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I've been tagged!

Well hello friends.
I've been tagged by the very handsome and sweet Jake. I need to state 7 facts about myself and then choose some other friends to play too.

So let's see:
1. I love to eat! (Well, I AM a lab after all) BOL

2. I love to play ball. Well, I chase the ball and bring it back but what I really love is to play keep away from Mommy and Dad. Hee Hee

3. I love to pick on the cats. Mommy scolds me and tells me NO, but I just can't resist a good chase if I get the chance.

4. I really hate it when the cats swat my face. Ouch! Those toenails are really sharp.

5. I like to sneak in the bedroom and take a nice long snooze on Mommy and Dad's king-sized bed. Ahhhh!

6. My favorite thing in the whole world is to go to our farm and run through the fields and the woods. There are different sights and smells each time that we go there. A doggie's paradise.

7. I love to act goofy and make people laugh at me. (A typical lab trait) Heh Heh! We'll do anything for attention.

Now, let's see I need to tag some friends.
I chose:
1. Sunny
2. Noel
3. Sailor
4. Furby
5. Cat (who is actually a dog) *Giggles*

Daddy's working me to death. *Groans*

Oh my dogness, I am literally dog-tired. I absolutely love going to the woods and running but today was something new. Daddy said that we were going to the farm to cut wood. Oh boy! I love the farm! I love the woods! This should be an ideal day.
Well, things started out as usual, but Daddy took the van and trailer and Mommy and I followed in the car. When we got about half-way back the lane, Mommy asked if I wanted out to run. Well, of course! I love to run; so I gladly hopped out and took off down the lane. When I got to the woods, Daddy was already there and making all sorts of loud noise. Eek! What is that sound? Bzzz, Bzzz, Bzzz! I cautiously approach to see what is going on; by then Mommy is there too. She heads off into the woods and so I boldy and bravely preceed her. When we got there, I could see that Daddy was cutting up logs and that explained the loud noise. Well, nothing that I could do here and besides that noise hurt my very sensitive ears. So I decided to explore.
I ran and ran but kept on checking back with Mom and Dad and they kept a very close eye on me. If I got a little too far away, one of them would call me and I would come running right back to them. Then all of a sudden, they came out of the woods with the smaller trailer and unloaded the wood into the big trailer. Well, looky here---an empty trailer and no one to ride in it? I could take care of that little problem; so I hopped right in. Mommy got in with me too and we rode the trailer back into the woods. What fun!
Then they were busy cutting and loading wood into the little trailer again; so I proceeded with my explorations. I found all sorts of good things to smell and to paw at. I even did some serious digging but I still kept checking back with Mommy and Dad. Only problem was that I kept getting all covered in saw dust. It was all over my fur and on my face. Mommy kept telling me that I should be careful or I would get saw dust in my eyes; so I decided to leave there and check out the field behind the woods.
