A New Puppy!

I used to have four pets but lost a dog and a bunny to cancer this year.  I'm sad that they're gone but glad I've had less responsibility.  Well, all that changed on Sunday night!  I was out jogging with my neighbor's dog, Miss B, and I always take her to a big park in our town so I can turn her loose to run around and explore.  As we were heading toward our exploring area, suddenly right in front of us was a little black puppy.  He was hopping around on three legs and looked like he'd hurt his front left leg.  I picked him up so that Miss B wouldn't scare him and he just settled into my arms as if he belonged there.  I asked around if he was anyone's dog and of course he wasn't. Someone had most likely dumped him there! That makes me so mad!!!  I couldn't bear to leave him there with a hurt leg so home with me he went.

The next day I took him to the vet and after an x-ray they discovered he had a broken leg. Both lower bones!!! Poor little guy.  He hadn't whimpered one little bit when they were doing an exam.

Originally my plan was to find him a home, but after taking care of him and getting his leg set and all that I have decided that he was meant to be mine!  My friend Lisa says that my dog Pepper sent him to me.  Maybe that's how his leg got broken...he landed wrong when he fell from heaven! Ha  I've named him Buddy.

Here he is riding home from the vet after spending the night and getting his leg set and splinted.

We are all adjusting to a baby in the house.  My dog, Frances and my cat, Winky are not too thrilled. They're both old and don't have time for a rambunctious toddler.  Hopefully, after a week or two they'll all adjust and it'll be business as usual.  Luckily, the neighbor's cat Fidget (who hangs out on my porch about 23 hours out of the day) is very friendly and playful. He and Buddy have been doing some wrestling in the yard.

So here I go into pet ownership again!  This is my first official puppy since I got my other two dogs after they were grown. I'm really a cat person, but I keep ending up with dogs for some reason. Oh well, I think this was meant to be! :-)

Sacked out after a bit of rough housing.

 Deciding that his new kennel is a pretty nice place to take a nap.

 Curled up in a cat bed I happened to have in the basement.

 Chewing and chewing and chewing!!!

Hello!

Well, I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged. It doesn't feel like that much time has gone by.  I have been busy working on sanding and painting my kitchen cabinets.  They needed a fresh coat and whoever painted them before didn't sand the finish off the original wood so that paint wasn't sticking well. It peeled off almost like a sunburn. I think this time around it's going to stay.

Here are a few photos. My kitchen is only about five and a half feet wide and about 15 feet long. And I turned the far end into a laundry room. It's very compact and cute and I love it!  On the cabinet doors, I still have to add some trim to cover the seam between the yellow beadboard and the white part of the doors but I might put that on the back burner for a bit. I have other priorities right now. I'm just happy that I've made this much progress.

Today I went to the rest home to give my dad a haircut. He was in the most smiley mood. It was really cute.  His wheelchair is one of those geri-chairs that is sort of reclined.  Mom and I sat him up straight for his haircut and we think he was liking just being able to sit in a new position and have a different view of things around him.

Here he is right after his haircut. CUTE!

And here he is telling Mom something....it's not making any sense but it was still sweet.

And here he is with me.  He had started to lean to the side in his chair. That's one of the reasons we don't leave him sitting upright....he doesn't stay upright for very long!

So, after we got done there, Mom and I went to her house so she could have a haircut, too. Then we each had some corn on the cob and a piece of cheesecake! That's my kind of Fourth of July.

Last night though....was a dream come true for me.  I got to go to the Steve Miller Band concert at the Downstream Casino here in southwest Missouri (Northwest Oklahoma.)  HE WAS AMAZING. What a talented guitarist. And his voice was spot on....I was blown away.  It was such a wonderful concert.  I went with a friend named Terri and we just sat on a blanket on the hillside.  After the concert, they had a fireworks display set to music and that was also impressive.  The weather was great....very cool, surprisingly. I had prepared to be sweltering and I ended up shivering a bit.  It was very cloudy and threatening rain, but no rain.  During the fireworks we saw plenty of lightning in the distance and it was funny to hear the crowd ooo-ing and ahhh-ing at the lightning more than the fireworks!

It wasn't until we stopped for an after concert snack at Applebee's that we had a little downpour.  Perfect evening all around!
Here's the concert stage taken from my phone. haaaa

And here is Terri and me posing for the camera on my phone, forgetting that it was dark out and I didn't have a flash! Doh.  I'm the one on the right.  When I shot the photo, I turned my phone around so we could see and we both burst out laughing.  Thanks to Photoshop I was able to get this much detail because on my phone it was completely black!