Thanks Bocci!

My friend Bocci had a give-a-way last may and I was one of the lucky winners. The mean mailman came today to bring it to me...

Enough of pictures mom. It is my present from Bocci and now I am going to play with it!

It is a pawesome Dog Wool ball made by Pam Wheelock from Purrfectplay.

It is nice and soft and you can wash it if it gets fuzzy or dirty!

Thanks again, Bocci!

Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza

Saturday car ride...

I love car rides. A lot. But I am a smart girl and I know what direction takes a saturday morning car ride....

I have the feeling that this car ride is not going to be funny...

I knew it!

I don't want to be here.... can we go home, please??

No luck. My Vet "invited" me to come into the torture room. I went there... and a pawdicure and butticure were performed...

Going away as fast as I could...

Safe in the car...

No more torture...

Until the next month....

Hmmm....

Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza

All about your people....

Oskar invited us to participate in the All About your People Day!

As always... I am late....

We live in Torreon, Coahuila.
North of Mexico.

I live with my mom in a ridiculously small mini apartment built in the same ground of my grandparent's house.

Due to my grandpa's job, the family lived in different cities. They were living in Saltillo (capital of the state) where my mom studied to be a Secretary and Accountant. She never put in practice those skills. When she finished those studies she went to the University to study Plastic Arts, which is something she really loved at that time.
There she met a water-color painter and a few months later they got engaged. And, one month before the wedding my mom knew that she was not going to be happy with him and said bye bye to the artist.

Then, when she finished the second year in the Arts school, like many people in Mexico she had to quit her studies to start working. She got a job at an Advertising Agency where she developed her "artistic" skills.

One year later, someone came to offer her a job at a local TV Channel. He wanted her to be a newscaster. My mom thought she was not prepared for that and instead of that post, she took the Floor Manager spot.

There, she met a newscaster and a few months later they got engaged. And.... yes... the same story. He was very jelaous and that caused to my mom not to be herself and she felt scared of his behavior so... she said bye bye to the newscaster. But... he did not want to let her go and gave her hard times. Then, my grandpa talked with the family about wanting to come to live to Torreon, where all his family live. That was the chance for my mom to get rid of that man.

Here in Torreon, my mom got a job as a Purchasing Manager at an industrial plant. And that was funny because she knew ZERO about that and going from arts, advertising and television to industrial purchases was an interesting process.

There, she met an Accountant who was in charge of the Finances of the company. They got engaged and.... haaaa! once again... not the right person.

Since then, my mom decided to be a bachelor girl... and now is an "old maid"!

Things happen for a reason...

My mom goes to work at 7:15 am and comes back at 6:00 pm.

While she is at work, I stay with my grandparents who take very good care of me.

My grandpa is an Agronomist Engineer. He is retired now. And he is my naps mate.

My grandma has been a housewife for almost all her life. She is wonderful. She is the best cook. She makes magic with her hands. Knitting, needlework, stained glass... all the crafs you can imagine and of course... she makes my harness/dresses.
She always has time to play with me and we have lots of fun together.

I love them a lot.

Thanks Oskar for giving us the chance to talk about our people!

Have a pawesome day!

Besos

Lorenza

Interesting things...

My uncle and his kids come every sunday to have lunch with us and he always complains about his beer not being cool enough. He told my mom that instead of giving him non practical presents we should give him one of those "beer at the right temperature" gadgets. Sooo, we were looking for it. We found some that fit his wishes and then...

I saw some other products that got my attention....

Interesting, right?

I don't think my mom would buy any of those so I decided to leave her playing with the computer and I went to take some "fresh" air....

Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza

Word verification... and meanings

This is the proof that I snoopervise very close your blogs...

When I leave comments on your blogs and I have to type the word verification, sometimes I get words in english, sometimes in spanish and sometimes strange no-words...

This time I got...

Google translation

Soooooo....

These are puddles...

and...

This is Puddles!
Who I hope is doing much better from her encounter with that mean spider!

Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza

Boooo!

How I did it??
Do you think I can get a role in a scary movie??

Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza

Thanks Mollie Jo, Bobo and Uncle Puppy!

Mollie Jo, Bobo and Uncle Puppy!

The mean mailman came today to bring me a package from them...

Making sure it is for me...

It is!

I guess I did a good job...

