Weekend Cooking – Gotta Love It

Posted on February 26, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

While Little Miss Color Restricted and I cannot fully grasp the color green due to evolutionary constraints , Mom makes up for both of us! This week, her weekend cooking sessions highlighted green all over the place. Having had quite enough of orange vegetables since leaving the hospital, she segued to another band of the rainbow with Dr. V’s permission. You may have learned in science class that when one sense has limits, another sense shines. In K9 world, we rock smell, hearing and enjoy taste quite a lot! With that in mind, Little Miss Kitchen K9 and I secured our kitchen locations for Mom’s cooking endeavors.

Remember Mom’s fascination with fennel a while back? Well, when she asked Dr. V about greens, Dr. V recommended soft greens. Mom piled the red kale, zucchini, Italian parsley, basil and baby arugula into her cart. Did I mention ARUGULA? Yeah, the stuff has like 3 names: arugula, rocket, roquette. Mom has a new fascination… yes, she’s enjoyed the veggie before, used it in her Kitchen Counselor classes, etc… however this weekend, she put the stuff in EVERYTHING!

Little Miss Show Off/Whoops What Did I DO ate a whole leaf and then casually dropped it on the tile – not enough crunch. Mom tried again removing the small stems; we liked that idea better. Oh, I forgot to mention that Ruby participated in one of the cooking sessions! Little Miss Puppy Dog Face and I LOVE when Ruby hangs out in the kitchen; more tidbits than usual seem to find our chompers! Ruby wanted to see if we liked parsley!

Arugula-Caraway Pesto Pasta

1 cup arugula leaves
1 cup fresh parsley leaves
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup toasted slivered almonds (Mom used whole almonds she already had.)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon McCormick® Caraway Seed, finely crushed
8 ounces periatelli pasta or thick spaghetti (Mom didn’t prepare this part of the recipe.)
2 cups thinly sliced red Swiss chard (cut crosswise into thin strips) (Mom didn’t prepare this part of the recipe.)

1. Place arugula, parsley, oil, almonds, Parmesan cheese, garlic and caraway seed in bowl of food processor; cover. Process until smooth. Set aside.
2. Meanwhile, cook pasta as directed on package. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Return pasta to saucepot.
3. Stir Swiss chard into pasta on low heat until greens are wilted. Add pesto; toss to coat well, adding small amounts of reserved cooking water until desired consistency. Serve with additional Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Mom’s taking the Pesto to the biscuit earning place today with a grilled chicken breast. Check out her FB album to see the step-by-step process.

Another great day in the kitchen with Mom and Ruby.

Thanks to Sugar and Kol for initiating Tasty Tuesdays, today is our forty-second participating post!

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Triple Valentine Pressure

Posted on February 14, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

(My BFF, Savannah, wrote this reminder, and ahem… I hope she does not mind me borrowing it!) It’s THURSDAY and that means another VBP Blog Hop starts all over again!!

And you know the drill now, right?…just grab the badge and code…put it on your VBP post sometime between today and next Wednesday…and be sure to come back and visit the blue froggy symbol at the bottom of my page. Give him/her a click and enter your VBP post into the linky tool…PAWSOME!!

Since joining Casa Jet in 2008, the male/female ratio was even; three guys: me, Puffy and Fluffy and three ladies: Mom, Rachel and Koko/JJ. Sadly this year, I’m the lone male who must concoct Valentines wishes for all three ladies of the house.

I’ll begin with Mom. Let’s see, I’ve already provided my belly at 4:55 a.m. for an opener. Since she works from home today, (although she mentioned she has a bunch of outside appointments from morning until mid afternoon), I will have extra opportunities for cuddles and snuggles, which she adores. Oh, oh… she removed a pack of chicken and a pack of lamb chops from the freezer last night. I bet she’s cooking tonight! If my hunch pans out (get it? Pans out!!!), as her faithful Kitchen K9, we’ll have a fun time in the kitchen, too. I won’t give away all my ideas, because you need to leave room for flexibility, living in the moment, you know… the genius that is K9! (For those of you who know how much Mom LOVES basketball (UMiami is #3 right now, oh my gosh, first time EVER, and the HEAT… well Lebron has crossed over to hoops nirvana right now… this weekend is All-Star break, so, our tivo will no doubt get a workout! I love sharing hoops viewing with Mom; another great idea!)

