We're Back! Meet us in St Louis!

 We survived!  What a move!-  the packers took two days to box up all of WHn's stuff and the loaders put it all on the van last Friday and we left Ohio at 4:15 that afternoon, arriving at our hotel in St Louis at 2:30 the next morning.  We went to Dad's new office on Saturday and then went to our new house and spent some time there!  We love the new house that Dad found for us!   The car was packed to the gills and WHN did most of the driving since Dad worked so hard for us!  He held the girls while she drove and Chip helped her drive! The basement is huge! two separate sections and a storage room!   WHN drove us to the house early MOnday, around 7 and the moving van was already here!  The driver had spent the night in the van!  He had a beautiful Australian Shepherd dog with him, and he knew all about being "owned"! The truck was unloaded by six o'clock that night and we were back at the hotel for one more night of fun and games- this was Anna Rose's and Tasha's first time in a hotel and they were good (Chip is an old pro at the travel game)  Sunday after Mass, Dad took all of us to the Arch in St Louis- it is HUGE!  Next weekend we are scoping out the BUdweiser factories for Puddles!

Dad at his office

At the Arch

Living Room

family room- 

kjitchen

 

dining room

our new home

Anna was tired from all of the snoopervising

Anna getting her first lesson in guard duty

VOTE FOR WHN!!!!!

 

Have you voted yet?  No?  Well, hop on over and vote for your favorite Pet quilt at the link- you are eligible for a pressie just for voting!  You get to vote in each of five categories- Dogs, Cats, other pets, EQ, and Art quilts.  Leave a comment at the blog, with the number of the quilt you wish to vote for in the category- (HINT- for the Dog category, if you were to vote for WHN, you would enter the number 4; for the Art quilt category, you would also enter the number 4 for WHN) 

VOTE! 

BTW- this will be our last post until August 15th!  The movers are on their way to load up the van (in the pouring rain!) If you need to get in touch with us, email WHN at DachsiesWithMoxieMama AT gmail DOT com

VOTE FOR WHN!!!! 

Daddy's Home!

Yes, Daddy is home!  We got to the airport just in time to pick him up and he was so glad to see us (NOT WHN!)  Anna Rose and Tasha sat on his lap on the trip home, which included a stop at Sonic for hotdogs for us and a sandwich and Limeade for WHN and Dad. Chip was glad Dad was home too- he ratted WHN out big time!  

Right now the movers are here boxing all our stuff up- Dad loaded the car with most of our stuff for Friday so that it doesn't get loaded onto the moving van by accident!   






 
PSA-   Don't forget to vote in the Pets on Quilts 2012 contest- Voting starts TOMORROW August 9th and it is ONE VOTE per person-  WHN is entered in two categories- Dogs on Quilts AND Art Quilts- She entered Sarge's quilt in the ART and Dogs on Quilts Categories AND the WDA Army quilt is entered into the Art Quilt Category.  All of the other quilts she is entereing are for the Dogs on Quilts category.   Head on over and see some beautiful pets on quilts!  invite the quilters to join Blogville- 

 

 

 http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-2012-pets-on-quilts-show-is-here.html

 

PETS ON QUILTS 2012

 

This years show is bigger and better than ever!  Fabulous pets, fabulous quilts.  And you can vote for

your favorites ~ if you can choose a favorite, that is!

Click on the link above ... read the announcement post and go from there.

BE SURE TO SAVE THE LINK so you can visit all the Pets on Quilts entries.

 

Dad is coming home!

As WHN is typing this impawtant message, our Dad is flying back to Ohio to help with the movers and, more importantly, to spoil us having neglected us for the last three weeks! He left us ALONE with WHN for three weeks- can you just imagine the trauma this horror produced in us?!

Tomorrow, the movers come to start the two days of boxing up everything, and then on Friday they load the moving van and we leave Ohio for St Louis, MO!

WHN would like to thank everyone in BLogville for their wonderful birthday wishes for both herself and for The Thai Master!  


PSA-   Don't forget to vote in the Pets on Quilts 2012 contest- Voting starts on August 9th and it is ONE VOTE per person !!!!!    Head on over and see some beautiful pets on quilts!  invite the quilters to join Blogville-

 http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-2012-pets-on-quilts-show-is-here.html

 

 

PETS ON QUILTS 2012

This years show is bigger and better than ever!  Fabulous pets, fabulous quilts.  And you can vote for

your favorites ~ if you can choose a favorite, that is!

Click on the link above ... read the announcement post and go from there.

BE SURE TO SAVE THE LINK so you can visit all the Pets on Quilts entries.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!

We, the Dachsies with Moxie, have the most wonderful news to tell you!  Dad found us a great home in Missouri and signed a one year lease yesterday!  WHN took care of getting the utilities scheduled for turn on and the movers will be here next Wednesday and Thursday to pack everything and then on Friday load up the moving van! We will officially leave Ohio next Friday after the moving van does and will be living near St Louis, MO starting next Saturday!  We will be living in FLorissant, MO and if you want our new address, email WHN! 

As such, we will NOT have internet access from August 9th until August 15th, so please bear with us as we whip WHN and Dad into shape!  

