Wordless Wednesday

So Much to Do

We are sorry we haven't posted much lately but February has been a busy month for us.

Not that we have had anything special going on, but as Sadie puts it " Did we do something to make Mother Nature mad at us ?"

We have had a few winter storms, but from two of the storms we have had over three feet of snow and Sadie's grandparents live in a higher elevation and they have had about four feet of snow with some pretty high snow drifts so there was a lot of shoveling going on here.

But what has been keeping Sadie, Momo and Maxx so busy is that their dad and I have been sick, which meant that we were trying to rest a lot and they felt the need to cuddle a lot to make us feel better.

The good news is that all the cuddling worked and Their dad and I are stating to feel a bit better, and the snow is starting to melt too.

One thing Sadie and Maxx didn't care for other than the snow, is that February is the month that they have their annual check up at the vet's office.

Sadie went first and the vet said she is really looks good but she was due for a shot, the vet was really quick when giving her the shot and let her stand up on her back legs and give me a hug while she tried to hide her face in my hair.

Sadie said " Being held by me when she got her shot made the hole thing a little better ."

Maxx went second and is in good heath to but needed to get two shots, the vet let me hold her to when she got her shots.

Our vet was pleased to see Maxx's O.C.D. seems to be under control a bit to, although there is some signs on her belly that show she has been licking it to much, she still has a lot of fur left on it.

Usually Maxx starts to lick all the hair off her belly and back legs when the leaves start to fall off the trees and she usually get worse when she sees the snow falling.

Maxx says " She doesn't like see things falling from the sky."

But even with all the snow we have had, she still has hair on her belly, we thing having The Mo Man around is helping her with her O.C.D.

Mo says " he is happy to help."

Our vet said that usually a cat with O.C.D. doesn't do well when you bring another cat into the house, but Maxx seems to be doing better with Momo around.

The Snow

This is cousin Jack in the snow at his house yesterday morning about 7:00 in the AM.

Jack is such a trooper, he doesn't let little things like snow bother him even though he's not a fan of it either.

But then there are snow storms like the one we had yesterday, we know places to our south have been getting hammered with snow this year.

But we got over a foot of snow in our back yard and some places in our area got over 2 feet with in less that a 24 hour period, it was snowing at a rate of over two inches an hour most of the day here.

Our local news stations have dubbed this storm February Furry and at sometimes referred to it as a blizzard.

We had a lot of roads closed yesterday like interstate 81 was closed from the interstate 80 junction (which is by Jack's house) to the Maryland boarder until sometime last night,so how is a small dog suppose to get around if the humans can't even get around.

We are sure all the ski resorts in the area were happy with the snow once the roads were opened, but we are just saying when your legs are only three inches long its hard to get around and Sadie said " She doesn't know how to ski anyway but if it made it easier to get around in the snow, she would learn how to ski".

Wordless Wednesday 2/10/10

We woke up to a lot of snow this morning and it is still coming down pretty heavy.

Thank Dog for mom's foot prints.

Whats a short dog suppose to do but :

Just keep thinking Spring!

Trying to Think Spring !

As we where waking up trying to rub the sand man out of our eyes, this is what we woke up to see.

As Sadie went out for her morning squeege she did some snooping.

Yep its SNOW.

Our weather lady didn't predict this to come, but its here anyway.

We have been trying to think spring.

We even have a request in to Punksatony Phil for an early spring.

The way we see it is that he is only the most important ground hog in PA, so we where thinking that since he predicts when spring comes around here anyway, he could just make it happen.

Ground Hog Day is just a few days away, sooo heres hoping !

Sadie's New Coat

Sadie got a new coat.

I know other dogs have a hard time finding coats and sweater that fit just right, but when you are a dachshund its harder to find a coat that is just right.

After not being able to find a coat that Sadie and I both like and fit, her grandma and I decided to make her one.

Although I was never a Suzy Home Maker, we found making Sadie's coat fun and challenging.

We made her coat with two layers of fleece and a little hood to keep her ears warm.

( Sadie is always cold)

Sadie couldn't wait to try out her new coat, and it was good that we got it done with it when we did because we had snow and had to cut our visit at my parent's house short yesterday.

But Sadie tried it out when we got home while her dad shoveled an area in the back yard, so she would have a place to what she refers to take a squeege without getting snow on her bum.

Sadie was so warm in her new coat that she even jumped in the snow pile.

Sadie isn't usually a big fan of snow, so she wanted to pass on one of her secret snow tips " Before you go outside in the snow have your mom or dad put some Pam or some vegetable shortening on the pads of your feet, because it helps keep the snow from sticking between your toes and helps to insulate against the cold."

A Strange Saturday

We went to my parent's house, just like any other Saturday.

But when we got there, what was left of the flowers looked like this.

Sadie Asked " Is that marshmallow on the flowers ?"

So Sadie did some snooper vising....

She said " It was cold and white and it didn't have much of a smell."

Then her paws started to get cold and she said said "It's SNOW??!!"

So we headed in the house where it was warm. (Sadie doesn't like when it is cold)

We do live in North East PA and do get snow, but not this early in the year.

That's what made it so strange.

After Jack got there and confirmed that the white stuff outside was really SNOW, it was play time.

Jack got up on the couch , he was looking all around.

Sadie discovered that Momo was playing a game of chance with Jack.

Jack was surprised to find Momo got better at the game of chase.

It snowed all day at my parent's house.

It snowed most of the weekend.

Its supposed to snow today.

The snow didn't stick to the roads, but it did build up on the trees and with the leaves still on the trees a lot of branches broke off the trees.

It's supposed to return to normal temperature latter in the week.

But it was still strange to see it snow so early in the year.