White Christmas

JK and Mr. Wolf and I have been so busy these last three days.  We have been many places in the car, we have been to several houses, and I have had lots to eat and a lot to see. And there has been a lot of snow, so everything is white! 

First, two days ago, JK came home from work and then she and Mr. Wolf and I drove to the big store that has animal food and toys.  I think that they think that I like to go there with them.  I like to ride in the car and be with my people, but that big store is scary to me.  Especially this time, because I got my claws clipped.  The claw-clipper lady was very nice and gentle, but I still didn't like it.  I was very glad to get out of there.  I did get 3 new kinds of treats, so it wasn't all bad. 

Then we came home, and it was Christmas Eve-Eve, so I got to have a special night of eating treats and opening presents just for me.

JK helps me open my box.

Nice!  A new fuzzy fleece blanket for me to sleep on.

I also got a toy in my stocking, and a lots of smooches from JK and Mr. Wolf.  We were all very tired after all the excitement.



When I am stretched out like this, I feel very tall.

Then the next day, JK and Mr. Wolf and I got in the car and drove a long way to JK's sister's house.  JK's sister and her husband have two very happy dogs and many squawky birds.  I also met JK's brother and his wife.  They were nice to me and complemented my soft fur. 

Then we left there and went to another house with many people, some babies, and the biggest dog I have ever seen.  JK put me into my crate and put me in a room all by myself, but I wanted to be out in the party with everyone, so I opened my crate and went to the door of the room to bark so that they would let me out.  JK heard me and so she and Mr. Wolf took turns carrying me around so that I would not get hurt by people's feet or eaten by the big dog.  The big dog was very nice, but still.  She could have eaten me for dinner with one bite.  Mr. Wolf said that I was a ninja, because I figured out how to get out of my crate twice that night.

When we left the big party, we got in the car AGAIN and went to Mr Wolf's parents' house.  I like it there, and everyone is getting used to having me around.  I showed some of the cats that I was the boss even though it was not my house, and Mr. Wolf said it was lucky that one of the cats didn't scratch my face off.  Ha!  I will show them.  No cat is going to mess with me!  JK and Mr. Wolf and his family opened more presents and stayed up late.  Then we all went to sleep.  I was so sleepy!  I didn't even wake up one time all night.

JK and I drove Mr. Wolf to the airport this afternoon because he had to leave to go to an important meeting.  It was just JK and me all night.  She mostly watched movies and read a magazine, and I napped after the long days of travel and food.  When we came in from our night time walk, I decided I would like to go onto the computer and check to see the weather in Boston, and make sure Mr. Wolf will be able to come home in a couple of days. 

Looks like a blizzard is heading for Boston!

Don't worry, Mr. Wolf.  You will come home very soon.  I'll keep the couch warm for you.

And that was my first Christmas with my new people.  It was pretty great.  I even got a bite of sausage last night from JK's cousin!  It was deeeelishous.  4 out of 5 Cheesy Treats.  If it had been covered in cheese, it would have been a 5 out of 5 for sure.

Merry Christmas!

Pizza and Beer

Last night was one of the best nights of my whole life. 

Mr. Wolf came home finally, and I was very excited to see him.  I thought that maybe he would be home soon, since JK had just come in with hot pizza and that is what JK and Mr. Wolf always eat on Fridays when he comes home.  I love the little nibbles of pizza cheese that JK and Mr. Wolf let me eat.

I watched them very carefully because I always want to know when I might be able to get some cheese.  JK and Mr. Wolf put pizza on small plates and poured glasses of beer and then put the pizza and beer on the big blue trunk in front of the couch while they got up to choose a movie to put into the TV.  I could not believe my luck!  They were both looking at the computer and their backs were to me, and I just could not help myself.  I took a piece of pizza from Mr. Wolf's plate and ran into the bedroom!  Joy!

JK and Mr. Wolf heard me and they turned around just in time to see me run away with the pizza, but they were laughing so hard that they didn't take the pizza away from me.

I took the pizza to the bedroom so I could eat it. JK found me.



