Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

Coops has been chewing and licking his right paw til it looks like this (left picture).  The left paw is getting as bad as the right one too (right picture).  No matter how much I kept cleaning his paws after walks and after playing on the yard, he still was licking the small little spots til they became what you are seeing now.  Gross, isn’t it?  Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Yesterday DB went out to Petco for dog chow and thought he would try a collar for Cooper or at least for Ranger.   Apparently, there are no more “lamp shade” collars sold for pets.  I actually calls them the “Queen Elizabeth collar”.  Instead, they sell this:

Like a float for swimming.

Oh, I can tell you, Mr. Cooper was not happy at all.  He kept looking at me, tail down and laid down looking at me (til I took the camera out).  Of course when we put the collar on him, he didn’t even budge from where he was laying down.  He finally moved to the patio door when I opened the door for Chase to get out.  Coops got up and before he went out, we took the collar out.  The moment I took it off him, he ran right out the door.  FREEDOM!!!  I might keep the collar for one for more day.  So far, he has not licked the wounds but I was not in the whole day today but DB said he was licking them.  Sigh, I might try it tomorrow and see how it does with it.

A coworker of mine found out she is pregnant with a problem.  When she told me about the news I knew she would be stressed to the max.  The reason was she is seeing guys at the same time and is not sure which is father of the child.  The only thing I could tell her was to do a DNA testing and check with the insurance how much it would cover for this sort of testing.   The test would identify who the father is of the baby and then she would have to tell that guy and the other guy, too.  Lord, what a mess!

Ally turned 3 months on Sept 6th.  She is growing like a weed.  She growing tall and can now lay on her tummy and if you give a boost on her feet, she will crawl a little for us.  So cute.  She is so smiley, too.  I love to see her coz she will be smiling when you look at her.  She is 16.5 lbs and is taller now. 

I watched her for a little bit couple of days ago.  She was a darling, very easy peasy kid and easily contended.  I guess it’s not mine, so taking care of her for a while and so happened she was good, it was easy for me! 

Her smile is so addictive.  I will make her smile so I can see her smile.  :D  Grandpa and grandma here love this little pumpkin.   Oh, we think she is teething.  Her mommy said she has been very cranky, nothing satisfys her.  My coworker, Ms E told me the old wives tales that if the first child is growing up so fast, that means he/she is making way for a second one!  Really????  Anyone heard of that? 

Maybe it’s true, coz my sis’ #1 was doing a lot of stuff sooner than a normal baby did: crawled, walked and talked soon before he reached his 1st bday.  Right sis?

….so I’m back at work today. 

It was nice to have the week off, no rush, took my sweet time to work around the house, went out for more walks than usual and had a Saw marathon.  I have seen the first Saw but not the rest 2-4.  I borrowed the DVDs from SD.  Man, that show is good.  Very bloody, gory, a hell a lot of screaming, and I watched all 4 of them.  Can’t wait for the 5th one out.

Oh, time off so I baked some cookies, cookie recipe from my sis’ blog, Cranberry walnut cookies.  I didn’t get any pecans since we have a ton of walnuts in the pantry for our oatmeal.  The cookies turned out ok but some were very crunchy which I was not too fond of.  DB as usual, ate them like they were his last batch of cookies.  I made some oatmeal and raisins but they were the ones I really did not like – too sweet even I had cut the sugar down.  Will have to make a new batch of cranberry ones this weekend.  Sorry, no pics, not worth taking pictures coz they are not the best looking ones.  Tasted good tho.  They are almost gone. 

There is this big mouse in the house, eating them since they got out from the oven on Sunday, ate so much till he has a blister inside his mouth.  He said it’s cold sore.  I said it’s “yeet hei” or “heaty”.  He said what poppy cock I was talking about, no such thing as “heaty”.  So we Googled it and here was the site we read that best defined “yeet hei”.  Gwailo do not believe in “heatiness”, but I still do.  Then where did his cold sore came from?  Stress?  I still think it’s “heaty” from the cookies and not drinking enough water.

Today, Malaysian time, September 6, is my Dad’s birthday. He is 79 years old.  The  below picture is my dad and myself taken last year December on the night I left Malaysia to Singapore enroute to Minneapolis.  It’s almost a year since I last saw my family. 

Dad, loving wishes for you on your special day.  May love, happiness and good health be with you at all times.  Love you very much, Dad.