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Follow-up Friday and the Advent Calendar for Dogs Day 6

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-up Friday, the blog hop that wraps up your week and leads you right into the weekend!!

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

 

I love Follow-Up Friday because it gives me the opportunity to follow-up on comments that I can’t always get to during the week.

December 1, 2013-The Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers and You Make Me Smile

Delilah - Lolly

Delilah climbs in Hubby’s lap all the time, but I was surprised to see her climb in my sisters!

Donna said, “I’m guessing either your sister is a dog lover too—or she was trapped.”

Thankfully my sister is a dog lover, but she was trapped.  LOL  Delilah rarely takes no for an answer.

Leslie said, ” And given that my dog doesn’t even like to be my lapdog, I’m thinking we need to arrange a visit so I can get some Delilah lovin’.

You are always welcome here Leslie, I know Sampson and Delilah would be delighted, as would I.

And All Things Collie asked if all the calendars were sold.

Yes, I ordered just enough to fill the orders.  Although there is one calendar that is going in the grand prize pack for the Advent Calendar.

Off-Leash Behavior and Advent Calendar Day Two

There were so many great comments on this post.  So. MANY.  I want to make sure I do them justice, so we will be revisiting this topic on Monday.

Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 3: Yappy Hour Vineyards

 Leslie said, “Oh the oenophile is me is all a-quiver!”

Dammit Leslie, I had to look that word up!  How often does oenophile come up in your daily conversations? 🙂

I Dropped the Blogging Ball and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 4

First I want to thank you all for your concern for my mom.  She is on the mend at the moment, although she won’t be home as fast as she’d like.  Thankfully she has no computer access where she is so I can tell you that rehab is telling me at least 2 more weeks.  She’s very upset that she is missing so many blog posts.

Emma said, “There is this four letter thing that seems to get in the way all the time called W-O-R-K if we could just leave that out of our daily program there would be so much more time for important stuff!”

You are so right Emma, I swear I could spend 8 hours a day working on blog related stuff.

Jackie said, “Yes, where does the time go? Hard to believe it will be Christmas in 3 weeks. (PANIC!)”

STOP Jackie, don’t tell me that, I haven’t even started yet!

Jan K said, ” I can’t seem to get caught up on my blog reading!”

Me either Jan!  I have a good day and think I’m ahead of the curve but no, I still have over 400 posts to be read in my reader.

This ‘N That Thursday and Advent Calendar for Dogs Day 5

Cupcake asked, “Did they leave you any delicious “candies” in the grass?”

Eww….I just realized why Sampson loves to sniff down there.

Callie, Shadow and Ducky’s Mom said, “Wow! What a weekend! 17 pix of turkeys, 2 barking dogs, and ?? A partridge in a pear tree maybe?”

That made me smile, I’ll be working on that one Sue, let me see what I can come up with. 😀

Pamela said, “Turkeys sure are ballsy aren’t they?”

Yes they are Pamela, yes they are.

Blueberry’s Human said, “I totally would have taken the remaining turkey from the fridge and run outside waving it in front of those turkeys while shouting, “Get outta here or this’ll be you next you scoundrels!”. But, that’s just me. :)”

Now I would pay to see that. 😀

That’s it for me and this edition of Follow-up Friday, now are you ready to win something really cool?

Win handcrafted, whimsical collars & leashes from K9 Bytes in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Giveaway Event It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing up Bella!! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by K9 Bytes. You could win a hand crafted whimsical leash & collar set. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!



This ‘N That Thursday and Advent Calendar for Dogs Day 5

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First off, many thanks to 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie for This ‘N That Thursday.

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

 

Thanksgiving Weekend

Originally we intended to go to New Hampshire to visit my sister and her husband over the long Thanksgiving weekend.  But when Mom got sick, my sister decided she needed to come to CT instead.  Me being the oh so generous wife that I am, suggested Hubby head to NH for a ‘boy’s weekend’ while my sister and I enjoyed a ‘girl’s weekend. Well you know what they say, the best laid plans and all.  Turns out we were super busy.

So when Sunday morning rolled around, I decided to park myself on the couch for a few minutes to shop for purses. My sister meanwhile was elsewhere in the house.

Okay, she was using the toilet if you have to know, when all of a sudden the dogs started barking like demons were circling the house.

My sister cut her business short thinking she might have to save me from something and the three of them dashed to the window, faster than the main character in “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore. (Ok, technically Santa Claus MIGHT be the main character, but let’s roll with this okay?)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Yeah, the picture is dark.  It was an overcast day and I don’t turn on lights.  Sampson is there in front of my sister, while Delilah is clearly silhouetted.