Rachel, hmmm… she’s at her dad’s today… I’ll have to save up ideas for her this weekend. I’ll visit her during TV time, leave her food alone, try not to bark during her long Sleeping Beauty teenage sleep sessions, and give her a few famous Jetty kisses.

Little Miss Isn’t Every Day Valentines Day, well; she’s easy peasy, a slam dunk, a no brainer!!! On today’s schedule – extra wrestling, paw cleaning (I gingerly and gently give Little Miss Spa Day a mani quite often), signaling Mom to give us one of Little Miss Chew Girl’s favorite dental treats after our evening constitutional.

What Mom? You would like to write? Ok.

Jetty, thank you in advance for your Valentines gifts, you show us every day how much you love us. Look away for a few lines, I want to share what I shall give to you today. First of all my gratitude and love for joining my life; you bring joy, laughter, affection, mindfulness , manly man swagger, a debonair style, care taking, and love each and every day. On the tangible side, how about a hard boiled egg, a kale stem, maybe some chicken/lamb tidbits, a hoof after our evening walk and a big brush/massage before bed!

I’ve always found the fact that I give you your Heartworm meds on the 14^th of the month, which in February coordinates with Valentines Day kind of funny… not the ha ha funny, the hmm, that’s interesting kind of funny.

Love you my boy and this year, it feels sweeter. Mom.

Another great Valentines Day.

We joined the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop hosted by Pepi Smart Dog (formerly by Cokie the Cat!)

My New Moniker (VBP) – Zig Zag Jetty

Posted on February 7, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

(My BFF, Savannah, wrote this reminder, and ahem… I hope she does not mind me borrowing it!) It’s THURSDAY and that means another VBP Blog Hop starts all over again!!

My young neighbor, Ruby, stopped by this past Saturday night to give us “cuddles”, to check on Mom, and to join us for our evening constitutional. Mom suggested a right route towards Miss Mary Ann’s house, except for crossing the main street to walk parallel to our usual side. We then cross back over at the end of the long block to return to the balance of our weekday morning route.

The paramount (VBP) sniffs on the opposite side of the street derive from a highly scented traffic light pole, and a swath (VBP) of softer grass variety (our native grass is scratchy) which feels like pillows under our paws. Little Miss Twirl and Poo loves to deposit her evening solid waste in this area. I find myself unstoppably drawn to the poofy grass mounds surrounding the soldier straight line of royal palm trees for what Mom and Ruby call Potty 92, 243 and 517!

Anyway, Ruby had custody of Little Miss Straight and Narrow while I walked a different pattern. As I did, Ruby busted out a rap… here’s the “chorus” Mom and I can remember…

Hey… I am Zig Zag Jetty and I’m here to stay, I go back and forth when I walk this way! Cause I’m Zig Zag Jetty and I’m (ok, here’s where we forget!)

I’ll ask Mom to see if Ruby will repeat or recreate her rhymes for Mom to write down. All I can tell you is that they both end up laughing really hard out on the walk. Mom, Little Miss Songbird and I already enjoy Ruby’s regular singing (she’s in Chorus you know) and Mom tells her how talented she is. She often serenades (VBP) us on our walks.

Mom update: She saw her Dr. V for the first follow up… she got an A for following directions and her instincts. Lots more medication planning, tests to do, monitoring to continue – a positive visit and the beginning of a VERY close and FREQUENT relationship with Dr. V!

Thyroid update: Dr. Schaffer gave me an A+ (ok, Mom too) for my 3lb. weight loss, my great test results and said the tiny dose is perfect, keep going!

