Hot, Hot, Hot and Hot

Yes, I have four kinds of hot to talk about. Hopefully this post doesn't seem to long, but we start our two weeks holidays tomorrow and I probably won't be posting much, if at all until after holidays. I will try to get around to visit blogs when I get a chance or am up at night (like now) unable to sleep. Oh, don't worry I'm not going to go into the whole menopause thingy again. ( I think I just did! hee,hee) I also want to stay on top of the events of the Blogville Olympics when they start on July 27th.  

Hot #1 - An Award

Our friend Daisy over at Everyday Adventures in  Havachon Heaven has given us the Blog on Fire Award.  We are truly honored to receive this award from Daisy.  Daisy is a Havachon and just the cutest little furball who is always up to some kind of mischief.  I had never heard of a Havachon until I met Daisy in Blogville.   So if you haven't met her yet, pop on over to Everyday Adventures in Havachon Heaven and see what she's up to!  I am breaking the rules on this one, so if you do want to see them just check them out when your visiting Daisy.

Thanks again Daisy!

Hot #2 - Asphalt

The next thing I wanted to say is that the noise has stopped!  They have finally paved our road.

Look at this bad boy.  They even carry their coolers around on it.

Loading it up with hot asphalt.  

Boy that's got to be hot work considering it was 100 degrees out the day they were doing it.

Ta Da!

The finished product.  Our street!

Hot#3 - Tickets

They're here..............

Yep, our Detroit Lions Season's Tickets arrived! I love the way they have a picture of one of the players on every ticket this year. You probably can't tell, but game 6 they play hubby's beloved Seahawks.  Boy we can't wait for that game.  It only happens about every 7 years.  Actually the Seattle Seahawks are playing the Buffalo Bills in Toronto in December this year too.

Hot #4 - Weather

Finally, with all this heat we've been having and no rain our lawn is just about toast. Toasty, really. It crunches under your feet.  The hounds have one particular dead spot they like to lay in and roll around.

I guess dry grass makes for a good back scratcher. But yesterday not only did the air conditioner actually shut off but we got some rain. Yay! Not as much as we'd like but at least it was something.  Just think, all this just before we start holidays!  

So keep enjoying your summer, try to stay cool and I'll see ya back here in a couple of weeks!

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

Okay, there's no chicken dinner. I just love it when Guy Fieri says that on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. But I am making a whack of cabbage rolls today for the dinner my husband puts on for his guys at work.
Enough about food, I am here to announce how humbled we are to have received another Kreativ Blogger Award. This one we have received from Christine over at Brando and Bogart.  She has a wonderful blog about her cute Cavaliers Brando, Bogart and Ziggy and the mischief they get into.

Again, the first part requires me to tell you ten things about the hounds you may not know and the second part is to pass it on to six other blogs.

So here are my ten things about Fred and Gloria.

1.  Fred is on the verge of coming out of his puppy stage.  He tries really hard to sit and wait for people to pet him when they come in.  He sits and wiggles until he can't take it any more and then his puppy brain takes over again and he pounces! Dang!
2. Gloria will not eat her food until Fred eats his.  She sits and waits until he is completely done his, then she goes to her bowl and eats.
3. When it comes to rawhide or bones; Gloria waits for no one.  She thinks they're all hers and lets Fred know it.
4. Lately, Fred likes to get up in the middle of the night and go into his crate and curl up with his bed buddy.  I think it's because four is getting to be a crowd in our bed.

5.  Freds bed buddy, Ole Blue, is the toy that we had waiting for him when we first brought him home from Autumn Blaze Bassets and it is the only toy he has not ripped apart.  He gets him out and plays with him the odd time, but there isn't one mark on it, other than drool!


Ole Blue and Sir Hawthorne

6. Fred and Gloria both enjoy tummy rubs.  They lay side by side on there back to get a good tummy rub.
7.  I know she's a girl, but I have to say it.  Gloria snores and farts all night long!  Sorry sweetie the truth hurts!
8.  Fred whines everyday when he hears the kids outside at recess at a school near our home. He wants to play too.
9.  Fred will constantly jump and claw at our front window if he sees anything outside be it a squirrel, cat, people, dogs or a piece of paper blowing in the wind. 
10. If Fred gets in the big comfy chair first, Gloria will run to the front door and bark until Fred gets down to see whats going on and then zoom! she jumps in the chair and Fred just stands there feeling stupid.  Silly boy.

The six blogs I have chosen to pass this award to are

How Sam Sees It  A blog about two golden retrievers, their adventures and the trouble they get into.

From Sophies View  About a gorgeous Labradoodle named Sophie and her adventures in her beautiful surroundings in Nova Scotia.

Ocean Breezes  is a lovely blog  that takes you away from everyday life to a calming, quiet place of beautiful pictures and reminisces of days gone by where you can relax for awhile.

Bailey Be Good  The in and outs of a one year old Belgian Shepard mix and her big sister Nala.  Always an interesting read.

Yorkie Tails Scrappy is a little Yorkie living in Montana with her family.  Enjoying life and adventures on her......I mean their farm!
(Sorry Scrappy! I fixed your information after mixing it up with another. Sometimes doing posts late at night is not such a good thing!)

The Farm House Chickens and dogs....need I say more?

Drop in and check them for some great adventures and stories.  Thanks again to Brando and Bogart for another Kreativ Blogger Award!

Only five more sleeps!

Fabulous Friday!

Friday was a great day.  It didn't start off that well because Fred ripped apart one of the tags on a Christmas present under the tree.  Both hounds have been so good around the tree but apparently Fred couldn't take it anymore and wanted to find out if one of the gifts were for him.  What can I say, he breaks under pressure.  Here's what's left of the tag.

Just ignore the dog fur on the Christmas tree skirt.  Here's the present that seemed to be calling Freds name.

Now I just have to figure out which one of my kids that present was for and make another tag.

After that excitement I found that I had won another Liebster Award and also a book!

First for the Liebster Award.  I am so thankful to Bailey Be Good for giving me this award. I am really
honoured.

                                             

Liebster means "dearest" in German, and the award is intended to help up-and-coming blogs get the attention they deserve. As with any award there is a bit of ceremony involved. In order to accept the award we must do the following:


1. Copy and paste the award on our blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who gave us the award.
3. Pick our five favourite blogs, with less than 200 followers and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award.
4. Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs.

So here are my five blog picks. Stop in and get acquainted.

Brando and Bogart

Mr. Rugby Sevens

Chronicles of Cardigan

The Royal Coon Hounds

Yee Wittle Things

Thanks again Bailey Be Good.  You made our Friday!

To top off my Friday I came home to find I had won the Roam book give-a-way from Bocci Beefs.

                                                      

Thank you sooo much.  I can't wait to read it!!

Another Award!

After the excitement of getting the Kreativ Blog Award, Bassetmomma was just nominated for the Leibster Blog Award by taleof2rescues.  Thank you so much.  Stop in and check out their blog with their two beautiful rescues Lightening and Thumper.  Two dogs off to a rough start who found their forever home with a loving family.

                                            

Liebster means "dearest" in German, and the award is intended to help up-and-coming blogs get the attention they deserve.  As with any award there is a bit of ceremony involved.  In order to accept the award we must do the following:

1. Copy and paste the award on our blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who gave us the award.
3. Pick our five favourite blogs, with less than 200 followers and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they have received the award.
4. Hope that the five blogs chosen will keep spreading the love and pass it on to five more blogs.

So here are my five blog picks.  Stop in and get aquainted.

browndogcbr

Harville Hounds

Bailey Be Good

Cybersibes

Two Collies and a Mutt

Thanks again Sherri from taleof2rescues.