Raising Addie

Just One Day - June 11

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:03:00 +0000

Just one day. It doesn't seem like much time really. But when you are a dog or cat stuck at your local animal shelter, 24 hours might be all the time that you have to find a new home. I stumbled upon this event on Facebook that encourages animal shelters that are not no-kill to try it for one day, June 11. Heartbroken over so many adorable pups that have lost their lives at Fort Worth Animal Care and Control, I reached out to Mayor Betsy Price and to Fort Worth Animal Care and Control on Monday, April 30. Mayor Price responded to me communicating her support and the excellent news that FTWACC will be participating in this event! It may only be 1 day, a mere 24 hours, but to the desperate and lonely dog or cat at FTWACC it means extra networking time, it means extra time to catch the attention of that one person in the world that has been looking for them. It means FTWACC cares and wants to see more lives saved. In addition to having no animals euthanized on June 11, FTWACC will also have special offers for adoptions as well. When I have more information on the specials, I'll post it here.

Please visit Just One Day and see if your local animal shelter has signed up. If you don't see their name on the list contact them and ask them to participate. (FTWACC has not signed up yet on the website, this has all happened pretty quickly.)

From the Just One Day website:
On average, if each animal shelter in the USA adopts out or transfers to rescue groups an extra three animals on June 11, the USA can become a no kill nation, even if it is for Just One Day. And if we can do it then, we can also do it on June 12 for Just Another Day. . .

Happy Easter!

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:26:00 +0000

Gra Dilseacht Cairdeas

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:07:00 +0000

(Love, Loyalty and Friendship)

An Irish Prayer

May God give you...

For every storm, a rainbow,

For every tear, a smile,

For every care, a promise,

And a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends,

A faithful friend to share,

For every sigh, a sweet song,

And an answer for each prayer.

It's Square Foot Gardening Time!

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:14:00 +0000

Welcome to our second season of square foot gardening!

This year we are planting earlier and trying out new seeds.

Our awesome Ron built square foot gardening box from last year.

Adding additional compost.

Mix, mix

Stir, stir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYhy0zOwZY

Some of the new seeds that we are trying out this year are green onion and red sunflower. We also added cherry tomatoes and peppermint plants.

We have a few empty spots to accommodate our undecided plants. Any ideas?

Our fury little friends used our square foot garden to hide their nuts in during the winter.

They also hid their food.

We will see you next week with our garden update.

Bye for now!

Happy 4th Birthday Surprises for Me

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Addie received a Birthday surprise all the way from Singapore from her best buds Shane, Huskee, Hershey and Little Bun!

What is this weird packaging tape all over? Looks like someone else opened Addie's birthday gift first. It smells pretty good to Addie!

WOW look at all the great toys and treats that Addie received!

AND an adorable Birthday gift for Hailey too!!

"I've grown too long to fit in this lovely outfit but maybe I could have a little playmate this size? Hint, hint."

Thank you very much Shane, Huskee, Hershey

and Little Bun for making Addie's

Birthday extra special!!

We are blessed to have wonderful and thoughtful friends!

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Even though it rained all say on Addie's Birthday, she still had a good time.

She had a Birthday bone.

Nom, nom, nom...

She had fun opening all of her birthday gifts.

Then promptly pulled all of the stuffing out of her new sheep toy.

She even shared her new big toy with Hailey. Look's like she has a new friend!

I Remember

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:04:00 +0000

Monday, February 18, 2008
Back then I had no idea that this litter of pups had been born. My K-8 was fine. Then everything changed and I found my Addie.

Baby Addie

Addie on top of her sister.

3 weeks

5 weeks

2 months

June 2008

October 2008

Happy 4th Birthday Addie!

Sharing the Love

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:32:00 +0000

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous.

Love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly.

It does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails.

Corinthians 13:4-8

Happy 3rd Birthday Hailey

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

My little Hailey is growing up so fast. I remember when I first met my little Hailey. She was barely 4 pounds yet she insisted on being with the big girls all the time. Showing her independence, Hailey climbed right up the steps that were twice her size after only being with us for a few days. Never wanting to miss a second of fun, she is constantly in between her 70 pound sisters. One little yelp puts the big girls in their place.

She truly has the heart of a big dog.

Happy Birthday My Little Hailey!

3 years old

2 years old

1 year old

11 months old

10 months old

9 months old

8 months old

7 months

6 months

5 months

4 months

3 months

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Outtakes

Blu on Wheels

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:47:00 +0000

This is our dear friend Blu.

