Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

The above picture was taken last Friday. The dogs were bored to DEATH!!!! It was thundering and lightning majorly. I usually walk them after our dinner but that evening was not the case. Mother nature was having a fit! And it was a bad one too.  I don’t mind walking if there’s thunder but then the man forbid me to go out at all.  He is the kind that if it thundering and lightning out, no going outside and no using the shower.  

In the picture below, we are in the central part where it says Twin Cities (the box towards the right), if you can read it.  Sorry for the blur picture.  I set the camera mode to something besides Auto.  Didn’t check it before taking the pictures.

There were thunderstorm and tornado warnings. There was actually tornado touch downs but far from us. The picture I took from the news on TV shows where the tornados are – the 2 big red round dots.  Needless to say, DB was glued to the TV watching out for the storm.    There was one bad storm over our head the next night.  Super heavy rain, thunder, lightning right before we head to bed (10 pm).  DB stayed up till the storm passed by which was about 30+ minutes later.

It has been raining every week, at least 3 – 4 days a week.  The ground is so saturated it’s no joke.  Walk on it and it’s “squish, squish”.  There’s water running off the grass onto the sidewalks and roads even the day after.  

There is more rain forecasted for this weekend….storms.  Whoopee doo!  “Love summer weather!” :(

It’s been awhile I actually posted something.  “I am thankful posts” are not even up.  I have to be honest though, some days it’s hard to be thankful but nevertheless, I’m still thankful for a job as there are some lay offs going on in some departments.  Thankful I still have a roof over our heads at this moment.  We have no news from the bank yet.  I’m thankful for having wheels to take us around, thankful that SD is doing better now after her Gamma Knife on the tumor in her brain.  I’m pretty much thankful for all the things I have now. 

Now to the happier things……the signs of warm weather…..dog(s) out getting some Vitamin D.  For this case is Chase.  He can lay out on the cement patio sleeping for a few hours and when he comes back in, he will be panting up a storm.

The temperature is nice these days….temps in the 60’s is just perfect….not too hot, just cool and nice but of course that’s me! :)

But I know is warm enough for the fury ones to lay on the tile floors and where Cooper is laying here in this picture is where the vent is directly facing him if the air is on. Obviously the air is not on yet but I guess he knows if it’s on, he got the right spot.

And the “angel” amongst the three, Ranger. He is content laying where he is ever since he got home from his walk – the entrance to the garage. He is getting super mellow and mellower every day, the “I don’t give a hood” kinda attitude which is good to a point.

Picture of our backyard taken on Sunday. It was a nice day with clear blue skies. It’s actually a good day to go pick up dog poop! DB did the dirty job and I went out to meet up with a friend whom we knew since Standard 1 at the Mall of America.

Today is the last day of winter. Tomorrow is the official first day of spring. We had such mild weather lately, albeit the sun was warm. I actually had a tan from all the after work walks with the boys. All the snow is gone from our yard and majority of the areas in our state. Of course there are still some in the shaded areas but winter is over. I find that this winter went by super fast. I think it could be from the late snow fall (in early December) and I was so busy when DB left for TX. I’m now back to walking the boys on the sidewalks, walking quicker with them too….works like fat burner pills to me. Seriously, I feel my pants are loser. Also thanks to not snacking anymore in between meals. That I know is a big plus.

Picture taken in the morning while it was still snowing lightly. I didn’t go in to work coz of my sickening throat. Took the picture to see where the grill is….so much for trying to get some grilling in!

This was taken right after the snow stopped. We went out to take pictures and walk on the fresh snow!

And so happen it was also trash and recycle day.

Yep that’s DB standing there…looks like he is supervising those recycle guys but he was not. He was trying to shovel a path for me.

Front of the house

Side of the house by the garage.

Nice untouched snow till……

…this fella found a stick.

Doesn’t care how deep the snow is, he still wants to fetch!

At least the boys didn’t venture over here…..nice and smooth, somewhat.

Cooper wants Chase’s stick but he is getting slower now. Heart is willing but legs are not.

This is Ranger’s walking route.  He so want to climb up the snow banks and snoop near the woods.  I don’t let him coz of his bad leg.

The snow is piling high on the patio. Snow started on Monday late morning and didn’t stop till Wednesday noon.

As soon as the snow stopped, I went out with the boys, Cooper and Chase to the park. Ranger I had to walk him separately from the other 2. The weather was nice in the 20’s F. Snow on the streets was melting after the plows went through. This was taken about 2 hours after the plows came by. Can see black on the roads!

The elementary school field

Fresh snow this kid was sledding right after school.

In the trails, just beautiful…untouched till me and the two boys came along!

Tried getting a picture of the two together…but Cooper is too damn camera shy! Notice Chase’s missing teeth? One big empty gap with missing tooth and a fang? It’s the same on the other side. But he still could chew his rawhides down in seconds.

Finally, he looked over and stayed put!