Thanksgiving : A Reflection

Here at the Mehler household, we hope that everyone had a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Despite the troubles of the day and of our world, we all have things for which we should be thankful.

Me? I'm thankful I don't always have to survive my entire extended family being in the kitchen with me sticking their fingers in the pie, tearing off chunks of turkey, and opening the oven fifty million times. :)

But then again, I'm easy to please...


One of the things I love most about Thanksgiving is spending time with old friends. Everyone who lives near and far congregates and spends time together and we reminisce about the old days.

So, this post is for you, Sarah!

Now, only 1 month until we do it again!!

Rainy Monday

A cool and rainy Monday morning means silence throughout the house. Everyone just wants to stay in bed...

Winnie Update

Hello, Winnie here. I thought I would give you a quick update on my status.

Well, for the first couple of days I was just plain miserable. Whimpering and whining and really trying to show Mom how pathetic I was. She felt pretty bad for me and barely left my side at all. Yesterday, I started feeling much better. I had a lot more energy and didn't whine at all (except for when Mom left me... I don't like that. I've never been alone in my whoooole life because I've always at least had my momma (Annabelle) or my brudder (Oliver) around. Don't worry- she felt sad for me and didn't stay away for long).

Anyway, my Mom (wait, are you confused? I have two moms... Mom- my funny looking mom who only walks on two leggies and has this unfortunate furless condition except for on her head. It's embarrassing, but I love her anyway. Then I also have my momma- my biyologikal momma) Anyway, my Mom made this chart for my medications because she is super dorky.

But, this is the day we are looking forward to!



For the time being, I've been a really good girl. I haven't complained about being locked away in the kennel all day. And I've really enjoyed being fed by hand- I eat all my pills and I sleep for most of the day. Oh! And the drain was taken out of my side yesterday so everything is going well so far!


Incapacitated and Incarcerated,

Winnie

Guess What Time It Is!

Guess what time it is?


That's right. Opossum stew time. Grab your spoons (forks?) ladies and gentlemen!

Poor Miss Winnie

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Remember the other day when I posted about Winnie? And we discussed (aka all agreed) that she is cute and cuddly and adorable?

Well, she still is.

But, Monday evening..... well, Monday evening Miss Winnie got into a little scuffle.

That resulted in quite a significant puncture wound, a trip to the emergency vet, a surgical procedure including anesthesia, a 7 inch drain which extends out the side of her body, and several stitches.

Poor, poor Winnie. Poor, poor precious Winnie.



She is a trooper but she is very uncomfortable and unhappy. She has to wear an e-collar - which is incredibly necessary but pathetic because she runs into things and, let's face it, just seems more sad and pathetic. She has to be separated from her siblings (and her momma) for 14 days! And she must be confined to a kennel for... 14 days! Not allowed outside on her own for... you guessed it... 14 days! This is quite a big deal for us, I might add. Our dogs are fortunate to have the run of our household. When the weather is nice (or just whenever they feel like it) they are outside. Otherwise, they are inside. To be constantly confined, separated from family, and restricted to very brief leash walks is quite a change.


I neglected all other duties today and stayed by her side. She tries so hard to fight sleep (one of her medications causes drowsiness) though she basically just sits and stares at me and whimpers. It is torture. Eventually she gives in and will lay down and sleep.


We did give her a new toy today. Under normal circumstances, this type of toy would last mere seconds in our household but she is not in a destructive frame of mind. I put it in her collar thinking she would A) bite it or B) duck her head and drop it on the ground. She did neither. So I took pictures. And then felt guilty. But, I love the little booger and couldn't help myself!


13 days to go!


Wistful for Winnie,

Blankets Galore!

We have had a slight reprieve from all of the rain. Yesterday was GORGEOUS! Blue skies. The perfect time to air out the horses' blankets. Well, some of them. One thing about horse ownership- you acquire, and acquire, and acquire. It is truly amazing. But, as usual, I'm getting off subject...

Anyway, today has been stunningly beautiful as well. Since I left the blankets out overnight (due to the fact that I made ribs for dinner. Then ate said ribs. Ate way, way, way too many of said ribs. Then realized that I could no longer stand and was unable to put the blankets away unless I could find some Oompa Loompas to roll me outside to do so and that seemed unlikely... since I couldn't even stand to call directory assistance to ask for them to connect me to the Oompas...so I left the blankets out overnight). Then this morning, it was another gorgeous day- and the blankets were slightly damp from the dew. So, I left them out to dry off and bask in the warm, loving sunshine.

Except?

Except?

It just started POURING down rain....

And the moral of the story? Don't eat too many ribs. Terrible things will happen.

Blue Skies!

It has been raining like crazy around here for the past several days.

Which means we've been doing a lot of this.



And this.


And this.
And this.

And this.

I won't complain about the rain because we've been in a severe drought but.... today the skies are blue and the temperature is great!

Which makes Winnie one happy girl!


Love,