Nobody expects the Spanish Inquistion

Hello. Rusty here. I'm very excited today, because Mama told me that we're going to the cabin this weekend and I'm going to get to run around in the woods and get ticks all over me and pee on everything in the woods and sniff everything in the woods and maybe I'll find something dead to roll in and carry around and I'll get to ride in the canoe with Mama and Grandpa and try and eat the fish they catch and oh, my goodness I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whew. That was a lot. My real reason for posting tonight (Mama doesn't know I broke into her computer while her back was turned) was that Mama decided to do that stupid online dating thing. I'm frowning about it.

My Mama needs a nice boy, not a stupid boy, but she won't let me check any of the boys out before she meets them. I have standards they have to meet! They can't make my Mama upset or hurt her feelings or anything, because then her face gets all melty and wet. When her face gets all melty and wet, then she wipes it on me because when she's upset she likes to snuggle me. Now, I don't mind snuggling, but the whole melty-wet thing kinda bugs me.

The nice thing is that Mama doesn't need a boy, because she has me. But I guess she kinda wants a person to hang out with occasionally, which is okay with me. As long as she's not cheating on me with other dogs. How would she feel if I cheated on her with other Mamas? I bet she wouldn't like it. But I wouldn't be able to cheat on her with other Mamas, because they wouldn't smell like my Mama and I love my Mama, so I wouldn't cheat.

Okay. I'm sleepy now, and Mama is coming back to her computer, so I have to go. But now you know how I feel. Just don't tell my Mama.

Love,
Rusty

Why I Like Saturdays by Rusty

I like Saturdays because Mama is home all day long and she lets me play with things like this fun chew toy. And we go for walks and play in the backyard and take naps and fun stuff like that.

Except yesterday. Yesterday, Mama left me alone in my kennel because she went to some dumb state fair thing. I want to know why I can't go to the state fair too!

She came home and she smelled different. She smelled like Grandma and Grandpa and OTHER DOG. That is inappropriate. How would she feel if I cheated on her with other people? Huh? How can she go places and be with other dogs? That's cheating on me and it makes me mad. Just for that, I'm never going to get off the couch. Ever.

What?

Tennis ball?

Oooooo!!!! Yes, yes, yes! I want the tennis ball! Gimmee!!

I gotta go.

Love,
Rusty

Don't touch my stuff

Right now, I am sitting on my couch in my pajamas (sort of) with Monty Python's Flying Circus running in the background. I am eating a root beer float in preparation for the joy of going to the state fair on Saturday (note that I didn't capitalize the words "state" or "fair", that would be the musical).

It is raining outside, and I am hoping that it will stop by the time Rusty needs to go potty. But the good news is that there is clear sky to the west.

At least I'm not going to be sleeping in a tent tonight. When I was camping in July, my brother and I were in the tent. After a couple of wicked rainstorms, we informed our parents (we didn't ask, because it wasn't optional) that we were getting rid of the tent. The tent rode on the back of Matthew's truck straight to the dumpster. That was a lovely day.

Rusty wants to show you his new trick, but he hasn't perfected it yet. So we'll keep it a secret until it's perfect.

Have a lovely evening!

Ciao~

Good thing I mowed the lawn yesterday

Yeah, it rained today. So I feel pretty smart for having mowed yesterday. I can be pretty lazy about mowing sometimes, especially when it's warm outside. But when I'd actually be willing to go outside and mow... The lawn doesn't need it! I gotta figure out a way for Rusty to mow the lawn.

I tried to post a picture, but Blogger wouldn't let me. Gosh darn it! Well then, I'm just going to go have some cookies and cream frozen yogurt and watch Law and Order:Criminal Intent.

I just wanted everyone to know how smart I am for mowing the lawn yesterday BEFORE it rained.

Rusty is all tuckered out from playing tennis ball this afternoon. And tomorrow is Monday. Yay. Back to work. Don't I sound excited?

Ciao~

Camera sale today

My mom and I are going to a tent sale at a big camera retailer this afternoon. I don't have money to buy another camera right now (still paying for Rusty's tests and surgery, y'know), but Mom is going on a canoeing trip in Utah this fall. She has a camera, but not digital. My dad has a digital camera, but Mom isn't sure if she wants to borrow it.

Mowed my lawn this morning. It needed it. I need to be better about mowing than I am. Except before I went on vacation, it was really dry and I didn't absolutely have to mow it. But now we've had some rain.

I created a new profile on the internet dating site, because my friend/co-worker Amy came over on Tuesday to have me take a picture of her for her profile and we were looking at guys and having a good time, except I could only look at like 3 profiles before it asked me to create one of my own. Sigh. I don't care if no one talks to me. It's all about being able to read the profiles. Entertainment, people!

