Full house

Wow, what a weekend. Saturday, I went to the beach. I need to put pictures up of me going there, but my mom keeps forgetting to help me. I played in the ocean and rolled in the sand, and I caught the tennis ball a LOT. The problem with the tennis ball at the beach though, is that it gets wet and then sticky and before you know it my whole mouth is full of sand.. yuck!

After the beach, I got to go to the spa. It was a little weird, because it wasn't my normal spa that I am used to, but it was kind of similar. I liked the people a lot, and the lady who cut my hair said she was in love with me. That was nice and all, but I mean, really we just met. Can't she get to know me a little more? So, then when my mom got there, I was so relieved that I almost fell off the table. Good thing the nice kind of crazy lady was there to catch me.

The only bad thing on Saturday was that when I got in the car after my bath, there was this weird slippery clear material all over my seat. My mom said it was called plastic, and it was there, because she just got the seats shampooed, but I mean, really, it was not very comfortable. Doesn't she know that my comfort is supposed to come first? Speaking of, I totally got kicked out of my bed last night, but more on that later.

So, yesterday, I got to go on a nice long walk for almost an hour. When we got home, I was so tired! Between the beach and the bath and the walk, I was just completely exhausted. So, I slept.... and when I woke up, my Nonni and Pop and my dad were all here! It was so awesome! My Nonni and Pop even let me sit on the couch in between them, and they both pet me at the same time. At their house, they don't even let me sit on the couch at all. It would be terrible, except that at their house, my boyfriend Jack lives next door.

Okay, so I thought life was really great last night.... lots of attention, scraps of food being handed over, the best of it all! Then, it was bed time, and there was no room in any of the beds for me. What is that about? Normally, I get to sleep with my mom, and if I don't feel like doing that, I just go in the other room and have a whole bed to myself. Here I was, bedless. I mean, I know, there are two couches, plus I have two of my own beds, but those are on the ground! I like my 400 thread count sheets on pillow top mattresses, thank you very much. So, here I was, no bed, and it was getting late, and it was dark, and next thing I know it everyone is asleep. Well, I finally managed to fall asleep myself... on the floor, if you can believe it. At 4:30 though, I woke up and I thought I better try to get in a bed again. I went to my mom's side, put my head on the bed by her face and just growled - not a mean growl or anything - just enough to let her know I was there. I kept that up for a while. Then, she let me out of the room, and I thought I would do try in Nonni and Pop's room, but I didn't get any results there either. Back to my mom's side of the bed - she's the sucker, after all. After another 15 minutes of pacing and growling, she finally let me in! I won! We were all laying there happily.... well, I was happy, but she kept flopping around. Actually, come to think of it, that was kind of annoying. Well, anyway, thank goodness she finally left, and I got my spot in the bed all to myself. I had to share the bed with my dad, and he snores, so it's not ideal, but at least I didn't have to share with both of them anymore. I am definitely going to have to try that tactic again!

Well, its officially Christmas eve now, but there's no snow.... come to think of it, the weather looks exactly like it always does. I wonder what that is about. I hope I get some good presents this year... I usually don't get mine until the day after Christmas (something about something called a sale... not sure), but still I hope they are good!

That's all for now. Keep scratching and licking and sniffing :)

Still full from the turkey

Wow! What a fall.... what a Thanksgiving... what a year.

Things have been really great since the move to Cali. I get to sleep in the bed every night (well not this week, because my dad was here, but usually) and it NEVER rains.... I MEAN NEVER! How cool is that? I hate the rain. And I hate the cold. It is just great here.

I have new friends (Toby and Puggers the pugs nearby, an adorable poodle across the way, and loads of other dogs all over). Plus, last weekend I got to go to the beach with three big labs and a cutie named Ginger. Basically, its dog heaven up in here.

