OH MY GOLLY!!!

Ignore this old picture of me.

Well, Momma said it is okay for me to post another blog today cos wesa will be gone until Monday and sometimes fancy restaurants do a two for one day...(.burger king-- two hamburgers for the price of one)...so just think of us in that sense....

Gather round all my little buddies cos I haf a bedtime story for yousa.  So you nose I has been telling you all about my road crew boys and what good friends wesa become even tho my momma called them the "I" word.  I finks they forgave her for yelling at them cos they came back the others day and talked to me through the bars of Alcatraz whilst Mom was at work and Dad was up to no good in the house.  When my momma found this out her face blanched all white cos hers is afeared someday you will see my little face on the side of a milk carton. 

So last night when the moon was shining bright all the road crew boys from Mankato Minn. went downtown to the local drinking hole and ordered up some brewsky's cos they were hot from tearing up ours driveway and leaving big holes that if Moms little blue streak fell into ...well she would have not found her way back out.  So they's a drinking and laughing and having a good ole time and the road crew boys from Alabama walk in the door.  Wesa never evens met these boys so they musta been working on the other side of our little village tearing up someone else's Mommas driveway.

So all the boys get to drinkin and laughing and buying pizza and brewsky's and everyone is havin a good old time UNTIL someone made a crack (Isa finks it was Scott in the Mankato Crew) about the IQ of one of the Alabama crew...Isa finks they said his name was Raymond.  Well, the Alabama boys don't take kindly to criticism about their IQ'S and all of a sudden the laughin and partyin stops and the swingin starts.  Oh my Pug I jumps up out of my chair and ran around behind the counter and grabbed a pool stick to help out my buddies and the next things I knew my butt was flying over the table.  (Yes Officer Bites Isa was just doing my duty helping out Sheriff Dan..cough..cough)

The fight took itself out into the street and onto the cars of the local peoples who had just stopped by for some quiet time before theysa went home to the Misses......Dad toles us that...sometimes mens needs a drink before they can come home....anyways the road crew boys from Minn and Alabama were fighting and hitting and kicking and cussing each other so bad that Sheriff Dan had to be called down to settle the whole thing down.

Well he recognized me right off the bat, standing there holding a pool stick and he glared at me so bad, that I hightailed it for home.  Laters I found out some of my road crew buddies were staying wif Sherriff Dan for the night ...in a nice sleepover and some of the Alabama boys were too.  Isa little mad that they didn't call me up cos I could have grabbed my footed jammies and headed out the door.

Momma heard all about this after hers got to work the next day, and then called me to ask me if I knew anything about it.  I said, "of course not Momma!"  I is so sorry for lying to my Momma.  Those road crew boys have got me on the wrong path in life and Isa will be glad when they head up up North. 

I hopes you believe me cos this is a true story.  Just ask Sheriff Dad.
Angus McConnell Long

AWARD FROM SULLY

THANK you Sully for giving us, the 3 little pugs who live in Iowa this award.  That was very nice of you.  We so enjoy reading your blog each and every time you post.  It always makes us laugh and after meeting you we now believe there are dingo's all over the world.  We have been looking for them out to the fairgrounds whenever we walk out there, but Mom says they would not come this close to the village that we live in.

The rules of this award is to thank the blogger that gave it to you, AND visit at least three of the other blogs receiving this award and leave a comment.  You must also post the Award to your page.

ALSO we are to tell you 3 things we are thankful for.

Well since there are 3 of us we are each gonna tell you one thing a piece.  Momma says that is the fair way to do it.  AND since I am the OLDEST Momma says I can go first.

Stella Rose
1. Oh this was easy, I am thankful for my momma and daddy and my family.  I know what it is like to NOT have that kind of love in my life and now my little heart sings each morning when I get up and sit out on the porch wif my momma.  We are all blessed.  Mom told me having us in her life gives her a chance to love even more.

Margaret Mae
2. Um....well this is the whole truf and nuffin but the truf but I is the most thankful for my brudder Angus, Baby Gussie.  He is my best playmate Isa could ever ask for, I loves him so much AND I loves my binkies. (and my momma and daddy and sometimes stellie rose)

Angus McConnell
3.  Well I faught and faught and faught about WHAT I am thankful for ..um....well I am fankful the road crew boys didn't steal me and take me on the road wif them, I am fankful my momma didn't post that picture of me in those creepy bunny ears on facebook, I am fankful that mom gives me chicken guts as treats when Isa good..I am fankful for my family that I loves in my little heart so much.....I nose I didn't follow those rules very well Sully ...sorry.

