The second reason, is after we adopted out Julie Andrews, Kermit took Tony, Roy Rogers and me over to the Lodge to meet Kinky and The Friedmans and all of them liked him. And then late this afternoon, sweet Carol came over to meet Roy Rogers in person and Roy fell in love with her as she did with him and then we had a good visit with her. Okay, now let me do some catching up.
Early Christmas morning, Rick & Leisa came over to The Cabin to drink some coffee with us and help us get things ready, before June, Lisa, Eileen & Wayne, our super volunteers showed up to help us prepare our rescued dogs' Christmas dinner, paid for by June, Ellen and Eileen. Here is a picture I took of Rick, The Friendly Lighthouse Keeper, warming up his hands, by our pricey $10.00 ambient fireplace, while Roy-Boy Rogers took a short-lived power nap on his quilt.
After our fabulous volunteers arrived to help us—the party started and it was filled with non-stop laughter. Eileen kept all of us laughing with her hilarious, battery-powered, motion holiday cap and she also brought the dog's their dessert—holiday doggie cookies and Lisa brought us some delicious, peppermint cookies, from Trader Joe's, for us to munch on while we followed Tony's orders, preparing the meal and those cookies were delicious! Here is a picture I took of us inside The Cabin. Clockwise: June, Wayne, Lisa, Leisa, who you can't see, Rick, Eileen and Tone.
Then we went outside to serve a warm Christmas dinner to some of the greatest dogs in Texas and it was filled with laughter and a little unexpected excitement, which made it even more fun.
While June was handing me two warmed dinner rolls to top off Rufus and Roxanne's filled up bowls, Lisa accidentally let Princess out of her pen and Princess took off and then Kermit and Tony took off after her and when Kermit and T. returned with her, he told us that she had run outside the entrance gate and when she saw Wilbur eating some corn, the gigantic wild hog, with a bad back leg, that we feed every morning when we feed the deer and turkeys outside our fence, she ran straight to him and jumped on his back and then jumped off and then he ran off into the woods to hide from her.
Several minutes later, while I was trying to keep Betty Rubble from eating George Clooney's Christmas Dinner—Rufus and Roxanne got out of their pen, because I had latched their gate, but had forgotten to tie their gate. Five minutes later they were back inside their pen—thanks to T. Then we had some uninvited four-legged visitors show up—Roy, Gabby, Little Jewford and Shalom. Here is a picture I took of them visiting with Eileen, Leisa and Wayne watching, before Kermit and Tone escorted them out of the rescue ranch—barely missing Shalom, the horse's back kick.
Because it was pretty chilly that morning, our great volunteers went home after feeding all of the dogs their Christmas Dinner, so they could go home to enjoy Christmas with their families and friends. Thank y'all so much for making Tone's and my Christmas and our dog's Christmas the best ever!
After Tony and Rick cleaned the dog pens I fixed breakfast for Leisa, Rick, Tony and me and then Rick and I pulled out our guitars and picked and grinned for a while.
Around 2:45, the four of us jumped into Buttermilk and she took us over to Jim & Liz's beautiful Owl Hollow Ranch for their annual Christmas party, held in their beautiful, authentic 1880's bar, The Grey Goose Saloon and we had a wonderful time and then we came back home, visited for a while and then we adios-ed each other and went to bed, because we are old, except for Leisa. And that is about it for tonight, because I am fixin' to watch The 34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors with Roy, Toto and Mama.
Y'all have a great evening like we're fixin' to!
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