Friday night. End of a week and beginning of a weekend. Jigger and Brutus have had a busy week and are winding down. 
Bub had gotten a bit soft in his old age, letting them on the bed. Jigger snores almost as badly as Bub and I find it amusing when he awakes from the rumble. Brutus needs to go out. He generally begins to knock things around and cause a fuss at 3 am. He has a job to do and must work for his supper. He is the head mouse getter.
Jigger works hard at being a general watch dog. She barks at anyone who walks by, if we are home. I am told that she doesn’t bark at folks when we are not here. She is getting old and deaf and doesn’t mind very well.
When she was a little puppy, we told her hips were bad and that we could return her and get a different dog. The girls were pretty little then. There wasn’t an option to replace without teaching the girls poor lessons, so she stays.
Emilie wants to take Brutus to college with her in the fall. Fat chance. Emilie will grow up and get a yellow lab named Tucker. I have been informed of this for several years now. I believe when Emilie was three she made the decision on this. Our fist lab was a chocolate male named Aiko. He was mother’s best dog. Jigger is pretty good, but I still call her Aiko sometimes. I don’t think I will get another dog after Jigger.
Lulu likes the animals, but not with the same passion as Em. Lu is the fashion diva and sports hound. She is playing soccer and running track this spring. She always tucks her thumbs into the palm of her hands when she runs.
She tripped over the hurdle last week and took a wicked digger, both knees, shoulder, elbow and head all got smacked. She got back at it the next day and practiced her paces, then raced the day after. She called to say she had a PR ( personal record ) in the hurtle that day. She is at a dance tonight and a track meet tomorrow.
“Don’t come Mum, meets are boring for people who are not in them” She is right. Thank you Lulu. Although Bub and I went down to see her run and jump last week. She was awesome. I forgot to bring her the Brooks Brother’s purse I got her in Washington. “Thats OK Mum”
I have broken the rule about talking about what is going on with lulu, but I think she is getting used to this format and she will know how proud I am of her.
Bub is now snoring along with Jigger. Brutus awakes from the sticatto beat, he wants to go out now.
