Every year….that sweater!
Bonjour there. Merry Christmas. At least it is mostly merry. Well, every year, I have to get groomed. Coiffed, to perfection. So that I can wear this ridiculous outfit and have pictures taken! Ok, I mean, it’s only one day and it makes everyone go oooooh and ahhhhhh. So that’s nice, but it’s Arizona. It’s actually still warm here. I have to stay inside in the air conditioning to wear this and pretend it’s REALLY cold outside. That’s my holiday gripe. Now I’ll go eat all the extra goodies they give me because they feel guilty for making me “suffer!”
All bundled up and ready for the Holidays
The bundles of Christmas past.
Bonjour there. It’s that time of year and we’re ready for it. We have a new bundle for this year! A brand new card and a favorite art print. We’re sentimental like that. It’s a little help for anytime you need a quick solution to a gift problem. And you can check out bundles from the past that might be just the fit too. Don’t worry, take a deep breath, you’ll get through it. Just be sure to exhale too.
Halloween is hanging over my head…
Bonjour there. OK, it’s time to get the Halloween story done so I can send it out to my Vet. Yes, my Vet is a fan and I can’t let her down. I’ve got the most important part figured out. Me. I’m the main character. (Of side two, anyway.) I see there is a cat in the way of my parade. Everyone looks afraid of him. Actually, terriers aren’t afraid of cats, but as a ghost, what can I do? I’ll have to stay in character, “Boo! Take that, scaredy-cat!” Brilliant! There. End of story. That wasn’t so hard, now was it?
A nose for a new season!
Bonjour there. I’ve got my nose into the Fall even though the rest of me isn’t there yet. You can do that too. We have some new cooler cards for the new season ready to go, and we have them on sale along with everything else for Labor Day. I know. Everybody has a Labor Day Sale going, why let them have all the fun? We like to be unique and just like all the rest of them at the same time. Brilliant marketing plan, right?
Not on my yard
Bonjour there. I hope your July is a lot of fun. Because I’m on heightened alert here in Arizona, and at least you’ll be having a good time. It’s Monsoon Season here. I know, no one gets what that is. So here’s what happens: You’re just having a great moment in your yard hunting for bird poop, or sniffing the neighbor’s barbecue, or even sneaking a mouthful of grass. Then…here comes the storm. Over the hill, right at your yard full of fun activities. Dust, wind, rain like bullets, thunder and lighting, all mixed together. Great. Another heightened alert. That’s when I get really scary. I scare it off while it’s trying to make its way to where I live. Sometimes it works and I get it to BACK OFF! Ok, once in awhile it wins, but I have the last laugh because I get to Monsoon Surf in the wind!! And what dog can resist a mouthful of wind?
Whew!
Bonjour there. Well, I survived the 4th of July. Actually, I didn’t even hear it. Except for once when I was out in the yard with my human at 2am. I have a trick that works really well if I’m bored, or hear a noise, or just want to check to see which bird has pooped in the yard. I just act like I NEED TO GO RIGHT NOW. It’s a really good trick and it only takes a few “accidents” in the house to accomplish the training. Then you can go outside anytime you feel like it!
I know. Brilliant, right?
You can copy me if you want to.
I’m just sayin…
Well, it’s getting close. That time of year and the thought…what to get for Dad? We’ve got something different for him and there’s still time to do something about it. I’ll help. Yes, I’ll do my part. I’ll eat this year’s slippers. There. Now you have to think of something else for Dear Old Dad.
Oh, Dad’s off-world again
Bonjour there. This one is for Dearest Dad. This year, we think he’s off world and visiting the mysterious Dog Planet with junior for Father’s Day. I’m making this post because it’s Spring Training right now. And there are a lot of balls in the picture. But instead of sending Dad off to Tempe, Arizona with the rest of the dads, we’re sending Dad outfield, way off into space. I know . . . it’s very grandiose . . . as usual. Oh, and there’s even an art print to go with it. Never can get enough of outer space!
