Feeling a bit cooped up....I must be feeling better. I want to get out of the house but still to soon so today I rearranged a little bit no furniture just nic-nacs and such. here is what I did to my dining room .................

I need to add some pumpkins or something....you think? I can wait for the Holidays. I LOVE to decorate. we usually get our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving at a Tree farm in Vermont. we take a hay ride out to the tree forest and cut down the tree we like. I also get out all our Christmas decor out as well....such a fun time. Just think it is known to snow here in October. won't be long!

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Our Human Momma had to have Surgery on Tuesday morning so she wont be posting for a few days...Don't worry Momma told us that Pugs are the best medicine. So she will be back soon. She is feeling okay a little sore. Maybe she will post about it when she feels better...........

Love Willow and Belle

We went to this TOYS R US store in NYC in Time Square...you are never too old for this store..what fun we had here. This store has a FERRIS WHEELE in it! T and her friends went on the ride..as did my Mother in Law and I ....Here is a link to this store that I googled for you to see different areas of this 5 story Toy Store!
We took a horse and carriage ride through Central Park it was about a 1/2 hour ride.....so here I am with T and her friend. My Mother in law and T's other 2 friends were in another carriage.
This is St Patrick's Church..this Church is amazing I love the character and detailing. The Pictures I took of the inside didn't come out so here is a link We went to FAO Schwarz another great toy store...and Beyond.
I saw these Pug Stuffed Animals I wanted to bring them home so bad. but I really didn't need them besides the one with the red Coat was $60- and the one with the red Collar was $45- and I know that Willow and Belle would think that it would be for them.

T with the FAO Schwarz soldier

NYC is such a loud place and nothing but rush rush....that is until you go to Ground Zero...as soon as I exited the taxi there was nothing but PURE SILENCE! there was a calm. slow moving people looking on with a million thoughts running through their heads with disbelief. It was so quite there like noise and chaos was banned from the Memorial site. Kinda a strange feeling. T and her friends were in the 2nd grade when the 9/11 disaster struck. They remember bits and pieces but being there made them have a whole new understanding to what happened. What a sad place to go see. all there is now is the footprint of the towers with construction taking place. there are posters, pictures, and letters with flowers let to those left behind........ I took this picture of a picture displayed at Ground Zero.......I thought it was a nice picture of a little girl with her (Grandfather maybe) with the twin towers in the background.
Here is the footprint of where the towers once stood................

Here is another picture of a picture I took that I really thought was amazing.
T with her friend in the footprint of the towers.....................
You may want to enlarge this picture. it is a note that someone left for a loved one who was taken away. I did a little reasurch and I believe it was written to this man... from the names written on the note and FDNY.

The Twin towers used to stand in front of these 2 buildings.........can you imagine what the people in these 2 buildings saw?
This picture killed me....a little boy drew this for his Daddy..........

What fun we had in NYC...we sure put alot of miles on our feet....I bet we put 15-20 miles on our feet in the 2 days we were there.........Taxi fare is crazy too I dropped over $100.00 in cab fare + tips. I could NEVER drive in NYC! pure craziness! so anyway we did so much...We checked in our Hotel....which as very nice and CLEAN. we then went to Time Square did some shopping and walking. We had a Birthday Lunch at Planet Hollywood. Then we went to the Empire State Building when it was dark. The lines were so long we were in line for over 2 hours for a 10 minute view of the City. UGH....
But it was worth the view..............AMAZING!
T ( and us) also got a limo ride from the Empire State to Central Park for a Horse 'n Buggy ride through the Park.........
Am I the only crazy Mother that would allow my 13 year old to have her picture taken with the Naked Cowboy? we all got a picture with him...there is also a naked Cowgirl..we have picture of her too......( Boy their parents must be proud of them! (NOT) anyway I guess...it was a good laugh for the girls.....
T and her Best friends....what a great group of Girls to have! I will post more photos next. I don't want to go over board with the pictures..I have so many so the next pictures will be of Ground Zero.... and FAO Schwartz Adventure!

Whitney has a surprise visitor last week.....not once but TWICE! W lost a tooth one night and 2 nights later she lost another! The tooth Fairy is working over time and is giving out some nice cash! I looks like the tooth fairy left W $5.oo one night and $10.00 the next. I guess the Tooth fairy didn't have any ones and couldn't make change....seeing how the banks are closed it is to be expected. W sure got a kick out of it! The Money was wrapped up in Floss with fairy dust and glitter...W woke up with a sparkly face and fairy dust in her tooth box! so W is $15.oo richer and the tooth fairy is $15.oo poorer...........
So there you have it as I promised last week! (the silver crown tooth you see in this picture is the other one she lost..maybe this is the reason she got $10.oo for it.)