My mom poured gravy all over my kibble on Thanksgiving and my dad wrestled with me pretty much nonstop all week. So, life has been pretty sweet this week. He seems to be gone again though. I walked all over the place looking for him. He wasn't under the bed. He wasn't behind the couch. He wasn't even in the trash, even though I looked and looked in there. I ate some trash off the top just to make sure he wasn't in there, but it didn't really help. He was still not there.

I got used to him being gone already though, cuz last night I got to get back in the bed, which was awesome. Alright, I see my mom is putting on shoes and a sweatshirt, which MUST mean I am going for a walk.... I pretty much assume that anytime she puts on shoes, its walking time. Woohoo.... catch ya later!

On the road again....

It was a llllloooooonnnnnngggggg four days in the car, but we made it all the way from Atlanta to Irvine. We got to see my pop in Mobile, dad's friend Jay in Austin, and drop dad off at the airport in Phoenix. I had a pretty sweet spot in the car, even if it was kind of cramped.

Nonnie's Here!

Yay! Nonnie is here. She got here last night, which was awesome, because I really had to go number two, and it had been raining all day, but then she took me out, and it was dry, and I got to go. Also, she gave me eggs this morning and pets me and takes care of me. I thought she didn't love me anymore, because usually she wakes up really early and pets me. This morning, I laid outside her door and whimpered a little for a while, and she didn't come out. Eventually, my mom took me out and then Nonnie woke up. Thats when I got my eggs and my love. I always get the best treatment when she's around. I hope she stays for a long time!

Why is everything always breaking?

It is just so crazy how everything in my house keeps breaking. I got to go for a walk the other day out at the dog park I love, but then my mom and I had to get a ride home, because something on the car broke. Then, today the refrigerator broke AGAIN. My dad went to buy a bunch of ice, and that's kind of funny to watch. Plus, I just heard them say that my Uncle Pitch is coming to visit me tonight. I LOVE him. He lets me jump up on him and slobber all over him. The only problem is that sometimes when I get too excited, I accidentally head butt him you know where and my parents yell at me. Hopefully that won't happen today. I hate getting yelled at!

I think my friend Sierra just wrote me a comment... she's so silly. I miss her! I heard I am going to go to Austin next weekend, and I was all excited, because last time Sierra disapeared for a long time, that is where she went, but my mom just told me that she's not in Austin anymore. What is that about? She never calls, she never writes (well, except for blog comments).... it is just so sad. I wish I would get to see her soon.

Okay, so to the main point of this post.... I wanted to show you guys the crazy pictures from after my surgery!
























Here I am looking sad, and also there is my side where they took out the lump and me and my dad with my racing hoof :)

I am all better now, but my fur still grows a little funny. bummer!

Yay! My mom came home this morning. Now, she can help me get those pictures online from my little surgery. I had to wear a satellite dish.... soooo embarassing!

I forgot to mention the mean thing my parents did. They put pebbles all under the deck out back. I used to walk across this nice, soft area to go to the bathroom. When it rained, it was kind of squishy under there too. Now, it is so annoying. There are these big rocks and stuff, and they hurt my feet. So, I have to go all the way around that big ole mess instead of through it. It takes me like an extra 30 seconds, which is like infinity in dog time!

I heard them talking the other day. I think we are moving to California, whatever that is. They keep petting me and telling me I will like the beach... we'll just see about that.

Puppy of the Day!

This is the greatest thing.... http://dailypuppy.com/ I am really hoping that one day I might make the grown up puppy list. I do blog after all, and I mean, really, how many dogs do you know who can do that?

Today's puppy is Samson



When I was the same size as Samson, I looked just like that only whiter. Samson, good luck to you... I know you will grow up to be just as awesome as I am.

New blog format...