I mentioned I was shopping for purses right?  So you can see why I didn’t jump right up.  Well the three of them looked out the window and then the dogs ran to the front deck and then back to the window and I just couldn’t concentrate with all that racket, so I got up to see what had everyone’s attention.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA There were some turkeys across the street.

And then the turkeys crossed the street to my neighbor’s yard, so the dogs had to go outside, where they could stand at the fence barking at them.

Can you handle a little joke?  I hope so, because I’m doing it anyway.

Q: Why did the turkeys cross the road?

A: To see what the dogs were barking at of course!

The barking dogs didn’t frighten the turkeys at all, in fact a few of them stopped to look.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Whatchoo lookin’ at fools?

It was a stare down in my yard.  My two barking dogs and these five bold as brass turkeys. (Who didn’t realize their cousin was already cooked and sitting in my refrigerator.)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA These other four could have cared less, they were pecking the grass for something.

And there I was in the front window snapping away like I’d never seen a turkey in my life.  Honestly I took like 17 pictures.  Of turkeys!!

A short time later my sister and I saw a herd/group/flock of 15 about 4 miles from my house.  Someone must have been spreading the word that Thanksgiving was over and it was safe to come out. 🙂

 Thanks again to our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie for This ‘N That Thursday blog hop.

Are you ready for some loot?  Here’s the info for the Advent Calendar!

Win dog-centric gifts from Dog Lover Gift Baskets in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Giveaway Event It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing up Bella!! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by Dog Lover Gift Baskets. You could win dog-centric gift basket for pups & people. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

I Dropped the Blogging Ball and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 4

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December 4th already!  Where does the time go?

Are you finished with your Christmas shopping yet?  Here’s a surprise, I’ve barely started mine and I currently have no time to get it done!   Before I give you the skinny on today’s Advent Calender promotion, I’m going to fill you in a bit on what’s been going on behind the scenes here at Heart Like a Dog.

My mom (who lives in an in-law unit in our basement) has been ill.  She has been in congestive heart failure and was hospitalized on the 21st of November.  On the 22nd of November she developed pneumonia and was moved to Intensive Care.

Life got super hectic for me.

Walking the dogs on my lunch and then heading to the hospital after work left me feeling very rushed and frazzled.  To top it off there was a holiday added in there.  Thankfully mom is a tough old bird and has turned the corner.  We moved her on Saturday to a rehabilitation center where she will heal more and get stronger.  I have high hopes she need only be in there two weeks or so.

I tell you this so you will understand why today’s post is so late.  No, no, I know it’s not late, I mean since I’ve been working on this Advent Calendar my posts have been scheduled earlier than they have ever been and if I’m being honest (which I always try to, siriously, who can remember the lies?) I like it.

But that’s not what this is about.  This is about a calendar give-away I promised you two weeks ago.

Do you remember the post, “Which Way Do We Go?” And this picture?

What? You've never heard the tale of the two stubborn labs?

What? You’ve never heard the tale of the two stubborn labs?

 

I asked you to tell me which dog turned back to me first and which path we ended up taking.  In exchange for your thoughts I offered to give away a Dogs of Blogville Calendar in a random drawing and I promised I would share the winner and the the answer in the special Thanksgiving This ‘N That Thursday blog hop.

December - Benny and Lily - Two French Bulldogs

You remember these guys right?  They grace our calendar for December of 2014.

 

Except life got in the way and I totally forgot.

Well the answer to the question is this.

The dogs turned almost simultaneously, BUT if I had to say which dog turned first, it would have been Sampson and because Sampson turned first, we took the path to the left.

Well that’s the first part done!  Check that off. 

Now for the giveaway, I had 27 comments on that post and I plugged it into Random.org and came up with the number 10.  As I was counting down the comments, a big smile came across my face because I was pretty sure I knew who the number ten commenter was.

Here’s her comment, “Ooooh, I hope I win. I’d love to get a calendar. Last year, I gave each of the ones I ordered away and didn’t keep one for myself. This year, my timing was off.  Anyway, because she’s full of surprises, I’d guess Delilah came back to you before you got bifurcated by the sapling.”

Congratulations Pamela, your calendar is on it’s way. 😀

Have you been enjoying the Advent Calendar giveaways?  I cannot enter any of the drawings but I can tell you I’m finding lots of cool ideas and new products and companies that I’m loving.

I’m super excited for today’s giveaway, are you ready?

Win a beautiful lamp work beaded I Love My Dog necklace from For Love of a Dog in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Giveaway Event It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing up Bella! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by For Love of a Dog. You could win a beautiful lamp work beaded “I Love My Dog” necklace. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

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