She's about to.....#40 Brug Addicts Chat

HAHAHAHA.......................Sorry , but read the seed delima first and that story is good for this old mind. Sounds so much like something I would do. Kept reading to find another delightful happening from Starlight. LOL Starlight, you are a good story teller. I love reading your posts.
Hello everyone, Anjl, good to hear from you and am praying that you will be home soon, ONLY if you are well enough to go. You will love the ornaments, they are all great.
Pegi, I'm happy for you in your remodeling...the end results will make putting up with the mess worth while.
I do hope all of you will have the very Merriest Christmas, and I hope the coming New Year will be much better than this one.

Did you ever think we would have a French lesson on this thread? Starlight that is so funny, but I too can see myself doing something like that. I don't dare dump some seeds out because I'm bound to get them all mixed up and then have to be surprised when seeds start sprouting. I discovered some pill bottles with seeds in them and I never marked what they were. With my memory I have to mark them immediately.

Morning all, cold and cloudy as usual!
Need to finish up shopping today I suppose tomorrow is going to be single digits and windy! How exciting....LOL
Fixed hot cocoa for you all so warm socks for your toes...

Feed the outside birds, I don't know who they stand it, poor things.

Here is a pic of my new "old" table. If you look close you can see the little knob, pull that down and there are 8 table extensions stuck in there. They really built things back then and put some thought into it. Now once I recover from Christmas, taxes, and propane I will need to find soft padded chairs...LOL

Pegi, home remodel during the holidays sounds like my house. DH gets stuck in here cause of the cold and when I get home from work no tellings what will be happening....LOL

Anjl, won't be long and you will be up and about as good as new.

Love the story on the tomatoes sounds like things that happen to me....LOL

When the holidays are over I am spending all my spare time in the garden room. My poor plants I have not spent enough time out there and I can feel it....

Morning everyone. Geesh, everyone is so busy doing last minute shopping, and running for parties, and....
It is hard to keep up with you all!
Hope you are all staying warm, and off those nasty roads! Some of you are getting a lot of snow, and ice. Please be careful if you have to go out for anything!

Linda Kay

Snow... Ice.. Bah... Humbug.. don't believe in it.. doesn't exhist! LOL 70 here yesterday... going to be 25 tonight... humidity 12% sunny.... had the sprinklers on yesterday and need to mow the yard.... you would think I lived somewhere in FL! Gee... I miss snow.

Hello everyone.. I can't belive Christmas is in 5 days and I haven't even put up my lights.. asked dad to come over today to help me... hope he does. At least one thing will be done. Haven't gotten a single present for my parents... they don't need a thing... nothing! What do you get a person who has EVERYTHING!!??? LOL Also, can't afford what I was planning when I was working. I would love to embroider dinner napkins for mom but I know she would never use them... wish she would...I have tons of those I could make. LOL It figures.

My brug cuttings are really growing.. lost a few... I was upset.. have a few more that look like they are not going to make it... of course, they are the ones I really wanted to grow.. colors I don't have... will have to see about some trades in the spring. It is still a forrest.. just a few less trees.. just bigger ones now! LOL

Bitter bitter cold and wind.....ugh
Went shopping but only bought for my Mom and myself....LOL

Bought Mom some bargins at Lowes. 3 small orchid plants 1.99 ea, 1-love knot, 1-war paint, and 1-Kilani - also got a miniature poinsettia 3.00, african violet with white tipped leaves in bloom for 1.99, and a anthurium 6" pot for 2.99 in bloom, and a amaryllis red lion in a gift bag for 2.00. Bargins bargins....LOL Glad see likes plants like me. I am building her a plant light shelf out of pvc for Christmas so she will be set for the long winter months.

Lashalover, not fair in the 70's? Can't even remember what that was like.....now it is head down to watch you feet skate across the ice covered driveway!

So little posting going on I keep thinking I am on the wrong thread....going to make cookies, and this cracker thing, and fudge tonight.....

Hello, I too miss seeing everyone on this thread...Where are you? I'm ready for Christmas, but today I realized just how close it is...ouch, another Birthday!
Merry Christmas everyone, and sweet dreams tonight.

Faye when is your Birthday?

I have two nephews with Christmas birthdays, when they were little we kept them seperate, now that they are grown I just buy one bigger present and give to them at Christmas. That way they get more of what they really like electronic stuff.

