Murphy was a lovely old girl... 17 years old, but today was the day for her to head to the big kennel in the sky. We got her as a Rescue dog about 15 years ago... the girl that had her, had several other dogs, and poor Murphy was at the bottom of the pack.. they beat her up and won't let her eat... and when we got her, it took quite a while for her to relax... we never let our dogs fight, so no one picked on her... so over the years she became pack leader, and loved every minute of it... she had one litter of pups and we kept one little male... know as "mackie"... he will miss his mom...she hurt her back about 7 years ago, but managed nicely till this past week... Larry of course would not help me make the decision, so i made it on my own today, and took her in the vet clinic... our regular vet was away, but her locum was a very nice man and very considerate and kind...so it was okay... it is tough when you loose a good old friend..Larry will miss her as she loved to go with him around the home place...
We have had a real influx of mice this past week..I have two pantry cupboards, one for canned stuff and one for baking supplies... and we had mice in both of them... so i cleaned them both out... Larry happened to be around, and he and his trusty broom whacked two of them..there was hardly anything in the cupboards that they could eat.. so they ate the labels off the cans...but the cupboards look good now...
Larry had been making lots of Christmas decorations with his scroll saw... i bought a new fake tree, and plan on putting all wooden decorations on it... daughter in law also just put his decorations on her tree, i will take a picture of it when i get it done... We are going to have a house full this year... youngest son Matt is coming up with my little grand puppy, so Joe and his wife will be here for dinner, and friends and their son will be here... and then the other day, my Mom decided to come too... so Larry will drive down and pick her up the beginning of Christmas week and she will go home with Matt on Boxing day... but it has been years since we have had a big family Christmas... won't be many gifts under the tree this year as everyone wants $$.. Matt wants a digital camera, so i will give him $$ toward it, as the one he wants is worth more that i can afford this year.., Kelly wants gift certificate from Ikea, and Joe wants a video game, so i will give Kelly some $$ as it is quite expensive..and Larry and I are going to get a new bed ...
Our guild had our Christmas party on Wednesday... a pot luck... spinach salad, chilli, chicken wings, and spankpia( little spinach thingies in Philo pastery)..devilled eggs and 3 desserts.. good stuff...
Donna has been having problems with sending out the invites for the Spring Desert Mesa Retreats... the computer keeps bouncing them back... so if you haven't received an invite let me know and i will send you one...got a registration back from Bill and Vivienne today... so Vivienne must be feeling better..and they will be there in April...
2 comments:
I'm sorry to hear about Murphy, it's always a hard decision to make.
Sounds like you have nice holidays plans!
Sorry to hear about Murphy. It is never easy to loose a pet., especially one you have had for such a long time. Did I tell you we got a little dog who is 6 years old. She has really endeared herself to us in the short time that we have had her.
Hugs Karen
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