Elanor
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Looking after Boston and Lola
Aaron and Sujata had to go to San Antonio for several days, and they asked us to look after their two dogs Boston and Lola (she was a show girl). Boston is a basset/springer spaniel mix, about four years old. Lola is a basset/rottweiler mix, about eight months old. They are both very cute! I love it when they sit or stand facing you, their paws look like they are in ballet first position. Lola, Elanor and Boston have been having a great time wrestling and playing in the backyard. Four dogs all at once is a bit of chaos, and feeding time is quite a circus, but we happy…
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Elanor trees a racoon
Elanor loves to stare up at the sky. Sometimes she chases and barks at things she sees as she looks up. Today she managed to spot a baby racoon. Not only that, she cornered it up the utility pole. She was insanely proud of herself. When we convinced her to come inside, she pranced around the house showing off. The next time I let her out in the yard, she ran back over to sit and stare up at the racoon, who was still on the pole! Actually, she managed to keep it up there all day. It was still on the pole when we closed up the house tonight.
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Dogs – 07 August 2009
Here are some recent cute pictures of the girls. As you can see, Elanor is way more interested in the camera than Katy!
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Camping at Willis Creek
Rachel, Debra, Joey, and I have been saying we would like to go camping together for YEARS! We finally managed it on Easter weekend. We decided to try out some federal camp grounds run by the Army Corp of Engineers. We wound up with a reservation at Willis Creek Park, which is on Granger Lake, near Taylor, Texas. The website indicated that the usual camping activities were available at the park: swimming, hiking, etc. As Rachel describes, this was only partially true. We actually had a great time despite the lack of formal activity. I got some much needed rest. We got to play with our godchildren, and visit with…
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Hiking with Elanor on Wells Branch
We take Elanor to the park very often. She runs back and forth sniffing everything. She swims, or jumps around in the water. She plays with other dogs we meet along the way. She chases lizards and craw-fish. We usually hike in Walnut Creek Park. The park has three creeks: Walnut Creek, Tar Branch, and Wells Branch. Tar Branch and Wells Branch both empty into Walnut Creek, and then Walnut Creek flows out of the park, and eventually to the Colorado River. We usually play in Tar Branch and Walnut Creek upstream of the point where Wells Branch joins Walnut Creek. On this particular trip we went down to Wells…
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Puppy Adventures
Here are the latest pictures of the dogs…
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Pictures of the hike with Megan and Robert
I mentioned a hike with Megan and Robert, and Megan’s dogs, Reese and Anna, in a previous post. Here are some pictures of the event.
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Valentine Dogs
Elanor and Cali asked me to post this picture. They wanted to share their kisses with everyone. Happy Valentine’s Day from LisaDiane, Joey, Katy, Elanor, and Cali!
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Recent puppy activities
Here are some photos of recent activities with the dogs. Cali is staying with us this weekend while Lee and Billy are in San Francisco for friend’s wedding.
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Day with Asher
Today Asher came over to my house to play for a few hours. Rachel and Debra were able to go see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which they said was very good, if very long. Asher and I played with his encyclopedia. We read about Alcohol, Alexander the Great, and many other “A” words. We put together the Latin America puzzle, in alphabetical order, of course! We spent much of our time looking at my atlas, which, according to Asher, “will tell us where we are”. We looked up Andora in the index. He noticed that not only did the index give a page number, it also gave numbers…
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“Helping”
Elanor thought she would help Joey wash all the blankets and sheets from our guest rooms, but I don’t know how helpful she was… …cute she has covered!
