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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Surprises and Thank You's!

This past week we have received a few surprises in the mail.  Each one has brought tears to my eyes as I just  get overwhelmed at how genuinely thoughtful and caring people are.  Our first surprise came from our extended hound family at Autumn Blaze Bassets.


Becki donated half of the sale of her last puppy from her last litter to the Freddie Fund! (The puppy flew to sunny California to his new forever home.) She would not take no for an answer and said it could help with Freddie's meds.  It will help out immensely and we can't thank her enough for her thoughtfulness!

Then we got a surprise all the way from Nebraska from Gracie, Schatzie and their Momma, Val over at My Girlz Got Paws!


We were so touched by their donation that came with a cute little card and a thoughtful note with a great reminder.


Now there was one condition. If you noticed on the envelope it said , ATTENTION: Gloria.  That's because they figured since Gloria is the serious one, she should handle the funds.  Great idea Val! After all we don't want Freddie squandering it! 


So Gloria dutifully put the money into the Freddie Fund jar (just ignore the cheese stuck to it, I had to do something to get her to touch it!) and  now it's official.
  

 Gloria will be treasurer!


"Go ahead. I don't give a rat's a@*!"

Fred obviously is milking this whole hip thing to no end.

Then our mailman brought a parcel for me from Utah! It was from our good friends Goose and his Momma Michelle over at Gospel of Goose.  Fred and Gloria were quite curious so I let them help me with it.


 "I think I smell a Goose!"


They had lots of fun with the paper.  Even Gloria got right into it.


"What is it Freddie?"
"Duh, I don't know Gloria. It looks like some kind of bowl or something."

Nope!  It is the most wonderful wine holder I have ever seen!  I just can't believe that Goose's Momma parted with this for me. Look at the card, it's a Zentangle by Reilly's Momma at Cowspotdog that has Goose on it!


You can see the wine holder in Goose's taco post if you go here and in his Potential Mischief post here. But here is the very first time I saw it on their blog and fell in love with it and the way Goose is looking at it is priceless!  It does look like Freddie! I think I have commented on how much I love it every time I see it in one of their posts and I can't believe they remembered!! How sweet is that!  Thank you so much Michelle and Goose I will always cherish it!

We thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts!!


This was the best picture hubby could get of the three of us! lol

48 comments:

  1. We are soooooo happy that you got it AND it is in one piece. It was a funny story trying to get it to you. In short never tell the postal worker that it is a wine holder. I think all she heard was "wine" and proceeded to tell me it is against the law to ship alcohol in Utah. MOM kept saying, "No it holds the alcohol. This went on for 20 minutes. Finally my MOM left with the package and went to a different post office and when ask what it was she said "a bowl". Which came the reply "what kind?". hahhaha So again we are thrilled it actually made it to you. Seeing ya all's happy faces makes our day. Nose pokes to all of you.
    Blessings,
    Goose

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  2. What a wonderful, uplifting post! And what a wonderful & caring community you all belong to!

    Love
    Robyn (Wally & Sammy)

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  3. Woof! Woof! What a great presents. LOVE your happy photo. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

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  4. That is a lovely photo of you three!
    Hope Gloria doesn't spend all that money on treats and comfy beds, you know how these girls are :)
    What a lovely suprise for you, bet it really cheered you up.
    Lynne x

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  5. Aww that was really sweet of them. I think you should do the chip in thing, BM. Gloria sounds the more trustworthy choice. Freddie should just rest.

    Huggies and Cheese,
    Haopee

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  6. We are SO happy for you all...that last picture just says it all!! We can see the joy in your faces!! What wonderful pressies!! xoxo Chloe and LadyBug

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  7. Those are some wonderful surprises!!! I think keeping Gloria in charge of the cash is best! BOL!

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  8. What a lovely post - so glad to see the happiness you are feeling from those thoughtful presents! Gloria is taking her responsibilities seriously too :-) Have a great day - woofs and licks from Magic xx

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  9. We are always amazed at the kindness of folk. We hope that the gifts lifted your spirits. How very kind. Have a terrific Thursday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  10. What a wonderful week of love you got......way to go

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  11. WOWZERS! What a super week for you! Maybe you should give Freddie some of that wine to help with his pain. Just sayin!
    Lovies, Miss Mindy

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  12. Good friends make you soooooo happy.

    XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy

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  13. How wonderful. You have great friends. I love the last picture.

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  14. What lovely pressies you've got from friends! The gifts are so precious and so beautiful and the picture of three of you are the sweetest one. We love your treasurer too, she is so trustworthy and loyalty.

    Have a terrific Thursday!

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  15. Miss Gloria appears to take her job quite seriously. Hope everything continues to go well!

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  16. Looks like Gloria had to get one last lick before dropping it in the jar. Blogville friends are the best. Sniffs, The HoundDogs

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  17. Blogville is a very generous place. Those were lovely gifts from everyone.

