Trixie Batey

After years of relentless asking, Lily finally got the OK from both of her parents at the same time to finally get a dog. Tim had a few stipulations; the dog had to be cheap, not a pure bred, and preferably from an animal shelter or the Humane Society. I had a few stipulations of my own; small, does NOT shed, cute, and preferably white or blond.
Last Tuesday I called our local Humane Society about a dog named Champs, however he was pending an adoption. Then I called Aboutpets.com regarding a dog named Scooter. Scooter was already gone as well, but the lady on the phone (Tiffany) said that she had just received a small 9 lbs. Shih Poo named Trixe, a 'happy dog', whose pictures weren't even online yet. She sent me a picture and I was in love. I put a deposit on her via the phone. [For those of you who don't know me: THAT WAS SHOCKING! I do not (did not before Tuesday) consider myself an animal person. It was a very out-of-body experience for me to have such strong desires to rescue this dog!]
So on Friday the entire family drove 2 hours to Poulan, GA (country, folks) to meet Trixie and make sure she wasn't anti-social or an ADHD afflicted animal. She was very friendly and Lily and Owen immediately fell for her. So we happily scooped her up in our arms and headed back to Tallahassee.
Trixie's 1st birthday was August 2, 2012. Her owner apperantly bought her at a pet store and 


This is the picture the lady sent me, 1st time I saw my girl!

took good care of her, but unfortunately lost her job and had to give Trixie up. SAD! We promise to honor her by taking care of Trixie. Trixie is house and crate trained. She goes right into her crate at night and sleeps through the night. She hasn't had one accident. When she has to 'go' she just stands near the door. I have heard her bark all of 2 times. She comes when called and LOVES to snuggle. Pretty much the best dog ever. EVER!
Ok, about her name. Yeah, it is a little Vegas. But when we looked up the word 'Happy' to find her a possible new name, we discovered that Trixie meant happy. Plus, she answers to her name, and I didn't want to cause an unecessary identitiy crisis.
So, there you have it, after 34 years, I got a dog...uuuhhh, I mean Lily got a dog. Welcome Home Trixie! You came at the perfect time!

Lily about to meet Trixie

She kisses me every morning!

Lily and I bought her all sorts of Doggie supplies

 

HALLOWEEN 2012

This year's Halloween was pretty much the best one I have had since I was a child roaming the streets of Manorville, Long Island garnering a bag of loot that included gloves, pennies, and candy. It all started the Sunday before All Saint's Eve when we were invited to the Layerd's "Carve Your Pumpkins" block party. Margo cooked my favorite white chili. Heavenly. Watching Hays get lost, literally lost, in his carving was comical. That night when I was going through our pictures, I had to LAUGH when comparing the Batey attempts at design with the Layerd's Masterpiece. Disclaimer: Margo was a straight A Art major, Hays is an architect. Our pumpkins were gifts from the Agricultural Lab in Quincy and everyone at the block party can attest to how we practically needed a drill to open up our concrete squashes. Our pumpkin (the one Tim carved for Lily) became somewhat of a local phenomenon as the "Sorriest Pumpkin". When two separate people say that it looked like rats chewed your Pumpkin's face, you know you have a winner on your hands. I even had a friend call when she drove by my house to say that she mapped out where we lived by recognizing our awful pumpkins from a post on facebook. Hahaha. Posting and texting 'Sorry Pumpkin' to my friends (WENDY!) gave me about a week's worth of entertainment. Ahhh, the little things. 







Sorry Pumpkin...He looks scared of his own face

Our 3 vs., ...

 





The Layerd's Art...The top left one even had a name! Phantom Face or something like that?

 

 

This is the: I MEAN COME ON!!! pic of the post

 OK, so now onto Halloween costumes: 

STOP IT RIGHT THERE!!! A BABY CHICKEN! AAAHHHH!!!!



Attempt #2 at making bat wings since the 1st try looked like cockroach wings



Awwww Yeah...although Cole did say he looked like a fox with his homemade bat ears on.



 



After spending an unintended 45 minutes that afternoon working on what was labeled an EASY WREATH CRAFT I decided that I better just make a costume that looked the part: CRAZY PINTEREST LADY! It was way fun!





I would just like to thank Tim and the spouses all over the country that have done a thorough job watching the children while their other halves may or may not have tendencies to 'forget' to monitor their children's whereabouts on dark, crowded streets such as Beard due to social distraction:

 



After Party with Grandma