I did it! I finally went to the trouble to update the layout of my blog.... I sure hope you like it :)

I know I know, as usual I am late in my postings, but I have been kind of freaking out. First, my mom was all crazy for a while. She was home a lot more than usual, but when she was home, all she did was sit at the kitchen table with her laptop and piles of books around her and sometimes get up to cook or eat. Then, she was gone a lot, in and out of the house every few days. Then, as if that wasn't bad enough, both my parents were gone for like a week! It was fun, because I got to hang out with Brodie first and then Ansley, but still, they left me for a long time. When they got back, they started packing up stuff in the house. At first, I was psyched, because I thought I was going to get to see Noni. But then, they just started piling up these boxes, and every day I would go to get something or lay on something and it would be gone. Plus, my mom started being gone a lot again. Everything finally seemed to be under control, but then all my family showed up, Noni and Pop, Ali and Anna (I like her a lot... she's my size!), Jessica, Jon, Marshall and Sharon, HB and Bev, and also a lot of our friends too.... I hadn't seen a lot of them in a LONG time! So, that was crazy, and I was glad to see them, but I was glad when they were gone too. Whew! They really cut into my sleeping time. Anyway, now, the house is all empty, and I am so confused about what's going on. My dad takes me to Ansley's house every couple of days for the whole day. So, that's fun, but I sure wish I knew where all our stuff went.

Mardi Gras

We went to Mardi Gras last weekend. My mom put beads on me and I didn't even have to do anything for them! Sierra still lives with us, but I heard my parents say she might move out. That will be super weird, but I guess it will be good to have all the attention just for me now. My mom is almost a dr. now, and I am kind of wondering if that actually means anything will change. I bet it doesn't, but we'll see after next week. :)

Terrorized by a roomba!

There is this crazy thing in my house now. My parents call it a roomba, whatever that means. It is small and runs around the house and makes a lot of noise. And also, it bumps into me sometimes if I am not fast enough to get away. It doesn't really make any sense. I can't figure out when it is coming near me and when it is going to leave me alone, and did I mention how loud it is?????

Other than that, things are good. Sierra still lives with us most of the time. She's not here right now, but I bet she'll come back. It's nice when she's not here, because I can catch up on my sleep, but I miss her. Maybe I will get to go on a walk to make up for it. Usually, my mom does that for me.

I am going to go investigate this roomba thing and get back to you.

My mom came home this weekend! yay! That was super fun, cause I got to see her and my dad (my dad left last weekend and left me with Aunt Deborah, which was fun, but this is even better). My friend Sierra is still at the house with us, and I guess that's good. Sometimes I am trying to sleep or get pet by my parents and she comes and gets in the way, but most of the time we are good. Plus, I like to take her toys and pounce on her and stuff. So, I guess it works out. My mom and dad keep getting mad about all the hair. Whenever we wrestle both our hair goes flying out. I think it's funny. Plus, when you walk around the house now it's like little pieces of us are everywhere. Anyway, it was nice to have them both in the house at once. My mom's gone again now. I guess she will be back some time later. I don't really know though... you never quite know I guess. It's nice when she's there 'cause I think she doesn't really know how much we eat, and she gives us like twice as much as dad does, and that is AWESOME. I get to fatten up and lay around the house. Okay, time to go pounce on Sierra. She looks like she is enjoying that monkey a little too much.

Sierra returns!

OMG! I have just had the craziest weekend! My mom came home again on Thurday and then on Friday I got to go to the spa. It is so great there. They put me in a whirlpool and give me treats and then they cut all that super hot hair off me and brush me and pet me. Then, after I got home I was so exhausted I went straight to sleep. The next morning, I got up and went on a walk with my mom. It was kind of long and hot, but mostly it was good. Then, when I got home, I went straight back to sleep again, and when I woke up I thought I was dreaming, because my old friend Sierra was at the door. I haven't seen her in almost three years, and there she was! It was so great! We played and played and played all weekend. At first I thought they were going to leave, but only my mom left. I was kind of sad, but Sierra and her mom are still around, so that's all I really care about. OOh for those of you who don't know Sierra, she's the one next to me in the picture that my my mom has on her picture frame. Okay, she's nosing at me... must be time to go play again!

So tired... can barely lift my head and paws to write to you. My dad left me with my friend Ansley this weekend, and there were other dogs there and then we went up to the mountains for hiking, and just...

