Some Philosophical Thinking and a Christmas Wish

Well

Fergi is all better

Her stitches are out and her cancer is gone

The pathology report came back positive for malignancy

but

THE MARGINS WERE CLEAR!

WOOHOOO!!!

We started our AnnualHolidayJourney South

from OurRockyMountainHome to Families'Homes in Florida

(That's us and OurGirl in the CozyKansasCityHotel)

Eventually

We made it to the Beach (in north Florida)

After a fabulous visit with our friend Lola the Lakie

 and her HumanSissies and AmazingParents (in Mississippi)

(That's LolaBear ... we really love her ... mwaah!)

While there

We snoopervised some HouseConstruction

and 

Fergi exercised her DevelopingAssertiveness

(and we all listened!)

and

of course

We sat by their beautiful Christmas tree for some FestiveHolidayPictures

Now that we are at the Beach (at Gramma's house, near Auntie Judith's house)

We're ready to rest and relax

and

To make some good healthy (for the spirit) Recommendations

THAT's how we believe Life should be led

So

Not knowing if we'll be back before Christmas Day

We'll wish you a HeartfeltHolidayGreeting

to One and All

Hoping you all have a blessed, happy, healthy, joyful Holiday Season

With Much Love

Jake and Fergi

OurMoma and OurGirl

Comings and Goings

Oh Our Gosh

We keep sayin' it 

Over and Over

"It's been Furever!"

We guess the good news is that must mean

That we're paying attention

and

We have no intention of never comin' back

(but we ARE having to work pretty hard on OurMoma)

Anyhow

There have been lots of Comings and Goings since we last checked in

Halloween has come and gone

(So did the cookies OurMoma made to help us celebrate it)

The WorldWideMoment has come and gone

(and it was wonderful ... just like the past two years

and just like it will be in the years to come)

We 'specially want to thank everyone who helped to pass the word

(Since we figured we weren't gonna be able to count on OurMoma)

Specifically

Thank YOU White Dog Army

(We can always count on you.  You've taught us that!)

OurGirl has come and gone

(but not before she practiced her ReadAloudSkills with us)

(I'm a good listener, huh?)

(There she is ... pointing out NurseAsta ... or is that NurseLacie or NurseAggie ... to me)

(Little did we know that we were gonna need to be using those VeryImportantNursingSkills)

Our Furs have come and gone

(That was us Skyping with OurFriends in Merryland, Justin and Steve and Missy

and

That was the Saturday evening when OurMoma and OurGirl both discovered ... a Lump

in MissFergi'sBelly)

And

Now

A few days later (Wednesday, to be specific)

The Lump has come and gone

(Close your eyes now if you don't like IckyPictures)

Yep

It's True

MissFergi got another one of those nasty MammaryTumors

(Not all that uncommon in GirlDogs who are spayed late in life ...

... like OurFergi was, thanks to ((grrrrr)) the LousyPuppyMill where she spent her first eight years

Making Babies)

The GoodNews was

She got to come home the same day as the Surgery

A bit Loopy

(Notice her eyes and her little pink tongue ... hehehe)

A bit Wobbly

(She wouldn't lie down and OurMoma called her a LittleWeeble

She'd tip and wobble and wake herself up just before she fell over)

but

Happy to be Home

(Our little CandyCane)

We were ALL happy to have her Home

(and we'll be even happier if we get a phone call on Monday

Telling us the pathology reports came back good!)

Last night (Wednesday) was Perfect

We all slept like babies

and

Awoke this morning to the WhiteStuff

All the more Reason

To Nap

Both of Us

'Cause we've gotta get OurRest

Before our next big Comings and Goings

(They're just around the corner)

So

There

We've caught you up on OurHappenings

Now if we can just get OurMoma to help us catch up on yours

VeryVerySoon

xx

Third Annual Worldwide Moment

!!! Attention !!!

