Okay blog buddies, there is only two days left to get those photo's in to the Dog Blog Giveaway. Dawn and Katie wondered how I was going to pick the winners because all the photo's are so good. Well being a high-tech dog that I am, I found this neat on line radomizer program at random.org. You enter the amount of people participating and the program randomly picks the winners for you - pretty neat huh.
Okay buddies - it's time for a giveaway. As you know my Mom hasn't been very well but she is slowly getting better and part of that means doing things she loves, like crafts and making stuff. Mom and I got to thinking the other day and realized there was no cards specifically for dogs. When someone looses a pet it is just as devastating as loosing a child, and when a pet has a birthday - shouldn't they be able to get neat cards too. So Mom started creating and came up with a whole range of cards just for Dog Blog Buddies. She has Sympathy, Get Well, Birthday, Missing You, My Blog Buddy, Valentines, St Patrick's Day, Easter and basically all the major holidays. Here is a sample of the cards - remember to click on the photo to see them bigger. Oh, I forgot to mention there is plenty of room on the back of the cards to write a message.
Many of you may have heard about the Earthquake that hit New Zealand yesterday and the devastation it has caused. We have some buddies over there Josh and Jess and are very happy to hear that they are safe. Please say a prayer for those that lost their lives and for the doggies that may no longer have a Mom or Dad coming home to them. You can read about it here
Mom didn't have a great weekend, she has been in a lot of pain and the surgery has really set her back again making her very tired and just generally not feeling well. I figured I had better do something so I got Dad to take me to Petco and I looked for a nice bone that Mom could chew on. Of coarse, that also meant that Dad and I had to have a BIG discussion on the merits of Mom having a bone, for some reason Dad seemed to think that Mom would not enjoy it. How could ANYONE not enjoy a big tasty marrow bone???? My dogness, I really began to worry about how sick Mom might be when Dad told me this; but he assured me that Mom was fine and that she just wasn't fond of bones - sure sounds like a sick person to me !!! Mom goes to see the surgeon today and she thinks everything is just fine, she said that she thought the stitches were very tight and that is what is probably causing the pain. I hope that is all it is as we have the most beautiful weather this week, it is going to be in the high 60's all week with no rain or snow in the forecast - this all means perfect walkies weather and in fact "She who is never seen" took me and "IT" for a walkies in the park yesterday.
Dogness - I nearly forgot !!! Happy Valentines Day every one and special Valentines message to my favorite girl - Miss Katie. Sigh, isn't she just the sweetest and prettiest little lassie you have ever seen. Dad and I got Mom lots of flowers and he found mom a really special card too which we gave her this morning. I also forgot to mention that while sitting with Mom yesterday we also came up with some great news - we are going to have one of our Great Dog Blog Giveaways again. So get those cameras ready (we promise no pee-mail photo's this time) because we have some wonderful prizes. Details coming soon.
As some of you know my Mom was very sick last year and spent most of the year in the hospital. Tomorrow she is going to have some more surgery to repair some of the damage the previous surgeries caused. Of coarse this means I will be very busy looking after Mom for the next few days so I might not get the chance to blog much. Please send lots of good puppy vibes to my Mom. I will try and let you know how she is doing as soon as I can and in the meantime I will be sitting right here by the front door until she comes home again.
We're having a snow day
This is what was in the big box that Dad and I got for Mom's birthday. It's a trickling water fountain. The large rock that the water flows over is a piece of slate and then it has river pebbles on the bottom. It holds five cups of water and Mom just loves it. Personally all that sound of trickling water just makes me want to pee!!! Mom loves these fountains, she finds them very relaxing and they add some moisture to the air as well. Dad had bought one for Mom a couple of Christmas's ago but it stopped working so Mom was very happy to get another one - mind you she gave Dad enough hints so he could hardly go wrong ! Mom and Dad also went out to dinner and Mom has a yummy bowl of Chicken and Gnocci soup (that is all Mom could eat) and Dad had Chianti Braised Short Ribs. I think they were very mean not to bring me back a doggie bag - Mom said I am too young to have alcohol so I couldn't have the ribs and I can't eat red meat anyway. I still would of tried it even if it did upset my tummy! Mom did give me two extra charcoal cookies, so I guess I can't really complain - OKAY, yes I can - they should of bought me home a doggie bag!!!
Today is my Mom's birthday - yeah Mom ! You sure are old!!!! I started the day off perfectly for her by waking her up at 4.00 am because I desperately needed to go out. I don't know why Mom grumbled so much about it - but she did. A boy has to do what a boy has to do! After breakfast Mom and I drove Dad to work with me dogervising the whole way - if I didn't do this Mom would surely get lost. As for a birthday present, well there is a big box sitting in the lounge room for Mom from Dad and me but we have to wait until this evening to open it as Dad has to "put it together" Doesn't that sound intriguing? I will post some photo's of it tomorrow so you can see what it is. Mom and Dad are going out for dinner tonight too - which I think is a bit inconsiderate as they know I can't go with them. What is up with that anyway - why can't doggies go to restaurants too? Hope everyone is keeping warm and safe with all the snow they have been having further north. It is cold here, but the sun is shining and over all we were very lucky to have missed the storm.
