More puppy udates and other stuff

Little Bit is doing very well with the housebreaking. She's only had a couple of accidents in the last week. She loves to go out the doggie door with the big dogs. ;-0 She thinks she's hot cuz she can do that. She's a handful though, and more stubborn than any dog I've ever had. LOL As my uncle said maybe that just comes with being smart. My main problem with her is that she gets on the table I have set up as part of my desk. I eat here sometimes and she climbs on the chair on the side and gets on the table if I'm not here to watch her. So we're working on that. ;-0

Louie sometimes likes her and sometimes doesn't. ;-0 When I have to go out I put her in her crate and she gets ticked off. She barks and lets me know she's not happy. When I get home Louie runs to her crate and shows me where she is so I can let her out. As if I forgot where I put her. LOL

Louie was upset today, not by Little Bit, for a change. I took Mom to the doc and dropped her off, she had cataract surgery on her eye. When I came home with out her he kept looking at me and looking at the door. Then he laid by the front door till I left to go pick her up. I told him I was going to bring her home but he didn't believe me. Mom's surgery went well, she sees her regular eye doc in the morning for a follow up. Then in two weeks she's having the other eye done. When it's all done she'll be able to see better than me. LOL

Miss Scarlett is enjoying Little Bit. When Bits is in her crate making a racket Miss Scarlett will talk to her to try and make Bits feel better. ;-0 It's just so cute.

I've got to get Bits started on basic training she has absolutely no manners at all. She's just couth as hell. LOL She likes to stand on her hind legs so I'm going to try and teach her to dance once she learns manners.

Old Dogs, Young Pups & Broken Gates..........OH MY!

Yesterday, we finally got the back fence fixed so Little Bit can't wiggle out. But when my brother came through the gate to do that, he latch broke. So I had to go through the house and bring him a screw driver. Now he's holding the gate because Sunshine is on the other side pushing trying to get out. I'm moving as fast as I can on very uneven ground (that's not fast trust me). I get there and he can't fix it, the kid is just not very mechanical. ;-0 So I go to give it a shot when who should appear under my feet but, Bits. I have no idea how she got there, Joe grabs her so I can do the gate. I get it fixed so it's locked again. Then he notices a place where Bits can still get out under the gate. I take her he fixes the hole and all is well. LOL

Louie has been trying to play with Bitsy, but he gets very loud. ;-0 He really does like her, just most of the time he doesn't want to be bothered with her. You know like most older siblings when new baby comes home. LOL

Bitsy is doing okay on the housebreaking. She loves to follow the big dogs out the doggie door. If I tell her to go outside she runs right over and out the door. Sometimes I have to make sure she actually goes down into the yard though, or she'll just stand there and then come right back in. LOL

She chews on everything in sight, because of course she's a baby. She loves my shoes, and has ruined the laces on them. I need new shoes anyway but still. ;-0 The other night I was trying to eat dinner and she went into overdrive. She was making me crazy. Mom asked me if I was still glad I got a puppy. I said yes, it's just been a long time since I had to deal with all this.

Bitsy got her stitches out today. She met some nice people at the vets office, and had a nice sniff around outside. But she got sick in the car, she gets so nervous riding that she makes herself sick. I'm hoping she'll grow out of that like Louie did. Until then I'm just going to keep being prepared by bringing a towel to cover the seats.

Bits is very smart. She escaped from the baby gate I have on my bedroom door the first time I left her alone with Mom. She understands the word 'No!', very well. LOL She will walk on her leash as long as I'm on the other end. She's very attached to me. She loves everyone but she needs to know where I am at all times. She lays on my slippers and gets them all hairy. ;-0

Sunshine loves to run around the yard with Bitsy and has shown her the patrol route. Sunshine patrols the yard several times a day to make sure the perimeter is secure. LOL

Little Bit Settles In

Well, it's been exactly one week since I brought Little Bit home. She acts like she's been here forever. LOL Sunshine has calmed down, but she likes to play with Bits. Or at least try Sunshine isn't sure exactly how to play with her. Louie is doing better, but he's still not very happy with the new addition. It might be partly because he's just not feeling well this last week. The cold has hit us and if his legs feel as bad as mine he's in pain. We give him a couple of pills a day and that helps his pain but it makes him sleepy. She wants to play with him, but he just doesn't feel like it. The other day he was blocking her from getting through to the other side of the room. He was growling when she tried, she just hopped over him, he doesn't scare her at all. ;-0 I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

