X-mas is coming

My tree is up, all my christmas cards so far, are on the walls. The house smells of blooming Hyacints and incense and all my candle holders for x-mas are burning cosily.

The Boys and I are ready for Christmas. But with a sad twist as Clara and Billy are not with us this year. Then again, my little Devil Todd celebrates his first x.mas with us and he is still eyeing the ornaments with drool in his mouth LOL. The tree has survived so far, touch wood.

I feel blessed!

I don`t really like christmas. It usually wasn`t a Joyous time for me. But THIS year seems to break the pattern. I have received lots of gorgeous cards and greeting. And allready a couple of wonderful and thoughtful gifts.I am moved to tears.

From Lynne:

And from Heather:

NEWS!!

I forgot to tell you:

I have been asked to give a Basset Hound boy a new home. His name is Agathon. He is 6 and a half years old. How can I refuse?? Just look at him:

He`ll be coming home to us on January the 12th!!

The boys have stopped looking for illy now. But I still call his name sometimes. It is so hard when they leave us!


But The Boys are a great help and comfort. And young Todd makes sure I am on my toes.LOLOL


He has made a new invention:


Ear Hangers! Take one stick, and Voila :

Rest in Peace Billy

My gorgeous Billy went to the bridge today.

It was not his kidneys but the big C.

He fell asleep in my arms, wagging his tail, with his nose full of Liver Pate`.

Rest in Peace Klumpen Min ( My Lump). Say Hi to Clara from me and your brothers.

Great News!

We got some great news today!!
Billy had been diagnosed withPyleonephritis a few weeks ago. After 5 weeks on antibiotics , he was doing a lot better. But then he showed blood in his urine again. So we took new bloodtests. The worry was that his kidneys were failing.

To make a longer story short, his tests show an improvement! he is on new meds for some weeks, and the kidney values were now getting better!!

HORRAH for Billy!!!

We got our first snow yesterday. Not much, but the boys loved it all the same.Sadly it all melted by this morning.All I have in my yard now, is MUD :(

Todya I have been stacking bales of hay. 3 and a half ton of it.

It feels good to have all the hay for the horses home for the winter!

I just wish they could stack themselves. The last time I got some of my hay, I had good help from visiting Spike.

I think it is importaint to know CPR. You just never know when an emergency occurs, and you need it. So My boys have put together a quick course for all of us.

First, check the pulse:

Is the victim breathing?If not, use the Kiss of Life

Make the victim comortable
Keep the patient warm
Use what ever you can find as a bandage/tournice

If all else fails, RUN AND GET HELP!!

I have sooo neglected my blog!! There has been a lot going on and I have just not "been here".


But I`m back, and still going strong!





Ben is now well again, gets his insuline twice a day and is fit as a fiddle.





And we have a new member of our family too ! A now 1 year old Basset Boy called Todd. He REALLY livens up the place, LOLOL

He is cute, and knows it! Him coming home, has made the older boys "young" again with playing, and me "nuts". I had forgotten how it is to live with a puppy in the house again. But I love every minute of it!

Ben`s views

This is how Ben feels about being so ill lately, and being poked and stuck with all those needles!

Ben`s blood values are coming down, thank Dawg! He is still not himself but getting better with the insulin shots!

On wednesday, the 2 Basset Hound girls Emma and Doris arrived for their Western Norway holliday. They`ll be staying to 2 and a half weeks.

My boys have been having a power struggle going after we lost Clara. But as soon as the Girls arrived, it stopped.

Just goes to show, Boys brawl, Girls RULE!

I nearly lost my Ben thursday night. He got acute Diabetes, but we can`t figure out why.His blood tests were weird, not fitting anything my vets could think of. But he gets insulin now, and it seems to help all weird blood levels. He is getting a little fed up with needles now, but he really is a trooper! More patient than I would be!

When I bought this place 2 years ago, it was a mess.To the right of the house, there was a 10 feet tal thorn bush, no garden, lots of garbage and a zillion rocks.

After 2 years of slow work, I have dug the whole place up. Painted and planted. My last project was a wire fence from the back of the house, along the right, ending in a picket fence. My yard and garden is now fenced in an Basset Hound Proofed! Just look at the huge difference 2 years can do!

I am sooooo prowd of myself!

Horrah! I am so happy!!! Bumblee, a Basset Hound I have been sponsering in Alabama got his Forever Home accepted today!! Way to go Bumblee! In a few weeks time, he`ll have his very own, new family of humans and dogs, to love him for the rest of his life!

I have almost finished the last part of my new fence. The fenced in yard will be twicew as large, and incorporates my garden too. I can close this part off for winter. I don`t want my boys getting a snowslide from the roof on their heads. This last peice of the fence is a picket fence, I`ll paint it white......DAWG, I am getting all romantic LOL

I picked my first strawberries from my own garden tonight. They were soooo sweet! YUMMMM. I shared them with The Boys. I don`t knoe who were drooling the most, me or the Hounds. And there are LOTS more green ones on the plants! I guess I`ll have to try out the 11 recepies of Cheesecake friends have given me. And top the cakes with Strawberries!
Ok , I admit it: I am a Cheesecake`o`holic.....

YUCK!! Cryton brought me a dead bird this morning...he probably think I need extra meat for lunch or something. FINE, I may need fattening up, but this is NOT my idea of a good meal.

Now, fried peices of chicken on a mixed,sallad bed....with hot peanut sauce, followed by Cheesecake......THAT is a meal! I can do without the feathers Cryton....


And now to learning Computerish.

I wonder it there is any way to display peoples comments on my page.....
I tried the HELP section.... I am sorry to say, I don`t speak C well enough to understand the "help" it provides..... If I understood all it says, I probably wouldn`t need the Help pages anyway!

HELLOOOOO you people who make Help pages: how about helping us Computer Analphabets, like me,in plain language?? With a nice translation underneath? Who knows, I might actually learn something then.

I mean, what is THIS supposed to mean??
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I am soooo proud of myself! I have actually uploaded pics, made links and written in a blog tonight! Who would`ve belived it!
I had help of course, but don`t tell anyone. Let it be our secret.
Let them all be amazed that I, me, have started to talk Computerish!

So here I am, trying to Blog for the first time...
Thank Dawg I get expert help setting it up.
I just couldn`t get The Beast to cooperate....( The beast is my computer)

I actually think this could be fun, when I figure it all out, that is.

My Basset Boys are looking at me and shaking their heads. They don`t seem to have much confidence in me.
I`ll show them...in time...