Card front left, back right
Hoping for Spring
Bonjour there. I’m eternally (today in this post) hoping for warmer weather. I’m even wearing my summer outfit (today!) Cute, huh! But, we live in the desert. So of course my human drew spring in Scotland. You know, moors and thistles and big skies and hound puppies and, I guess, frogs and little blue butterflies. Don’t worry, I did the research, it’s all really there.
Is it Kawabunga yet?
Kawabunga there. So what does THAT mean? Well, it’s a surfer word. Or it was, so it’s historical. Well, that’s it for trying to impress you with my enormous reservoir of info bits. I just think we all need a kawabunga summer moment to look forward to. So, it’s water sliding in the backyard and trying to catch spray in your mouth. (And the wild slide ride of crazy pups, totally ruining the outfit of the very, very pretty wire fox terrier. That’s me, by the way.)
Baby Talk
Bonjour there. Well, I really don’t know what to say . . . and we have a card for that. New baby. What a total joy! They leave me speechless or just talking baby talk, so I’ll show you what my humans came up with this time, to celebrate the announcement of a tiny new baby. It leaves me all mushy inside;)
Oh, I forgot, it’s a great Mother’s Day card too. So clever, right?
Winter blahs? Well, have a Koi Birthday!
Bonjour there. It’s still winter, but there’s no reason to walk around with our eyelids half closed. We can have a Koi Birthday! Ok, maybe we don’t have a birthday coming up, BUT, we can plan for the next one with our friends the Koi. They have birthdays all the time. Some Koi are even bigger than me! I guess it takes a lot of birthdays to get there. Wow, that’s an amazing fish! They are so fashionable. They have so many different outfits. It’s something I envy about them. Don’t tell my breeder I said that, ok?
What happens behind everyone’s back in January…in Arizona
Behind almost everyone’s back.
Bonjour there. I was keeping my eye on those chips. There were mine as soon as the humans were watching TV. I had it all planned out brilliantly. I even figured out how to open the kitchen trash can without anyone knowing! I know, it’s true genius. Okay, but I made a mistake. I forgot the competitors. And, one of the humans surprised me and took the garbage out before I could stall him with my cuteness. So…I missed out. This time. I think the moral of this story is that you can’t forget the Javalinas in life and you have to keep your cuteness ready in case of emergencies.
Whaley New Year 23
A picture of me looking so cool in my really cool personal sub.
Yup. Not playing ball with anything that doesn’t look really silly.
Bonjour there. You may be wondering why I’m under the sea with a whale for New Year’s. So I have a new personal submarine with an arm on it. I built it myself. Well, my humans did. Anyway, that’s just like me doing it, right? Well then, why something that looks like a submarine that’s just come out of an old James Bond movie? How am I going to play ball with a whale if I don’t have a thing that’s out of an old James Bond movie? What whale would want to play with anything less cool? So that brings us back to the original question, why am I under the sea with a whale for the New Year? Ok, I think I ate too much figgy pudding and I’m talking in circles. I’ll catch you next year, better go lie down and finish watching Thunderball now.
When I think about it…
Bonjour there. I hope you’re starting a Merry Holiday Season! I had to stop and put on my thinking cap. Or maybe it’s just the glasses that make me look so smart. Well, whatever. Anyway, I’m trying to be smart this season, so I’m buying bundles. Well, oops, I’m supposed to say that we’re selling bundles. Hard. Well, maybe it’s just enough to look at me with glasses on and you’ll catch my smarts.
I think I just messed up this message. Oh well, you get what I mean. You know. Right?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Time for a feast! Time to get together with family and friends. To be thankful for all the nuts that we have! Tomorrow is soon enough to go after the nut that we don’t have yet.
Boo there…again.
Well, here we are again. Our second Halloween, and we’ve brought back… the message from last year. In honor of our first Halloween. We’re sentimental that way, and, we got too busy…er…yep, we’re sentimental, that’s it! So enjoy…again. Have a happy day from our house to your house. You know, it’s still true. He stole all of my treats again.