly and my Mom, like all moms, called the Doctor and made an appointment for yesterday afternoon.

Well, when we walked into the waiting room there was a lady with two poodles. Her daughter was with her and she had another small dog. My brother. Skeeter, kept trying to get to the lady with the two poodles. She in turn, kept looking at Skeeter. When Mom called him by his name "Skeeter" the ladies daughter said her mother used to have a dog named Skeeter.

The lady cannot talk because her voice box has been removed. Mom and I got a funny feeling and asked her how long ago she had to adopt him out. Well to make a long story short, as it turned out she was Skeeter's original mother. One of the dogs was his daughter and the other was his mate. It was very sad that she was unable to keep all of them. Mom let Skeeter go to her and he couldn't give her enough kisses. She was crying and so was everybody else in the waiting room.

In the end she was very happy to know that he was adopted by a family that loved him too. My Mom got her address and promised to write her once in a while to let her know how Skeeter is doing.

I love happy endings don't you?

My quote for today by Isabelle Eberhardt

"One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way."

PS The rash turned out to be nothing serious. Just an irritation. The vet gave him a shot to stop the itching and some "Stuff" to put on the rash.

If Life Is A Party, Party On..

Well. we're doing great. We have made it to day two of our blogging adventure.

We took a walk last night just before it got dark. Our adopted parents who I shall refer to as Mom and Dad, Skeeter my brother, and me Sassy. We met the "Cookie Lady" right away. She is a good neighbor who carries dog biscuits in her pocket when she goes for a walk. We always get at least one.

My Mom is trying to lose some weight and the vet said that Skeeter and I were too fat, so we walk in the morning and in the evening. My Mom got a pedometer and I heard her say that the goal is for at least 10,000 steps a day. Sounds like a lot to me. I usually nap most of the day but I do like our walks.

So far today we haven't done anything out of the ordinary except wash the truck. My Mom was cursing the "Love Bugs." If nobody loves them, I wonder why they call then "Love Bugs"?

Oh Well, humans do some funny things. For an example my Mom has lots of flowers but she also has a dozen pineapple plants. We have six pineapples coming right now. She put a fence around them so Skeeter would not pee on her pineapples and get them all wet. Then she proceeded to water them with a hose. Skeeter would have been more than happy to do his part.

Mom kept saying Skeeter smelled funny. He didn't smell bad but he didn't smell like a dog either. Then she realized that when Skeeter comes out to greet her when she gets home from work, he always comes to a certain spot in the flower garden and sticks his nose through the fence. She finally realized that he was standing in the rosemary bush and picked up the scent from the plant.

I never, well almost never, disturb any of Mom's plants. Sometimes a squirrel runs through the garden and I forget myself and chase that squirrel through the flowers and up a tree. I have tried to climb up there but for some reason God did not make Cocker Spaniels good tree climbers.

My Mom likes to read and often she reads something nice to share with a friend. I assume if you are reading my blog, you are a friend or will be one in the future.

I will close for the day with a thought or quote I hope you will enjoy. Although I am not a woman in the true sense of the word, you can be sure that I am as completely feminine as any four legged creature can be.

This quote my Mom found in a book she likes called "The Quotable Woman." It was given to her several years ago by her favorite nephew.

Our thought for the day is a quote from a woman named Elsa Maxwell.Many years ago she was famous for her parties. A true hostess with the mostest as they say.

"Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished."

I am always ready to party. Dogs love to party.

A New Venture

I am a five year old buff colored Cocker Spaniel, with papers I might add. I have a younger brother. His name is Skeeter and he is only three years old. He is a very black toy poodle

Skeeter is new to our household. I had another brother but he was very sick. One day my owner took him to the vet without me and came back alone. I could tell she had been crying.

We all missed him so much that we contacted Pet Rescue and adopted Skeeter.

Obviously I will be needing help to keep this blog going. My owner, my adopted mother has consented to do the job.

She picked the Blog Unwritten because she is an aspiring writer who believes that her best work is still unwritten.

Blogging is new to both of us so I hope you bear with us while we report our daily adventures.

We may be changing our "look" as we learn how to do it.

Talk to you again tomorrow