Mike's favorite thing to do is go for a R-I-D-E. He usually has the whole back seat to himself. Unfortunately, this day the back seat was full of kids.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of you beautiful Mom's of skin and fur kids!!! We are all so blessed to have our kids.. and even though times may not always be the way we would have them... there is nothing that can replace the love we receive from our babies.

Mike is doing really well again. He and Gidget were playing tug-o-war with the westie baby for about 20 minutes this morning. I didn't think Mike had it in him to last that long... but he did. Of course now he's sleeping really sound and snoring away. :-D I love watching them play tug.. the young one shakes her head viciously while Mike just stands his ground and gives her a hearty tug once in awhile to let her know he's still (and always will be) the alpha, and he watches her make a fool of herself. LOL What's really funny though is when he releases for a split second to regroup and re-grab and hold tighter, and she takes that split second to get it away from him and runs like crazy. I end up being the mediator then because she'll run right to me wanting me to tug with her... silly girl should know by now that when I grab it... I give my end of it right back to Mike (tee hee).

She's doing well with the potty thing... but unless she's playing or eating, she still hasn't got the idea that she is NOT suppose to go out every ten minutes. At least now though, when she goes to the back door, she barks so I know she's there (which is "much" better than when she would just go back there and wait for me to know she's there... most of the time I didn't know she was there and she'd pee on the floor). BUT... if I don't listen to her and let her out each time she barks.. she will pee by the door. She's still having to stay in her room for a big part of the day (which I hate doing), but most of the time she's ok with it. I feel guilty for doing this to her, but I do have to admit... I'm relaxing a bit more since I have a bit more "quiet" time and don't have to get up and down every few minutes to let her out.

It was so funny yesterday. I planted my tomato plants and beens. I left her in her room while Mike and I were outside because it's just too hard to keep her busy and out of trouble out there if I can't watch her every minute. Well... when I had finished, I took her out, and she went crazy... barking... AT THE PLANT POTS!!! She's so funny. Everything is still new to her, and when she saw the round pots sitting next to the patio, you would have thought we had an evil intruder in the yard. They weren't even big pots.. just the pots the tomato plants had come in.

She has an appointment for the vet to be spayed again on Tuesday... but again... I'm going to have to postpone it. My brother (who was going to take us) is out of town and won't be back in time. Oh man.. this is getting old. The strange thing is.... she's 8 months old now and still hasn't gone into heat. I left a message today for the people at the rescue where I got her. I "thought" they got her directly from the puppy mill (they were going to put her down because she was the runt and not puppy store material)... anyway.. I want to find out if it's possible that she hasn't already been spayed (maybe they got her from someone else and not the mill). If this is the case, I certainly don't want to put her through that again. I guess I'll find out.

Well... gonna get going. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

Take Care and God Bless