January 29, 2010

At least the sun is out today! I’ve never lived through a winter before, but Mamaw and Poppy say it is really a bad one. The weather man this morning said 51 days till the first day of Spring. I’ll tell you, I hope my body parts hold out. When you have to squat to go, it’s tough! I try to make sure I’m not in too deep if you know what I mean?

About 10:00 a.m. when we went outside it had warmed up some. I made an offer to Mamaw that we go for a walk and she took me up on it. Since I didn’t get to walk yesterday, I was aggressive today and she had to reign me in some. The snow mountains are getting more yellow every day.

They’ve been on the Internet this morning ordering me a new leather collar. The one I have is not very reliable and it comes loose sometimes. Mamaw is afraid it will come lose outside and I’ll end up on 50th street—not good. Very heavily used…

They got all “duded up” and Mamaw became the walking target again. I just know they are going out when this happens. I try really hard to play real good with her so she won’t go but it never seems to work! They went out to dinner to celebrate Alan Swanson’s birthday at the Chicago Speakeasy. Alan is Poppy nephew. When they got home Mamaw said she was proud of herself for sticking to her diet. I guess salmon and a salad bar was on the agenda. And does she ever love a salad bar—bet it was really hard for her to resist some of the “goodies” they offer. She’s tough—she’ll make it!