Puppy Love
Just a quick one today (between mowing the lawn and painting windows). I have finished cleaning and painting five windows and only have 22 to go (yikes!). I’m hoping to get some pics of my hard work up here by the end of the week.
On a rant side note – if you have windows with etched glass and you need to paint them, please take the glass out first. I’m spending a lot of my painting time in the shed cursing the person/people who painted the glass. I’m pretty sure they can’t hear me because these windows are over 100 years old, but it makes me feel better – end of rant side note.
But the real reason for this post is because we have two new puppies. They are both female Arab Mastiff X and mine is the one with the brown spots. I have a problem – what am I going to name this cute little girl???
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Have a lovely week!
Dianne Gray author 
They are SO cute!! I can’t think of any cute names right now other than Roxy which sounds a tiny bit like RUC-y…. Congratulations on your new family member!
And good luck getting all those windows done….
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Thanks so much, Letizia 😀 She certainly is a cutie (and maybe a Roxy RUC-y) LOL 😀
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What cute little babies!
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There’s just something about puppies…. 😉
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I’m sure you will come up with appropriate names after they’ve been around a while.
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In the meantime I’ll just call her ‘puppy-love’ 😀
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Maybe you can name her after one of your characters. Or a fave character from someone else’s book.
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Oh – I like that idea! I knew this was the right place to look for an answer. The blogosphere brain is wonderful 😀
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Emma or Bronte – They are ADORABLE Di – squeeeee squashable hugganle munchkins! xx
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hmm or should that be huggable 😦
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I like hugganle better 😉
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They’re nice names! Thanks, Jen 😀
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OMGosh how sweet they are!!!! Errr ahhhh “cupcake” ? Ha! Your house is for sure a HOME of Love & Joy!
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LOL! Cupcake is just too cute 😀
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And sweet! Hahaha!!!!
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Oh I want some puppies! Look at those faces!
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They’re just too adorable, Jacqui. Puppies always give me that warm, fuzzy feeling 😀
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What is cuter than puppies???? These sweeties just made my day. Ruc would be a good name for a boy pup, but a little girl? Ginger comes to mind for some reason I know not.
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Ginger sounds good. I’m glad their pic made your day! 😀
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Nothing better than puppy breath!! I like Gabby for the brown one – they are both adorable!! The Red Man sends them Paw Snaps and Twirls tonight!! 🙂
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They’re sending Red Man back little squeaks of excitement 😀
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Mastiff? wow she is gonna be a big one! How about Big Bertha??? hahahaha. They are cuties for sure.
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LOL – her parents aren’t that big – although I’m just comparing them to my other dogs that are huge, so she probably will be a Big Bertha 😀
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Too cute Dianne, lucky you and lucky them too, to be living in the RUC with the loverly view and windows! Never heard of Arab Mastiffs… they are gorgeous looking.
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They’re crossed between a Bull Arab and a Bull Mastiff (so I guess that does make them an Arab Mastiff) 😉 I think they’ll just LOVE it here on the farm 😀
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Since you’ve won a couple of their awards, I like the name Harper. 😀
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Oh yeah! Now that’s what I’m talking about! Cheers! 😀
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Duchess
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Very sweet indeed! 😀
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They are too darling.
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Very snuggly! 😀
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Rich casts his vote for Bella. 🙂
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Bella is a beautiful name! 😀
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Oh, they are so gorgeous!
I like Glory. Short for Glorious, the word I thought when I first saw them 🙂 What’s the other one called?
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We haven’t named the other one yet (that’s hubby’s and he’s trying to think of a name for his as well). He was thinking of Jazz 😀
Glorious Glory – love it 😉
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Then your dog would be – Hands. 😉
Busy day here today. We leave tomorrow to run up to Boston to pick up the princess, but I wanted to check in to see the suggestions for names for the puppy. They are both so adorable!
I feel your pain on the windows. The beautiful one in our bathroom has paint in the crevices around the edges from whoever painted in there last.
