July 29 is National Tiger Day!  I asked mom if we could go to Kenya to see my Tiger relatives and she said first of all NO, second of all Tigers do not live in Kenya you are thinking of Lions, thirdly you are from Korea. I said Lions are my relatives too! Mom said how about instead we make Tiger-striped cookies and I said YES please! OMG they turned out great!!!  They taste funny because mom accidentally slopped the vanilla when she was pouring it and put way too much in ha ha!

It is very hot outside in the 90’s and so we put out bowls of water for dogs when they are going for walks. We made a sign so everyone would know it’s not for people.

We got a play tunnel for Dexter!!  He likes paper bags and this is even better! He likes to lay in it and play with his mouse toys and he even fits through the tunnel windows!

This weekend we painted the deck railing which was in bad shape. Mom FORGOT to take a before photo. First the old paint got scraped off, then the wood had to be sanded and after about an hour of that mom said let’s go buy a power sander. OMG!! I LOVE power tools! For some reason mom does not like me to use them though. In fact she made me stay in the house the whole time including the painting part!  There were two cans of exterior paint that came with the house and they looked like the right color except the paint on the railing had faded a lot. Then after she opened a can and mixed it up and started painting it looked really red and the railing is brown. Then ha ha ha this is so funny!!! after she was all done and putting the paint away she noticed that the other can was a different color!!!  Instead of “Sun Dried Tomato” she used “Luscious Red” ha ha ha ha! So now the deck railing is two colors.

We found out that Dexter, in addition to having asthma, has kidney damage. So Dr. Beth says he is a hospice cat unless we can find someone who is interested in a Special Needs cat. He gets special food now so his kidneys will last longer. He’s sure a good cat and we are happy to  have him as a guest for the rest of his life.

Dexter is okay now but he had a scary asthma attack last week and then he had an upset tummy and did not want to eat or drink water. He got to go see the fabulous Dr. Beth at SCRAPS who gave him some anti-nausea medicine, took some blood samples, and altered his medication dosage. Dexter is doing much better now!  Mom was also supposed to give him subcutaneous fluids which she has done many times but says her experience doing that is limited to senior kidney failure cats and sick kittens. Dexter is a strong young adult and was not a willing participant. When mom tried to give him the fluids he was laying on his side and his eyes got big and I have never seen a cat levitate before. It was pretty funny to watch the fluids spraying around the room like a loose fire hose. Mom got wet ha ha!   Here is me and Dexter today.

The best thing happened!! On our weekend bike ride it was so amazing OMG we saw these beautiful women riding beautiful horses !!!  They stopped so we could get their picture it was great!  Mom FORGOT to get their names and the names of their horses.

We also saw a herd of goats!  and got their picture!  We did not get their names either.

Mom thought our foster cat Dexter might like a paper bag. Here it is after 2 days.

At work someone brought mom flowers because she brings handmade soap with pumice in it for the weld shop and they like it much better than store-bought soap.

For our weekend bike ride we went past the Slavin Conservation area. It is so beautiful! We have hiked there before but this is a different part of the park.

We rode past another Little Library!!!  I love these!

Here is a wheat field that goes on and on as far as the eye can see!

This is my weekly horse picture. We also saw cows and goats and a PIG!