Farewell to Discovery

Amber's taking a little break today so I wanted to share with you an event that I'm sure brought goosebumps to many, especially those living in or visiting Florida.

On Wednesday I was out in the backyard with the dogs for a quick ball-playing session.  At 11:53 AM I noticed our Jack Russell, Rusty, (you will meet him in another post of "Meet Da Pack") was starting to get nervous.  He always seems to sense impending doom, whether it comes in the form of a thunderstorm, rain, or anything else that he doesn't accept as "normal".  Sure enough, it came ...... the big sonic boom of the

Shuttle Discovery re-entering the atmosphere over Central Florida.  There were two rapid "booms" that could actually be felt on the ground.  After living here for 19 years, we've become used to the sonic booms of returning shuttles, but Wednesday's was different because it was like saying goodbye to an old friend.  It was the final flight of the Shuttle Discovery.  After the boom, we went into the house to watch the final landing of Discovery on television.

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The following video was taken from my front porch during the March 13, 2009, launch of Discovery.

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This video was one of the last night launches of Discovery on August 28, 2009.  This one was also taken from my front porch.

You will have to be a little patient with this video because you won't be able to see Discovery until about 26 seconds after the start of the video.



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Farewell, Discovery!

Thank you for 27 years of excellent service!

Goodbye Old Friend.

Wordless Wednesday

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WHO IS THE GUILTY ONE?

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

AMBER

Meet Da Pack -- Day Five

Hellos Out Dere...Hopes you didn't miss me.

I's been off da radar purrty much since last week.

Mom has been busy wit some friends on vacation from Pennsylvania and also visiting anudder friend who had emergency open heart surgery last week.

So..her has been away from da puter and she still

doesn't trust me on da puter without supervision.

IMAGINE DAT!

Anyways....Mom is here for a wittle while dis morning to tells you abouts my next pack mate.

Hers name is SARAH and her is Bailey's daughter who you met on Day Three and

Holly's sister dat you met on Day Four.
Take it, Moms!
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Now, really, would you trust a sausage alone on your computer when you know she's a compulsive shopper.....with YOUR credit card???

Anyway, Sarah is the daughter of Bailey.  She, along with Holly, were from Bailey's first litter of nine puppies.  Sarah and Holly were both Christmas presents to us from our daughter on the Christmas of 2000.

Sarah and her mother, Bailey

Sarah is also of the "couch potato" species as is her sister, Holly.  They can usually be found huddled together on the sofa, fast asleep.  I had a cute picture of that but it vanished, probably at the paws of my little sausage dog.  Here is another photo of Sarah showing how much she loves her sister.

Whenever I look at Sarah, I always think of "Pig Pen".  No matter how many times I give her a bath and brush her extra long hair, she ALWAYS looks like a mess.  Her hair just seems to go every which way immediately after I stop brushing.  Here are a few more pictures of "Fuzz Ball" as my husband calls her.

Well, I think you get the idea.  Could you imagine seeing a face like this every day?

A couple of months ago I just couldn't stand it another minute.

SO

I finally charged up the clippers

AND

This is the result!

Yes, much better!

Bailey and Sarah's younger sister, Jennie, also have long hair (rough coats) but they never look as messy as Sarah.

Now, back to our host!
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Well, I tink Mom is getting ready to leave us again today.  I'll be sooooo happy yappy when tings gets back to normals around heres.  Hers still won't let me have her puter so I guess I won't be catching up visiting all my furends in Blogville for a couple of days.  Butt, I wills be back to normal soon.
In da meantime, I go back to sleep now.

SARAH, GO AWAY AND LET ME SLEEPS

HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONES

AMBER

I Has Snow!!!!!!!

When I gots up da odder morning,

I cames out of da room and found out

dat it actually SNOWED during

da night.

YIPPEE!!!

Finally, I gots to see da snow!

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Butt....den Bailey started

laughing at me and calling me

STOOPID!

Just look at dat face she's making!

She said dat wasn't da snow...

My brudder Max

(DaOdderWeenie)

had de-stuffed one of his old toys!

Da Final Remains

Den he got all kissy face wit Jennie



Now dis jus' isn't right!

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY EVERYONES!

I goes back to sleeps now to dreams 'bout more snows!

AMBER

Meet Da Pack -- Day Four

Well, good mornings out dere in Blogville.

Dat was quite a banquet over da weekend.

I eated so much food......tacos, pizza, bbq,

cheesy toes, KFC, you names it......I ate's it!

And I won't evens tell you's all da stuffs I

was drinkin'...cept dat I sure has a big

HEADACHE

todays.  Dis is a good week for sleepin' and

I is goin' to do jus' that when I finish up wit

dis postee.
Sees my RED eyeballs...dat ain't da fault of
da flashy beast!

I lets Mom take it from here (butt only for a few minutes)

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Good morning everyone....what ever has my little Amber done to herself?  She's walkin' around here this morning like a drunken sailor.  And the tootin'.....we won't get into that.

Anyway, today we'll introduce you to

HOLLY.

As mentioned in our last post, Holly is one of Bailey's daughters from a litter of nine puppies born on November 5, 2000, making her just over 10 years old.  She is a Jack Russell Terrier and looks very much like her father, Jack (who is now at Rainbow Bridge). 

Holly and her sister, Sarah, were given to us as a Christmas present by our daughter that year.

Holly and her sister have always been very close...two peas in a pod is a good way to describe them, much like Amber and Max.  They are definitely not the norm when it comes down to the Jack Russell breed.  They both prefer to be couch potatoes and watch the action from the sidelines.

Today I'll focus on Holly and leave Sarah for our next post. 

Holly is rather the "prim and proper" lady of the house.  (Except when she chooses to roll in some smelly stuff in the back yard.)

She has a short, smooth coat (as opposed to the shaggy coats of her mother and sisters).

She is solid white with just one brown ear.

And speaking of ears, she is prone to the

"Cauliflower Ear"

(Did you hear that, Thunder, from the OP Pack!!)

This picture was taken during a flareup a couple of years ago.

We were fortunate that this time around we were able to cure it with antibiotics and a lot of flushing.

The first time we were faced with this problem, we weren't as lucky.

The "cauliflower" went deep into her ear canal.  She had to have surgery but there was extensive damage in her ear.  Ultimately the flap to her ear was sewn shut and her ear canal opening was relocated to the side of her head and appears as a small hole.  It looks very strange, indeed, but at least her hearing wasn't affected.  When someone says "you have a hole in your head", they aren't kidding.

(Hope none of you were eating while reading this as it does sound a bit gross)

Here are a few additional pictures of our "quiet" girl.

And, of course................

Back to Amber now..

(Hey, wake up!)

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Oh...is I back?  I means...I is back!

(Oh, whatever)

Don't forgets to go HERE to visits da

auction for Richie and Ronnii.

We has a handmade "crocheted by Mom" afghan thingy in da auction dat is specially endorsed by me...

AMBER DaWEENIE

  

Also, stops by to sees my dear weenie friend...none odder den FRANKIE FURTER... to gets da details bout helping our friends wit green papers by getting a ticket to a raffle.

Dat's All Folks

Now I really has to recuperate from my

pawty hangovers!

SO

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GOOD NIGHT EVERYONES

AND HAPPY MONDAY

(but I'll be sleepin')

Amber