Oh sorry, drifted off there for a minute... so tired.

When my dad picked me up last night, I fell asleep in the car before we even got home. I am just exhausted. I don't know where my dad was this weekend. He smelled like sand and ocean and beer when he got home though. He seems really tired too. So, we just are laying in bed today. Sometimes he reads, sometimes I try to type, but just so tired.

Okay, going back to sleep now. Will report more later.

I just found out that my mom was in a tornado. Yikes! We have them sometimes here, but when that happens, we are all together, so that doesn't seem so bad. This one, no one even told me until late last night when I had already gone out and everything, and my dad found out from my mom on the phone. Maybe this means she will come home already! Oh well, at least the weather's been okay here, hot but good.

Mom was here this weekend. That was fun. She pet me a lot and gave me treats. It kind of wasn't great all the time though, cause I usually get my own couch, and Dad gets his, but when Mom is around, I have to sleep on the floor. I was happy that there was finally food in the house though, its been getting kind of depressing watching Dad eat that vegetarian sloppy joe stuff and fruit all the time. I think she left again. She had a big bag out and Dad drove away with her and came back alone. I don't really know where she goes, but I guess I am kind of getting used to it. Its just sad because it is super hot, and no one takes me for walks anymore. Dad tries to play fetch with me, but I usually just roll in that new grass that he keeps trying to plant. It's fun for me, because all the grass kind of rolls up and gets on me and stuff and then they have to clean it off me. I have been getting too hot lately though, so I hope that they take me to get shaved soon!

Last night was kind of scary too. Once a year, it is like a war zone around here, all this noise and thinks popping and making crazy sounds, and then there are all these different lights. I don't know why they do it! Plus, to make it worse, last night while all that was going on, it was thundering so badly. I was so scared. And all this after my parents had walked around with these crazy little fire sticks the night before. I swear, you would think they were trying to give me a heart attack. I am getting stressed out just thinking about it. Oooh I think someone is at the door. Gotta go bark now!

Things have been kind of weird this summer, but good. I mean it is really really hot here (and when I say hot, I mean HHHHHOOOOOOOTTTTTTTT), but my dad still plays fetch with me most days. I start dripping sweat (through my nose... cause you know, we dogs can't really sweat) after just a couple of throws and then I want to go in, but mostly it's good. My mom hasn't been around, but I assume she is coming back, because my dad is still keeping the house pretty clean. My walking buddy Carina came over the other day. I was a good kid and got in her car just like I am supposed to, but my dad and her ran out and were all yelling at me and stuff. I am not really sure what I did wrong, but I think when my mom gets back, I will give her the sad look and she will hopefully take me on a nice walk (when it's not toooooo hot that is). Okay, back to my nap now :) It's so hard being cute and lazing around all day!

Just got back from my noni and pop's house, and man oh man am I ever tired! I played with my friend Jackson and also my cousin Anna (I guess she's a cousin, I mean she's human and that's sort of weird, but whatever). She is nice, but she seems to fall on me a lot, and she kept calling me Buddy. I had a great time though. I got to go out on the boat and run around, and it didn't even smell like smog. Yawn... okay, enough excitement for me, back to my couch now.

Alright, seriously, there is something wrong with my mother. She was gone all week last week, and then she gets back on Sunday all cranky. Then Monday she didn't get home til 1AM... I guess that was Tuesday technically. And then last night she was home for like 5 minutes at 5, and back out she went. What's wrong with her????? Plus, she is all tired and cranky, and now my dad calls me "chunky butt." Its not like I can wear slimming clothes, and no one ever takes me for walks, so I can't exactly fix my problem. Does he want me to be an anorexic or something? then my hair would fall out and I wouldn't be soft and cuddly anymore, and then where would we all be. I need some love and attention dammit! I am going to sit on my mom's keyboard now until she pets me. It seems to be the only way to get her to stop working these days.