Today was a day of PLAY

We decided that our fur babies have destroyed almost every toy they own so Tom and I went on a small shopping trip for new dog toys. It's very hard to find something that Gretchen can't chew through. She's a very gentle dog but has very strong jaws and doesn't realize her strength. This is their first "Flying Squirrel" in the AFTER stage and the new one we bought today. Hmmm.....I wonder how long it will take until we have another after stage!?!

She loves to play tug of war with our other dog Sadie and also her parents! I'm just not strong enough to tug with her very long so I'm very glad Tom is here to assist. She sometimes pulls him off balance and he is a very strong guy.

After taking this pic I can see that I will be staining the deck this spring LOL! Winter in Michigan is the pits sometimes. It sure takes its' toll with outside maintenance.

Here are a few pics of our day today. It was still a bit chilly out but the girls are willing to play outside in anything. I should say the girl (singular) because our Brittany Sadie seems to be a bit lazy lately. She's more interested in observing the playground instead of participating on it.

They also got a new duck tuggie and a super strong Kong. Gretchen seems to really like the duck. Sadie hasn't decided if it's worth the effort yet or not.

Thanks for checking in.....have a super week and I'll be back with a scrapbook room update in a couple of days. The molding is almost painted!!!! YAY

Darlene

A Beautiful Day

We've had a huge thaw over the weekend. The snow actually melted in front of our eyes! My husband and I spent most of Saturday picking up sticks and debris in the yard. We had done our fall clean up but we had a big wind one day and a large snow fall right after so we weren't able to clean up the last of the fall sticks and leaves that landed in our yard from the wind. I know there is green grass!!!! It's been nice to actually see it peek out from under this snow.


I've been getting a ton of flower and seed catalogs this year. Many more than I have ever received before! I enjoy looking at them at this time of year because I know spring will eventually come. Having a break in the temperature really helps the soul. Nice warm breezes (high 40's and 50's HAHA) give me a rejuveniated feel that I need during January and February.

Our dogs are absolutely loving this weather also. They have been harassing the squirrels and watching all the birds fly. I think they get the winter blahs too. This afternoon I am taking them for a nice walk around the neighborhood. I'm sure they will enjoy it very much.

Yesterday my husband and I gave them a nice bath since it warmed up a bit. Gretchen has Baby Powder puppy shampoo and Sadie and Vanilla scent. Geez...do you believe that? It's like the pet companies know I am a sucker for nice smelling shampoo. They just loved their baths and they ran around the house like crazy girls rolling and rubbing. After they played a bit they were pretty well dry so we snuggled them up in their favorite fleece blankets for a long after noon nap.

The "girls" and their 1st snow

Here in Michigan you never know what the weather will be! We woke up the other day and had at least 1" of packable snow on the ground. The dogs just loved it. We have a 4 year old Brittany named Sadie and a 5 month old German Shorthaired Pointer puppy named Gretchen.I couldn't get them to come in the house. They played for hours chasing their "jug". They have the cutest toys but choose to play with an old plastic jug! Who would have guessed ;-o.

Scrapbook Room Update:

I've really been working hard on my scrapbook room this week. It took about 3 hours to completely clean out the closet. It was a craft room for many years after my son moved his bedroom to the downstairs bedroom. I kept collecting more and more craft goodies and that's BEFORE scrapbooking became so popular. I have drawn a diagram of what I have in my mind for closet organizing and then also a diagram for shelving units for the wall area in the room over my work top. I will be painting soon and I can't wait to see this room finally become an organized pretty space that I want to go into and be creative. I'll post pics every once in a while so you can see how it develops. I'm always multi-tasking so this room will probably take me a couple months with holidays coming up. A little work here and there will always get me to the goal eventually.

Have a great week!