S.S. kept thinking his comments weren't posting. They do eventually post, but I have Comment Moderation activated. I have to approve your comment before it appears. Don't worry though, I approve pretty much all the comments. :)

Have a good weekend!

A fish I caught and a sweater I made

So, I went away for a week and camped/fished/played/etc with my family. I got home a week ago today. And for the past week, I have no excuse for why I haven't posted anything. Make something up for yourself, people! You know how it is when you get back from vacation.

It was a lovely week. Matthew and I fished every day as much as we could. By the end of the week we'd caught so many decent sized fish that I caught a 12-inch largemouth bass and kind of shrugged about it. That is not right! And that is why I am staying home this weekend instead of going to the cabin with my parents. Oh, yes. And I need to mow my lawn.

This morning, I pulled weeds and filled up my garbage can. Those darn weeds just keep getting ahead of me. I need to get an extension cord for the weed whip my dad gave me. Aren't parents great?

Rusty's glad to have me home again. He liked hanging out with his auntie Kristi (my brother's fiancee) and her new dog Foo-Foo (uh... Don't ask), but it isn't the same as Mama.

That's all she wrote for now. Of course, there's always other stuff that I don't write about, but sometimes it's stuff I can't write about. Not yet, at least.

Ciao~

I love running!

Hey-yo! It's Rusty again. See the picture of Mama with the fishy she caught on Wednesday night? She and Uncle Matthew went fishing without me. :( I don't have stitches anymore! I can ride in Boaty McBoat-Boat now, because it doesn't matter if my tummy gets wet! Not fair.

I surprised Uncle Matthew by running really fast on Thursday night. Mama told me to show her where I wanted to go, so I ran to the back door to tell her that I needed to potty. And when I'm outside, I run around. I love running. It's so much better than walking. Walking sucks. And now Mama won't be able to keep up with me.

Okay. I'm sleepy now. Time to take my mid-morning nap.

Byee!

FYI

http://360.yahoo.com/abbylou_j

Hey, yo, I made a knitting blog. I'll start posting the knitting pictures and stuff there, if you wanna go look.

:)

No more stitches!

Here is a picture of Rusty's belly with the stitches in. They shaved my baby!

But that was last night. Now, his stitches are all gone! Hurray!

And Matthew, Kristi and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest last night and it was awesome. So I'm feeling pretty good.

Oh yes, and one last thing: Chad, thanks for your note, but no thanks. I've moved on with my life and I'm happy with it right now.

Ciao~

Taa-daaaaaaaaaaa!

Look! I finished the sweater I was making! Yay! Isn't it nice? I wish it were cool enough to wear it. But it isn't. I wore it around the house for awhile when the air conditioner was making me cold. But I can't wear it outside, so no one has seen it. Until now. Ha. Now I'm making another sweater that's striped with the big box of yarn that I got from www.knitpicks.com. Yeah. I love yarn.

Rusty is doing well. He has a nice scar on his belly with 23 stitches, but he doesn't chew or lick them, so they're healing really well. Next week we can take them out. Yay!

Happy 4th of July, everyone!

Ciao~

!!!!!!!!!!!

Rusty doesn't have a mass in his tummy anymore! They took out a splenic mass this morning (that's a mass connected to the spleen, which is part of the immune system) at the U of M Vet Hospital and everything looked "normal" for an older dog. I asked if "normal" meant "non-cancerous" and the reply was...





YES!
So there. The end. Have a wonderful evening!

Ciao~

T minues 24 hours and counting

Zoo pictures today! Hope everyone had a good Saturday.

T minus 2 days and counting

Good morning, everyone! My mom and I are going to the zoo today, so I'll have some pictures for later (or tomorrow).

In other news, I got a box of yarn on Thursday. 30 skeins of different colors. It's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pretty! :)

In other other news, Rusty is scheduled for surgery on Monday to remove his abdominal mass. The ultrasound didn't really give us any idea of what it's attached to, and the biopsy didn't even tell us if it is cancerous or not. So they're going to take the dang thing out and then do some exploratory stuff and we'll find out more.

And that's the news from Lake Woebegone for this week.

Ciao~

I don't know what to talk about

Okay. Scout is the black dog, Maybell is the other one. Norwegian fjord horses (and a draft horse - that's the dark brown one) and a pretty butterfly. I got nothin'. Have a nice evening!

