jamie ann

A few month back, Jeanne had a raffle to benefit her roommate’s dog, Rusty. He had to get eye surgery and being the softy for dogs I am, obviously I shelled out some cash for this pup!

Well, it turned out I won a a custom comic strip from MySky.net. Lauren (or Elle!) Skinner is incredibly talented and just kind of took the idea of an Edie comic and ran with it. She chose her favorite Edie post, which was a recent one from last week and the below is what she created.

Thank you SO much, Lauren. Edie is thrilled to be immortalized as a comic and I’m in love with it!

This is how I’ve been spending my summer days.

A pile of library books and running around with Edie outside. She digs in her pool and tries to eat the water.  Then she proceeds to roll in the only small patch of dirt in our yard because she loves me THAT much.

She’s lucky she is cute.

such a sad, pathetic looking pup?

(She doesn’t have laser eyes that burn through you in real life. Pinkie promise.)

My poor Edie had a rough day. She couldn’t walk straight from the wearing anesthesia. Was terrified I’d leave her again. Wouldn’t walk with the e-collar on. As soon as she came out from the examination room, the whole packed waiting room let out a collective “awww” and giggle and said how sad she looked.

Right now, she is sleeping at the foot of my bed wearing an old tshirt of mine that I have knotted in the back. She can’t lick her stitches with it on and now she will actually move from one spot instead of standing frozen like a deer in headlights.

I’ve been told to keep her calm for 10 days. Calm means no running, jumping, playing, etc. Do they not know that is all little Corgis are made of? It should be an interesting few weeks to say the least!

Thanks for the well wishes. This nervous mama appreciated it.

Hopefully she heals up soon and puppyness is back in full effect soon. We have playdates to schedule!

Today my Edie is going to have surgery. I put off her spaying for way too long because I was nervous. I know that’s a silly reason to not do it when she turned 6 months but it’s true.

After losing Princess last summer, I’ve become terrified of something happening to Edie. I worry she will manage to slip out the front door or someone will leave the gate open and she will run away. Every time she doesn’t seem to be feeling well, I get anxious. I know Edie at a year and a half is a much different case health-wise than Princess at 13 years but I can’t help it.

I just can’t bear the thought of losing another of my puppies.

So needless to say putting my puppy under anesthesia and having them remove her uterus is freaking me out. I do know it’s better in the long run for her to get spayed. She won’t have the problems Princess did last year because she was never spayed (she got an awful horrible infection that almost killed her but in the end she died of old age).

I know she will be in good hands and I’ll get to pick her up later today but what can I say?

I’m a nervous puppy mama.

Send some good vibes Edie’s way and hope her surgery goes smoothly?

Now that that nonsense is out of the way, let’s focus on what my Saturday morning consisted of:

She does this all the time. I feel bad for waking her up and moving her even though she puts my hand to sleep.

Now back to my Saturday Lifetime movie marathon. Yeah, you know it.

How’s your weekend so far? Any big plans?

Edie plays soccer.

She runs full speed at the ball, pushes it around with her nose and kicks it along. It’s the cutest thing in the world. I need to take my Flip Video out with me next time she does it.

I took this on my iPhone this weekend. There is so much shadow from the fence but it’s too cute not to post.

P.S. Go look at my cute new Twitter background. It matches my blog. Follow me if you don’t already!

Pillows…Check
Blankets…Check
Hoodie…Check
Puppy…Check

Get here soon, please?

I need some change.

This blog has been lacking the real reason you all come read this blog.

I’m not really one who dresses Edie up. I think a coat is necessary sometimes because it’s cold but you won’t see me dressing her up in pajamas, “Bad to the Bone” shirts and fur lined, leopard print show girl dresses like some of those other dog people. I love my dog but choose not to dress her up completely ridiculous.

When I came across this little fleece coat in the $2 Target bins I couldn’t resist. Especially because I can do this and she will sit still so I can take a picture.

While I’m not a crazy dog dresser upper to the extreme, I’m still a total gusher about her cuteness.

Because really?

How freaking adorable is she?