I got mom’s attention again tonight and told her in no uncertain barks that she needs to let me start barking in my blark again … it’s been MONTHS … and that’s not in doggie time either, that’s in real human time so you can imagine how long it’s been for me in doggie time!

I’ve got lots of news to tell everybody about the things I did last summer and how much fun I had chasing those silly squirrels! Not it’s cold and snowy again and I don’t even like going outside. I went today to do my business and my little feet and tummy got so cold I could hardly get back in the house! Mom picked me up and wrapped me in a blanky until I was warm again. I HATE the snow and cold!

Last summer Mattie and me and our human sister Dede and mom went on our first road trip!  It was very exciting and mom said she couldn’t believe Mattie and me are such good little travelers! Actually the driving part was not exciting, it was just long. We went all the way to another state, I think mom said it’s called North Dakota and we went all the way to Bismarck! Mom stopped a couple of times along the way so Mattie and I could jump out of our crates and do our business and she would offer us a little water, and then we’d jump back in the crates and we’d start driving again. When we got to Bismarck we stayed at mom’s sister’s house and she has a nice big back yard that’s completely fenced so we didn’t have to be on leashes when we were outside! That was so cool! I really almost caught a silly squirrel the next morning because I wasn’t on that stooopid leash but that silly squirrel was still faster than I was and it ran right up a tree in front of me! I was always sure that I’d be able to catch a silly squirrel if I was free but those silly squirrels are a lot faster than I ever imagined! We only stayed in Bismarck for two nights and then we started home again … I was happy to be going home because I luv my home with Mattie and mom. But then mom stopped in a town called Jamestown and we met a lady there with a dog! He looked a little bit like my boyfriend Scooby Doo but he was a little taller and didn’t have so much black color. I couldn’t believe it when mom and Dede put him in the car with us! They told Mattie and me that his name was Boo Boo and he was going to have a new home in Minnesota because his mom in North Dakota didn’t want him anymore. Boo Boo told me that he is 10 years old and he’d been living with his North Dakota mom since he was a pup. I couldn’t understand why she would send him away … but Boo Boo said that last year around Christmas time his mom had given him to a shelter and he had been there about 2 months waiting for someone to adopt him. One day in February his mom had come back in to the shelter and saw that Boo Boo was still there. I guess she felt bad then for giving him away because she took him back! Boo Boo said that he was so sad about being given away that his face had turned so gray that his mom hardly even recognized him! So he lived with him mom again for awhile and then she decided to give him away again and my human sister Dede had just happened to see a picture of him and sent it to my mom. My mom has a coworker who was looking for a little dog, so she said she would take Boo Boo. So that’s why Boo Boo ended up in the car with us. When we got home, Boo Boo stayed with us for two nights and then went to his new home. Mom says Boo Boo has a very nice home with a mom who takes him to to vet when he needs to go, gets his nails trimmed every month, and buys him all kinds of new clothes for the winter. I’m glad Boo Boo has a nice home because I didn’t want him to stay with us … he tried to play with my toys and I can’t have that happening! EVER! BOL!!!  Boo Boo’s psycho North Dakota mom then changed her mind again and wanted him back! She was going to come all the way to Minnesota to get him even though she had no idea where he is. Mom said she told Dede that Boo Boo is very happy where he is and has a much better life now that he’s living with people who really love him so there’s no way that psycho lady is getting Boo Boo back just to give him away again in a few months!!

Hey, guess what … I haven’t barked in my blark for so long, I’m already getting tired! I need a little chicken stick for a bedtime snack now and then I’m going to tell mom it’s time for bed. (Yes, I’m still in control of this household and that’s just the way it’s always going to be!)

Happy New Year to all my friends and MY resolution is to make mom help me bark in my blark more often! Ok, chicken stick, ready or not, here I come!!!

