This and That

Yesterday was Momma and Daddy's anniversary, pups. Daddy got Momma some sort of special blender. Everyone at their work laughed at Daddy, but Momma says she really really wanted it! Then her and Daddy went to a buffet, where Momma says she ate her own weight in sushi and crab legs. I'm not sure what that means, but she looked pretty sick last night.

Tomorrow is gonna be super fun, pups! Momma's niece, Natalie (my BFF!!!!) and nephew, Joshie, are coming over for a really long time! My Auntie and Uncle are having a date night, and the kids wanted to come HERE to play with ME! OH BOY!!! Momma says her head hurts just thinking about it! BOL! I can't imagine why?!?!

What Up, Dawg?

Did you all see my new hoodie, pups? Daddy bought it for me when he went to the store yesterday! It's got skulls and crossbones on it, so Momma says I look like a gangster in it. Or a tough guy. Or a bad *bleep*. Oh...Momma says I can't say that word on Dogster...it starts with an a and ends with ss. But what's REALLY funny is that I look like a pirate in my picture cause the hood is covering up one eye! Momma says that's fine, cause it must be pirate week or sumthing, cause a lot of pups are dressed up as pirates.

Daddy got me that hoodie just in time, too. It got chilly out this week! I like the fall, but not the allergies that everyone gets when it comes. *achoo* I get the doggie allergies, and Momma and Daddy get the human allergies!

Rain and FOOTBALLS!!!!

It's still raining here, pups. We haven't had any floods, but our yard is very mushy. Momma's sick of it. Me, too. Who wants to do their private business with rain coming down on their head???

In other more exciting news, Sunday is the very first day of footballs!!! You know what that means?? I get to go to Grammy and Pap Pap's house and play with Thumper!!! I love doing that! Momma yawns and her eyes kinda get this far away look whenever Daddy starts to talk about the footballs, so she likes us going, too, cause she can be by herself and not have to hear Daddy yelling at the TV box!

She says it's a win-win!!

Rain Rain Rain...

It rained all day on Sunday, pups. It rained all day yesterday, too. And today. Rain rain rain. It makes it hard to do my private business. Momma tells me to go peeps, but I don't wanna leave the porch.

I know there's pups in other places that really need rain. Take some of mine, pups. I've had enough.

Best. Weekend. EVER.

OMD, pups, I'm having the best weekend ever!! Today, Momma took me over to not-so-sick Grammy's house. Grammy gives some real good ear scritches. Auntie Cole was there, too, and she said she was gonna eat me cause I look like a sausage! I'm not sure if that was a compliment or not. Pap Pap wasn't home for me to jump on. Boo.

Then Momma said tomorrow I'm going to my other Grammy's house cause it's Pap Pap's birthday! YAY! I get to play with Thumper!

And THEN! Momma gave me the best news of all! I get an extra day of my special weekend wet food, cause Momma was soooooo tired on Friday after school that she forgot to go to the vet and buy dry food, and the vet isn't open again until Tuesday cause of the long weekend. I only have enough dry food for one more day, so I get an extra can of my special food! WOOOO HOOOOO!

Another Gone to the Bridge

Momma is sad today, pups. She just found out my old groomer's dog had to go to the Bridge today. His name was Silas, and he was actually a famous pup.

You may have heard of Roetlispoodle. The Standard Poodle creatively groomed to look like a Pittsburgh Steeler. He was all over the Interwebs for a while, and he was in magazines even. He was all over our local news for a while, too. He caused a bit of debate, too, about whether or not dogs should be creatively groomed.

Here's his story and a picture, if you're interested.

Silas

Momma met Silas a bunch of times. See, my old groomer, Justine, is a childhood friend of Momma and my Aunties. She grew up in the house behind them, and they all played together when they were little humans. So Momma is doubly sad, cause she knows her friend is hurting something awful. Silas had Addison's disease, Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia, and Pemphigus. I'm not sure what all those things are, but Momma says he lived a long time for all the problems he had, and he was in the BEST home.

Rest in Peace at the Bridge, Silas. You'll be greatly missed.

Buffet!!!

I've been eating plants in the yard by the little wall next to our driveway, pups. It's been driving Momma NUTS because no matter how many times she pulls the dandelions out over there, I'm STILL munching on something, and she couldn't figure out what it was!! She finally figured it out today!

The neighbor next door has really pretty sunflowers in his yard. Momma planted some this year but the chipmunks got them almost right away. :( She had one that survived for a little while, but...yeah, the chipmunks got it, too.

Well, as you probably already know, chipmunks LOVE those sunflowers. Daddy went to the food store after he ate dinner, and when he came home, there was a HUGE pile of sunflower seed shells on the little wall! There were also little sunflower petals there, too!

The chipmunks have been having a buffet on those sunflowers, and I've been trying to have a buffet on the leftovers! BOL!

Oh NO!

Momma just gave me bad news, pups. Tomorrow, her and Daddy go back to school permanently. Boooooooo. Now we can only snuggle in the mornings on the weekends! They won't have any more time off until Thanksgiving (November to my out-of-the-country pals).

Momma is VERY sad about this. She doesn't want to go back at ALL. She's still upset about the room switch, and she's feeling very anxious. Not quite "on the ceiling I need a bodka drip" kind of anxiety, but still anxious and unhappy. She has to sit in meetings with the people she doesn't like the most, and she's not looking forward to it. Poor Momma...she's trying hard not to be so sad and angry, but so far it hasn't worked. My tongue has been going into overdrive trying to help.

At least she has me, her little lightbulb, to come home to!!

Thank You!

Wow, pals, thanks for all the presents and pictures!!!

Thanks to MJF and Growlmy, and Doo, Austin, and their Momma for the pictures!

Ebby sent me a yummy piece of watermelon (she took a bite outta it first! That's ok, Ebby, I understand!)

I got trophies from Sunny and Demon and Angel Smokey!

Jiffy sent me another steak! Yum!

Dylan's family (there's a lot of pups in that family!) sent me a blue ribbon!

And Buddy, Molly, and Scooter Morris sent me a delicious ice cream cone!

Thanks pals!!!

ME?? A Diary Pick Today??

Oh boy, pups!! I'm a Diary Pick today!! Little old ME??? Aw shucks, thanks Dogster! It must have been all the adventures me and Momma had last weekend!

Hershey and Pepper sent me a blue ribbon each. Thanks pals! Little Women sent me a beach ball to chase! Thanks, ladies! And Zoe sent me a steak to munch on! Nom nom nom! You pals are the best!

It thunderstormed AGAIN today! Geeze oh man, pups, I can't take much more of these storms! I found a new place to be, though. We were still in bed, and I decided that it was safer UNDER the covers. ALL the way under. Momma covered me up until just my little gumdrop nose was sticking out so I could breathe. It was perfect! I was still smashed against her and trembling, but not as bad as when I was on TOP of the covers! Nothing can get me when I'm under there!!

I sure hope the storms are done for the day!