Again... I've been gone a week. I swear, the older I get, the faster time goes by.

Mike and Gidget have been doing pretty well lately. Mike does seem to be leaking again more than normal, and he has been having bouts of passing granules (I can hear him groan when he pushes on his bladder to get them to pass, so I know he's in pain sometimes), but all in all, he's eating and doing everything he's suppose to be doing that let me know he's doing ok. His sleeping at night as been sporadic. The night before last he slept really good and really deep, but last night, he couldn't get settled until after 1 am. Even though he's going through everything he's going through at night, I'm still very grateful that he's as close to normal during the day as he can get.

The young one is really coming in to her own. She's grown up enough now to realize that if I don't run to the back door as soon as she calls for me, she can sit and wait, and I'll be there as soon as I can. I guess we can all sell our stock in Bounty and Resolve now... haven't had to stock up on it for awhile.
I think I've determined that Gidget thinks she's an outdoor dog though. She loves standing outside and letting the wind blow through her hair and chasing every leaf that dares to blow in her sight. She's so funny watching her pounce on them and looking so proud after she's demolished them. I'm thinking when it gets a bit colder, she won't want to stay out so long though... we'll see about that though.

The weather is really getting cold. Thank God I FINALLY got a new furnace yesterday. Since October 6th, I've only had heat a total of 5 days. The furnace guys were out here six times before it was determined that I need a new furnace. I'm a freeze baby, and since it's been so cold here already, I've been using three space heaters to keep my sanity. I did wake up one morning with a horrible migrane that lasted two full days... my gosh, I haven't had one that bad in a very long time (maybe over a year). Even though I do have a history of migranes, since the surgery I had to stop them, I've only had a few really bad ones (nothing like I use to), and mostly they have started with cold air hitting my head. That's the major reason I have to hibernate in the winter. Even standing by the door too long to let the dogs out can trigger one if I'm not careful.

Oh well.. that's all water under the bridge now. Everything is fine, and my house is warm. Even the dogs seem happier.

Hi Cynthia...
Thanks for stopping in and visiting. I'm so glad Benji's surgery was successful. Give him and Bugsy bunny hugs from me.

Hey Sunny & Buddy...
We're sorry... we've been after Mommy to write for the longest time, but somehow she doesn't listen to us all the time. Sometimes when she didn't listen, my sister peed by the door to remind her that she's suppose to pay attention to us... but then she just got mad... so she she stopped doing it. We know how to get her to listen to some of the stuff we tell her, but when it comes to her computer, the only thing we can do is have Gidget jump on her lap while she's typing and then Gidget tries to type for her.... but... she's still too little to know how to spell people words, and when my sister types... no one can understand the Westie words we write. I don't like jumping on Mommy's lap when she's on the puter so I just try to tell my sister what to write. I wish she'd learn to write in people words though.

Sending you guys Westie nose and whisker kisses

Mike (and Gidget)

Sequia said...

Joanna, thanks for looking in on Benji. He got a clean bill of health from the vet yesterday! I am so pleased.

How are you doing? We you and Mike able to sleep better last night? Give them so nose kisses from me please.
Cynthia

October 22, 2008 12:16 PM

Sunny and Buddy said...

no updates? The westie cousins were looking for news!

Sunny and Buddy

October 27, 2008 6:20 PM

Hope everyone is having a happy, healthy week.

Love & Blessings