Yeah, yeah, yeah so we sleep together.

OK, so mommy caught us, no big deal!  What else does she think we are going to do while she is at work or out doing errands or having fun.  My sister and I sleep together.  Actually it is rather rare, but I mean at night we all sleep with mommy.  She, meaning my sis, has taken to sleeping with me during the day too.  She used to be a little confused by me when I first arrived.  

I can still feel the sting of her claw across my little puppy nose. I am still slightly hesitant around her, not fully able to relax.  You can see it in this photograph, I am alert still.  Mommy laughs at me as she says Mandy just wants to be friends now. She is 15 and I am 11.5 so it is OK now mommy says she mellowed out.  I find it hard to believe.  Mommy says people and animals change and it is only fair to give them a chance.  No one is perfect, Mandy did not understand at the time what she was doing "right mommy" and she loves me now and wont hurt me.  Sure, hmmf, not sure actually.  Mommy says she sees the change in Mandy as Mandy always comes up and rubs up against me now, in the beginning she came up and hissed or took a paw to me.  So yeah maybe she has changed.

I guess stranger things have happened.  I suppose I could relax around her.  Mommy is big on giving people second chances because as she says everyone has a story.  And we all at one time or another have been judged wrongly or labeled or what ever.  I guess my sister has had a change of heart towards me so I can give her a second chance but she better not hog the bed again tonight as that is my job!  Poor mommy has a very sore throat so I may ease up on hogging the bed as she is under the weather, that is the least I can do for her since I do not have thumbs and can not make her tea.  But I can give her tons of wet dog kisses!! Yeah just what she needs LOL!!!!

My new fence, and oasis

Well mommy finally had a fence put up for me.  The things, many, many things she does for me.  OK, lets not kid ourselves she does these things for herself too but I do reap the benefits.  Although the fence was truly the main reason she had it put up.  And I am glad she did.  The previous owner of the house created this rather peaceful oasis of sorts in the back yard.  She had a green thumb for sure. Ha, mommy sure doesn't.  But the saving grace here is the plants were already well established.  Mommy should not be able to kill these, God help her.  She does not have a green thumb, but her mom sure did.  She actually grew two trees one from a  lemon seed, and the other from an orange seed.  Mommy has yet to try it, huh, I have a great idea of mommy.  She has been trying to think of what she can plant in honor of her mother's memory and how fitting would it be if she actually planted an orange seed and it grew!!!!!  AWESOME IDEA!!! Now to try and figure out to get mommy to do this.  I can not speak so I am going to be left to come up with a rather interesting ploy or tactic to introduce the idea to her.  She has oranges from when she made orange chicken, I am so waiting for her to venture onto a new recipe already (not that it is not good, but she seems to stick with things when they are good and needs to explore a little more and broaden her horizons) maybe I will play with an orange on the floor, chew into it really hard and squirt out a seed and hopefully if I position the attempt just right, the seed will hit her in the face and get her attention.  Just a thought.  It has to hit her so she will notice it, come on already.  I was not going to do it to be mean, unlike when I hog the bed at night when she forgets to walk me, oh yeah I let her know when I am upset but this is just my attempt to get her to come up with the idea on her own.

Her mother loved her orange tree and lemon tree so this would be fitting for her to do.  But back to the fence.  Yes, I do love my fence now.  I can walk around and enjoy the yard and the way the yard was established I can see where it is a haven of sorts for mommy.  She likes to sit by the pond in the evenings and sip a glass of wine while listening to the water fall.  I sit out there with her and roam the fence, see this is where the fence is a blessing for mommy.  She can sit near the pond and sip her wine and not have to hold onto my leash and I can roam about freely.  She does worry though that I may jump into the pond.  OK, so I thought about it a time or two but wont do it.  Today we are just hanging in the house doing minor repairs and putting up curtain rods.  Mommy would hire a handyman but she is really burned out right now with trying to hire anyone because it seems she has hired every crack head in Ohio, at least according to her friend who says he never met anyone who had more bad luck with contractors than her.  And she has had many a bad luck.  But anyway, she will attempt most things herself then go from there if need be.

She enjoys doing things on her own, she gets a sense of accomplishment from it.  So this is really going to be a tough choice with how to get her to come up with the orange tree on her own, which again is why the seed needs to hit her in the face, I will try and miss her eye.  LOL, maybe, depends if she makes me mad this day or not.  I do love her, but I just want her all to myself.  Well, I can hear her down there trying to find the tape measure and screw driver so she can put up the curtain rods, better go help in any way I can.  

Belly dancing

Oh my goodness, what was mommy thinking!  Talk about a party getting out of hand, and talk about some fun!!  Mommy had some co-workers and new neighbors over for a party and it was a party.  Somehow mommy got in her head to advise all guests that everyone had to take a turn at belly dancing and she handed them her belly dancing hip scarf, a tambourine, and some finger symbols and three guests actually did it. Included one male, then the next thing I know after Julie's fiance was done belly dancing I ended up with the hip scarf tied around my hips and I went at it.  I showed them all how to really belly dance, giving it the proper hip shake and shimmy!!  When I was done, I received a standing ovation and I deserved it.  Mommy laughed so hard she doubled over.  Actually everyone laughed but I was proud as I knew they were all jealous as I am a great dancer.  The party was fun, it was our first party in the new house.  We really love our neighborhood as it has sidewalks.

