Beano!!

We had a four legged guest for a few days last week...Beano! So named by Doug because he was overly gaseous all the way home the day he adopted him as a puppy. We had a great time with him...he is an absolute sweetheart...he and Buffy the Vampire Slayer were fast friends and chased each other non-stop. Berry Pebbles was more reserved...though Beano tried with all his might to win her over.

That face is too much! He is so adorable...and he resembles a frog when he lays like that.

Beano and Berry Pebbles got along fine...as long as Beano let Berry Pebbles be the boss. That is my girl...keeping the boys in check!

Here is a video of Beano trying with all his might to get Berry Pebbles to play with him...and she does finally....sort of ...

Wave Goodbye!

Tito and I donated the Rodeo to the MD SPCA this morning. We were sad to see it go....I guess mostly I was sad to see it go. I drove back and forth between Michigan and Arizona a few times in that truck....including a road trip home from Arizona with Kanook and Mom with a stop over to see Graceland.....and one year Kanook and I drove from Flagstaff to Kalamazoo (1500 miles) and only spent one night on the road. I drove it from Flagstaff to Redlands to visit Gramma and Judy. Kanook and I took many trips back and forth to Chautauqua from Kalamazoo....and then Tito, Kanook, and I made those trips and drove the Rodeo from Kalamazoo to find a place to live in Baltimore. I filled it with my shit to move from Flagstaff to Kalamazoo, from Kalamazoo to Joppa, and from Joppa to Baltimore. The passenger side window in the back was permenantly crusted with Kanook slobber....she loved to ride with her head out that window. I never shoveled snow from my driveways in Michigan, I would just put the Rodeo in 4-wheel drive and plow on through. It never failed me. The first year we lived in Baltimore (Joppa) they had record snow fall, with a praticulary heavy storm in early February. Tito and I got up early, shoveled the driveway, and plowed the Rodeo through the snow filled cul-de-sac and we both made it to work....only to find we were the only ones who had! Yep....I was sad to see it go....lots of memories were towed away.....well not really because they are still memories in my head but you know what I mean...

Bye Rodeo! It was almost 15 years old and had 94,000 miles. I hope the SPCA gets something decent for it at auction....

Let the Grilling Begin....

We started the summer with a Memorial Day cook-out. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was kind enough to inspect the new propane tank for us....

Our baby has gotten so big!

Secret Weapons

For the last month or so I have been giving Fang and Tater colorful chew sticks as treats. They love to chew more than just about anything. The sticks start out about 4 inches long with the thickness of probably a pencil. At first I would put them in their new hammock to entice them into it....but after they started to use the hammock I was just giving them the colorful sticks occasionally as treats. We would always find pieces of the sticks outside their cage in the mornings but I didn't think much about it....there is some hay, bedding and random chewed-up wood outside their cage every morning. Then...one day I stepped on a piece of colorful stick and it pierced my skin and made me bleed! It was then that I realized Fang was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. I am not exactly sure who her target is...Buffy? Me? Tito? Berry Pebbles? My best guess is that she has an equal amount of contempt for each of us. I did finally catch a picture of her mid-manufacturing of her weapon...she is crafty!!