Shopping today one of the clerks said "Oh everyone must of figured out Christmas is here!" just doesn't seem like it should be yet. Course I didn't decorate like normal so it really feels odd.

Oh yeah I bought a norfolk pine for 4.00 at Lowes, really good prices....

Faye is a Christmas Baby. She was born on Christmas day! How special is that. And your nephew too!!! I have been lurking, but just busy running around try to get last minutes gifts bought. I think I am done!

LK

hi everyone, been work work workig, trying to hold o to my job since sales are so sow at the Honda store.. got all my shopping done, youngest daughter decorated the house up in and out, and she bought the tree and it is up and pretty, she is home for the holidays... joe and I both work xmas eve.. yuk.. will miss my sister this year I love her so much but she cant come here for the holidays this year.. will be a strange christmas mornig with all the kids out on their own, my son and I always got up to get the coffee on, turn the lights on, turn on the music, ready the cameras , get trash bags ready, and boxes for the presents by each stocking.. and then the waking of Dad and the girls.. well thats not happening this year for the first time ever i will proly sleep until the doorbell rings.. *sigh*
I don't know what is wrong with me the ringing and whining noises in my ears and head are extra loud and I am going crazy finally since I can't hear my water fountain now.. wonder if I am having a stroke sometimes LOL I hope all of you stay safe, stay warm, hug brug, group hugs to us all.. Debra

Hello my wonderful friends! Sorry I've been missing in action, but I made candies of different kinds all day long, the dishwasher broke, my new dog got loose (dug a tiny whole in the sand and scooted under the gate) and ran across the highway and I had to chase her in my nightgown (she is fine!) and loads upon loads of laundry to do. I'm tard out....I accidentally left the heater on in the greenhouse for the past 2 days when it was warmer and it was 80 in there when I checked tonight! Some of the Brugs lost a few leaves, but my giant potted Alocasias and Borneo Giant (huge, upright elephant ears) had done gone and sprouted 2 leaves in just 2 days! They were sure happy with that heat! On a bright note, all my wet plants that just wouldn't dry out had dry dirt, and the fungus gnats were gone too, all lying dead on the heater, HAHAHA! Guess that heat did the whole room good! Love and hugs to you all, I think it'll be pretty quiet around here until after the holidays. Hope everyone is well and happy, LOVE YOU! Karen

Morning everybody!

Coffe's been on and hot though by the time most of you get to it, it may be cold and another pot made. Made been up sicne 3 am watching PAllen Smith. Wish I had cable so I wouldn't have to to get up at such an early hour to watch it. Tried to go back and catch a few zzzzzz 's but have to drive for ameeting at 7 this morning so figure might as well stay up.

Bout two this afternoon wil be ready for a mini nap though for sure.

No local news this morning, so don't know how bad the weather is for ya all. heard alot of ice and snow and piles of it wil be hittign lots of areas. Hope ya all don't lose power and can stay warm or get to shelters with some heat if need be.

After I get home gonna be out there workign liek a fool tryign to cover plants and hauling others in. Winter blast will be starting here sometime this afternoon. Havign our high for the day now.

What in the heck... I sittign here and all of sudden it has started rainign like crazy. rain wa snot in th eforcast anywheres. Hope it quits or I gonan be a wet soaggy mess today moving plants. I have not yet mastered the art of trying and carry plants and hold an umbrella at the same time.

Have tried everythign from trying to hold umbrella handle under the armpit to tryign to stick it down the back of my shirt. Almost poked my eyeball out with that brainy idea.

Cany sounds good. I had thought abotu maybe seeing if I couldn't make some like small peanut butter cups or turtles, but I knew I woudl eat them myself.

I started tryign to mak epopcaorn balls, and so far haven't got the first one finishe d cu I keep eatign the popcorn myself soon as it ready. Nothign tastes better than fresh warm popcorn. : ) At least it keeping me off the pringles for awhile.

When ya all get ready, if ya want to plant some tomatoes, holler at me. Won't have the paquet one sleft cuz they earmarked for the swap but have stil about 200,000 atkinson tomatoe seeds yoru welcome to all ya want. LOL You can interplant a tomatoe here and there between your flowers if you don't want to do plant a whole garden.

Linda... I always wonder too. It like regardles sof what they say, I think somebody turnign the clocks ahead faster and fater every year. Tiem always moves to fast except for winte, then it has to drag, when ya all antsy and wantign to get out and plant seed and play and in the sun.