My baby is growing up! T at age 3................

T at 7 months old.................

Wow 13 years ago I had my First Baby....A Baby Girl who I named Tori...she weighed in at 5 lb 14 oz ( tiny,tiny baby) now she is a teenager Hard to believe.........


Tori....enjoy being a kid. Don't try to grow up to fast! you are beautiful and you make us proud! Thanks for being such a great daughter!

Be back soon......gone for a Girls trip to NYC!

Update on Willow.......long recovery ahead.... she went back to the vet for observation due to complications from surgery... but is now resting at home. All and all she is doing well.....So she will be staying home with her human Dad and Sister while I am gone for the weekend.

Blog schedule for next week.............

*~My weekend in NYC

*~W had a surprise visitor Tuesday night! Hmmmm can you guess who?

*~ T's 13th Birthday

Talk with you all soon!

Willow is HOME! I called the vet this morning and they said that willow seems to be doing well. They said that I should call later this afternoon to check to see if she is well enough to come home. I thought to myself..this is Good I still can go to the mall and not have to worry about her being home alone with Belle. So I went to the mall...and I remember the vet telling me that I should get her a shirt to wear because she is such a licker. I went to a few stores like the GAP, OLD NAVY,but I didn't see anything very flattering. I went in to the baby section of OLD NAVY and I got her a 4T shirt....Just like what AF got for Emma . It was only $7.00 verses the $15-20 Dog shirts that they had. so after I got home from the Mall it was around 12:30. I called the vet checking in on Willow...Indeed she was ready to come home. I went and picked her up. They went over the instructions what to do..went over ALL her medications ( she will have to be on Methiodol) for the rest of her life. They told me they removed a few LARGE JAGGED stoned that scratched her bladder and had a slight tear in it. If we waited any longer Willow would of not been with us anymore it was ready to burst. so if you suspect any kind of Peeing issues get it checked ASAP! they also removed a Jagged Stone lodged in her Urethra along with Kidney Stones. the cause of this is from a high level PH level I never know about this. I never saw any signs. the only signs I noticed was a very strong Fishy smell. after she peed. then she started having accidents in the house. (not pleasant smell in your home! ) about 2 weeks ago I also noticed she peed alot more than usual. but she was drinking alot so I figured she was peeing from drinking so much.....so Thank God we caught it in time.....she has 9 stitches in her belly it is about 2 1/2 inches long....she is very sore. I was told not to let her walk much. Crate her if I had too...bring her out to pee often but limit exercise....They also said that she will pee blood for 7-10 days and will Leak urine so she has to wear a Doggie Diaper while she is in the house or Bed. SO $500.60 later Willow is home....she can't bark it is all muffled due to being intabated she must have a sore throat. T asked if she could give her a cough Drop for her throat. ( lol)
She is not herself ( to be expected) she is moopy,ears pasted back and has no interest in anything tonight....When I first brought her home she was so excited...tail wagging and loving all the attention. My Father came and Paid her a visit and she was so happy! but now that the Pain meds are wearing off she is not as happy or excited..all she wants to do is lay down and be covered up with her Lady Bug Blanket and Monkey. Too much excitement for the sick girl today.....Time for her to rest up!
Willow feeling under the weather...........
Look Emma Willow has the same shirt as you do!
How embarrassing this must be to her!
I brought Willow out for some fresh air.....Under Doctors orders no walking! So I put her in W's old baby stroller.....she LOVED the stroller ride! we sure did get a few strange looks as people drive by us.......

This make a Cool Pug Wheel~chair don't cha think? People must think I have a Pretty cute baby as I push her down the road......

Hey...Look what Alicat Got! Yeah! Congratulations Ali!

I knew that this picture of willow Peeing would be appropriate sometime....I took this picture of her last week for some strange reason....So Here you have it Willow Peeing..this is what we have all been praying for all day long! The Vet called to announce that indeed Willow peed with out any complications and she did eat a little bit of her food......The downfall...I didn't get to go see her today. :( They said to call first thing tomorrow to check in on her. I feel so relieved ( not as much as willow I bet!) that she peed. just another complication she didn't need to go through. So thank you All for your Pee prayers............they worked! I will let you know what I find out tomorrow.
I am going tot he mall tomorrow to see if I can find a couple outfits for NYC . I feel like all I own are Frumpy clothes....so I think I need to jazz my wardrobe up a bit for this coming weekend. Any Ideas on what I should get?

