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I HATE MONDAYS

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Posted May 19th, 2008 by Cindy

Good morning, Daddy's at work and Marcel crawled back into bed so its' just me and Elsie for a little bit. I am not a morning person, probably because I have insomnia and have to take a OTC pill to get any sleep at all. ANYWAY Wyattsmom we have a bagless vacuum. I would suggest you invest in one. Every three years or so we'll get a new one at the local Walmart and use the living hell out of it til it falls apart lol. My husband has to occasionally rip it partially apart and clean the innards (I married a handy guy). I always get the kind with attachments so I can suck the crumbs out that are up against the baseboards. Then the other day while we were at Dollar Tree I found a bottle of all purpose cleaner scented like magnolia water, it smells great and the price was right! I am not a clean freak ( I wish) but I try. Bagged vacuums suck lol!! Go bagless =)

Remember how I said I won a

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On May 19th, 2008 WyattsMom says:

Remember how I said I won a free $400 vacuum this year?  It's this brand called Halo and it has a UV light that is supposed to kill bacteria and junk.  I don't know if it's a bunch of malarkey or not.  But I was desperate for a new vacuum 'cause my old one smelled like dog sweat everytime I vacuumed.  I had been pricing and researching vacuums--I wanted one that was cheap and good at cleaning up doggie hair-- and I was just about to give my neighbor $150 to go over to Costco (he has a membership, I don't) and get one for me.  But that's when I won the UV light vacuum.  It was like God sent me that vacuum because if anyone on the planet could have used a new vacuum with a bacteria-killing UV light it's me and mine.  So I don't mind the bags (it came with a pack).  They're easy to install.  I just haven't wanted to look and see how much replacement ones cost and I wish it was a little better with the dog hair. 

But, I've found an excellent way to clean up dog hair from the carpet:  The Furminator.  I guess a Furminator won't work on a boxer because a Boxer wouldn't need it (no undercoat, right?).  

Cindy, try posting a reply again.  It's working again for me and Perserverence who was also having a problem.  The only one who could reply was Shootingstars. 

Okay here gos nothin'

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On May 19th, 2008 Cindy says:

Okay here gos nothin' (crossing my fingers). I just have a

minute here. Thank God I dont have to deal with pet hair.

I wanted a short haired dog for that very reason. We used

to have a border colly. She was beautiful and smart & shed

all over everything. So this time around I wanted a female,

at least two years old, potty trained, short haired and thats

what we got. Now if this dang thing will JUST post.

We also wanted a female dog

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On May 20th, 2008 WyattsMom says:

We also wanted a female dog who was well past the puppyhood stage of chewing things up.  When my husband was in middle school they had a male puppy that they nuetered.  The dog went from being a frisky explorer to being a wimpy homebody who wasn't even excited about chasing rabbits or gophers.  So my husband said we had to get a female dog. 

When I went to the shelter (we believe in pet rescue) I went to each doggie cage and if a dog barked and jumped at the cage a lot, I moved on.  Our dog is frisky, yet mellow.  I knew the dog hair would be insane.  My husband wanted a short haired dog.  He wanted this reddish brown pit bull mix that had mange and was in the Medical unit cages--it was the saddest, ugliest dog you've ever seen.  You know my husband is a true dog lover if he wanted that dog.  It's true, it wouldn't have shed.  But I said no, and I had to bring home our hairball of a dog.

She was about a year old when we got her.  She chewed up one pair of shoes, but that's about it. 

I saw Elsie on line at

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On May 21st, 2008 Cindy says:

I saw Elsie on line at first. I think the reason she hadnt been

adopted was she had heart worms. She's fine now. The

building she was housed in held about 12 dogs, she was the

only dog in the building that didnt bark at us. She just came

to the front of the cage, sat & looked at me with those big

brown eyes as if to say "Please I just need a chance." She

had had 12 puppies & the gal that helped us said they were

all so pretty they were immediately adopted. The reason they

named her Elsie was when they brought her in she was so

big & pregnant she looked like a cow. Some kind soul dodged

traffic to save her and bring her in, she was almost hit by two

cars ugh. ANYWAY she seemed to sense immediately that

Marcel was different. He wacked her a couple of times that

first day. She didnt get mad, she just stayed out of harms

way but close by, within inches, just out of Marcels reach.

Our therapists love her. She's very pretty & very smart.

I did some research & found out boxers are the Peter Pan

of the dog world, their puppy "additude" lasts longer than

most dogs. That was by far THE BEST $65 we have ever

spent!

 

$65 seems to be the going

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On May 21st, 2008 WyattsMom says:

$65 seems to be the going rate!  That's what I paid for my cat a couple of months ago.  We had our other cat, Murray, for six years. 

We had gotten Murray as a kitten from an irresponsible family member :) but we wanted a kitten because we hadn't had our dog that long and we felt that the cat would be better off for having grown up around a dog.  Anyway, Murray disappeared one day in January.  He was a giant orange and white fluffball of a cat, very vocal and affectionate.  We miss him so much!  He disappeard about the same time some new renters moved onto the block.  My husband wondered if they had something to do with it.  But one day they unloaded a bunch of cat furniture (climbing posts), so I guess they are cat people--but I've never seen their cat in any windows, so sometimes I have the crazy thought that maybe they are holding my cat prisoner in their back bedroom.  (They acted kind of weird when I asked if they had seen Murray around).  I guess it is better than thinking Murray got eaten by a coyote.  We didn't see any orange and white fur on the streets and the gardeners found nothing.  He liked to go out in the evenings but he was mostly an indoor kinda guy.

Sounds like you got a great dog!  Way to go, Rescue Mom!  My friend has a boxer who is a slobbering mass of hyperness and solid muscle, but she LOVES that dog.  It is a good looking doggie, I'll say that, and my friend is a big-time walker and hiker, so it is a match made in heaven.  It kind of knocks the almost 4 yr old twins over sometimes, but they deal with it.

One time my cat Murray called my friend the boxer owner.  I had my friend programmed in on the speed dial and Murray stepped on the phone.  My friend answered and Murray said, "Mrroww!" and my friend meowed back.  After a while she realized that she was actually having a conversation with a cat, so she hung up. 

I love the story about how Elsie came to be Elsie! 

Oh SPEAKING of cats......

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On May 21st, 2008 Cindy says:

Oh SPEAKING of cats...... when I was a kid we always had cats

around. My friend Annas grandparents lived next door to us,

full blooded Itallian and of course grandma was an incredible

cook. Well it seems grandma Maiuri was feeding our cats

her left overs. We finally figured out why they'd turn their noses

up to Friskies lol.

Our old cat (long since

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On July 2nd, 2008 Perseverence says:

Our old cat (long since gone, rest her gentle soul) liked to climb trees.