Now we need to send this Award to 7 other bloggers.
1. Calamity Acres
2. Through the eyes of Tweedles
3. Jones Natural Chews
4. Cooking in Stillettos
5. My Rotten Dogs
6. Silly Sasha
7. Stella & Rory.

Stella Rose, Margaret Mae and Angus Jr. Officer McConnell

RUNNING

Last night Mom ..as she promised took the 4 of us out to the fairgrounds.....yes 4 ....as in my Daddy also.  WE were so excited about going.  Maggie and Gussie wore their new harnesses...   We tried to take pictures but for some reason Mom just can't get those pictures right ...so again they are not very good.

Maggie and Gussie are ready to start on their walk.  They are already kinda hot and it is only in the 60's.  The fairgrounds are really big with lots of grass and trees and NO TRAFFIC ...usually we are the only ones out there so mom likes to take us out here for some exercise.  Maggie's new vest is a little big on her and may need some altering.  Glue gun or stapler??

Are you ready to go Dad?

I loved my walk!!!  Dad let me off the leash and I feel free as a bird.  Momma was so proud of me cos I walked with her and the crazies.....sometimes I even ran.  She hasn't seen me run in  a long time.  Folks my eyes are getting worse and Momma thinks I can see only a tiny bit so it did her heart good to see my laughing and running and having a good ole time.  Now I am hot though and need to go home.

Come on Maggie lets get in the car!!

Did you know this about pugs?
Pugs can be prone to respiratory problems due to their flat faces.  They get overheated very quickly.

The wrinkly skin that Pugs are recognized by can actually be a health problem as dirt can get trapped under the wrinkles which can harbor bacteria that can cause an infection. Therefore, you should clean out the wrinkles on your Pug periodically.  Momma wipes down our faces everyday before bedtime.

Pugs have ears that fold over which also means that mites can easily hide in the ear canal. Special care must be taken to inspect and clean their ears to prevent mite infestation.  So far we have been very lucky and have never had ear problems.

The way the Pugs eyes stick out from their flat faces leaves them open to getting ulcers on their corneas quite easily. In particular, care should be taken to insure their food bowls are shallow and wide so that their eyes do not touch the sides.  We also have to watch out for sticks, or plants, or anything that might poke us in our eyes.  My eyes stick out a Lot!!

Pugs can catch colds easily and care should be taken to insure they are not exposed to too hot or too cold weather.  We have never had a cold.  Maggie tends to get hot very easy.  Just running around the house chasing Gussie will make her breath real hard.  Momma turns the floor fan on and that helps us cool down.

Pugs need to be brushed and walked every day.  We love to go for walks, but because of momma's knee we haven't went as much as we need to.  Hopefully with nice weather we can get out more.

Have a great Wednesday.
Stella Rose

FANKS MRS. ELLEN

WELL EASTER is over and I is just ashamed to look you folks in your face cos of course wesa always late posting stuff..sigh..my momma needs her own assistant apparently and Isa don't fink that is gonna happen anytime soon.

So you see those ears laying besides me...deaded.....well Mrs. Ellen my sweet Liberty's momma sent them to us for Easter ...to take beautiful pictures like they's always do....Here is their picture

See how creative and beautifulist it is?!!  And see how they are all sitting so nice and pretty.  My dad just shakes his head in wonderment cos he just can't figure out how she does it.  See that big ole rabbit and those full Easter baskets??!!

NOW WE WILL SHOW YOU OUR EASTER PICTURES

 Mom get it off my head right now!!  The boys at the police station are gonna see it and make fun of this JR. OFFICER.  I look like some kind of freak!!!!

Fine take the picture and get it overs wif....I can't help it if it slipped off my head...now where is my Easter basket?!!

Look Momma I am sitting real pretty for yousa

Where is my basket?

You can't even see my face Momma!!!!

 

I finks I just need to eat these ears!!  These are not good pictures AT ALL MOM!!!

And finally Mom showed us what the Easter Bunny brought us.....

MOM WHERE IS OUR BEAUTIFUL BASKETS, AND BIG CHOCOLATE BUNNY LIKE AT MRS. ELLENS....Mom told us the Easter Bunny was REAL tired by the time he got to our house and he just laid our presents out on the table....two sticks, a nyla dinosaur, one of those wishbone chewies and some pink thing....we were not impressed with the Easter Bunny at all.  Next year we hopes Mrs. Ellen invites us to hers house to help celebrate Easter after all Maggie is dating Peyton and Isa dating Liberty.

