The Fisherdog

So, last night I took 2 freezer burnt whole Salmon out of the freezer, baked them, chopped them up, mixed up their dinner with some and fed them. I left the other pieces to cool on the counter. ( It was going to be added to the dogs kibble during the week. )

The phone rang, well hello Denise! We chatted for a bit, got updated in each others lives, laughed, it was a nice 1 hour or so chat. Always great to hear from her.

I go to the kitchen to put the cooled salmon in the fridge and..... where the fuckity fuck fuck is the fucking salmon???

I know for a fact Watcher isn't the thief. It isn't in him to do that because a few years back when he was a counter surfer/grazer I set up a few mouse traps on the counter, which scared the poop outta' him. So, he was out of the equation. Ticket? Nah, she wouldn't do that...would she? She does love salmon though,and months ago did snatch a bag of cinnamon buns off the counter. Frankie? He was the one I stared at accusingly. He's the sneaky one here. But, no proof.

I figured whomever had all that fish in their stomach would get the shits at some point and then I'd know for sure.

3:30 this morning Frankie jumped on my bed whiningwhiningwhining, ran to the back door and valiantly tried to open the door. ( if he had thumbs, he would have opened it ) I snickered because I now know that he is the fish thief. The little dick. I stood at the door and waited. And heard the most disgusting sounds ever. That salmon poured out of him. I chuckled and for an instant thought, "well, he'll never do that again". But immediately resigned myself to the fact that he will never equate eating that scrumptious salmon with having an upset stomach and the shits.

But, still I laughed. Because I'm like that. I'm mean.

The lesson was for me to nevernevernever leave salmon that close to the edge of the counter.

And to go buy some more mouse traps

Lost German Shepherd Dog missing for 9 years, found!

This will make your heart smile!!

PORT ST. LUCIE — A lot has happened to the Geary family since their German shepherd, Astro, became missing from their Port St. Lucie home nine years ago. They moved three times and ended up in Louisville, Ky.

The family members were shocked when they got a call from an animal control officer about three weeks ago in Tennessee telling them they’d found Astro.

“It’s still a real shock that he is actually here,” said Linda Geary about having their dog back. “We are getting use to the fact that we don’t know where he has been or who had him, but he’s our dog and has always been our dog.”

About nine years earlier, Linda’s husband Dennis and his stepdaughter went to the Treasure Coast Humane Society in Palm City to adopt a dog, Dennis Geary said.

That day, they left with Astro – a black and off-white German shepherd that weighed about 80 pounds.

A month later, Astro was missing. The Geary family posted signs and called shelters but never found the dog. After a year, they adopted a new dog.

Then, on Jan. 29, an animal control officer in Montgomery County, Tenn., picked up Astro after complaints of a German shepherd running loose in a neighborhood in St. Bethlehem, Tenn.

Animal control officers tracked down Dennis Geary through a microchip implanted when he adopted the dog from the Treasure Coast Humane Society. Officers went online to locate Dennis Geary and found two names with Florida connections to call, one at the Louisville address and the other a Tennessee farmer who said the dog wasn’t his.

The officers left a message on the Gearys’ answering machine the first week in February.

Once Dennis Geary called animal control back and hung up the phone, he looked at his wife, picked up the phone, called animal control back and said, “I’m going to bring him (Astro) home.”

That following weekend, Dennis Geary and his stepson made the three-hour drive to Tennessee.

“I didn’t know what to think,” he said. “I was still in shock. I was excited but apprehensive because I didn’t think he was going to remember me and I didn’t know how he was going to respond.”

When the two members of the Geary family arrived at the shelter and staff brought out Astro, the reunion was sweet and wet.

“They brought him out and he just sat down and licked both me and my oldest stepson,” he said. “He was like, where have you been?”

It has been three weeks now since the Gearys have had Astro home.

“It’s just amazing,” Linda Geary said.

Throughout the nine years Dennis Geary said he never forgot Astro. He still has he dog’s picture in his wallet from when he first adopted him nine years ago in Port St. Lucie.

Thisa and Thata

Lose something???










