Happy Happy 2/7/16

Happy Birthday to meeee! Mark and I started the day with doggie duties. Bonnie and Roger tried to sleep in a bit; you see we were up until 2:45 a.m.  LOL. It was a PARTAY! 

At 12:30 we went to the Greater Tulsa Indian Art Festival. Roger's aunt Gwen Coleman Lester was a featured artist. It was nice to meet her and browse around. Bonnie found a gorgeous ring ... and me, a sterling bracelet. Our guys whipped out their credit cards and Bonnie had an anniversary gift and I a birthday present. Nice! 

Afterward, Bonnie and Roger treated us for lunch at Ted's Escondido!

Birthday lunch ... delicious. 

Bonnie ordered a Tacate. It was a big glass! 

Then, the grand finale! Singing waiters (oh noooo!) LOL

The Sombrero weighed about 5 lbs. Ole!

Back home, Bonnie helped shape Robbie's beard. He wasn't very cooperative but she did find a hot spot under there that may have contributed to his stress. 

Chief and Hana romped around the kitchen while Bonnie calmly groomed Robbie. Haha. 

Mark bought me a fabulous birthday cake, chocolate, of course. What a sweet husband. 

What a blaze!!! 

We all watched the Super Bowl game and then went to bed fairly early, Bonnie and Roger back to work tomorrow, and us, on the road home. Ta ta. 

#8 - 2/6/16

Good morning! It's our last "official" full day of doggie sitting. Bonnie & Roger have an 8 hour drive home from the Port of Houston. We're expecting them around 9 o'clock tonight. We're hoping their drive home will be uneventful. 😎

Meanwhile, we were up at 5:45 ... doggie duties; then I painted 2 doors; Busy busy busy. I hope they'll be very pleased with our effort. We tidied up our items scattered about the house and put them in the guest room. I packed one bag that we won't haul into a hotel on our drive home. We plan to leave Monday morning. 

Mark and I went to Kilkenny's Irish pub for lunch this afternoon. It's a really neat place, just like any we saw in Dublin. 

Celebrating my (early birthday) with lunch at Kilkenny's Irish Pub in Tulsa's Cherry Street district. 

Delicious! Fish 'n Chips & Brown Bread Pudding; and Jamison, of course. Mark wanted the tabletop flowers in the picture ... and NO Randy, I didn't mistake it for my drink. LOL. (See Thanksgiving 2014 Blog)! 

Kilkenny's was very busy with "the regulars" sitting at the long bar talking shop. It's an interesting place! We waited about 20 minutes for a table.

Mark, being a Whiskeynoser. LOL

Harp & Guinness ... and Jamison. Cheers!

Sue and Wayne are both sick with the flu bug and have been for several days. I suggested a trip to their doctor ... and not wait (like I did last summer). 

After we fed and walked everyone, Mark sat down to watch a movie with BeeZee and Robbie. 

My cutie with the cuties. ❤️

So that's it for this evening. We're waiting for Bonnie and Roger to arrive about nine. I'm sure the dogs will be so excited to see them home again! 

#7 - 2/5/15

Good morning! We slept until nearly 7! It was funny in the middle of the night when Mark asked if I'd set the alarm. I replied, "Why? We don't have to get up for anything." LOL. Then we both laughed as he'd meant the house alarm. And NO I hadn't. 

After routine chores were done we began some trim painting. I just adore old houses and all the woodwork today's homes are without. 

You'd best not get paint on that Scottie dog stool Mr Marky! We painted doors today ... I have 2 to finish in the front room tomorrow morning. If we were here a few more days ... 

We went to Walmart in Sand Sorings this afternoon. Like all Wallys, we saw some strange folks ... and that store didn't have Robbie's favorite Granola Milkbones; so I substituted. Drat. 

Happy hour today involved brushing all the dogs and pups, except Percy. He growled at Mark, so we let him be. Haha. 

By 5 o'clock, Robbie was determined to sit on his dad's knee. Everyone else had been there before him! He thought it just wasn't fair. 

Tonight, Mark cooked some Braum's ribeye steak for dinner. Wow. It was great. After dinner, we tidied up and put all the pups into their place so we could sit and watch TV for an hour. 

Dawn sent a picture of where she and Randy are staying in Boynton Beach, Florida over Super Bowl weekend.

Bob & Jill Kalika are in town with their son and daughter-in-law. We are looking forward to seeing them next week.

Tomorrow, Bonnie and Roger arrive into Houston, Texas. Then, they have an 8 hour drive home. They will be exhausted. 

Speaking of exhausted, I'm going to sign off and chill out and watch TV until the next time we take the dogs out. Ta ta. 

#6 Dinner at Brown's 2/4/16

It's chilly on the willy this morning ... 27F. I snuck downstairs at 3:30 to check on the pups. Mark laughed at me prepping their pen with a dry spot, cozy area. "The house will be the same temperature as every other night!" LOL

Frosty paws on the deck this morning! We decided to let the wee ones play in the kitchen for an hour while I did water bowls & breakfast. Mark began filling divots on woodwork trim. We'll never get it all painted, but repaired and touched up will go a long way to looking nice.

Mark worked on some patching Bonnie & Roger started on the woodwork trim. Ella, 9 months, was his helper. 

All was well until he said, "I smell a dukie" and stepped back to check his work! 

"ELLA!" LOL

It was pretty chilly all day, but finally 50°F at 3 o'clock. All the dogs went out for a good bit of air. It was an early dinner for them, as were going to Vickie and Dick's for dinner tonight. Nice!

We just got home at 10:15. Dinner was great and the puppies were so much fun.

