Getting ready for bed here...sleeping in family room so I can keep an eye on Molly....she will curl up in chair by me .  Just a worrywort here when it comes to Molly.  She does not seem to be in any pain, no tummy noises going on ...just mellow and ready to snuggle up it seems.  Rain in forecast for tomorrow here...which is something we usually count on for Good Friday....almost always seems to at least rain for a wee bit on that day.  I  always thought it was the heavens weeping for all of us on earth as a child. 

  Hope you all have a great Easter!  and that Molly talks Neil into some extra walks and treats!  Molly would hate jack hammers here so I bet you all are glad to have a few days of quiet.

Thanks for the thoughts for my sister...will be a long four or five months for her so please keep her in your prayers.

  Sounds like your Molly is working you also.  Tonight I am trying to figure out what I need to add for my summer wardrobe ....know I have to have at least a current summer jacket or top for work here but think basically it is boiling down to a navy shell and crops for everyday!  Sandals are the other item I guess.  So funny as I am putting winter /fall things away as you are getting them out! 

  How is Molly liking your cooler weather?  bet she is wanting to spend more time outdoors.  Ours loves sunny brisk windy days the best....perfect for hunting her shadows and not getting hot doing it.

Ahh sounds like she is an active little one! Perhaps trying too hard to keep up with her older sister?  I will defend the middle child as I am the middle of the first three girls in my family.  Hate to hear they get hurt....especially when we can remember the same injury from when we were kids.

  Molly cuddled up here tonight....she is less active when it is rainy....she will go out but unless she is chasing something she tries to keep her feet as dry as she can. Should not have cleaned my closet tonight...found a bad of Molly toy's I had hidden last fall....oh well ....will leave them for another occasion to surprise her.

Happy Easter Eunice!  Give Baby Molly an IS hug from Miss Molly.  Hope you had a relaxing day with some nice weather.

I have eggs getting ready to be dyed here but wanted to drop you a quick note.  Well , seems last night (Friday night here) while I was chatting to you 7 tornadoes hit the St Louis area....all north of here (15 to 30 minutes from us) ...lots of damage and closed down the airport but miracle as no one severely injured.  Another storm hitting here now and seems like we will have another four days of them at least.  May need an ark here if it keeps raining!  Just wanted to let you know we are fine here just wet.

S

Fall and Easter just seem so odd to me....Easter and Spring !!!! Halloween for you all is in spring?  Halloween here is falling leaves, bonfires and leaves changing colors...and right after harvest so pumpkins and gourds are easily available.

   Molly tiptoes between batches of raindrops and tries her best to avoid the worse mud to make her outside trips...has been really good about going out but does not really like to have her paws  wiped when she comes back inside....too bad she won't wear boots...but then the boots would be muddy so guess it is an ongoing battle of which is worse...wrestling her into and out of muddy boots or just wiping her paws clean?  :) though I still think someone needs to develope a "paws bidet" that washes and then quickly air dries their paws as soon as they come inside.

  Noticed you blamed Neil for riling Baby Molly up!  sounds like me blaming Alan for any wildness inside the house...and for babying Molly and for anything else I wish to blame him for!   Is Baby Molly romping thru the house or jumping on things inside in her naughtiness?  Isn't it funny how these males in our life can stir up even our female dogs?  Has to be that male/female  bond!  Glad you are getting your painting done....I have casserole in oven now so tomorrow will be just warming up and cooking some asparagus here when Angie gets home from work. Ohhhh meant to tell you that yesterday I found and had to buy some hot cross buns made strictly with strawberries as the fruit in it.....think I really liked them...only got one for me but it was different...did seem odd to not have raisins or dried fruit in them...my Grandma would have a fit at my buying them as she always made them from scratch.

12 AM so is officially  Easter here.!  Got home from work around 9 pm so just finishing up what I wanted to get cooked ahead for tomorrow here...it is cooling before I put it into the refrigerator.  Hot Cross buns were made with strawberries instead of the raisins or dried fruit that is traditional,  they had the right shape and the cross on top and when I heard what they were I had to have one for Good Friday for myself.  I love strawberries...it was not a strong flavor but was decent.  Hard to find good ones here also.

