When the kids were little I’d make them animal pancakes (which they loved). I have LOTS of experience with poodle pancakes 😀 Harlee squealed with delight when she saw it ha ha. She thinks I can do anything 😀 I let her think that. WE had a fun sleepover. We woke up to rain so we didn’t stay. We ate, cleaned up and came home after watching TREMORS (gotta love Kevin Bacon).

When we spend the night at the park we like to do crafts while we watch our fun old monster/sci-fi movies 😀 Harlee had collected some of my scrap wood and fashioned it into a Francis sculpture. I did minimal trimming and sanding and air nailed it together for her and she proudly painted her. I hope the wood Francis helps relieve how much she misses the real Francis. Francis loved Harlee more than anybody. Turned inside out when Harlee would come and never left her side the entire visit. If Harlee left and Francis didn’t see her go she would BEG to go to her room. I’d have to prove to her Harlee was not in there. We adore all our pets but the sudden loss of Francis was especially hard. We speak of her every day and look to the clouds to see if she’s looking over us. We miss her every day, ALL day 😥

Goofy girls haha. Our favorite store is the dollar store so full of stupid stuff kids love!! She got hours of entertainment out of these mustaches (me too) she wore them to the store and you could see everybody got a chuckle.

I’m so glad that out of seven poodles only Reba is bothered by fire works (and I don’t think she can hear them very well). My moms old girls (carin terrier and sheltie) are terrified, poor things. I still go over to my moms daily to prepare their food etc. She’s doing better but will need to go to assisted living before winter sets in (maybe a place she can have one dog). Getting old sucks. I wonder what the point of living healthy is really, so you can die alone in a nursing home surrounded by lonely strangers. She’s sharp as a tack, she won’t like being there maybe having her dog will help.

Happy Holiday!! Isn’t Amy Farrah/Savannah ADORABLE! She and Gracie look identical! Wow half the year (and summer) gone already! Much cooler which the dogs like. We can play longer at the park!
Harlee will be back tomorrow for three days. We should sleep over at the park to get away from the noise but the lake has a HUGE (better than most towns) fireworks display that she won’t want to miss. Hundreds of pontoons park and watch them overhead, everybody gets a front row seat! I usually stay home with the dogs (Reba is the only one visibly bothered) I can see all I want to see from the deck. Frankly an hour is too long and I find myself wishing it was OVER! 🙂 (the worst part is I’m struggling to stay awake).

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

My sweetie Parris! What a cutie she is and has always been. Ruben used to carry her around by her sweater her little legs swinging. Looking back makes me happy/sad. I’m so glad I had the honor of knowing these wonderful companions!! I’ve been busy making mail boxes. They are fun to do and I’ve been thinking of other variations! We are loving this cooler weather. We can stay at the park longer without roasting!!

Dottie and Grace like the ball on a string we call it, I dont think they like the drama that surrounds the red ball (which Rene LOVES and creates) they happily bring it back together so proud of themselves! The trouble being it’s small and if they look at me and don’t see where it went I’M the one fetching it in the kayak! Only Reba, Patti Sue and Grace will swim with me I’ve lost all the dogs that loved to follow the kayak making my FB cover photo even more special 😥

We had a fun visit yesterday with the Goins family. They were passing through and asked if it was okay to stop by and meet us 🙂 SURE we love to show off our girls! We had a nice visit and the girls enjoyed some extra attention!! WE are enjoying the MOON PIES from Tennessee Stacy’s RIGHT they taste like Somores when nuked 20 seconds!