Showing posts with label bosco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bosco. Show all posts
I have some sad news. You may have noticed that I haven't been around for a while. It's because our dog Bosco passed away on November 26, 2022. Bosco was 15 years old.
We adopted Bosco when he was a six-month-old puppy and has been with us for 14 1/2 years.
Bosco's health had declined in the last six months due to old age. He slowed down and had two seizures about two weeks ago that were scary. When I called the vet he said to stop Bosco's blood pressure medicine and that he had a glorious life. We wanted Bosco put to sleep in our home and we found a vet who would come to our house to do the procedure. When the vet and assistant came to the house, Bosco followed them into the kitchen and he knew he was ready to go to doggie heaven. He then died in my daughter's arms.
I'm crying as I write this blog post but we're trying to remember the happy times we've had with Bosco.
Bosco was a happy puppy and he loved playing with all his toys. He had two dog buddies that lived on our block and they liked to play together.
He loved his dog treats.
He loved sitting on the couch with me.
Bosco and I took a lot of walks together.
Bosco loved car rides around town or when we would visit my daughter while she was away at college. My daughter's roommates would watch Bosco so that we could go out to dinner. They all loved Bosco's sweet personality.
Bosco made our life complete.
Thanks, Bosco for all the memories we've had with you.
Bosco, we will miss you and keep you in our hearts forever.
Julie xo
Hello blog friends.
Today is Bosco's 13th Birthday!
We rescued Bosco when he was only 6 months old. We found Bosco on the website Pet Finder.
My daughter saw Bosco and decided that he was the dog she wanted to adopt.
When we adopted Bosco from a house in New Jersey, Bosco wasn't his name. His name was Short Stop. We decided we didn't like the way his name sounded or flowed. I guess his foster parents liked baseball. I liked the name Bosco because it reminded me of the chocolate syrup my mom used to make us chocolate milk. I thought that Bosco sounded like a sweet name.
Poor Bosco was returned twice before we adopted him. When we adopted Bosco he was so sick. We took him to the vet and helped to get him better. He just needed some meds and tender loving care.
Bosco has the sweetest personality and gets along great with people, kids, dogs, and cats.
Bosco loves his car rides with us around town or on long car rides.
Here he is hiding underneath the dining room table. I love how he had that look like you found me, mom!
Bosco is so affectionate and he even knows when to cheer us up. He is such a pleasure and we look forward to celebrating more birthdays with him.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOSCO!
Click HERE to see the blog parties I will be linking up to.
Julie
Hello blog friends.
Yay! Happy Friday and Happy May!
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1. Spring Flowers
I'm so happy we made it to May and I'm looking forward to planting more flowers and veggies in my garden.
I love seeing all of the pretty flowers as I take walks in my neighborhood.
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2. Instagram Photo
I spotted this photo on Instagram @flow_grow_glow on how to grow arugula. I make a lot of salads using arugula lettuce. I hope to grow some this summer.
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3. Making Soup
I have been making soup every week for a while. I found this recipe for Instant Pot Bean Soup at the blog Pressure Luck Cooking. There is a video to watch with easy directions. We had this soup for dinner recently and it was a hit. I also made the Instant Pot Stuffed Artichokes using the recipe from Pressure Luck Cooking blog and it's a winner.
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4. Different Moods of Bosco
We've been having a lot of rain lately. Bosco just hates the rain just like his mom! Bosco decided to come into the basement and watch me do the laundry. LOL. Now if only he could do the laundry!
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Bosco decided one evening that he was going to have a Zoom meeting with his buddies. Bosco even brought his water with him to the meeting. |
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I hope all is well with you. Have a happy Friday and weekend.
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Hello friends. Yay, it's Friday and the end of the week.
I'm so happy that it's the start of Spring. 🌹
Here are some of my favorite things I'm sharing with you this week.
