Inventory Update

I've gotten some new toys since I did my Toy Inventory. So, it's time to update the inventory and count the new toys.

Ta dah! Here's a picture of my new toys.

"1..2...3...4...5..."

I'm counting 11 new toys since the toy inventory was done. I had 61 toys during the inventory, so that's a new total of 72 toys. And if we count all of those squirrels and bumble bees separately, I've got 68 + 11...that's 79.

Woo hoo! That's just awesome. But you know what? I still don't think I have enough toys.

A Valentine!

I got an envelope in the mail this weekend. Mom waited until today to go get the mail, though, so I didn't get it when I should have. How rude!

Anyway, here I am inspecting my mail. Yep! It's for me!

Guess what it was...a valentine from my friends Smokey and Ody! Isn't that sweet? Now you might wonder why I'm scowling a little bit in this picture. That's 'cause I was still mad at Mom for waiting until today to get the mail.

I was really happy to get such a nice card from Smokey and Ody. Just not happy with Mom for holding out on me...and for taking SO many pictures lately!

Thanks, Smokey and Ody! Happy Valentine's Day to you both!

Merry Christmas!

I know it's February now, but it's still Christmas for ME because my Mom got a Christmas present yesterday from her good friends Marc, Lori, and Devan. And you know what they had in Mom's present? A present for ME, too!

It's a cool gingerbread squeaky toy! I pulled it out of the bag just as soon as Mom made the mistake of putting the bag on the floor, within my reach.

We played fetch with my new toy. It was a little hard to see to bring the toy back 'cause the gingerbread man legs were sort of in my face. It was still fun to fetch, though!

I had to roll on the gingerbread man for a while, too, to get him to squeak.

Had trouble with that, though, but it looks like the trouble squeaking was 'cause I was rolling beside the toy and not on it. Oopsie. Anyway, I gave up on rolling on it and squeaked it myself while I rolled.

And you know that playing with new toys in my round bed is a "given." I have to do that. A lot.

Mom kept taking a bazillion pictures of me and I got a little tired of the camera. So I stopped playing until Mom put the stupid thing away, and then I attacked the gingerbread man again. He he he. My "Put that camera away" plan worked!

Thanks Marc, Lori, and Devan for the cool toy! I looove it!

My Big Bloggie Award

Wow. What an honor. A few of my friends recently gave me a bloggie award. When you get the award, you write a blog post with 10 things about yourself, and then you pass the award on to 10 of your friends.

So thanks to Brutus, Henry, Mookie, and Maximus for passing this award to me!

Here are the 10 things about me...

1. I love squeaky toys.

He he he. I guess I shouldn't really use that as one of the 10 things since it's just a "given" if you know me already! I'll start over...

1. I like to take toys outside with me when I go out to potty. I squeak them like crazy in the stairwell and it gets Mom all embarrassed 'cause she doesn't know what the neighbors think about all of those squeaks. And when we get outside, I refuse to carry my own toy for our walk. So Mom's left to carry MY toy while we walk. He he he! This works the best when I insist on taking my large rubber chicken outside. That embarrasses Mom the most.

2. I've got allergies. Baaad allergies. They make me super, duper itchy. My foster mom put me on some medicine that makes me not as itchy, though. And my new Mom makes sure I get the medicine, too. First time ever that I've not been itchy all day long! Yeah for that medicine and the yummy chicky stuff my Mom thinks she's "hiding" the pills in.

3. I've lived with my new Mom for over 2 months now. Life is GOOD. She tells me that this is my forever and ever home, and I sure like to repeat that as often as I can. I've lived in several other homes in my life. You can read my story on the website of the rescue group that rescued me TWICE. (And by NO fault of my own, I must say...) Mom says that I deserve to be spoiled now, and I have to agree.

4. I'm a Jersey girl. I lived in New Jersey up until my new Mom adopted me. Since she lives in Illinois, I was transplanted. I'm still trying to figure out what the deal is with all of these empty fields in Illinois.

5. I am in charge of protecting the bath mat when Mom takes a shower. I position myself directly on top of the mat so that it's super safe while Mom's in the tub. I usually take some toys or a rawhide in there with me, too. That gives me something to do. And Mom thinks it's hysterical to hear me squeaking my toys while she's taking a shower.

6. It's my job to remind Mom to empty the garbage can in the bathroom. I do this by knocking it over as often as possible when it's starting to get full. I like to dig in the dirty tissues, and I drag 'em around a bit.

