The Puppy Sitters

I got a rather stressed-out message from our friend Juni last night saying she needed a baby-sitter. When I called her to see what was going on, she said they had a couple who had made an appointment to see their RV (which they've had "For Sale" since they arrived in December) Sunday morning. She had been cleaning and organizing all day -- while we were in Casa Grande.

So about 10:30, Tom brought their three dogs, Tika, Izzie and Cassie over to visit.

Tika spent most of her time with us perched on the front passenger chair where she could keep track of all the traffic going by. Someone needed to bark at any dogs coming by, after all!

Izzie spent most of her time -- after she stopped barking and calmed down -- curled up on her pink blanket right next to my leg or on the blue afghan. But she did have to take turns with Baby Cassie.

Little Cassie decided that maybe if Forry picked her up and cuddled her a bit, she'd be happy.

But, of course, Tika had to have her time on Forry's lap getting a tummy rub as well.

We had a fun couple of hours getting a good puppy fix. It turned out that Tom and Juni had two different couples come to go through their RV, so we had lots of time to play.

After the dogs went home, the people types went over to the Old Country Buffet for a late lunch/early dinner. It was so nice when we got back that we were able to sit out in the sunshine for a couple of hours and just visit -- and play with the dogs some more.

Puppy Fix

Today was laundry day and Auntie Violet is festooned with drying clothes. I hadn't washed for a bit, so actually did four loads. It was chilly today and even with the door and the windows open, they didn't dry very quickly.

Juni invited us over for supper tonight. She was in the mood for some comfort food, so made beef stew today. It was very good -- and very filling! We hadn't been at their motorhome for a week or so, so hadn't gotten our puppy fix in a while. As usual, when we came to the door, there was a regular cacophony of barking, especially from the littlest one.

This is Izzie, a Yorkshire Terrier who is almost four years old --

She had the cutest face...

This is the poodle Tika. She is about nine years old and loves nothing better than to sit on your lap and have her back rubbed --

And then there is this little scamp. Cassie is just seven months old and is a little live wire. She is a full sister to Izzie. Her mother didn't survive, so Juni brought her home and bottle fed her every two hours when she was a baby. She is still very much a puppy and runs the other two in circles.

We had a very pleasant evening visiting, but came didn't stay to late as the guys are planning to get up early go to the wood shop orientation and safety meeting tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM!