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1.29.13 Coffee’s On, Come On Over

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“I love the smell of coffee brewing. A hot cup with tons of sugar and equal portions of heavy cream or one of coffee mate’s flavour. Yum Sigh*”

Worldly Winds invited us for coffee – is that not the sweetest thing?  I LOVE coffee; the dogs, not so much.  What a fun new thing to do in cyberspace.  Thanks Alexandra.alexandra

1) How many cups of coffee per day? I hate to admit it but it is about 3 or 4 at the moment. I drink regular at about 6:30 AM and make a second cup from the same grounds at about 8 or 9.  In the afternoon, I have a cup of decaf.  In the evening I try to switch to decaf tea (Constant Comment is my fav) but sometimes just want decaf coffee to go with my gluten free cookie.

2) What is your favourite caffeine delivery system? My single cup Keurig

 3) What was your best cup of coffee? Cappuccino in Venice, Italy

4) What was your worst cup of coffee? Old restuarant dregs (I always make them brew a new pot)

mug5) What does your favourite mug say? It is red with a giant blue M&M character on it.  Before that was one that my daughter made me in some art class when she was little, no words just color, but some cat knocked it off the counter (or at least that is what the dogs told me).

6) How do you take your coffee? Non-dairy Hazelnut creamer.  Or regular non-dairy creamer with 1 sweet n’ low

 7) When was your first cup? My mother made the worst coffee in the world and I thought all coffee was those little crystals that came from a jar with hot water.  So I did not start drinking coffee until college, and even then, I preferred herbal teas.  I really got into coffee big time about 5 years ago.

 8) Have you ever gone on a coffee tea date? How cute is that.  I do drink Coffee when I am on a date with my spouse but V doesn’t drink either tea or coffee, only Pepsi..

I shall now invite a few friends for a tea/coffee date – please bring your pets if you have any.  (I think this may be the first non-animal related post that I have ever done. Wow!)  I prefer small crowds, but feel free to invite more people when you have your own dates.

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1. Vicki of This Abundantly Delicious Life

2. Genevieve, Cupcake‘s Mom

3. Mumma to Poppy Grace (Bumpyroadtobubba)

4. Julie of jmgoyner, wings and things.

You are people that I would really like to sit down with and get to know.  Thank you for your blogs.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 29, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.28.13 Monday Mischief: Switched

Mom, can you solve a problem?  Lulu says that black dogs are smarter than blond dogs.  Is that true?

Mom, can you solve a problem? Lulu says that black dogs are smarter than blond dogs. Is that true?

Sometimes, Mom’s just have to do magic to answer the more difficult questions.

Well, Sofie.  What do you think?

Well, Sofie. What do you think? Are they?

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This is a blog hop. I hopped it from Snoopy’s DogBlog. Check them out for more mischief.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 28, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.27.13 Black & White Sunday: Gimme!

Gimme that!  It's mine!

Gimme that! It’s mine!

Doesn’t matter what the toy is, if one has it, the other wants it.  In the end, Louise usually just gives it to Sofie, since her jaw is so much stronger, she rips it away and then puts it in Sofie’s mouth.  Very interesting play my girls do.

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This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to My Life in Dog Years for hosting. Click here to get to know other wonderful animals and their parents and to see how you can take part in this fabulous blog hop!

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 27, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.25.13 Follow Up Friday: Lovies and other things

Well, it is that time of week to look back so that we can look forward.  

Mom! Louise has all the toys and she isn't sharing.

Mom! Louise has all the toys and she isn’t sharing.

People were very taken with the wonderful angels, Gertrude and Squash, who were present on the blog last weekend.  I appreciate the nice comments, we all have our fur angels and sometimes we need them to visit more than others.  I am blessed to have a whole zoo of angels that all come visit from time to time.  

The dogs were so bored after their Monday Mischief that I had to break out a new Bo-Bo.  All those toys and they can’t find anything to do.  Amazingly (and I really should not say anything or I will jinx it), the new Bo-Bo still lives!!!  But let us see what destuffing goes on tomorrow.  

We really appreciated the response to Meet Mini Beaver.   It was great to find out that Sofie is not alone in her attachment to a Lovey.  Droppie, of AngelWhisper has a squeaky duck; Misaki has a squirrel; Doggy has his blanket, and; the humans at Animal Couriers make sure that when their dogs have a Lovey they go buy lots of extras.  Cupcake on the other hand, like Louise, is fickle and will play with anything (or not).  

Knee Update:  The bad news is, as expected, I tore the Menisus in the left knee.  But the good news is: not planning surgery immediately (I do hope that is good – right?) Since I already have trouble with the knees we are going to take the most conservative approach.  The doctor shot the knee with drugs and I am going to go to Physical Therapy to try and get the muscles stronger.  He said 50% of people are not bothered by the pain of a tear after about 12 weeks (that seems like a long time). We are hoping that it will stop hurting even though it will never go away.  When I asked him if I would every be able to knell again, he was a little hesitant to say anything other than, “you may have limitations.”  Wish me luck, folks.  All I want to do is get back to my walk every day with the dogs.  We are all going crazy!  Maybe next month.

Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.  Check out the other blog hoppers:

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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 25, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.24.13 Thankful Thursday: First Award of 2013

super-sweet-award1I am thankful for my first award of the year.  Thank you to Vicki at This Abundantly Delicious Life for bestowing upon us the Super Sweet Blogging Award. Vicki has an incredibly inspiring life.  She has a long marriage to her best friend, Jim, and they love to travel and take in all the wonderful things that life has to offer.  She is a cancer survivor with this strong and insightful view of life that everyone can learn from.  I am lucky enough to have virtually met Vicki through our work and she has become someone who I will follow for years to come.  Go check out her latest ski adventure.   

I appreciate each and every award that I have every been given.  Thank you thank you thank you.  We received this award last year, so I looked at our answers to see if they changed and they had not (except I might start calling Sofie, “Pork Chop” instead of “Gummy Bear.” Check out my answers at: 12 Cupcakes for DogDaz.  

My 2013 Baker’s Dozen follows (some old friends and some new):

(1) Misaki
(2) Angels Whisper
(3) Bassa’s Blog
(4) Dakota’s Den
(5) bumpyroadtobubba
(6) Cupcake Speaks
(7) The (mis)Adventures of Sage
(8) The Dante Diaries
(9) Long Life Cats & Dogs
(10) My Three Moogies
(11)  Golden Woofs
(12) Savannah’s Paw Tracks
(13) jmgoyder  

Baker’s extra icing goes to PepsiSmartDog – for hosting the wonderful Thankful Thursday every week.  

This is part of the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop from PepiSmartDog.com

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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2013 in Dogs

 

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Thursday’s Jake

thefluffingtonpost:</p> <p>PHOTO OP: Puppy With Foliage<br /> Jake, submitted by Lauren Pochatko.

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PHOTO OP: Puppy With Foliage

Jake, submitted by Lauren Pochatko.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.23.13 Wordless Wednesday: Don’t Go, Peanut

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We love you Peanut.

If I sit on Peanut, maybe she cant go back to school.

If I sit on Peanut, maybe she can’t go back to school.

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Ok – so I put a few words in the captions.  The pictures really do tell the story however and the dogs are not happy when Peanut goes back to school (far away), which she did this week.  They love to play with her and especially lie on her bed while she reads and computes.  See you soon Peanut!

This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 23, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.22.13 Meet Mini Beaver

BeaverRemember Beaver? (Check out: “Good Night, Beaver” for more details)  Beaver is Sofie’s lovey.  Beaver goes everywhere with Sofie and she can’t sleep if she doesn’t have him.  Beaver was a toy that was actually bought for Louise the day I brought Sofie home to live we us.  But Sofie decided it was hers, just like she does every toy in the house.  Beaver is very important and I now keep him locked up in the kennel during the day because (1) if Louise gets ticked at Sofie, she tries to rip Beaver just to upset her and (2) Sofie tends to get a little protective of Beaver.  

I find that some dogs really have an attachment to certain toys (like Sofie does) and others could not care less (like Louise).    Because Beaver is now locked up during the day, Sofie has taken to carrying around an ‘airdog’ and whining and carrying on over it instead.  At least the ‘airdog’ is a bit more durable, especially out in the yard (where I try to make sure Beaver never goes).  One night Beaver did go in the yard and you had to see me walking around with the flashlight to try and find him so that Sofie could go to bed.  Oh my, what we do for our furries.

So the other day V came back from the pet store with something really amazing for Nine.  A mini Beaver.  Now the 2 best friends, Sofie and Nine, have their own matching lovies.  Awwwww.  Nine’s however, you can fill with catnip.  Too cute.

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Beaver and Mini Beaver


Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 22, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.21.13 Monday Mischief: Foxy Fun

I know that toy is around here somewhere.

I know that toy is around here somewhere.

Where is that fox?

Where is that fox?

Mom!  I can;t find my fox, do you know where it is?

Mom! I can’t find my fox, do you know where it is?

Mom! Louise has all the toys and she isn't sharing.

Mom! Louise has all the toys and she isn’t sharing.

It was a rainy Monday and Mom couldn’t walk so we were stuck inside.  Louise wanted to find something special to play with.  We removed every toy from the toy box but that wasn’t enough, she was on a mission.  I went to mope because Louise was having all the fun. Then… I saw it. – Sofie Bear

Hehehe.  Look what I got, Louise.  Nana nana na.

Hehehe. Look what I got, Louise. Nana nana na.

BOL (Bark Out Loud)

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This is a blog hop. I hopped it from Snoopy’s DogBlog. Check them out for more mischief.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 21, 2013 in Dogs

 

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1.20.13 Black & White Sunday: Always A Smile

Mr. Squash E BearFall 2007

Mr. Squash E Bear
Fall 2007

Mister photogenic always had a smile for you.  He wasn’t a big kisser but he sure loved to hug.  Squash will be gone 3 years next month.  Miss you big guy.  

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This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to My Life in Dog Years for hosting. Click here to get to know other wonderful animals and their parents and to see how you can take part in this fabulous blog hop!

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 20, 2013 in Dogs

 

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