Blu has had some health issues recently that have left him unable to walk with his hind legs. Blu's mom has started a blog to record his journey as he heals and does his best to walk again. Please visit Blu's blog at bluonwheels.blogspot.com and welcome him to the blogging community!

Happy 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:14:00 +0000

----Outtakes----

Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:13:00 +0000

----Outtakes----

Gobble Gobble

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:04:00 +0000

Happy 3rd Birthday Lucie!

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:47:00 +0000

3 years old

2 years old

1 year old

6 months old

2 months old

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In honor of Lucie's 3rd birthday she received 21 of her favorite squeaky balls as well as her favorite home made all natural squirrel shaped peanut butter cookies.

Canine Film Festival - Happy Halloween!

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:07:00 +0000

Happy Haunting!

A Wish for a Cure

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:39:00 +0000

Many of our friends and family have felt the effects of cancer. For those who are fighting the long and tireless battle, don't give up! We love, support and pray for you.

The Dogs with Blogs community lost a dear friend to this horrible monster.
Claudette, your lovely memory will live on within each of us and our beloved fur babies.

Our Fence Post

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:24:00 +0000

The way it was...

and then it was gone.

Three dogs with no fence is NO FUN!!!

TAA-DAAA

Fast Photo Shoot

A little play time.

Here are some videos that show off the back yard. The girls love the additional space!

Special thanks to the DFW Wood Doctor for the awesome job on our fence install. They built our cedar fence one piece at a time (374 foot total) in about 7 days during 100 degree heat. I really don't know how they did it. To make things worse, most of our property is on rock so installing the posts was painful to deal with. I found them on Angie's List. It was my first time to use that service and I am very thankful that I did. If you are in the DFW area and need a new fence you must call the DFW Wood Doctor!

Coooool off with our 500th Post!

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:21:00 +0000

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Nope, it's not a dream. This pic was from our snowstorm in February. I feel cooler just looking at it!

Hailey's paw print is inside of that bowl. This is one of my favorite pix.

Dealing with 100 degree temps for 33 days now, I have run out of different ways to keep the pups cool which means walks happen very early in the morning and rest of the time we are in the house enjoying the AC.

In celebration of our 500th post, share with us how you are keeping COOL this summer and you could win a Kool Dogz ice treat maker!

Simply post a comment on this blog post on how you are keeping cool for an entry into the Kool Dogz drawing.

Would you like extra entries to with this awesome gift? Create a blog post on how you are trying to keep COOL with pix and/or video, reference our blog in your post, share your post link in the comments of this post so we can check it out and you will receive an addition 10 entries into the drawing.

Now for more snow fun!

Is there something on my face?

How about mine?

Yummmmmy!

Woooooooooooooohoooooooooooo!

Square Foot Garden: Fifteen Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:56:00 +0000

Wha happen to garden?

Texas is what happened. Every day for weeks of temps over 100 degrees. The garden was watered every day but that sun just beat down on the plants and burned them out.

Cute little ear of corn.

This Grass Hopper really likes our garden. He felt comfortable enough to molt here. We saw him here a few days ago eating the green bean plants, we figured since we didn't get anything out of them at least something would so we let him be.

Lot of lessons learned this first try. I plan on trying it again next year but definitely planting a lot earlier in the spring, we got started a little late this year....at least for Texas.

Maybe some more shade too. I'm still going to try planting some potatoes for a fall or late fall harvest.

Square Foot Garden: Fourteen Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:28:00 +0000

Hot enough for everyone? We have lost track on how many days it has been over 100 degrees here. Most days when you go outside it feels like you are in a convection oven.

All of this heat has taken a toll on the garden. The only items that are producing at this point are the corn, zinna flower and the mint which is spreading out all over.

Hailey continues to be happy even though her green bean plants have stopped producing snacks for her.

Hailey's long coat is really coming in nicely now. She is showing off her beautiful fur after her bath on Saturday.

Lucie had a sniff of the zinna flower.

I brought the flower down to Hailey's level for a sniff as well. I really thought she was going to eat it :)

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:08:00 +0000

Square Foot Garden: Thirteen Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:07:00 +0000

Tomatoes were harvested during this week. They turned red and started to split for some reason.

We now have three ears of corn. Depending on how this corn turns out we may just go with potatoes and corn next time. Everything else wasn't so successful.