This afternoon when I had my quiet time, I tried to leave her on the floor in my room. But she was barking like a maniac. So I put her in her crate, she actually settled right down and went to sleep for a while. That's a first, I kind of wish she'd sleep in there tonight. But I'm not holding my breath. ;-0

Bits is doing okay with the housebreaking, as long as I go out with her every few hours. She won't go alone, I have to go out too. But that's good, I have to make sure she doesn't get out of the yard. We haven't had time to fix the fence yet, that's on for this weekend. She loves to run around with Sunshine. But any little sound will send her racing for the door. ;-0 The second day she was here, she brought me a dead bird. I saw something in her mouth but couldn't catch her before she got in the doggie door. She dropped it in front of my chair. Bits was very proud and I was very grossed out. LOL

So we're doing well, Miss Scarlett has perked up quite a bit since Little Bit came home. I don't know if it's the dog or the fact that I feel better so she's feeling better too. Scarlett is trying out some new words on me. I haven't quite been able to catch any yet, just enough to know that the sound is a word.

She finally has a name!

After trying to make several names fit, she's stuck with Little Bit or Bitsy. I called her that earlier today and when my brother came out to talk to her he called her that too. So I figured if we both came up with it, seperately then it must be right. Thank goodness her name isn't Foxy Bob. LOL

She has declared the tiny space between my chair and the boxes under my desk as hers. She has warned both of the big dogs off. Sunshine is still getting way too excited when Bitsy is moving about. But Louie is just not happy. For one thing Louie is jealous, I knew that going in to this. For another he just doesn't know what to do with Bitsy. ;-0

Now Miss Scarlett is very interested in the ball of fluff sharing our space. She's come down to the bottom of her cage to be eye to eye with Bitsy. Bitsy barked and Miss Scarlett stared, then climbed back up to her perch. LOL

We are getting ready to go have some quiet time, we've been out here in the hustle & bustle for quite a while. Plus I only slept for a couple of hours this morning and that was after Bitsy was out of her crate and in bed with me. ;-0

When I first met her she was much fluffier. They had to shave her to spay her so that's why she's not quite as fluffy as she should be. I found a doggie sweater I got for Dad's old Killer dog. It fits Bitsy, she's not sure she likes it but it's cold & windy out there today. So maybe she'll learn to like it or at least tolerate it when she has to go.

I'm Soooooo Excited!!!!!

I finally found my fluffy, little puppy today!!!!! I just happened to check the shelter web site right before I took my brother, Joe to work. And there she was a little red, pale red, pom. I called them and they told me she was going to a rescue. I told them I wanted to see her and would more than likely adopt her. I've wanted a pom for years and years.

So I went out there and they have a new state of the art facility. For so many years they just had one small building and a couple of sheds for storage.

So I go into the little room and they bring her in. She's 6 months old, and comes from a hoarder's house. That worried me a bit because dogs in those situtations don't get socialized much. But she's very curious, she checked out my leg brace, it didn't scare her she just wanted to see what it was. She's very kissy and sweet. She didn't know what to do with the toys in the room because she's never had any. I filled out the paper work and she's mine. I'll pick her up from the vet, tomorrow or Sat. after she's spayed. She doesn't have a name, so I'll have to figure out what it should be. I'll post pictures when I get some. I only have a small one on my cell phone right now. I asked her to sit for it and she did. ;-0

I don't have the words to tell you how excited I am right now. I haven't felt this good in years. I want to jump up & down, dance, yell it from a mountain top! LOL

I know I'll have to change my schedule so she can be trained. That's a good thing. Last time I was going through a time like this I had a dog named Duke. I had to get up at a decent time to care for him. I had to be active for him. So now maybe this will help get me moving along the right track again. I know it sounds like I'm putting a lot on her tiny little shoulders. But whether or not I'm movtivated she'll have a wonderful life her with us.

