Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and wondering what the heck a gully is lovers! Well, let me fill you in. A gully is a security blanket. The word gully came into the Rudert vocabulary way back in the early 1950s. It was what my older sister called her security blanket. Her gully. Of course the word stuck!

It is so hard to find a small comfortable gully and we looked and looked. Get this, we should have looked in our own basement! About 6 years ago Grandma and Grandpa had bought me something called a lap duvet with matching foot comforters. It is a mini goose down comforter for your lap with comforters for your feet. I had never used the set for some reason???? I had put it away in my storage closet for some unknown reason, until today!

Grandma found it and came upstairs and said, “Could this be an office Gully for Emma?” I reeled around in shock because we are always on the look out for Emma Gullys…..

Grandma laid it out on the office bed….Chaps looked on.

She spread it out. The true test was if Emma could flip her new gully over her head and get underneath it on her own. That is what she loves to do!

She boarded the new gully within seconds. To her right is the office heat vent. Perfect for hibernation!

She immediately wanted to crawl underneath it. We waited with baited breath…

No problem at all. Grandma kind of helped her but not much. Chaps was all, “What’s up?” Even though he hates gullys.

Then we had our answer as the Mayor looked on….

You would have thought that Emma won the gully lottery. Well, I guess she did. She crawled under that goose down lap gully and went into major hibernation mode. It was sooooo cute.

I tried to link to the product that came from Restoration Hardware but it has been discontinued. I was so mad. I was going to buy a few more just to have more hand.

DISCONTINUED…..

We were all so happy today that we found the perfect gift right at home for the perfect girl who loves a perfect warm nap.

More lap gully news later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Hanukkah Lovers….

I was just sniffing around facebook and had to LOL! You must click the picture for all of the amazing detail.

This is Shelly Galinkin’s hound and she says,

“Happy Hanukkah to all of my Chewish Friends!”

Tooooooo cute!

More sniffing out good stuff on facebook later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo fellow basset hound and ghost hound lovers…..I love the day or two after a toe nail trim. The hounds pad around so silently…just like ghost hounds! It only lasts for a few days and then it is back to click, click, click. I love ghost hound days for some reason. It cracks me up when they sneak up on me;)

I took the kids to the vet yesterday to get the usual done….

Toe nail trim
Ears cleaned
Rear end maintenance

Plus Chaps was having some problems with conjunctivitis. Poor boy.

I also got both kids weighed.

Chaps weights 65.5 pounds. That is 5 pounds below his show dog weight! He sure doesn’t look skinny. He looks really good.

Emma weighs 50 pounds. Now that seems too skinny. But my vet said no. Then I found this picture of Emma from back in 2006.

She looks huge! What a difference 4 years makes.

Move loving my slender ghost hounds later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Blog Block Understanders….

I was wondering if I should share?

I have been running into to things this holiday season that I always turned to my Dad to. Or in other words he always just it did for me. Like Dads do…..

For example, howl the holiday lights work outside. He had an entire timing system set up.

I don’t know howl that works.

I found myself crying in the basement today missing my Dad. Not about the timing system but just missing him and his Dad ways.

Grandpa made sure I could handle it. He told me howl to way back when he found great electricians. I have the same guys that installed what Grandpa designed coming over tomorrow. They are nice brothers that my Dad found for me. I know that now. The brothers are great.

Thanks for listening residents….

More Christmas lights later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and perfection lovers….Yes, there is perfection in this world and this would be my idea of it!

I was going through some of my 10,000 pictures in IPhoto and ran across this tranquil painting. I must have seen it on the internet some where. Wonder who the artist is? Anyway…..love it!

More dreaming of perfection later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Cyber Monday lovers….

Now this is what I call a nice Cyber Monday find on the internet super highway traffic jam. Do you know anyone looking for a sweet gal?

She is in the Putnam Human Society in Carmel, New York! Watch her video and fall in love like I did!

I was just eating lunch and Eleanor came across as a google alert. Now that is what I call a great Cyber Monday find!

Eleanor is a doll baby!

Good luck sweet heart.

More networking the needy later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and hounds in coats lovers….I just think they look so cute! A few days ago one of my “friends” on facebook posted this darlin’ picture…

This beautiful boy is a show hound in the Czech Republic….

Too cute! I am not sure of himz name but I call himz handsome!

More cute coat pictures later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and doggie door lovers….When I was deciding on what doggie door to buy I took all things into consideration. The hounds needed a wide door but not a high door. It was so funny. I sure wish had pictures of the memories I have of the ordeal. At the time I had a carpenter working for me doing all kinds of stuff, including installing a doggie door in the door he installed in my back room (turned a window into a door) attached to a small deck with a roof he built and a set of wrap around steps! Goodness gracious I felt like that guy lived with me. Anyway, back to the why I wish I had pictures. This guy was one serious carpenter!

He had me gather Chloe and Lily prior to ordering the doggie door. He whipped out his tape measure and started measuring the girls. I was laughing so hard. His diagnosis, “order the extra large one”! As I look back on it, I am so glad I did!

This is Romeo coming through with ease! Who would have thunk that 14 years ago the extra large doggie door was the right decision? (for height)

But for width, it was always the right decision…

My Dad designed the entire thing. His main concern was that the girls would have access to the back yard anytime they wanted. My Dad never did anything small and even had the security system I bought hooked up to the doggie door! I love this design and it is the most favorite thing in my dog house! hehehe

I am so thankful this thanksgiving weekend for memories like this.

More thinking that Romeo is as well! Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and cleaning office lovers. Ugh…Who wants to clean their office on a holiday weekend? Not me, but I got into a groove. I had a huge pile of junk sitting around for about 5 years. It turned into a monster that I hated and I had to tackle. Well, that turned into an entire office cleaning.

It is no where near done.

Get this, I found an old journal from the early 1980s. Inside I found a note. It was from a gal on her honeymoon. We were on a flight together from Istanbul to London. We laughed the entire way. Her hubby was in the seat behind us. I offered to move but we didn’t. Liz and I had drinks and had a hoot. I often wondered what happened to her.

Get this! I found her on facebook today. CRAZY?

She responded and said that her and her husband have 3 girls. We are now FB friends.

Life is crazy!

More loving drinks between Istanbul and London memories later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Black Friday Lovers….

In our opinion (Romeo and me) this is the best way to spend Black Friday! All tight on a love seat!

I had to tell you that this is a LOVE SEAT in my office. Can you believe that he jumped up there and squeezed himzself in next to me? It was so cute…

Nah, I don’t spoil him….

More Love Seat stories later……Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. the Mayor was getting a massage by Grandma in the living room. hehehe

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