Here are a couple of the human girls pictures....next time we will share the boys...you will notice they turned out much better than ours......um.......maybe that is cos my big sister Kylei took them.

 

Also we wanted to update you about our friend Abby who has diabetes.  She is doing much better.  She has lost some weight which is healthy for hers, and she is taking a morning shot and evening shot.  We are hoping down the road she may not haf to do that.  Her momma says she is acting happy again and on the road to recovery.  Thank you again for all your kind words and prayers.

Angus McConnell

THE FINE PRINT

I have been hearing through the blogville grapevine that when I became a Jr. Officer that I signed a contract that discussed behavior OUTSIDE of the work place.  Well, I am here to tell you it MUST have been in the very fine print cos Isa don't remember reading anyfing about that.

My BOSS Officer SideBites sent a message to me reminding me of this....he said I was lucky I didn't end up behind BARS for my behavior this week wif those rowdy road crew boys.


WELL, I nevers meant to do any harm at all, I guess going to the local tap for a brewsky at my age is against the law but I figured since they served food I would be alright....sigh......

Sometimes its hard being a big boy....life was easier when I was little just playing around, driving my little car and swinging in my swing.

Maybe it was a systems breakdown in my training...maybe I wasn't paying attention to "behavior while off the job" Class 101...maybe I was sleeping instead of listening....

Well, Isa will try harder to uphold my integrity and not let all my fellow officers down......Mom says the furst thing I haf to do is quit digging all over the yard looking for the EASTER BUNNY for Ranger cos Alcatraz looks like a minefield.  Sigh...it is hard being 1 years old.

Angus McConnell

EASTER BONNETT

Wesa been looking and looking for that darn rabbit, digging big holes inside of Alcatraz but all we seem to find is a little mole.  So we just keep on digging.

He probably is going to hop right by our crazy house anyway cos I am sure the word is out on the streets about my no account brother and my crazy mom.  After Mom lost her cool with Gussie's road crew boys our cable mysteriously went out for three LONGGGGGGG hours, Dad just gave up and went and took a nap.

Angus is still in trouble for his behavior but I don't think he cares.  I told him Maggie and I will get all the goodies from the Bunny this year and he won't.  He just rolled his eyes at me and tried to look cute.

Mom hasn't even got our Easter pictures taken yet...sigh.......

Maggie last year.  Doesn't she look thrilled.

Me last year.

The Easter Bunny hadn't dropped off Angus yet to our house.


Stella Rose

Quick Update

Abby spent the day at the vet and she did have to have IV's.  Mary Ann will be picking her up later.  I am hoping that once they get her diet under control and she gets her two shots a day that maybe someday she will not even need them.  I hope the worse is behind them??  I will let you know more tomorrow.
deb

GUSSIE'S STORY..ITS THE EMBARASSING TRUF

SOOOO....our Mom bought us a new bed at this big store on SALE for $13.00 and the next day when hers came home from work I had already tore a nice big hole right in the seam...but last night Mom got out the needle and thread and fixed it for us.  At first wesa faught hers was gonna us the stapler or glue gun but hers didn't.  Fank you Momma.  Dad said there was a reason it was on sale...wesa finks its pretty.

I is in a little trouble wif my Momma and I wanted to tells you all about it....okay so last night Momma gets home from work and wesa waiting out in Alcatraz for hers.....I was barking at that damn darn squirrel that ours Dad feeds everyday....I hates him....and I toles my Dad to quit wasting our college fund monies on hims.  I finks Dad likes that squirrel more than us.  Wesa also looking for the Easter Bunny cos we have some special requests for our baskets but he is no where to be found.

So anyways Maggie and I get all excited cos our Momma is home and also the road crew boys are back in ours driveway a working.  Mom opens the gate to come in and I run OUT of the gate to go say hi to the boys and invite them in for supper.  Well Actually Isa was gonna see if they wanted to run down to the TAP for a Brewski........Maggie followed behind me, ...I don't know why she did that cos she already called them stupid more than one time..right to their faces.

OUR mom freaks out right in front of my boys.  Hers starts yelling my name and Maggie's name and the road crew guys put their shovels down cos they are scared of my momma.  I run right over to them, and Maggie follows AND SO DOES MY MOM.