I thought they might take the pizza away but they didn't.



It was the best thing I have ever eaten.

After JK and Mr. Wolf laughed and took pictures of me eating the pizza so I could write about this on my blog, we all sat on the couch together.  Mr. Wolf was drinking beer out of a tall glass and he rested it on his leg near my head.  It smelled sweet and good to me, so I stuck my head in the glass and started to lick the foam on the glass.  JK and Mr. Wolf started laughing again and JK took this picture of me licking the foam. 

Don't worry, JK knows that dogs are not supposed to drink alcohol, I only got a little taste.

Then I was so tired from all the pizza stealing and beer licking and laughing that I curled up between JK and Mr. Wolf and went to sleep on the couch while they watched their movie.  It was the best night ever.

Sleep!

Food:  Whole piece of pizza

Rating:  5 out of 5 Cheesy Treats

Highlights:  This is the very best thing I have ever eaten.  I will be on the lookout for another chance to take a whole piece for myself!

Problems:  I don't really care for green peppers, but they are easy to pick off and leave on the carpet.

Food:  Beer

Rating:  3 out of 5 Cheesy Treats

Highlights:  Sweet, fun to lick out of the glass
Problems:  Not good for me, so that will probably be the only time I get to try it.

Lounging night at Mr. Wolf's parents' house

JK and I got in the car last night and I was very excited because I didn't know where we were going.  We drove for a long time, and when we stopped, HOORAY!  I knew where we were.  We got out of the car and I ran to the door and Mr. Wolf was there!  We stayed at Mr. Wolf's parents' house last night because Mr. Wolf wasn't feeling well and didn't drive all the way home to our house.

Mr. Wolf's mother loves animals and she even loves me.  She gave me an early Christmas present - a striped Christmas sweater.  I usually do not like to wear sweaters, but I like this sweater.  It is soft and not too tight.

I like to lounge on Mr. Wolf.

Here's another look at my new sweater. 

Mr. Wolf's parents' house is much bigger than our house.  There are lots of rooms and stairs and people and cats and couches.  I like everything except the cats.  I would maybe like the cats, but they do not like me and we are not friends yet. 

After snooping around the house for a while, I decided it was time to rest.

I can see you with that camera, but I would rather just snuggle in this blanket here.

Getting Ready for Christmas, and Taste Testing

Greetings AugBlog readers!

Sitting on the warm blanket

The weather has been very cold, and JK brought out this special blanket from inside the big blue square box in the living room.  I didn't even know that the top of that big blue box opened up!  But it does!  And there are warm blankets inside.  I really like this blanket.  It is warm and very big, and good to sit on.  JK told me that her mother made it for her, and that it is very special and I should be careful.  I will be very careful with it, because I could tell she was serious.

JK let me eat two new foods tonight to review for the blog! 

New Food #1 - Potato Dumplings
Rating:  4 out of 5 Cheesy Treats - I would be very happy to eat these every day.
Highlights:  Warm, soft, very tasty
Problems:  Not cheesy enough

New Food #2 - Small bite of dried fig
Rating:  2 out of 5 Cheesy Treats
Highlights:  Sweet, chewy like my favorite cranberry bones (you can see me trying to chew the fig in this picture)
Problems:  Too chewy.  The fig stuck to my teeth and had lots of small seeds in it.

I also tried a third new food tonight, but I was not supposed to eat it. 

JK played some funny music tonight and sat on the floor to tape bright colored paper around some boxes.  She was singing and taping, and she didn't see me stick my head into the bag and take out something that smelled very much like sweet food to me. 

The thing that smelled like food was very tough and chewy, but I made it into the thing and got to eat some of the sweet food before JK heard me and came to see what I was doing.

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She was very unhappy that I had eaten some of the sweet food.  She said that it was chocolate, and it could make me sick if I ate too much of it!  I wasn't really scared of getting sick, because she found me before I could eat much.  But I did feel sad when she said that that chocolate food was supposed to be a gift for Mr. Wolf.  I hope she can get some more for him.  I promise I won't eat it.

