are those schnauzers? >do you want to keep those fingers?

long drive! bruno did great, but i definitely had to chain chaco to his chair. i know, it sounds like a csi case. but no, he won't stay in his car seat otherwise. i admit, the seat was a bit small, so i decided to get him a new one on the way to visit mom and dad! so, we had to find a petco. when we finally found one, they had just what we needed. granted it added more time to our trip because we had to go all the way into fort smith and my nav ap on my phone decided to play funny with me and took me all over the place and fort smith seems to have some dead zones because we had to redirect several times. boo.

but while we were at the petco, an older couple stopped at the car and she was looking in the window and tapping at chaco, so i rolled the window down and she called her husband over and then she asked, "are those schnauzers?" and i know chaco wanted to bite her face off, but he forced a smile and i told her they were yorkies.

then i had to completely turn around to get this pic.

remember i am in arkansas. apparently rod did not do nearly as well as sam walton

then while we were traveling north on 540, we encountered the tunnel. i love the tunnel, but it was new for chaco.

every time i go through here, i think of the fugitive, and various other movies that include tunnels.

as we entered, chaco said, "hey! we're going through a time warp!!" and i said,"no, we're just going through arkansas."

i kept stopping for the boys to go potty, but they wouldn't.

the boys are now getting used to the lodge. and in just a few minutes, we're going up to the lobby for some freshly baked chocolate chip and sugar cookies. yummy!

good thing this place has internet access!
julie

tiger vampires aren't the only ones who drink tigers blood

happy memorial day! we are blessed to have men and women who fight and often lose their lives to ensure our freedoms. may we never trivialize their sacrifice!

today we got to hang out and i drew up a new idea for a greeting card, but i don't know how well it will go over with normal people...so if you like it, you may be slightly abnormal.

bruno kinda raised his eyebrow, chaco rolled on the floor laughing...who's who?

so we did a little bit of that this morning, and another project, and the maintenance guy came this morning before i had my bra on, so quick as lightning i grabbed a fleece to throw on (mind you it was about 89` outside) i'm sure he was probably wondering what my problem was.  so he came in and looked at it and showed me what the problem was..apparently the electric wire used in the drain cycle was sev/ered. so i think he just spliced the wire and made sure it was tucked away to the side.

he left and i did a load and it made funny sounds, but it went through the complete cycle. so i threw in another load. and again it was making loud, whiny noises and so i went in to check on it and it was smelling like burnt rubber, so i shut it off again and let them know in the office and shannon said they just need to get a new washer up there...duh.

so we took off to the dog park, but not our apt dog park. we went to the real dog park.

chaco's new seat in the back..now i need a baby mirror.

bruno is so happy.

 the pups did well-there were lots of dogs there..some mixed breeds, poodles, schnauzer, chihuahua, king charles, french bull terrier, etc.
bruno sniffed around and checked things out and chaco was acting like he was afraid of the bigger pups so that girls would pick him up. little flirt..thank goodness he wasn't too snippy with the other dogs.

once we got back into the car, chaco asked what kind of animals those were. when i told him they were dogs, he was shocked and insisted that there was no way; they didn't look like dogs. i explained that there were many different types of dogs. "how can this be?" he asked (rather stupidly). bruno looked bored and he said, "can we move on?"

so our next stop on the way home was the shaved ice hut for TIGER BLOOD WITH CREAM! i am not a tiger vampire...what is that anyway? it doesn't even make any sense! but i do love my shaved ice!

when we finally got home, i had a voice-mail from the vet. they broke the vial that had bruno's blood in it on the way to the testing facility. rookies. so i now have to take him back in to get another draw. he's going to be so mad when i tell him.

and tomorrow is field day at school- woohoo! translated: tomorrow is field day at school- nothing is about it is going to be woo or hoo...i'll just plan for chaos right now. and i'm pretty sure it will be a sunburn day. (no matter how much lotion i use)

alright, abnormal is the new normal!
julie

just because it's in the pantry doesn't mean it's cheese whiz

today i had to get up early to give bruno a bath before i took him to the vet (courtesy gesture for the vet). so i got both of the boys ready and we made our way to petsmart/banfield. we got there early to drop bruno off, but the store wasn't actually open yet, so i just kinda' meandered around the store because i didn't want to go and have to come back. so i bought a new car seat for chaco. he's getting too big to sit under bruno's seat. last time we drove somewhere, he was muttering something about feeling like a stepchild locked up under the castle. really? bruno's car seat a castle? (drama king)

we also got a new kind of treat. i wasn't sure if they'd like it, but i knew i would love it because it's in an aerosol-type cheese whiz can! yes!! i love that weird little nozzle to squirt it out!

new improved, easy on the tummy!

it really smells like bacon and cheese, but this is one treat that i decided not to try for myself...maybe if shea comes to town soon we can make a bet for who tries it

chaco went to work with me for a little bit while we waited for bruno. while i was sorting through papers, chaco was playing with his squeaky toy. well, he was making me throw it to him between sorting. not too long into it, i got the call that bruno was ready, but that they were a little concerned because when they drew blood, it took longer than normal for his blood to clot, and could they send the bloodwork out? so of course i wanted to make sure it's no big deal, so i said yes. hopefully it's nothing because i would hate for the other dogs to start taunting him with the hemophiliac jokes...(na-na-na-na NA na..you can't coagulate..etc)

when i got home to hang out with the dogs, i had to cut off the hamster's feet. chaco was on his way to making them nubs, and i figured i'd be the humanitarian and cut them off in 'one fell swoop' (or 4 fell swoops...4 feet), rather than allow them to be gnawed off (not that it will matter either way to an inanimate object, but it will probably be much better on chaco's digestive system!).

and he's not getting prosthetic replacements either. nubby. oh, and they already chewed off the string that pulls to make him shake and shimmy, so he's not as enticing to them anymore.

i wanted to take them for a walk earlier, but it was about 97 degrees out. the good news is that it's 8:50 and the temp's gone down-94...so we can go for a night walk when i finish this post! other good news: bruno has been getting better at using the bell to let me know he wants to go outside.

if you look closely you can see that it is a neiman marcus bell. one of my bible study gals got that for me a couple of years ago.

yes, i have this little guy hanging by the door. if i'm going to be here for awhile, i might have to think about getting one of those extensions for the sliding door with a doggy door in it. that way the boys could go in and out as they please...which i'm sure won't be often, but hopefully we can get them into the bathroom habit.

 i was about to go take the trash downstairs, but creepy neighbor is super nice and took it down already (unless the raccoons took it)...i'm banking on neighbor...and it's not even tuesday or thursday! happy memorial day weekend to me!

julie