I swear friends hers head is spinning all around and I saw terror in those boys eyes.  She is yelling ANGUS MCCONNELL LONG and MARGARET MAE get over here RIGHT NOW!!!!  I decide I need to take a stand and run over into the arms of my boys.   OH MY LORD MY MOMMA WAS SO MAD AT ME!!!!!!   Maggie stops running and momma grabs her and glares at me...I swear I saw lazars shooting from her eyes.....I almost stop breathing  BUT the road crew boy is holding me so I figured I was okay plus I needed to ask him if he had seen that Easter Bunny anywhere in his travels all around our town.

My MOM comes over to those boys and says...and I quote " IF YOU IDOITS DIDN'T COME OVER INTO OUR YARD THE OTHER DAY GUSSIE WOULDN'T WANT TO COME OVER HERE TO SEE YOU....SO STAY OUT OF OUR YARD!!" And then her grabs me out of his arms and hauls my sorry butt back into our yard.

THAT was the end of her crazy rant, and my GROWING friendship with the road crew boys.  When I looked out the window this morning I noticed they had moved on down to anothers little dog driveway......Goodbye Road Crew Boys.....I is so sorry I have a crazy momma.

So can I get off of time out NOWWWWW Momma.

Angus McConnell Long

THANK YOU

Thank you friends for sending POTP messages to Abby's Mom on her blog.  We think each and everyone of you are rare treasures that we were so lucky to find.  And Mom didn't even need a pirates map to do it!  We talked to Mary Ann last night and Abby finally ate just a little bit of boiled ground turkey.  Mary Ann was getting ready to check her blood and give her the first shot.  She was pretty shook up about doing it.  Abby had to go back to the vet at 7:30 this morning and we are waiting to here about her night and how she is doing today.  We will let you know as soon as we hear anything.

Stella Rose

UPDATE ON SWEET ABBY

Abby's Mom just called our Momma and told her that Abby has diabetes.  Her blood sugar is very very high (465) and Abby's momma is very worried.  She has to give her two shots a day and check her blood several times a day.  She has to go back to the vet tomorrow morning.  She is very sick to her tummy and has lost a lb. just since Saturday. 

My Momma told Mary Ann that we all here on blogville are thinking and praying for her. That made her happy.  Stop over to her blog at Calamity Acres Hobby Farm  and let her know you are thinking of hers.  We will keep you informed as we find out more.

Stella Rose

POTP NEEDED

This is our friend Abby the Pug

Her momma has a blog called Calamity Acres Hobby Farm

Abby is very very sick and on her way to the Vet right now.  Please keep her in your prayers cos she needs all the help she can get right now.  She is vomiting dark bile and very lethargic.  Her pug tail is not curled up at all!!

Her momma's name is Mary Ann.  We love Abby a lot!
Stella Rose
Margaret Mae and
Angus McConnell

STRANGER DANGER

SOOO you NOSE wesa been a little mad at ours MOMMA for leaving us out in the cold on SAturdAY ..you nose by playing all day wif that baby girl instead of us  so yesterday Dad put us outside to enjoy the freezing cold weather and clear our sinuses BUT instead we did this:

The city is working on putting  in this fiber optic stuff all overs our town.  There is orange spray paint and flags all up and down our driveway and other peoples....so while Dad was in the house relaxing without us THREE men came into our yard to check us out.

Dad said he heard barking and barking but he didn't pay any attention to us.  Poor Maggie she was telling Dad "stranger danger stranger danger" but he kept right on watching his show and ignoring us.  I on the other hand had decided since Mom prefers playing wif that baby perhaps I needed a new home and I faught living on the road wif these guys might be just what I needed SO I ran right over to the fence and looked up at them wif my sweet little face.

They were petting us and laughing WIF us not at US and Maggie was screaming and barking and drooling and screaming...you know being her usual unsociable self...and Stellie Rose was smiling up at them wif her big ole eyes and FINALLY Dad stepped outside to check to see what the &%# is going on...lots of HBO words...the guys said wesa were really cute and asked him what kind of dogs we are????   WELL stooopids we are pugs and get out of our yard, Yeah Maggie said that to them. 

Dad talked to them about us for awhile and they were all petting me and Stellie Rose.  By now Maggie had went into HIGH alert and DAD had to put her in the house so he could talk.  I asked them if they need any help out on their road crew, and that I was really good at signing autographs for their womens.