She's not housebroken but that shouldn't take long with Sunshine & Louie to help her. I want to take her to obedience school and socialize her. There's just so much to do. It's like bringing home a baby. LOL I went out to the pet store and got puppy food, a new bowl a couple of tiny little toys. :-) I was going to get a collar & leash but I realized I don't know what size collar to get. I know it has to be small but I need to know the exact size. So I'll do that after I pick her up. I'm thinking of getting her a tiny bell to put on her so I can hear her coming. ;-0 I did get Sunshine & Louie some special treats that they don't always get. I didn't want them to feel left out. Plus I let them smell me when I got home from holding her so they would at least maybe connect her scent to me. I'm not really worried about them not liking her. Louie loved Sunshine the minute we brought her in the house. Plus they used to have a little dog so they already know how to treat one.

Joe will have to dig Killer's crate out of the garage for me. I'm going to put it in my room. But I want her to learn to sleep on the bed with me eventually. Once she's all potty trained. ;-0 I have it all figured out how to make room for her and everything. I've been thinking about this a long long time.

So WOOOOHOOOOO!! LOL

Doctors, Pharmacies & Insurance Companies, Oh My!

Recently I had to find a new doctor. This is the 3rd doctor, I've had in 4 years.

The first one I'd had for quite a while but he moved to another practice that didn't take my insurance. Now I liked him, he was a nice age, meaning he was at least as old as me and didn't look 17. LOL We had an understanding he didn't yell about my weight and I would try to lose some of it.

But I had to settle for a new doctor at the practice. She looked all of 21, was a foot shorter than me and probably a size 2. This did not make for a good doctor patient relationship. ;-0 She was good though, even if she spent most of her time trying to find even more things wrong with me. As far as she was concerned, someone my size should have heart, lung & kidney trouble. Not to mention my liver, thyroid and pancreas. She tested them all constantly and couldn't find a thing wrong with them. She did help me get my diabetes under control, with lots of meds. but that's better than having to take those shots. ;-0 So when I heard she had left the practice, which had relocated 3 times in the year and 1/2 she was my doctor. I was kind of aggravated. The clinic of course wanted me to pick another of their doctors. But I'd been to the latest location and it was over a 2 block walk from the parking lot to the clinic. That doesn't sound like much I know but for someone like me who can't walk well, that's like saying it's more than a mile away. I decided to look for a new clinic.

My search was postponed for several months, due to family drama, and such. Plus I really didn't want to have to start over with a new doctor.

Finally, after letting everything go, running out of meds. and having raging blood sugar. I found a new clinic and picked a doctor. I picked her alphabetically, her name starts with A, I'm very scientific in such matters. LOL

I saw her the first time last month, and have been through so many tests since I feel like a pin coushin. She didn't put me back on all my meds. at once, she said it would be too much for my system. Little does she know my last doctor put me on most of them at the same time so my system can take it. ;-0 I saw her again Monday, my blood sugar is much better. I've gotten rid of some health problems, that I had no idea raging blood sugar could cause. She decided to put me on the rest of my meds. but she wanted to change one of them. She said the one I was on quit working over time and the newer one didn't so would I be willing to try that? Sure, if it works better as long as I don't have a reaction to it I'll take it. She sent the info the prescriptions right to my pharmacy. She's got this cool computer program that does that and even tells if my insurance company will cover the meds. It said it would so all was great.

Until I go to my pharmacy later that day to pick up everything. I'm told that the new one needs approval. I said from who? The insurance company of course, cool the info has been sent to them I'll pick it up another time. So I go today to pick it up, actually I sent my brother in to grab it for me. He's not in the store 4 minutes when my cell phone rings. They don't have what I told him they should and they're trying to give him the old med. Things like this always happen when I ask him to run in for me. I tell him I don't want the old stuff, I'm supposed to take the new one. They tell him the insurance company won't approve it unless my doctor says I need it. Okay my doctor prescribed it, so isn't that saying I need it? Not according to the insurance company. After a long argument with the 'snotty' girl at the pharmacy he comes out. Oh is he ticked off, because I can't get the med the doctor ordered. The kid worries about me. If you hear of a man going nuts and destroying a pharmacy, pray for us that will be my brother. LOL

So I come home and call my doctor's nurse to leave a message about the mess at the pharmacy. Hopefully, it will all get straightened out, but I'm not holding my breath. If I can't get the new one, I'm not taking the old one. I'm just stubborn that way. LOL

PS. The dog next door had puppies. I can't wait till they are big enough to come outside so I can see them. I wish I could have one but they will be neither small, nor fluffy. LOL Momma is a mixed breed that looks like she has Brittany/and several other things all together. And I bet the daddy is the other dog in the house, he's big & mean looking. He's grey like a Weimeraner (however you spell that) but his head doesn't look right for him to be a purebred one.

