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Sunday, June 22, 2008

One week of vacation ... Only ten more days left without our mom.

Mom Update:

We have received a couple of postcards from Mom since she deserted us for a holiday in Seattle (an' points nearby). This is what's been happenin' ...

On Thursday, she drove clear across the state to visit our Aunt Montie (an' Harold an' the woofies). Aunt Montie lives outside of Spokane, so Mom spent the night at the Coeur D'Alene Casino. Our auntie is fine ... she got a new SUV so that she can go grocery shoppin' even if it's been snowin' (which it did three weeks ago ... Yes! In June!). The bad news is that our woofie friend Whimpy has really bad cataracts an' is nearly blind. He's too old for the surgery, so it's just gonna have to be. His seeing-eye human is a nice lady.

After a night at the casino (where she lost no money 'cuz she didn't "play" anything), she set off for the Tri-Cities to help her aunt an' cousin to finish packing up their household to move to the great flat-an'-full-o'-tornadoes state of Kansas. It was furry hot (in the mid-90s) an' Mom nearly melted! They took a whole bunch o' boxes to UPS to be mailed so that auntie, cousin, and three woofies could travel by airplane. Mom has new respect for those people who wear the brown shorts!

At four in the morning, they got up to make the four hour drive back to Seattle to drop off the woofies at "cargo" to be "shipped" to Kansas. The woofies weren't too happy 'bout that, but they arrived safely at their destination, so I guess that all's-well-that-ends-well, right?

When Mom arrived back at her auntie's Seattle condo, she took a nap out on the deck in a sunny spot (I can sure relate to that!), but that caused some trouble 'cuz nearby golfers thought that she was a "dead body" an' they notified authorities who disturbed Mom's nap. Mom thought that it was pretty funny that they thought that she was a corpse. Hee, hee ... uh, wait a minute! Mom was dead?!? That's not funny AT ALL!

Then Mom realized that she needed cash an' tried to use her ATM only to find that the new card her bank had sent had a new password. ARGH! A quick call to our grandma remedied that problem pretty fast ... so Mom has money again. Whewwww ...

Now she's just waiting for Uncle Jer to arrive so that they can drive down to Olympia to have lunch with Aunt Ellen at the new location for the Ranch House BBQ place. The old location flooded back in December, so they moved the whole thing to the Governor Hotel. Mom REALLY likes brisket, so lunch should be furry, furry yummy. We're still hopin' that she'll bring us some on the plane when she returns. Right, Mom?

That's all that we know right now ... stay tuned for more news from Mom's postcards!

DMM

13 comments:

Gemini and Ichiro said...

Hey--did you see our friend's chihuahua Belle in the Tri Cities? I guess Belle was cat napped by her grandma and we're just keeping an eye out (seeing your person was there)...

Anonymous said...

Why are the human's always leaving us...Hope she back soon :)

The Devil Dog said...

Mom and dad had great brisket from the ribfest last night. They are still talking about it. I didn't get any, so I can't tell you if it was good or not.

Roxy

Donna said...

Glad your Mom is having a good time. Hug her a lot when she comes home.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like your mum is having a great time. DKM really enjoyed her trip up there last Fall.

meemsnyc said...

Wow what adventures. Snow in June and golfers thinking your mom was a dead corpse? That is very strange... It sounds like your mom is having a fun time in Seattle, its nice she can send you some postcards. Maybe she'll bring home some Salmon. Yum.

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

Wow, BIG ADVENTURES! Hope fer more cards about it...

Lux said...

Sounds like your mom's been very busy (in a good way). You'll be so glad to see her when she comes home!

Beethoven said...

Wow! Your Mom seems to be having an exciting time! Hahaha...mistook for a corpse! Mine Mummy says she would like to try that!

Sabrina, Sam and Simon said...

DMM, your Mom sure has been BUSY! She will need to come home to take a vacation from her vacation ... hee hee! That was a hoot about what the golfers thought when they saw your Mom too! Hopefully the remaining days she is gone will go really quick for you!
Purrs and headbutts,
Sabrina, Sam and Simon

muffinmidi said...

I'm glad your mom's vacation is going well. I can't believe those stupid golfers called the cops!Wht did the copssay when they arrived?

MaoMao said...

Sounds like yur Momma's havin a great time. I'm so glad! And I know you'll be happy to see her when she gets back and I bet she'll give you lots and lots of snugglies!

Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!

Anonymous said...

I'm glad your Mom is having a fun time! And I know you can't wait 'til she gets back, to give her lots and lots of cuddles!

Purrs and snuggles from Marilyn.