FINALLY Dad tole's me we needed to go back in the house cos Mom was on her ways home from work.  When Mom got home he TOLD on us for being TOO friendly to strangers EXCEPT Maggie of course.  Mom had a long talk wif us about people coming into our yard and to nevers go anywhere wif anyone but her and Dad.  I pouted most of the night cos I faught living on the road would have been fun!! 

Then I remembered Easter was coming up and I knew I would get a basket wif presents in it so I decided I better stay here wif my Momma.....cos I loves her A LOT!!!

Angus McConnell

MAD!

FURSt hers was late getting home on Friday night from work cos hers has to go get groceries.  WE hate when ours mom is late.

THEN WESA really  mad at ours mom cos her fibbed about bring baby bean down to play wif us.....we waited and waited and hers didn't show up and hers didn't call us to tell us hers wasn't coming.  Instead they went to the park and played ALL day at Bean's house.

Here is Bean trying to climb the wall at the park.  Mom says it was very warm and windy.  We ignored her when she showed us the pictures.

Bean in the play house.  We are still IGNORING her.

Bean running away from OUR mom!

So THEN hers didn't get home until 7:30 that night, all tired out.....I laid on her head, Stellie on her shoulder and Mags on her legs.  We Figured that way she won't FORGET about us.  Mean ole cat Dietzy was yowling in the hallway. 

On Sunday when Mom could haf takin US for a long walk it rained and stormed and today it is cold and spitting snow.  No Walks still MAD!

Angus McConnell

Advice From Angel Brudder Sammy J. Simpson

This is Sammy J. Simpson

He is my real  angel brudder.  We shared parents. He is nicer and happier than he looks.  He was borned before me.  He lives at the rainbow bridge and often he sends me telepathic instructions on my behavior like.....

1. Chase Stella Rose around the room and try to bite her back leg.  Well Sammer that just doesn't work out cos hers don't run to well anymore...like hers hits the recliner when I chase her and I haf to go on time out.  That was a bad plan angel brudder.

2. Chase Mean Ole Cat Dietzman around the room and try to pounce on him.  Well Sammer that just doesn't work out so great either for me, cos he hisses and tries to scratch my's eyes out, and Mommy gets mad at me cos hes old and need protection from me.  I have to go to time out again.

I may haf to rethink listening to Angel Brudder telepathic messages for awhile...Isa sick of time out.

Brudder Sammer toles me also that big ole boy Gilly is sitting right there beside him and Angel sister Trudie, and they feel all our love for them up there on the bridge.  Sammy says sometimes life works out in ways that those humans don't like but there is always a reason that it does.  Figuring out the reason though is the hard part.  Us pugs and little bulldogs don't really worry about "reasons"...we worry about only the now things like love, and food, and treats, and toys, and love and food.......

P.S. Tomorrow my momma is gonna go play with Baby Bean from 6 am until 7 pm...she said she was even gonna bring her to my house to play wif me for awhile  whoohooo.....hers is 16 months old now.

She is having a picnic with Bear at my big sister's Kylei's house in this picture.

Have a good weekend friends.....Mom can I get off of time out now?????????
Angus McConnell Long

We like this picture of Maggie and Me.  And Dad.

And Stella.

Thank you for all your kind comments yesterday, cos my Momma's heart has been hurting.  We could tell everyone understood how bad she felt and we agreed with your comments.  In a perfect world nothing  like that basement would exist.  We are far from perfect but we all do the best that we can. 
Have a great Thursday.
Stella Rose, Margaret Mae and Angus McConnell

Dear Gilly

Dear Gilly:
Sometimes I wake up late at night and think about you.  I wonder if you have a blanket to keep you warm and a friend to snuggle with.  I can't get back to sleep once I have your picture in my mind so I try to figure out a way that I can bring you to my house to live.  Sometimes I contemplate just kicking that shitty door down and grabbing you up in my arms and running for the car.  Instead I do nothing.

Then, another few weeks go by and I wake up again, and your face runs across my heart once again.  I tell myself that one person can only do so much, and after all I have three pugs that I brought home from that terrible place.  I am TRYING to make life better in the small ways that I can.  Its not enough though is it Gilly cos you are still down there, in the ONLY place you have ever known.  My heart is cracking all around the edges, ....I have no plans that will work.

