Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and birthday gift lovers…..

OK, I pondered for a moment if I should tell on Chaps and then decided that I should keep the residents up to date.

Chaps was upset today when we got a few claps of thunder. I was not going to give him his Thunder pill because I could tell there was not a storm coming. But, Chaps had no idea so he went into my bedroom and tinkled on a very treasured and rare rug I purchased in Turkey.

I used to work for General Electric Aircraft Engines and my business was in Turkey. Oh, the shopping was off the charts! Turkish rugs and crystal chandeliers! Stuff I just love!

Interestingly, I researched Turkish rugs prior to buying this one. It is a Hereke Rug.

I also remember asking the people I bought it from howl to clean it. They said, “Wash it like a dog.” LOL

A treasured item now hanging on my shower rod, washed like a dog! LOL!

More wishing I could have washed my dogs, not my rug! Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma..

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and best birthday present of my life wanting to know lovers! LOL! Oh, heck, just indulge me, OK?

It went down like this. My Dad and I went out for a drive to talk about driving. I was so UGH….

I am 16 years old and I have to listen to my DAD about driving!!! He was like all serious and stern. UGH……Come on! It’s my birthday….I have been waiting for 16 all of my L I F E!!!!!

I was staring at my hands when I heard the emergency break on the VW bus go on. I looked up and saw we were at the VW dealership. I just figured we were getting the bus looked out.

We both got out of the car. “Why am I here, today, on my 16th birthday?”

As we turned the corner all of the new bugs were on the lot.

My Dad said, “You can have any car you want on this lot!”

I looked at my Dad and within 15 seconds, like I was on beat the clock, I said,

“I want that one!”

Dad just laughed and said,
“Don’t you want to look at the Karmann Ghias?”

“NO, THIS IS MY CAR!”

So, he paid in cash and had the best stereo system installed. I was no longer staring at my hands they were firmly wrapped around my Dad’s neck! I was like, “I have the grooviest DAD on the planet!” Talk about your sweet 16!

A few days later we picked up VeeWee (her name and my car for 18 years) my Mom was with us. While we were waiting for VeeWee to pull out we walked over to the bug lot. Dad looked at my Mom and said. “Go ahead Mom, you can pick out any car you want on the lot!”

Wow! howl cool was my Daddy?

She went for the bright yellow bug! We parked our 2 jewels in front of our house. I don’t think I got a wink of sleep that night!

Here are some more pictures of my VeeWee. I hope you care to indulge me some more! heheveeeeweveeeewe!

I cannot believe I did not wash the paint right off my beloved car. That is me with the bucket! My lil’ sis with the hose and a friend in the car!

Then VeeWee took my lil’ sis and I to University of Kentucky.

The best of times!

Then VeeWee went with me to my first ever Condo! 10 years later. I loved taking pictures of her!

OMG! Wanna see a boyfriend I had in the 80s? He was holding one of my Nikons. At the time I thought he was so cute! I guess he still is. He is wearing my shirt. Wonder what he is doing now? I guess I could check facebook. LOL!

So you can see how VeeWee stayed with me over the years.

Thank you Grandpa, for the best birthday present I ever got! The memories make it even better!

More VeeWeeeeeeeeeeee memories later. Love Cat.

P.S. I want to buy another VeeWee someday and have the Mayor and Emma’s ears flying in the breeze!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and checking on Chaps lovers…..

Well, Chaps has conjunctivitis. He actually has it in both eyes but his left eye is the worst. We were given some eye ointment. Both kids got their nails clipped.

But something odd happened when we got to the doctor’s office. There were a lot of dogs barking and it really scared Emma. Poor girl probably knew what they were barking about and they were probably scared.

Emma actually climbed into Grandma’s lap!!!!

The poor girl was scared. She get’s a bit freaked out at the vet but she has never crawled up on Grandma’s lap!

We got out of there as fast as we could!

I have decided to keep better records of these things. Now I know that Chaps gets conjunctivitis on occasion.

I also know that Emma can understand what other barking dogs are saying.

More trying to keep away for the doctor’s office later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. YES! One large order of French Fries please!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and the Mayor’s eyes lovers…..

Well, over the weekend Chaps and I were in the kitchen milling around. He was in his comfort corner watching and waiting for his various snacks. So, I was giving him and Emma a little chunk of rye bread. He was looking up at me like this.

