MOM...make sure to save room for dessert!!!

Apparently tonight is leftover night. The leftovers smelled really good. I mean licking your chops good.

You see, Mom and Dad went out for dinner last night. I know this for a fact. They left me home with Sis. Mom and Dad had a great time! The went to a place called Jake's. This is a different place than my cousin Jake's house. But anyways, apparently they've been married about 126 years. That is in dog years, because that is the best way for me to count!

It sounded like a great time. Heck, the place specializes in steaks. Us canines, we like steaks. JUST KIDDING!!! We LOVE steaks.

Mom and Dad brought home a whole bag of leftovers. Tonight, they are having the leftovers. So - Mom - please eat your dessert first, and then, maybe you'll be too full for your steak! If there is any leftover, you could share it with your favorite dog! Really, you could share it with me. PLEASE...share some with me!

Wow, I got an unimpressive bite of steak. But, it was sure good!

OK. There is a quiz today. Hope your pencil is sharpened! Luckily it is a multiple choice quiz.

Today is March 21, 2008. Yep, it is the first FULL day of spring. Guess what went wrong today:
a. Dad is home. Sis is home. Mom isn't home.
b. Dad didn't take me for a walk. Sis didn't take me for a walk. Mom still isn't home.
c. It is snowing hard today.
d. It is hard to "do outside business" when the snow hits the underside of your belly.
e. There is no tennis ball activity going on outside.
f. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Doggy stuff didn't matter today. I'm filing a protest. Right now. I'm a neglected doggy, and I'm not very happy about it.

Sis and mom left today at 6:35. That is in the morning, in case anyone is wondering. 13-year olds do not like to get up at 5:45 in the morning. Then dad left about 8:30. HELLO...it is a Saturday. Saturday is a dog word that means "today the dog doesn't get ignored" Dad came home about noon. Hmmm. Not good. And then mom came home about 1:30, for only 15 minutes, then she left again. Somewhere they must have lost sis.

At least dad took me on a walk today before he left again at 3:30. I WAS HOME ALONE WITH NO DINNER until 6:30. Then everyone came home.

Sis was floating on air when she came home. She had a gold medal. It wasn't food. It didn't smell good. I just don't know what the big deal is. Something about a structure, and a team and a challenge. Must have been a good day. Sis hasn't been in this good of a mood in months. OK, maybe that is an exageration. But certain she hasn't been in this good of a mood for a week.

I heard a rumor tonight. Hopefully it will be true. Apparently, sis gets to compete again, but out of town. No neglected Riley that weekend. They are going to Stevens Point. HOW BORING. I get to go to the Woofdorf in Racine. Now THAT is a vacation for me!

The tennis balls are defective. SEND THEM BACK.

My mom thought it would be fun to play tennis ball in the back yard today. Heck, I thought it would be fun too! Until, the mom threw the first one. The first thing that went wrong is mom is out of practice. Her throwing arm...well she needs to work on it a little.

But there is a problem, and it was huge. The tennis balls didn't bounce. Not on the snow. The go up in the air, and come down with a thud. That's it. No bouncing. This is just plain wrong.

Mom said it isn't the tennis balls that are defective, it is the weather. She wants to send the snow back.