Don't touch my bone

Cowboy Boot Wind Chime, Stuff, and the Fruitcake Lady

Wind chimes....'Ya either love them, or hate them. I love them.

I came across a funky little store and had to have this one. Seriously had to have it! Why not combine my lust admiration for cowboys and love of wind chimes!


So I started image searching for different/odd/unique wind chimes.





K, this next one is just plain wrong.





Frank is completely and utterly in love with being brushed. He almost salivates with joy when he sees me pull out the brushes. Yipping like a wee Chihuahua, dancing in a circle. If I as much as dare to brush one of the others, he sidles right in between until the brush is brushing him. Brat. It's sooo bad, I have to put him outside when the others are being groomed.

I also have to put all the brushes up high where he can't reach them. He loves the brushes soooo much, he eats them. Or, pieces of them anyway. He reminds me of Ruger with his own obsession. Which was the ball-chucker. Ruger lovingly chewed to death 2 of them. Odd dogs.

I was cleaning out folders, and came across some photos I took on a trip to Winfield to visit my Mum last April.This first photo is my new house and vineyard overlooking Okanagan Lake.


I jest. This is my new house. ( not really but one can imagine ) I like to sit here and watch for Ogopogo


This next photo has to be the most ridiculous billboard I have ever seen. I sneered at it driving by.


Beautiful Deer



Fruitcake Lady will have you giggling and belly laughing out loud. Fruitcake Lady

We had a pretty good day here. Did some gardening....pulled dead plants, weeded, was sad to see my Rose bush may not make it another year, scooped poop, fed the birds, chased dogs, was chased by dogs, threw the ball till my arm went flying through the air with the 147 zillionth toss, watched Big Love, The L Word and United States of Tara ( lovelovelove those shows ), took Watcher, Frankie and Ticket on individual runs out back in the railyard then on a pack run.

I'm pooped, my dogs are pooped, and we are all dirty. It was a good day.

Hope yours' was as well!

Don't spread germs!

These past few months of idleness/unemployment have made me a serious slouch.

Sometimes I enjoy my slouchiness, and other times I am itching to be back amongst the human element. But I bet that will only last for the first 2.5 minutes of my return to work. I much prefer the company of my dogs.

But outgoing funds are not matching up with incoming funds, so when I get the call back to work, I'll be happy in that respect. And there are a few people at work who's camaraderie I miss.

Yesterday I was at the post office picking up mail ( small town, no door to door delivery ) and as usual ran into a few people and stopped to chat for a bit. Woke up this morning all stuffy and sneezing. One of those people I chatted with are spreading cold germs. Bastard! I hate having a cold. I usually ride it out without medication, eat lots of garlic and fruit and in 2 days I am better, so I hope it goes that way this time too. I have Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on dvd to watch tonight...that always makes me feel better.

Here's some photos that made me chuckle, hope they do for you too!


Before marriage...


After marriage....(hehehehe! )



Gay Pride...




Okay, okay....that last one was mean, but c'mon....didn't you laugh? Just a little?

French Onion Soup

For dinner last night I tried a new recipe for French Onion Soup. And let me tell you, it was the most delicious bowl of soup ever. Seriously. Ever.

And I did a bad thing. (for me anyway ) I have been really good about not eating any animal meat, but for this recipe I needed chicken and beef broth. Oh I am sooo going to hell. But I'll be smiling!

You can find the recipe HERE. That link will take you to The Pioneer Woman.com. I visit her blog every day, very entertaining website. It's not just cooking there, it's photography tips, photoshop tips, gardening, home schooling, lottsa stuff. Her tagline is "Plowing through life in the country, one calf nut at a time". That line alone should make you want to go to her site! *giggling here*

I had a few crying jags yesterday, thinking about Jack. Woke up puffy eyed and tired. And with a wet face from the good morning face washes from Watcher, Frankie and Ticket. Nuttin' better than dog kisses first thing in the am.

The sky is a pretty blue and the sun is shining. I should take the dogs for a good romp in this humongous field I came across last year. After I have a leftover bowlof French Onion Soup that is!

Hope it's sunny where you are, and alls' right with your world.