Have fun with the puppies!
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Best of luck with that beautiful princess of yours Maddie! What a lovely time you are going to have. Very exciting! 😀
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I don’t know this breed, but they sure are cute! The name will come after you’ve had her for a while.
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They certainly are cute – all puppies are just adorable. They squeak and cuddle a lot! lol 😀
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Excuse me . . . but do you REALLY expect me to believe that you have been stripping windows and mowing the yard today? With PUPPIES in the house? Right.
As for names, how about “Cinnabun” . . . she looks like a cinnamon bun topped with icing and she’s SUPER SWEET! 😀
Does her sister have a name yet?
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Her sister is Hubby’s and he’s thinking of ‘Jazz’, but he’s still undecided.
Yes – I mowed half the yard this morning (then got too hot) 😦 and I’ve painted the windows and now it’s lunch time and time for a play 😀
Cinnabun certainly is a very cute name 😀
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We had a “Jazz” cat (male) before Tigger . . . our other cat at the time was Cayenne (female). Jazz’s mom was Jasmine.
Have fun naming them . . . and cuddling with them.
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Oh boy – got your hands full with that puppy! Cute dog, on the way to big dog!!
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She will be a big dog, John. They’ve got to be pretty robust here on the farm 😉
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Good for keeping the creepy things away at night, and the best alarm system available. 😉
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You betcha! 😉
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How adorable! I feel your stress but those puppies are just the cutest little things.
Willow is the first name that came to mind. When that happens, call me corny but I usually think there’s some force behind it. 🙂
So yea, she looks like a Willow. 😀
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I like Willow as well (but we have a friend called Willow – do you think she would be offended?) I guess I could always ask 😉
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It’s possible. Depends. Like you said, could always ask. 🙂
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I remember when we named one of our dogs Sam and our friend Sam came around and said’ ‘why did you name your dog after me?’ oops! 😉
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Haha!
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P.S. That’s weird – by the way. Kind of psychic of me, huh? 😉
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Absolutely 😉
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The first thing that came out of my mouth when I saw them was ohmygoodnessmeeeeeee… but I guess that it a bit unweildly for a dog’s name. The right name will come to you, then you will abrreviate it, embellish it, and turn it into half a dozen nicknames 🙂
And yes, curses on lousy lazy painters 😉
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LOL – I’m pretty sure they didn’t even take the windows down, just slapped paint all over everything 😯
Ohmygoodnessmeeeeeee is the best name ever and then I could abbreviate it to OMGM and then Omy 😀 It’s always fun at the vet when they ask for the dogs name. I could say ‘this one is called Ohmygoodnessmeeeeeee’ LOL 😀
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And thank you so much for the lovely review on Amazon. You’ve made my day/week/month/year 😀
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The are great stories. What I didn’t write in my review was the big sigh and the oh dear I expressed after only a short time reading… so this is what it takes to be a GREAT short story writer… I have such a long way to go 🙂
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You’re being too kind! Thank you 😀
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Sorry about the windows! But you’ve got such adorable puppies to relax with!! I have a name book, which I keep for our pets and my story characters. (I add them as I come across them.) So: Taraka, Spindrift,Thistle or Thistledown, Amber, Bramble, Whisper, Banner, Impish or Imp, Tazi, Kiri, Yampi, Kiwi. (The last four are Australian and from New Zealand, I think.)
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WOW! Thank you so much. This has given me a lot to think about. These are great 😀
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Prism, Mara, Naftali, Velvet, Moon Dancer, Sundust, Star Girl, Butterscotch, …
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LOL! Fantastic!!!
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They are DARLING.
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That they are 😉
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Cuddles for the brown one (yours) Skunk for the other… love the pups…
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LOL! I’ll tell hubby about skunk (that’s his dog) I think he may like it 😀
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How adorable. I can’t resist a puppy. Now get cracking on those windows 🙂
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I’ve almost finished the kitchen ones – YAY! Now I just need to get them up without dropping them and breaking the glass 😯
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Oh my, tooooooo cute!!! Name? Mmmm…Tink? Belle? And I like cupcake!
