vacation

we are off to Florida for a week tomorrow morning...we are going to the OCALA area ( where I went last month) I fell in love with that area...it is Horse capital! We have a a few Horse ranch tours set up for Whitney to enjoy..( her passion is horseback riding and showing) we have a few other day trips planned also... we are staying with my friend Cammy and her Husband and newborn baby( remember my post of Baby Aiden? when I went down for the arrival of him coming into the world?) that's who we are staying with... Belle is a little down and out tonight...she isn't too sure what to think of all the luggage near the front door.... and why Coal and OMT were hauled away in the car and we not with me when I returned....

Coal had to be a Brave Boy and go to the vet for Boarding while we are away on vacation. He is still on alot of medication from his intestinal illness 2 weeks ago, so having him stay at the vet he will get all his meds and the care he needs while we are away...

OMT is also joining his Brother Coal, OMT is on more medication than you can imagine...this poor Old man needs alot of TLC . He needs to be at the vet while we are gone also...he is old and frail ( he will be 15 on Feb 19th!) So he and Coal are sharing a run at the vet and can keep each other company all week by sleeping side by side and enjoy a good hardy Breakfast and dinner together...even get Potty walks together....they are the best of friends....

willow and Belle saying their good byes to Coalie-Boy

I had to wake OMT up for our trip to the vet. he sleeps a good 22 hours out of the day...he usually only wakes up to eat and I have to wake him to go potty...sometimes he will sleep right through potty time.. he is such a sweet old man. when we got to the vet tonight to drop him off he fell asleep while the tech was going over his routine and medications....

willow and Belle are missing their Brothers...but they will have alot of fun with their Papa and their Maltese schnauzer Cousin Kramer during the week... and Tori, Tori, sadly when we decided to go to Florida Tori did want to go due to not wanting to miss school and work, she also had plans to fly out to Florida next month with a friend to visit her Uncle but that plan fell through...so anyway Tori will be staying with her Grandparents while we are away and get out of school at 11:30 each day so she will be home all day until she goes to work at 3 so willow and Belle will have their Human sister during the day and their Papa in the Morning for Breakfast and then again in the evening for Dinner and Play time with their fur cousin Kramer....

I wont be bringing my lap top so Ill be back next week with pictures and updates!

Tori's growing up!

Boy do I feel old...Lil Miss Tori received her Drivers License today.....this is going to take some getting use to! I always wanted Tori to do her very best in school and with all her tests and getting good grades....I have to admit I hoped she would pass her written drivers test but deep down I was hoping she would have failed her driving test.....I kept telling Brad...Do you think she is ready? Do you think she will be safe? He had some of the same thoughts as me...Brad brought Tori for her test and an hour later he called and said, we will be home soon, she is just getting her picture taken..My stomach sunk and I said...she passed? he said yes she did...I was happy but yet scared at the same time.
When I got home I snapped this picture and tucked away my fear and we went over rules with the car.( she now has our Altima as her own car) soon after she had to go to work and it felt funny not having to driver her and say Ill see you at the end of your shift...yet it felt even funnier watching her pull out of out driveway onto the road alone in a car. she was good and followed one of the rules...she called us and told us she made it safely. Maybe she is ready for her license...we as parents are not as ready... because she called when her shift ended and she is now home safe and sound.... really??? is my daughter already old enough to drive? yikes?

Coal update

I got a Call from the Animal hospital this morning for an update on Coal...He was responding well to the meds and was more alert with the IV Fluids pumping into his body, he continues to vomit ( liquids) through out the night but his Diarrhea stopped, He was tested for Lyme and Heart worm, I was shocked to learn he tested Positive for Lyme Disease..I mentioned to his Vet how can he get Lyme when Im so good with applying his Front line once a month...she said that the Tics were real bad this year and even tho he was treated there still is a chance they can get Lyme.( I wonder if that tic I found in out dining room was the one that made him so sick? the Tick looked like a small gray jellybean! it was gross and I flushed it down the toilet) his limp les may have something to do with his Lyme Disease...
He was given a numerous amount of tests and xrays, they found he has a intestinal infection and he has Hypothyroidism,( as does Ole Man Turbo) so they wanted to keep him all day for observation to see if his vomiting stopped, I called early afternoon to get another update and they said he hasn't vomited and may be ready to go home tonight...then I called early evening to check on him and they said he was ready to be picked up...Brad and I went tot he vet to Pick up the lil Monkey...after paying our $479.82 bill! ( gulpppp ) they went out back to get Coal...once he was brought out to us we went to leave and he threw up all over the over crowded waiting room....the vet tech said wait...don't leave yet, I need to let the vet know...Im thinking Oh man..Poor Monkey will have to stay here another night....
then Vet Tech said the Dr said we were fine to take him home, he may have been sick die to excitement with him seeing us...if he is sick when you are home or through the night please bring hims back....
well as of right now Coal is not sick and is sleeping out in the living room with, Willow,Belle and OMT nicely...lets hope he sleeps all night with no sickness! I cant afford another vet trip for awhile!

This and that .... with a Sick Pug

This post is not that great...Ive been sick, just found out today I have Kidney stones...( sorry Mom I forgot to tell you when I talked with you earlier...I was stressed out over Coal) so this Post is kinda boring and all over the place...I'm tired and not feeling that great but wanted to try to get back into my regular Blogging posts..seems as if Face-book pulled me away from my Pugposse Blog...anyway....


Well Im such a Ellen Degeneres fan I went and ordered these for the girls....

Ellen Sleep masks! Tori with her Brown eyes....

Whitney with her Big Blue eyes....Belle had a Birthday on Jan 3rd...she is Now a 4 year young Lady! HaPpY Birthday BelleBelle!

Coal has been not the same the last week, he has bee vomiting and diarrhea...today he wasn't any better so I took him to the vet for a check up...he is sick enough where they decided it was a good idea for him to stay through the night to be observed and have IV fluids, he had a fever and lethargic... this is the first time Coal has spent a night at the vet since we rescued him one year ago...I miss him bunches and hope when I call the vet in the morning they will have some positive news for me... Bugs ( whitney's Cat) seems to think the flower bed in the window is his perch...he drives me nuts when he sits there..if you look you can see Belle in the window right behind him...when he sits there the Pugs go crazy and bark and bark...thats when I know Bugs wants in...lol

Bull-Run Just had a Birthday On Jan first...his records say he is in his mid 20's,,he is doing awesome and loving being at the Barn with all his Horse friends, and Whitney goes 5 days a week to ride him.

Im going to miss my Monkey tonight...I hope he sleeps well and gets better. Poor Lil Man.

I married My Highschool sweetheart 14 years ago today..... so hard to believe!