...and Tammy is staying warm with three blankets.
She is as snug as a bug in a rug :-)
We had a dusting of snow in the past two days but nothing significant. My friends and family in North Carolina got enough to cover the ground and cancel school. I doubt those of us in the Upstate are going to get any more at this point in the season. But I've been wrong before.
Today was a very good day. God answered prayer and provided for my needs in a mighty and powerful way. I am going to bed tonight thankful for His provision and for the people He used to accomplish it with.
And since it's been awhile since I've posted a pic of her, here is my miniature dachshund Tammy making a German spectacle of herself. How shameless!
Have had some scary time lately with Tammy, my miniature dachshund. Two weeks ago she hurt her back around her hind quarters area. I took her to the vet and sure enough, she probably injured herself jumping onto and off from the sofa and bed all this time. The vet gave her three medications and I've been sleeping in the living room since then, close to where she's made a nest of her blankets on the floor. Just making her take it easy.
Fourteen days later and Tammy is much better! She's still not allowed to try to jump onto furniture, so I've been carefully picking her up and putting her on the sofa so she can be near me while I work. She seems to be satisfied with the arrangement. Here she is from this afternoon:
A very dear friend is in the process of making Tammy a set of ramps that she can use to get on the bed and sofa without risk of injury. Which maybe I should have done a long time ago already.
But for the time being, she is recovered and spunky as ever. She's happy, and that makes me happy too :-)
I really should post more pics of Tammy, my miniature dachshund. She's just so cute and comical... and sometimes too smart for her own good. She has also literally saved my life and sanity. I would be a far different person - and maybe not here at all - were it not for Tammy.
So last night we were getting ready for our Saturday evening ritual of tuning in to Svengoolie, on the MeTV network. I was finishing up a few things at my desk before the show, and Tammy had peeked her head out from under her blanket. And she just looked so cute, reclining back on the sofa. It was such a good pose that I picked up my iPhone to snap her picture.
And it so happened that I caught her about to yawn. I quickly hit the button. And got this pic:
Maybe I'll get lucky one day and be able to snag some video of her yawning, because she sounds really sweet when she does that.
For some time I was posting new pics of my miniature dachshund Tammy every Tuesday. It's been a fair bit since I've done that. But it just so happened that I caught a really good snapshot of her this afternoon while I was working at the desk in my living room. I was eating some crackers and she insisted that I pay her the "cracker tax" (there's also the "chicken tax", the "cheese tax", the "barbecue ribs tax", etc.)...
I know: Tammy is not as red as she used to be. Well, she is over eleven years old. There's no not facing that. But she's still in excellent health, and if you saw how playful she is you would think she's much younger than her age. She always accompanies me when I turn in for the night and she makes sure that she takes a toy to bed, just like a human child would bring a stuffed doll. I've been told by the vet that if Tammy maintains good health and is kept at an ideal weight, that we'll be in each other's company for many years to come. Which, would make me very happy.