Dick cooked beautiful fillets for dinner while Vickie cooked stuffed baked potatoes and asparagus. We had a really good time. Jasmine and Gabby were good time Scotties! It was a really fun night. 

Everyone was happy to see us home by 10:15 !!! You think we had been away all week. LOL

I let Sue know that we were home, and she was still up, coughing from a cold. Randy and Dawn were on their way to South Florida for the super bowl weekend! 

Well I must end here as all the dogs want attention before bedtime. So that's it until tomorrow. Ta ta. 

#5 Chili's Lunch 2/3/16

Brrr 32F in T-Town this early morning! The Scotties seemed "extra" energized ... especially Ella. After water bowls were washed and replenished, I started their break-feast (haha). The wee pups were dashing about the upper deck for nearly an hour ... so we put their first round of food out there! Today's special was kibble 'n eggs (two eggs between 5 adult doggies). Apparently Cabbie doesn't like eggs! He ate the kibble mix ... Bonnie said Cabbie was fussy. 

Our plan was to meet to Timichael at Kilkenny's for lunch today. At 11 o'clock, he canceled, saying he couldn't make it. So, Mark and I switched our day around and left at 12:45 to look for some dentil  molding at Lowe's. They had some, but not just the teeth part that we were looking for. We had lunch at Chili's and then went in search of a Home Depot. Home Depot had another version, but not what we had seen online. Maybe it's a special order item? Then, it was off to the liquor store for wine to take to Vickie and Dick's tomorrow night. We were back home by three for the doggies.

At Chili's for lunch!

Cheers! We "escaped!" LOL

Back home, the kids were ready for attention. 

Cabby & me having a snuggle-buggle moment. (Cabbie is Belize's brother.) He's a sweet, gentle soul.

Mark has wild girl Ella (9 months) under control ... for a moment. 

She has lots of energy and may be the next show girl. 

Percy is Bonnie's 14 year young Westie. He growls at Ella and the pups but generally gets along well with everyone. 

Percy is styling and wears his coat 24/7. 

The pups, Chief & Hannah had free run of the kitchen for more than an hour. We put paper down for them and twice they peed on it ... Missed once. Here they are with Bonnie's hula hoop.

We took it away before they could chew it and put it in the vacuum closet. I'm telling this on here so that Bonnie knows where to find it. The pups were certainly cute running about the kitchen both hanging onto the hula hoop! LOL. 

Well it's 730 and everyone is taking a break. We'll get them out again about 930 for another romp. Now it's TV time with Robs and Bee. Ta ta. 

#4 Arooooo 2/2/16

Good morning. No, the dogs didn't wake me up, it was Braum's chili. Ha ha. I woke the dogs up! 

Thunderstorms were expected last night, but passed us by. We had a little light rain; that was all. 

Today's task, along with looking after seven doggies will be laundry and finish the front room painting. 

BeeZee is on cats 'n rats patrol. We laughed as she used the paint step-stool to look out the window. Smart girl. 

Meanwhile, the wee widgets peed in the kitchen while Mark was picking up poop on the back deck. (I was tidying their playpen and putting in clean newspapers ... a 5-6 times a day routine.) after an hour, I put Hannah and chief back into their pan. Mark checked on them two minutes later, and saw Chief dunking his head, all the way to his ears, into the ice cold water bucket clipped to the side of their pen!

Hahaha. It took less than three minutes to mess up that paper again. LOL. 

Bonnie has a cast iron frypan that is the bomb! Mom used to have 1 ... wish I taken it when she offered. It's not easy to "season" them. I made grilled cheese sandwiches for our lunch. Braum's butter and cheese ... Yum!

It's a chilly day here. The sun is out, but it's windy! Tomorrow, chilly for our lunch out with Tim. We're looking forward to seeing him again! 

Ta ta. 

#3 ... Birthday Month 😜 2/1/16

Top 'o the mornin' to ya'll. (A wee bit of Irish & American in there!) LOL. It's was cooler when the doggies burst onto the back deck ... Cinderella in the lead, Cabalerro a Scottie nose behind. Pursemister looked amazed as the lead changed at the patio door. 💩

Chores accomplished, Mark began the front room ceiling REcoat. Drat. He hoped one would cover. It's looking super with the glossy dentil crown moulding. I rolled the staircase blue then onto the front room. 

BeeZee and Robbie are into fun dog runs, but need the staircase too. Haha. Last night, they were both on the sofa with Mark. Robbie is the boss, BeeZee looks to him for the go ahead. Smart girl. (We know she will rule the roost at home, he's just not aware of it yet.) LOL

We had lunch at Braums today and picked up butter and little potatoes for tonight's dinner! Then it was off to Lowes for a gallon of ceiling paint. As luck would have it, that Lowes was out of that particular ceiling paint. They did check and it was available at another, 7 miles away. Off we went, in search of the paint.

Meanwhile, Randy, Dawn and Scott went to a Crooked Can Brewery in Winter Garden on the motorcycles today. 

Dawn 'n Scott. Skol.  

At home, Dawn whipped up Bloody  Mary's. 

Apparently, she's heavy-handed on the booze. Perfect. It's an Archie drink! LOL

By evening, we had the front portion of the sunroom painted, and everything put back in place. 

Tomorrow, will finish the bedroom portion! But now, it's 8:30 and all is quiet. 

Sue & Wayne are safely home from their Liberty Rally. All's well. 

Bonnie and Roger enjoyed a day in Cozumel, Mexico! Yes, she checked in on the puppies. LOL

Tata till tomorrow. 🌓 ⚡️🌧