Seamus & sibs I

Seamus 'stacked' ~ positioned for showing...L to R ~ Hannah, Seamus, Brogan
Seamus
back to front ~ Brogan, Seamus, Hannah
Kathy w/ Seamus (his first Mom!)

Seamus et Sibs live I ...

Playing in the pen... S is the BIG guy! This was taken with Jim's cel, so forgive the graininess!

At the dog show...

We're in Kennewick (about 2 hours from Yuck-berg) ~ met up this evening with Seamus' wonderful breeder (Kathy) and his 2 siblings. It was so weird to see him next to them ~ he IS a moose dog!! His brother Brogan is 22lbs; sister Hannah is even less! I'm so glad Kathy is getting the chance to see him; she's actually thinking he might have grown out of whatever it was that made Nancy (her mentor) think he wouldn't be as good in the ring!! Nancy will get a chance to see him tomorrow; we'll see what she says! Kathy asked if I'd be willing to let her show him ~ I said Hell yes!!
It was too dark tonight at their campsite to get any good pictures, so we'll get lots tomorrow. The sibs are showing at 1100, so there will be plenty of time afterwards for pix.
Also, I can't wait to stroll around and see what all the vendors have...

It was funny ~ we re-introduced Seamus to his sibs, one at a time. He was SHY at first ~ probably as a result of his Mom being so paranoid about germs before he had all his shots! But then he really started playing with Brogan ~ and that is the first time we've EVER seen him try to hump anyone!! It was hysterical ~ they both seemed to be fond of 69!!! I told Kathy "Sheesh, I bring him to reunite with the sibs, and the first thing he learns is how to hump!"
Tomorrow evening Nancy is having us all to her place for dinner ~ 16 daschie lovers all in one place!!!

Re: tags...

Much as I love my friends, I'm not enamored of tags... Please don't think I'm rude if I don't respond to them ~ I'd just rather invest my energy elsewhere...
Hugs ~

CNN poll this evening...

"Should Congress limit pay for executives of businesses bailed out by the government?"

Yes ~ 93%
No ~ 7%

#'s as of 2015 PDT

DAMN right!!! How much are those fat cats smiling about, with their multi million $$ salaries, stock options, 'reward' bonuses??? "Let them eat cake" seems the perfect way to deal with them... You run your company into the ground, you get run into the ground!

And now...

...my tax dollars are being used to bail out the idiots... What really makes me mad is that this was forseen, and no one did anything about it.

Nat. Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!

My pirate name is:

Mad Dog Rackham

Part crazy, part mangy, all rabid, you're the pirate all the others fear might just snap soon. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Not another quote...

...but along those same lines ~

So emperor Bush's minions are going to bail out AIG... but wouldn't bail out ML or Lehmans... The absolutely first thought that came to mind was "How much $$ has AIG donated to the Republican cause?" Sorry ~ it's just the cynical bitch I am.

And I see where the brother of one of the CA train victims is going to sue... I just DON'T get that... The company has already admitted their engineer was at fault. Will a lawsuit bring her back? No. Will it ease his grief? No. Will it fatten his pocket-book?

Ah ~ now I get it.

The Beckoning of Lovely...

Remember the book "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life"? Check out the writer's web page here... (be sure to watch the little 7 minute video)

I'm going to 'play'!! I don't know whether I'll do a scrap page, or alter something. Come join me!!!

To all the idiots...

...that have refused to leave the Surfside Beach and Galveston island areas (or any area where evacuation was called for) ~ I hope you get exactly what you deserve...

9/13 ~ and for all those who are now whining for help ~ they should be charged for their rescues! Can't pay? Fine ~ here's mandatory community service work to do to make up for it!

Love this quote...

"Democrats have just dropped plans for another vote on the Children's Health Insurance Program. Bush had condemned the bill as a perilous move toward "government-run health care for every American" ~ and has promised to veto the legislations as he's already done twice before. (Bush's concern about government-run enterprises must have had them rolling in the aisles on Wall St. this week, as the US Treasury effectively nationalized the two financial companies responsible for three-quarters of new home mortgages.)
Singling out 10 million working-class children as the one group unworthy of a government insurance program would seem beyond the moral pale, but the Bush administration has always has warped idea of right and not right. As the the immigration angle, the bill wouldn't have covered legal aliens, much less illegal ones."
Froma Harrop
Providence Journal

Just plain stupid...

Healthy my ASS!! You can't eat like this and be healthy, no matter how much you walk!! I can see the cardiologists in his town rubbing their hands in sheer glee...

Amazing...

...simply amazing!!

C2P LO's...

B-day pix...

Leah and I in Hood River
I found this great glass, and Jim bought it for me...
Couldn't have been more perfect!!!

So this is 50...

I had a blast over my birthday!! We met my sister Leah & her DH on Monday morning ~ indulged in some retail therapy (2 tops, 1 pair of pants, and a pair of shoes, right off the bat!!), and had a fantastic dinner at Stonehedge that evening. (More on our waitress later)

Tuesday was more good times, wandering around downtown Hood River ~ loving all the old architecture and the fun shops. Leah and Rog had to go back home that afternoon; Jim & I went down to The Dalles so I could indulge in a bit more retail therapy at the wonderful little scrap store there... (but I was a good girl and restrained myself!)

This was Seamus' first time "in public" and he did pretty well (better than I expected!) We used the stroller for while we were in the more public areas, but we were able to take him for long lovely walks along the river (steps from our back door). I can definitely tell we didn't get him out and about enough when he was younger... that's what comes of Mom being so paranoid about germs (before his shots were complete) Sigh...
Anyway, I can't tell you the number of people who stopped to ooh and aah over him... so many have no idea there even is such a thing as a standard/ long-haired dachsie!!

I'll have some pictures later... and some thoughts on 50...

Bye for now ~