THANKFUL THURSDAY: Mom: Thank you from the bottom of my heart and G.I. track for your incredible comments to Saturday’s post. I’ve read most of them and will answer more soon. Your feedback helped me immensely (VBP) and the fact you took such care and time to send words of support and understanding, well… that’s precious to me. I took many of your comments to the dr. with me yesterday, so thank you.

I was able to write my Kitchen Counselor newsletter, plan and execute an amazing Diabetic Peer Support Class in the inner city on top of my regular job since Friday. I still need more rest than usual; however, I’m incredibly grateful.

Another great Zig Zag day!

We joined the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop hosted by Pepi Smart Dog (formerly by Cokie the Cat!)

Vocabulary Building Project Blog Hop! Mystery Solved.

Posted on January 17, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet, Savannah and Texas Here.

By now, you probably figured out that Texas, Savannah and I have put our collective fur together, (ok, our Moms helped, too), to make the Vocabulary Building Project an official Blog Hop!

We enjoyed giving you hints all week: click here for here for Texas’ post, here for Savannah’s post, and here for my post in case you missed them..

How did we begin? Texas and Savannah turn to Jet…you better tell this part, Jet…

Oh, Ok…Jet Here… let me tell you how Mom and I started this a long time ago on our blog:

Mom’s Papa always asked his children and grandchildren to keep pen and paper beside their beds so when they read their books and came upon an unknown word they could jot it down to look up later. When the family got together they played lots of vocabulary building games. So, when Mom and I began blogging, she wanted to avoid word ruts.

Last spring, Mom inquired whether Savannah and Miss Linda might like to collaborate (VBP) on making VBP a hop… Savannah and Miss Linda introduced us to Texas and Miss Carine creating the VBP Planning Committee.

We’ve been working diligently (VBP) ever since! Miss Ann, Zoey and Maggie from Zoolatry created a pawsome badge, which Miss Carine did really high tech thingies to! Check out Zoey, Prop Mistress extraordinaire, helping with badge arrangements.

First, she made sure the dictionary was sitting properly (VBP) on the table… (notice it is our very special dictionary with all our initials on it)…

Then she had to hop up to make sure it was going to stay straight for the photo shoot and she wanted to see if she could get the bookmark stuck in too…

Great job Zoey, thanks for the help!… as you can see, our VBP Badge is pawfect!

So let’s all talk about what to do now…

How to pawticipate

The Vocab Building Project, or VBP, is a blog hop that invites you to

learn new vocabulary and how to use it,

have fun in the process, using new words in a weekly blog post,

discover new blogs and make new friends.

What do you have to do? It is very simple.

Every Thursday, Jet, Savannah, and Texas will write a blog post containing 2 to 3 words or expressions that are not often used in their blog posts (see examples here, here, and here),

If you decide to join us in the fun, you have one week (you can pick any day you wish, from Thursday to the next Wednesday, that’s how flexible this blog hop is!) to write a blog post containing 2 to 3 words or expressions that you do not use often – it does not have to be the same as the hosts’, this is your choice,

Pick one of the following badges by copying its code below (select the text in the box, right-click on selected code and copy), paste the code in your post (you have to paste it in the Text/HTML section when you write your post), write your post and don’t forget to add (VBP) after each new word you are using. We strongly suggest you only use 2-3 just to keep it easy and interesting,

When your post is online, enter its URL/permalink by clicking on the Inlinkz image that you will find at the bottom of our Thursday VBP post,

The following Thursday, at the end of our VBP posts, we will link to all the participating blogs, so that we can all visit participating blogs.

Any question? Leave a comment below and we will get back to you as soon as pawsible!

Jet Savannah Texas

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Another great Vocab Building Project Blog Hop day!

Little Miss Pouncerator

Posted on January 14, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

Guess what? We’re very excited at Casa Jet this week because a mystery of the fun kind is brewing. Follow along if you’re curious beginning with my BFF, Savannah’s post today.

Mom had another full weekend. She actually asked for Saturday off… no post, no commenting, just resting and some work that needed attending. I gave her time off for good behavior. Of course we had spa day!

