Puppies Ready for Their New Homes

We have a litter of purebred Reinhounds (Border Collie mix mother/Lab looking father) that are ready for their new homes. All of these pups are registered with the CKC (Craigville Kennel Club). There were 11 in the litter, but Runt has already been adopted and unfortunately, I don't have a picture of him. He weighed 4# at 7 weeks old (6/26/10). Here are the other puppies in the litter. (I've named them all, but if you adopt 1 (or more) feel free to change their name!)

Black & Tan Male: Tiller, 7# 5 oz. ***RESERVED***

Yellow Male: Mack, 8#.

Black Male: Stealth, 8# 10 oz. I call him Stealth because I can never find him. He's really shy.


Yellow Male: Hulk, 9# 7 oz. This boy is huge!

Black Female: Beauty, 7# 12 oz. Original name, I know.

Red Female: Dingo, 8# 7 oz.

Yellow Female: Runtette, 5# 13 oz. With her brother gone, she is now the baby of the litter.

Yellow Female: Breeze, 8# 14 oz. This girl is fast. She runs like the wind.

Red Female: Rosa, 9#.

Yellow Female: Amarilla, 8# 6oz.

I took them all to the vet on Saturday where they got their puppy shots and wormer (they also got weighed and their nails trimmed). If you would take 1 puppy to Smith's Vet in Berne for this treatment, it would cost approximately $55. So I will probably try to sell the puppies for $50. But I will give you the friends/family discount of $30. This will cover the cost of the shots since I received a group discount. If you have any questions, let me know. If you are thinking about getting one, but want to check w/ your spouse first, I've got a better idea. Why don't you just surprise them and bring a puppy home? I'm sure they will be thrilled!!!

Brickhouse

Last Thursday night, I went out to eat with some guys from our Bible study. We went to the Brickhouse in Monroe to try to conquer the Bellringer. The Bellringer is a 5 patty cheeseburger. These aren't your typical Dollar Menu patties, though. Each patty is huge! We estimated that each patty was around 1/3 pound. If that is right, then each Bellringer is the equivalent of 7 quarter-pounders! It might look big in the pictures below, but until one is set in front of you, I don't think you can fully comprehend how huge it really is.

Only Andy was able to eat it all. He got a T-shirt (the only size they had was XXXL), his picture taken, and got to ring the bell. I only ate 3 of the 5 patties. But I now have another item on my list of things to do before I die: "Conquer the Bellringer!"

Zoo Day

Monday's w/ Michael

Last Saturday, we went to the zoo with the Reinhard family. Here are some pics from that day.


Deacon the wombat.


Deacon loves our goats at home, but I don't let him in to play with them. They are way too big and would certainly knock him over. But the goats at the zoo were just his size!

Grandpa and Finn

Deacon the joey.

Daddy and Finn on the carousel.

Family photo under the waterfall.

Deacon and Finn relaxing.

Camping with Uncle Ben.

Hanging out with Uncle Joel.

The whole crew on TV.

Make it a great Monday!

Team Chuckwagon

The Caducity List

Monday's w/ Michael

I don't want to embrangle anyone. I realize that many of Jane's readers suffer from muliebrity, so I will try to handle this with mansuetude.

The English language is constantly changing. New words are being created and older words are being used less and less. Lexicographers are the people who track these changes. They read through new books, articles, etc and determine which new words are taking hold and which old words are dying out. Then approximately every 10 years, they update dictionaries with the changes.

Here are a few words on the chopping block.

Caducity - transitory; the state of being impermanent or perishable

Embrangle - to confuse; make more complicated

Mansuetude - gentleness of manner

Muliebrity - the condition of being a woman

Agrestic - rural; rustic

Hither - to this place

Olid - foul smelling

Snollygoster - a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician

Skedaddle - to leave a place suddenly

Nigh - nearly; almost

Oppugnant - combative; opposing; antagonistic

Fubsy - chubby or squat

Hootenanny - an informal gathering featuring folk singing and often dancing

Make it a great week!

***The above words were taken from Uncle John's Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader***

In it to win it

Monday's w/ Michael

Only three days left in the weigh-in. My competitive nature is really kicking in. I'm trying to do the small things now to win. For example:




1). Jane gave me a haircut.

(I think I need a new barber!)





After receiving this trim, I did some research on the internet. One site estimates that 45 inches of hair weighs 14 ounces. Since my hair was much shorter and only covered 3/4 of my head, I'm estimating that it only saved me .1167 ounces.






2). I'm starting my celery only diet. A lady at work told me I needed protien, so today, I put peanut butter (and raisins) on some of them. But tonight a friend told me that wrestlers eat peanut butter when they want to put on weight, so I guess tomorrow will be strictly celery.


Here was my breakfast.

Here was my snack at work.

Honestly, only part of the reason is because of my competitiveness. I'm actually really enjoying the challenge. I really think the next 2 days will be fun.

Make it a great week!

Happy Mother's Day...Bailey

Monday's w/ Michael

You all know our outdoor dog, Bailey.


Bailey had a surprise for us yesterday morning.



By my count, there are 11 puppies. But they are hard to count, since she dug out a cave in the straw and had them in there.




On a side note, only 10 more days in the Wells County Weigh-In. I would like to lose about 8 pounds in the next 10 days, so if anyone has any tips, let me know. My plan now is to only eat celery Monday and Tuesday, eat nothing Wednesday, sit in the sauna for about an hour Thursday morning, dry off and weigh in. But I'm certainly open to suggestions!

I will be glad when this is all over with. Then I won't have to be eating a veggie wrap with roasted red pepper hummus...


while Jane is eating a 1/2 pound Bacon Blue Cheese Burger!



Make it a great Monday!