Almost Wordless Wednesday - Scout Relaxing

(Frosty Treat Overload - see empty container to the right.)

Finally Friday

(Jack and Scout in 2009)

It's been a long week here. Daddy made it home Wednesday night. He's still sick, so he's not walking us or anything like that. He said he's feeling better and will probably start walking us this weekend. We ended up with like 4" of sleet, some ice and a few inches of snow. It wasn't the blizzard that was predicted, but people not far from us did get the deep snow. It did cause a lot of problems on the roads, but the sleet has been pretty easy for us to walk on. We don't sink in it. We just walk right on top of it.

Yesterday, we had to take Scout to the vet. Mama noticed blood during her morning pee. The vet said to come in ASAP even though Scout was not showing any other signs of not feeling well. Mama was a little nervous about driving to the vet because of the road conditions. She finally got her confidence up and then Daddy came home and drove us anyway. I got to go only because Daddy came with us. I didn't want to stay home alone, but Mama said if Daddy hadn't come home, I would have had to because she couldn't leave me in the car in the cold and I didn't want to visit the vet myself. It turns out that Scout has a bladder infection and has to take medicine for a little while. The vet said that a lot of people notice blood in urine when it snows because it's easy to see. I hope that the medicine makes Scout nicer. Let me just tell you that I know why female dogs are called the "B" word. Sometimes I just walk close to her and she barks at me. Sheesh! Oh, Scout wanted me to mention that she has lost two pounds. She needs to loose more than that, but she is proud that all her walking around the hotel complex is working.

We had Chinese food last night! Mama had General Tso, so we didn't get any of the chicken. We did get a few bites of the leftover won tons.

Mama has to go to the police station today and get fingerprinted! She has to do it for her job. She thinks it's pretty silly considering that she just calls places to verify employment for people who have applied for jobs. Apparently, she has to be a licensed private investigator in Texas in order to call people in Texas. She still doesn't understand because no one ever asks her if she is licensed or even what her name is. It didn't really bother her at first about being fingerprinted, but now she is getting a little nervous about it. Should she be nervous having her fingerprints on file for a job that pays so little?

Jack
The Greyhound Who Thinks His Sister is a Brat

Living Dangerously

I decided I better cover up my nose since I'm so close to Scout's behind. She had very bad gas last night and I'm not sure if it's really safe yet.

Jack
The Greyhound Who Is Living Dangerously

Blizzard!

We are waiting for the blizzard to arrive. Yesterday we had freezing rain. Mama was nervous all day, but it never really got bad as far as the sidewalks were concerned. She took us out one at a time and we walked really slow, but we didn't have any problems. Daddy didn't come home because he thought the roads would be really bad this morning. He called last night and we think he has the flu. That's not good. Mama is worried about him. He could still come home before the blizzard arrives, but he is stubborn and probably won't.

Mama has been worried about loosing power because of the ice. This morning, she was taking a shower and the bathroom light went out. We heard her say "well, it's happened". She then discovered that the electric didn't go out, but the heat lamp in the bathroom turned off. LOL She was relieved.

The pizza man and the Chinese food guy don't deliver in blizzards, but we have fish sticks. Daddy made fun of Mama for buying 115 fish sticks at Sam's Club, but who is laughing now? We think fish sticks may catch on as the new blizzard food.

We will take pictures when something finally happens around here. It's pretty dull right now.

Jack
The Greyhound Who Is Waiting For the Blizzard

Disappointing News

We found out today that we are not going to get the log cabin. We are very disappointed. Mama and Daddy visited it again yesterday and they told us all about the yard and how many dog toys were left behind. We were not surprised when our agent called and told us that our offer was rejected. We expected that to happen, but we planned on making another offer. The reason it was rejected is because the bank has decided to fix up the house with new flooring, paint and an appliance or two. They will let us buy it for the same price they are offering now, but we have NO say in any of the flooring, paint or appliances. We don't even know if the appliances will be new. We wanted to be put hardwood floors in most of it and Daddy says not having a say on anything is unacceptable. Why do they want to do all that work when they can sell it to us minus the cost of that work? We don't understand it at all. We are very disappointed right now. Daddy said we may make one more offer to them and then let it go. Our agent said they were pretty set on doing the work, so it's probably a waste of our time. There are no other houses that we are interested in right now. Mama said as much as she liked that house, she had a feeling that it wasn't going to work out. She is really sad and now we are sad, too. The right house is out there. We just have to find it.

We went to the park today and walked through the campground. It's not the same park by our old house. It's another one that we have camped at though. It was a little chilly, but we had fun.

We are supposed to get a major storm starting tomorrow. Monday is supposed to be light freezing rain. Tuesday is heavy freezing rain with maybe thunder freezing rain and then Wednesday, it's supposed to snow. They are predicting 6"-15" of snow. YIKES! Mama is nervous about all the ice.

Mama said I should tell everyone that even though she is eating Chinese food and pizza, I am only getting a bite or two. I still have to eat dog food. I don't think it's fair, but Mama says life isn't fair.

Jack
The Greyhound Who Will Not Be Living In A Log Cabin Afterall