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9th day of Christmas
Laura and I started the morning with a trip to the gym. We took a Body Pump class. Laura did great, and even got a compliment on her performance from the lady standing behind her. The class was at the Hester’s Crossing gym, and I decided I don’t like the group exercise room as much as I like the one at Tech Ridge. It is much harder to see the teacher, and I am uncoordinated enough to really need to see the teacher! It was a good class, and we got a great workout. After our workout, Laura and I dropped by to see Rachel, Asher, and Chiara. Asher was…
- Debra and Rachel, Elanor, Friends and Family, Home, Kay, Laura and Jason, Lee and Billy, Lindsay and Don, Misty and Brian, Ted and Becky, Troy
New Year’s Day
Yesterday Joey and I hosted our tenth annual New Year’s Day party. A great group of people showed up! We ate hoppin’ john, bean soup, and sausage balls (aka meat cookies). Dad, Asher, Laura and Joey decorated the garage and side walk with chalk. The Etheredge siblings were all present, and our nephew Daniel was charming, as usual. Chiara played with Elanor. Lee and Billy brought their friend Melissa, who talked physics with Dad, and then discussed opera with Laura and Alissa! We finished the evening with a round of Apples to Apples. In short, it was a wonderful day, a perfect start to 2009.
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Etheredge Christmas – the third day
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me… family, a bell mishap, and a shopping trip. Troy, Kay, Andrew, and Daniel all came over to our house for breakfast on Saturday, 27 December. Andrew and Dad cooked eggs and sausage. Joey made sticky buns and hot sauce (not to be eaten together, those are just the things he prepared). Everyone sat down and we really enjoyed the meal. Next we opened our presents. I got a perfume, and framed picture of Joey and me from Joey. Troy gave us a copy of his wedding video, and a gift card to Alamo Drafthouse. Kay, Andrew and Daniel…
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Backyard Project
And in the fourth winter Joey said, “let there be grass”, and there was grass, and it was good. Ok, well, there is not grass yet, mainly mud… let me back up. When we moved into the house four years ago, the backyard was all weeds. We never minded much. KatyDog was thrilled to have a backyard at all. She didn’t complain about the lack of grass. Also, since she mainly likes to find a sunny spot and lie down, she did not really put to much stress on the vegetation that was there when we moved in. The horrific drought, on the other hand, really did a number on…
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Etheredge Family Gathering
Joey and I are so lucky to live in the same city with his siblings. Although we did not spend the day of Thanksgiving with our Etheredge family, we did see them over the weekend. Christinne’s folks, Dave and Sarita, were in town, and we got to visit with them as well. Everyone assembled at our house in the afternoon, and we visited and relaxed. Daniel met Elanor; they seem quite fond of each other. Babies and dogs make for really cute pictures. Daniel got to hang out with Uncle Troy and Aunt Christinne, and also met Dave and Sarita for the first time. Troy brought Ziegy over as well,…
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Thanksgiving Part Two
Thanksgiving weekend was full of wonderful food. Not only did we get invited to Aaron and Sujata’s on Thursday, we were also invited to Lee and Billy’s for a Thanksgiving feast on Friday. Lee and Billy celebrate with Lee’s family on Friday – their drive down from the DFW area is much less crazy on Thursday than it would be on Wednesday. Joey and I were really grateful to be asked to join their family gathering. We had a lovely time visiting with the Cagle clan: Roy, Becky, Anne, Chris, Rachel, and Emily. We were also joined by Lee and Billy’s neighbors, Carson and Robert Alexander. The food was fantastic. …
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It is a doggy dog world
Elanor has definitely made a place in our hearts. Here are some more pictures of her from the past week. She went with us to Lee and Billy’s house this past Friday. She and Cali played with one of Cali’s toys in the backyard. You can see it in a couple of the pictures – a dino cuz. It is hard rubber, it squeaks, and it has a dinosaur tail – what more could you want in a toy? Not much if the fun that Cali and Ela had is the measure we are using to judge! Elanor’s bed arrived on Friday. She has already made it her own by…
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New puppy! Welcome, Elanor!
After much debate and consideration, Joey and I decided on which dog we wanted to adopt. I went and got supplies for a new dog: bed, crate, food, food bowls, toys, leash, etc. Last Friday Joey and I went to pick up our new puppy. She is a yellow lab. She is just about one week shy of one year old. Here are some more stats for those of you who like to know the size of things: she is fifty-five inches long from the tip of her nose to the end of her tail, her tail is sixteen inches long, and she is twenty-one inches tall at the shoulder.…
