Warning Sign

Mom got a big envelope in the mail. The stamp didn't look like a USA stamp...it had the Queen on it!  And that "Air Mail" sticker was quite a clue, too.  Turns out that this surprise mail came from our friend Kathleen who lives all of the way over in Scotland! 

Kathleen sent us a "Warning" sign to hang from our doorknob to warn our neighbors. Mom laughed and laughed and laughed when she read the sign.  It says:
 

STOP

Do Not Open This Door

Dangerous Shih Tzu Inside

Has Killed Squeaky Toy

Mom put it on our door right away.

Our door is properly adorned now.

Kathleen said the sign was "So Buttons," and Mom and I have to agree!  I've definitely...um..."taken care of" quite a few squeakies!

Mom wanted me to pose with our new sign, but I was busy taking a nap. I didn't cooperate.

This is my "Seriously, Mom...leave me alone!" face:

Thanks so much, Kathleen!  We love our new door sign (even if I was grouchy and refused to pose with it...)
   

Packages NOT for Me???

Toys and cookies come in boxes, so of course I was REALLY excited when I saw this the other day. Yes...we had TWO packages at our door!!!

Much to my dismay, however, you know what I was told??? That little box on top had my allergy pills in it. Bleeeech!!! And the BIG box on bottom...you know what was in that one? Parts for our car!

Mom broke the little motor that works her car window. Her door was just lovely for a while until the parts came in. And if you look closely, you can see that she had packing tape holding the window up!


Anyway, the bottom line is that we had TWO BOXES at our door and the end result was NO TOYS for Buttons. Isn't that atrocious?! It's totally inhumane. Or something like that.

I think Mom got the hint that I was not a happy pup...not at all. So, she broke out a new toy from her secret stash! Yeah!!!

You remember the world's coolest neighbor who bought me toys to replace the not-a-doggy-toy one that I was playing with? Well this new toy is another one of the ones from our neighbor!


I started right in, squeaking away. (Yes, I may need a haircut soon...but let's not point that out to Mom...)


I got tired of Mom playing paparazzi, so I took the toy into my tent and I squeaked it in the tunnel.


Mom, of course, once again invaded the privacy of my princess tent...


Eventually I decided that I needed more room to play, so I came out of the tent via the tunnel.



And then I just plucked away in the middle of the living room.

So, I guess that worked out o.k. overall. We had two boxes...and Mom ended up getting her car window fixed and I ended up with a new toy. Of course it would have been better if I got more toys... Oh, well.

Packages in the Mail!

The other day, we got THREE packages in the mail!

You know what packages mean around here...TOYS!

One package had another pretty package inside it...

Look at the cool stuff! I won a pendant from my friend Marjorie during a Twitter party, but look at the cool cards and stationary she sent with it!

And do you see that pendant? It's got ME on it!

Mom tried to get a pic of me modeling the pendant, but I was a reluctant model. (OK, so I just really wanted to nap!)

So the cool stuff from Marjorie was in one package, but that leaves TWO more, right?! You know what was in them???

NOTHING! That's right. I got robbed. Both of those boxes had stuff in them for MOM. That's totally not fair.

I gave Mom my stink eye...

And I guess my look must have really helped because Mom felt bad and got a toy out of her secret stash for me!

I forgave her...

Box at the Door

I got in a little trouble tonight. I got all excited because there was a box at the door. You can even see my wet paw prints all over around the box. (My paws were drenched 'cause it's pouring down rain outside tonight.)

The reason I got in trouble, though, is the fact that the package was not at OUR door...

Mom said it was the neighbor's package, not ours. And apparently the neighbor probably wouldn't want me checking it out like I do. Oops...

Anipal Photo Hunt: Catching Up!

I discovered that I missed TWO of the Anipal Photo Hunt challenges. I didn't miss any of 'em before the Photo Hunt went on a break, and I sure can't end up behind now! So, I decided to catch up.

The first post I missed was with the theme "Mardi Gras." I don't have anything specifically "Mardi Gras," but I DO have a picture of me wearing some beads! They're Shibbering Cheetos Love Beads. I was rolling on some toys, too, so I was having fun. That counts as Mardi Gras, don't you think?!

The second Anipal Photo Hunt that I missed was "What the Heck Is That Thing?!" I went to my archives for this one, and I found TWO different things to use...

First, we got a box in the mail one day. You know what boxes have in them, right? TOYS! Not this one, though. It had something Mom called a "cake pan" in it. What the heck?!

My second "What the Heck Is That Thing?!" was when Mom's friend came to visit last year. This pile of blankets on our couch kept making noises and moving. I kept a close eye on it.

I had to figure out what was going on in those blankets!

Turns out it was Dallas, Mom's friend's doggy!

And NOW I'm all caught back up with the Anipal Photo Hunt!

Babbling Box in the Mail

Mom ordered some stuff from DogToys.com last week. I can't tell you what she ordered, though, 'cause they're Christmas presents for some friends. Anyway, we got a paper in our mailbox yesterday saying that Mom had to go to the post office to pick up the package. That was a little strange 'cause usually the mailman brings stuff to our door.

Anyway, Mom went to the post office today and asked for the package. When the post office worker guy brought the box out for Mom, he was laughing. "This one is talking to me!" he said.

Sure enough...that box was making lots and lots of noises. It was babbling away any time it moved. Mom put the box in the car and had to listen to it for the entire trip to our house. We think maybe the mailman didn't want to take it in his truck all day and maybe that's why he didn't deliver it to our house.

