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Just read the best book

Today we just finished one of the best books we have ever read. It wasn't some fancy hoity toity novel or some ancient piece of historical writting. No this book is entitled Marley and me and is by author John Grogan. And it is all about his life with his zany dog marley. It is about the real ups and downs and side splitting laughter that living with a wonderful canine companion in your life can bring. You litterally meet Marley as a brand new pup and travel through his entire life wittnessing all his hair brained comical adventures. I love that this book is written the way we all talk. There aren't big flowery words like hither and thither and it isn't condacending as if the writer is just so much better then you or I. No it is just a guy, sharing the great stories of his dogs life. It made for a fun and easy read. The book is Laugh out loud funny and at times it's heartacheingly sad. But it is no doubt a wonderful book worth reading. (And no I am in no way affiliated with the author or publisher) just really enjoyed it. I wanted to share about it here in the hopes that other dog lovers / book lovers will read this, as I have often wondered "what good dog books are there our there". And of course I am not speaking of old yeller or where the red fern growns. But sometimes it is nice to read a piece of work just to enjoy the subject matter. And while there are many trainers guids and manuals on how to be the "alpha dog" or how to teach your puppy not to poop on ther persian rugh, there aren't very many books that say "hey I have a dog , a big dumb dog, who eats rock and poops on ther persian rug. And it's ok, and it's down right funny.And your not alone, and your not a failure as a dog owner or lover." And that's what this book does. It celebrates the life of a zany golden retriver who eats anything he can find from q tips to little green army men, jumps on strangers, drools on everything but all in all... Was a great dog. So pick it up at your local walmart, or borders, or barns and nobel or even at amazon dot com. I promise it will bring a smile to your face and you wont be sorry you read it.

The Great chocolate debacle

So it all started on December 27 in the year 2007, it was a bright and sunny day though cold in Oklahoma. We had just experianced this thing called Christmas upon which for some unknown reason to us, the humans shower us with gifts and goodies, as well as eachother. Things had calmed down a bit and we had spent a couple of peaceful days back at our house, playing and snoozing and doing our normal puggy things, when a bit of snarfelling and snorting uncoverd the most glorious of all glorious treasures. There in the human brothers bedroom was a gleaming bag of CHOCOLATE!!! And Not just one SIX! YES SIX! 3 Big bags of M @ M's and 3 Big bags of Hershey kisses. This was too wonderful! How could the children leave this unguarded I had no idea, instead of diving in immediatley I went and got Widget so he could help me revell in my discovery. While the children were watching t.v. Widget and I helped ourselves to the candy. And we ate, and we ate and we ate. And then we started to feel funny, and then we started to feel bad, and then we started to vomit. .... By the time mommy got home we had thrown up 12 times. The mommy freaked out, and rushed us to the hospital.Things got really ugly after that, there was needles and IV's and more vomiting, and they shaved my little arm, and I couldn't go home with the mommy, and then more vomiting and I felt terrible and then the Grand Finale, Tinsle colored poop! Yup poop of red and green and silver foil. So then they put me in a cage, by self, and they put widget in one by his self and I can see him but not play with him or sleep with him. So I figure well I'll chew my i. v. out instead. Widget thought this was a good idea too, so he did the same. The next morning the people came back to the hospital and they gave us a bath! and then the mommy came and gotted us. I was so happy to see her. I spent the rest of the day sleeping and snuggeling with her. So the moral of the story make sure you put the chocolate up HIGH HIGH HIGH (yes we jump and climb) cause all that puking and stuff was the pits. And though our poop was quite festive looking it wasn't worth it!

My first summer was great because.....

My first summer was great because I got a new house! Da mommy and da daddy bought what they said is their very first house. Which I don't get cause we had a house before. Mommy said that wasn't her house, but if it wasn't her house, who's was it? Cause we lived there? So didn't that make it ours? Oh well I digress. So we gotted a new house. And it's Loverly. It's got a huge yard with two lovely trees in it, a huge wooden deck, kids, cats, a big ol fluffy sofa, wonderful wood floors that make my feet go all wonky when I run and a giant bath tub where mommy gives me regular torture, err I mean baths. My first summer was also great cause I gotted a brother! Widget is my bestest friend. We do ebrey thing together. We snarffle, we lick, we run, we eat, we snarffle some more. I can't even imagine what life would be like with out my little brudder.