Today was a really weird day. Mom left as usual this morning for that “icky job” but then she came home in the middle of the day! Mattie, Pouncer, and I were very excited to see her but we were confused as to why she was home so early. Mom took Mattie and me out for a nice little walk (Pouncer always goes out in the patio as soon as mom gets home and she just sits out there in the sun. She’s just so silly!) and we ran through the leaves and tried to find some silly squirrels and silly rabbits to chase but they must have all been sleeping today, because we didn’t see a one! We could still smell them on the ground and in the leaves but they were no where in sight!

After we had our walk mom came in and we all just laid on the couch and watched tv for a little while. Mom thinks she may have even taken a little nap because she told us she went to sleep with Judge David Young and woke up with Judge Joe Brown! That doesn’t make any sense to me.

Then mom put us back in jail and she went back to the “icky job”. She gave us a chicken stick of course before she left so we were ok but we were still confused. Mom said she had to go back for a “law clinic” whatever that means. So we were left alone again for a long tme and it was dark when mom got home. We were so happy to see her, we barked and barked and ran around in circles when she let us out of jail!

Mom told me that Mutchy wasn’t at work again today and “Murie” told mom that she thinks Mutchy is still distraught over that movie “Very Bad Things” that mom loaned her and she hated. Mom said she felt bad about that and didn’t mean for very bad things to happen to Mutchy just because she watched “Very Bad Things.” But then mom got over it.

Ok, that’s it for my blark tonight. I can smell a chicken stick in my near future!

I don’t really know what that means but anyway that’s what mom just told us … mom’s been home with us for a few days so I suppose she’ll be going to the “icky job” again soon. I think I’m going to be sad … I’ve got an idea … maybe if I look really sad, mom will give me an extra chicken stick!

Today was a really nice day. Mattie and I got to go on two long walks and we just about caught a silly squirrel! It was sitting in the grass and didn’t see us and when we got close to it, it ran up a tree right in front of us! We were just inches away from catching it! Mattie and I were so excited we ran around in circles and I even tripped on that pesky leash and turned a somersault. We barked and barked until mom told us we had to be quiet. She just doesn’t understand that we need to bark! So we’re getting closer to catching a silly squirrel, I think we’ll catch one tomorrow for sure.

Yesterday mom left us alone again when she went somewhere she called “out to dinner”. She put us in jail, gave us our chicken sticks, shut the gate in the bedroom and went away. We were very sad and lonely. But sometimes Mattie and I are able to work together and we worked at that silly gate until we moved it enough so we could escape! We were free! We ran around the house for awhile and then we just laid on the couch waiting for mom to come home. It was really dark for a really long time before we heard her come home. We don’t like it one bit when mom is out in the dark … we really worry about her because she should be home with us when its dark! When mom came in, we were right there by the door to greet her and Mattie and I both barked with joy. Mom called us her little jail-breakers although I’m not sure what that means, but we all had our usual luv-fest so everything was okay.

Ok, it’s 9 p.m which means I need to tell mom it’s time to go to bed. I’ll do another blog bark again soon.

I need my bedtime snack … you guessed it … a chicken stick!

I’ve been waiting all night for mom to help me with this blog bark but she just kept ignoring me. I can’t even imagine that she could have been doing anything that was more important than doing MY work, but she seemed to think that the things she needed to do on the computer had to be done before she could do my blog bark. She said she had to finish her own blog post on www.happilyunbridled.com but I think her blog is just so silly and not nearly as important as mine. Now she’s done and I’m trying to tell her what I want to say but it’s bedtime now and I’m sitting straight up and begging her to hurry up so we can go to bed and I can have my nighttime snack … you guessed it, a CHICKEN STICK.

The one thing that made this a good day was that Mattie and I got to go for a nice walk tonight when mom finally got home from that “icky job”.  Mom had to go to a store to get Pouncer some food after our walk because mom says she’s a “procrastinator” — whatever that means – so that silly cat didn’t have any catfood left. But after she got home (and we had our little luv-fest on the stairway as usual) we had a nice dinner and then I got to sit on her lap for awhile as she did her work on the computer.

I can’t stay up any more, I’m just so sleepy and I want my chicken stick so bad and I’m just sitting here crying … so this is all for by blog bark tonight. I’ll have more things to say tomorrow …

Ok, time for the chicken stick!