Bangkok!

Today has been a total blast and super great. This morning, around 11:30, after all of our great friends/volunteers had walked our dogs, we went up to the Medina Highpoint's Koyote Grill to celebrate Eileen's birthday and to eat lunch together.

June and Ellen brought the cutest "Bat Cake" made by Creative Cakes By Sharon, in Kerrville and it was delicious. June and Ellen chose to use a Bat theme, because Eileen loves bats and she volunteers regularly, at the Old Tunnel State Park, a popular place to learn about Bats and view them. And Lisa also baked a chocolate, pecan-pie-cake for Eileen and it was totally delicious, too.

When we started eating lunch Eileen opened up her birthday cards and then we passed them around the table so we could all read them. Her birthday cards were so hilarious, it sounded like we were doing a laughing wave around the table over and over again. And her Bangkok/Charade card was my favorite card and I am still laughing about it and that's all that I can say about it.

After we all sang Happy Birthday to Eileen, she made a wish and blew out the flaming candles, spinning around on Lisa's pecan-pie cake. 

Before I ate my slice of Lisa's mouth-watering, chocolate, pecan-pie cake I took this picture to show  the pecan pie inside of the chocolate cake.

On our way back home Tony and I were still laughing about how much fun Eileen's birthday was and I didn't think my day could get any better. But it did—just a few minutes later!

When we stopped to pick up our mail, before going home, there was a box addressed to my from my sweet friend Jo, who also lives in Northern New Mexico, near Cindy. I had known that Jo was sending me something that she had made especially for me, since last weekend, because she had asked me for our address.

I totally love Jo's beautiful Cousin Nancy flags and here are a few pictures of the ribbon, connected flags, to show off her creative talent. And I think that I am going to have Tony help me hang it, in my pretty, pink, writing cabin, because it is over six feet long when strung out.

After I took the pictures of Jo's beautiful flags, I am thinking that today could not get any better and then the phone rang—it was Claudia, the sweet woman that came out last Tuesday morning and adopted Bonnie Raitt from us.

"Nancy, I just want to give you an update on Bonnie. She is working out beautifully and she and I are best friends. I take Bonnie on a long walk every morning around 7:30 and every afternoon she and I take a nap together. She's perfect and she loves to ride in my car with me...I cannot thank you and Tony enough for Bonnie and for what y'all do...." And to the least, her great news made me tear up, because I was so happy for Bonnie and for Claudia. 

So, Happy Birthday Eileen! Thank you Jo! And best wishes for Bonnie and Claudia! And that is about it for tonight, because Tony and I are fixin' to go take Henry on his first adventure—a hike in the woods and down to the creek.

Y'all have a great evening!

I've Got Mail!

After I posted not being able to get my mail, I tried one more time and it worked! And the important note from the foundation was there, too. So, once again I am a happy camper.

Yesterday, my dear friend Fay sent me this e-mail about Sassy, who is now named Miss Moneypenny and I want to share it with y'all. Fay wrote:

"Hi Nancy,

It's been a busy couple of weeks since Miss Moneypenny's arrival so I took a minute on my lunch to write this wee note and include some photos.

She has settled into our pack so well! Ranger is in love with her and she plays and cuddles with him every waking and sleeping moment. Wee Lassie, our grand old matriarch, is teaching her good manners and doggy respect and they've been playing together more and more as time goes on.

She has grown so much in the last two weeks, she's up to 17 lbs from the 14lbs that were listed on her adoption papers! At this rate, she'll be caught up with Ranger in no time.

We have a wonderful dog walker, Dana, who has a rescue dog of her own, and she comes and picks up our three dogs in the mid morning while we are at work and takes all four on a doggy walk! They love it and she shares awesome pictures with us every day. Miss Moneypenny has so many new dog friends, she loves it here in Canada. I've included a photo of our pack and her pup, Ice, out on their 1st walk. 

We are so grateful you let us adopt her, she is such a smart, healthy and beautiful puppy. We are in love with her!! Ian has yet to choose a song for her, but when he does, I will be sure to share with y'all!

Much love and tail wags,

Clan Maclachlan"

I love her pretty, pink dog collar and leash, so now I am wondering if Tony and Henry will let me put a pink collar on Henry. 

Y'all have a great evening!

Site Unseen!

