Hi Mama Sue
This is Miss Vim, Vigor and Vitality saying hello to you. I really love my new parents and I am sure that they love me - I now do all the stairs in this place and I am going through the silly stage - still like to tear up paper and try to escape with my Daddy’s shoes. He always changes out of his outside shoes when he comes in and I run off with the other before he can get his foot into his “inside” shoes.
We are having so much fun! I went with my parents the last week in August to meet my big sister Sherry, Doug and two human cousins - then suddenly two furry creatures came out to meet me at the car! Wow what a weekend - it poured rain on the way up to Collingwood then the sun came out in the late afternoon and we all went out in Sherry’s beautiful garden. Down at the back end the boys leave two big soccer balls that they kick for Daphne and Olive to chase - well I competed and when I won I just leaned over the ball and waited for the applause! They shared their toys with me in the house and let me run around in the family room - till I started bothering the two furry gals. Sherry had an X pen set up across the far end of the kitchen for me and I slept beside Mom and Dad in my wire crate so I can see them in bed - which is what I do at my house. I sleep till about 7:30 and Daddy walks me out in the subdivision - it was great till after Labor Day weekend and all the kids were out waiting for the school buses - and poor Daddy has to stop at every driveway! When I get back Mommy has my water dish and food bowl filled on my place mat on the floor.
(Seriously Sue, Chelsea has been just what the doctor ordered ~we are both in 7th heaven) My first shower took place one day when I dug up some of mom’s petunias (after a big thunderstorm overnight) while Daddy was picking up windfall apples - because the bees really go after them. I was a brown muddy mess. Later, more apples fell and I ran down and put my paw on one and got stung by a bee.
Gosh the neighborhood knew we had a new puppy - the squealing was so pitiful - we knew it was her foot as she held it up, so we did what the book said and dipped her leg in a bowl of white vinegar to take the stinger out. Our vet told us to get some children’s Benedral and give her a quarter teaspoon - a couple of hours later you’d never know it happened. She was her old self again playing with her little ball in the kitchen again.
This past weekend we were on the Installing Board at New Market Eastern Star Chapter, 3 hours from us. We took a hotel room as the affair was at 7:00 pm and the ceremony is about 2 hours. Most of the men being installed wore their Scottish tartans of various clans and it was most impressive. Our group from the year that Stu was Grand Marshal of Ontario wore our OES attire from that year. The men in their white jackets, blue vests and tux pants, the female officers had beautiful blue gowns and we female escorts had lavender skirts with lavender sequin tops and the male escorts black tux and a similar blue vest. (The escorts are the spouses). Any how our girl was in a room off the hall in her crate and slept the whole time. After everything was over there was a super social time with a scrumptious attractive lunch , tea coffee, juice and open bar downstairs - that’s where Chelsea shone! She was the Belle of the Ball.
Chelsea I am sure will become the mascot of District 12. We always took Penny in the car to all the hospital presentations in the good weather - otherwise we drove away up to Sherry’s and worked from her house in the cold weather. Stu was on the Hospital Committee for Grand Chapter for 6 years. In fact, on Sundays, Penny came in the car while we went to Church even tho we were not far from home.
Hope, you, Mike, the kids and the dogs are all well. I think of Tyler often - we bought Chelsea a small doggie basket ball and she just zooms around the kitchen squeeking it like mad. Of course we throw it up high and she jumps for it! Stu is at the Vet’s right now getting her second set of shots. He did take her in for a “social” visit shortly after we got her and they went bonkers over her. The girls fell in love with our Angel and Dr. Bob cuddled her and loved her to bits. His Dad was our first Vet the first time we were stationed at CFB Trenton and docked the tails of all our litters over the years. We had our first cocker in 5 years when we came here in the mid 60's, then Sherry was born and we were transferred to British Columbia right after her first Birthday - Served the next 12 years at 3 other bases and returned 12 years later with a “herd” of cockers and were based here for 10 more years before Stu retired after 36 years in the Air Force.
I think of you every time I drive down our road and come out on the highway that runs along the Bay. Wave to you and send blessings across the waters.
The kids are going to put some pictures on our Computer to send to you - We will be there for our Canadian Thanksgiving October 7th weekend. It’s terrible when your Grand Children have to show their Grandparent who lack a lot of electronics savvy in computer skills!.
Luv ya and God bless all of you! – Kay , Stu and Chelsea!.
P.S. WOW - Four Roasts! Sounds like a banquet feast! You area real trooper cooking for so many - are these all your family or did you have the kids from the school or church? Whatever - you deserve a citation! Like my Mom always said - you’ll get your reward in heaven!