No more dodging cars on walks and sharing the road with other walkers, now we share a sidewalk and have no worries.  I have not written in a while because since January mommy was very busy looking for a house and was always on the computer researching areas and homes and I just gave her her space.  But now that we are both settled and she is not on the computer as much I will have my luxury once again and keep up on current happenings and adventures and experiences because I always have them.  Well time for me to go get mommy and take her on a walk.  She was good today so she deserves a nice walk around the neighborhood...

Treadmill anyone????

Oh my goodness, leave it to mommy to find something fun and different for me to do and she will! Today she took me on a walk in the historic district and we came across this dog wash facility. Mommy knowing it has been a while since I was groomed properly walked in with me to inquire about their services. She quickly discovered they throw in a treadmill run or walk or both with the grooming session which includes a bath, a brush, a nail clip and hair clip around my paws and toes and a removal of excess fur.

Well, mommy was pleased and left me there and came back to watch me walking and running on the treadmill. She was so pleased with me and I was pleased too. The first time ever on a treadmill and I was so brave and took to it like a fish to water. Wow, so now mommy has a new place to take me for a fun session of grooming and exercise. This also confirmed for mommy it would be a good idea to buy a treadmill this way we can both get our exercise when the weather is bad outside and hell just for fun. I love the idea!!!

Mommy told one of her friends that she could see the determination and concentration on my face while I was on the treadmill and no joke, seriously I mean, never having done that before I seriously was trying to comprehend what was going on. But I did enjoy it and it was a blast!!!!

And then of course mommy finished my walk with me and then we came home where she gave me a treat and fed me my dinner and then we sat on the couch together and she rubbed my belly and ears and could not get enough of how soft I am and how wonderful I smell. That was an unexpected surprise for me and it all started with a walk down town. Leave it to mommy to find the most outlandish things for me to do and try!!! God bless her!

Whose a spoiled dog???

Why I am of course!!! As you can see I adore comfort, I like sleeping with a blanket and I enjoy wearing hats, sometimes they stay on my head and other times they just fall off, but today, I wore it for a long time on my walk with mommy and I kept it on until I was about to fall asleep and mommy took it off once I did. As you can see in my photo I was feeling sleepy and about to conk out and once I did, mommy took my picture. I had a grand day with her, we walked the historical village near our home and window shopped. Mommy stopped to speak to some friends and shop owners and then we sat at an outside cafe and mommy shared a small bite of her sandwich with me.

She brought her camera and began taking pictures again, she loves that camera. She is so happy here and does not miss our old home. Some people she misses and then some she has learned to not miss because they were not nice people. When you tell someone you miss them and they laugh, it reveals what kind of ass they are and always have been and as mommy said laughing, some asses are just never going to clean themselves up, LOL.....they were then, are now and will always be a mean asshole. So, she closed a chapter yesterday on her old life, my old life too. She reached out so many times and well, she no longer cares, it is just simple as that.

So, on with our new life and new blessings and new fortunes and the ever sweet revelation of how much sweeter life is now and how much happier she is and how she once again has found herself and is alive again, enjoying life and moving ahead and when she looks at me I see that look of contented bliss. I am hers, the best absolute thing to come out of the marriage, and I am hers, and she is mine and we are all so happy........as you can tell my life with mommy is pretty great. She lets me swim a lot!!!! Play a lot!!!!! Sleep a lot!!!!! And she gives me mass amounts of belly and ear and back rubs!!! What else could a dog ask for, and when they say it is a dogs life, I so have the dog's life!!!

Yaaawwwnnn!!!!

Ohhhh my goodness, I am so sleepy now, I just posted five, no make that six posts and I am wiped out. I just wanted to get it caught up as I have been so busy and today I had this awesome long play session at a friends house out in the country. We played on 8 acres of land, running in the snow, chasing each other and me of course trying to hump them.

It was all in fun. Mommy and her friend had tea and sat and talked for hours while the dogs all played. Her new friend Dave is a great guy, very funny and artistic to say the least. Very interesting guy. An actual artist and is currently working on a book. He threw some book ideas at her today and she is very eager for him to finish the one he is working on because it is unconventional and a work of art in and of itself. Will be interesting.

I behaved and did not jump into the river behind his property but I wanted to. But I played with Bailey and Molly and we ran around like crazy!!! It was great!!! I have made so many new friends since moving here and mommy was worried I would not be able to make them but all the dogs here are friendly and fun and we get along so well. Plus mommy is making tons of friends here as well too and that just means I make new friends too!! Yeaahhh mommy!!!!! Well as you can see I am so very tired and it really is passed my bed time, I must go. Oh by the way if you are just reading my blog, you wont know about my favorite habit of hogging the bed. But tonight I think I wont hog the bed, but share it with mommy because she gave me such a beautiful day today and I am so happy to be with her!!!!!

My feather friends out back

Mommy and I sat inside one day and watched the snow fall and watched the birds sitting on the berry tree and eating. We were so captivated by this and we decided to take pictures. Mommy is amazed at how when I am out back playing the birds don't fly away. It is as if I am part of their little community.

They do not feel threatened at all, I play and dance around in the snow and they eat and flutter about. I even run under the tree they are all sitting in and they just remain unaffected. Mommy was so amazed at this, she says we are all one big happy family. Now of course if my sister came out, she would be trying to eat all of them and I am pretty sure they would all fly away....They are cute though. Mommy has taken up bird watching and has taught me how to be very still when we are out studying them and about to take their pictures. I am a good boy and wonderful assistant photographer as you can see, I listen well, the birds did not fly away..