Willow's vet called this morning. Willow still can't pee. They have a few ideas that they are going to try. If she can't or *wont* pee by this afternoon they asked if i would come in to see if seeing me will stimulate her to pee from being excited to see me. She is also refusing her food and water so they have her on a IV to keep her hydrated. I am hoping she is not peeing because thinks it is going to hurt like before. I hope that is all it is and nothing serious. Belle can sense Willow is not here..she walked around the bed all during the night sniffing ....like she was smelling for willow's whereabouts. She also went to every room looking for willow when it was time for bed. I hate it when my pug kids are sick and I can't be with them. so At least I get to go visit her this afternoon...I can't wait. I am keeping my fingers crossed for her to go pee on her own! I will keep you posted...on a better not I am off to go make Chocolate Chip Pancakes for the Kiddos and Hubby!

Just got off the phone with the vet, willow went in for surgery and they removed a large stone lodged in her urethra..also stones were found in her kidneys. she has a large amount if toxins from her kidneys they have her on treatment to flush out the toxins and may be able to come home Monday If she is well enough. This is all I know as of now....I will update you when I learn more.

Willow is really sick, she was lethargic through the night and I kept bringing her to a potty pad during the night telling her to go pee *Nothing*...........I brought her out fist thing this morning to try to pee again still no pee.... So this is day 2 without willow peeing. I called her vet they said to bring her in....so I did they felt her belly and could feel her bladder was VERY,VERY full so also did an ultrasound on her bladder and they said it looks as if it was snowing . a lot of crystals floating around. they also felt a very large object in her urethra so they did an x~ray and found that there is a Large Stone lodged in her urethra. so they needed to do emergency surgery before her urine leaked into her kidneys or before her bladder would burst. I didn't get to say good bye to her as they took her out back. they told me what was going on while they were prepping her for surgery....w and I drove back home to get willow her favorite monkey and Blanket so she can smell her surroundings while she is there. I will keep you posted..............

OMG this stuff smells soooooo Gooooood..........Alfreds Mom posted her new detergent so Heck I will post my new find....I went to Walmart and I saw this new sent...as soon as soon as opened the cap to smell it I was hooked...I came home and did laundry (3 loads) then I ran out of dirty so I found myself looking for items to wash just to smell it so I washed all our bed clothes, my living room and Dining room drapes and the kids shower curtain...so now my house smells like Rose and Violette.........Willow is a BAD UTI and possible Kidney stones I brought her to the vet Tuesday because I thought she had a UTI. Her Pee has been so strong not like ammonia but a fishy smell and it has a shimmer to it as if these was glitter dust in it. man is it Gross smelling..like walking into a fish market. Yuck! so anyway she is not herself again...she has not Peed all day..she is drinking and Pooping but she wont pee....T's friend was sitting with Willow on the sofa and Willow dribbled out Pee on her lap . just a tiny bit ..I apologized explained to her what was wrong with Willow....( As I am saying this..thinking in my head..Huh-HA..I get to wash these and use my new detergent and fabric softener! Bonus!) God I can be a dork at times...LOL anyway so the pants are in the wash....I got my detergent and fabric softener fix tonight!
Back to Willow, The vet wanted her to stay the night tonight but I don't think she is sick enough to have to spend the night..I think she will be more comfortable here with me..besides Brad is gone.I can't have Willow gone too. :0( so tomorrow morning I have to call her vet to give them an update on her peeing status and behavior. she may have to go tomorrow if she still is not peeing. more tests are planned for her to see if it is Kidney stones or not. She is playful, not much of an appitite,and she drinks all the time. I think it may be her antibiotic she is on.
Well the girls are watching a movie they did their makeup but they did it when I was out walking the Pugs..and on the phone with Brad. they got in the showers before I could get a picture. Sorry folks!

