Ann’s Weblog

Woke up to a skiff of snow covering everything, and this is quickly becoming a thicker blanket of snow. For one thing, I won’t be uploading a picture of crocusses today.

One of the dogs I expected for grooming today isn’t coming because the owner doesn’t want to travel from Valemount while there’s snow on the highway; I totally understand. I have a couple of other dogs to groom while they board here.

We have facilities enough to keep all the boarders dry and comfortable and happy. There are seven guests today; we don’t allow dogs from different families to mingle “unattended”, and usually they are entirely separate for the durations of their stays. One never knows when dogs can have a “misunderstanding” that results in a serious altercation and injury. We don’t want that!

Perhaps later, I’ll post a picture of the SNOW, although in our part of the country, it’s not that newsworthy. It DID seem that spring had come early and would “stay”. At least it’s not very cold.

Stay well, look after yourselves. ~Ann

It’s midnight in the Yahoo Garden Chat room; I’ve been chatting but I think I’ll shut ‘er down soon.

I’ve finally figured out that I can make paragraph breaks using HTML in these “blog” posts, though I HAD thought they were only allowed in the PAID accounts.

Tomorrow I have dogs to groom and a few here for boarding. One (human) client asked me to do her a favour: to treat her dog with an EXTRA measure of “suckiness” because she felt so guilty leaving him. Truth be known, we treat each pet boarder with the maximum custom loving so that they are happy and clean and comfortable and EATING. I reassured our client. The truth is that her big dog is absolutely no trouble at all, and takes his pills willingly, eats well, and so on. He is a very welcome guest.

The sun didn’t come out today very much, and in fact, the crocusses didn’t even open up so that I could take a picture for YOU. I should have taken a picture of the new old tractor to post here.

Talked to my stepmother today, and it seem the surgeon will do her surgery LAPAROSCOPICALLY if possible, but they won’t know until next Wednesday, when they start the surgery. Her operation is for a hernia in the diaphragm, a DIAPHRAGMATOCELE. Surgeon said it’s surprising that she can eat at all, since half her stomach is bulging into the chest cavity. This certainly explains her shortness of breath, too, and it’s good that the doctors are finally taking her seriously. Sooooo this will be a RELATIVELY straight forward procedure or an invasive MAJOR surgery, and either one carries extra risk in an 82 year old patient. I’m planning to go to Calgary next week.

Putting myself to bed now. Take care all. Be good to each other.~Ann