Happy First Birthday Girls!

One year ago today, a miraculous occasion occurred in my life.

An occasion that was accompanied by great joy, but some misgivings, even fear.

Am I too old for this? Was this really the right decision at this time in my life? Will there be much pain? Would my body recover quickly?

How will the next 20 years go? Shoot, I will be 66 years old then! Is that too old?

One year ago today two miraculous, wonderful beings appeared in my life!

My new BOOBS!!

Happy Birthday Girls!!

OMG

For those of you who have been with me for a while, you know that I started this blog just before I had a little bit of plastic surgery done.

Not A Grampy has XM radio in his car. He heard this Christmas song and immediately thought of me.



If you can't see it, go here

I have a dog. Yes, I do. He is a wonderful little Shih Tzu named Cesar. Well not so very little. He weighs 23 pounds. Now before you start getting on me for over-feeding the dog, I didn't do it. I inherited this dog from a divorce and not my divorce. He was over fed as a puppy and is now on a very strict diet. He is big boned! Here is is next to GK #2 at Christmas..

Anyway, I am still not allowed to do too much heavy lifting. Cesar is unable to jump up on our bed anymore. It is very high, but he is older also. About 2 years ago he started having problems jumping up, so I started picking him up..not a big deal.

Well it became a big deal when I decided that I was having the girls updated. I tried to practice not picking up the dog. I would go to bed at night, leaving small, unappreciated, old dog on the floor next to the bed. He would whine. It starts low, gets a bit louder, tiny bit louder. Then comes the small bark, then the little bit louder bark. Pretty soon you get that high pitched scream bark that sets your middle ear on edge and all the crystal in the house pinging.

So after a couple of nights of this I told Not A Grampy that we were going to have to buy the damn doggy stairs. What, you didn't know. Yes, there are doggy stairs. I've seen them on TV, you put it next to the bed and your little dog will happily go up and down the stairs like there is no tomorrow...

What they don't tell you in the commercial, is that the one you can buy in the stores only comes with 3 steps..(still too low for my bed)..you need to order the 4th step, that will connect to the other three for an additional small fee, from their website. So of course we do. Deliver 3-7 days. That is fine, still within the window of my surgery.

Now, getting doggy to use steps. I know there are only 3 steps right now, but he can at least step up on them, right...

WRONG!

Dog won't come near them, he stares at them like they have come from hell. Using his favorite dog treat just gets him to whine louder. Put treat on bottom step, dog dashes forward, steals treat, hides under coffee table. This is not going well, only 4 days til surgery.

The 4th step arrives! Hurrah! Dog still not impressed.

After surgery, I am not sleeping in the bed, I am in a recliner, 5 nights, dog sleeps on floor next to recliner, or on couch across room. Not A Grampy sleeping on couch also. All is happy in post surgery land.

We have to get dog use to steps though. So the one task that Not A Grampy let me do was try and teach the dog how to use the steps..Me, sitting on foot of bed, 4 steps from floor to bed. Have dog treats sitting on each step, baby calling to dog. He makes it up one step, ooh two steps. He is straining towards the treat on the 3rd step. Snatches the treat off and runs to the living room. After several days of this, I have him so he will stretch up and get the treat off of the food of the bed. Now we are stopping with treat and using toys.

Day 6 after surgery, Not A Grampy is back to work (nights) Not A Granny will be sleeping in the bed...dog will be either on floor, on couch or using steps. Not A Granny is not putting up with whining tonight. Sitting on foot of bed, have 3, yes 3 of Dogs favorite toys, he runs to living room and brings a new one in. This is the one he wants to sleep with tonight mom...I bring toy up on bed..squeak it a few times...Dog looks at the steps, one tentative step towards them...he looks longingly at his toy sitting on the bed waiting for him, he takes two steps up, next thing I know woo hoo...he is on the bed!

Yeah!! What a smart little dog! I am so proud!!

Blogging Tips Meme

I've been tagged by Blue at her new blog page for this meme. I like this one, especially being new to this blogging thing myself.





It’s very simple. When this is passed on to you, copy the whole thing, skim the list and put a * star beside those that you like. (Check out especially the * starred ones.)

Add the next number (1. 2. 3. 4. 5., etc.) and write your own blogging tip for other bloggers. Try to make your tip general.

After that, tag 10 other people. Link love some friends!

Just think– if 10 people start this, the 10 people pass it onto another 10 people, you have 100 links already!

1. Look, read, and learn. *****
http://www.neonscent.com/

2. Be, EXCELLENT to each other. *****
http://www.bushmackel.com/

3. Don’t let money change ya! ****
http://www.therandomforest.info/

4. Always reply to your comments. ****
http://chattiekat.com/

5. Blog about what you know & love. **
http://sugar-queens-dream.blogspot.com/

6. Alt tag your images for added search engine exposure. **
http://fracas.wordpress.com/

7. Blogging is supposed to be fun, Don't let it stress you! *
http://www.where-was-i.com/

8. Don't be afraid to comment on other bloggers sites!
http://www.notagranny.com/

I tag :
Basenjimom


My Hero Wears Combat Boots

Ex Hooter Girl

and my other friend Sheila with her new blog page What the..? !!

oh don't forget one of the best recipe sites...OMG She has Tiramasu, The Pioneer Woman Cooks!

I know it says to tag 10 people, but that is a lot and a lot have already been tagged...(whine, whine, wine, wine)

Night Before Christmas...

Well, it feels like Christmas to me!! Yes, tomorrow morning at 7:30 am Eastern Time I go "under the knife".

And after reading Blue's experience after not holding her child for three days, (posted in the comments for my July 10 post) ((shudder)) I spent 2 hours trying to hold my 16 month old GK #2. It wasn't easy. He doesn't want to be held for that long. I did spend a little bit of time explaining that biting or hitting grandma would not be a good thing. I also asked my daughter if it would be possible to remove his teeth before I see him again...(she has no sense of humor). Well, they are only baby teeth! Blue, I know I am going to have nightmares over that story!!

Not a Grampy is taking a few days off, actually I should say nights, to stay home with me. Which will be a good thing for the first couple of days, but after that there may be blood shed. Not a Grampy is a paranoid, hypocondriac. He is the only person I know who, when he broke his baby toe, went to the Dr., had them wrap it up, and he got three days off from work! WTF?!? I have worked with broken toes, in CFM's, hiking boots, ski boots, flip flops, whatever. No one ever gave me a day off.

Anyway, Not A Grampy will be screeening all my calls, screening visitors, etc. He has already told me that I won't even have computer access until the weekend...as if!!

But in all honesty, he is very caring, and will be at my beck and call. He will hover over me, bring me my drinks, my meds, blankets, barf bucket, wonder if I can get him to shave my legs?

Talk with you soon!!