A Retarded Fraggle

In the past few years, I've lost some of my control over things I say. I mean occassionally I think something and it comes right out of my mouth. An example of this happened at the store. I was talking to myself quite a bit, the only way to make sure I got out of there with everything on the list. I noticed some Amish people walk past me, in my head I thought, 'Oh, Amish people.' Apparently I said it out loud too because one of the women turned and smiled at me.

So I don't have the inner censors that I used to have. I guess I was being a bit silly yesterday, while shopping. My brother gave me the 'look', and called me a retarded Fraggle. He should actually be grateful, most of the time shopping makes me cranky & mean. I was just singing I don't know why it was bothering him so much. Well, okay so I don't sing like an angel, but still.

I keep telling him at least I have more control than most people with my condition. And he should be glad they don't find me running naked through the local park.

Note: I hope no Fraggles are offended by this.

My Hair

As you can see, I posted a new pic of myself. I finally had one taken that I like. The only problem is that most of that hair is gone.

I was having a bad day, you know you need a change but you really can't do anything about what you need to change. Does that make any sense at all?

So in the middle of a mood swing I decide that the only thing I can really change at that moment is my hair. Plus I realized that I hadn't had a real hair cut in five years. So I trimmed up the front, put the rest in a ponytail. I then handed the scissors to my brother and asked him to lop off my ponytail. Which he did, and he made sure it was all even and everything.

I now have collar length hair and it's driving me crazy. I mean it looks good and I've gotten lots of compliments on it, but it just feels wrong. LOL

I will post a pic when I can, the ones we took didn't come out very good. The lighting was all wrong.

Oh yeah the moral of this little story is "Don't let crazy people play with scissors!" LOL

Quiet?

It's just after 6 am, I don't sleep much these days. Have you ever noticed it's never really truly quiet? I mean there's a sense of quiet after everyone's in bed, but even then it's not really quiet. If I lean back and close my eyes this is what I hear:

the birds singing in our trees.
my dogs snoring
the occassional movement of Miss Scarlett in her cage
the radio in my brother's room
my chair creak when I move
my computer tower humming
the voices in my head, worrying about things that don't truly matter
my heart beat
the sump pump shutting off
the heater coming on
rain softly hitting the sky light
the house making it's usual creaks & groans


This is the kind of thing that plagues my mind at 6 am. LOL

True Love

This has been on my mind since I watched the last new episode of Grey's Anatomy. I just want to slap Meredith and tell her to get over it already. I know she has issues, so do most of the people in the world. I have issues, but I'd like to think that if I had a gorgeous brain surgeon standing there asking me to marry him. Building me a house and telling me he loves even with all my issues, that I'd be able to get past them already.

The other day on one of my groups, there was a discussion about soul mates. Whether they exist or not, what do you think? In the discussion, it was said that everyone has more than one person who could be their soul mate. And the the choices you make in life determine who you end up with (great, I'll be the crazy old lady with all the animals). Also it was said that a soul mate isn't exactly like you but the opposite. That makes sense to me, if I ended up with someone like me one of us would end up in jail for murder. So a soul mate is someone who balances out your personality. Which works for me, some balance would be nice I'm way to wobbly. LOL

Ever since I was little, I've known there was someone out there for me and that when I meet him I will know. How will I know? That I don't know, I suppose I will just feel it. Now I don't expect to end up with a brain surgeon, gorgeous or not. LOL I don't think that looks matter that much, as long as he has a job. I personally think that my soul mate is being held hostage in some deep dark jungle somewhere, just so that I can't find him. It's all a big conspiracy. LOL

So what do you think? Do soul mates exist? What are they exactly?



note: the above post was written while under the influence of heavy medication.

Walmart saga continued

In November I posted about my brother calling me a skunk because he noticed my hair going grey while we were in Walmart. I was on a scooter so he had a good view of the top of my head.

So tonight same thing, we're leaving Walmart and he tells me I don't look like a skunk anymore. Because now the whole top of my head is grey. I even have grey at my temples so I look Reed Richard aka Mr. Fantastic. The kid is going to get seriously hurt one of these days. LOL