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Every thing is new to our puppy

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We’ve been having a lot of fun with our puppy.

It seems she was raised in a barn so just about everything within our home is new to her.

The poor thing didn’t even know how to climb stairs – even short two step ones, until she got here. I was fine with that though because the stairs inside our house are hardwood and I think they might be quite slippery for her, plus the stairway is open along one side so there’s literally a risk of falling off them.

My husband has been teaching her to climb the stairs outside the house. I didn’t know he was doing that, but she can now climb the front and back stairs!

And now she can climb the stairs within our house too!

Last night when Chris went to bed she headed for the stairs and ran halfway up them before she realized what she was doing. Then she got nervous and stopped. Since I think our stairs are a hazard for her I’m going to have to find a way to block them off. With only one stairway wall though we can’t even put a baby gate at the bottom though, so I’m thinking of putting some boxes on the stairs to block her way.

Now, I was saying that everything is new to her. For example, I don’t think she’d ever heard a radio, seen a television set, or heard a phone ring. It’s been fun to watch her reactions to them. They don’t scare her at all, but she’ll occasionally bark at the TV. I think she thinks the people on it are really in the room. I’m sure it doesn’t help that we have a large screen television set so the people are fairly large.

She’s obviously never been around microwave ovens either. She turns her head from side to side when the microwave is on listening to the hum and trying to figure out what it is. Then when the timer goes off and the microwave dings she barks. I can’t figure that out since she doesn’t bark at the phone when it rings.

I think she’ll have been exposed to just about everything in our home that moves or makes a sound soon and then she won’t have these funny reactions anymore, but it sure is fun to watch her.





Pretty pink Astilbe

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Wordless Wednesday

Astilbe

Yes I know I’m behind.

It’s Thursday and this is my Wordless Wednesday (not so wordless) post! Oh well.

I love Astilbe when it flowers.

I’m not that enthused with it when it’s not flowering as it’s just a small clump of green leaves. However, when those shoots come up out of the leaves and flowers form I think Astilbe is quite a pretty plant.

Stay warm this winter in a plush robe

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I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite things about waking up each morning is getting up and putting on my bathrobe and relaxing with a cup of coffee.

These days the house is kind of chilly in the morning. Especially upstairs. So the faster I can get that robe on when I get up the better.

p-chenille.gifI have a few bath Robes but the one I like best at this time of year is a plush bathrobe very similar to the one pictured on the right. It’s made out of Chenille Microfiber and it just seems to soak up the heat from my body and radiate it back to me. The material is really soft too. Exceptionally soft, so it’s a pleasure to wear.

My Chenille Microfiber robe is a shortie. I noticed that the microfiber robes at Plush Robes are all long ones. I’d actually be quite happy to have a long one. Perhaps I’ll get myself another sometime soon.

If you’ve been thinking about getting a new bath robe you might want to visit Plush Robes. They have a wide selection of Bathrobes to choose from in a variety of styles and materials.

There are Terry Robes, Chenille Microfiber robes, Kimono style robes, waffle robes, hooded terry robes, Asian silk robes, and even a Leopard Doeskin Microfiber Robe.

One thing that I like about Plush Robes is that when you purchase one of their Bath Robes you have the option to personalize it with a name (15 letters max) or initials. If you were giving a bath robe as a gift being able to personalize it would be a nice added touch. Another reason to Personalized robes might be if you were purchasing robes for a couple or for a family. It would make it easier to tell who is who’s when the robes come out of the dryer.

There’s another benefit to buying a robe at Plush Robes. If you were buying a robe for someone as a gift and having it sent to their address you could also request that a greeting card be sent with the robe. Plush Robe offers this service free of charge. You can choose between cards for Birthdays, Holidays, Anniversary, Valentine’s Day, Weddings, Graduation, Get Well, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

If you decide to buy a robe from Plush Robes you’ll be pleased to know that they also offer free shipping. Also, if you order by 4 pm pacific time your order will be shipped out that day. You could have your new robe within 3 business days!

Visit the Plush Robes site for yourself and take a look at their selection of bath robes.

My puppy is a chewing maniac!

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Our new puppy has me so exhausted. Did you know that Lab pups are totally orally fixated? Chew chew chew … often on my hands. If anyone knows how to encourage a lab puppy to NOT chew on their owners hands I’d appreciate some tips.

My hands are starting to look pretty raw between the scratches, small punctures and from going outside in the cold so often.

I think Midnight is part parana fish! I distract her with her toys or a towel that I’m allowing her to lie on and chew but she loves my hands just as much as she does her toys.

I know puppies are going through teething from about three months of age until 6 months so the chewing during this period will probably be more frequent than when she’s older, but I’ve got to get her to stop chewing on me.

And I’m so tired! She’s a ball of activity. I’m trying to pace out her activities between being in her crate, going outside and having play time in the living room but it’s exhausting. So exhausting in fact that it seems that I keep forgetting to take my own medications! Skipping meds when you have Crohns is not a good thing so you can imagine how awful I’m starting to feel.

Our pup lived in a barn with her siblings. She was visited by the family and their kids a few times each day, but I think that because she wasn’t actually living inside with the family she’s behind in her training. She should know more words/commands than she does. At least that’s what I think! So we’ve got to work really hard to get her to understand what she can and can’t do and what certain words mean.

I’m so tired.

Great deals on electronics at TechBargains

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The holidays will be here soon and if you are like me you’ve started to shop and you’re probably watching for sales and bargains so that you can get some great gifts for your family and friends.

You might want to check out Techbargains.com. They have all kinds of deals on electronics such as HDTVs, GPS systems, cheap digital camera, iPods, LCD displays, Notebooks, cell phones and many other products that would make ideal gifts.

TechBargains has exclusive deals coming out all the time. If you really want to get a bargain it would be in your best interest to sign up for their email deal alert which you can customize to fit your interests. By this I mean that when you sign up for email deal alerts you can add keywords or pick a specific category and when deals come up for products in those categories or that match your keywords you’ll get an alert.

There’s also an email newsletter each week that highlights the best deals of the week.

Other ways to keep an eye on deals and bargains at TechBargains would be to subscribe to their RSS feed or visit their webpage using your mobile phone. You can even sign up for their mobile RSS feed if you prefer to use your cellphone to keep track of potential deals on great tech products.

I like that the site is constantly updated. They even do updates on weekends and holidays so no matter when you check the site you can find some new bargains.

I found that the site is very easy to use. You can navigate easily by using the tabs at the top of each page. For example if you wanted to check to see if there were any coupon deals for Dell products you could just click on the coupons tab and then select Dell at the top of the page. Otherwise you could just scan through the whole list of coupons to possibly find a discount on an item that you want to purchase.

There’s also a tab for rebates. I love rebates. Sometimes you can get quite a discount on an item that has a rebate coupon.

There are thousands of items listed at Techbargains. Once you find an item that you want to buy you can read the product descriptions and even do product comparisons. I think you’ll find Techbargains quite helpful as you shop for holiday gifts for your loved ones this year.

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