An International Package, Just for Me !!!

Wowie Zowie!!! Guess what?!!! I got a package in the mail, just for MEEEEE. It was from Luckie -- from half way around the world -- from Singapore. Now, I get packages once in a while, but this is the first time it's been from so far away. I can see why Luckie sent it instead of delivering it herself. Anywoof, unlike Copper and Hershey, I don't have to share. Thank dogness for that! I'm an only dog and I like it that way, yes sir. All for ME!

(Above pic is my friend Luckie)

When my Mom got the mail, I immediately knew something in there was for me. Don't I always know... YEP! Being a "lady", I'm the polite type, so I didn't pull or grab for it, but I sure was excited. My Mom helped me open it and Wowie Zowie!! Look at all my loot! I got a Mr. Brown Bear (yes, that is what I named him) where I can pull his pants off, some BowWow cheese and salmon treats, and some Doggyman Break Biscuits! Thank you, Luckie! You're the bestest!

By the way, the "Break" biscuits smelled pretty darn good that my Mom helped herself to one!! She didn't even have to do a trick to get a biscuit. Not fair! But what can I do... she helps me blog, doesn't she. Don't worry guys, I got some "Break" biscuits too, lots of them actually. It won't help my figure though, but oh well. I gotta take a break from my diet sometimes, don't I?

Mom told me I have to finish my Break biscuits before I start on the cheese and salmon sticks. I wonder if she's just saving the cheese and salmon for herself. Why is she the one always in control of the food? Not fair!!

Here I am with all my Loot:





Check out my cool Mr. Brown Bear and the treats! My Mom thinks it's cute that the treats say "Break" on them. I guess that's another way of saying they are Snacks:




Look! Luckie knows how to write. My Mom had to read this to me since I'm not too good with reading. It said not to forget to rip the pants off. Of course I'm not gonna forget to rip his pants off!!! That's the first thing I was gonna do! :




I'm going for the pants in this pic:




My Mom forgot to take a picture of Mr. Brown Bear's back side. His pants have a hole in the back so his tail can come through. I wonder if Copper's duck has his tail poking through too??

The rest of these are videos. I think you will be amused by them, especially the last one!!!

Here I am, going "crunch crunch":




And here I am playing fetch with Mr. Brown Bear:




And, here is where I surprised myself and my mom!!!! This is really funny! :




Luckie!! Thank you so much for the presents! I love them!!!! You are such a sweet friend!

B.P.S. (Blog P.S.) If you go directly to YouTube.com and search on "mr brown bear hana", my 3 videos will pop up!

My Family Revealed!!!

Hershey revealed tid bits of information about his secretary and his family. It was very interesting to read, don't ya'll think? I know ya'll are just dying to know about my family too, right?

Can I turn this into a tag game? Luckie, Copper, and Ivy tag, you're it!! Reveal some info on your secretary and tag three others.

First off, here is a pic of my parents taken at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, April 2007:

My dad's name is Dad, he has a blue dot head, and he works for a major health company. I'm not gonna say which company cause I don't want to get bombarded with negative emails about health care organizations, but I will say that he worked on the company's web site's online appointments... you know, when you make appointments to see the doctor.....so, some of you may have seen his work if you are in one of their regions. He is a web programmer/project manager/security design consultant dealing with the company's web site.

My mom's name is Mom and she is a web programmer. I come from a nerdy dysfunctional family, don't I? She works for a big big university and has been there for tooooooo long. She went to school there, had a part time job there when she went to college, then worked there when she graduated. People make fun of her and joke about how she's never left school. She enjoys card making, gardening (but doesn't do that much now because of the clay dirt that is impossible to dig), making blankets, sewing curtains for the house, used to sew bandanas for me until she discovered ribbon necklaces.... I guess she likes to try to be creative. My Mom sometimes telecommutes from home so that she can keep me company. If not, then I get to go to my grandparents' house which is really cool. I don't like to be alone, so it works out well, except that my grandparents don't exactly live next door, so my parents spend a lot of time on the road, shuttling me back and forth. Am I lucky or what!!!

My parents met online. Yes siree, they did. My mom posted an ad, just for kicks... what did she have to lose. And the rest is historyyyyyyyy!!!! Actually, if you ask my Dad how they met, he'll say they met through a friend. (they actually did have a common mutual friend... and they both worked for the university) He thinks people will think it's stupid if he tells them they met online.

My parents don't have any kids other than me, but maybe the stork will drop off a little human girl one day. I think I would be okay with that. My Mom promises that I will still be their favorite. Do you think that's true? If I get a human sister one day, my mom says she wants to paint the baby's room purple because that's her favorite color. I think Hershey's Mom's favorite color is green... what do you all think?