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These names are just too cool 😀
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awwwwdorable!!!! hugs…and sending my imaginary friends to help you with the windows 😉 hehehe
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Thank you – I need all the help I can get 😀
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Cassandra – I just looked at her, and that was the name that popped up. As a former dog trainer, I have learnt that having s- sounds in a dog’s name is great, as apparently this is a sound the dog easily picks up on.
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That’s really interesting, Anna. I didn’t know you used to be a dog trainer. The s-sound does make sense. You’ll have me thinking about this all day now! 😀
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Do you get a say in the little boys name? Hansel and gretel perhaps though my favourite would be Elizabeth and Darcy (beth for short)
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They’re both girls, Paula. The other one is hubby’s dog and he’s now named her Roshy. I was thinking Thelma and Louise but he wouldn’t be in on it 😉
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Thelma and Louise would be perfect, haha. A big name or something iconically Aussie and 50s, perhaps – Matilda or Muriel (“you’re terrible, Muriel!”, when she’s chewed your latest manuscript 😆 )
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LOL! 😀
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Adorable little animals! For some strange reason a name came into my mind: Ella. Like Ella Fitzgerald… 😉
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Ella is a lovely name. After being completely stumped for names I now have a lot of great names to choose from. Thank you so much, Maarit 😀
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Ohhhh — I love puppies and these two are so cute! Just can’t wait to see them grow into those feet! And as far as names go, how about Madeline? (It was the first name I thought of when I saw her.)
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I love the name Madeline and it can be shortened to Maddy 😀 Thanks so much for the suggestion, Barb 😀
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Winnie the Pooch…or Honey. He’s so cute. Tell him not to grow up.
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My sister had a dog called Honey when we were young – I love that name 😀
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Aww, love puppies! Names are hard though. They’ll surely do something cute that will inspire you to come up with the perfect name. 🙂
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There’s just something about puppies that sends me all gooey! They’re SO cute 😀
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Two new puppies! Now that’s just greedy… says I, jealous because I don’t have a dog (yet). They are gorgeous. I would call her Bella.
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I love the name Bella 😀 Puppies are just SO cute!
Your hubby should be arriving in a few weeks – I bet you’re very excited! 😀
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Oh…I just want to squeeze that little face! Too cute, Dianne! When I first saw the picture, the name Lucy came to mind. Good luck with your windows!
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So many lovely names – I just adore the name Lucy! Thanks Jill 😀
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I just put “brown spots” into Google Translate, and it came up with this البقع البنية . Do you think you could get your little cutie pis to answer to this? 😀
Those painty windows sound like a nightmare. You’re certainly a glutton for punishment.
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البقع البنية is a fab name! LOL 😀
The next lot of windows I need to do have paint on them as well, but the embossed glass is smoother so I’m hoping they’ll be easier 😯
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Adorable, indeed! I’m thinking ‘Bosse’ for your puppy’s name (‘Best Of Sad Soulful Eyes”). 🙂 Oh, well, just a thought! She’s beautiful! AND I’m concerned about your cursing! NOT!
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LOL! No more cursing for me – the hardest of the windows are over and I’m sure the next lot will be easier 😀
Best Of Sad Soulful Eyes is very clever indeed 😉
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‘BOSSE’ has a great home! AND, a little cursing now and then can’t hurt! 🙂
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Athena and Artemis – and they’re adorable! – Suzan –
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They’re lovely names, Suzan. Thank you! 😀
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Awwwww! They are so adorable! You’ve had great suggestions here, and you now probably have too many names to choose from. 🙂 And good luck getting those windows finished with these cute little distractions running around!