1) Three Things Writing Series April Reminder
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Laura from the blog The Horton Family has a fun writing series that she hosts the second Monday of the month. I have participated in this the last two times and it's such a fun way to write about the prompts she gives us each month. Here is the writing prompt for April 8th. I hope you all will join in too. There is no link up but you can just post it on your blog Monday, April 8th.
2) Matcha Green Tea Protein Drink
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My husband has been making protein shakes for part of our breakfast. Whenever he makes one he will give me a glass of this protein drink too. It's a healthy drink because he adds fruit, protein powder, Matcha green tea powder, almond milk, and ice cubes.
3) The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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I am reading this book right now and loving it. I was gifted this book for Christmas by my daughter.
Here is how Amazon describes the book:
Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love--and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.
The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate.
I'm in the middle of the book now and I can't put it down as I love reading it. There are 771 pages in the book but don't let that scare you as it's a fast read.
I hope you'll put this one on your reading book list.
I hope you'll put this one on your reading book list.
4) Noosa Yogurt
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My husband and I are loving this yogurt right now. I never had this before and I decided to try it out when I saw it in the supermarket. The yogurt container is small and it has fruit on the bottom and creamy yogurt on the top. I sometimes add granola on top of the yogurt and that tastes really yummy! We usually have one of these for our dessert after dinner or a snack in the evening.
5) Spring Shopping
I have started my spring shopping this week. I bought these cute Tommy Hilfiger flip flops, Tommy Hilfiger sunglasses, a floral sunglass case, sandals, and new sneakers.
Have you bought anything new for spring yet and what did you buy?
6) My fur baby Bosco
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My rescue dog Bosco is such a cute and loving dog. He hates it when I want to take his photo and he usually looks away, but this time I was lucky to capture this shot of him. I can't believe that Bosco will be 12 years old in the fall.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and weekend. :)
(And Not So Wordless)
I enjoyed this early evening walk with Bosco. This was our view as the sun was starting to set. I loved looking at the water, and the tulips along the side of the road.
I just had to share with you this funny photo I took of my dog Bosco over the holidays. Every year I get out the boxes of Christmas decorations and pull out the reindeer antlers. I usually wear them to get a laugh from everyone, but one day I decided to put them on Bosco instead. I love being silly sometimes, as the holidays can be a little bit on the stressful side. Bosco was so patient with me and he even let me wrap him up in his knitted blanket. We all had such a good laugh that day.
If you follow me on Instagram then you would have seen this cute photo of Bosco. I would love to have you join and follow me there to see some more photos I like to post! :)
Anyways I'm a little sad to see the holidays are already over, as I felt like the season went way too fast. I enjoyed visiting with both sides of our family, but we had to do a lot of traveling to accomplish that. I was so exhausted for a few days after Christmas. I rested a lot during that time and enjoyed watching some Christmas movies. Now that Christmas is over I have been taking down all of the decorations. I have boxes scattered all over the house that need to be put away and organized.
Have you noticed anything different with my blog? Yes, I have a new blog look. I wanted a new blog look for a while and I finally decided to update the look with something fresh and new. I hope you all enjoy it as I am still getting used to it.
There also seems to be a new change with Google Friend Connect that I wanted to let some of you know about if you haven't already heard. I recently lost a small amount of followers from GFC, and I was so upset about it, as I thought it was because of me. Well that was not the case, and here is what will happen with Google Friend Connect:
In 2011, we announced the retirement of Google Friend Connect for all non-Blogger sites. We made an exception for Blogger to give readers an easy way to follow blogs using a variety of accounts. Yet over time, we’ve seen that most people sign into Friend Connect with a Google Account. So, in an effort to streamline, in the next few weeks we’ll be making some changes that will eventually require readers to have a Google Account to sign into Friend Connect and follow blogs.
As part of this plan, starting the week of January 11, we’ll remove the ability for people with Twitter, Yahoo, Orkut or other OpenId providers to sign in to Google Friend Connect and follow blogs. At the same time, we’ll remove non-Google Account profiles so you may see a decrease in your blog follower count.
We encourage you to tell affected readers (perhaps via a blog post), that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List, making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the blogs they follow.
