He said...She said...

He Said: By the way, "he" is ME! I am a frustrated dog today. Nothing is going right. My dad is playing in the garage. Almost all day. He's been out there for HOURS. And I know he is playing out there. I can hear him. I even tried to outsmart my mom. When I went outside for a business trip, I snuck in the other direction, around to the garage door. It was closed. I haven't been able to play with my daddy all day.

She Said: By the way, "she" is my mom. I am a frustrated mom today. The day got topsy-turvy by 6:00 a.m. Our daughter was supposed to play in a music festival today, and there was about 10" of snow, so the festival was cancelled. Everyone was up, so we went out to breakfast and then went to Kohl's and the bank. When we got back, I took the dog for a walk, and my husband started to blow the snow. Then he comes out to where I was shovelling. A belt broke. He left for an hour. And, he spent over $100 on belts. Then, he decided he needed a vise for the fix, so he left for another hour. I fixed him lunch, and then he went back to work on the snowblower. He finally just finished getting the belt on and then the blower attachment, and now, at 2:30 is just starting the snow removal. My dog looks so rejected, because, he loves to spend time outside with his dad. Luckily, this little snow blower incident didn't happen tomorrow, because then my husband will be out of town again to South Dakota. We are expecting much more snow over the weekend.

ANTICIPATION

Do you remember that commercial? I do, from my puppy days. The commercial was about a big juicy hamburger. Then some kid was waiting to pour some ketchup on it? And, there was some screechy person singing: Anticipation.

I love TV when there is meat involved, but I digress.

Now that hopefully know the commercial, let me tell you about my anticipation moment.

I carefully wait at dinner time...just in case something might happen to fall. And I wait...And I wait...And I wait. Many days and nights go by, and I am still waiting.

As life immitates art, or maybe the better way to say that, as life immitates the commercial - I keep anticipating when something will fall at dinner.

I scored BIG tonight at dinner. Sis dropped a tortilla chip with melted cheese on it. I was so fast getting that chip, that I was already smacking my lips and looking for more before they started to tell me not to eat that. (Darn!)

And then just a couple of minutes later, sis and dad bumped hands and a piece of french bread jumped out of dad's hand. Yum yum. I ate that pretty quick too. I was then anticipating mom dropping something too, but it just didn't happen. Oh well, can't blame me for hoping!

OK. That is enough. Now that dad is back, now something isn't quite right with mom.

She left me home all alone today. Sis and dad were already gone. So mom is the bad person to leave me alone.

Then Sis and dad get back a couple of hours later. Mom wasn't with them. Mom didn't get back until way later, like 2 hours after Sis and dad.

Mom smelled suspicious. Yep, suspicious. I'm not quite sure exactly what she smelled like. She went to one of the places where she comes home with lots of treats. Treats for me. OK - it wasn't a bad kind of smell. Must have been the cats. Or, maybe it was the birds. I mean - I don't mind the dog smells too much on mom, but it is almost like she is seeing other dogs. She should have taken me. I would have certainly suggested she by ALL the good tennis balls, not just 4. And I could have helped her pick out more treats, since I just really like treats. She didn't come home with enough - bad mom.

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged.

It has been so crazy, I'm not even sure if my family is feeding me breakfast in the morning, or if they are feeding me breakfast at night, and dinner in the morning.

First off, Dad went AWOL again this week. Something about South Dakota. Good thing he came back today. Him and I need to have a serious chat. I think Sis dropped out of school. She was hanging around the house all day on Monday. And then again, she was home all day on Tuesday. Don't get me wrong here, I love having belly rubs 24/7. I'm just not used to someone being around all the time.

Now, the weather has been just frightful. I always feel like such a dork in my boots. Luckily no other dogs have seen me in them. But man oh man, it probably would have been too cold to conduct any outside business this week without them. And, the worst part of this...mom wouldn't take me for a walk while dad was gone. She is such a wuss. Apparently Mom doesn't do walks when the temperature is -17 degrees, with a windchill of -35.

And, tonight when mom got back from work, the temperature was really warm outside. She took me out while she was shovelling the snow, and then, she let me bring out my tennis ball. We played a little catch in the driveway. Only a little bit though, because then my dad got home. He's been gone since Sunday. I forgot about mom and the tennis ball. I was really happy to see my dad. Thought he forgot about me, but he was really happy to see me, too.

Dad let some new guy into the house. The new guy was Bruce. Bruce smelled good. Really good. Bruce smelled exactly like a golden retriever. Well, Bruce smelled more like 3 golden retreivers. Way to go Bruce! You can come back anytime! If you want, bring a golden friend with you next time :) Better yet, bring all your golden friends.

But anyways, Dad and I get to go on a walk tonight. Him and I have to talk about Sis and school. Why did she skip school for 2 days this week? I mean, I can't say that I blame her or anything. Heck it is was awfully cold out there. Apparently, Dad said it was OK that she missed school. School was cancelled for 2 days because of the cold.

Catch you later...