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Not only that, JM, a kitten turned up at the farm yesterday (I think someone must have dumped it) and I spent a lot of my ‘window time’ taking pics of it and feeding it. It’s becoming a menagerie around here…
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The word must be out in the animal kingdom that your place is now the place to be. 😉
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OMG! Di, they are so adorable! I want a puppy 😦 I should just come up and play with yours 😀
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Lovely to see you here, Jen. YES – come up and have a play 😀
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I love puppies, but it’s hard to give them a name if I haven’t had a chance to play with them. I have to “see” her personality so I can choose the correct name just for her.
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I’ve been given loads of great names, but I still need to get to know her personality 😀
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I LOVE, LOVE LOVE puppy breath, and these babies are too adorable. Someone said that their personalities will name them! Our dogs have always had multiple names that just come automatically. What is your favorite characteristic of each one? I love the blue eyes! I love the little black and white sweetie pie. They look so soft! 🙂
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Puppy breath, playful, cute and faithful – they’re just adorable, Marsha! 😀
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I hope we’ll see much more of these sweeties! 🙂
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PUPPY LOVE!!! I fell in love immediately!
I’m not very creative, Dianne…sadly, the best I can come up with is Brownie! 😉
Whatever you name her will be perfect, I just know it!
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Awwww thank you, Denise! There’s just something that makes me so warm and fuzzy when I see puppies 😀
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They are adorable! I’m not good at picking out pet names at all. After we were married, my husband and I named our first cat “CeCe” because hubby called her C.C. for “Cute Cat.” My crazy cat, Cybil, was PITA before we settled on a name because she was a pain in the- well, let’s move on now 🙂
I hope you’ll let us know what name you end up choosing!
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LOL – I just love the name PITA – that’s what I should have called my German Shepherd. I’m not too good with pet names either, it’s usually the kids who name them, but they’re all grown up and moved away now…
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Oh, my gosh! I know everyone has already gushed over them, but…look at those two little CUTIE PIES!!!! I want to pinch their cheeks something fierce.
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Hehehehe – me too, Britt! They’re just so cute 😀
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Absolutely adorable! I am so jealous…and so not. 🙂 Good luck with the puppy pandemonium! I am looking forward to some cute and crazy pictures!! How about Lucy (lucy loo), Lolita (lollie) or Matilda (mattie), if she gets fat then Lady Tubbington…I am looking forward to hearing what you guys name them. Be careful, my cousin named her cat Loki and he continued being a crazy trickster! They tend to fulfill their names it seems to me.
Good luck with all those doors. What a pain in the booty, but they look so amazing when you finish them, I am sure they will be worth all the effort
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Puppy pandemonium all right! And then yesterday a kitten wandered into the shed and hasn’t left. People sometimes dump their kittens in this area because they think it’s ‘out of the way’ but they end up here! I’ve looked around for any more (there’s never just one) and can’t find them so they may have gotten lost in the cane fields. Oh dear – another mouth to feed 😯
Thanks so much for the name suggestions – they’re all excellent 😀
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Oh man! They are so adorable ^_^ Hmm, as for a name, what about something from one of your books?
Rohan.
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Good idea, Rohan. There are a few very interesting names there! 😉
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They are so adorable. I have promised myself that once I get done with school and I am finally settled in one place I will get me a puppy.
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They are wonderful companions, Rilzy. I already have two dogs, but living on a very big farm you can never have too many 😉
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Looks like a Chloe to me!
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She certainly does! Thanks, Betty 😉
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Be still my heart, your puppies are adorable!!!!!!!!!! Our friends have a female dog that we just love who has the best doggie personality and her name is Lilly! That name automatically popped up when I saw her precious face. Congratulations on your new family members Dianne! 🙂
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Lilly sounds like a beautiful name, Cathie! Thank you so much for the suggestion 😀
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Oh, what sweet little pups! Did you come up with a name yet for your little girl?
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Not yet – I’m still sorting through all the names that have been suggested. Now I have the problem of having too many good names to choose from 😀
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Given my dogs are called Gary and Lloyd… I suggest Sharon or Kylie. An some people say I’m not good at naming dogs!
