30/Dec/17 thank you for my Christmas present

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

This is my tire.  It has a rope that is fed though the center.  I can play tug of war with it.  I can also sit quietly and chew on the tire or the rope.  Depends on my mood.  Floyd said this tire toy is heavy.  I guess it would be for his dogs.  They are only small compared to me.

We got a little dusting of snow yesterday.  It is also snowing right now.  Just enough to say, "it's snowing outside".  But nothing much is accumulating on the ground.  Again, just enough to make things White again.

They were forecasting for a bit snow storm this weekend, but now it's GONE.  This pleases the Big Guy quite a bit.  Although if you do look at the forecast, you can see that there is a system coming in for Wednesday.  Guess we will see if we actually get that snow.

Of course, I'm hoping we get it. The Big Guy, well, he hopes it misses us.

There was a lot of garbage that was put to the curb yesterday.  But there just wasn't the "quality" garbage that I know and love.  It was mostly Christmas wrapping paper and such.  What a gyp.  So instead of smelly garbage.  It was a little smelly with a lot of paper.   Oh well, it isn't the only garbage day that will happen.  I'm happy that we get one garbage day a week.

Last night, Tonya was drinking Martini's.  With olives.  Guess who got to have an olive.  Yup, I did!  I chewed on it quite a bit.  It was sour.  But since Tonya gave it to me, I figured it must be good.

The Big Guy drank his rum on ice with soda.  Since he is off his diet for this week, I'm surprised that he didn't have a rum and coke.  Then again, he is still trying to avoid sugar.

Only today and tomorrow is left of the year 2017.  The Big Guy is hoping that this year, I will mellow out some what.  We will see how I feel about that.

Bye bye fur now.

29/Dec/17 it's garbage day

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

During our walk yesterday, the Big Guy got to wear his new Ski Pants.  He was so happy that he was able to wear them.  Tonya stayed home.  She thought it was too cold outside to go for a walk.  The Big Guy mostly walked on the road though.  The sidewalks are FULL of ice.  Then again, so is his driveway.  Although yesterday I did see him putting salt on the driveway.

Today is garbage day.  This means that I will get to smell all those wonderful garbage smells.  I can't wait to go for my walk.  

Since it isn't so frightfully cold today, I wonder if Tonya is going to go for a walk with us?  She says that we need these devices that attach to your sneakers that have spikes on them.  This will allow you to walk on ice without slipping.

I've been watching the Big Guy and it's that time of year again, where he starts scratching a lot.  That happens every year.  The air gets dry, the water turns "hard" and his skin dries out.  He has this back scratcher where he can reach it.  He knows not to take long hot showers this time of year.  Just wash up and get out of the shower.  There must be some sort of moisturizer he could get for after the shower.  Oh well, his problem, not mine.

The Big Guy got this parcel from Amazon yesterday. It has some controllers in it.  He's pretty excited about it.  He said that he only needs to upload some emulators to his PC and he can play all these older Nintendo games.  I think he is trying to re-live his youth.  He can be a bit weird.

Right now, the Big Guy is cooking this pork picnic ham.  I can smell the smell coming out of the stove.  He says he will be making pulled pork.  But do you think I get any?  NONE!  That is how much I am going to get.

Bye bye fur now.

28/Dec/17 it's really cold outside

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

So the Big Guy doesn't want to insult anyone, but it's -14 here.  With the wind chill, it feels like -25 C, or -13 F.  So it's kinda cold outside.  BUT, he knows that this is nothing for some people that live in the Prairies.  But here in Cape Breton, add the humidity to the air.  It makes it feel like it's a lot colder than that.

Tonya said no walks for me today.  But the Big Guy says, a short walk may be in order.  But he will be wearing his new ski pants.

But, without his winter boots, his feet may get a wee bit cold in his sneakers.  He tried on his old combat boots, but his feet don't fit in them any longer.  So that isn't an option and he still can't find that second winter boot.

He was looking at new boots yesterday, but put them back on the rack as they didn't have a price on them.  Perhaps he should go back and see if they can't just tell him the price.

We were supposed to get snow this weekend, but the weather patterns have changed.  So we are only going to be getting cold arctic air.

I hear that there was a lot of people without power this week.  There was high winds this past weekend and a lot of people lost their power due to downed power lines.  As I am out walking, I can see a lot of tree branches that are on the ground.  This isn't good.  There must be a lot of people that are in the cold.

But, I know that I am being taken care of.  My house is warm all the time.  But if ever the power does go out, I am wearing a fur coat.  So I would still be warm.

Bye bye fur now.

27/Dec/17 do you EVER sleep in

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I try to sleep though the night, every night.  But each morning I am awoken up by the Big Guy sneaking around the house.  Then at some point, FLASH goes the camera.  Today is no different.  He was making coffee and I was just laying in the kitchen.  Then the world turns a dazzling white from the camera flash.

So Tonya got the Big Guy got a new jacket for Christmas.

Tonya said that the stripes are really bright

I had to sniff his new pants

Then I thought he wanted me to sniff his hood

Everything he got on smells "new"

My non-furry Memere got the Big Guy a new set of Ski Pants for when he is snow blowing the yard.  His legs will stay REALLY warm this year.

With the Big Guy owning his new jacket, a few people have asked him if he works at The Wharf for Marine Atlantic.  He tells them, nope, it's his new dog walking jacket.

Last night was also the first time something happened.  They ran out of oil for the furnace.  This is really unusual for them.  Tonya thought they had enough oil to make it through the night.  Well, they were wrong.  But it was also the first time they EVER ran out of oil.

Yesterday Tonya didn't want to walk me as her legs were really sore because of the change in weather.  They both have arthritis.  Although the Big Guy isn't in as much pain due to his weight loss.

Talking of weight loss, the Big Guy has given himself a pass for his Keto WOE until the new year.  Then he is going to go back on it again.  He has a made some meat balls and tonight, he is going to have some pasta noodles.  Something he hasn't had in almost 11 months.

So far, the Big Guy has said, the biggest change, he has the farts a lot more since he came off his Keto WOE.

Bye bye fur now.