Ciao~

Good and Bad

Yeah, baby! I went fishing on Thursday night with my brother, which was just what I needed, because we also found out Thursday that Rusty has an abdominal mass that is either on his spleen or a kidney or something in that general vicinity. So now we have to do an ultrasound to look at the structure and see what it's actually connected to. Oh, yes, and he has another bladder infection (probably, since the urinalysis hasn't come back yet). What a lovely day.

When I told my mom about the abdominal mass, she said I'd have to decide how deep in debt I was willing to go for Rusty. And how if he were my child, of course I would. Well, HE IS MY CHILD. Got it? As long as he isn't suffering, I will pursue options that would keep him alive. So there. :p

Rusty doesn't want anyone to worry about his abdominal mass because we don't even know what the source is, or if it's cancer or not. He says he feels fine, and he wants to go to the cabin so he can ride in Boaty McBoat-Boat some more and drink the lake and look at the fish.

Ciao~

Yay! Saturday!

Yay! It's Saturday! Yay! Rusty and I are sitting at home watching cartoons. Since I mowed the lawn on Thursday, I won't need to mow it today.

Today is planting day at the CSA farm my parents are members of. So I'm going to go with them and play at the farm. Rusty will sleep in his kennel until I get home. I might take some pictures. Then I might post them. But I don't know. We'll see how I feel. Of course, I'll have my camera with me. The only thing up for debate is whether I post the pictures or not.

Look at my new pet spider that I found in the bathroom. Isn't he cute? But after I took his picture, he ran away and I lost him. It's just like Boris the spider that I had for a friend at work, but then he ran away into the ceiling. So now I have a spider plant named Boris. And that's how it is.

So email me and tell me what I should write about! Gosh darn it. Rusty doesn't give me any good ideas on a regular basis. Sometimes he does, but not always.

Anyway, have a good Saturday.

Ciao~

Riding in Boaty McBoat-Boat

Hey, yo peeps! Rusty here. Mama just mowed our lawn because it got really long since we were at the cabin last weekend for Memorial Day. It was hot. Yuck. But I rode in the canoe with Mama and Grandpa while they went fishing. I got excited because Mama caught some stinky fish that she called northerns. They smelled real stinky. I would have liked to sniff them more, but Mama wouldn't let me. Then, when Uncle Matthew got there, I got to ride in Boaty McBoat-Boat. There's a place right in the front by Mama for me. I took naps, and made Mama shade me from the sun. I also made Mama and Uncle Matthew tip the boat a little so I could get a drink from the lake. They caught lots of stinky fish called northerns, and lots of bass. Mama sticks her thumb in the mouth of a bass, but not the northerns. Mama says that's because northerns have lots of teeth. But it was hot. Yuck. I don't like it hot.

Last week I had to go to the vet's office for a test. I had to spend all day there. It stunk. Then Grandpa picked me up and I went to his house. Then Mama came to Gramma and Grandpa's house and I got to meet Sophie, who lives next door to Gramma and Grandpa. It was fun, except for the part being at the vet. But the test came back normal. So now I have to go back and have another test next week. Oh well.

That's all I gotta say for tonight. I'm sleepy. Good night.

Hello, dear people

Well, here we are again on a Saturday morning having already done quite a lot. I helped unload the truck at the plant sale at my parents' church. Then I bought some marigolds and a hanging plant. Then we went inside to the rummage sale and I bought a grow light. Then we came back to my house and set up the grow light. Then we went to the gas station and I got gas for the lawn mower. Then back home, and I pulled weeds in my garden and planted the marigolds. After that, I rearranged my house plants, moving some of them under the grow light (as you can see in the picture). And then for a few pictures, and now blogging! And it isn't even 11:00 yet!

Hope you all are having a good day too!

Ciao~

Keeping my promise

Okay, so the picture on the bottom is Matthew's 37.5 inch muskie from Friday night, and the picture on the top is my puny bass from this afternoon. However, these are our respective first fish of the season. And so our boat has been christened well. I even named it. Boaty McBoat-Boat. Feel free to steal the name if you want. But be careful. Boaty bit me last night as we were pulling him out of the water. I think the name makes him a bit mischievous.

Have a good week!

Ciao~

Why I love fishing

So my parents bought a boat this week. My brother brokered the deal and registered it, and now said boat is living in my garage. We haven't really decided on a name yet. But we have certainly christened it. Matthew and I took it out last night for the first time and because we didn't bring the net or a camera, he caught a 37-inch (yes, that's thirty-seven inches) muskie. On a little suburban lake!

That's what happens when you don't have a net or camera. So we called our parents and they brought a net and camera. It was a sweet fish.

Stay tuned for a picture!

Ciao~