THE BOOK OF BARKLEY: Abby Lab Reporting LIVE. . .

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Abby Lab Reporting LIVE. . .

From the Closet

This is the 4th band of severe weather that's rolled through Chicagoland tonight. Mom was watching it getting close and took an hour of leave to come home early and get me fed and walked before the thunderboomers started. Then Dad took me out between cells for one last pee-mail call.

We'll see you tomorrow if a big tornado doesn't pick up our house and drop it in Oz.

Seriously Toto - we de-stuffie the scarecrow. I'm game!

9 comments:

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥May 25, 2016 at 9:31 PM
Stay safe, Abby and family. We have been fortunate to miss the worst of the storms but have had many storms this week. We are ready for winter!!! Hope you don't have any tornadoes.

Woos - Lightning and Ciara
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LBJMay 25, 2016 at 10:13 PM
Thanks Lightning and Ciara. Abby has reluctantly left the closet but it appears it has passed. There was so much rain my husband turned off a check valve we added that keeps the sewers from flowing BACK into the house and flooding the basement. We can't flush when it's closed but it kept us from one or more flood. 100 year old neighborhood, the sewer set up is less than ideal.

Sleep well.

Abby's Mom
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Idaho PugRanchMay 25, 2016 at 11:18 PM
stay safe!
hugs
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
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Yamini MacLeanMay 26, 2016 at 6:47 AM
Hari OM
OMDness Abby and furmily - I hope you are still dry and in the place you went to sleep in... I'm not the fondest of boomeries either - and we got lots in OZ - so not the best place to go if you wish to avoid 'em...wicked witch of the South in cahoots with Thor!!! Here in the Bonny Land though? The thunder here - if it ever comes - is more like a fish growling... Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
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Matilda the BoxerMay 26, 2016 at 9:55 AM
Yikes! We're glad you made it through okay.
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MonkeywranglerMay 26, 2016 at 12:42 PM
Glad you survived the stormy weather Abby. Indy agrees with you that thunder is scary.
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Frankie Furter and ErnieMay 26, 2016 at 2:12 PM
ABBY... OMD ABBY I hope that YOU ARE SAFE and don't end up in OZ. Staying in the Closet sounds like a GOOD idea to ME... I HATE storms... they scare the... POOPS outta me, actually.
HOPE to hear from you tomorrow. So I know you are safe.
Love, Frankie
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The Army of FourMay 26, 2016 at 2:47 PM
Glad you are OK. We have Malamute friends that live right outside of Chicago and were following their weather with them. It looked bad!
We had terrible tornadoes here last night and are currently under another tornado watch. Kansas is one crazy place sometimes!
Cammie!
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easyweimaranerMay 27, 2016 at 4:41 AM
I cross my paws that the thunderstorm will cause no harm or damage in your area. And I place some solar light on my meadow, so you have a landing strip in case of a flying crib...
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My Mom started this blog due to requests from friends who wanted a place to go for stories of her furry friend Barkley that weren't in the book and stories of my rescue and new life in my furever home. She donates all of the proceeds from her writing to animal rescue and groups that train search and rescue and service dogs but that's OK, as she still gives me lots of dog treats and toys.

The Book of Barkley is Mom's first memoir. She used to be a jet pilot for somebody's Uncle but now has a Ph.D. in something involving science and forensics which is like TV but without expensive suits or cleavage. Additional mayhem is provided by my Dad and our 100-year-old "fixer upper" Mission Bungalow.

Her second memoir "Saving Grace - A Story of Adoption" was published in April of 2015". Her Third Book - "Small Town Roads", her first Fiction Novel was published October of 2016 and was an NPR selected "2017 must read" and 2017 Readers Favorite International Book Award GOLD for "Fiction - Religious Theme". Her 4th book, "Calexit, The Anthology", a Novella with other authors, was published in October of 2017 and was on the Amazon Best Seller's list two days later. Her fifth book "True Course - Lessons from Life Aloft" was a #1 best seller at Amazon 24 hours after publishing so I think she has been bribing you all with treats.

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