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My happy puppy

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My dog is extremely happy this evening. Last weekend when we were at the pet store we bought her one of those huge bones – I think they’re called Mammoth bones and we just gave it to her.

Midnight is lying on her dog bed happily eating away at the bone. she stands up every once in a while to scrape parts of the bone with her paw. I think she’s trying to scrape off some of the tissue that’s still on the bone. I’m sure within an hour she’ll have any tissue and baked on flavor off the bone.

I love seeing her so happy. Every once in a while her tail just starts wagging as she gnaws on the bone. Yep – she’s one happy puppy!





Bird of prey in my backyard

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I live in a large city, not too far from down town, but I still get a lot of wildlife in my yard. Perhaps it’s because I have a mature garden in my backyard.

Over the years since I first landscaped my backyard and planted all of my plants I’ve gradually seen more and more birds come into my garden year after year. Everything from Cardinals to Blue Jays frequent my garden regularly, and Hummingbirds visit throughout the summer.

Earlier today I saw something that I don’t normally see in my backyard. I saw a hawk of some kind. It might even have been a Peregrine Falcon. I ran inside the house to get my Nikon binoculars so I could get a better look but by the time I got back to the backyard the bird was gone.

Whatever the bird of prey was, it was pretty big! It was sitting on top of the electric pole in the corner of my backyard – perhaps looking for mice?

Do you ever see wildlife or unusual birds in your backyard?

Waiting for our dinner to be delivered

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My husband and I are treating ourselves tonight.

We’ve been on a very tight budget since we got a new car in August. Finally … things are looking a “little” better. Not great, but we have a little breathing room.

So we’re doing something we having done in months – we’re ordering food in for dinner. Swiss Chalet. Mmmmm. I can’t wait until the delivery guy gets here with our chicken dinners.

The last time we ordered in from this restaurant the guy had something that looked like a barcode scanner that he used on our debit card. It was kind of cool. We’re paying cash this time though so I probably won’t see that gadget this evening.

Do you eat out, get take out or get food delivered to your home very often? If so, how often?

A girls weekend

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Since I’m on my own this weekend I think I’ve come up with a plan to keep me busy and put some fun in my weekend.

I’m going to call up a few of my friends and see if they’d like to get together for a girls day and maybe night out.

We’ve always talked about getting together and hitting a spa – maybe for facials. I think tomorrow would be a great day to do something like that, provided we can get appointments, that is. Then, maybe a trip to Yorkville to wander through some of the high end shops.

I can’t really afford to buy any of the items that I might see in Yorkville, but I do like looking at the designer clothes and Prada handbags and other fancy items.

Then, depending upon how much free times my friends have, maybe we’ll go out for dinner and then go to a dance club.

We haven’t gotten together for a girls day and or night for quite a while so I’m pretty sure my friends will be interested. I’d better stop writing and get on the phone to see if they’re free tomorrow!

Now I feel better – hopefully this will work out and my weekend will end up being fantastic.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Weekend plans totally changed – grrrr

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It looks like I’m going to be on my own this weekend and possibly for a few days next week too.

That’s not the way the weekend was planned originally though …

A friend of my husbands older brother is having this big party on Saturday for his 30th wedding anniversary. He rented a boat to hold the party on in the Muskoka region. Even though the main party is Saturday night it’s pretty much a whole weekend thing since several old friends will be getting together for the first time in several years. I guess it’s kind of like a reunion.

Anyway … Chris brother is driving up today from Chicago and he rented hotel rooms for Chris and I and himself and his son. Unfortunately the hotel isn’t dog friendly so we can’t bring our Lab with us. We also can’t find anyone willing to look after her this weekend since it’s a long weekend here in Canada.

On top of that we were supposed to go to my husband sisters “cottage” (really a trailer in a trailer park in the middle of nowhere) on Sunday through to Tuesday or Wednesday. However, now she’s saying we can’t bring our dog because her husband is allergic to dogs.

She did suggest that we keep our dog outside all the time, but our dog is a “house’ dog and she’s never stayed outside all night so I’m sure she’d be barking her head off. Plus she’s in heat and being up in the middle of nowhere I’d also be worried about coyotes and other wild animals.

So … that means one of us has to stay home to take care of our dog. Of course it’s me …

I was really looking forward to getting out of town for a few days and of course going to the party on Saturday night. I guess Midnight and I will have to have our own Party.

Chris is going to take off early tomorrow morning so I’m going to help him pack tonight. Yeah, he could pack on his own, but I’ve been on trips with him where he forgot t-shirts and once he even forgot to pack underwear .. so uhm .. I think I’ll help him make sure he’s got everything he needs. LOL

The party tomorrow night is formal so I’ll have to pack up a suit and one or two of Chris’ designer ties. Geez … I even had a dress already to go for this party.

If we didn’t have a dog or if we had a reliable pet sitter our plans wouldn’t have been thrown such a curve ball.

Do you have pets? Do you ever have to change your plans because of pet related complications?

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