Monday Mutts…whadda you gonna do other than smile? Oh well, at least there’s an extra day this month so there’s something else to enjoy. Happy Monday.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Category: Smiles
Monday Musings ~ February 19, 2024
Happy Monday, troops. We hope you had a wonderful weekend and are ready to cast your sights on a fresh new week. And what better way to start the week out than by a smile from Gary Larson. This one gave us a chuckle and we hope it does the same for you.
May this week provide loads of smiles (and perhaps some tasty treats). No doubt ‘Carl’ would approve.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ February 12, 2024
It’s Monday. Again. How did this happen to us?
We hope you all survived the weekend and enjoyed an exciting Super Bowl. No doubt many were disappointed by yesterday’s outcome but if it was an exciting game you wanted, I think you will admit, it was a full serving. Can anyone explain to me how in the world Patrick Mahomes managed to pull off that win? Maybe another ‘conspiracy’ I’ve heard over the years that suggests he’s a witch, is true? I dunno. I think that’s the longest I’ve held my breath watching a game. On another note, were there any notable commercials that tickled your fancy? Was it just me or were there LOTS of them? What did you think about the half-time show. If you didn’t watch the Super Bowl, did you manage to catch Puppy Bowl XX? It definitely had a great outcome with more pups and kitties finding their fur-ever homes. Whether you were rooting for Team Ruff (with its own exciting last second win) or Team Fluff, you couldn’t help but enjoy the all the canine and feline fun. For highlights of the game, you can click here and to see who won the MVP, click here.
Today is also International Epilepsy Day where there is a concerted and worldwide effort to bring awareness to this terrible health condition for both people and pets. As the parent of an epileptic pet, it’s a topic near and dear to my heart. If epilepsy has touched your life there are organizations who can help by provide awareness, info and resources. You can read more about it and our story here. And don’t forget to wear purple today. Stay safe and strong epi-warriors and have a great week.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ February 5, 2024
Winter returned to the Mile High City over the past weekend yet our celebration was a bit muted compared to some of the animals at the Portland zoo in that video. Can’t help but smile at seeing their apparent joyful glee. Our storm dumped anywhere from 6-15 inches of super heavy, wet stuff throughout the metro area with some neighborhoods experiencing power outages. Wilson was frisky in the snow but equally excited to come back inside after an extended potty break. Elsa found walking on the crusty snow more than a bit challenging and not entirely to her majesty’s liking as she walked gingerly on it, sinking in with each step which was likely most startling to her sense of equilibrium, given her somewhat wobbly state. Hopefully she’ll receive the all clear to resume to short leash walks after today’s scheduled staple removal and can begin the process of building back her muscles. Please keep your paws crossed for us.
Some local residents experienced power outages might have felt a little like this water buffalo which reminds me that cattle egrets can be stinkers and just don’t care (maybe that’s the price of tick removal?). This pic begs the question at least from golfers if they are related to Canadian Geese in the give-a-hoot category? Courses throughout the metro area have become landing strips for enormous flocks of the pesky birds.
Never fear for us, the forecast is expected to reach back into the 40’s & 50’sF (4-10ºC) throughout the week (before the next storm arrives), which should melt most of the welcomed moisture.
In the “eek, I neglected to acknowledge our double win for last week’s Teaser” category, here’s a pic of the badge we won. It was exciting and quite unexpected to be a firstie, let alone accurately guessing where the Teaser pic was taken-talk about a-m-a-z-i-n-g! Many thanks to our friend Teddy and his mom for the super cute badge. We’re very grateful and thrilled that we won. Maybe all those middle of the night ‘chirps’ by a certain princess aren’t all bad though I’m looking forward to when I can sleep an entire night uninterrupted in my bed.
Best wishes for a pawsome Monday.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ January 29, 2024
Don’t you love the optimist? May your day be full of positive thoughts and you find whatever you were looking to accomplish.
Happy Monday.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ January 8, 2024
Welcome to Monday where we always start out the week with a smile. If you missed us last week, there’s a perfectly logical explanation. Elsa and I needed to make a whirlwind trip to Missouri and we’re still recovering from that. Be sure to come back later this week for an exciting announcement. But first…on to today’s smile.
Returning to Colorado Saturday evening, nature decided to ‘gift’ the region with a few presents…snow, cold and wind. The National Western Stock Show over last weekend which typically translates to cold temps. Well it IS January so I guess that should be expected. December was fairly mild so it has been a bit of an adjustment, following the recent warm temps Today’s smile describes Elsa to a tee. This girl is the Goldilocks when it comes to pottying. “This spot is isn’t level, this one has leaves, this one the ground is too compacted…” I think you get the way her mind works. While the ‘pee-tio’ is mostly dirt with some mulch and gravel with a flagstone pathway at the gate to mitigate the mud with a bordering sidewalk next to house, there’s just no way grass will last with dogs so I always shovel out an area where she normally relieves herself to prevent the snow from clinging to her legs, belly and nether regions. Invariably and unless I do the entire run which covers the length of the house and then some, this is precisely her reaction. I thought it was just a quirk of hers but apparently it’s a thing.
We hope you are able to conduct whatever business you need to easily this week. Stay safe and warm and be sure to join us later in the week after we’ve had some time to decompress and catch up from the whirlwind trip.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ December 11, 2023
Holiday preparations are in full swing around the Ranch (the kitchen resembled a disaster site this weekend) but hopefully there will be some spare time to be cornered under the mistletoe. Wishing you a pawtastic Monday for precious pupster kisses. If I manage to catch up this week, I’m hoping for some creative holiday photo sessions. Wish me luck. Elsa looked slightly askance when I pulled out some holiday hats. Note to self…make sure the treat jar is extra full of high value treats.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ December 4, 2023
Here’s hoping you don’t lose your chair this week. Happy first Monday of December.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ November 20, 2023
Happy Monday. We’re big fans of the the Carroll County vet signs and hope this one tickles you as much as it did us.
The Ranch will be taking the rest of the week off in honor of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. For our U.S. readers, we hope it’s a pawsome week where the turkey and pies are cooked to perfection. Wake us up once the food coma wears off.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Monday Musings ~ October 23, 2023
Let’s hope your week’s essay makes the grade. Happy Monday.
Live, love, bark! 🐾