And The Winner Is......

drum roll please..............

The sixth comment was from Busy Bee Suz at Day by Day.

 Suz even picked a fictitious fact, which was number one.   Hello, Grandma J doesn't need classes to learn how to decorate JJ!

Also,  Grandma J never played a musical instrument.  OK, she played the harmonica because someone gave her one.

She never had a job for just one day because you can't collect unemployment until you pass probation, can you??

All the floods happened, and yes, she crossed the Mississippi six times.  She crossed the Red River too, which is called the Muddy River on some maps just to confuse me.

Congratulations to Busy Bee Suz!! Let me know which gift you want....PetSmart or Day Care at Pouncing Paws.

What The Heck Do We Win?

When Grandma J decided to have a welcome back to my blog contest, she wanted to award the winner with a fabulous prize that wasn't a KitchenAid mixer  thoughtless average gift.  With that in mind she wracked her brain to figure out what would make her happy if she won it. After all, her friends mean a lot to her.  So, this is what she came up with for the winner's prize!

You will have your choice of  the following:

1.  A $25 gift card to PetSmart where you can buy toys for your pet, get them groomed, get obedience classes, or check out the line of Martha Stewart products for your pet.

2.  Or.....the winner can receive three full days of romping with JJ at  Pouncing Paws Doggie Day Care.  Pictured is JJ with a few of his pals in the small dog playroom.   Yes, I know there seems to be a big dog
in the picture....but that's Hank, and Hank is JJ's buddy....and his pillow at nap time.  The play yard is equipped with toys and playground equipment, with wadding pools and shade umbrellas in the summer.  It's truly a dogs world!
FYI, JJ is going bananas because he sees my car.....



Decisions, decisions....I know, it's hard to pick between the two.   You have until Friday to enter the contest in the post below.
In the meantime, there are so many adventures to tell you about.  Stay tuned because I'm back for good!

JJ is Metro Sexual....
....oh yes he is


metro sexual:

Modern enlightened, sort of renaissance man. Secure and confident, capable and cool, typically well educated and stylish. Heterosexual with a twist, not gay by any means, but he probably has a few gay friends, and can easily be mistaken for gay by rednecks and jock types. The only straight guy in a fabric store or antique shop who is not being dragged there by a woman.


That definition fits JJ to a T. He fired his groomer at PetSmart and he hasn't been able to find anyone who suits his fancy. His mother was on the verge of giving him the boot due to his lack of grooming.

So, Grandma J found a groomer who only had an eight day wait for an appointment.....she grabbed it and drove over to pick up JJ bright and early, at 7 a.m.....



Talk about bedhead! JJ isn't a morning person, and was a bit miffed that we were heading out so early. He had no idea what was in store for him......none



This is the finished product. As you can see, JJ is giving Grandma J the cold shoulder, and still refuses to smile. He is slightly ticked.



This is the new grooming salon. There weren't a bunch of other dogs to socialize with like at Petsmart. It didn't have big glass windows for people to look in and wave and smile at the dogs either.





Yes, this is the groomer. His name is Michael. He gave Grandma J a great quote of $29.

Grandma J heard JJ crying as she walked out the door.



When Grandma J picked up JJ, Junior, brought JJ out. JJ did not like Junior....can't you tell? Junior is Michael's shampoo girl.

Junior told grandma J that the price was a bit higher than originally quoted....like $5 higher because JJ attacked Michael, and he had to be muzzled. Michael didn't have to be muzzled, JJ did.


Maybe we will find another salon for JJ. One with cute girls.

A Tea Party in Texas



Grandma J isn't just a tea tottler, she loves a Tea Party. She also had no clue she was a finalist in the I Wanna Be a Big Hair Queen contest.

JJ joined in at the Tea Party....JJ the Patriot! I sent this picture to 1SGT John in Iraq.

JJ is a girl magnet.....at PetSmart, Walmart, and Tea Parties

JJ and I love a parade....What's that? This isn't a parade we're walking in?

My good friend Ruth, who walked the six blocks each way to the park with me and JJ. Her husband is a retired Army Col.

There was a crowd of about six hundred....which is impressive for a small town named Belton, next door to Dog Ridge TX.

We sang songs.....like God Bless America.

Then we went home and had a grape icee...

PICK UPS

I frequently get calls for pick ups.

Sometimes it's because someone has to get picked up at the high school right after track practice. This is extremely urgent because said track star works....and work consists of score keeping at another sports venue for a pretty penny.

Then there are the remote, ever so important calls to pick up JJ at the groomers.

It's not important that JJ's coiffing costs $71.65 because JJ not only gets groomed, he gets something extra called the Top Dog Care Package.

The Top Dog Care Package includes toothbrushing, health enhancing shampoo, remoisturizing conditioner and breath freshener....with the purchase of a bath or groom. Does anyone notice that JJ did not get the complimentary bandana? I think a call to PetSmart is in order.

WORLDLESS WEDNESDAY

or......Where's Waldo Santa?

I have so many irons in the fire, and it's driving me to drink ca-ray-zee.
I promised JJ and Phil that we'd go see Santa Claus and get a nice picture to send out to family and friends. Something nice...you know, frame-able!

The search started a while back when the jolly guy was no where to be found...not at PetSmart, Petco or Walmart. Well, yes he was at Walmart, but that doesn't count because they wouldn't let my little JJ sit on his lap.....in fact they said he wasn't allowed in the store..at all!






As you know, I did spot him hanging out in the pool,



and then, remember I saw him downtown?

So, with time running out, I braved the 27 degree weather with rain freezing as it hit my windshield, or maybe it was already ice before it landed, but either way, I took my life in my hands to go searching.


Someone said he was at Walgreen's, and sure enough he was....he was moonlighting working there part time.....HUH?

There was another sighting ..........

And then a friend called to say he was in Hawaii surfing....

Or was it scuba stuff?

Or maybe.....

maybe we'll just wait for the Easter Bunny!

Deck The Halls

I'm in the throws of getting my little corner of the world Merry and Bright....

I wanted to take JJ and Philip Johnny Bob to see Santa today, but we searched high and low. No luck. So, as we passed through the gates here at the compound, I looked over and this is what I saw.....
Now I could have sworn Santa was supposed to be at PetSmart....and this irked me to no end. Hanging out with the boys when he was supposed to be working. I called and turned him in.

Then I decorated my tree....

This is what the finished masterpiece looks like...and my angel won't light up until I take her down, then I put her back up, and no lights....stubborn angel.

This is the view of my porch with the tree in the window.

Tomorrow we may look for Santa again...or not. I say or not, because someone told me he was downtown....

Looks like he has company!

A DAY IN PICTURES
..because there are no words that do it justice

How was your weekend?