A very nice note from Mollie Jo, Bobo and Uncle Puppy...

A beautiful doxie fabric!

Dachsies dressed... like me!

And a pawesome tote made by Mollie Jo and Bobo's momma!

Sure you have seen the grrreat things that she makes!

And they chose the design!

Thanks a lot my friends!

I love the fabric and the tote.

My grandma is making some crafts for a friend of hers this week but she promised to me that the next week she will make me a dress with this beautiful fabric!

Mollie Jo, Bobo, Uncle Puppy and Momma, I really appreciate that you thought of me when you saw the fabric and for making the tote too. You are so generous sending them to me.

Now I gotta go, because my mom wants to cry...

Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza

Here we go again...

This time I did not blink...

Until it was ready....

My homemade chicken jerky!

Gimme... gimme...

Yummy!

And this time I made sure my mom put them in a container into the fridge!

Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza

We thought...

that Hurricane Alex had gone for good. But no. I guess he wanted to stay with us for some more time and yesterday morning we woke up to see our street...

Flooding...

It was until the afternoon that we could go out for a walkie...

Fresh flowers...

I saw some of the doggies...

In barking mode... as always

I am tired. Can we go back home... please??

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I enjoyed a lot reading your posts about your names!
Some of the ones I remember and that have anothere meaning in spanish are:

Bobo - Silly
Moco - Booger
Mona - Doll
In Spain, the sun is called Lorenzo

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Have a good night
Besos
Lorenza

Name Game...

LORENZA

Meaning of the name: The victorious.
Origin: Latin.
Description: Is strong, thoughtful, and has emotional personality. Needs to dominate situations facing them and is persevering when trying to achieve something. Is also very good friend.
Love: Likes stable and lasting relationships.
Date: September 5 (St. Lawrence).

That is the "official" meaning of my name but...

How I got my name?? That is a mystery. I guess it was just something my mom thought when she got me and we were coming home.

December 23th, 2005. My mom “rescued” me from a mean Vet. I was very sick and he did not know about it. Can you believe it?? But… that is another story.

My mom and my auntie went to get me. As soon as my mom saw me… she was in love with me. When we were coming home, I was on my auntie’s lap. And she asked to my mom what was going to be my name. And like a flash my mom said “Lorenza”. My auntie looked at my mom like if she was joking. Nope. She was not joking. She wanted Lorenza.

Lorenza is a strong name but not very common here in Mexico. And that is because it has a second meaning here. If a person acts in a weird way, instead of telling him/her “Are you crazy?” you say… “Are you lorenza?”

Well. As soon as I came into my new home, like any puppy, I started doing silly things and then, all my family thought that my name was perfect!

It is very funny to see the reaction of the people when my mom tells my name. It puts a smile in their faces and we hear lots of…. “What”?... “Really”?... and “Haaaa’s”!

Sooo… the origin of my name is not very interesting, but sure is funny here where I live.

Thanks Frankie for organizing this game. Now I am ready to know about your names too!

Happy Independence Day!

Besos

Lorenza

The rain gave us a break....

Rain, rain and more rain. The last 3 days we have had lots of it. Yesterday was the worst day. When my mom left the house to go to work, she thought that a boat was what she needed to get there! In the afternoon when she came back, was still raining. Instead of my walkie, we ran around the dinning room. Later, we started reading your blogs. Around 10pm, we lost the internet connection. We waited for a while.... nothing. My mom checked the phone. There was line. Hmmm.... Then, she thought that maybe it was the router. On, off, reset... nothing. We went to sleep. This morning... nothing. It was until she was at her office that she knew that there was a general problem. Nobody in the city had internet! And, when they called to the internet supplier and they said there were working to fix it but that could take from 24 to 48 hours! My mom admits that... everyone at her office was happy thinking on going home earlier! They were not lucky enough... the connection was up 30 minutes later. And she HAD to work full day!

About 3pm, no more rain. And I could go out for my walkie.

The first thing I saw when I came out of my house...

A very cloudy sky....

And 2 blocks ahead it started raining again, but it was a very light rain.

My mom tried to make me go faster but...

I took my time to smell the plants...

And the flowers...

And to pose for pictures...

Until I noticed that my dress was getting wet, I decided it was time to go back home!


Have a good night

Besos

Lorenza