Just Over One Year of Blogging

I have been bugging mum to recognize my one year blogoversery -- and FINALLY got her to write a post. We want to thank Frankie and Ernie's mum for suggesting we start the blog and especially to Sarge's mum for setting it up. For those of you who remember, it was a year ago in June that there was a "push" to get new people into Blogville. Mum had been reading blogs with Cody since they had met with Jack and Tall Guy at the dog park here in Tucson and then with me since I came to live with her. We all of us (mum, Cody and me) have always luved reading the blogs and commenting sometimes. Tall Guy was gonna help mum but they never got around to it!!!! I have enjoyed being a member of Blogville and everyone here. We woulda LUVVED to have gone to BAR, but that was not possible but we did enjoy reading about it. I told mum that we should either go to Blog Paws or else invite anyone coming through Tucson to visit us (so I could maybe hide out in their luggage/vehicle and hide way to join them), but she told me that was too rude!!! Hopefully, there will be other things we can go to. The main reason we couldn't go to BAR or Blogpaws was transportation!! We could have possibly gotten places (especially to Phoenix -- only a couple of hours away) but once there we woulda been stuck in one place -- even getting from the airport would have caused a problem!! Instead, mum and I went and stayed with my Uncle Vic, Coco, Kiki and Cubby. Coco and I get along really well and she shared her marrow bones with me!!! On Saturday night mum and Uncle Vic had lamb chops, potatoes and mint sauce (not mint jelly -- apparently the Brits don't like mint jelly with meat). Uncle Vic left most of his potatoe; mum shared part of her chop with us and they very kindly left the plates in the living room. I will never tell which one of us did it, but we cleaned the plates off while they were asleep -- very tasty it was, too!! Mum and Uncle Vic are both from the UK, although he is a US citizen but mum is still a UK citizen (her passport says it is an EU passport -- wonder what will happen now!!!!! She only just got it renewed last year and it was VERY expensive to renew and now has to be sent to the UK to be renewed!!!!! One of the biggest problems for mum with the Brexit is that the value of her UK pension does not convert as well!!! It is not very much to start with, and now that the exchange rate has dropped, it is really not much!!! Mum had an epidural on Tuesday. It helped with the back pain, but she had run out of her Prevacid and did not realize that the epidural would affect her stomach as much as it did. Until her aide, Cathy, was able to get her some more, she was really in BIG trouble!!! Fortunately she is doing ok now!! Because of the heat here, we have not been doing much. I refuse to wear booties so mum does not like to take me out when the ground is this hot. I don't mind riding on the paratransit, but the asphalt in the parking lots are pretty uncomfortable. Mum has tried me with several different kinds of booties, but I keep shoving them off, so she doesn't really try me with them. If I am going with her, she tries to make it early in the morning or the evening -- that is why we stayed over at Uncle Vic's. Mum said she will not stay over there again -- first of all, he would not let her bring the wheelchair in the apt cos of the way he has the furniture set up he would have to move the couch; also Coco pooped several times and also peed on the floor and one of the kitties pooped on the rug in the bathroom!!!!!!! Oh well, they will have to come over her if they want to see us. I have to go for my follow up visit with the Dogtor in a couple of weeks -- hopefully everything is better. Mum does not take me as far as she used to because I have a bit of a tendency to limp by the time we get home!!! Keeping her fingers and all our paws crossed that everything is improving -- it is sooooo expensive for my meds!! Sorry for rambling on so much!!!!! I am still trying to get mum to write about some of her experiences in London when she was a kidlet!! She keeps promising -- but, as they say, promises, promises. Will try to post some pics of a few of my boyfriends soon. ttfn and toodle pip Cookie PS: ARE THERE ANY BOY PUPPERS WHO'D LIKE TO GO WITH ME TO THE SUMMER DANCE? HIGGINS AND SARGE CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH FUN I AM AT THESE THINGS!!!!!

I'M BAAAAAACK

DOES ANYONE HAVE SOME CHEESE (PREFERABLY BRIE) TO GO WITH MUM'S W[H]INE?????? Well, I finally got mum bac to post on my blog!!!! She has been very stressed out about the lawsuit and lack of attorney; she has missed a couple of deadlines!!!! Also, she has been having problems with the desktop pc and there are some documents on there she needs -- first of all the mouse deaded (fortunately she had an extra wireless mouse) and now for some reason she cannot print stuff out. Also, if any of you are in AZ or have read about it you will know thaHt we have record-breaking heat. This means that I can only go out early in the morning or at night. Mum was also told by the people who do maintenance on her wheelchair that if she tries to go out in the extreme heat she could 'blow up' the joystick on the chair. This means that pretty much we are stuck in the house all day after mum takes me out early morning. The only other time she goes out is if she has a doctor's appointment!!!!! Also, we really wanted to go to BAR, but transportation created a major problem!!! Mum could probably have made it by air to IN or IL, and also probably to the hotel, but getting to and from the events would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible and/or extremely expensive. To be really mean, we hope the weather is nasty (BWAR BWAR BWAR, BOL) -- not really, just disappointment that we cannot go!!! So, to everyone going, think of us poor pupper and their hoomans who are left at home. ttfn and toodle pip Cookie

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