Dandy Duke

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Wet Yucky Snow

Guess what we woke up to this morning?
It's cold and wet and yucky and I slid off the back porch and I didn't like it!

Mom had a load of laundry to do and my blankie just happened to be in the load. What a perfect day to have my warm-from-the-dryer blankie wrapped around me.
Thanks, mom!

So until next time............

Love ya lots,
Maggie

Monday, January 16, 2012

For the past 2 days I've been refusing to eat my breakfast and it makes mom mental. She puts my bowl in front of me and I turn my head away. She'll go to any extremes to get me to eat!

Tada - breakfast in bed! You should all try this sometime. This is service at its best!

And after I finished my food - with 3 refills, I might add, she brought me my water!
Please remember the placemat next time, mom. Somebody made a mess in my bed!

This was Sunday afternoon.

Life is good for the time being.

So until next time......

Love ya lots,
Maggie

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Who Ate All Of Our Cake

Our beautiful cake from Miss Sunshade and Jaffa~

Where is the rest of it, Mitch?

Is this all that's left?!

So until next time..............

Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch

Friday, January 13, 2012

Hold the Broccoli

A lot of you have been asking how I'm doing. Well, I'm doing just fine.
About 4 days ago, I told mom that she needed to stop the broccoli and cauliflower. I decided that I just didn't like it anymore - so I'm back to butternut squash and onies, along with chicken thighs and hard boiled eggs, of course - and lots of supplements. The good thing is that I haven't missed a meal yet and mom is very happy about this!
I don't run to the kitchen anymore when mom calls me for my meals. I stay on my bed until I feel like moving so I guess you can say that I'm even more of a lady of leisure.

This is the tumor side of my mouth. It oozes sometimes. It's stinky and it's not pretty but mom tells me all the time that I'm beautiful and I smell like lilacs and gardenias and hyacinths and then she hugs me tight!

Miss Elaine suggested these supplements for me to take. We hope that they will shrink my mouth tumor and make it go away.

I still go on my morning walkies - I just don't go too far from home anymore but this isn't new - I haven't walked two miles with mom and dad and Mitch in quite awhile.
Leaving the back steps is a breeze but hopping back up onto my porch when it's time to go back inside is a challenge and I don't like it any longer. I put my front feets on the step and mom picks up my back end and it's working but I still don't like it. I like to do stuff on my own, ya know. This hind end weakness is not fun.

I'm still a very happy girl who loves life. I'm slower to get going in the morning but I do eat my breakie and I finish it all. Daytime is good. I love going out to the workshop with dad and Mitch and hanging out. Dindin is great and the night time is long. We do the best we can, right?

A cupola base update for you. It's finished for now and it has been moved over to the Crump barn. The next phase is the cupola body - the part with the windows!
If dad would have made this base one inch bigger, it never would have made it out the slider door!

Happy Friday the 13th! Stay safe everybody~

So until next time..............

Love ya lots,
Maggie

Thursday, January 12, 2012

True Colors Thursday - Aqua

We're playing True Colors with Blue again this week. It's fun - join in!
This week's color is aqua!

Mitch's collar has aqua/turquoise stones.

Mom gets to see the beautiful Home at Last quilt every single day of her life and she still thinks it's pretty darn special! These two blocks have aqua in their background.

Francesca's scarf has aqua in it~

So does this book.

Please play along if you want to. True Colors is really fun!

****Blogger is giving us fits! We're trying to read your blogs and when we click on them, they load and in about 2 seconds, they disappear and all we see is a big white blank page. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Is this happening to anybody else?

So until next time..............

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch

Monday, January 9, 2012

I'm a Working Stiff

Hey, everyone. It's me, Mitch and I'm going to enter the Working Stiff category for MangoMinster!

It's hard work growing up!

I worked hard to be the best host the day Lenny came to visit me and Maggie. I wanted to show him just how nice I can really be! Lenny is an angel now and we really miss him.

I see that treat on the TinMan's shoulder and I'm working very hard not to be afraid of him so I can snag it!

I helped mom on her hallway project and she said that it wouldn't have come out half as good without my excellent supervision!

I work very hard at being a comic and keeping them laughing!

I take mom and dad for a 2 mile walk every single day. It's a real challenge keeping them in shape!

A fella needs a nap once in awhile for all of his hard steady work~

I work very hard at trying to be most handsome. I think it's paying off!

And I also work endlessly to be my dads very best friend.

It's tough working for treats but somebody has to do it!

You want me in a "down", mom? Sure! Anything for you!

I worked hard to learn BANG and I never forgot it!

I could be mayor, ya know. I'm a very hard worker!

I worked very hard to persuade this kitty to come over and say hi to me. Oh well - you can't win them all!

I'm a great gardener! Mom says that I water some of her plants a little bit too much. OOPS!

I work very hard at being the bestest brother to my sweet sissy. I think she loves me!

I'll work at rooting for your Red Sox every game that they play, dad!

Yup, I'm a hard worker for sure!

Yer friend,
Mitch

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Too Darn Cute

I just happen to think that I'm the perfect candidate to take the Too Darn Cute category at MangoMinster. I don't thing I'm too full of myself at all!

This is me the day I came home to live with mom and dad. Do I look happy or what!