Pokes

Tuesday morning Ashleigh went out to her car to find the passenger rear tire was flat.  Lucie drove Ashleigh and Elliott to school while I took the tire off.  Of course nothing has changed in all my years of car jacking so as soon as I got the tire off, the car starts to roll down the driveway (yes it was in Park) and the floor jack (with wheels) tips over.  No biggie - the car fell on the frame so there was no damage.  Not sure how it rolled in the first place.  That set off the motion detector car alarm so there I stand at 7:15 in the morning with an alarm sounding and car sitting on the frame.  Ashleigh had the car keys with her so I had to wait for the alarm to time out.  I was pretty popular in the neighborhood that morning...  Anyway, I ran the tire over to Wal-Mart and about an hour later they yanked the nail out that you see above.   Took the tire home and slapped it on and all was good.

Sometimes at night to keep the dogs occupied I take a rawhide bone and cut about a third off.  Mocha gets two thirds, Britni gets one third.  (By the way, last week was Mocha's one year old check up at the vet - 116 pounds!)  Usually it times out right that they both finish their pieces at the same time.  The other night Mocha got distracted and walked away from her piece.  So Britni snatched it and had both pieces.  Well that led to a big fight of snarling and growling.  Mocha could kill Britni if she wanted to but nevertheless I don't want one or both to get hurt.  Elliott was walking by the fracas so he reached in to grab Mocha's piece and mis-timed it and got chomped by Britni.  Not intentional but it punctured him pretty good.  We wrapped it and soaked it in peroxide for a while.  But because it was a dog bite, and because of some strong urging from a friend with a medical background, Lucie took Elliott to the doctor the next day.  It didn't get infected but the doc put him on antibiotics just in case.  Meanwhile, I asked our oral surgeon friend which was worse - a dog bite or a human bite.  Human bite by far...

I am working on Monday and then am off all next week.  No big plans.  The kids are out of school but Lucie is working.  Her birthday is on Thanksgiving and we are fortunate to have been asked to a friend's house for Thanksgiving.