7. I already told you that I have allergies...but I didn't tell you that sometimes that means I have extra goopies in my eyes. You know what I like to do when that happens? I wipe my eyes on Mom's pant legs. She doesn't appreciate it, but her pants are the perfect wiping spot. I head-butt her legs and then just start wiping away. (Sometimes I'll use the ottoman in the living room or a door frame. I really prefer Mom's legs, though.)

8. I go nuts when I see someone with plastic grocery sacks. Did you know that those sacks sometimes have squeaky toys in them? Any time Mom brings home some sacks, I have to root through them until I'm sure that there aren't any toys hidden in there. I'm VERY determined, too. I have to see what's in each and every sack. This morning one of our neighbors had a plastic sack and I embarrassed Mom by trying to dig in the neighbor's plastic sack... Oopsie...

9. I nap when Mom's at work during the day. Wish I could go to work with her, and she wishes I could, too. But nooooo. So I nap at home. I'll start out on my brown doggie bed and then I move to the couch. By the time Mom gets home from work, I'm usually napping on the very back of the couch. It's closest to the door Mom comes in, so that's why I'm up there. Need to be listening and on the look-out for Mom.

10. You know that PetSmart commercial where the dachshund gets the new loofah doggie toy and they have to scan the entire doggie at the checkout lane? I sort of did that once. I was living with my foster family and destroyed one of my favorite toys. So my foster mom took me to the store and let me pick out a new toy. I refused to let her have it to scan at the checkout, though. I didn't want to give it up! So she had to pick me up so the cashier could scan the toy.

Ta dah! There's the 10 things about me.

Now who should I pass this along to? Most of my friends have already gotten the award, I think. BUT I haven't seen it on Smokey and Ody's blog, so they definitely need to have the award passed to them.

I'll think about some others...

Best Week EVER

I gotta say that this has been one of the bestest weeks of my life!

Earlier this week I got my cool new Kong toy in the mail. (I wrote all about that in my last blog post.)

Then yesterday I got an awesome present in the mail from my friend Boris Kitty. Boris sent me toys and t-shirts and a jacket and cookies and bacon popcorn! I love my buddy Boris! I'm gonna post lots more about my present later. Mom's got about a zillion pictures of me with my goodies. That gift from Boris definitely made this one of the bestest weeks ever!

And then you know what I got in the mail today? I got a box of toys that I secretly bought from Baby Patches' store! See, a little while ago I stole Mom's PayPal info and ordered some toys for myself. Got some cookies, too. (Shhh! Don't tell Mom!)

Ahh...so many wonderful toys and cookies and things...it's been pure bliss!

And you know what my Mom did? She topped it all off tonight by putting some little bacon crumbles on top of my doggie food! Yummy in my tummy!

Mom rocks. And Boris rocks. And squeaky toys and cookies sure rock, too!

A Kong Just for Me

Today I got a box in the mail. It was addressed to me and not to Mom.

Hmmm...what could it be? I dove right in! (Well, I dove in as soon as Mom opened the box for me.)

At the last PawPawty, I won a prize from Montreal Critters. My prize was in the box! It's a cool Kong doggie toy. I grabbed it and took it to my doggie bed before Mom could even take the packaging off.

It's a really fun toy. Super bouncy. Mom was throwing it down the hallway and it was bouncing off of the walls, doors, and door frames. It bonked me in the head once, but I'm o.k.

I've been playing with it all evening.

Played with my Kong in my round bed, too, of course. And yes, I flipped the bed upside down...and then I sat on the upside-down bed. (I do this a lot.)

I thought that if I spit the Kong out, then maybe Mom would stop taking so many pictures of me. I was wrong...

Anyway, my cousin Hoss has a Kong that's really big. His Kong is black. I think I know why he likes it now...my red Kong is super-fun!

Thanks, Montreal Critters!

My New Car Seat

Mom had a surprise for me tonight. (No, it wasn't another squeaky toy...darn it!) She got me a special seat for our car!

This is how I used to have to sit in the car so I could see out the window.

Mom said that although it's adorable, it's not very safe. She was always afraid that I was gonna fall over when she turned a corner or something.

My new seat puts me way up high, practically as high as Mom is! No trouble at all looking out the window now! Mom says that she's gonna get me a special harness, too, so that I'll be super-duper safe when we go for rides. I don't know about that harness idea...but at least I can see out!

Here's a picture of me checking out my new view.

Yeah...that's my booty. So maybe I wasn't entirely cooperative when Mom was trying to take pictures. In my defense, though, I was a little excited about the new view...