Sunday, she visited Nana and Poppi, from early morning until late afternoon (4 hours of driving). She told us she needed to lie down for thirty minutes before feeding us a slightly early dinner, taking us on a slightly early constitutional, grabbing a quick shower and then off to her first UMiami Basketball game of the season. (Thanks to Grandpa who shared his tickets!)

Halfway into our snuggle time, the bell rang and rang and rang, which means Ruby wants to visit! Little Miss Door Greeter jumped off the bed with so much energy, enthusiasm, verve (VBP) and voice. The only hitch? She used Mom as her springboard! Mom uttered a huge “OUCH” as Little Miss Rocket Launcher planted four paws and 60 lbs. of forward motion on various tender spots of her body. Mom didn’t answer the door, so JJ returned within a minute or two and excitedly leapt into bed landing on Mom in almost the exact same places, causing another loud “OUCH” from poor Mom.

Later when Ruby and Mom walked us, Ruby told us that she thought an old woman had shouted “GET OUT” and ran home to her dad worried that something was wrong. Mom explained what had happened and they discussed how Little Miss Pouncerator didn’t mean to hurt Mom. As you can imagine, we do not have photos from this event… however, I’m calling unintended mischief on JJ! (again!)

Another great golden launch day.

Thanks to Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog, My Brown Newfies and Luna, A Dog’s Life…for sponsoring the hop! Click on any of the sponsors to join the hop.

Follow Up Friday – Dear Blogville Edition

Posted on January 11, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

Our friend, Miss Jodi, Heart Like a Dog, initiated this great idea to update readers on previous posts. She created a lovely badge to go with her idea and has successfully turned her wonderful idea into a robust blog hop!

Saturday – Dear Blogville

We appreciated the amount of time and care so many blogpals took to think about the difficult situation we faced last week. Ruby let go of JJ, who saw and then zoomed after a feral cat while the homeowner had a very strong reaction. Most of you had perspectives that resonated with Mom’s. We have passed that way four times this week without incident. No Mr. Homeowner sighting, though.

Sunday – Neve Makes Tracks

Our pack mate, Neve (we forgot to clarify she is a female!), stayed comfy cozy as Mr. Giovanni and Miss Beverly crossed either 8 states in 12 days or 12 states in 8 days, we forget! Miss Beverly generously sent in this photo, which we thought had a cool composition. Whoops, we still owe a bunch of comments from this day (Mom travels and spends very little time home on Sundays lately.)

Monday – Just Thinking About Mischief Potential

A sliver of open door to a teenage room can really get your nose twitching! Many of you wanted to know if Little Miss Curiosity and I went into Rachel’s room. I, Gentleman Jetty, refrained from invading my human sister’s privacy. Little Miss Can’t Resist did a fast investigation locating and delivering a wrapper of some sort to Mom. Mom realized the source of the wrapper and quickly put a kibosh on further snooping.

Tuesday – Mom and JJ Finished the Book

Guess what? A few humans said they also read The Sharper the Knife, The Less You Cry. Mom selected one of the recipes from author, Kathleen Flinn’s website. She chose the Salad Nicoise because Little Miss Bon Appetit and I like almost every ingredient you see in the picture. Lots of readers enjoyed the recipe, too! Yippee! Coincidentally, Mom’s Kitchen Counselor Newsletter eblasted Tuesday to some of our blogpals; Mom had a special thank you to them in this edition!

Wednesday – OCEARCH – Making Shark Tracks

I would say the opinions were unanimous – great photos, great project, glad we live on land and do not encounter these 3,500 lb. creatures! Several of you acknowledged and agreed the program creates a win/win for humans and sharks, whose populations have greatly declined.

Thursday – Mom Requests a Post of Her Own

Boy of boy, thank you for your kind words of understanding, empathy (VBP) and support for Mom. I love you guys for that! She worked on about 40 comments yesterday and hopefully will have some dig out time tomorrow, after her BlogTalk Radio show segment, too! She promised to represent the Tropics as well as help me report when she attends BlogPaws. What a leap of financial faith I tell ya! She’s doing some of that nervous finger tapping stuff; however, I know she will figure it out. (Coincidentally, she procured (VBP) a small, new, exciting part time job yesterday!)

