Christmas Cards

Hi friends!

This year, my mom signed me up for a Christmas card exchange.  She knew several of my Blogville friends would participate and it sounded like fun. Whoo doggies did I get a lot of cards!

Here's one from one of my faves, Benny and Lily

And from my favorite walking buddy, Molly

And from my pal, Oskar (Oskar's mom person also blogs here)

The final card count for me was 41 (not including the many e-cards I received). I even got one all the way from the Philippines! I've never been there, but Mom says it's far away. And we would have to cross an ocean, which would be a problem since I don't swim or like water.

The best part of Christmas cards is that my people only got 23! BOL! We had a lot more around the house, but Mom and Dad both got lots of cards from people at their work places, so those didn't count either.

I'm really glad to have so many pals around the country and around the world take the time to send me cards. Of course, I (hopefully) sent everyone on the list a card, too. I had to send e-cards to most of my pals overseas because Mom said postage was breaking us. Um, Mom, I'm still one whole Mister, so I don't think we're broken. People are weird.

On one of the trips to the mailbox, I had a very special package from my Twitter pal, Tiny. His family lives in Louisiana, so the snow card made my mom giggle a little. Maybe I should send him some of our snow. Anyway, I'm also very thankful for my frame and treats and can't wait for Mom to print a picture for the frame!

Mom has started taking down all of the Christmas decorations, which makes me sad...Mostly because that means she's not sitting on the couch where she belongs and I have to get up and supervise. But that also means it's almost a new year. I'm working on my list of resolutions and will share those hopefully tomorrow.

I'm Famous!

Look who's on my pal Bunk's blog! It's technically an old picture, but only because Mom's too lazy busy to decorate me again. Not that I'm complaining!

22 Days of Thankful: Days 20 and 21

My typist is going to get herself fired if she's not careful! Anyway,

20. My real life ani-pals

Just like I'm thankful for all my friends of the internets, I'm thankful for the friends I have in real life. I love walking in the park with Molly:

and playing with Luna (but she lives in Ohio now):

And I had a great time playing with Howie when he came to visit from Memphis (I don't have a picture from that trip). He even has a puppy sister, Moxie, and is getting a human brother soon.

21. That my grandparents are here!!!!!!!


Grandma's already stuffed me silly with homemade treats. I had to get a bath for her to be allowed though. Boo. But my love of Grandma and treats is greater than my hatred of water!

Buzz's Guide to Adopting a Human

My Twitter pal, Buzz (@Buzz_Sprocker), posted a new blog today (here's a link) about adopting/training/raising a human. As any dog can attest, having a human is extremely hard work, but also filled with joy, like car rides and belly rubs.

If you have a moment, check it out and leave him some love!

Changes

Hi everyone!

Yesterday was terrible. My people got all dressed up and left me ALL ALONE and went out to eat at a fancy restaurant. They said since it was fancy, I probably wouldn't like it. Um, hello? Have you met me? I've never met a food I wouldn't try! I'm pretty sure this is abuse.

Today has been pretty great though. My mommy finally got with it and made me my own Google account! Now I can comment myself on everyone's blogs and have my profile show up! There have also been rumbles of visiting my pal, Molly, and her mommy again. I hope so, even though it's a little cold outside.

Molly

Remember how I said it was the greatest weekend ever? Well it didn't stop with a trip to Grandma's! And yes, I did get lots and lots of treats for being so good at the reunion...so many in fact, that I puked them up before the mouse excitement. Luckily it was mostly pretzels and easy for Mommy to clean up :)

After we came home, my mommy got a message from a friend that she and her dog were going to the Arboretum on the University of Kentucky's campus. Would we like to join? I gave Mommy my sad puppy dog eyes and begged and pleaded and she finally said, "Of course!" YAY, MOMMY!

This is the entrance to the Arboretum. The weather was sunny and cool, but not cold, so there were lots of people enjoying the outside. Kids are playing on the hay bales in front of the water tower.

This is my new bestest friend, Molly. She's my mommy's friend's dog. She's a rescue just like me and has lots of energy! She loved being outside. She's a little scared near other dogs, but I helped her with that a little.

Molly got tired and decided to take a rest

Finally we decided we needed a water break. Mommy didn't think that far ahead, but Molly let me share hers.

I had a great time at the Arboretum and I loved meeting Molly and her mommy. I hope I get to play with them again soon!

Smiles for a Golden

Today is a special day. Today is the 10th birthday of my fur-iend, Sugar. He's known around the blog world for his smile, so he's asking everyone to post their best smile. This would be easy for me because before my mommy and That Daddy Guy found me, my shelter named me Mister Smiley (that's how Mom and Dad named me Mister), since I was always smiley!

Here's my picture:

My mommy always know how to make me smile!

Happy birthday, Sugar!

My New Fur-iend

Thanks for the prayers so far. Aunt Melanie took Bear to the V-E-T and the prognosis isn't as bad as we first thought! She has a couple of options she's thinking about though and it's still only going to give a little more time.

But I have something else to talk about: My new fur-iend! My mom and dad have friends that live a few hours away and they came down to visit last week. The best part was they brought their puppy dog, Luna.

We kinda look alike, except she's bigger...and a beagle...and a girl.

One thing we have in common is begging. Here we are trying to convince Luna's mom to give us a fry. It didn't work :(

And here we are begging again, except from Dad (notice a pattern of what we did?). Luckily, our charms worked better on him!

Mom was very proud of my behavior, too. Luna's mom was a little worried that I wouldn't like sharing a house. I shared my house and and yard just fine...Sharing Mom, that was another story. But I only growled (without showing teeth). I did feel the need to follow her around to make sure she didn't get lost or try to take something. I'm glad to have another 4-legged fur-iend. I hope she come back soon. Mom says sometime we'll try to make the trip to see Luna's house. That would probably be fun!