UNTIL last week when your horrible keeper stopped by the office and I pretended to be nice cos I know it is the only way that I can help who I can.  I pretend to not feel all those bad feelings about her that I do. 

I took a deep breath and I said, " I want you to give me Gilly.  I lay awake at night and worry about him, I want him to be able to feel grass and love.  I want me to live at my house."  I am shocked the words came out of my mouth cos our house is in turmoil and the last thing we need is a rescued stunted midget blind bulldog who is at least 100 years old.  I look her in the face and tell her, "I have always wanted him, from the first time I saw him almost 4 years ago.  I was afraid to ask you cos I know you like him also."     I choked on those words..."she likes him" .....

The mill person told me I could have gotten him at anytime if I would have asked.  ALL I had to do was to tell her.  I was stunned, and images of sweet Gilly running around our yard with the pugs filled my head.  Images of a divorce from Butch filled my head too...lol.....but I knew he would love Gilly also.  My heart was racing and I was hugging and kissing that sweet face of yours in my mind.

BUT then she told me that Gilly had went to the rainbow bridge about a month ago.  This winter had been hard on him in that horrible dark insane basement where he had always lived.  I couldn't help myself but I started to cry, and the mill person was so surprised she told me she could always get me an old small bulldog from any of her horrible mill friend.  They are not hard to find, they are USELESS.  Then she left.

I am so sorry sweet boy, that I waited, that I doubted myself, that I didn't think I was strong enough to bring you home, that I didn't trust my heart.  

I promise you that one day soon Gilly I will do something wonderful just for you...just for you.
Run free Sweetie.
Deb

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 

this is the blankie that momma crocheted for Makenna for her birthday.  Momma said she wanted to give her something that she could keep and always fink of her.  Dad said to bad we couldn't eat what momma crocheted...whatever that stooped comment meant.

Stella Rose

THE SICKIES

OUR Mom has been sick folks.  Sick and crabby.  Dad says crabby and wesa say sick cos we are smarter than hims is.  FURST hers got a bad cough, then hers got a big fever and a bad cough and then hers had a cough cough cough and fever and a baby elephant on hers chest. 

Hers missed work on Friday and slept the whole weekend away.  Now hers is back to work but still not feeling 100% better....we are going to catch up on all your blogs ....we missed you.
Gussie

More importantly last week was my gotcha week...can you believes I now has my momma and daddy and girls for one year....
first I was this

One Year Ago

 

 

And now I am this:

 



WEATHER UPDATE

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAY

Today - Light Rain

Hi 70° | Low 36°

Cloudy skies on Thursday with a 70% chance of showers/storms. Some could be strong to severe. Warmer with highs near 70 degrees.

Tonight - Light Rain

Partly cloudy skies on Thursday night with a 80% chance of showers/storms/snow. Overnight lows near 36 degrees.


FRIDAY

Rain/Snow Mix

Hi 43° | Low 27°

Mostly cloudy skies with a 30% chance of rain/snow mix on Friday. Colder with highs topping out near 43 degrees. Strong winds from the WNW 25-30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.



WELL PLAYED MOTHER NATURE WELL PLAYED.
ANGUS MCCONNELL LONG

OUR WALK

So Mom decides to change it up a little last night and she took me and Gussie for a walk together and left Maggie at home.  She wants to tell you about her observations and see what you all think of it.  Okay, so me and Gussie go to the fairgrounds.  Gussie is probably somewhat confused cos he has only ever walked with Maggie and I walk by myself.

Because I don't see well at all I walk different from Gussie.  He couldn't figure it out for awhile and I couldn't figure out why he kept following me so closely.  Mom had us on the same two dog lead.  Mom also was a little confused as to the path that I walk.  She finally ended up calling it Stella's Maze cos she said that is what she felt like walking me.  Turn right, turn left, go back three steps, turn right, no relaxing walk with me that was for sure.  But one thing Mom did notice is the longer we maze walked the more confident I and Gussie got with each other.  She also noticed that whenever she asked Gus to sit  and wait he did, he listened pretty well and of course I was on a journey all my own.  We were out there about 30 minutes and then it was time to go home.  I laid down and refused to walk to the car so Mom had to carry me, just like a angry toddler that didn't want to leave the park...bahahhahaha

