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Rockin' Schnauzerville

Ewwww! It bit back!

I was so excited that Momma got Chinese food last night. Usually that means we get bits of carrot , and the celery she doesn't like and picks out, and she almost always drops a piece of the fortune cookie when she opens it.

I thought I got super lucky when a plastic packet hit the floor and went un-noticed. I've gotten catsup packets a few times, and it's yummy. So, when Momma sat down to eat, I grabbed it and trotted off to the bathroom to hide and enjoy my goodie.

Well, I bit it, and it bit back! It was bitter and hot and it burned my tongue. I hopped right in the bathtub and rooted up the non-skid mat and licked up all the water under it. Momma heard the pop-pop-pop of suction cups coming loose and came to see what was up.

"Don't like Chinese mustard, huh? " she asked when she saw the packet and the yellow goo on my poor nose. "Serves you right" she told me. Sheesh! Poor dog in agony, and she's not sympathetic at all. She did get the evil stuff off my nose, at least.

If you ever find a packet, make sure the contents are not an ugly yellow-brown before you bite into it. Yuck!

Arrest Made In Sleepy Hollow Murder

BOL - couldn't resist sharing this local headline.
Turns out it refers to a shooting that occured near the intersection of Sleepy Hollow Rd and Rychen Dr in the far south part of Nashville. The orginal story listed the location as Rychen Dr - not nearly as noticable, huh?
It's really a sad story, about two 22 year olds shot in an apparent drug deal. I couldn't help but look to see if it was committed by a headless horseman, though.
In other news, a puppy mill called a nearby county's animal control and asked to have all their dogs picked up yesterday. No word yet
on what kind of dogs were involved. Momma's tempted to try to find out, specially since she thinks their director is sexy and well-spoken.
While she was lookin' at their site, she looked at the site of the shelter she got my bro Raoudi from - it's not far from the puppy mill place, and they're having a soup and baked goods and book sale tomorrow. She said maybe we'd go, even though it's an hour away - after all, look what a treasure she got from them last time, and Momma loves to read. Wonder if they'll have homemade goodies for us? Hmmm....

In Hiding

This morning Momma left with both Basha and Gizmo and didn't bring them back - seems Giz is gettin adopted and Basha's goin to a permanant foster.
So, that leaves just me and Raoudi. Never ever since I've lived here has it been just two of us and Mom in the house. Momma says she hasn't had just two since August of 2000 when she brought Bo home to live with her and Syd and Annie, and that was before she bought the house.
So, is she relishing having us all to herself? No, indeed. She brushed the heck out of us, bathed us both and has cut my hair and is now trying to pluck hair from my ears. I hate-hate-hate ear plucking. Momma says I have the world's hairiest ears and she swears when she plucks the deepest ones, my tail gets shorter.
I've managed to get away and get under the couch, but she's waiting with the plucker thingies. HELP!