I learned a new word

I learned a new word last night, very late at night.

It was dark and raining, and JK had already gone to bed.  I couldn't get into the big bed with her yet, because I could hear sounds all around and I had to keep watch because Mr. Wolf was not at home.  So I stayed out in the living room so I could scare everyone away who walked near the door.  I barked and howled and jumped out of my bed over and over.  I don't know what people were doing out there last night, but they sure were making me work hard to protect JK. 

To pass the time in between guard duties, I also decided to go into the bathroom and inspect the can of trash.  There were all kinds of interesting things in there, so I decided to take everything out and take some of the things with me into the living room. 

JK heard me in the bathroom and came out of the bedroom, very tired and sad looking, and told me that she was "ready to defenstrate" me.  She then explained that that means "throw me out the window"!  Wow!  I was scared at first when I heard that, because I didn't want her to throw me out the window.  But then she kissed my head and held my face in her hands and looked into my eyes and said "I love you, but you are driving me absolutely CRAZY!".

She was mad, I think.

Me on the couch, keeping watch.

I know she was mad that I had an accident on the floor.  It's hard sometimes for me to do all my business outside at the right times.  Last night, it was raining really hard when JK and I went out before bed.  I didn't want to be outside, and neither did JK, but she made me go and walk until I had done something.  But I guess it was not enough, because late at night I had to go again.  JK was asleep, so I had to just go.  She was very unhappy when she saw the puddle.  She scolded me and carried me over to the spot and pointed and said "NO!" really sternly.  I don't like it when JK is mad.  I want to make her happy all the time.  But I guess I did not do a good job of that last night.

Once all my guarding and peeing and trash removal was complete, I jumped up into the big bed with JK and we slept snuggled together, so I know that she forgave me. 

I love to snooze

Mr. Wolf is home a little more often these days, which I like very much.  Mr. Wolf gives me more cheese to eat than JK does, and he also likes to play with me and sing to me during the day while JK is at work. 

One of my favorite things about Mr. Wolf being home more is that I get to sleep in the big bed more.  Mr. Wolf sleeps longer than JK sleeps, and he doesn't usually get out of bed as early as she does.  JK drags me out of bed in the morning to go outside for a walk, but I would much rather stay in bed with Mr. Wolf.   

Why would I want to get out of bed?

Even when it is not night time, we all three get to rest a lot more when Mr. Wolf is home.  JK and Mr. Wolf like to watch movies on TV, and they usually sit or lie down on the couch.  I like to join them.  They are very comfy, and I like to be close to my people. 

Road Trip! Part 1.

JK and Mr. Wolf and I just got home from a great adventure!  We all three drove a very long way to visit some people friends of JK in a town called Nashville.  I got to sit in the back seat and sleep or watch out the window the whole way there and back.

Getting Comfortable in the back seat.

Look at all that sky!

JK and Mr. Wolf and I went outside when we arrived at Kathi and Chad's house and ran and ran in the grass. That was really great.  I liked not being on the leash. 

Nashville is not much like Chicago at all.  The houses have a lot of grass in between them, and there are no sidewalks to walk on in most places.  JK's friends Kathi and Chad have a very big house with many rooms.  I have never been in such a big house.  I guess they need more room because they have a little baby who is starting to move around.

Another thing I liked about Nashville and visiting Kati and Chad was that we ate lots of delicious food.  One day, JK and Mr. Wolf and Kathi and Chad brought home these giant cupcakes with big layers of frosting.  They cut them up and put them on the table, and I showed them that I really really wanted to taste them so I could review them on my blog.

Delish!

Food:  Caramel Apple Cupcake
Highlights:  Creamy sweet frosting, soft cake
Problems:  Not enough samples
Rating:  5 out of 5 Cheesy Treats!  This would be my new favorite food if JK and Mr. Wolf would let me eat them all the time.

JK's camera died before we got to take any photos of the second day in Nashville, but Kathi will send her some, and then I can tell you about the beautiful park and all the funny pictures we tried to take.  But here's one of JK and me that I like very much.  I look very handsome.

JK and Me