I finally gave up on trying to homegroom Sophie. Her appearance was going from bad to worse. When my cousin Paige told me about the girl who grooms her dogs, I decided to give her a try. After all, appearance is very important to Paige, a former Miss Alabama and 1st runner up Miss America, so I knew if she was pleased, Sophie and I would be too.
I misjudged Sophie. I should have known. The Black Dog is never pleased about going to the groomer, or the vet, or any place where her mama is going to leave her for somebody to mess with her. But the new groomer, Sharon, did a great job as you can see. She cleaned up the mess I had made and took care of business that I had not attempted (anal glands, inside of ears, toenails), and now Sophie is a beauty once more.
My fibro flare seems to be abating a bit. I did another session in the pool yesterday morning and walked the dogs in the afternoon. These things are not easy for me to do. I'm always very tempted to use a very good excuse of not feeling like going to the pool and certainly not feeling like walking the dogs. But I know it's helping. Why, even Sophie has lost a little bit of weight since we started back walk. So I'm pushing on. If it's true what they say about no pain, no gain, I should be really gaining a bunch from all this exercise. Because there's pain o'plenty.
After we got home and Sophie had her dinner and a potty break in the back yard, she let me know just what she thought about being left at a strange woman's house with a couple of strange dogs and having all kinds of indignities performed upon her person. Sophie is never hesitant to speak her mind.
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On 09/24/2013, Barbara Anne said ...
Yep! I heard Sophie clearly ask you what was up with THAT??! She does look lovely and probably will smile at herself when she looks in a mirror. :)
I'm unusually tired today, too, and am finding that to be very annoying. Still, I've cut two border fabrics and chosen the 2nd border fabric so am making a bit of progress on these early Christmas gifts.
Here's to pushing on even if it means resting between activities so those of us with limited spoons. It's better than nothing!
Hugs!
On 09/24/2013, Linda Volz said ...
I love Sophie, I just want to hug her to pieces.
And Sophie is saying..."no thanks, I've had enough invasion of my personal space today"
That's ok, we still love you Sophie XX 00
On 09/24/2013, Sue G. said ...
I'm glad Sophie can speak her mind!!She's adorable!!!!
I'm glad your hanging in there!!
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