As you can see, I can look right into his eyes. On Saturday night I noticed a blueish fog over the top of his left eye. The old stomach flips and I get a bit woozy. So I call down Grandma for a second opinion. What do we do? I try not to panic but I just bust out in tears. I think it was just stress, but none the less you can imagine howl we worry about eyes around here.

So, Grandma and I make the decision to wait until morning and see howl it looks. Of course we have strong bands of thunderstorms moving through and I have to give the Mayor his Xanax. I decide to lay in bed with him and Emma and just weather the storm.

As I am petting Chaps it hits me. I remember a blog posting I did about a year ago with almost the same senerio! Without my blog I would have never remembered all of the details.

So, I search my own blog and find this posting from back in April of 2009.

We had a scare this morning and Chaps is fine…..

It was basically the same thing that was happening…..I called Grandma and we both felt much better about our decision not to rush to the ER. The only reason I would have done that would have been to check his pressures for glaucoma.

So, it’s Sunday morning. Chaps eye actually looks a tiny bit better! It is still kind of foggy, but better! So Grandma and I decide to wait until today.

Well, it looks about the same as it did yesterday so we have an appointment in a few hours. Dang! You never can be too safe when it comes to the Mayor’s eyes!

Dog gone it! I think he will be fine and the Doctor will probably just give us some eye ointment but I want to know what it is. What causes it? He has had some gunk in his eyes this past week. He has always had eye troubles. Eye troubles seem to run in his line.

Poor Mayor and Poor Mommy. I need to get a grip.

More eye updates later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Loving my sleepy by lovers! Look howl tired I am!

I have my favorite toy and I am so tired……

Good night!

More later……..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Screen Saver Lovers! I don’t know about you, but I get into a rut and don’t change my screen saver that much! Imagine, that! I have over 10,000 pictures in my IPhoto file!

Here is my new screen saver! The Mayor on the job!

Now this is a picture to look at every day, at least until I change my screen saver!
Look at himz!

More screen savers later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo fellow basset hound and the end of camp lovers! That would be Chaps! He is thrilled beyond belief that Camp Kit Cat is over and done with for several weeks! LOL, yes, he has no idea but we are having another camp session very soon! So……

Romeo’s set up is in my TV/sun room area that leads out to the ladies room.

He mainly sleeps, eats and does his night time potty out in the ladies room. During the day he is pretty much free range with Grandma while the kids and I work in the office.

Anyway, I loaded Enzo and Romeo up and took them home today.

This is howl we roll!

I came back upstairs to let the kids out of their holding tank (the kitchen) while all of this was going on and look what Chaps did…..

He got on his throne immediately…..Oh, Chappers…….

Momma’s got some serious cuddle time to catch up on tonight!

Hurry Home Mommy!

Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’ keep them doggies rollin’!

More Summer Camp News Later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Good Night Lovers! Emma is ready to go to bed!

I am the lucky one, my girl loves to cuddle!

More wishing you were cuddling with Emma later! hehehe! Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Clancy Lovers! Clancy and his brothers Bailey and Richard are long time basset hound town residents.

Here is howl our Clancy is related.

Everyone knows Colby Chaps, Chaps son. Well, Clancy is Colby Chaps Grandma’s hound! He has to be one of the sweetest hounds I have ever seen! I have enjoyed many pictures of himz over the years but this one really got to me. Himz is all white now at 10 and a half years old! He looks like a sugar loaf!

I just love him so much! Look howl he has turned completely white!

Himz is the love of Charlene and Glenn.

Just a beautiful vanilla dream!

More loving Clancy and his bros later! Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Brownie Lovers……Today I finally got it together to mail 30 pounds of dog stuff donated by the Brownie Troop that Chaps visited last month. Wow! 30 POUNDS! Here is a long shot of all the stuff.

Then I took three separate pictures of the stuff so you can see what went to House of Puddles today.

I had to laugh at the Frisbees. Can you see Hermey and Buttermilk flying through the air catching a Frisbee? I figure Marilyn can put some of this stuff in her raffle baskets.

Also, in this picture is a pink rhinestone collar for a dog the size of a guinea pig.

LOL

Here is the next shot….There is a plastic bag full of dog toys, including the famous mallard duck toy! Nice!

Here is the final shot of the loot!

There is so much cool stuff here. I bet Marilyn will have so much fun looking through all the stuff and the HoPpers will go bananas!

Thank you Brownie Troop!

The big box was shipped to HOUSE OF PUDDLES today!

More loving generosity later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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