Tammie... Coem mow my yard when ya done. All my weeds and the leaves. sheesh Need to get them mowed so they will be easier to rake up and burn . Love my trees in the hot summer, but sure dislike em losing their leavesin the winter.

Pegi.. I try during th year when I see littl ethinsg here and there to pick them up. I love the Christmas Spirit but hate when some people gotta elbow and push and show everybody around. Sometiems when folks all get bunche sup tight and rude liek that, I feel like yeling rat, giant rat om my look out. heheheheh Figure that woudl help clear the isle fast. I sure your bathroom gonna look nic ewhen ya get it all done. One of thes edays I need to try and do some remodleing, but I stil remmebr the last time I tried to put up paneling. Oh man. carpenter I am not. LOl

Hppy Garden. Don't just love them old tables. Soem times ya wish for a new smaller one when ya need room, but dependable and sturdy they are for sure. They don't make nothign now adays like they did in the olden ones. Quality craftsman ship is a dying breed of folks and it a shame.

Faye. It cool being a Christmas child, but aso a bummer when it comes to gifts. I am a Thanksgiving Day child. Always used to here you'll get yoru birthday at Christmas. Ya right. I know that trick.

denra. Sure hope picks up a bit for ya, or even if it slows that you stil able to work. Bad for alot of all aroud, but have faith that things wil get better.

have a great Sunday everybody!!!!!!!! Alarm clock to get up is ringing away so I guess I better get ready and hope by the time I leave the corner gas statio open. Hate drivign when I know there not another station in 100 miles and my gas gauge and milage thingys in this vechile don't work.

Good Morning everyone, It's raining again here but not to cold. I was walking the four footed boys this morning at 6:20 and it was misting then, and raining more now. Nice rainy day to go to church and Worship God. We all have been given the greatest gift already. God gave His Son so that we could be forgiven. Jesus is the reason for the season, and I never want to forget that, nor do I ever want the Christmas season to get so busy that it becomes a burden.
Hope each of you will have a happy day.
Love to all
Faye

You so very right Faye. Well said, my thought exactly.

Hello everyone. How you all doing? I still have a few brug blooms out in the garden, but that may change tonight, if we get the cold weather front come down, like they predict? Well, I left a few out there to see how they weather the cold temps, so I guess the testing will begin.
Karen, what kind of candy are you making? You have a bunch of family coming in for the holidays? And PLEASE, take care of that precious new little baby you just got! Put her on a leash or something, so she can't get to the fence.

Everyone stay warm and stay safe, if you have to get out and drive in the wet & snowy roads!

LK

Well below 0 here. I wasn't going out today, but I ended up going. I wanted this silly mm's on a airplane and kmart marked it down in the ad. Only problem none of them had any of them.......oh well. Silly thing anyway.

I purchased several more amarilyis that were marked down and paper whites. Love blooms in the winter.

Ask for flower pots for Christmas hope I got some.

Gonna go make fudge.....later

Stay warm and dry

Faye, so well said, "Jesus is the reason for the season". Jesus is the best of all gifts. He laid down His life for me, on the Cross, and through this, has given me everlasting life. He did it for all people. I love Him so very much. I would add that everyday is a good day to worship God.

It is supposed to get down to 25 tonight. The wind is wicked here today. Makes it feel so much colder than it really is. All my plants are in the GH in 67 degrees. The sun warms up the GH nicely. The brugs are in the sun but will go back into the workshop at sundown or so. Tomorrow is supposed to be colder than today. Only 38 for a high. Then Tues warm up into the 60's. Boy o boy.

I've been thinking about getting some more Amaryllis too. I have several in my yard like the one below. I'm thinking maybe white to go with the red. Wal Mart has lots to sell.

AMEN...Texasgrower...I would hate to think I didn't have Jesus.

I went over to Lowe's to see about marked down plants, but there wasn't much of a selection. I did buy a couple 4 inch pots of pothos that looked really healthy for 99 cents each. I wanted to stay out of that department for a while, but it keeps calling me back.

I guess I will have a cactus garden this coming year, my son bought me a drawf desert rose plant and a few months before that a jade plant and I have a few others that I picked up here and there. Yard is really a mess now since the few days of rain, so I'll be back to pulling weeds very soon.

I wish all a very Merry Christmas (Yes Jesus is the reason for the season) and good gardening in 2009.

