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Cookie says hello

a typical greeting from Cookie when you walk in the door (press play)

Waiting

for paw to come back from his kayak ride this morning so i can have mine!

Happy Fall!

Baxter here!  Cookie decided to take the day off & rest that back leg a little more. it's still giving her a little trouble so she said i could step in for her especially since this post really is all about me! last Friday mom decided after Cookie's weekly Therapy Dog visit to the nursing home, to treat me with a outing of my own. we went to check out the Fall colors at Robinson Park.  boy did we have fun. mom actually wore me out...i let her think that.
here i am checking out the colors at my level

and here's mom checking them out at her level & above.

Happy 10th Miss Cookie!

Happy 10th Birthday BigBusiness!  still lookin good!

Cookie's Cookies

well, they are really for me & Baxter but look what mom made us last night!

yep! that's right! mom baked! i don't think she's ever even baked anything for paw. and no these are not funny cookies. they are oat bran flour, brown rice flour & peanut butter.  topped with melted white chocolate chips.  did you know that white chocolate is safe for dogs? we didn't either.  anywho, she baked them in hopes that Baxter will like them enough to pay attention during tonight's class.  yep, mom is going to give it another try & hope this week is better than last - it's not Baxter she is worried about btw! so thanks for the baking mom!

boxer therapy

mom is an idiot! if boxer's used foul language, now would be the time. back in June, me & maw headed up to Naperville so i could take my Therapy Dog International exam.  and looky here

we have our first official visit this Friday to a local nursing home. So excited.  now all the Advanced degrees are held by the chicks in this house!  paw & Baxter have some catching up to do.

a boy & his boxer

Custom Made

well isn't mom crafty!  she had been planning this one for some time, but like always, her execution takes a while. so Baxter decided, like the lamp shades, he didn't care for the chaise cushions too much.  he decided to do a little alteration job on one of them.  mom said no biggie cuz they were super old & really needed replacing anyway.  but mom hates to waste anything that can be re-purposed.  now she's not a Crafty Cathy, but she has read enough to teach herself some basic sewing skillz.  and here's her latest effort!

not bad huh?  she cut away the larger, middle section of the chaise cushion.  you know how they have about 4 sections to them?  well, she figured we could use the bigger section for our own outdoor cushions.  and what fabric would be perfect for outdoors?  what fabric could you wash time and time again?  yep! TOWELS!  truth be told, the cover is yet another old project re-purposed.  it was supposed to be 4 towels sewn together for one side, then an old bed sheet sewn on the other side to make a big blanket for the beach.  well, she never really liked the way the 4 towels sewn together turned out so she never bothered with the sheet - she has confidence issues people!  but she held on to the 4 towel creation.  out of nowhere, today, she decided to do something about it!  she taught herself how to sew in a zipper and BAM!  we have a new cover for our cushion.  she likes it so much, she's gonna make another one....one day!
and since it is Baxter's "birthday" guess he gets the first one!  and what a model huh?

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