Today was almost great. This afternoon after doing some paperwork I decided to check my e-mail, but Yahoo had a problem. It didn't recognize my device which is the device I've always used and it asked me to prove who I am. For the past week this has happened often.

Basically, I tell it to call me and the phone will ring instantly ring and a robot gives me a code to verify I am who I am. It's simple. Right?

Well it was until today, because it always calls me, but nope not today. I've tried several times and each time when it "calls me" our phone doesn't ring, so I can't type in the code to get to my mail. I am frustrated with this, because I can't check my e-mail, because I am expecting an important e-mail, from a foundation, that I must respond to."

So I have decided that this weekend I plan to close my Yahoo accounts "site unseen." So, if any of you have sent me an e-mail after noon today, I can't respond.

Fingers Crossed!

Today has been a great day. This morning, as planned, Claudia and her sweet sister Beth came out here, so Claudia could adopt Bonnie Raitt from us. While Tony was putting Bonnie's tags on her new collar, Claudia and I decided to take Bonnie for a walk down to the creek, to calm her down some, because Bonnie was so excited about going to her fabulous forever home, in Utopia.

It was a fun walk and by the time we returned to the rescue ranch, Bonnie was tired and much more calmer than before she left. Tony and I are thrilled about Claudia adopting Bonnie and here is a picture I took of Bonnie with her new best forever friend.

This afternoon after we ate lunch, our dear friend Ann arrived, as earlier planned. I've known Ann since I was eight years old, because she is one of my sister's very best friends. We also love Ann and we had a wonderful time visiting with her and catching up on each others news. 

I want to thank everyone who kept their fingers crossed for Bonnie. And that's about it for tonight.

Y'all have a great evening!

Again!

Yesterday and today have been great. Ben Stiller got adopted Friday morning, with almost all of our great friends/volunteers out here. He is now living, in Kerrville, with a super nice man that adores Great Danes. Tom adopted Ben to be his and his older, female Great Dane's constant companion and all of us are thrilled about Ben's fantastic adoption.

Also, while our great friends were out here, I dressed in my "crazy lady" costume, smeared red lipstick on, put Little Debbie's alien-attracting helmet back on her again, so we could shoot the Longmire/crazy lady scene, out on the highway, and Jim did an excellent job playing the part of Longmire.

Friday afternoon after eating a fun lunch with our friends, at the Koyote Grill, we took off for Kerrville to run several errands.

Our first stop was to go by Wolfmueller's Books to visit with Sandy & Jon. When we walked inside their super cool bookstore, Harley, Sandy & Jon greeted us. Then we started catching up with each other's latest news and it was a lot of fun.

After I purchased two Bill Bryson books from Jon, we adios-ed them and then we went next door to Bad Girlz of Texas, so I could shop for some hilarious birthday cards. While we were in this great store, with super great vibes, we visited with Andie, the owner.

And after I had paid her for my cards, we left the building and climbed into Trigger to take off for the big H-E-B, because we needed to buy dog food for our rescued dogs and for our five dogs and Henry, our giant puppy.  

While we were waiting for the light to change to green, I faintly heard Sandy hollering, "Nancy! Nancy!" So, I turned around and lowered the window and waved to Sandy and Andie. "Nancy, Andie has your books that you forgot to take with you!"

"Okay! We'll drive around the block!" I hollered, as Tony made a sharp, right-handed turn onto Main Street.

A minute later, Tony again pulled back into the same parking space, in front of Bad Girlz of Texas. Sandy and Andie were standing there holding my books and they were laughing. "I can't believe I left my books. I feel so stupid. Thank y'all for catching us, because I can't wait to start reading them."

"You also dropped a dollar bill on the floor," Andie teased, as she handed me back my one dollar bill. Then I thanked them and jumped back inside Trigger and we took off again. And Tony teased me about leaving my books, on Andie's counter, in Bad Girlz of Texas, all of the way to the big grocery store.

When we got back home, I checked my e-mail. My dear friend Cindy had sent me a note about her writing and posting a short story she titled"It's Not Important..a very short story" on her blog about me and Jim, my late husband who passed away in 1995. 

So I immediately went to Cindy Pickard's awesome blog: Pooh & The Brown Piglet to read it. And to say the least, I totally loved it. Then I read some of Bryson's book and then once again I re-watched the awesome show, unBranded, that's now trending on Netflix.