Hope Everyone has a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Linda Kay I have made homemade marshmallows, homemade Reese's peanut butter decorated snowmen, chocolate mice, toffee, peanut brittle, divinity, and caramels......whew! I'm done with the candies thank gosh..........Won't be a big crowd here but in my family we still eat like we are, LOL! I spent quite awhile in the greenhouse today cleaning out dead leaves, watering and trimming. Gosh I can't wait for warm weather. I refuse to move mine in and out constantly from the greenhouse, too much trouble for me, so I'm just babying them all I can until warm weather. I did find an excellent fungus gnat killer though...Just keep a mosquito dunk (donut) floating in the top of your water jug. It not only kills the gnats on contact, but kills eggs too. Read it somewhere on the net and it works! No effect on plants, people, or pets either.

Joyce, your table is divine!!!! Sorry I didn't comment on it earlier. You lucky girl you! What I wouldn't give to have one like it! Linda Kay, did you ever order that train for your tree? Here is a picture of my chocolate mice, meese, haha! Love you!

Gooodevening everyone.. been a hectic day.. DH drobe me around to finish up the last minute stuff. had dropped off a pair of old smoky topaz earrings of my great aunts and had them turned into a pendent and a ring and turned out fantastic! made up a ton of peppernuts tonight, getting ready to wrap and watch tv at the same time .. hugs to you and love those red flowers there!

Karen, those mice are so cute, and edible!!! I did order the train, and I know they will love it. I just need to tell them they can't touch it!!!

LK

Goodnight everyone, know you are loved.
Faye

Karen, those mice are sooo cute. Are they mashmellows in chocolate? They would be fun to take to work.
Didn't get anything cooked to take into work. That was my plan, but .....

I am wrapping presents and DH is hanging a new dining room light. So have new table and light....no chairs...LOL Oh well...out of money now. I do have two chairs that if they had new wooden legs (taller) they would work. Might take a pic and have you guys tell me if you think they look silly. They are completely covered and have 4 legs about 4 inches tall, if I made them about 7 inches tall they would work with the table.

You guys are soooo lucky it doesn't get sub zero cold there...this is horrible, I am glad I have snow cover hopefully that will help insulate the plants.

Night all

Joyce the mice are the easiest thing in the world...Here's the recipe. Night all my dears, stay warm! Love you!

TEENY TINY MICE
1 (16-oz.) jar whole maraschino cherries with stem, drained on paper towel
1 (12-oz.) pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
(2-oz.) paraffin wax
1 (10-oz.) bag sliced almonds
1 (16-oz.) bag Hershey's Kisses, any flavor white, red and/or pink gel frosting in little tubes

Melt chocolate and paraffin slowly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Dip whole cherry holding tail, set on waxed paper. Attach one kiss to opposite end of tail, it'will be the head. Make sure the tail lies along the waxed paper. Don't forget it's to be a mouse. Then put almonds for ears between chocolate kiss and cherries. Using gel frostings, tip the nose of the Hershey's Kiss and also make little eyes. You may mix and match chocolate with chocolate kisses, white chocolate with swirl kisses, any flavor or combination is great for little brown, or white mice. You may also use mini chocolate chips for the eyes if desired.

Karen, not only are they cute, what could be better than cherries and chocolate! I am going to try them. I just happen to have the stuff except for Hershey Kisses. Thank you for sharing...they are so cute, the kids and office folks will love them.

Oh yeah....morning all you sleepy heads....rise and shine. Stopped at Mickey D's for the 1.00 egg mcmuffin, can't beat the price. So sorry not exactly french toast and bacon.....

Below zero, but suppose to be a heat wave 22 today, just in time for a new front of ice and snow......Santa should not have a problem getting around this Christmas.

Karen those mice are so cute, and they sound so easy! I just may have to run out and get the stuff to make them.
Does Mc Donalds still have the dollar menu up in MO? They don't have it here any more. Now it is $1.29!
Talk about inflation!

LK

Morning all! Linda Kay and Joyce you will get a big kick out of making the mice, people will love them! They really are easy...Don't know about Mickey D's, but I saw commercials here last night where Burger King still has a great dollar menu...

I'm through with the sweets, now it's on to house cleaning good today, as tomorrow and Wednesday will be preparing the big meal. In between, keeping a good eye on my Lexi toot! She is so much fun, but truly a barrel of monkeys, she is everywhere at once I tell you! Believe me my eagle eye is in action worse than an old maid at a barn social, LOL!