Please don't forget to vote for WHN and her dog and art quilts-  

 http://lilypadquilting.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-2012-pets-on-quilts-show-is-here.html

 

PETS ON QUILTS 2012

 

This years show is bigger and better than ever!  Fabulous pets, fabulous quilts.  And you can vote for

your favorites ~ if you can choose a favorite, that is!

Click on the link above ... read the announcement post and go from there.

BE SURE TO SAVE THE LINK so you can visit all the Pets on Quilts entries.

Wednesday- it's only Wednesday?

This has been a LONG week and it is only Wednesday!  Remember when we told you that Dad found us a house to rent?  Well, the owner went with someone else who had a terrible credit rating instead! (After putting the peeps through their paces of getting all the paperwork done in less than an hour on Monday!)  Then Dad looked at two more houses Monday night and found an even better one but now no word back, so tonight he and their realtor extraordinaire Kim are going to look at four more houses tonight.  Dad wants a huge basement- lots of room for trains and beer, and so he can hide Puddles when she gets into trouble.  ( A large basement means that BLogville will have its own clubhouse in the Midwest too!)

Then yesterday WHN had the rugs super dooper cleaned by Sears- and now we are banned from the upstairs and the den unless she is with us!  Guess she is afraid we might need to "mark" the occasion!   

Finally, WHN heard from the vet and Anna Rose's bloodwork was NOT good- her creatin and calcium levels are up too much so she rushed her to the vet for 24 hours of IV fluids to flush her kidneys before we move.  WHN will now be learning how to give them today so that Anna will be comfortable from now on- Anna Rose has not been in any pain as she was last year when this last occurred, but had been throwing up.  She will be coming home today around noonish.   WHN called to check on her last night and she had already improved- she was alert and watching what was going on while snoozing on her Daddy's bathrobe.  WHN didn't sleep a wink last night- no Anna Rose taking over her pillow and using her head as a head rest.  If anyone knows of a really good veterinarian in St Louis, please let WHN know!  Dad was shocked that his little angel got so sick so fast- hopefully it was due to the stress of the move and not due to her kidneys starting to get worse.  

Tasha would like to thank everyone in Blogville for the wonderful Gotcha Day wishes!

Dad, updated- UPDATED WITH PHOTOS

Dad was busy, busy, busy this weekend.  Saturday he looked at 8 houses and found the perfect house to rent for us!  It has a dishwasher, which is what WHN wanted, and the basement is huge- has a laundry room and two largish store rooms- Dad gets to keep his train stuff in one while the rest of the stuff goes in the other (decorations and the like)  Then he has the rest of the basement for his layout!  It has three bedrooms and hardwood floors in every room, except the kitchen which has tile.  Dad has to buy WHN a washer and dryer, but that is ok with her. the yard is not fenced but we will be on a cul de sac so we aren't worried!  IF Dad can get the lease signed this week- he will move in next weekend- buy an Aero bed and an HD tv so he can watch cable, and a microwave so he can "cook"- then he will come back here to get us!

Anna Rose misses her Daddy terribly- she eats her meals, but turns her nose up at her bed time treats and then early in the morning starts to get sick- nothing usually comes up, but WHN is worried.  So off to the vet we will go this morning!  Tomorrow Sears comes to steam clean the rugs and then we get to wait!   

BTW- rumor has it that Puddles the Great will be on vacation this week- no blogging!  WE heard that she will be hanging out with Dad while her peeps are away- whatever will they do?

View from the street

front room, to the right of the front door

Dad

Dad is settling in very nicely in St Louis- he has been using the pool at night and his first day at work went great!  (We think that he is so happy because PUDDLES is there to help "inventory" the breweries with him!)  St Louis was very hot and muggy yesterday and he expects it to be so today!  He received a company car and says the traffic reminds him of New Jersey!  He loves the St Louis style pizza but misses us even more.  Anna Rose is lost without her Daddy and spends the day next to the front door, waiting for him to come home.  WHN went swimming yesterday and then finished painting the porch- today she has to contend with the third moving company, to get an estimate for Dad,  and mail Dad the GPS for his new car.  Then she is going to pack up the linen closet and the bathroom, before giving it a good scrub down!  WHN and Dad are probably going to rent a townhouse so our stuff can go straight there instead of going into storage while the house in Ohio sells.  Pray that it sells quickly! 

For Love of Blogville and Puddles, St Louis, MO Edition

Puddles Pawty Mobile, St Louis style

Puddles' new home away from home

Will this be enough beer for Puddles?

We the Dachsies With Moxie, would like to thank everyone in Blogville for their best wishes for our Dad and WHN as we get ready to move to St Louis, MO.  We apologize for having to bail on hosting our two Olympic events, but thankfully Corbin has agreed to handle one of them in our stead.  So, to make up for this breach of etiquette, we will be hosting the inaugural Blogville and Puddles- a-thon when we are settled in our new home-  (hopefully it won't take 87 years to sell our house in OH- plese pray for us that it doesn't)  First up- the location- the Anheuser Busch Welcome Center has already been reserved!  The Clydesdales have been put on notice and their welcome wagon is being readied for Blogville!  Last phot shows the beer factory- will this be enough Bud Light for our Governor?  Will we need to arrange for other factories to be available?  Next up, we need to find chandeliers!  The