Another great hats off to Blogville, week.

Dear Blogville

Posted on January 5, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

We need some guidance today regarding a situation that occurred earlier in the week. Here’s the scenario:

We went out for our evening constitutional hoping to finish before the fireworks began. Mom disconnected Little Miss Adjustable Leash’s six foot option to a four foot option so Ruby could walk JJ. Ruby had joined us a few days in a row and did a great job with Little Miss Happy Happy. Ruby even scoops my poop in addition to JJ’s!

Little background… of late, when Ruby feels like she cannot control JJ, she hands the leash over to Mom speedy quick or sits down. Every now and then, she lets go, however, she knows that’s not a safe idea and tries hard not to.

Ok, back to the walk… Mom wore her usual flashlight and off we went, exit left. We’ve taken Ruby this way often and due to the holiday, the streets had less traffic than usual. We crossed the canal, made a left, then the first right. (We live in suburbia.)

More background… on the next corner lives a middle aged man who keeps lots of feral cats. He spends many nights outside sitting, drinking and chatting with his friends. Mom, Miss Mary Ann, Miss Beverly and the pack have passed them many a time, say hi and chat. The gentleman has even refilled Rachel’s flat bicycle tires! Little Miss Cat Chaser and I do bark when the ferals run across the lawns and at times pull Mom really hard. Sometimes, Mom turns onto that street and sometimes she continues another block.

Ok, back to the walk. As we approached that corner house, JJ spotted a cat before me and Mom and Ruby screamed and let go of the leash. JJ zoomed after that feline and the men started shouting. I got quite excited and Mom couldn’t snatch JJ because she was trying to manage me. The feline was zooming around which intuitively created the urge to chase. One of the men grabbed JJ and brought her to Mom and me.

The Homeowner started yelling in a threatening manner that Mom’s dog better not EVER do that again and cursed a bit. Mom tried to yell over an apology and that Ruby got scared and let go. Ruby felt horrible and worried she did something naughty. The Homeowner kept yelling. The feline was unhurt and never touched. (Oh, this Homeowner has a fully fenced in yard, which is NOT where this feline was.)

Mom was concerned that Ruby thought that everything was her fault, so, quickly, while tightly holding both JJ and I, kept walking towards home. Mom felt angry that the man spoke meanly to Ruby, cursed in front of Ruby and seemed to forget he and Mom knew each other. Mom wanted to step away for a bit and decide how to handle the next meeting with the Homeowner.

Mom’s info and thoughts:

We’ve lived with cats, however, outside running cats feel different.
The neighbors have repeatedly asked this Homeowner to trap and neuter if he intended to keep the quickly growing colony. Refused to the best of our knowledge and several of the felines have been run over.
This feline was outside the gated yard; if inside, Mom would accept total responsibility.
Mom could have asked for JJ’s leash in this area, although Ruby had walked with JJ in this area many times before without incident.
Mom was bothered most by the Man’s harsh reaction to Ruby.
When a loose feline runs free, many dogs will instinctively chase and that should be understood by Homeowner.
Mom didn’t see the cat due to darkness and therefore didn’t prepare for or anticipate the situation.

Thoughts?

Another sensitive experience day.

Thanks to Life With Dogs, Confessions of the Plume and Two Little Cavaliers for hosting the Saturday Blog Hop.

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Follow Up Friday – Diamond Dog Edition

Posted on January 4, 2013 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

Before I begin, I want to share an exciting program we joined. Chester, Gretel and Miss Jess from YDWWYW initiated a 30/30 Challenge (walk 30 minutes a day for 30 days) beginning New Year’s Day. We’re kind of a shoe/paw in because we do that every day since we do not have a fenced in yard. We liked the positive outlook and will try to walk more when we can. This project ties in to some of the points we made on our Saturday post.

