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My 2nd Annual Pigskin 5K...

Today Sarah told Mom that she signed us up for the Pigskin 5K again this year. Well, this year Toto wants to go, too, so he is going with Julia and I get to go with Scott. Actually, he carried me most of the way last year and I've also been kayaking with him so I guess I would like to go with him instead of Julia.
Mom found my Patriots shirts today. I offered one of them to Toto to wear but he won't wear it cuz it's pink!!! Silly boy, he certainly has an identity crisis about lots of things, BOL!
Anyway, Mom is going shopping tomorrow so she said she would find him a blue one somewhere. She gets us the baby onsies cuz they fit us perfectly.
Well, mine fit me loosely last year and Mom had to pin it to make it smaller. I am not sure that will be a problem this year, if you get my drift, hehehe!
So, tomorrow I am going to work with Mom and get groomed so I will be the most beautiful powder puff Chinese Crested there. Hmm, when I think about it, I suspect I will be the ONLY Chinese Crested there, powder puff or hairless!
The only problem is that IF the weather is yucky or too cold we aren't gonna go. It is supposed to be fun, although it IS a benefit, but even if we don't go, the money for the entry is already paid so they will benefit!!!
Mom will TRY to get off work so she can take photos... hopefully, Tonya will work for her like she did last year.

Finally, REAL SNOW!!

After the Winter that wasn't, I was pretty discouraged about ever running thru the snow again. We got about an inch last week so I pretended it was deep and fluffy, but, alas, it really wasn't the same.
Well, Thursday I woke up, headed outside and stepped right off the porch into about 12 inches of fresh snow. Worried, I glanced up at the big thermometer Mom has out there and, fortunately, it was only 24 degrees so I knew it wasn't gonna melt away like last year.
Because it was Mom's work days we didn't get to play down in the field until today, but today we DID PLAY!!! I was nervous cuz it is only 22 degrees today, and it's snowing lots again so I was afraid Mom might decide on a Saturday afternoon nap instead.
But, as soon as she got home she dug out jackets for all us little ones, grabbed her cameras and a big blanket to put on her chair and away we went. I was soooooo happppppy, I ran and ran and ran, then I burst out of the snow banks, then I ran some more. Because we were all so excited to be in real snow we didn't even chase each other, we just ran and ran and ran.
Because Mom was in a hurry she forgot to shut the chickies in and I discovered their pen was open so I raced in. I was checking them all out and picking which one I was gonna eat when Momsie called me. She called me several times, and she had that tone of voice, you know, THAT tone, so I decided I'd best head back to her quickly. Good move, she praised me up and down, BOL!!!

My day at the beach!

Well, after driving forever, we finally got to the beach. I was amazed at how BIG it is and how much water there is there! I was a little disappointed that it was mostly sand and not mud, I love to play in mud!!!
Right at the start Toto told me about those big gulls and how much fun it was to chase them. So, on the count of three, we took off! Sadly, so did the birds, hehehe! I am sure glad that our chickies can't fly like that, BOL!
We explored and explored and ran all around and then, me and Toto ran really far away and Mom was mad at me and put my leash back on. She also put Toto's leash back on, too. HARUMPH, just cuz we were trying to visit that dead porpoise and to chase the other dogs shouldn't have been a major issue, I don't think!
After the beach we stopped at Petsmart and they were having a big sale on some shirts and dresses. Mom got me a really neat polo dress and a new jacket that says Pink Ladies on it. It's from Grease, bol, and she got Harvey the one that says T- birds on it.
We also got some neat chews at the beach...they are made from dried cod skin. They did taste a bit fishy, but Mom said it was okay cuz they didn't smell fishy at all! We had to promise not to puke in the car on the way home, BOL! I didn't!!!!