The Big Thaw!

(Here's an old photo of us when we had room to stretch out. LOL)

It's been a rough week. The 4" of sleet that fell last week melted just enough to make it extremely slick to walk on. It's not fun walking when you are sliding all over. It's all hard to do your business when you start to do it and you loose your footing.

We have been counting the days until the weekend because it is going to be near 50! We are so excited! Yesterday, it was 44 degrees and while there are still a lot of slick spots, we felt happy to be walking. Mama even took us to McDonalds to celebrate!

On the house hunting front, we have put another offer in on that log cabin. They finished the work on it this week and Mama and Daddy visited it on Wednesday. As expected, they didn't do a very good job. They put carpet in the master bathroom, but they didn't put a pad under the carpet in that room so it will be less material to remove. They put carpet in the four season room aka sun room which sounds nice, but it should have been indoor/outdoor carpet because it's really not a room that can be used year round. We would use it more like a screened porch. It's were our dirty feet will hit when we come in from the yard. They didn't replace the ceramic tile in the main bathroom which would be fine if that tile actually was grouted. Then the really bad thing that they did was they caulked around the old tile in the foyer instead of grouting it. They painted the rooms and they look fine. They put in a new stove and dishwasher, but took out the refrigerator, washer and dryer. The home still needs work to be done, but now it is move-in ready. Mama and Daddy put in an offer that was $10,000 higher than the last one and the bank came down a $1,000. We then went up $2,000 more, but haven't heard back from the bank. Mama says she doesn't think we will be able to agree on a price. The bank people have never seen the house in person and it probably looks and sounds better on paper. We know it needs part of the roof repaired, so we have to hold out money to fix that. We really want the house, but Daddy says we have to think with our heads and not our hearts. There is another house that came on the market yesterday, that we are going to drive by today and see if we like the area. It looks nice in pictures, but we have been fooled before.

We are going to check out a park this weekend that we haven't been to before. It's going to be such a nice a weather weekend! Roo! Roo!

Jack
The Greyhound Who Is Ready For The Big Thaw!

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