tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095236779878083922024-02-07T19:26:23.066-08:00Two Scotties & a GalA little about my life with two Scottie guys, my husband and the trials of learning to cook, create and enjoy the rain on life's parade.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999237102114122717noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609523677987808392.post-82689252866047596452012-12-11T16:24:00.000-08:002012-12-11T16:24:09.324-08:00Christmas ExchangeHappy Holidays from the Scotties! This year we again were part of <a href="http://jazzis-world.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jazzi's</a> gift exchange. I wonderful Scottie named <a href="http://www.teawithmrskee.com/" target="_blank">Wallace</a> got Porter and here we let him open his gift right away. He was so excited, he loved everything so much. He got a rope ball, tuff pig toy, a squeaky non stuffed squirrel toy, some yummy carob & peanut butter biscuits and a soft and perfect-fitting coat that was even his color, red!<br />
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that pig toy, he gets out of the toy box every time I put it away. Of course Ernest had to swoop in and try to steal all of the lovely presents. We cannot wait until Ernest gets his and our recipients open their gifts!</div>
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<br />Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999237102114122717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609523677987808392.post-27572697626961419812012-04-05T12:12:00.002-07:002012-04-05T12:12:42.296-07:00Food UpdateSo the boys absolutely love the new food they are on, and there has been even less itching and scratching than usual. Porter used to not eat his food unless I added canned food or cheese to it and now he happily chows down with nothing added. As for the questions I was going to say that <a href="http://www.championpetfoods.com/" target="_blank">Acana</a> also has a fish food called Pacifica that has 3 different types of fresh caught fish and is a great price point. They also have a 6 fish Orijen food which has even more fresh animal protein but is quite a bit more expensive, the company does offer a frequent feeder program though so for every 12 bags you buy, you get one free. They also have cat food for those of you with feline companions. <a href="http://www.championpetfoods.com/" target="_blank">Check</a> it out there are lots of choices for lots of picky eaters or allergy sufferers. All and all we are <u>very</u> happy with our new food.<br />
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Today is Ernest's 2nd birthday, doesn't he kinda look like the Lorax??? Okay maybe that is just me. </div>
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We got him a couple of gifts. </div>
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He has already enjoyed playing with them and so far the squeakers and stuffing have stood up to the Scottie Test. There is also a dog cookie made by a local bakery owned by a Scottish couple (how appropriate?) and some very strong toys for him to enjoy and don't worry we got a cookie for Porter too. We were thinking about taking the boys on a nice long walk but for natures own April fools day joke, it is snowing. Later the boys will each get a nice bone for dinner. </div>
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So Happy Birthday Ernest! </div>
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This is the first time we ever saw him.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999237102114122717noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609523677987808392.post-74752753783674805772012-03-23T10:04:00.001-07:002012-03-23T10:08:45.194-07:00We are changing foods.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now that I am working at a pet food store I have had a lot more information thrust on me and time to do research and so I have decided to switch the boys diet. We were on Taste of the Wild which is a wonderful food and the first that I found to help Porter's skin problems (he has been way less itchy since we started on TotW) but I feel like it's time for a change. Isn't kind of awful to think of eating the same thing everyday of your life? So we are switching to a wonderful Canadian food, Canada regulates food a little better than the U.S. and requires more info of it's food companies. The company is called Champion Pet foods and we are on the <a href="http://www.championpetfoods.com/acana/products.php" target="_blank">Acana </a>Grasslands. It's labeling and ingredients are very transparent and what makes me feel even better about the choice is the locality and sustainability of all of the ingredients plus it's grain free which is wonderful. The more I learn about dog food companies the grumpier I get but so far I am just too lazy to do raw food, though I am planning on trying dehydrated food like <a href="http://www.thehonestkitchen.com/" target="_blank">Honest Kitchen</a> at some point, the boys are still young so trying new things is great for all of us. What kind of food are you on? What do you think of it?<br />
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I am sorry. I keep meaning to write. Now, I am gonna. Firstly, I got a job working at a wonderful<a href="http://prairiedogmercantile.com/" target="_blank"> Pet Mercantile,</a> and now that I am done training I have finally gotten back on schedule. The boys are wonderful, Ernest's 2nd Birthday is coming up on April 1st (yes he is a fools baby makes a lot of sense huh?) and they have their wonderfully long and shaggy end of winter cuts that are getting removed this week. I am getting them both shaved, I know how demeaning of me but the less mud for me makes it easier and the less they have to be brushed they are happy. Next, we have only 2 more months left in Spokane, after that it looks like we are headed home west, as of now, to Everett Washington. Unless, of course, Steve finds a job elsewhere that is where we are going and I couldn't be much happier about it, honestly. Our weather is also improving finally and after a not so long (it just always seems miserably long) winter we took the boys for a nice long nature walk yesterday. That is about all for our news as it stands now. I hope everyone is doing well and we want to thank all of our Terrier friends for hanging on and being there. Happy almost Spring!<br />