Pretty soon, I saw the little trailer going back through the woods and to the outside edge where they unloaded the little trailer onto the big trailer again. Well, happy days! This has been quite exciting and fun but I think that it is getting time to go home and hit the couch for my nap. But, wait! What's this? Oh no, the little trailer heads back into the woods again. So I hop a ride and go along to see what is going to happen next. We rode quite a ways further this time and then Mommy told me to hop out. There was more logs that were already cut up and so they busily began loading them. Then back out to the big trailer to unload. Well, I say that it is surely time to go home now! So I start back down the lane and head towards home. If Mommy won't take me, I will go all by myself. But it sure is a long ways. Pretty soon Dad called my name and I had to turn around and go all the way back to the woods. Whew! This doggie is starting to be one pooped puppy.
OK, One more trip into the woods and I hope that we will be done. I tried to get Mommy to let me hop in the car but she was too busy walking along the edge of the woods. Well, I decide to follow along and try to speed things up. One more load, Daddy promises and then we will be done. At last! I start picking up some of the smaller pieces of wood and trying to help out but Mommy says that the ones that I choose are too long; so they cannot be used. Besides when I would try to carry them to the trailer, I would get caught up by another tree and couldn't get through the pathway. I was stuck! Mommy, help! But she didn't come to my aide; she was too busy carrying wood. Oh well, off to do some more exploring while they finish up.
Finally! The little trailer makes it's way back out of the woods and over to the big trailer. I stand by and watch as they throw the last pieces onto the big trailer. Then I most helpfully try to lead Mommy to the car so that we can go. These people are seriously cutting into my nap time now and I am one tired pooch. Mommy says that we can't go yet because we have to hitch up the little trailer behind the big trailer and do some other stuff. We finally walk back to the car and I hop in. Mommy backs up but then we just sit there! Well, what is this all about? I'm ready to go Mom, what's the hold up? She says that we have to follow Daddy and the big trailer all the way home so that he doesn't lose any pieces of wood or chainsaws or anything. Well, this is just the pits. I think that I am finally on my way to napland and then we only travel at about 35 miles an hour. (I could almost run as fast as this if I weren't so tired).
We finally get home and Mommy parks the car and let's me out. Ahhh, nap time! But NOOOOO! Now we have to water the chickens, feed the chickens, get the mail and help Daddy put things away. Is there no end to this punishment? My tail's dragging Mom. This pooch is used to veggin' out on the couch every day but today things are just not working out.
After much patience and a little of the pitiful, sad eyes routine, I finally win them over and we head for the house. Mommy opens the door and there is my beloved couch. Ahhhh, at long last! I hop up in my favorite spot and within two or three minutes my little eyes are closed and I am in dream-land. Daddy tells Mommy that he thinks that I am one tired little doggie; boy, he doesn't know the half of it. If he had only made half as many steps as I did today, he would be tired too. BOL
Well, I've learned one very important thing today. It is an awful lot of work to bring home all of that wood that keeps us so comfy and warm all winter long but it is worth it. I still love going to the farm and I still love running through the woods and I don't even mind helping gather up the wood and over seeing the whole process. But Daddy is going to have to change his schedule so that he doesn't cut into my precious nap time.
These humans are seriously disrupting my couch time and it just might be the death of me. Hey, a girl has to get her beauty rest each day, 'ya know. Oooh, I am one tired pooch!

