Anyone need a nice dog?

I had my first board meeting with the Humane Society yesterday. It was such a nice time and seems to be a great group of people to work with. Their enthusiasm was contagious and you could tell that they had their heart invested in this as well as their time and energy! The first fundraiser that I will be participating in will be Paws On Parade which is going to be in September. I don't have a dog so will have to borrow one for the walk but that won't be any problem, I have lots of friends with dogs.

We had 20 Pekingese dogs come in the day before from a home that had 30 of them. The other ten went to another shelter. They are just adorable now that they have been bathed and the fleas are gone. This was a surrender. The people just couldn't take care of them any more. I'm sure they will go quickly as they are so cute. They look like Gizmo in that movie The Gremlins.

I need to get busy making some small blankets out of all the fleece that I have in my sewing room. I just haven't gotten to it yet this summer. Also I need to ask my neighbors and friends for old pillowcases as they use them in case of a fire to put the cats in, tie it but yet the cats can breathe and be moved without hurting them. Hopefully they will never need to use them but they have to have everything in place in case they do.

We're headed to Boston this weekend to meet up with Hubby's sister and family. We are going to go down Rt. 1 which is the coastal route and hit The Lobster Pound for some lobster stew for lunch OF COURSE. I love taking that route and seeing all the little coastal towns along the way. On Sunday all the men are going to a Red Sox game but SIL and I are doing what every red blooded American woman likes to do, we're going SHOPPING! Yeah!! They have so much more to offer then here in my little corner of the world so I am really looking forward to it!

Funsize is going to stay here while we are gone and take care of the horses and cats. She's here every morning doing chores anyhow so it won't be much of a change for her except she'll have Noodles sleeping with her each night! I must remember to tell her about little stray kitty too and to feed him/her. I still haven't been able to touch him/her yet but it takes time.

Well this is going to be the bionic knees home pretty soon. Hubby had his check up this morning in Boston and needs a partial knee replacement and Mom had her check up here in town and she needs a complete knee replacement! I guess she is going to have hers done in September and Hubby is going to wait till after all our obligations (and vacation!) in October and have his done in November. I D.R.E.A.D driving in Boston, it has to be one of the worst places to get around especially for this country girl! Sigh.......

I made the pumpkin whoopee pies that I talked about in my last post. ( I will post the recipe soon, they are that good!) I was going to take a picture of the finished product but the are ALL GONE! If you like pumpkin you will love these and they have a cream cheese/ confectionery sugar/ butter filling that is just scrumptious! No calories of course........Ahem........ Anyhow, my two favorite little ankle biters came over and noticed the left over filling on the counter and wanted to finish it off. I said that would be fine. Here's what happened before all was said and done..........

They decided they wanted to go over and show their great-grandmother too! Let's just say that none of the filling went to waste!

I won't be able to check in with you all over the weekend but I will get caught up when we get home! Have a wonderful weekend!