TAGLESS AGAIN

Grrrr-- when our new aide, Cathy, took me for a walk last week, my tags came off!!! Fortunately they did not get lost, but neither Cathy nor mum have been able to get them back on -- hopefully, today!!! This has been a really stressful week for mum. First, as I may have mentioned, we had a flood in the bathroom; then when we removed everything from the closet, it turned out half the wall and carpeting had mold (when mum when to the cardiologist and pulmonologist she check whether it had affected her, and they did not think so). Anyway, this mold has caused a lot more stress -- they came in and took up the damaged wallboard and carpeting and now have to replace it!!! This means that mum and I are walking around all sorts of stuff in the bedroom, and Cathy is unable to do what she is sposed to do!!! To top all this off, the steroid injection mum had in her neck didn't work!!! Because mum gets panic attacks when using her Bipap machine, the cardiologist wants her to use oxygen at night -- hence the main reason for the visit to the pulmonologist, who has ordered it for her. Incidentally, mum has reported the results from the doctors' offices to me -- it is much too hot for me to go with her. The ground gets very hot here in the summer -- in fact when mum took me out at 8 am to do my business, it was already in the 80's!!! Another thing adding to the stress, is that she STILL cannot find an attorney and she has a Motion Hearing on Monday to which she thought an attorney would be there, but he has backed out too. Hopefully this one will go in her favor. She said she is taking me with her in the hopes it will gain her some sympathy (bol). Then, to top it all off, the new neighbors upstairs are awfully noisy!!! Usually it is during the night, but today they are banking away up there!!!! Then, to top it all off, the joystick on her wheelchair seems to be acting up. Even when the charger is plugged in all night, the indicator does not move!!! Service cannot come till Wednesday -- so keep all your paws crossed for her!! Mum says she will try to download the pics of my boyfriends properly so that we can show them next week. Well, we are gonna try to relax somewhat. ttfn and toodle pip Cookie

I HAVE ANOTHER BOYFRIEND!!

I had a pretty good weekend, how about you? On Friday, Mum took me to the big dogpark (Udall Park, Jack). I had a great time there with all my buddies, although I gave mum a bit of a scare on the way there!! I started limping and lifting my left front paw. Mum stopped, but couldn't see anything but she rubbed the whole paw so whatever was in there came out and I started walking properly. [grrr-blogger ate a whole paragraph now I'll have to rewrite it!!]Anyway, Saturday night we had some excitement. The toilet overflowed for some reason and flooded and also soaked the carpeting between bedroom and bathroom. Mum called the emergency number for maintenance and one of the guys came over. This particular guy is ALWAYS Mr. Grumpy and this time was no exception. He did mum a whole favor to mop up some of the water and throw the wet towels in the bathtub. It has finally dried out a fair amount but now we have to wash the towels and empty out the closet!!! This morning mum took me out much earlier because her new upstairs neighbor was thumping around and dropping stuff!!! Anyway, we are starting to go out earlier because it is getting warmer in the mornings. In the really hot weather we go out when it is still dark so that we miss the worst of the heat. Anyway there was this gorgeous black dog there (his name is Rufus) and he and I had a great time running around!! His mum took my mum's phone number so I hope that she calls so we can meet again. Anyway, guess I will close for now. Mum downloaded the pics from her phone wrong, so she has to do it agin. Hopefully soon. ttfn and toodle pip Cookie

Watch this blog

*sigh* mum has not really been feeling up to getting on the puter much this past week. More problems concerning the lawsuit is causing her stress and headaches, but I told her we had to let all our furiends know we hadn't forgotten them. However, she has promised me that she will do a long post later in the week and put some pics of my 'boyfriends' on the post. So, for now ttfn and toodle pip Cookie

MY MUM WAS DISTRACTED (MEAN) THIS MORNING, BOL

After our walk to MY dog park here (where I met another of my boyfriends, Red), mum came in, parked her chair and plugged it in to recharge it; made her coffee, got my food and sat down to read the paper, etc. After almost an hour she got up to go to the bathroom, and when she came back, she realized she had not released me from my leash, which is attached to the chair!!! She released me, and said she was sorry for not releasing me earlier (I bet), and said she had vaguely wondered why I had not eaten any of my food!!!! I am trying to think of a punishment for HER for not unleashing me. Anyone got any ideas????? ttfn and toodle pip Cookie

I BEGGED MUM NOT TO POST THIS PIC

She SAID that she was trying to get the mountains and clouds (it was just after a rainstorm) and did not realize what I was doing (or even that I was in the pic (yeah, I bet)!!! Things have been a little crazy around here. For some unknown reason (s'posedly some certification issue) the agency is not sending Krysta to take care of us. On of the ladies who came was scared stiff or me. Apparently her father's dog attacked/mauled her and made her scared of dogs. On the first day she came, she accidentally let me out (mum forgot to tell her I am a "runner"). She came after me, but I got into it with a little dog and then took of again. Mum ran inside to get her wheelchair and came in the direction where she thought I had gone. When she got to us, the aide was not even trying to catch hold of my collar!! Mum leashed me to her chair and we came home. When we were in the house, the aide asked mum to come every time she (the aide) had to get me to move!!!!! I know I am a big girl, but inside the apartment I am really easy going!!! Mum finally called the agency and said that it was not working out cos I was tense, she (mum) was on edge and the aide really was. The person at the agency was not very happy but finally called back and said that she had given the aide the option of comint to us or not, and she preferred not!!! That means we will be having ANOTHER new aide and the one that comes on Friday is only coming one more time. Mum does not like all this changing around!!!! One of the reasons I have not posted earlier is that mum got a terrible spasm in her neck and lower back and has been in a lot of paind. Her doctor scheduled her for physical therapy at home!! Something kinda funny happened to mum last weekend. She had gone to the store (without me--mean mum) and went into the ASPCA store. She was looking at the puppies there and this man was standing looking at her. He thenstarted asking how she was, etc. Mum looked at him and asked if she knew him!!! He responded that he was Doctor L -- her Primary Care doctor!!!! He looked so different in shorts and a polo shirt!!!!! She had an appointment with him on Wednesday and it turns out he got the dog that he and his family were looking at!!! Mum said that dog was very cute. Wedll, mum says that she will post more in a day or two (wisheful thinking, I think), so I will end here. ttfn and toodle pip Cookie

Sorry I haven't posted for a while

Mum wanted to paste in a picsur she took of me in the dog park -- actually I am kinda glad she didn't (yet) She SAYS she was just trying to get the mountains and didn't realize I was pooping in the foreground -- bol --I think she did it on purpose!! We had a power outage for a few hours on Friday. Only good thing about it was during the daytime so mum could read!! Not much else has happened. Mum was sposed to go to Best Buy on Saturday, but did not feel up; to it. She hopes to go on Thursday so that she can figure out how to post the pics, etc. She is going to have another injection in her neck tomorrow -- she is feeling a bit better after the first one and hopes that this one will make her totally pain free in the shoulder/arm/hand!! Well, mum says she cannot type any more today -- but I had insisted that she do at least a small post to make sure my buddies know i'm still around!! ttfn and toodle pip Cookie

Yaaaaay--Yaptop seems to be behaving

As I mentioned in my last post, for some reason mum could not get the yaptop to open for a post to my blog. Today, IT WORKED PROPERLY!! Nothing new has happened since our last post -- It is Uncle Vic's birthday today -- Happy Birthday Uncle Vic!! This is just gonna be a short post -- will write more in a few days. Mum is gonna go to geek squad to find out why the yaptop is so temperamental!!! ttfn and toodle pip Cookie