Ozzie

The kids are coming home for a visit this weekend, so I thought "Nicole, you had better get Posh Baskets off the guest bed".  I had a gazillion little pieces laid out because the setting is really complicated (to my feeble brain anyway).  There are two sizes of lattice, 10 1/2 inches and 11 1/2…

I am determined to get some sewing done around here.  Ozzie, who just yesterday indicated his willingness to help me in any way he can, has completely reneged on his promise.  I swear, as God is my witness, this dog has gotten on my last nerve.   First he got into my purse and stole my brand…

Hello?  Remember me?  It’s Ozzie, your best pal.  I am pretty sure you must have forgotten all about me.  All you do lately is sit at this stupid sewing machine.  Sew, sew, sew.  Who cares about all this sewing?  Not me.  I don’t get it.  Here I am, the most irresistable of all pets, and…

He did it again.  I have never heard of a dog who hates irons as much as my Ozzie does.  What is this?  The third or fourth iron he has executed?  This was my extra back up iron that I bought for the retreat.  Luckily I didn’t spend too much on it and it wasn’t…

Ozzie and I continue to attend dog training classes.  Our instructor is a lovely, blond, fit, tough as nails young woman who is a police officer.  We are fortunate that she is available to teach dog training classes on her day off.  She is working towards becoming in charge of the Canine Unit on her…

I take back every single nice thing I ever said about him.  I never should have bragged about how dog training was going so well.  Ozzie is incorrigible and will never be a good dog.  Ever. These are brand new designer shoes I paid a bloody fortune for, and wore for a total of about…

Allow me to introduce Remy.  Remy is a nine week old West Highland Terrier, just adopted by my daughter Sara and her husband.  Isn’t he just the most adorable little fluff of fur you ever saw?  My sister Andrea and I got to puppy sit the little guy this week, and as I had Ozzie…

Ozzie!  What did you do?  Look at me…. Bad dog.  That is not a toy.  That is a very expensive ball of yarn I was saving for something.  How did you get that?   Oh Ozzie.  What am I going to do with you? I was in my sewing room, trying to cut out the red,…

istockphoto The weather has been quite spectacular here in the Monterey Bay area, so I decided to take Ozzie for a walk on the beach.  He had such a relatively successful time at his first dog training class, and I thought he deserved a bit of a reward.  It was a sunny day, temps in…

Ozzie got a Big Boy haircut!!  No, it didn’t turn his eyes green—I don’t know what that is all about.  My poor skills as a photographer most likely. Doesn’t he look like a proper gentleman?  Don’t be fooled.  The groomer (who we have known through three generations of family dogs) said he fought tooth and…