  Laughed at Baby Molly's romp....and know that coffee spilling well here...Our Molly also likes to greet us in bed....just a little too excited when I am still asleep....she would love for me to sleep in family room as I did the other night with her....kept watching to see if I was going to get up and go to bed but seemed content just to be able to see me.  Molly thinks we should drink our coffee out on the patio and watch her hunt...so when she sees a coffee cup here she heads to the door...goes out and then waits for us ...makes us feel bad if we are not going out as she sits so nicely watching for us to come out....we started that early morning coffee and late evening iced coffee on the patio when she first came home....never did it in the winter but we do it when weather is nice and now she thinks coffee means we are ALL going outside!

wonder what would happen if you did not use bananna?  or would one bananna make quite a few of the treats for Baby Molly<  this is one I might like to try as ours lovesssssss her ice cream! 

  So far oldest grandson is only 7 so he does not FB .....talks to me by phone a couple of times a week.  2 year olds do not talk much so it is more you talk to them and they make noises back.

Eunice enjoy the rest of your Easter ...and the walk with Molly. I am heading off to bed here as last casserole is in refrigerator.  Talk to you soon...hugs to little Baby Molly!

S

now that would be as easy thing to make....though I do not thaw the frosty paws before I give them to her...she likes to lick them too much...so not sure if I would thaw these.

  So nice that you get to talk to the grandkids....twins at 2 seem to have their own language so so far no one else is sure what they are saying.  Donavon though can chatter up a storm.  Hope you had a wonderful Easter.

Happy Easter Eunice!!

We had a very quiet Easter here....rain so all muddy outside so Molly's treasure hunt is postponed til it is dry out.  I did get to talk to Donavon and seems they had a nice day...and too much candy!  We had a late dinner as Angie worked and Molly enjoyed her Easter basket...two toys still in basket but the two I hid in the house she has played with all evening...so guessing she would rather I hide things for her to find.  Bully stick has been hidden for about the tenth time....will be interesting to see if she ever really chews on it. You can see her thinking as she walks around looking for the perfect hiding spot...this one is about an inch wide but is about eighteen inches in length so little harder for her to hide.  She keeps trying out different spots in the house. 

 What is going in where the dining room set was?  Molly would also think it was her new playground!

Has to be the male thing!  I sometimes just call Alan Molly's boytoy....as she is just crazy about him...and he is extremely flattered and secretly I think very pleased to finally have one of our Irish's be that way over him....as all the boys were that way with me.

   We have had steady rain all day...and reading the paper shocked me today...I knew tornado hit Friday night north of us but not how bad it was ...worse one in 40 years....so I guess I better go back to paying more attention to forecasts here. With more rain and storms for early part of week figure we will have local creek and road floodings....will have to adjust my route to work til river goes down.  Just a miracle no one was killed and only minor injuries . Lot of homes condemned and not liveable so will be quite a while before those people are back in their homes. 

uhohhhh on that bully stick....do not think Alan will be getting her another one when I tell him this one...they told him leg tendon.....might even make Alan squirm a wee bit when I tell him what tendon the internet says it is.  Thank you for telling me to look it up...and I will be asking the lady at our pet store why she did not tell him this?

I do leave her dry kibble down all the time...but only put a set amount in per day...usually she rations it pretty well and almost always has at least a half cup left at end of the day. Alan spoils her in the AM with a few graham crackers and a doggie biscuit to jump start her morning...that is the bone she often will bury under my blanket if I am still in bed.  Around 5 pm she will get some tinned meat...salmon , beef. lamb mixed with small amount of her kibble for her main meal.  Doggie biscuit when she finishes that meal also.  That is pretty much it unless we give her a wee bit of cooked vegetables, fruit, or some plain popcorn.

perhaps I should help Molly hide it in Alan's underwear drawer?  and then tell him?  lol

We are bad........perhaps it is good thing we are not close or we could really get into trouble!

Hi Eunice...sorry I crashed last night big time....bully stick is still being moved and hidden by Miss Molly here.  But Alan's face was a treasure when I told him what that bully stick was...his comment was "She better not get any ideas here!"  Angie said no wonder she likes it!  grrrrr....lots of teasing gong on here about it but have yet to see her really chew on the silly thing.....guess that is ultimate recycling going on.  Thiking deer antlers sound much nicer!  How are you all doing? 