I was excited when Mom brought that box home. I absolutely LOVE boxes in the mail!

Why was that box talking so much? It turns out that my buddy Boris snuck a Holiday Babble Ball in the box before DogToys.com shipped it out to me. I thought that was SO funny. He stuck the Babble Ball in there 'cause he knows I have a different Babble Ball here that drives my Mom nuts. Now I've got TWO Babble Balls, so I can really drive her batty! He he he!

Mom had also ordered me a doggie that barks Christmas music. She thought it would be a nice change from all of the squeaking she usually hears around here.

So here I am playing with my new doggie and my Babble Ball.

And some more playing...

The only downside to the evening was that Mom confiscated my new jingle doggie. I sorta plucked it so much that I ripped open the doggie's booty. I was pulling stuffing out like crazy. Mom was a little snarky 'cause of me destroying the brand new toy that SHE liked. I say it's MY toy, so I should get to pluck all I want!

Oh, well. At least I still have my noisy Babble Ball! Thanks for being ornery, Boris!

Toki Poki Trading Cards

Some of my friends have gotten their very own trading cards from Toki Poki. Mom ordered cards for me, but Boris and Pumpkin sent me their cards before I even had my own to trade with! Wasn't that nice of them?

Pumpkin sent her card in a package that was way too big for just the card. I found a TOY in there, too!

Isn't that cool? Thanks, Pumpkin!

And then look at what came in the mail this weekend...

Oh, sorry. Guess I shouldn't have "supervised" the photo-taking so closely. Here's a better shot:

That's right...my cards just arrived! Boris and Pumpkin...watch for the postal people!

More Birthday Presents!

This is pretty embarrassing...but I just realized that I haven't told you about some of my other birthday presents yet!

This birthday package arrived last Monday...

It was from my friends Smokey and Ody out in Las Vegas! Look at all of the COOL stuff that they sent me!

They gave me a pretty pink birthday card and a sparkly bandana and some BACON treats and a squeaky toy! (What? You don't see the toy in that picture? That's because I stole it before Mom could photograph it!) The Anipal Times newspaper and the Shibbering Cheetos Lub Beads came from Bark World. Smokey and Ody's dad got to go to Bark World, and he brought those backjust for me! Isn't that awesome?!

Here I am wearing my new bandana and playing with my squeaky toy.

The toy is super cool 'cause it's a slingshot toy. Mom pulls the rubber strap out of the toy's chin, pulls back on the legs, and lets it FLY! The only problem is that Mom has terrible, horrible aim. She bonked me in the head once. Another time she shot the toy right smack into my water bowl. Thus, Mom is not allowed to sling shot the toy anymore. (She's grounded.)

Thanks to Smokey and Ody and their dad!

On the same day I got the package from Smokey and Ody, I also got a cool birthday card from my former foster sisters! They're the ones who put together the special birthday performance for me, too.

Anyway, they signed the card with a picture of them singing some more. Isn't that cool?!

I was so excited about the card and the slingshot squeaky that I had to roll on both of them.

Unfortunately, yes...my tushy is on my former foster sisters' picture. I must apologize for that. Sorry, girls. My only excuse is that I was just too excited about it...

Thanks to Shawnee, Dixie, and Sydney for the birthday serenades!

The FedEx Package

Mom and I found a sticker on our door this morning from the FedEx people. The sticker said that they tried to deliver a package but couldn't since we didn't answer the door. (We were probably still sleeping.) So, the sticker said we needed to go pick it up.

Mom thought that was a little weird because we hadn't ordered anything. So, Mom called the FedEx people to ask if it was really our package. Mom gave the woman on the phone our address and said her name.

The woman asked Mom if anyone else lived here. Mom said, "Just my dog, Buttons." And the woman replied, "The package is addressed to the DOG!" The FedEx woman thought that was pretty funny. Nothing funny about it in my opinion. I like to get packages!

Anyway, the woman told Mom that I needed a "government-issued photo ID" to pick up my package. Just one problem there, though...I don't have one! Mom asked the woman what she should do since I'm a doggie and don't have a driver's license. The woman suggested Mom just take me with her to the FedEx office to pick up my package.

So that's what we did. We got in the car this afternoon and headed to the FedEx place.

I was pretty excited when we got there. I ran to the building.

The woman at the FedEx place thought it was funny that I came with Mom. Mom told her about the package and that we didn't have a "government-issued photo ID" for me. Mom told her that the FedEx woman on the phone said that I should come with Mom to get the package. The FedEx woman at the place thought it was pretty funny, too, that I got a package. Thankfully, though, the she said that we could just use Mom's ID, and she let us have my package. I guess she believed us that I didn't have an ID!

The FedEx woman asked Mom, "Just what did your DOG order from Amazon.com?!" Mom told her that we didn't know what was in my package because it was a birthday present. The FedEx woman thought that was pretty funny, too. So Mom told her that it was a present from another dog who lives out west. And then the FedEx woman thought Mom was completely nuts.

Anyway, here's a picture of me at the FedEx place. (Yes, I'm sticking my tongue out at the FedEx woman who laughed about me getting a package.) That's my package on the counter with me.

Mom made me wait until we got home to open my package. Turns out that it was from my friend Mattie. He sent me a book called "GoD and DoG." Mom loves the YouTube video about it. I can't wait for Mom to read my book to me!

Thanks for the book, Mattie! And thanks to the FedEx people for a good laugh today...and for accepting Mom's ID, of course!