Pants!

I don’t know if you guys have noticed this, but..
The first thing I noticed and thought of when I saw a picture of Petal for the first time was “That Collie is wearing pants!”

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February 2010
Check out those brown pants!
Note: this was not the first picture I saw of Petal. This one was taken after she came home to live with me. 

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April 2011
Nowadays they’re red and strawberry blonde pants. ;]


She never leaves the house without her pants on. Such a modest little doggy.
She even wears a bra!

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May 2010
And yes, Ella is looking through a Delia*s catalog there on the floor. What can I say? My girls have a thing for fashion.


Now if I could just get Petal to stop running around topless…

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7 Years

Yesterday, December 8th 2011, marked seven years with my Lassie.

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Seven years with this boy!
It’s been amazing and sometimes difficult.
But mostly amazing. He’s the best dog.
This dog makes me smile and laugh.
He makes me feel loved and wanted and needed.
Though I need him a lot more than he needs me.
He’s my best friend.

Petal’s Second Birthday

Today sweet little Petal turned  2!
I can’t believe how quickly she grew.
But at the same time..

Has it really only been two years since I brought this sweet little puppy home?

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It seems like she’s always been here.

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We celebrated with a romp in the snow, presents and some yummy dog cookies!
And, of course, plenty of pictures.
But don’t worry. I limited myself.
Sort of. ;]

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Present! A Kong Frisbee (Petal is my first dog who has shown some real interest in a frisbee and we had been playing with our collapsable water bowl for awhile) and some (not pictured) dog treats! Okay, so it’s really a small bag of Orijen kibble because it was cheaper then the actual training treats, haha.

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Cooookieeees! And two eager doggies. ;]

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Petal gets the BIG cookies, of course.

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Nom nom nom.

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Mmmmm.

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Family photo!

A quick video of Petal opening, or at least partially opening, her present.

 

Happy birthday sweet Petal!

Now that you’re 2, I expect better behavior. ;]

Just kidding, you’re a good girl.

Review: Q-tips!

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I don’t know about you guys, but I have found many uses for Q-tips including: make-up touch up/clean up (I can never apply eyeliner just right the first time, so a damp Q-tip became my best friend), cleaning between the keys on my keyboard, rubbing nail polish off my fingers (.. I’m a messy person) and there are many other uses. I love their little travel/purse size containers, I keep one in my make-up bag at all times. I use them on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis for myself.

However, I never once thought to use them to help with the dogs.
What could the dogs possibly need Q-tips for?

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I found a few good uses for them with my own dogs.
They came in handy when Lassie needed ointment applied on a very… delicate and private area, a Q-tip made the job oh so much easier and much less.. gross. I wasn’t trying to open up the bathroom door with just my palms as I try not to smear my ointment-y fingers on the doorknob. Thank you, Q-tips!
I used them to rub a little Paw Rub on Petal’s dry nose. And when she got a cactus needle stuck in her leg early this year, I’m sure a Q-tip Precision Tip would’ve made applying Neosporin to the little puncture wound very easy had I had one. I think I’ll be keeping one of the little cases of Q-tips in the dogs’ travel bag from now on!

I also used a Q-Tip Precision Tip to clean out the little hard to reach creases in Petal’s Kong Treat Ball.
I thought this toy would just forever be dirty in those little creases because nothing was small enough to fit in there. But the Q-Tips fit in the little creases perfectly and I was able to get it all cleaned up!

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I also enjoyed using the Precision tips for fixing up my eyeliner. With the regular Q-Tip I was always picking off some of the cotton, trying to make it smaller and pointier; there’s no need for that with the Precision tips and they fixed up my eyeliner very nicely. I also used those Precision tips to make little polka dots on my finger nails with nail polish! SO fun and super easy!

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There are tons of ways to use Q-tips. Click here for a list of more Q-tips uses!

And enjoy one last photo of my pretty little Q-tip model.

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Note: I was provided with Q-tips cotton swabs® and information about the product by RocketXL. All opinions are 100% my own.


Another Note: I was asked to let you guys know that the smaller, Purse Pack of the Q-tips Precision Tips are not for sale. Here’s an image of the packaging you can find the Precision Tips in:
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Also be sure and check out Q-tips on Facebook where you can enter their Tip-a-Thon! Just share a unique tip using Q-tips and you’ll be eligible for a chance to win* a $100 gift card or a grand prize worth $1,000.

*No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Q-tips “Q-tips Cotton Swabs Tip-a-Thon” Sweepstakes is sponsored by Conopco, Inc., d/b/a Unilever. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & D.C., 18 or older. Begins 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday, October 24, 2011 & ends 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 15, 2011. For official rules, visit www.facebook.com/Qtips.

Sleepover!

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On Thursday Petal’s little friend, Pepper (a Cocker Spaniel/Poodle mix), came over and is staying with us until Sunday. Petal and Pepper have been playing nonstop and wearing each other out, it’s so nice! Haha.

These girls get along so well together and are about a year apart in age. They love to wrestle each other the most and sometimes they like to chase each other, too. But Pepper has a habit of biting at Petal’s ankles, which Petal doesn’t really like, so she ends up running with her butt tucked underneath herself and then she quickly sits down. It’s too funny.

They’ve been having a blast playing in the snow and wrestling in the kitchen. They’re so cute!

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“Look Pepper! I’m an Ostrich!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

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Yay! More snow!

Yesterday, at midnight, we finally received a generous amount of snow, just in time for December!
Ella acts pretty excited about it, but that doesn’t mean she wants to be out there any longer than it takes to do her business. ;] So she stayed in the nice warm house while I took the Collies out to play in the snow! And now I have pictures and a video to share with you all.

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Petal zooms!


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Petal & Lassie. Note that in the last picture Petal is showing Lassie the yellow snow (that she created) and explaining to him that we don’t eat the yellow snow. ;]

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Pretty little snow angel.

It was really windy when I recorded this and the sound was super obnoxious, so I threw in a Christmas song instead. Enjoy!

Is anyone else enjoying some snow? What do your dogs like to do in the snow?