We need your Help

Please spread the Word

It's that time again

Time for the Third Annual Worldwide Moment

a Tradition that started on 14 Nov 09

When hundreds of PetBloggingFamilies

Joined together at precisely 11:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time

in a simultaneous Moment of Silence

Directing Thoughts and Energies to Anyone and Everyone that has become

an Important Part of each of our Lives

To determine what time that is where you live

Click Here for a Time Converter

Since OurDelinquentMoma (shhh ... don't tell her we said that)

Has been PatheticallyPoor at helping us blog for the past few months

Our dear friends TheWhiteDogArmy

Have graciously agreed to help spread the word

So that as many Families as possible

Can join in the Powerful Event

You can help, too

Grab the Banner

Put in on your Blog

Copy it to Facebook and Twitter

Spread the Word

Tell your Friends

and

Set your Alarms!

Join in and Feel the Amazing Excitement

Realizing that literally Hundreds of Like-minded Families

Are doing the same thing at the same time

Sending Pawsitive Power and Energy into the Universe

to all the Furry, Fuzzy, Feathered Fabulous Friends

Who are Here and NoLongerHere 

Celebrating Family and Friendship

Sending Love and Support

At the Exact Moment

(11:00 PM GMT on 14 Nov 11)

Turn toward the Skies

and

Join together in One Silent Moment of Meditation, Contemplation, Reflection and/or Prayer

Whatever feels right to you

Follow that Silence

With whatever means of Communication you choose

Arrooing, Barking, Howling, Yipping, Wooing

Meowing, Mewing, Purring

Neighing, Whinnying

Tweeting, Chirping

Squeaking, Squawking

You get the Idea

and

Wish and Send Whatever is in your Hearts

to the Universe

Send the Love and Support OurFriends want, need and deserve

All at one time

Simultaneously

All Around the World

(We promise ... you'll feel it ... it's Powerful!)

Remember

14 Nov 11

11:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time

Once again

To determine what time that is where you live

Click Here for a Time Converter

(In past years, we had a Countdown Clock

Last year it was TotallyUnreliable (and MiserablyFrustrating)

So, this year

We are suggesting you figure out the time for yourself

and

Set Your Alarms

We'll be there

Will you?

Much Love

(and with NeverEndingHope that one of these days

We'll be back, blogging with more regularity)

Jake and Fergi

(and OurMoma, too)

PS

Thank you Siku Marie and the rest of your White Dog Army

Catching Clear Up

Wooohooo!

WE ARE BACK!

(Gotta admit ... we're just a little peeved with OurMoma

Seems our extended wee absence has resulted in a Fall

into some sort of Forgotten Neglected Dismissed Devalued PoorDogStatus

AND IT'S THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN!)

Anyway

We left off (trying to catch up)

With a Hint of a MinorMishap

Truth be Told

Fergi and Zoë are still BFF

Despite the fact that Fergi's SnaggleTeeth made VeryBrief but VeryImpressiveContact

with Zoë's DelicateSkin

Ripped her right open, she did, my sister, the Fergs

The quiet, shy, sorta submissive one

It seems that Fergi is beginning to feel more a part of ThePack

(Having four of us in one household these past few months)

and

A SixteenLeggedBeforeBreakfastRomp

... around and around and around the dining room table ...

led to a WidelySmilingMouth which "brushed against" a WhiteWhippet'sShoulder

Oops

It happened so fast no one really even knew what happened

but

All is well now

TheIncision is now the TheBattleWound (or BooBoo) 

All stitched and healed up

(Thanks to the DashingDrBatch ... who gave OurMoma a GreatBigHug

as she tearfully explained what happened)

(Oh, the Drama)

Anyhow ... it's History ... and both girls have a Story to tell

Otherwise

We were sorta laidback clear through September in Colorado

All of Us

Enjoying the AmazingAutumn and sharing it with OurFloridaFamily

(It doesn't get much prettier)

Toward the end of the month

We all took a SeveralDayTrip to do nothing but take in the Beauty (and the Beasts)

We found a bit of France in Colorado

(Camp St Malo ... Pope John Paul II stayed here during his 1993 World Youth Day trip to Denver)

Honestly, we were "just" the passengers

but

We happily joined OurPeople on their Trek

Shortly into the Trip

We ambled by OurMoma's MostFavoriteRestaurant

The FawnBrook Inn (in Allenspark, Colorado)

(We're hoping that one day she'll dine there and bring us a few tasty samples

... the sooner, the better)

It was closed the day we were there

but across the road

Was something nearly equally as exciting

A "tap" from the Crystal River which was flowing under our paws

Where ThePeople stopped and filled up all our water jugs

with FreshColdMountainSpringWater

Look See!

