Yup, don't know if I mentioned I have a new sister. She is fury, has floppy ears and bad breath... also likes to lick you with her stinky tongue! Mom and Dad have been volunteering at the humane shelter in Frederick and Dad couldn't stop talking about this over weight beagle that they walked. Well 3 weeks later I got a phone call they adopted a dog... and I knew exactly which doggy it was. She had a thyroid problem but has been on meds for it so she has dropped 15 lbs since first being brought to the shelter, 13 with the help of meds, a good home made diet ( guess since all us kiddies are gone Mom had to cook for someone) and plenty of exercise. She is very friendly, very well behaved, very good with the boys and Moms psycho cats... well just Gato is psycho. Only problem is she really does not care for Daisy, our hyper... I swear I don't feed her speed, dog! The boys call her Olivia because we like that show on Nick, and we all sing along to it, well kinda yell along with it...we get a bit cared away, but slowly they are learning Sylvia vs Olivia... either way it's cute to hear them sing it to her, or about her.
I don't have pictures showing what the front of the house looked like when we moved in but picture giant concrete painted slabs between each pillar... chunky and big and horrible. I hated them, if you couldn't tell. Well over the last 9 months (remember winter was here) I torn those chunky nasty things down... I did have some help at first, but I did the last one by myself, hulled it all away... had a little help there too, and now we have decided to spend some time putting up wood deck rails. First we will have to clean the redneck haven off the porch... that is T man's job, while I get the pillars prepared... knocking enough concrete off to attach wood uprights to, then I will put on tops and sides for the rungs to attach to... should take 3 me days!