The kids will be coming in tomorrow night, so I am sure looking forward to that. Can't wait until one day grandbabies will be arriving with them for me to "do for" for Christmas... Hope you all are having a wonderful morning and staying warm! Love you!

Karen, you have a wonderful time with the family, and hope you all have a very Blessed Christmas!
LK

Good Morning Ladies! Love those little choco mice.. my aunt makes them... I told her they would look adorable on the cheese platter, but she didn't think it was appropriate.. lol Joyce, I'm really counting on the 'warm' front today.. it's just too cold for this ol gal to go out when it's minus on the thermometer (and the wind chill is even worse). I'm almost ready for the big day.. still a few gifts to wrap and a few more sweets to prepare. Monster White and Cassies Curls continue blooming in the basement and the little heater is keeping it at 60. I wondered if JB has slowed down since most people have their Christmas trees by now.. I've got a pot of coffee and christmas cut out cookies for a coffee break this morning.. hope everyone is feeling better and ready to enjoy the holiday this week. I also want to mention how much I'm enjoying our ornaments.. they bring special memories of each one of you, to me.. Debra, it's funny how we notice the change in traditions as our children grow up.. Luckily, they don't wake me up at 4 a.m. on Christmas morning anymore...

Morning Bonnie, hope your feeling well today! Thanks for the coffee, and cookies. Have a great day


LK

You're welcome, Linda Kay.. How's that foot healing? I hope you are stepping lively, okay getting around pretty good would be great! I've been busy with the season, and absent from the thread a few days and I've missed you guys! Don't think I haven't been thinking about you all.. cause I have. I really think my "sickness" is my allergies.. the ....more mature I get ;) the worse they get, it seems. I'm learning to cope with it, I doubt it will get better. :) Sunshine has switched to clouds this morning.. I really need to get off here.. Mel and I running by the post office with holiday mail, then to the library and about 15 miles on to the grocery store this afternoon. We're supposed to have snow/ice tomorrow and I've used up my staples of eggs, butter and milk in the Christmas baking, so I must go today. Barb and Drew will be here on Wed and on through the weekend.... Chestnuts roasting on an enclosed fire..I don't think I've ever roasted chestnuts.. anyone? I saw them in the store this year, but I didn't want to pay the price.. $5 for about 8 nuts... I do wonder how they taste.

My foot is healing slowly, but it is healing. I start therapy tomorrow, so that will help also! Everyone is busy baking, and wrapping, and last minute shopping. I think I have mine all done. I just have to sew some curtains for my Grandsons, and that is it!!!
Never had roasted chestnuts. My SIL told me one time, that you ate them raw! Don't do it!!! They are the best laxative a person never wants! LOL Plus they did not taste that good, that I remember.
Be careful in the snow please. We need you back here in one piece!

LK

Bonnie, glad you have checked in. You sent me a NOID white back in Oct I think it was, among a few others. They are all turning into regular trees and fast outgrowing their nursery. But that NOID white has a triple Y with little buds. The leaves are longer than the cutting. It's amazing. Was the brug you cut that off also a triple Y? One of the Pink Beauties has a bud without Ying. I assume this means it was cut from above the Y on the parent plant? There is alot to learn about these brugs. I love it.

Everyone stay warm and be careful outside.

Hello all..........it's with a heavy heart that I report some sad news.......I am not going to be able to keep Lexi.....sob..........

She has turned into a top caliber escape artist. Last night late she shoved through a barely cracked screen door and past 2 adults trying to stop her with our feet. (not the first time she has shoved through a door) and ran across the highway again. Just now, I was outdoors with the 3 dogs (it is 22 here) watching every move they made (I thought) and I turned my back for 2 seconds to look at a squirrel eating a pecan and she took that 2 seconds to squeeze between the iron gate and wooden railroad tie that supports it (don't know how she managed that but she is tiny, and she did!!!) and I once again, chased her across 4 busy lanes of a major highway, and through 8 blocks of neighborhood, back across the highway and traffic again, and through an additional 6 blocks of neighborhood on the other side.....She ran through a fruit and veggie stand and the 6 customers there couldn't catch her either.

