Yay! Kristen has graduated from Columbus State University with a BS in Nursing! We are so proud of her!!!
She and Nick became engaged while Alice and I were in Italy! They have not set a wedding date as of yet. She still has to take the Boards test and find a job! In the meantime, Nick and his dad have been clearing off land to build a house.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
GrandDog!
Doug with our granddog Kami! Our other granddog, Kinsleigh, will be visiting us this weekend! Maybe I can get a picture of both granddogs and post it!
Carnival Dog?
Do you remember when we were children/teenagers and would go to the fair or carnival and play those silly games where you were supposed to throw a ball, shoot a duck, or ring a glass and win a prize? At times, Kolle must think she is at a carnival and is always looking for an opportunity to win a prize. This afternoon while we were outside, I was sitting in a lounge chair reading a book and sipping a glass of wine while Doug was throwing the tennis ball to Kolle.
He would throw and she would run after it and retrieve it.
Doug decided to take a short break and leave the ball throwing up to me. As I read, Kolle would come and drop the ball next to me and I'd pick it up every now and then and toss it out into the yard. She would bring it back and drop it next to me and I might or might not pick it up and toss it. Apparently she became very perturbed with me and walked over to where my glass of wine was and proceded to drop the ball into the wine glass.
I guess she thought she had won a prize because she got my attention and Doug's, who found another ball and continued playing toss with her. Not only did she return the ball to him, she also returned with a prize stuck to her nose...an oak leaf.
Kami is trying to figure out what Kolle has.
He would throw and she would run after it and retrieve it.
Doug decided to take a short break and leave the ball throwing up to me. As I read, Kolle would come and drop the ball next to me and I'd pick it up every now and then and toss it out into the yard. She would bring it back and drop it next to me and I might or might not pick it up and toss it. Apparently she became very perturbed with me and walked over to where my glass of wine was and proceded to drop the ball into the wine glass.
I guess she thought she had won a prize because she got my attention and Doug's, who found another ball and continued playing toss with her. Not only did she return the ball to him, she also returned with a prize stuck to her nose...an oak leaf.
Kami is trying to figure out what Kolle has.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Beggar's Lice
As a child I remember walking in the fields and woods and coming home with little brown things called "beggar's lice" clinging to my clothes. Many years later I learned that these little lice were actually herbaceous plants that have seeds that love to cling to clothing. Until a few weeks ago, I had not seen beggar's lice in sometime then I noticed that one of the dogs had a few on her feet. Then today Charkee took off to the side yard for a few ""private" minutes and came back covered in those little brown lice! I really didn't pay much attention to Chark's situation until I noticed that she had this awful look on her face and was frantically trying to de-lice herself.
I decided I needed to help her get the little buggers out of her fur but quickly realized picking them out by hand(or fingers) was not going to get the job done. As you can see by the picture, it took quite a few tools to de-lice a curly, furry, squirming, beggared-liced dog! (We'll let Charkee tell you how the wine was)!
Charkee is now "lice" free and happy!
OH NO!!! She just took off for the side yard again!
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