    Cindy & Millie

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  18. Your furfriends are the best kind of friends anyone could wish fur.
    Thank you for always stopping by to say hello to me.

    xo Cinnamon

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  19. This is a wonderful post.
    I sure hope Freddie gets well soon.

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  20. We are sooo happy that you received such wonderful prezzies!! You are sooo deserving and you have some AMAZING friends! The wine holder is just soo unique and wonderful! Your friend that donated half the sale of her puppy is a true angel and your other friend that sent $20 ...you are definitely being watched over!

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  21. What thoughtful and loving gifts! That is a beautiful picture hubby took of you all:)

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  22. Wow - if that was all in a week at this time of year, what is your place like at Christmas? I may need to visit then to help you with all your gifts ;)

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  23. How sweet! Blogville is an awesome place
    Nola

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  24. What a fun post and we are so humbled to be a part of it!!! Glad Miss Gloria is taking her job seriously :) Love the "bowl" from Goose and Michelle--such a special gift. Blogville is an amazing place!!

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  25. It's amazing the amount of support you get from people you have met through blogging. What awesome and generous gifts you and Freddie received! I love that last photo! Great shot of the 3 of you!

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  26. Don't we meet the most wonderful people through blogging?! We're all so blessed! Love the photos! :D

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  27. There are some people in this world that really make a difference to your life. You Freddy and Gloria are SO lucky to have friends like these :) and yes you do seem the sensible type to look after the money!

    Slobbers

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  28. We haven't a lot but we can share, if you have paypal, we can give a bit..Email and let me know. Every little helps , if everyone does a little, it amounts to lots..Does that make sense? Who knows, one day we may all need our bloggie friends :) xx00xx Don't forget the email..BELNEAMEADOW@GMAIL.COM XX00XX

    Mollie and Alfie

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  29. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! Ho pawesome is thst?!? You are the luckiest with having such great furiends!

    BTW, great call mom making Gloria the money holder! We all know that Freddie would eat the money!!!

    ~Higgins

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  30. How SWEET is this, Janet!! And I agree with Gloria 'keeping an eye on the bank'. You know how guys are with money!!
    Love that photo of Freddie just being relaxed and cool!! lol

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  31. How fun! I think it is a stroke of genius to make Gloria the treasurer. She will make sure Freddie gets the most out of his fund. Wine for you, cheese for Gloria and Freddie can have the paper from the box.

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  32. We get so bombarded by bad news etc, it is so nice to hear that people really do care. Thanks for sharing and best of luck with all of this. Hailey and Phod

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  33. Hi Y'all!

    How wonderful!

    Y'all come by now,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

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  34. Such kindhearted souls out there in cyber-space.....watch out...you just never know who's gonna throw something your way...hold on tight me lovelies!

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  35. You and Freddie and Gloria look so happy. I am glad your spirits are uplifted and you see how much people care.
    Thanks for being a friend
    Sweet William The Scot

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  36. It is a wonderful pic of the three of you!! We haven't been around Blogville for a long time but we are amazed at the number of wonderful people and pups who reside here. Just last week our mom told Goose's mom that we were moving . . . to Blogville!

    Your friends,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  37. What wonderful pressies! We love the wine holder!

    Sam

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  38. It's like Christmas at your house! Such lovely, thoughtful presents! And I'm so glad Gloria will be the treasurer. I'm afraid Fred would take the money to buy kleenes ;-)

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  39. There really are some lovely people out there huh?! Freddy deserves it; he's a great dog... Deccy x

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  40. This brought tears of joy to my eyes. How do we go about sending you mail? Do you have a PO Box?

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  41. What a sweet picture of you and the doggies. What a sweet post from all your wonderful friends from around the world sending gifts for Freddie and Gloria. :)

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  42. Oh so wonderful. All of it. I love that Val decided that Gloria should be the treasurer. And, I love our community for wanting to help with Freddie and for making you smile. That wine holder is fabulous!

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  43. You are so generous and giving, it's only right to be able to receive - and such personalized gifts: allowing Gloria to be treasurer and sharing that fabulous photo of the three of you. Go, Freddie Fund!

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  44. Hey Fred, Hey Gloria, Jet here. Hi Miss Janet.

    We here at Casa Jet believe that you receive the energy you put out. Miss Janet, you are so kind, thoughtful, caring etc... so, like a boomerang, you deserve the exact same right back. These three examples serve as a reflection of you.

    Gloria will definitely make a solid, trust worthy treasurer. :)

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  45. Lovely post, just goes to show how generous the people of blogville are. I love the wine holder.

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  46. Bassetmomma: this is total wotten waven. People are so kind in blogville. Your post makes me wag very hard. Love, Tootsie

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