So today Brad left to go Tuna Fishing for the weekend with his friends so he is off to Massachusetts for the weekend...So it is just me and the girls. I picked them up from school, ordered out Pizza and T had a friend come over for the night and they went to the High School Football game tonight. so W and I went to K-mart bought a few things..W picked out some cute Clogs, I also bought all the girls false eyelashes, Halloween make-up, and colored hair spray just to give them something to do later on tonight when they get home. ( I think I am asking for trouble) I will be sure to have my Camera on standby! I also got Poster board and markers so T can make her poster for NYC. We are going to go to the Today show Sunday Morning (Live on NBC I think it is 7am) so Look for us...We are going to New York City for her 13th Birthday. so now that I bought her Poster board she can make a sign to hold up. I went to the Today show 2 years ago. Gotta Love Al Roker. so she is excited we leave Saturday Morning ( Very Early) on the 16th and take a train into Grand Central Station in NYC I booked a tour on the double Decker Bus to Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, ground Zero, Central Park...She wants to go to MTV studios...( we will see) we are staying at a hotel near Time Square so they can see all the lights. She was allowed to invite 3 friends so this should be a good time. My Mother in Law is also coming. My MIL is actually the one who paid for all our train fare which was a great help and she is a member to some hotel chain so she got a discount on our hotel. So Brad is on his Men's trip this weekend and I get my Girls trip next weekend. The girls and I may go to the Lake tomorrow for the day. we haven't been on the Kayaks for a long time seeing how it has been so cold and rainy. if it is nice we might, we also may go Apple picking at the apple orchard in Vermont. Wagon rides to the orchard, a Petting zoo, Pumpkin patches.....we go every fall. I can't believe fall is already here.( for us it is our trees are already turning colors) Time to make Apple Crisp, apple pies...MMmmm :P I just ordered the girls Halloween Costumes too. time is just flying by......almost time to think about Christmas gifts. well I rambled on enough.... maybe I will post pictures later......

Shannon from Bless your Heart is Hosting BPOH...this week features Bedrooms.....



Here is "w" Room she is all about being a girl. She loves Pink and Purple.....Her walls are Purple with a pink glitter glaze...when the sunlight hits the wall her walls are all glittery...or if the light is on at night you can see it shimmer..it is so pretty. I wish you could see it but it doesn't show up in the picture...........Good thing BPOH (Bedrooms) was this week because nest week we are redoing W's bedroom Floor we are putting in hardwood for her. When Belle was house training she Peed in her room and you can still smell it..and she tends to pee in there once in awhile in the same spot so we are pulling up the carpet and putting in wood so if she pees in there again it will be easier to clean. besides this will help with her asthma too....


BEWARE.........................you are now entering a Teen-agers room! Not the cleanest...

This is "T's" room she is more of a Tom Boy...she is not into all the girly stuff..she is obsesses with Hummer H2 so this is what she has for her Bedding.. She also buys the movie poster that are advertised at the movie theater so her room is COVERED in Movie posters.She picked out her colors for her her room a dark blue and a lighter blue..it is a rather dark room so I think this is the reason for the picture coming out so blurry............

This is our room.....I love the color of my walls. when we had it painted with Suade paint. you can't see it but it looks like suade and feels smooth like suede. (Like this)
My whole house is decorated with Primitive country decor so I thought I would make our room ( and Master bath) more masculine for my husband just in case he wanted to escape from all the country...so this room was decorated more for him than me. My room is a mix from Pier One and Target.....(and Pug Fur)



So there you go..there are our bedrooms........we have one more but it is empty....still waiting to decided what I want to do with that room....I don't know if I want it as a spare bed room, Craft room for stamping , scrap booking or play room for W......right now I think T claimed it as a dressing room...all her clothes and shoes are tossed around in there...

If I had $900.00 This little Fella would of came home with me tonight! This Poor Lil Guy was at our Local Pet Store. He is 4 months old. He has such a black face it looks as if he dipped his face in a Cole bucket! T wanted him so bad. She said my birthday is in 2 weeks PLEASE can you get him for me?? I said T if I could I would but now is not a good time. she had tears in her eyes tapping the glass with him on the other side...we went to get her Chinchillas food and we never thought that a Pug would be there...if i knew I would of not gone. it make me sad to see the animals caged up. As I cashed out I asked the cashier how much they were asking for the Pug.she Said 900.00 dollars......before we even got out of the store t was calling her father on the cell phone asking if we could buy him. He told her the same thing..T if we had the money we would but now is not a good time. so Yes one of these days we hope to have another Pug...maybe a Black one. But as for right Now T will have to settle for Willow and Belle. I Plan to go to the GMPR~ social in a few weeks...I may have to leave T home...she will want to adopt a Needy Pug! ( as will I) .


Isn't he a cutie!?


Before and After................
I talked with Jodie a few times today and I told her I got my hair cut she asked for me to post pictures..........so here you go Jodie. 4 1/4 inches shorter....

BEFORE

( This was taken when Brad and I went to the ocean last month.)

&

AFTER

SO Longer or shorter? I am always changing my style and Color. Maybe it is a hairdresser thing? I thought my changing Color and styles was just when I was working as a hairdresser but now that I have been out of the salon for 2 years I am still changing it. when I got married it was sooooooooooo short..I mean short up and around the ear, nearly shaved in the back and puffy! scary stuff! Please don't ask me to post it..LOL