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On I Can't Sleep--No More Bones Allowed In Bedroom
Beaded Tail said:

Yep, bones should be banned from the bedroom! Sadie only gets bones in the morning so that she's hopefully done with them by night. And she loves her Kong too. We put dog biscuits in it and then put the peanut butter in it so she gets "surprises" after licking through that peanut butter. It'll keep her busy for quite awhile and she'll even start tossing it in the air since she knows that when it falls the dog biscuits will break and fall out.

I tried putting in the treats with the peanut butter as you suggested and that made all the difference! Take a look at this video of Abby with her Kong now.


Mountain Woman said:

I take away bones at night too or I'd hear chomp, chomp all night so I sympathize.

If she didn't like peanut butter in the Kong, you can try sticking a biscuit in there or my favorite thing was Cheez Whiz. If Abby discovers she likes her Kong, you can put peanut butter, Cheeze Whiz or cottage cheese inside it, stick it in the freezer and then give it to her. The frozen treats inside the Kong will make it last longer.

On What Do You Wish Was Never Invented I received the following answers--all good:

Cigarettes by Daisy The Curly Cat
NY Yankees by The Bumbles
Gangs by Sandee
Cell Phones by Lin
Weapons by BK and Mountain Woman

On Do You Appreciate the Beauty Around You?
Sandee said:
I learned many years ago to always stop and smell the roses. I take nothing for granted. I think that comes with age though. It did for me anyway.

4 Things I Learned This Week--Part 28

Birds

When reading Mountain Man Mondays, What's That In Your Hand I found out that birds like grape jelly! I also found out that woodpeckers like to eat upside down!

Softball Tip

When we played softball last Saturday, I picked up this tip from the opposing team. Their pitcher was having trouble finding the "handle" on a slow rolling ball and not facing first base but heard the first baseman yelling to him. I overheard him say after the inning that hearing her voice helped him to know where to throw the ball and was able to get our runner out. Since I play first, this is a tip I tucked away.

Tennis Site

I discovered this great site for tennis players: www.tennis.com/yourgame. It has a lot of instruction in forms of articles, videos and a whole archive to "Tips of the Week."

Digital Camera

I finally got around to loading the photo loader software and reading the manual for my digital camera while on vacation this week. I learned how to add audio to a photo. I can play it on the computer but don't know how to upload it here. I also found out I can crop and resize pictures right on the camera! There's also a feature to take movies and upload them directly to YouTube but I haven't decided if I want to do that yet. I'd have to install more software and don't want it messing up my Flip stuff. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Happy 5th Gotcha Day, Spunky Doodle!

Today is Spunky's 5th "Gotcha" Day. That 5 years went by quickly and she grew pretty fast. I still remember when I could pick her up in one hand with no problem. Now she weighs in at 13 lbs. and doesn't usually want to be picked up. She's still a black beauty though and such a cutey. She wanted to be friends with our first cat, Moe, when we first got her and then quickly made friends with Manny when we brought him in. Now she has welcomed Abby into our family as well. She came around pretty quickly to accept her as a new addition to our family. Spunky is not as active as she was as a kitten, but has become very good at starring in videos and still seems to like her picture taken. I love how she'll sleep on the bed with me close by enough for me to pet her on and off during the night. I am so glad I brought her in as a kitten from being born feral at my dad's in May of 2004.

The one sure way to get her to come is to open up those Tuna Flakes. They are flakes that you just sprinkle on top of her food. She loves it and always comes right away as soon as I put some out for her. Manny, however, doesn't care for them at all. Read about Spunky's perspective at her blog at Zemek's Updates.

(I'll share my things I learned this week tomorrow.)

I Can't Sleep! No More Bones Allowed In the Bedroom!

Saturday we got another Rawhide bone for Abby which she loves! Unfortunately, she didn't just chew on it when we were gone, but even at night in our bedroom no less. I was pumped anyhow from our softball game and it was late so I just wanted to get to bed. Abby was making so much noise with this bone that I couldn't sleep! For two hours straight, she was chewing on it so I didn't get to sleep until after midnight! This is a picture of the bone Sunday morning. She did all that in just one day! Once she is occupied with it, you better not try taking it away or she'll bark at you like I found out earlier that evening. That morning I made a declaration that no more bones are allowed in the bedroom.

We also got her a toy that you can put some peanut butter inside. I forget the name of this thing--Klong, or Kong, something like that. Anyhow, I really thought she'd love it but she was slow to go for it and only licks it if I hold it for her. Spunky, our inspector, went up to it thinking it was something for her and was disappointed to find out it was for Abby.

What do you wish was never invented?

When I think about all the things we have in today’s world, most I am thankful for. Two things come to mind though that we could easily do without. I wish guns and bullets were never invented! They make it way too easy to kill someone. Almost everyday in the news I hear about people getting shot, some by accident and some intentionally. June 19th I read about a 38-yr.-old women employed at a laundry mat that was robbed and fatally shot in the head. I would not want any in my house; they make me nervous. I am even uneasy around security guards or policemen who carry them.

What do you wish was never invented?