Today has been busy. We had several people come out to look at our dogs and keeping my fingers crossed I am pretty sure that Claudia is going to adopt Bonnie Raitt from us, on Tuesday. So please keep your fingers crossed for Bonnie, too.

Early this evening I organized the Longmire—Texas Style videos and then I sent them all to Gerry Olert, so he can start putting our Longmire spoof together. And that's about it for tonight.

Y'all have a great evening!

Without Any Ones!

This morning after I did the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch segment on Harley's radio show I checked my e-mail. And at 8:09, I received this e-mail from my dear friend Mari. She wrote:

"This is from fellow NoMad Yvonne, who runs the Animal Shelter in Fredericksburg.

MIR has NOT ended – it’s still fading away……..

look what happened to my watch, one of the 1's on the 11 fell off, then the 1 fell off....What does this mean? Very strange."

So I wrote Mari back:

"Good grief Mari! That is hilarious as long as it wasn't an expensive watch. I just want to know where the 1's went. Are they rattling around under the plastic/glass cover? I guess you could say, “That time marches on with or without any ones.”

Like A Rock! or Oh Henry!

The last few days have been great. Yesterday afternoon Kinky hitched a ride with us to Kerrville, because Mr. Green Jeans was in the shop. "They told me that they think it's the transmission," Kinky said, as the three of us ate lunch at the Acapulco Restaurant.

After a fun lunch, we dropped Kinky off, in the little H-E-B's parking lot. "Thanks for taking me to Kerrville," Kinky said, as he climbed out of Trigger. "I've got to mail some things and then buy a few groceries, before Dylan comes to pick me up and take me back to the ranch."

Then Tony and I took off for the big H-E-B, so Tony could fill up Trigger while I bought a few groceries. Then we came back home.

This morning our good friends Charlie & Ellen came over to drink coffee with us and to give me a present. "Sorry Tony," Charlie teased. "We didn't get you anything because you don't deserve one." Then Charlie reached into his jacket's pocket and handed me the coolest rock. "We got it from our West Texas ranch and it had Cousin Nancy written all over it. It looks like martians decorated it..." Then he gave me the most beautiful rock.

I love collecting rocks and I thanked them for the unique rock. Now this is where y'all come in to play. Can anyone tell me something about what kind of rock this is, because I don't have a clue. If you do please leave me a comment.

Late this morning Tony and I decided to take Trigger to Balser's Northside Automotive, to get him his state inspection, while we ate lunch, next door, at Acapulco, again. So, Tony called our dear friends Kris & Jim to see if they wanted to meet us for lunch, at 12:30.

After we dropped off Trigger, we walked across the parking lot and spotted our friend's car, already parked in Acapulco's parking lot. So when the friendly waiter asked us how many were in our party, we told him that we were meeting friends. Then we looked up and saw Kris & The Mineral Man waving at us, near the back of the restaurant.

As always, Tony and I had a blast eating lunch with Kris & Jim. In fact, we never stopped talking or laughing throughout our delicious meal. And Tony and I did not order the exact same thing.

An hour and a half later, we adios-ed our friends and walked back over to Balser's to pick up Trigger. And we had a pleasant surprise awaiting us. "Your truck doesn't need to be inspected," the friendly woman explained. "They've passed a new law....You don't need to renew the inspection until August when your license plates are due..."

Before we came back home, we made a quick stop at Wild Birds Unlimited, because Tony needed to buy more birdseed. And before we adios-ed Marguerite and Linda we had a fun visit with them. We mainly talked about birds and laughed about our dogs latest antics. "I think I am going to rename Big Foot aka Big Daddy to Henry," I stated. "After Lou Diamond Phillips' character he plays, in Longmire."

"I love Henry," Marguerite said.

Then Tony said, "No, he's my dog and I like Big Foot."

We chuckled, and then I said, "Oh Henry is a much better name for him than Big Foot and besides that he's our dog, Tony..." Then we left the store with Marguerite and Linda laughing about our "what to name him" discussion.

When we got back home Carlton was flashing, on the breakfast bar. We had four new messages. Sandy left one of the messages, "Nancy, Tony. There's a new show on Netflix called Branded and Jon and I love it and y'all are going to love it, too...."

So that's about it for tonight, because I am fixin' to go sit down and watch Branded, while Henry and the rest of our dogs sleep.

Y'all have a great evening!