Life with the Two Crazy Dogs

Today is the first day of winter and there is snow flying furiously right now.  It’s not those light one either, they are those heavy and wet.  The temp this morning when we got up was 33 degrees F, and will continue to drop throughout the day.  At least we will have fresh white snow for Christmas.  Last year’s Christmas was only a layer of dirty gray snow.  The trees for now are all white and the wind is blowing.  I am hoping I don’t have to be called in for work today!!  Great time to start a fire and watch movies.

DB was so busy yesterday with his last minute winterizing the house.  Since we will be leaving soon, he busted his butt to get the windows winterized for winter.  I came home from my walk, helped him a little and went into my office and grabbed my camera.  I took the picture below and immediately he said, “Oh, oh, I’m going to be on display to the world.”  That’s right, babe, you should be getting use to this by now.

This is what he used to put on the windows….Window Insulator Kit.  Since our front, front bedroom and office windows were as old as the house, he needed to put these insulators on to keep the cold draft from coming in.  It is just a thin plastic film stick to the sides of the windows, and he uses the hair dryer to get the wrinkles out from the film.

It was snowing so bad on Thursday, I left work early. I didn’t really want to, but all my co-workers told me to. Roads were pretty slippery because of the freezing rain earlier.

Once I got to the driveway, I was stuck again on the hill. Damnit. Friggin ice under the snow, again. Rolled it down to the street for DB to take care of it.

The concert I bought tickets to, Brahms German Requiem was cancelled. Called the orchestra hall to do an exchange for May 25. Unfortunately it will not be the German Requiem.

On Friday morning, the city has not come through with their plows yet. I think there was 10 inches of snow on our driveway. Took a look at our backyard, there was probably 15 inches of snow.

Took Friday off as snow day. Called my company’s toll free number to check if the company closed due to the weather, but hell no. “The XXXXX facility is open on Friday. All XXXX businesses in the Twin Cities are open.” Son of a bitch. I had to take a personal day for today.

The city plows finally came to plow the streets around 10:30 a.m. and plugged up the driveway. DB did all the unplugging, and me, I cleaned the house.

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It’s freaking snowing again. This snow fall is going to be worse than last week’s. Light snow right now and by tomorrow morning when it’s time for the morning commute, we will have around 4 inches. Sweet!! This band of snow storm will last till Friday night early Saturday. The worse will be tomorrow with wind gusts up to 30mph, and tomorrow is the night I will be going for my concert at the MN orchestra hall.

DB had the snow blower all ready. Told him to fire her up so that the neighbor across us will know we do have a snow blower. He came over to clear up the driveway twice. He thought we don’t have a snowblower. That was nice of him. With the coming snowfall of 10 inches, DB has to clear the snow off the roof since the roof of this house needs to be replaced so badly.

Will see how the roads are on Friday, might be a snow day!!!

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We had about 6 to 7 inches of snow from yesterday through today.

I didn’t feel like doing shit today. Putzed around - watched stuff that DB recorded on the PVR while drinking my cuppa Folgers and then had my usual breakfast of oatmeal.

Head to the office and work on my paper and jacked with Slide.com with my Montana pictures and read my sis’ blog and had my music on. After 3 hours on my ass, came out and gave DB shit for nothing.

DB came out, we yakked and he looked out the front door (I didn’t pull the blinds up today - not in the mood). Low and behold, the driveway and walkway were plowed. The neighbours did snow-blow our driveway again.

DB was not happy at all. He said he feels obligated now. He was POed on his day off. He was actually getting ready to go out to blow the driveway. We were prepping our lunch and he was to take care of the driveway and patio and I was going out for my walk with the boys. We were in no hurry as it was still snowing and the snow is not going anywhere.

Got our chow in out I went for my walk/run with the boys. The temp was nice for me (28 degrees F). Most of the sidewalks were cleared up except for the main ones on the county roads.

When the boys and I got back, DB was working on the patio - sweating his butt off.

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The meteorologists said the metro will get 4 - 10 inches of snow by Sunday. The snow started last night. It was more like a dusting. Got up this morning and surprised, not even an inch. Southeast of MN like Winona had about a foot. Looked out the window and what I really saw was sleet and gail force wind.

DB and I went to Cubs for our weekly groceries and the store was packed. I am sure folks want to get their groceries in before the roads got bad. I’m glad DB drove. The roads were slippery from the sleet and snow. DB enjoyed the slid and slide and at times he did it on purpose.

Came home and the boys and I went for our walk. It was not too bad out there, a little slippery in spots. When we got home, time for the boys’ bath. Do they hate baths. Got them in one at a time and their normal routine after their baths - clean their ears. Now they smell like a pharmacy and the smell of wet dogs.

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The rain quit and it quickly changed to snow. It’s been snowing since 12:30 noon and looking at the radar, it’s going to snow the whole day and night till tomorrow. Will be definitely shovelling the drive tomorrow. Yes, that means I can go to the trails and run on trails with snow….YES!!!

Above picture taken at 2:15pm

The above 3 pictures were taken at 4:15 pm

The flakes are now smaller but it’s coming down pretty good. So, will see how it goes tomorrow, road conditions and will go grocery shopping and to Macy’s.

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It’s Christmas eve and what happen to the little snow we had on Thursday? They were practically all gone. Took the boys to the dog park and what’s left of the snow were mostly melted and turned to ice overnight. Hopefully we’ll get some tonight, according to the local forecasters. We are suppose to get some flurries. Ranger is still itching (he has skin allergies) because the weather has been so crazy. Usually by November he is done itching. Today was his last day for his predisone (steroids). The pred quits his itching. He is definitely a different dog when he is on the pred…much greedier, has a mind of his own and a little aggressive. I have to see how he will do tomorrow.

Brought Cooper to the vet yesterday for his rabies shot. The vet is happy to see him as he gained 2 pounds compared to the last time he was under (83lbs). He is eating now and back to his normal self. Once I see him begging for his carrots and apples, I know he is himself. Last month, I took him to the hiking trails and he ate something that made him threw up after we got back. He threw up again and again several times that day and didn’t want to eat.

He refused to eat his dry food and we saw him losing weight, so much that the ribs were showing.

It went on for a week and eventually DB took him to the vet. Did blood work for parasite, and results came back negative. The vet put him on a special diet on Presciption Diet can food. Cooper ate only once a day for about 3 days and on the fourth day he ate about a can plus, but he still didn’t want his carrots, apples and rawhides. Another week went by and he was better, at least he ate some carrots and a biscuit. The following week, we gave him his regular dry food and he chowed them down. Well, atta boy. We knew he was better. It was funny when he had no appetite to eat, he still had the energy to fetch frisbees. Weird. Now he is just a greedy pig as usual. The vet asked me are the boys getting anything special for Christmas. I told the vet everyday is Christmas for them! They are spoilt rotten by DB and I.

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