We had computers off last night due to lightening n area but missed worse part of storms last night. Two more days of rain and then a cooling off before we find out what is coming next. 

Here they reccomend you go into a basement or lower level of the building...away from windows and doors ( bathrooms on main level usually a good choice),,we do have a basement here....and one room of it has no windows at all and the main room has only a tiny window so in bad storms that is where we go.  We have a family room down there with a tv , sofa etc so it is not really a hardship to go down there .

  I also agree on no more bully sticks...though this one might be around forever if her whole interest in it is to hide it....or walk around carrying it like it is a cigar in her mouth!  Alan could not believe he got that for her....and we keep telling him he better watch out.

  Shame you have to keep after them for noise on the construction site....should be a given in a neighborhood they keep noise to a minimum.  Will be glad for you all when they finish the construction.  How is Molly doing with all the noise?  Ours is so nosey she would have to know everything that is going on.  Trying to download a picture I took of her today....just a funny one.

So Molly wants to learn how to chat with my Molly...then we would be in trouble.  I will try to get picture of the bully stick ...right now is hidden somewhere...I was at a Rock and Mineral Sale today and when I got back no bully stick ,  She will dig it out again so will try to catch picture of her with it.  Poor Alan as we keep teasing him he better be careful if she loses this bully stick.  Guess we do have our own sense of humor.

Does Molly lie on your bed while you take your shower? is what our's does...and heaven's help you if you spray anything...even in the bathroom...she will start rolling and rolling and throw the pillows all over the place....like I sprayed her with something....she will see me pick up the hairspray etc but run in there as evidently she likes to roll on our bed.

HOpe everything is alright with your grand daughter......email if you want to talk. 

Scooter finally passed away at 18 years old...I used to go see him.  We had just gotten so used to Scooter being there that when they moved it was like they took part of our house!   You have had good luck with your Irish Setter's and cats...think Molly here would be like your Cherie...afraid to go past the cat and would cry about it....she is a terrible crybaby.  I laugh at how much she cries about things.  Our boys never whined or cried when they wanted something but Molly lets us know what she wants all the time. 

Does Baby Molly try to carry as many toys as she can in her mouth?  Ours tries to get as many as she can in there to greet us with or to get us to chase her ....then she tries to roo with all the toys in there and it comes out so funny.

All of our Irish have always played a lot with toys...toys were to keep them from getting into things they should not with the boys!  and believe me they did their share and more of that.  We always included the IS at all holidays so they got presents and even an Easter basket...perhaps because we waited so long for our girls to arrive.  Wedo tend to spoil Molly as she has been such a delight and surprise for all of us.  Keep looking at her and wonder if her original owner has any idea of what an awesome dog she is...something we can never understand but something we are so thankful for.  Took such a tiny bit of work to train her and get her used to life inside a home and she learns so quickly that it seems perhaps she never had a true chance to show they just how wonderful she is.

Miss Molly just always has a toy within reach if not two...hides a few in places where she can get them quickly so she greets us with a toy or two.  She knows that we usually will almost always stop to play a quick game of fetch or catch with her so I guess that is why she loves all her toys so much....thing that works almost as well for attention is rolling over on her back for a bellyrub.

Hello Eunice.

I was looking at the Photos of your girl and read you got her from Queensland,

Can I ask who the breeder is as she looks a lot like a setter we hope to get a girl from later this year.

Cheers

Graham.

Thanks for that,

I thought there was a similarity, I take it you have been chating with Carmel, we really did like Mac and Annabelle when we went up and seen them and decided straight away to wait for a pup if we were accepted. Carmel told me about this site so I have here to blame for all the time I spend looking at Photos. Didn't realise how much I missed the breed over the last 15 years or so.

Got the bug again when we went to Ireland and seen some really nice dogs there, even though most were pets.

I know I will know the answer, but is Molly's nature loving and outgoing with a heap of confidence.

Hope to chat again

Graham.

We got home really late...after midnight so I did turn the wedding on ...started here at 4 am...dosed in and out watching it.  Hope you took some pictures of Baby Molly in her feathers!  Kate's dress was lovely...almost made me want to get married again!  Hope you are doing good.