Not a Good Deal

It sure doesn't seem like I got the best of this deal. I will tell you what happened. Today our door bell went "ding dong" and I went running to the door. Mommy came and opened the door and it was Daisy and Daisy's Mommy. "Hi Daisy", is what I said. I love it when Daisy comes over. Daisy's Mommy had something in a container that she handed to Mommy. It turned out to be some rice krispies squares for Mommy. It is those things made from rice krispies cereal and marshmallows. In exchange Mommy asked if Daisy would like some treats. Mommy gave some of MY treats to Daisy. Hmmmm....this doesn't seem fair to me. Mommy got some treats and she gave away some of my treats. This may be a good deal for Mommy but it doesn't sound that good for me.

Long Weekend

The long weekend is finally here. Mommy got home real late last night too, getting home at 10 pm. She said she had a meeting last night. What? Do you believe a meeting on a Friday evening of a long weekend? Sounds fishy to me but she is holding to her story. Then she said she went back to the office to do some work so she could free up the whole weekend for ME! Now I like that last part. Oh well, the long weekend is here and I am one happy pup.

Mommy was late

Mommy was late coming home today so I didn't get as much outside time in the outdoor living room. She was slow at feeding me too so I had to scratch on the little mat to remind her. Those humans can be slow learners. Right now I am looking forward to the long weekend that is coming up. Three days with Mommy will be wonderful!

I was Hungry

First, I have to explain my eating arrangements. My house has no carpet. :( I don't like bare floors much so Mommy has placed a few little mats in strategic places for me - at the patio door, in front of my chaise lounge (so I can jump up without slipping) and very importantly I have a little mat to eat on. This evening I was very hungry because Mommy was late feeding me my supper. That will not do! I scratched at the little mat where I eat and then I scratch on Mommy's arm. Mommy didn't get it at first so I did the scratching a few more times. Sometimes those humans take awhile to figure things out. Eventually Mommy realized what I wanted and fed me my supper. I ate every kibble up!

Mother's Day

Mommy and I had a nice Mother's Day spending the day together. :)

We spent time in both the outdoor and the indoor living rooms. I couldn't believe it today when Mommy did housework in the outdoor living room. She took a broom and swept the whole floor in the outdoor living room. What is with that Mommy?? It is just concrete! Now we have more housework to do! It never ends.........

I enjoyed today watching the neighbours and the interlopers that go by. Mommy says I shouldn't stare at the neighbours but I don't care. I stand and look between the boards of the fence and watch what the neighbours are doing. I also enjoyed watching the birds, listening to the creek flow and in the evening listening to the crickets. I also enjoy sitting in the chair with Mommy. It is very nice in the outdoor living room.

I hope every pup and Mommy had a great Mother's day. Happy Mother's Day!

Grass Cutting and Other Exciting Events

I didn't bark about the grass cutting. Friday was an important day because it was the first day this year that our grass got cut. One of the things that Mommy really likes about living here is that she doesn't have to cut grass. A crew of four peepoles does all the grass in the area. Where we live there is a number of streets of "townhouses" which amount to around 160 units. I really loved watching the grass cutters last year and I know I will love it this year too. They cut the front yard, all the grass along my walking path and in my field and they even come into my backyard and cut the grass. There is a man on a big riding mower, a lady with a push type mower, a man with a weed wacker thing and another man with a blowy thing to blow the grass off the patios. Lots of interesting things to watch and bark at. Last year they cut the grass on Thursday and I am wondering if it will be Friday this year??? Mommy likes it because she says it makes the lawn nice for the peepoles for the weekend.

In addition to grass cutting another important day around here is Tuesday. Tuesday is the day I get to watch the peepoles coming with the big trucks and picking up the garbage. It is exciting too because the sea gulls get all excited and fly around. We have to put the garbage in a special garbage can with a lid to keep those birds out of the garbage. Every second Tuesday is extra exciting because another big truck comes to pick up the recycling.

Another mini excitement around here is every weekday (Monday to Friday)about 9 am a man on a golf cart drives around - first the front and then the back. His job is to stop and pick up any garbage that he sees. Mommy says she likes this too because the area is kept very clean.

There is lots of interesting things to watch for around here.

Outdoor Living Room

Mommy and I were real busy today preparing our outdoor living room. First Mommy had to open all those big boxes that have been sitting in our hallway for weeks or months or days. In the boxes were a bunch of metal pieces and some cushions. Out of all those pieces she built two arm chairs with big soft cushions and a side table. We then took them outside on the patio. After that Mommy put out our new outdoor rocking chair and another side table. Then it was time to put out the big lounge chair that has another soft cushion. Then Mommy put out some "solar lights". Our outdoor living room is starting to be quite nice. Mommy says we have a few more jobs to do out there tomorrow. I really enjoyed my day in my backyard today. Now that Mommy has an outdoor living room I hope she will be spending more time with me outside. :)

Pumpkin

I am having some problems with the change over in diet. My poopy is loose and Mommy calls it diarrhea. So, I am eating pumpkin and it seems to be helping. I don't like pumpkin much so Mommy takes a blob of it on her finger and sticks it on the roof of my mouth. I have no choice but to swallow the pumpkin. Mommy says it is good for me so I guess I have to put up with it.

Sunbathing

I am happy to report there was no shortcuts done today in preparing my breakfast. I had some roast beast sprinkled on my breakfast this morning. Yummy! I guess I now have Mommy on her toes!

Since Mommy had to work all evening she came home for a couple of hours this afternoon. It was just wonderful. The sun was shining and it was warm outside. I spent a full hour outside sunbathing in my backyard. Heavenly! Those yappy boys were outside and barked the whole time. If only they would be quiet it would be perfect.

Breakfast Incident

I am really enjoying my new kibble called "NOW". It is yummy! I have a routine with my meals. In the morning Mommy mixes my kibble with a big scoop of "GO" chicken canned food. ("GO" and "NOW" are made by the same company.) She squirts in some omega oil and stirs it all up. On top of that she sprinkles some special yummies like a few small pieces of meatz or some freeze dried chicken pieces. For supper I get plain kibble.

The above was all history building up to what happened this morning. This morning Mommy made me my breakfast but she didn't sprinkle any special yummies on top. She thought I would eat it anyways but I didn't! I am one smart pup and she wasn't going to get away without sprinkling the special yummies on top. She broke down and sprinkled some yummies on top and I gobbled up my whole breakfast. You have to stay on top of these humans or they get lazy.