THEN it was Maggie's turn to walk all by herself with MOM.  Maggie was so excited when she saw us come back home, and MOM get out her vest.  She listened well when Mom was helping her get dressed BUT she turned her listening ears OFF when they arrived out to the fairgrounds.  Mom told her to sit before they started their walk and Maggie said NO!  Mom told her again, and Maggie said NO and kept trying to get the walk started.  Mom told me later all she could think of was CRAP CRAP CRAP now I don't know what to do.....so they started the walk!!!   Later, she realized she probably should have waited her out and just made her actually sit ....what do you think?   Also she had Maggie on a long lead so Maggie was walking ahead of Mom.  Do you think she should have had Mags on a short lead and made her walk right beside our Mom?  Several times, Mom would quit walking and tell Maggie to sit and Maggie just stuck her tongue out at Mom and said NO!!!  They walked for about 30 min. and went home.  When they got back on the porch and Mom started to take Mags vest off , Mom told her to SIT and Maggie SIT.

Gussie and I were rolling all over the floor laughing cos Maggie thinks she is in charge of OUR Mom and US.  Mom is gonna have to work real hard isn't she.  

Happy Birthday also, to our pal Mollie, we hope she has a wonderful wonderful day....we bet she listens to hers MOMMA!!
Stella Rose

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKENNA

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl.  This is MaKenna Ryan Dee Elam she is nine years old today.  She is my Mom's FIRST granddaughter.  First my Mom had four grandsons and then MaKenna's daddy went to Iraq and my big sister Kylei found out she was having a little girl....whoooooweeeee....my Momma and Daddy were soooooooooo happy!!!  Oh they loved all those grandsons, but a real granddaughter ...wow!!!!!

Makenna's mommy was happy cos hers had two little boys so a little girl would just make it even more special.  So while Makenna's daddy was doing his hard job for us, Makenna just waited patiently safe and sound in her momma's tummy.  She grew and she grew and she grew.

Then one day she heard her Daddy was gonna get to come home and visit everyone.  Her momma was excited, Micah and Marcus, (her brothers) were excited,  her grandma (who she already loved 100 times over) was excited, her Pappa was excited, the whole world was excited, but the person the most excited was Makenna.  So she started planning....and planning...and waiting.....

On March 30th  her Momma, her brothers and  her Grandma drove to the airport and picked up her Daddy!  Oh what a homecoming.  There were hugs and tears and more hugs.  Makenna's brothers were so excited to see their daddy!!!   Makenna knew everything was going just as she had planned.

Makenna had a special way of letting her Momma know she was all ready to meet her Daddy for the first time and finally the day had come.  Daddy and Momma went to the hospital on March 31st and on April 1st Makenna was held for the first time in her Daddy's arms.  What a special day it was for everyone!!   We know the angels danced on the day she was born. 

My momma is going to do another post later this week about what her and Makenna did over the weekend for her birthday.   Sometimes in our life though with every happy there is also a sad, because this will be Makenna's first birthday without her Grandma Terri.  I am going to tell Makenna that I want her to know that NOW Grandma Terri is right up there with those dancing angels doing her very own dance just for her MaKenna.....Happy Birthday Kenna Bear.

Stella Rose, Margaret Mae and Angus McConnell

THANK YOU

Today I am doing two posts.  First I wanted to tell you thank you for all your positive comments and support.  I had a long talk with myself and as I told a friend yesterday if I can raise three teenage daughters all at the same time (and one bathroom) I can raise three pugs all at the same time.  I just have to get a grip and be the parent.  Last night I worked hard on not letting them be in charge.

I was working on my granddaughters blanket and I let Stella lay beside me on the couch but Maggie and Gussie had to lay in the chair. My plan is to make Maggie understand STella is the dominant female BUT I am the one and only, in charge. Gussie was pretty mad about not being able to do what he wanted.  He kept jumping up on the couch and I kept putting him down and telling him No...finally he realized Mom was talking!!  Once I was done with the blanket and everything was cleared away, I let them come up but only after they SIT like I asked them to do.   I will not be offended if you let me know I am doing something wrong.

I think most of the problem is my fault and how I have always babied them.  It has always been a little battle in my heart but it sure has created some issues.  I agree with all of you about not sending one of the girls to live elsewhere.  That was never anything that I would have done.  The problem had not gotten to the point of that extreme.  I think the trainer was just telling me that was always an option.  I explained to her it was not.  I know we all have to unlearn some behaviors.  It will be just fine.

If you run across an article or someone you know who has went through similar things I would welcome any information.  I will let you all know how it is going, cos families need each other, and I will always consider you all my family.
DEB