Sadie just surprised the heck outta me. She came to the office door and started barking, so I went to open the back door so she could go “out”. She just sat there so I thought okay, maybe she was barking at the front door, and looked for something out there. Nope. So I went back to the hall and she ran down the hallway to the bedroom, and sat in front of her crate. She wanted to sleep in it! So I opened it up and she ran in and laid down.
What a sweetie I have.
On Saturday I drove from Plano, TX to Little Rock, AR to pick up two rats and bring them back to Plano. They were picked up today for the next leg of the trip down to Houston. They started in St. Louis, MO.
We left at about 7am, to meet Kendra in Little Rock. I outfitted the front seat with towels to make it Sadie-proof so she could come along, and set out.
For the first 50 miles out of Plano, there were state troopers EVERYWHERE! I saw at least 6 tractor trailers pulled over. I think I counted 12 trooper cars.
Once we hit 1-30, we passed a ton of tractor trailers. Every time a loud one would go by, Sadie would wake up and watch them.
We met up with Kendra in Little Rock around 12:30. The boys were adorable, but very hot and sleepy. I put the jar of ice water Kendra gave me in the cage with them and they snuggled up next to it. I decided after 5 and a half hours on the road I really needed a bathroom break! (Sadie had gotten a few on the way up but I didn’t want to leave her in the car alone too long)I found a McDonalds and parked as close to the door as I could, ran inside, ran out and blasted the air back on. It was HOT out there! I hardly ever eat at McDonalds but since it was a road trip I figured I’d splurge. I pulled into the drive through behind a couple in a little car, and while we were stopped, the guy got out and dumped THREE huge McDonalds bags in the trash. Three. Holy cow. How often do you eat McDonalds that you have three bags in your car and you’re going back for more? At least spice it up with some Burger King, geez.
Anyway, we headed back and Sadie fell right back to sleep.
We got home around 6:00pm and were all very tired. The next morning I cleaned out the cage for the next person in the train and made the boys a makeshift hammock - and they knew just what to do!
I handed them over at 10am on Sunday, and they got to their new owner later that day.
On another note, Bailey is up to 125g and Kahlua is 94g. They are such little sweethearts. I’m going to move them into the bottom of the FN tomorrow!
I sewed some hammocks for a rat themed swap, and had some leftovers - the little ratlets quickly figured out how to use this hanging cuddle pocket after I put them in it a few times. Then they loved it!
I love this one - “We can too both fit in here! See?”
I got more hooks today at Hobby Lobby to replace the safety pins.
Also, Sadie went to the groomers! She needed her nails cut and I’m not comfortable doing it myself - maybe someday I will learn. But I don’t mind taking her over to a good place. We went to Pat’s Pet Grooming in the Canine Commissary - we were lucky, she was booked till next week but I guess while we were browsing in the Commissary something opened up! Check out this adorable bandana.
Yesterday was the annual block party for my street. Most of the people on the street have dogs so I was excited to take Sadie and see how she did. At first I took her out on her 30′ leash, and let her play. After a while I took it off so she could run around with the other dogs and she did wonderful. She stayed in the yard most of the time, and came to anyone who called her.
They also had a kiddie pool out for the dogs to play in. Sadie has never liked going in our pool, but I put her in the little wading pool and she finally realized what she was missing! She splashed all over the place, tried to eat the water, and then got back in several times on her own! I was so excited.
We had a great time with everyone too. I had helped organize a tie-dye area for people to do shirts and the kids had a good time with that. I got to go swimming with a few of my neighbors, who then spent about an hour trying to launch water balloons over a house, and only got about 2 over 
All in all, a great day!
I was sad to see them go but I am so happy they found a good home! I know they will have a great life and I am going to be expecting photos!
On a positive note, when I was showing their new owner Katie, she (Katie) let me pick her up 3 times in a row without spazzing out. It was actually very cool. It was almost as if she was saying “Oh heck, you’re not that bad. I’ll stay here.”
Also, little baby Addie? NOT SO LITTLE. She looks HUGE compared to those ratlets! She’s actually 250g now. Hard to imagine she started out as small as those girls when I got her
Sadie - definitely living up to the girl dog name. She played with her friend next door for a while then decided to pee on the floor 3 times and “forget” the kennel command. 
Sadie and I went with a friend to a walk this morning to protest the Mandatory Spay and Neuter law that Dallas will likely be adopting. While this is a very serious issue, we managed to have fun Sadie did really well with all the new dogs and I was very proud of her. We took a lap around the building, then hung out with all her new friends and Lizzie too. There were a lot of people and a reporter for a newspaper showed up and took some notes.
Sadie, Lizzie and a doberman (wearing a pro-choice sign and carting a wagon)
This is an Irish Wolfhound that we met. The neat thing about this is that a few months ago I would have been scared at the sight of this huge dog. Today, I thought “What a handsome boy” and was excited to get to pet him.
Sadie and Lizzie took a break to play in the grass and spill their bowl of water. I love this shot because Sadie looks so evil! She’s a sweetie, really! Lizzie started it! 
(She’s a sweetie too)
Today Sadie finally responded to the Kennel command. She BOLTED into the bedroom and into her kennel and stared at me. It was awesome. She repeated for me and Colin. The golden training tool? The clicker and a carton of 100% Freeze Dried Liver Treats by Gimborn
It’s a bit pricey but the carton is pretty big and if you have sharp fingernails or a serrated kitchen knife, it’s easy enough to cut them up and double or triple your treats. They are huge.
Sadly, she’s still not relearned “Sit”. Her down is awesome and it’s become her default behavior, but every time I try to capture sit, it becomes a down right as I click! A bit frustrating.
She is also learning “Go to bed!” thanks to Lizzie’s mom’s suggestion. She has learned if I point at the bed she should run into it, but then she just gets back out Silly dog!
In general I had a pretty bad day, but I did pick up the new fabrics for my next quilt. This is a surprise for my grandparent’s 50th anniversary.
Silly me, when I chose this pattern I didn’t read the cutting instructions. The squares are 1.5″ x 1.5″ - holy mole! I have to cut over 1000 squares for this. I lost my rotary cutting grid so I am going to pick a new one up tomorrow as I cannot cut all of these without it. I’ll go nuts. 
Pretty, isn’t it?! I tried to get some accurately colored photos of the fabric to share, but if the colors look weird - they look better in person. I had help from experienced quilters They didn’t have enough neutrals so I went for green and gold too. They look awesome in person.
And here is the one I made for Mom and Dad’s 9th anniversary. This is just the top before I quilted and bound (binded? adding the binding? hmmm.) it.
Yesterday Sadie got to spend some time with the cutest little German Spitz named Lizzie!
Sadie was a bit shy at first.
Then they had a great time wrestling and playing chase.
Yay! It was getting dark so most of the pictures didn’t turn out 