A Walk and then a Nap

After eating at the diner this morning (yea!) we took Honey out for a walk. As we were coming up the hill Jenny, our neighbor, drove by. Well, Miss Honey has another friend for life!

Right now she is asleep in the kitchen on the blanket throw we got for her. She has been playing with her toys, some of them new ones thanks to Miss Merry and her family.

She is really growing fast. We weighed her yesterday and she is 21 pounds.

Her new "trick" is getting into B's chair - not something she is allowed to do. He said she jumped up into the chair this morning when he got up to get her a toy. Any time she attempted to jump up on something we have pushed her down and said no. And, she was too small to jump up. Well, guess those days are gone.

Here she is ready to go outside. I keep my shoes on the crate as she would eat them on the floor. Sometimes it's just easier to have things out of sight out of mind.

Around the House & outside

Boy, has Honey grown. She is now 21 pounds! So much bigger in just 2 weeks. We went to the local pet store yesterday to get her some new toys. This thing is a "cow" toy and she really is enjoying it.

While Honey does the steps out the front door, she just won't go down the steps to the lower level. This is where I iron and have my main computer. so if B isn't home, I don't go down. She has gone down 1 stair and then backed up. We aren't forcing her. The funny thing is B will walk her around and come in the back sliding doors and she is fine. But she then will not go up the steps - he has to take her out the sliding door. Well, sometime she will figure this out.

Another picture of the turkeys. They were really BIG

For shooting out the window this isn't a bad shot. It does give you an idea of how big they were. Well, not for our dinner!

Turkey Visit

I was working in the kitchen around noon yesterday. And just happened to look out and see a flock of turkeys These guys were BIG! There were about 7 in all and they were around the car on the back drive and also the septic mound. I think the acorns are a big draw!

It was amazing how big there were - a late Thanksgiving dinner, that's for sure. We figured maybe 15 to 20 pounds.  Well, not our dinner!

A snowy day

We had snow off and on all day with temperatures in the low 30's. When I took Honey out she slipped down the steps. We were both careful. It's 25 right now. That's cold.
B was out doing things today and I had doggie duty. We put the tree up. Now this is a 4 foot tree with lights. It is on a table in the living room it does look nice
Got to check on dinner. Good day.

The rains came

What a rainy day! It started yesterday with winds and warm temperatures. And the rain kept falling - over night. And we found out Honey does not like to go out in the rain. I think it was because the winds were so high the trees were swaying and making noise. It was the noise and the rain sideways that spooked her. Well, you gotta go so out we went (I get night duty). She is better only needing to go out twice. She was very good and after a wiping down she went willingly into her crate. She was up at 5:55 and since I've been getting up at 6 we got up, went out and I had some coffee.

We had a visitor yesterday, our neighbor George. She greeted him at the door but didn't jump up. When he sat down she did go after his shoe laces but was generally well behaved and while George and B talked, Honey lay down on one of her pillows. Today we had someone doing routine maintenance of the HVAC and while the guy was mostly downstairs, when he came up for some info she just looked - no barking or jumping. Soooo good!

Right now she is on her pillow sleeping. The temperatures are dropping and I hope it won't get icy as she has a bit of trouble going up and down the steps to the driveway. She hasn't tried the steps in the house. I went down for something a bit ago and she looked over but didn't go down. Here she is after she took a look and decided not to head down. They are rather steep steps but we know she will venture down very shortly.

We had the last of the turkey soup for lunch and tonight we are having hamburgers and baked beans. I got sick of turkey and then I made a ham over the weekend. So we will have something simple and good tonight.  Since I'm cooking breakfast for a while, I made a Lynn Mac Muffin with egg, cheese and ham on an English Muffin. That was, if I do say so, good! I've made pancakes, scrambled eggs, eggs hash browns and bacon and a bagel (purchased from Price Chopper and frozen). I'm not sure what tomorrow will bring. Probably scrambled eggs or maybe an omelet. I do miss the diner!