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I love Gary, Lizzie! I didn’t know you had Lloyd (I’ll have to catch up on FB) 😉
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Susan is a nice name…
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Awww – Great to see you here! I’m so glad you’ve jumped into the blogging world. I saw Matt’s TV advertisement the other night. Very good indeed 😀
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Oh, Dianne, I am in love! But I also hear you when you talk of all those windows to paint. I am doing up my house and revamping all my furniture – sewing, painting, sanding – and I can’t seem to even put a dent into the mountain of work required. Said that, these pups have put a smile on my face.
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You’re a woman after my own heart, Gabriela! We take on these tasks that are bigger than mountains, but it’s a great feeling to sit back and look at the results 😀 I’m glad the puppies put a smile on your face 😉
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Your new little ones are very cute. Keep plodding on with the windows. They will be things of beauty when they are done.
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It’s such a rewarding experience when it’s done – I think that’s why I continue to plug away at it 😀 …and the puppies are just adorable 😉
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Oh Dianne, they’re GORGEOUS!!!! 🙂
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That they are, Vikki! 😉
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And I bet they’re a handful 😉
Xx
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Giselle, she’s an adorable cutie and that name came to mind, but probably she needs a more powerful “warrior type” name like her new mommy (you) a noble name, a different goddess perhaps Dianne. Also on a different note, I was wondering if you’re going after, like, a carpenter’s license (lol), you’re certainly going to be well qualified by the end of all this! 🙂
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I think I’ll be qualified to do anything after this, Penny! LOL 😀
Giselle sounds beautiful – she’s probably the biggest dog in the litter, so I’m thinking she will be a ‘warrior’ 😉
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What about Edie?
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That’s a cool name 🙂 thank you!
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How how purely sweet!! My goodness, you will have your hands full. LOL! They are adorable and will be good company for each other and your family. Can you hear my contented sigh?
What about Ruby? …RUGBY without the R. ;0)
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Oh – that’s VERY interesting and goes along with the whole RUC thing. Wonderful suggestion 😀
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😀
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I don’t know how you would take the glass out? I always thought glass was glued into windows… but I”m no handyman.
Love the puppies 🙂
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It took me a long time to get the glass out without breaking it (sometimes up to 4 hours a pane!) But they’re done now so I’ve taken some pics and will post them here soon 😉
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Awww, puppies. You have all the cutest animals showing up at your house, Dianne. Have you come up with a name for them yet?
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I’m nearly there, Zen. They are just SO cute and cuddly! 😉
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They’re just adorable Dianne! both of them..
I think of Buddhist related names of course…Maya? Tara?
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They’re lovely names, Annie! 😀
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OMG, Dianne, they are ADORABLE! Lucky you! Congrats on your new furbabies!
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Thank you, Lena! They certainly are adorable 😀
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Absolutely adorable, Dianne. How about an Arab name like Farah (meaning “joy”) or Kaela (meaning sweet-heart)?
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They’re lovely names, Marianne 😀
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Oh my gosh she is so adorable!!!! What did you end up naming her?
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I ended up naming her Casey (after all the casement windows I’ve been working on). She (and her sister Roshey) are little scamps but very cute indeed.
It’s great to see you back! 😀
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Thanks. I’m not completely back yet though. Unfortunately. I’m having a problem getting on the internet. So If I go poof again, don’t think I’m ditching you – the internets are just running away again. ;D
Love the name!
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Arrrghhh!!! Puppies! My absolute weakness! They’re so adorable! 🙂
Wish them a life full of joy and good health! 😀
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Dear Diane I have to admit that i love your writing so much. I´m freelance blogger and aspiring writer myself so I can relate to your lifestyle. I just wanted to wish you all the best, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🙂 May all your dreams come true!
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Thank you so much, I’m very flattered. Best of luck with your writing and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! 😀
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