Saturday, February 20, 2016

Masks

Last week we showed the new mask we got on our travels. Madi asked us if we had ever shown our other masks, and the answer was no. We decided to show them off today. It has been a cold and boring week for the dogs, lol! 




Roatan, Honduras - A trip Lady took with Aunt C and Grammie

Guatemala - Same trip with Aunt C and Grammie. Scariest place Lady has been. We needed an armed escort for our tour.

Cuba - The Man and Uncle Chris went there

Tokyo, Japan - This is one of the Lady's favourite things in the whole house

Mexico - Lady bought this on a trip Man spent 5 days being sick. She was proud to barter all by herself.

Italy

Spain

Grand Cayman

Vancouver. Lady was there for a presentation and was nervous. It was her first professional presentation. The Man bought her this mask of strength and courage to help

Bali
We hope you enjoyed our masks and one fan!

Friday, February 19, 2016

Pet Unfriendly Frustration

I am going to have a little rant here on the blog today, maybe this rant will help lead to a solution!



It is our intention to attend the Blogville Awesome Retreat (BAR) in June. One of my dream items (which is not shared by the Man, he is totally humouring me here) is to travel across North America in an RV. This dream comes from my childhood when we traveled in a van. I thought, given it is about 16 hour drive and with all of Hailey's issues and Phod's car issues, that an RV would be the perfect way to go to BAR. Man agreed. .

Now the frustrating part. None of the RV rentals in our area are pet friendly. In fact one clearly says you will be out $2000 if you put a dog in their RV. This just frustrates me. Perhaps because I already live in a world where I am discriminated against because I don't have children. Now I am being discriminated against because I love my dogs and want to travel with them.  There, I am done my rant!

The Man (and I helped too) found a not bad deal in Syracuse New York. That is like 4 or 5 hour drive from our place. We think that is what we will go with.  They were actually recommended by a place in Toronto we found that was pet friendly. We are just happy to have found something, although it does mean we have to be all squishy crossing the boarder! Let's hope this works out!


Thursday, February 18, 2016

Thankful Thursday - The Snowstorm Of The Century




After 3 days of record breaking cold (-45C/-49F), yesterday we received the most snow in one day on record on Tuesday. They say that Ottawa got 51 cm/20 inches fell that day, Gatineau (just on the other side of the river) got 34 cm/13 inches. Not sure exactly what we got, but a lot! Buses got stuck, commuters got stuck, it was truly a mess.

Today, on thankful Thursday, I am thankful for: working at home (I didn't have to get out of my pjs all day and I didn't have to try and drive in the nightmare), a warm fire, my friends/family safe in the storm, the power stayed on, and that I had to put snowshoes on to take the dogs out! I am also thankful for the snowblower (and man using it) and the people who worked really hard to plough the roads. They are completely under appreciated and will be pulling 12 hour shifts to make it safe for everyone. (A friend's husband is a city plough driver in the winter on the night shift).

Hailey hated it, but Phod had a great time! Here are a few pictures of us out playing. (I am loving my Olympus Tough-4 - I am not worried about having it in one hand and Hailey in another while I try and snowshoe through above knee snow, while occasionally throwing the disc for Phod!)

Hailey leading way first trip out. She won't follow behind me even though it would be easier walking!

It really looks pretty!

This was at lunch, snow not up to Lee's belly yet. It was falling about 3 cm/1 inch an hour. 


Phod went tearing by Lee after disc and made her snowy, she was not happy! 

You can just make out where we walked a few hours before. 

It is hard work getting disc! 

To show how deep it was on Phod around 4:30

He kept losing the disc and then would fling it up! 

Someone loves the snow!
You can tell by the picture what rough shape disc is in. He has a beautiful new one, but he always picks this one that doesn't really fly. It is his winter precious!







Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Babysitting - By Hailey

Blogville pals,

First thanks for all the well wishes. I just threw up once and was fine. I think it was because of all the excitement I am about to tell you about.

We were given a very hard job on the weekend. We had to go and babysit our human cousin Maggie. She is 20 months old now. Aunt C and Uncle D were going to be very late, so we had to pack our overnight bags. See their new house is about an hour from ours, so we were just going to stay over.

We had never babysat at their house. Maggie came here after Christmas for a few days. Lady has babysat Maggie at her house, but we have not gotten to help.

It was the one of the coldest days in history at -45C/-49F, so we couldn't exercise. When we were out for about a minute so I could poop, I actually cried because it was so cold. Phod threw up in the car because the people tried to take him without giving him his meds. We were very, very excited to get to Maggie's house and smell the cats (more about them later).

I had to check out the tunnel that was far to small for me.


Phod had to show Maggie how you really play ball


Phod had to make sure that Man was playing right (really when the people sit on the floor he things he needs all the love).


I supervised colouring. She doesn't stay in the lines.


One of the most important jobs was supervising dinner. Gotta make sure she isn't getting anything better than we did. She had orange peppers and green mac and cheese, nothing we wanted.



Then I had to go down these scary slippery stairs to check out the basement. 


Phod had to correct Man for reading the story wrong.


We were exposed to a new show, Bubble Guppies or "buppies".



After we put Maggie to bed, I saw one of the cats, Lupul. He came out to use the litter box and then went back into his hiding room with the other cat Panda. After this, I was on super high alert. I was on such high alert, that I kept my people and Zaphod up most of the night. I would scratch on the door, but they wouldn't let me out to get the cats or check on Maggie. Man did take me out once after Aunt C and Uncle D came home so I could poop and see there were no invaders but I wouldn't sleep.


We left before breakfast in the morning because we can't eat as Phod gets sick (and he still got sick). After we had breakfast at home, we were all very tired. My people and Phod didn't appreciate my guarding all night. We had a 3.5 hour nap. Then, as I mentioned, I threw up in the evening for no known reason. I think it is because I was tired from babysitting.

Lady says I did much better with Maggie. I only barked at her twice. She gives me a B+ for that but an F- for sleeping. 

I think I did a good enough job I will be asked to babysit again! (Clearly as you can see our peeps need our help to do it right!)




Monday, February 15, 2016

Happy Family and Anipal Appreciation Day!

Today we wish everyone a Happy Family Day!


Zaphod, Lady and Hailey - in a corner of the games room with some of Man's scary stuff. Shortly after this picture was taken Hailey threw up. 

We are also joining Bacon in Anipal Appreciation Day and sending our love to all our online pals and fellow bloggers.  Thank you all for making our life a little brighter!

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Valentine's Day Parade


Today and this day of love we join Ernie and Beachnut and Sheldon's Valentine's Day Parade.



Hailey and her beau Easy danced the parade away! The energy these lovebirds have is amazing.




Keeping a close eye on these two is Zaphod. Looks like someone has snuck him a kiss!



Happy Valentine's Day!
May your day be filled with extra love!