OurGirl (who tasted the water later ... she wasn't with us at the time)

Aptly described it as we would if we could talk

"It tastes like melted snow!"

We drove on that same day and pulled up to OurLittleCabin near Estes Park

A VeryDogFriendly little place where I was a LuckyDog to have visited once before

It didn't take long for me to find all the windows

(Gazing out is one of MyMostFavoritePasttimes)

I could sniff that FreshMountainAir

Our cabin had a NorthwoodsTheme

Decorated with lots of LittleBears

Aptly named ... 'cause look who was there to greet us

Yep!

Our very own BlackBearCub!

He was hovering above the (tightly closed) GarbageBin

(Wistfully hoping it might magically open)

Only about 40 feet from OurPorch

(Fergi was actually the first one to notice .... she yipped and barked

While waiting in the car

When OurMoma left us ... still buckled in ... as she and the others unpacked.

Lo and Behold

We all soon understood the Reason for her Anxiety!)

(The Bears ... all of 'em ... the BigMoma and her TwoWayTooOld to StillBeWithMoma Cubs

Came back early one morning.

We heard 'em and saw 'em

Thrashing about in the tree

but

We knew better than to join them

Instead we stayed comfortably resting on the bed

It was Good

Really Good

While there

OurGirl even came from HerCollege to visit

Of course she was happy to see us

but

also

She was thrilled to open a package from Gussie's Moma

Seems they have somethings in common

Muzzer and OurGirl

TeenyFeet and a PassionForShoes

(We could smell ya, Gus and Teka!)

OurGirl smiled a lot and said "Thanks!"

This place where we stayed

Has a nice private Playground for Dogs

and

For the first time for some of us

We got to play offleash

(Told ya it was DogFriendly!)

Bella and HerMoma (our Gramma) played their VeryFirstGame of Frisbee

and

Fergs (SweetGirl) played BabyDuck following HerMoma

(if ya know Fergi ... this is HUGE HUGE progress

and it made OurMoma SoVeryHappy!)

It was a GoodTime

ReallyGood

Only a few short miles away was one of the Reasons for OurTrip

We'll let the Pictures tell the Story

It couldn't have been a MorePerfectFewDays

(OurPeople sure oo'd and aw'd and made lots of stops for UpClose and UninterruptedViewing)

We rode way up into the Heavens

On TrailRidgeRoad

(Eleven miles of which is above TreeLine ... breathtaking in lots of ways)

And

We saw lots of Wildlife

(REAL wildlife ... not the kind that run around dining room tables)

There were gobs of places to stop and gaze

but most often

We stayed in the car

(Pups aren't allowed off of paved surfaces ... but that was okay ... we were Content)

One day we rode through the BigThompsonCanyon

(That's the same road that OurGirl took to get from where she is to where we were)

If you are as old as OurMoma

(That's old)

You might remember a HugeFlood that rushed through this area back in 1976

(Way before us ... obviously ... before OurGirl, too)

It still gives OurMoma goosebumps, to remember

144 people died and the canyon was destroyed

If you are interested, you can learn more here (there are some good links)

You can even listen to a bone chilling video from a first-responder on that site.

Anyhow

Though the cherry orchards that used to lie near the BigThompsonRiver were wiped out by the flood

The Colorado Cherry Company still remains

Of course OurPeople went inside

and

Yep

We noticed (and drew to their attention) the "Free Samples" Sign

GoodDoggies that we were

(Waiting in the car and posing on the picnic table afterwards)

We were not to be disappointed

We pretty much "had it made"

(We've pretty much "got it made")

Life is Good

We were happy

(We ARE Happy)

(That cherry pie was YUMMY!)

