Dear Witch-that-lives-down-the-street, You really pissed me off a few minutes ago. There I was, innocently walking my rambunctious little dog-child down the street and on the home stretch when she, having to poo, veered into the front corner of your yard next to your driveway by a mere three inches. As she got into poo-position and started to do her business–for the second time on this particular walk–you appeared at your screened window and shouted at me, “Hey, could you not do that?” First of all, *I* wasn’t doing anything. But whatev. I replied to you, “I’m sorry, she had to go, and I already used the bag I had…
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Guess Who’s Going On Vacation?
Yes, that little cherub is going on vacation, but not with us. She’ll be spending her time at the Petsmart Petshotel, which is her absolute favorite place in the world…other than at home, next to Jim. She’ll play daily in Doggie Day Camp with all of her doggie friends. She might even send a postcard to Buddy and Penny, the NukeBeagles. I have sufficiently overplanned as I always do for a trip. In fact, this is how over-the-top I went this time: ~~~I took a little blank journal and wrote down every place in NYC that we would like to visit if at all possible, along with the address, phone…
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Happy Bark-day!
Today is Roxie’s fifth birthday. There was very little fanfare in the morning, I’m sure, because I spent the night in the city last night with Kate and wasn’t here today to remind Jim and the boys to give Roxie an extra special “Good morning!” Wait. “Little fanfare?” I feel confident that there was none. I am the only one who keeps track of things like the dog’s birthday. I’m sure their remorse will be palpable when they find out they forgot. I can’t believe that she’s been with us for six weeks short of five years. They grow so fast! (sniff sniff) I was going to tell you the…
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Help Me Help Him Get Out
I guess I’m in a pretty helpful mood this week. First I gave blood. Then I sent a shout-out about helping Sarah pay for her dream come true. Now it’s Nukedad’s turn. You see, Nukedad just applied for a cushy job in the Land Down Undah. The job? Taking care of an island. The pay? $100,000 USD. The job description? Unbelievable. I’ll just let you read his post about it, here. Make sure that you watch his application video and give it 5 stars; he said that if he gets the job, I get to take care of his beagles, Buddy and Penny, while he’s gone. Roxie and I would…
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For Entertainment Purposes Only: The Many Moods of Roxie
I have the cutest, most expressive beagle in the world. I know that Nukedad will disagree with that statement because he has two beagles himself, but I am fairly confident that he will say that he thinks Roxie is in his top ten. Anyway, Roxie and I shot some video yesterday for entertainment purposes only. But I’ll get to that in a minute. First I want to post (and in some cases, re-post) some of her finer poses. Playfully submissive (yes, they ARE really playing!) Joyful in the snow Thinker Personal trainer Undeniably adorable Regal Joyful Crabby Unassuming Coy This last one? I had to include it because it cracks…