Saturday – Diamond Dogs

Gosh, so many of our pals resonated with the picture Mom received. You thanked us for sharing the questions Mom receives often about sharing her life with two big (really? Little Miss Golden Tropic 2013 and I think we’re fairly midsized!) K9s and echoed her sentiments. Blogville Rocks!

Sunday – An Unexpected Visit with Austin

As the transcriptionist, Mom did not clarify that only MOM visited with Austin! Many of you find Austin as manly man handsome and sweet as Mom does. Remember, he was one of the Bachelors in Little Miss Dating Game’s collection!

Monday – Literary Mischief Part II

Remember how we worried Miss Beverly would find out about Little Miss Book Club’s enjoyment of this month’s selection? Well, Miss Beverly read the post, commented and proved why we love her so much! “I, Miss Beverly, say that this looks like a very well-loved book… which makes me very happy!” Nellie’s comment gave us a good chuckle, “Hmmm, That can’t happen here anymore at our house – Mommy gots an ereader. Now all she has to contend with is slobber…”

Tuesday – Wonderful Water

Our first Tasty Tuesday post of the New Year hailed the virtues of water. All our furpals gave paws up to their enjoyment of agua. Most of the bipeds agreed; some preferring tea to the cold options to drink the recommended daily amounts.

Wednesday – Dancing in the New Year

Thanks for your resounding compliments and enjoyment of Ruby and Little Miss Dancing with the Stars’ photo. Some of our newer readers thought JJ was me! Some of our long term readers worried that I didn’t get a turn. Mom and I loved the moment; I did not feel left out or limited because of the Cone of Courage. I’m mellower these days… maybe it’s the hypothyroid medicine, maybe it’s the two weeks of fireworks… who knows.

Thursday – Comic Book-ized Jetty Boy

We apologize for falling behind on comments again. You cannot see the great responses yet ranging from agreeing that Little Miss Marvel and I are superheroes to thanking us for introducing you to the talented creators, Kirby and his Mom! Mr. Will asked how we did it… Lucky for us, Kirby and his Mom shared the tool because you know who is quite tech challenged!

Another great Diamond Dogs FUF day!

PS… Mom’s tummy ouchies have returned on top of her lingering cold/flu thingie… we have to dig out again… which… is taking us a bit longer because my Nana and Poppi have some major health issues going on and Mom is doing lots of attending… (They live 2 hours north!) Thanks for bearing with Mom, she really appreciates it. Jetty

Diamond Dogs

Posted on December 29, 2012 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

One of the ladies in Mom’s biscuit earning office suite gave her this picture last week.

Mom found the saying so true; she placed it on top of her printer to see it clearly throughout her workday. When she told Miss Mary Ann at the corner after our evening constitutional, Miss Mary Ann nodded her head and said she had seen that quote before.

I think I may have shared before that Mom waited over 30 years to share her life with a K9. I’ve heard people ask Mom the following questions:

Don’t they shed?

Mom: Yes, I totally don’t care; I’ve waited all my life to live with dogs. We have tumbleweeds of different colors; my clothes remind me of their place in my life. Fur adds protein to my dishes! That’s why they invented vacuums, lint rollers, sponges, paper towels, etc…

Don’t you mind getting up so early?

Mom: No, I’m a morning person and I’ve adjusted to Jetty’s schedule by doing work earlier and then squeezing in a nap!

What about walking them in bad weather?

Mom: I will say that’s not my favorite occurrence, however, knowing you have to walk several times each day gets you up an out, reminds you to appreciate your surroundings, allows you to practice mindfulness, bonds you with your K9s, and makes you laugh… because what else can you do when you all look like soggy messes! (I do wish I had a fenced yard with a doggie door!!!)

Do you resent having to interrupt your plans to take them out?

Mom: If I had a bigger family, this issue would be easier; however, I accept my promise and plan accordingly.

Don’t you find two big, hairy dogs too much?