I hope that this will help explain some of the changes that will be happening with google. There are other ways of following my blog, such as Bloglovin, and by email, and you can find them on my sidebar.
I usually do not do a new word for the new year, but this year I decided to join the trend. My new word for this year is POSITIVE and that is what I'm going to strive to be.
Do any of you watch the British soap Downton Abbey? Well, I absolutely love watching it. The tv show started Sunday night for it's 6th and last season. I started watching the show a little late in it's 3rd season and I'm totally hooked on it. I enjoyed looking at all of the fashion and hairstyles of the women. The characters I like best are Lady Mary Crawley and Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet. Do you have a favorite character? Well you'll know where to find me on Sunday nights. LOL!
Well that is basically a little recap of what has been happening with me. This week it's back to the same old routine. I am happy to start back to my Tuesday crochet group meeting and my once a month crochet group get together. I'm looking forward to this as it will help me get my crochet mojo back. I haven't crocheted anything since the end of November.
Thanks for stopping by and I will have a recipe to share with you at the end of the week.
Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!
Thanks everyone and enjoy!
Julie
(And Not so Wordless)
A few weeks ago while I was shopping in Michael's, I bought Bosco his costume for Halloween. Here he is dressed up as Superman or Superdog? Haha, that's my cutie! He will be wearing his costume all day on Halloween!
Bosco also sends Halloween wishes to everyone and we hope you have a great day!
Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!
Thanks everyone and Enjoy!
Julie
Today is Bosco's 8th Birthday!
We rescued him about 7 1/2 years ago when he was a puppy and we love him so much.
He is such a good boy and such a joy to have. He is so friendly to people and dogs!
I will be buying him a hamburger later from McDonald's!
I know he'll LOVE that!
Bosco and I hope you all have a great day.
Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!
Thanks everyone and Enjoy!
Julie
(And Not so Wordless)
I must have been boring Bosco with our morning walk last week! YAWN!!!
If you would like to follow Bosco's account on Instagram he is at @mydogbosco
Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!
Thanks everyone and Enjoy!
Julie
Take time to stop and look around your neighborhood during this holiday season.
Thanks everyone and Enjoy!
Julie
I thought I would share with you some photos of Bosco and our early morning fall walks since winter will be here soon. Once the winter comes we walk fast and are not able to take our time walking since it's so cold out.
This is Bosco dressed up in his pumpkin outfit for Halloween this year. Bosco helped me greet the little trick or treaters. The kids and Moms all thought he looked adorable.
I love how it looks like Bosco is kissing the bench even though he is trying to sniff it!
So many leaves have fallen off the trees now.
Bosco loves walking in the leaves and I love how still and quiet it is in the early morning.
These trees below remind me of a jungle!
We have been lucky here so far and have not had any snow yet. We are expected a few inches of snow on Wednesday so we will see what happens.
This is Bosco with his crocheted toy wrapped around his neck. His crazy mom did that to him last night! You can see my shoes and the foot with the sock in the photo is me! I made my husband take the photo! Bosco looks so serious but I had a good laugh!
If any of you are on Instagram you can see this photo of Bosco here. You can come visit and join me here and see some of my behind the scene photos!
I just wanted to update you all on the Christmas Crochet Sale we had at our church. It was a huge success and a lot of my homemade items went home with happy people. I had a good time and left late in the afternoon and rested my tired feet last night. I think I can take it easy now from knitting and crocheting for the sale for next year. I want to concentrate on finishing up some projects for myself. In case you missed that post you can see it here. The the multi colored scarf in the first photo I finished and I will be giving this for a Christmas present this year.
Thanks to all of you that left me such sweet and kind comments about my knit/crochet projects that I worked on throughout the year for the sale, I really appreciate it.
(photo from the graphics fairy)
(photo from the graphics fairy)
I want to thank you all for your friendship and for your kind and sweet comments throughout the year! I appreciate your visits from each and everyone of you old and new!
Wishing You a Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks everyone and Enjoy!
Julie
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