She won't mind or listen, and when you step close to her, she runs faster and farther away, In a never ending chase.. She literally loses her mind when she is "out" like an escaped convict....My husband quickly figured out what happened and came looking for me in the car, as I was in PJ's with a winter jacket and house slippers as I'm busy cleaning and haven't got dressed yet and it still took us 20 minutes together to catch her. I can't watch her any closer than I already am.........and with the 4 lane highway out front if she is a "runner" she will die soon if I keep her. It is for her own good, but amidst many, many tears that I have to let her go back. Even if I leashed her, what good would that be if she could never romp and play with the other dogs?

She has also became nervous, pacing the floor back and forth all day and night wanting outside....Presumably to run again. Just a little broken hearted this morning and wanted to tell you so I'd feel a little better. I'll get another pup one day, but it is more important that this little girl not live by a major highway if she has escape issues.......

Hey Karen .. You got mouses at yoru house. LOl I sure wouldn't midn havign hudnreds of them kinda of mouses runnign around in mine. They so cute and think it would be great to have em sittign on top or alogn side of some cheese and crackers. Maybe if it warms up enough on Wed wil go to store and see if I cna't make some. Too cold out and no heater in car aint traveling. Nope no way.

Sorry about yoru new baby, but it is better to let her go to a place where mayeb they have mroe room to run, cuz ya sure will be a whoel lot more upset if somethign doe shappen to her or wors eyet, especially in this nasty weather with cars slippign and sliding ya don't nee dto be hit yoruself either. You got folks that woudl miss you mroe than the dog. You can not be replaced.

Don't feel too bad. I have had one I had to take back to resuce place and trade for another cuz it would always stand in a corner and bark and bark at the wall. Nevr did know what was up with that and it would not get alogn with the other four I had at the time.

Ya gott ado what right for you and the family. The right oen wil coem alogn when the time is right and maybe when ya least expect it.

Aunt B I was good today, had oatmeal for breakfast and lunch to get warm, so gonan help myself to yoru cookies now, if ya don't mind.

Linda what I time to have to start therapy. Hoep it don't hurt to much aftrewards.

Hoep evrybody esle safe and warm. Heard there lots of people without power still and that big pile up of cars, hope this weather ends soon for evrybody.

Pugge d my heate rin last night abotu midnight Had seen the sam eone at a walmart in the town i was in yesterday and it was ten bucks higher. Was glad of that heater. Too big of area to keep real warm but with it beign 19 here last night it sure kept the chill off.

We got ten degrees colder than expected so really worried abotu my newly potted rooted cuttings. Finally warme dup enough aroudn 4 today to go out and check on them. Making like a mini hoop hous einside the gh sure helpe. They didn't croak thank goodness. Gonna be another cold bitter one tonight .

Just like they shoudl nevr see cars in the south to people that dont have air conditioner sin them, they should make traielrs better insulated for winters like this. brrrrr even though I knwo some of ya are even more freezing than me.

I'm so sorry Karen that your puppy is an excape artist. My Molly, part terrior and part pom. is one too and I live near a very busy street. I have to watch that she doesn't get out of the back yard or she goes for a long walk. Had to bail her out of the pound already. It breaks my heart to hear she can't stay, but you can't live in constant fear she will get hit by a car. Just don't know why some dogs just have to keep on running. I'd like to know how to keep one from barking constantly. I also have a mini-schuauzer that has a shrill bark and every little noise sets her off.

Thanks girls...I feel a little better. To make things somewhat clearer....my front yard actually butts up to the highway. In fact, they took a good piece of the yard when they widened to 4 lanes a few years ago. So when I say I live on a highway, I mean, I live ON the highway....

Pegi, I don't know for the life of me why some dogs are runners....I had another runner I'd had for years, an old dog, when we first moved in with Mama here years ago. We lost him to this same highway. The worst thing, is that a true "runner" reacts like Lexi did, running harder and faster trying to keep away from you. Nothing worked...squatting and pleading, offering a cookie, it was a game to her. If a dog is an escape artist, nothing will keep them in. They will constantly search for a new hole, a cracked door, etc. My other dogs have no desire whatsoever to get out, and I don't want them influenced either. If they step one toe out of the gate when I'm getting the mail all I have to do is say "come on girls" and they stick right with me. Just a personality difference I guess....

I could keep her, but I know it wouldn't be long until I lost her....and I can't take that kind of heartbreak again anytime soon after losing Lily......Love ya'll, thanks for listening.....