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Other than that not much has been going on around here for us, we aren't decorating for Christmas this year we are just preparing for our trek home for Christmas. Once we get back I am excited to say the husband only has 4 more months of school and then we again will be journeying west-ward, very happily. I am ecstatic but it is also a stressful time because of job hunting for both of us and the move. I cannot wait to live in a place with sidewalks again though, I know the boys look forward to that also, though Ernest doesn't know what he's missing Porter definitely does and has been slightly depressed ever since moving to Spokane he was used to two walks a day plus park trips and now he hardly gets any of that. I truly cannot wait.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999237102114122717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609523677987808392.post-26644890496000821892011-11-30T10:55:00.000-08:002011-11-30T10:55:48.754-08:00WW This is how we take up a whole queen bed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9OLabbJkOSI1lnRlk0AKJ_GynOh9uQ_gAoSuNxHj4JXZdkSyL2AH1Zq05tPuG5Cz-u6RLDTCdAkfBByRhZCx9I_1aT-bBOVYTLfNdS7hVTfgtGjd8lLqducaiAgPHFz17U-j6f3vwyw/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9OLabbJkOSI1lnRlk0AKJ_GynOh9uQ_gAoSuNxHj4JXZdkSyL2AH1Zq05tPuG5Cz-u6RLDTCdAkfBByRhZCx9I_1aT-bBOVYTLfNdS7hVTfgtGjd8lLqducaiAgPHFz17U-j6f3vwyw/s400/002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999237102114122717noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609523677987808392.post-73948067195652682352011-11-16T15:00:00.000-08:002011-11-16T15:00:28.988-08:00WW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wa3v5Zgp6FUPt9rBU5nRiOsccU9GWqk8tUe-fVQTkcs9_mCxMFJLYgkI9eyXjPrqz4qhaFLo3hmiBx8beWo__m-ijkLGm4kKCy3lks6bj8kuQgNVFmP-6krkXuqA1Xsph6Sn3uAsVmA/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wa3v5Zgp6FUPt9rBU5nRiOsccU9GWqk8tUe-fVQTkcs9_mCxMFJLYgkI9eyXjPrqz4qhaFLo3hmiBx8beWo__m-ijkLGm4kKCy3lks6bj8kuQgNVFmP-6krkXuqA1Xsph6Sn3uAsVmA/s400/005.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999237102114122717noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609523677987808392.post-19773745156982294682011-11-09T09:00:00.000-08:002011-11-09T09:00:39.576-08:00WW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvASPQEnfxulCvpkTh2nZ0tnbTgKlF2-0mIC8rSiwzw1yIXV8fADArxTNVG1S42dpnusO85ukaI0Duryn66xMy_6n8Z-Xz8RTzdeiCDwhiWmyU0K75FqDqs6bsyr9EjcffBPMMeQVC8ao/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvASPQEnfxulCvpkTh2nZ0tnbTgKlF2-0mIC8rSiwzw1yIXV8fADArxTNVG1S42dpnusO85ukaI0Duryn66xMy_6n8Z-Xz8RTzdeiCDwhiWmyU0K75FqDqs6bsyr9EjcffBPMMeQVC8ao/s400/030.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999237102114122717noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609523677987808392.post-76972983322655594252011-11-08T10:04:00.000-08:002011-11-08T12:42:45.999-08:00Thought I would share my favorite books.After starting the reading list and seeing certain books not on there I thought I would make a list of books that I think everyone should read.<br />
1. Is of course the whole<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Paperback-Box-Books/dp/0545162076/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320774847&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Harry Potter series</a>, I adore these books, read them at least once a year and think that everyone can enjoy some aspect of the series.<br />
2.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wrinkle-Time-Madeleine-LEngles-Quintet/dp/B005Q5R06Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320774811&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> A Wrinkle in Time</a> by Madeleine L'engle this was one of my, if not the first favorite book I ever had. The whole series is wonderful, it was the first book I read with a strong, smart female lead.<br />
3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/J-R-R-Tolkien-Boxed-Hobbit-Rings/dp/0345340426/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320774777&sr=1-2" target="_blank">The Hobbit and LOTR trilogy</a> the books are amazing, if you haven't noticed I love fantasy novels especially deeply descriptive novels. <br />
4.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stardust-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0061689246/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320774755&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Stardust</a> by Neil Gaiman, I love everything he has written he is one of my favorite authors but this is his book I think has something for everyone, some of the others are far, far darker.<br />
5.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lamb-Gospel-According-Christs-Childhood/dp/0380813815/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320774724&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Lamb</a> by Christopher Moore, another author I just love and have read most of the things he has written. This one is once again the one I think is most enjoyable for the masses and not as twisted as some of his others. He is hilarious though, great style and humor.<br />
6.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Capture-Castle-Dodie-Smith/dp/031231616X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320774684&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> I capture the castle</a> by Dodie Smith this is also one of J.K. Rowling's *favorite* books. Another strong, smart female protagonist. <br />
7.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Breakfast-Champions-Novel-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/0385334206/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320775065&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Breakfast of Champions</a> by Kurt Vonnegut, also Slaughterhouse but you know that's too easy. Vonnegut is another of my very favorite authors, I have read very many of his books and need to own them all.<br />
There are many others I think are great (and a couple I know I have forgotten)<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Farewell-Arms-Ernest-Hemingway/dp/0848821440/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320775151&sr=1-7" target="_blank"> A farwell to arms</a> by Hemingway is one also there are also some series I think are enjoyable but not everyone would like such as the<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Trilogy-Boxed-Set/dp/0545265355/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320775300&sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Hunger Games series</a> and her other series Gregor the Overlander both by Suzanne Collins. I am always up for suggestions though.<br />
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