Office Work.......

[Buff Hooligans]

Secret Confession: I am not buff today, I am even less buffer than I was last week. I am now on a strict regimen of a minimum of one hour of exercise daily (as opposed to my usual half hour or 45 min), almost no sugar, little or no wine (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), and no white starchy stuff. I can handle everything except the no wine part. Nells - gimme help!

 

[wegotchickens]

BTW, the portion of mini wheats was in a snack-sized bag so I am stiull hungry, too.

I wonder what other goodies are hiding in the work bag? I really should get rid of them all so that I can be better disciplined in the future, right????

 

[wegotchickens]

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Buffy's got a big buffer..........

 

[maple]

Orchy, I had to make that decision last April to put my 15 yr. old shepard mix dog down. I still miss her so. She was such a wonderful doggy...my best friend...always there for me. My heart knows your pain. We love ya Orchypants and we're here for ya. Always here for a hug and comforting words and some laughs. BIIIG Hugs.

Ok, so funny story about my Hailey. One time before jerk wad husbands and the busyness of kids. Me and my dog used to enjoy peaceful walks in a local forest preserve. We knew it like the back of our paws. We rode every horse trail---except we shredded it up on my mountain bike--jumped logs, went down steep embankments with the brakes on, rode through the creek, and there were some bumps along the way especially if it had rained and the ground was soggy and then the horses went through and then thier prints would harden.... It was exhilerating and she loooved running by my side.

Well, this day we decided to walk the trails and we went on one slightly different from our usual routine just for a change of pace and a different direction. As we were walking Hailey spotted something ahead and darted for it. I didn't see what it was, but figured it was an animal like a squirrel...Hailey's other favorite thing to chase besides mama on a bike and cats even if she knew mama always told her no, unless 2 of them were fighting then I would tell her to, "Go break those kitties up, Hailey." So I thought like usual the squirrel would climb a tree and bark and chatter at my big toothy grinnin dog jumping around the trunk of the tree.... I knew it was a small animal but I couldn't see exactly what it was through the brush and because Hailey's body was obstructing my view. I was yelling at her, "No. Leave it..." She mostly was a good listener but apparently the desire for whatever this was was stronger. It all happened so quickly. Hailey darted...I yelled and ran after her and in an instant Hailey was yelping! She was hurt. What ever it was had gotten her and struck back. Can't say that I blame the poor creature but still, I was concerned for my dog. What had happened. I'm running toward her and am almost there when I am stopped in my tracks.

Hailey spins around, still yelping and she has a squirrel wrapped around her muzzle and it's holding on with it's sharp lil teeth on Hailey's upper lip. I try to make Hailey come to me but she's in pain and spinning and running in circles. I don't know what I'm going to do other than try to pull the thing by the tail and hope it releases. It's chaos and I never get a chance to grab the commicazee (sp?) squirrel but it lets go and falls to the ground where it proceeds to walk disorientated like it got into a batch of bad mushrooms. I don't know? But it concerns me and I think now, what if the squirrel had rabies...? I mean, you can't catch a squirrel. They run up trees and bark at ya.

Ok, one time when I was a kid at school there was a squirrel that almost let me get close enough to pet it but that was around this big oak tree filled with nuts and the nuts on the ground were plenty.

But I digress...Hailey was attacked by a mad squirrel and she survived and didn't turn into Cujo or start foaming at the mouth. And I got to hold on to the memory that frankly makes me giggle now remembering her running and spinning around and yelping to high heaven when that mad squirrel attached itself to her face.

So many good memories and stories.

Hang in there Orchy.

Love,
Gretch

 

[LarryPQ]

MORNING! Just doing my daily fly-by.

Everyone good? Excellent.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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And a nice soft belly. Which menfolk prefer, but what do they know!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Yes ma'am, and we're all behaving and being very productive and honest too.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Is Orchid saying goodbye to Fluppy pup today? I feel so sad for her.

 

[wegotchickens]

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And a nice soft belly. Which menfolk prefer, but what do they know!

Don't overreact Buffy, or we'll stage an intervention and stuff you full of wine and lindt balls.
Just cut one thing at a time, and save the wine. We can't have you and Beaner both going through DT's at the same time. And I'm not sure there are enough crazy pills to get Beaner through the round of antibiotics....

 

[maple]

Yups Orchy is saying good bye to Fluppy today.