Doctor Visit

Today I took Zola to the vet for her annual vaccinations. Fortunately, she had no reaction. They gave her Benadryl before they shots and she was fine. I don't know if any of you have witnessed a canine vaccine reaction first hand but it's awful...Zola looked like a cartoon dog. Swollen muzzle and eyes, my poor puppy looked like death. Another year down...and Zola is fine!

Family Portraits

Our family portraits in a folk art fashion:

Auld Lang Syne

Welcome to the New Year! I have been very busy over the holidays (hence the lack of post) and it has taken me awhile to get back into the swing of things. Zola enjoyed getting to see all of the family as well as her canine relatives and friends. The New Year brings many resolutions Zola's include: learning to roll over, getting through annual vaccines next week without any allergic reactions, and spending more time in the great outdoors. Over the break I started preparing my sewing/crafting studio with a fresh coat of paint and wallpaper. Zola and I have spent plenty of hours in there since, me crafting on the floor (for lack of a table) and Zola throwing her stuffed animals around. Wishing everyone the best for 2009!

Season Greetings

I have been working on our Christmas card as well as my Thank you cards(since I have been nice this year). Here is what I have so far, expect to see them in your email/mail soon.
Interestingly, blogger has decided that the dachshund "Thank You" card needed a color change. The real file has an offwhite/cream background with the dachshund and antler outline in brown. The patten consist of gold, olive/avacado green, and a brick red. The stars are gold. I do like bloggers winter wonderland color scheme...gotta love computers!

"Puppies Save Childs Life"

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/07/2008-12-07_puppies_save_threeyearold_boy_lost_in_fr.html
Sometimes we take their intelligence for granted. <3 dogs!

View from below

We are having a Christmas gift exchange in our office so I have been trolling Thinkgeek.com in search of a gift for our network admin.(the name I drew). It was by chance that I came upon this: (how is it I always manage to find stuff I want when shopping for others...selfish selfish!)

I just love thinkgeek item descriptions:
Doggy Blackmail
"All day long you toil at your office. And all day long your dog(s) and/or cat(s) sit around awaiting your return, doing nothing but miss you. Or so you think. But how can you find out what your pet really does all day? It's easy, if you have a Pet's Eye View Digital Camera. Just clip it to their collar, and it will record snapshots of their day! You'll have a photo diary of your pet's travels and travails.
Set the timer to record a shot every 1, 5, or 15 minutes and the Pet's Eye View Digital Camera is good to go. At the end of the day, you can download the shots to your computer and see what your pet did all day. The camera is plug-and-play, so there's no software to load (it basically works like a thumb drive)! Who chewed up your slippers when you were at work? Now you have photographic evidence - it was your neighbor, Eric. Bad Eric - bad neighbor."

Spiders

I wish I had seen this prior to Halloween since our theme was spiders, it's pretty scary even in the daylight. The costume is so well done.