For those who followed this last year, I have reconstructed it, but on Blog Spot.

The link, for anyone interested, is:

http://mad-hen-creations.blogspot.co...ry-7-2012.html

Raleys:

cutting boards (2) $3.74 ea
beef jerky (2) $6.99 ea
smoked Gouda (.51 lb @ $9.99/lb) $5.00
macaroni salad $2.99
duster cover $4.79
Half and Half (qt) $2.65
Half and Half (pt) $1.49

Save Mart:

sparkling water (2 4-pks) $2.99 ea
sparkling water (3 lg) $.99 ea
sparkling water (2 lg) $1.39 ea
small can of green chiles $1.69
cream of mushroom soup (2 cans) $.89 ea
cream of chicken soup...

Testing Olivia to see if she will make a good pet, and so far, here are the results:

1) Food - not food aggressive at all with humans; doesn't growl at pups when they stick their noses in her dish; I can take food away from her, including right out of her mouth, with no complaints from her.

2) Other dogs - seems very curious about my dogs, but since she is not yet vaccinated, we haven't been able to really test this one out. She wants to go in their room with them, when...

As promised, pictures of all the pups! And a couple of the proud momma, sporting her knew knitted sweater.

Olivia got her first bath a few days ago!! She is shedding, and it is making her (and me) crazy. Not to mention that she smelled like a street dog.

SO...out came the puppy shampoo. It is some cherry-blossom-scented pink stuff, but it is safe for puppies, and I figured it has been a few weeks, so it is probably okay to shampoo her now.

I popped her into the sink, in a wash tub, with about an inch of tepid water in it, and proceeded to try to get her wet. Olivia was...