Mom: No, I’ve always been drawn to big, fluffy dogs. I find petting their soft fur relaxing and calming. I brush them most nights (JJ takes 5 minutes, Jetty about 20!) Watching their bodies decompress (VBP) and their eyes close, trusting me to take care of them means a great deal. When we walk, they make me laugh as they interact with the outside world. I revel (VBP) in their enjoyment of the moment. Also, it keeps my upper body strength strong!

Don’t they cost a lot?

Mom: Yes! Have you heard a house referred to as a money pit? And yet, the same homeowners will stand by their house like the Captain of the Titanic? Same goes for furfamily members!

Ann’s Infographic the other day is a stark reminder of what you have in store when deciding to share your life with K9s (felines, too.) For me, it’s a small price to pay for the invaluable experience of living with K9s. I probably spend more on their food, treats, vet visits, accessories etc… than on myself at this point, due to changes in my financial condition. I simply don’t care because the joy and mental wellness they bring to my life is… PRICELESS.

Another great “way to go” Mom day!

Thanks to Life With Dogs, Confessions of the Plume and Two Little Cavaliers for hosting the Saturday Blog Hop.

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Follow Up Friday – Cone of Courage Edition

Posted on December 28, 2012 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

Before I begin, may I write a BIG THANK YOU for checking on Mom and I to see how we’re feeling. I’m kerplopping less out on our walks; however, I’m still rather uncomfortable. Mom says I tolerate the first aid spray and the goopy medicine very well. The Cone of Courage remains on 24/7 to defray (VBP) my desire to bite/scratch the area. Mom seems to have improved about 20%; she continues to feel like her head is under water! She kept her promise and rested a good bit last week.

Saturday – Merry Newfmas and Happy Houndlidays

We enjoyed participating in The Pet Blogger Gift Exchange hosted by the fetching Honey and Miss Pamela. Many of you already knew our giftee, Newf and Hound, while several of you looked forward to meeting them. Guess what? Turns out my buddy, Snoopy, lives really close to Hazel, Ernie, Nooner and Foyle and wants to meet them! Super cool!

Sunday – Cone of Courage

We appreciated your feedback which ranged from acknowledging our efforts to “turn our frown, upside down” to making lemonade from lemons, etc… Mom asked me to share she’s glad you found the photo moving. So many of you have my back on this one, I feel the love!

Monday – Scientific Mischief

Yeah, you could relate to Little Miss Bird Dog and my urges to uh… stray from the strict scientific endeavor of participating in this year’s annual Bird Count. Glad you got a kick out of our Boa Leash maneuver! Of course you understood our efforts to keep that arrogant Winchester in line! My BFF, Savannah, requested a quill from that peacock, which, we will happily try to find when he next molts!

Tuesday – Tasty Tuesday Christmas Style

We wished our blogpal community celebrating Christmas the appropriate greetings and asked how to properly do so in a few cultures. We learned that in a few countries, it’s proper to say Happy Christmas, as Merry Christmas might imply (VBP) debauchery! We even learned how to send good wishes in Dutch from Suki, Hiro and Miss Dianda! Vrolijk Kerstfeest!

Wednesday – Now I’m a Leaping Lord

Wowee, wow wow! Can you believe Miss Ann bestowed such a Royal title on ‘ol Jetty boy? Thanks for the positive feedback on my new skills. I think that I may be ready to learn the game of kings… POLO! Several pals worried about my ego… I want to quash (VBP) the notion that I will change as a result of my recent Royal titles… I remain your humble Jetty. If I begin to show any difference, Mom PROMISES to keep me in line!

Thursday – The Little Thingies

So glad you feel the same way about gratitude for the “basics” (which are really a big deal, especially for those of us who had “before” times we do not want to think about.) We all agree to take time each day to remind ourselves of how fortunate we are. I’ll remind you, if you remind me!

As for my digression regarding the recent appointment of a new Secretary of State, our friends at the DogDaz Zoo wrote, “And you are so right about a Golden for Sec of State.” I really feel Bo’s Dad made a mistake – there, I said it again!