Both my parents are only children. That means if my parents get a baby one day, the baby won't have any uncles or aunts or cousins. That is sad, isn't it? Also, because my parents are both only children and they are one of the younger ones amongst their cousins, neither of them have any experience with little people. If the stork brings a baby one day, my mom says she is scared she won't know what to do with the human baby. But then someone she knows said they felt the same way when the stork brought them a human baby, and people told them to just pretend the human baby is like a puppy and then things will come naturally.

Saved from the Twap and My Week of Freedom

I want to thank all my dog friends, except for Comet, who encouraged me to restrain myself and resist my desire for food. You all feared I would get twapped in the contraption that was for my grandma's visiting raccoons. I was good and did not succumb to the evil twap! Yeah!!

I am sorry to say though, that the visiting raccoons must also have a blog of their own with raccoon friends who told them the same thing you guys told me. Those critters are smart cookies! Those raccoons resisted the food too. Sigh... only ants ate the food. I can't get over the waste of food. How sad.

SOOOOO, my freedom was spent at my other grandparent's house as you can see here as I take over the couch that is ALL MINE anyhow!




A couple days later I became slave to the brush. Woe is me. I hate the brush, especially when it takes half of me away... whaaaaaa!!!




I think all this fur the brush took off is enough to make a mini-me!




But, as a reward, I got to go on a dogventure to the park with my parents to see my niece Happy:




In this next picture, I am sitting with Happy's Dad, and Happy too.




My dad is the one allllll the way to the right... the one with the partial half dark blue dot head:




I got to mooch off of some people and had pizza!!! I had a good time.

My Wildlife

Seems like there have been recent posts about wildlife, like Maggie posted about Mrs. Turtle and Copper posted about raccoons and birds and turtles. Well, I got some wildlife to blog about too.

Last week my parents were working on the front of the house, right above the garage door. Nothing unusual did they see. Then a few days after that, they were looking at the front of the house again and saw a birdie's nest! Whoever built it must have built it pretty quickly.




Then a couple days after THAT, the birdie's nest disappeared:



My Mom thought Dad was playing a trick on her and took away the nest (because he said if he didn't, there would be poop all over our driveway and poop in our hair). Well, Dad claims he didn't move the nest. If Dad didn't move the nest, what happened to it? What kind of bird builds a nest and then in a couple days, removes or moves the nest? I guess the birdie decided he was not happy with those accommodations and decided not to take up permanent residence at our house.

WELL, at my Grandma's house, raccoons HAVE taken up residence. A man came to the house today and put out some food. I guess this is hotel service for the raccoons. This doesn't seem fair. I've been told THAT food is NOT for me!! What gives? He puts out food for our visitors, but not for me? What do you guys think? Should I go for it?

Funny Song on Radio by Brad Paisley

My Momma and I were driving home this evening and heard a really funny song on the radio that really cracked her up!! She wishes there had been other dog people in the car. What gives??? I'm a dog... is that not enough? Anyhoo, she says you guys have to listen to the lyrics. And, she says don't be sipping any coffee or juice or liquids when you listen to the song because you may just laugh so hard that you'll spray the computer monitor. Better drink your dog beer BEFORE you listen to the song.

Here is a link to the song. The web site says you can listen to 5 songs for free. Be sure you listen carefully to the chorus. The really really funny part is at the end of the chorus!! You will know when you come to it.

Turn up the volume and have a good laugh!

Click here to listen to Brad Paisley

My Mom says she is gonna have to search out Brad Paisley's video for this. Have any of you seen it before?

A Present for MEEEEEEEE

Oh boy, oh boy... I got a present in the mail!! It was from my Mom's friend Linda. (Linda had an eskie named Yuki, but Yuki passed away a few months ago... they think she was poisoned by the tainted pet food!!!!)

Linda is so nice and sweet to send me a present. I love the presents!

Such a nicely wrapped present and all for MEEEE! Is this sponge bob square pants?



Oh, let me read the card... it's got a dog on the front, so it must be for MEEEE!



I am gentle as a lamb with my toys... oh... this is a lamb, just like MEEEE kinda sorta! How did Linda know my absolute favorite toys are white and fleecy? She is a smart lady! Oh, and it's an AKC lamby... soooo soft, you wouldn't believe how soft.



Oh, and there is MORE for MEEEE! A ribbon necklace with my absolute favoritest colors, pink and purple, with gold and red too. I will look gorgeous in it!



And, there's more?? A box! Boxes are fun too!



Let me get a better sniff...



Grrrrrr!! I got you little lamby! You're staying right here with ME!! I'm not letting you get away! I'm gonna chew on you and make you icky so my mom won't want to touch you and I'll have you all to myself! Ha!!



And here I am modeling my new necklace! And showing off my dog card and lamby!



And this is what the necklace looks like of me when I'm sitting up! I look like a ballerina, don't I?!



And, here I am playing fetch with my lamby:



Thank you, Linda! You are so sweet and thoughtful! I love my presents!