Vacation news and other stuff

Well, I am a bit behind on writing in my diary but I have been a very busy girl. Lots of things have happened in the last couple of weeks so I will try to get all of my information updated.
First of all, Mommy and Dad went on vacation the last week of August and I had to stay at home with a petsitter. Yep! Just like a babysitter but a petsitter. Well, whoever heard of such a thing! Mommy would not be content to go away for a week and leave me in the pen all alone and so she made arrangements with a friend to petsit for me. Boy, was I glad of that too. It was really hot here at home; in the 90's so I was really happy to be allowed to be in the yard and to enjoy all of the shade from our big trees. Mommy even left me two wading pools full of nice cool water so that I could cool off when it got too hot. Mommy was worried that I might be tempted by one thing or another to overstep my boundaries with the invisible fence; so she asked her friend to keep an eye on me. This friend/petsitter would stop by our house in the mornings and let me out of the pen. She would even play chuck-it ball with me until I was hot and tired and then she would leave for awhile so that we both could cool off and rest!
Pretty soon, she would be back to check on me and to play some more. This lady was pretty fun and I enjoyed her visits. She brought her own fur babies along one day but I was not happy to see them; so she left them in her car and just played with me.They watched but I was the one who got all of the attention! BOL! Mommy said that the other doggies might have played with me but I decided that I just wanted to play with the nice lady that brought me treats every day.
One day this lady even asked me to get in her car and we started towards town, but I was kind of nervous to be in someone else's vehicle and so she brought me back home. Little did I know that she had intended to take me to McDonald's for an ice cream cone, or I would have settled down and been a good doggie. I was just worried that she might take me away from my house and not bring me back or even worse that she might take me to the VET!! I should have known that she wouldn't have done that to me, but this lady was still somewhat of a stranger to me and I didn't know if I should trust her or not. Next time I will know to sit down and be a lady and maybe I can get one of those ice cream thingies.
Well, I began to look forward to this lady stopping by and she would come about three times a day to check on me and then in the evening, she would let me help put the chickens to bed and gather eggs. Then she would get my dinner ready and give me an egg in my food (just like Mommy always does); so things were pretty normal and I did enjoy having company each day. She was very nice to me and she was an excellent chuck-it ball thrower. I finally decided that she was a pretty good petsitter after all.
The first day that Mom and Dad were gone, one of the kitties that lives in the house escaped when the little grandaughters came and forgot to close the door right away. So this lady would call and call for Tuffy each time that she came, but he was in hiding and wouldn't show his face. Then one morning he came to her and she put him back in the house again. He had been gone for three days and I could tell that the petsitter was very glad to see him. I was quite happy too because now she could pay attention to me and not worry about that silly cat any more. She was very careful to not allow him or Pickles to escape again and so she got to spend more time playing chuck-it ball with me (as it should be)!
Do you know what else this petsitter did? She kept taking pictures of me and the others too. She even made a cute little album that Mommy told me about; she said that it brought tears to her eyes. I don't know why it would make tears but humans are so silly about such things sometimes. The album was a day by day account of what happened at our house; so that Mommy could see what all we did while she was gone. There were several pictures of me with my chuck-it balls, a picture of each kitty and the chickens and even a picture of one of the eggs in the nest that the lady gave me for my suppertime. Hee Hee! Isn't that silly? But it made Mommy happy to see these pictures and she said that she was going to keep this album forever and always. Well, I guess that Mommy must have really, really liked my pictures!
Anyhow, when Mommy and Dad came back from vacation, I was really happy to have them back home again. It is nice to have a petsitter, but it is really nice to have Mom and Dad back home and to have everything back to normal. They were really glad to see me too when they got home and I could tell that they had missed me. So now I am back to my old routine and I get to come in the house every day again. I really liked being in the yard and enjoying the shade trees, but you know, there is just something special about the ceiling fans and the air conditioner. Ahhhh!
And guess what? Mom and Dad have even started to let me sleep on the king sized bed for my afternoon naps. How about that? Mom thought that Dad would not allow that but I guess that he really missed me while he was gone 'cause when I slipped into the bedroom and hopped up on the bed, he just laughed at me and petted me. Boy! I should have tried that before. Hee Hee
We have been taking walks every evening now too since it has cooled off some. They will ask me if I want to go for a walk and of course I act all excited. So we hop in the car and take a short drive over to Dad's farm. There is a long drive-way that goes a mile back through the fields and we park at the end of the lane and walk all the way back to the woods. Sometimes, we even walk a little further and go back to a river that I can splash in. Only we cannot go to the river right now because the crops haven't been harvested yet. I am really anxious to have the beans harvested so that we can go on down to the river but in the meantime, I really enjoy our walks through the fields and into the woods. Boy, my nose is really in overdrive with all of the interesting smells that I find. One evening we saw 3 deer and a raccoon. Then all of a sudden, we heard this almost deafening loud noise and it kind of scared me. I had never heard such a noise before. Mom said that the neighbors were revving up their dune buggies. Wonder why they would do that? And what is a dune buggy anyhow? I don't think that I like them whatever they are because they hurt my ears.
Well, I have helped Mom put the chickens to bed and gather the eggs tonight and it is almost dark; so I have to get my supper and head off to the dog pen and my nice little secure doggie house. It has been another interesting day and I am one tired doggie. We did not go to the farm this evening but Mom took me for a nice walk down the road and we saw some more deer. Boy, that was fun but I am ready for some sleep now. So I will drift off into dreamland for another night and bask in the light of the full moon that shines in my door opening this evening. Ahhh, life in the country is very, very good for this very happy doggie.