I see you in there green bean. Grow faster please!

Wondering what Hailey is smiling at?

This super happy Zinna flower! It's just as happy to see her.

Lucie even went in for a sniff of the Zinna flower.

Doggone Dog Swap

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:46:00 +0000

We participated in Sprinkles dog swap and received a wonderful gift from Dolce!

Thank you very much Dolce!

We can't wait to play with our new toys!

Square Foot Garden: Twelve Weeks

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:11:00 +0000

Happy 4th of July!

Our corn came alive this week!

Our second ear of corn has made an appearance.

First ear of corn is growing strong.

It's still in the 100's here so we water often, every other day. Not sure how "green" that is.

I like a taste too.

Can we go in now? It's too hot!

Full Potato Harvest

Faster!

hehe... jokes on him, I eat these too.

YAY

I got to try a baby potato and it was yummy! I didn't share it with anyone.

Our potatoes. Not bad for our first ever potato harvest. Ron made potato salad with them and it was delicious! We didn't use them all tho, want to try replanting for another harvest.

Our New Kitchen

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:40:00 +0000

It all started with our new slate floor installed by Thurman Flooring. During the install of the floor we met Matthew. Matthew asked if we were going to update the rest of the kitchen and the rest is history.

This was our first major remodeling that we had done to our house. It took 4 weeks to complete. We chose to do business with small local businesses that were either referred to us by Matthew or by a friend. We were very lucky during this process to only have two instances where workers did not show up when they were scheduled to.

DEMO - No blankets were harmed during this process.

Husband note: Ahh yeah, you can blame me (Ron) for that, things were getting crazy quickly at that moment and I needed something to protect our new stove so I grabbed the first thing I saw available. Sorry.

When I arrived home from work the first day this is what I found. Our microwave was wrapped in one of my favorite blankets (once again, my fault -Ron) and placed in the dinning room and another favorite blanket was protecting our new oven.

New Lighting

"Custom" Cabinets and the 4 Inch Gap

We were not shy about the fact that we knew nothing about purchasing custom cabinets. The good thing was that we knew that we wanted the exact same layout (down to how the doors opened) as the old kitchen which is what we told the cabinet maker when he visited our home. We had to go to the cabinet makers office to choose our type of wood and view his "plans". He did suggest drawers next to the stove instead of cabinets for pot and pan storage which we agreed to. During the office visit the cabinet maker showed us his computer software with the layout of our kitchen cabinets. Since neither of us know anything about his software of his "industry standards" we didn't know what to look for. Well, we do now.

If you take a look at the cabinets to the left and right of the window you'll notice that they are smaller than our old cabinets. When we inquired about this during the install the cabinet maker (this is where he got "douchey" -Ron) informed us that a 4 inch gap is "industry standard" and that we approved his computer version of our kitchen. Maybe he could have informed us of this prior to looking at his computer software that we are not familiar with.

There's more to it than this, Ron had a 10 minute conversation over this that was not pleasant that we won't go fully into here. Long story short, he demanded and received a discount. Chalk it up to a learning experience.

Staining of Cabinets

This phase nearly killed all of us. The workers that did the staining and lacquer did an outstanding job in 100 degree heat. IF we ever have custom cabinets made again, we will find someone that completes the process at their location instead of inside of our house. The text that I received from Ron at about 2:30 p.m. (work started at 9 a.m.) said something like, wow the fumes are getting strong in here. He had no windows open. The workers had masks on, he did not. When I got home from work I couldn't even believe the fumes. The pups were in our bedroom away from the majority of the fumes. This was hands down the worst part of the process.

I found Ron naked in the driveway trying to feed bird food to a plastic garden gnome ranting about how the government put tracking devices in his tooth fillings. He got better.

TA-DAAA

This remodeling has been especially difficult on Lucie. She is our sensitive pup and does not like change. Even though Ron, Addie and Hailey were home with her during the remodeling process, she was stressed. She has been scratching, not wanting to eat at times and not sleeping well. Our vet believes that it is due to the stress of having a bunch of strangers in our house. It has been a long 4 weeks for us all.

Treats from our new kitchen please!

Special Corn Update

noreply@blogger.com (Raising Addie) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:07:00 +0000

When I took the pups outside early this morning I found this new addition to our garden!

CORN!

It sure grew fast overnight.

Look how much it grew since this morning! I took this after work.

I absolutely LOVE this garden!