Yep

So Now

We're back to it just bein' the Two of Us, with OurMoma, of course

The Family has returned to Florida

OurGirl is happily bein' a CollegeGirl

Things are Quiet

(Well, except for when we're running around the dining room table)

OurMoma is in some sort of state that she calls Transitioning 

We're not quite sure that means

For now we just focus on transitioning from one sunny resting spot to another

Like I said

Life is Good

xx

Catching Up ... Part One

Oh OurDogness

It's been a Dog'sAge

We're the first to admit it

We've been barking at OurMoma to do something about it.

Goin' and comin'

Comin' and goin'

But we're still Here

(Most of Us)

When we left off tellin' you about OurSummer

(SeveralFullMoons ago ... when it was still Summer)

We were busy spending OurTime

(and sharing OurHouse ... to be specific Fergi'sBigBed)

with Gramma and Bella

and

AuntieJudith and Zoë

It was Fun

We got to be GoodFriends

(and Fergs even started joining the Pack

 ... not wanting to miss out on any Pats or Scritchies ... or, most importantly ... Treats)

We managed to keep having Lots of Adventures

All of us Together

(No, Zoë did not get to take any of the WireyStuffies along)

In more than OneWay

We reached even GreaterHeights

(Than OurTrip up MountEvans ... click here if you missed that)

(The VeryNecessaryCeilingFan broke ... Wow that was a tall ladder)

(It's all fixed now ... OurMoma made it a HighPriority)

More importantly

(From OurPerspective)

Thanks to a new AnnualPass

(What took you so long, Moma?)

We got to enjoy lots of trips to a Foothills-to-Plains Transitional Park

Howling distance from OurHome

The Bear Creek comes down the Mountain

(Melted snow heading east)

Runs right past OurGirl's OnceWasElementarySchool

and goes right through our little town of Morrison

When we visited

(Which was pretty often) 

Sometimes we got to get OurPaws wet

(in the gentler parts of the creek)

and

Sometimes we crossed over it and looked down

That BearCreek dumps into BearLake on the east end

and

OurMoma promised to take us back there lots of times

Seein' as how it's practically out our BackDoor

That's not All

The PostMan kept delivering stuff now that we are Home

and

A most enticing parcel arrived from the RoyalMail

From a Certain SquareDog and his MostKindSquareMom

Thanks to them

Now we're Stylin'

in CoordinatingCathKidstonNeckware

(That's me, Jake)

(That's my sister, Fergi)

Don'tcha agree?

Stunning, aren't we?!

Even the WheelessOnes were not to be left out

(Never!)

Dining, now, on a CommemorativeRoyalWeddingTeaTowel

(They may look tattered, but they have high standards.  Don't be fooled.)

Speaking of Dining

Cakes and Tea and Such

We celebrated our Gramma's 88th Birthday in September

We were the MostImportantChef'sAssistants and Snoopervisors

Assuring the production of the MostPerfect LittleBirthdayCakes

With a MostSpecialOne for Gramma

Of course we ALL got to partake!

(Did you expect anything less?)

We've learned

We know

No Party is complete without Pressies

and

of course

We (I) were (was) a HUGE help in the UnwrappingDepartment

(I taught Bella the NecessarySkills ... this was her first BirthdayCelebration

She learned all about Pressies really really fast)

You see

Gramma's birthday was also Bella's DesignatedSecondBirthday

Happy Birthday Bella!

(We love ya!)

So

You must be getting the idea:

It was all SmoothSailing

PeachyKeen

HunkyDorry

Ducky

Fine

NearlyBrilliant  

... until ...

oops

How'd on Heaven'sEarth did THAT happen?




You're gonna have to come back to find out
and
That means OurMoma's gonna have to post again
To tell ya!

See you soon (we hope!)

Jake (and Fergs)