Time Machine Thursday- Veterans

Happy Veterans day!! Today is the day we thank all the peoples who were in the military (or who still are) for fighting for our freedoms. Thanks to peoples like my PawPaw, we have the ability to run and live free--enjoying noms, toys, chasing squirrels and spending time with our families.

There's also another kind of Vet (and no, not Dr. Vet!). The K-9 veteran. Dogs are used a lot in military actions, we have been for years. But only recently, has it become common to help save these dogs when they come back from their tours. Before they were either put in the "Big Sleep" or sent off to more tours. Now there's a group working to give these brave vets a warm bed to sleep in with peoples to love them.

Please check out Save A Vet (http://www.save-a-vet.org/). They work to rehabilitate and save doggie vets, allowing them to live out the rest of their lives in peace. Mom has a shirt from them and it's pretty cool! Or just give $5 to give our K9 Vets a second chance at life.

Also, today is the anniversary of the end of World War One. Below are some doggies that helped fight the good fight in WWI:

So if any of your peoples served in the military, thank you!!!!

Wordless Wednesday--Duncan Edition

Wake up mom!

I don't know what's wrong with mom. You would think she'd give me an award for what I did this morning, but instead, I got the stink eye. Hmmm...

I awoke on the bed and realized that it was mom waking up time. I can tell because I have to go potty and my tummy is hungry and rumbly. I can also tell cause Simon is by mom's head, staring at her and ready to wake her up to go feed him his canned food. But mom's alarm didn't go off. Uh oh! Mom's going to be late!! Super puppy and kitty forces unite!

I started by slowly belly crawling up to mom and licking her face. She grunted and rolled over.

Plan B. I began crawling all over mom. I got a "Get off me!" from mom who burrowed deeper in the covers. Time for Plan C--the Cat plan.

Simon took over from here...he is quite magical to watch, he's got it down to an art. It starts off with meowing/howling. Then he literally runs all over mom, at times placing a paw on her face. If that doesn't work, he starts randomly scratching at doors/walls/anything to annoy mom enough to get out of bed. Mia even joined in with some mewing. I added to Plan C by chasing Alley under the bed, causing her to make devil noises.

Mom reaction--she got up, took Simon to the cat room and closed the door, then went back to bed. Uh oh. I was now reduced to using my puppy staring powers to stare at mom as she slept, occasionally putting my cold, wet nose up to her face. Then, I was shocked to see Simon had escaped the cat room and was back for more! He's AMAZING!! This time, I chased Alley ONTO the bed as Simon howled. Nothing.

Figuring mom just wasn't going to get up, I had almost accepted our failure, but then Simon did the unthinkable. He unplugged mom's alarm clock. With a perfectly timed nose bump, mom rolled over, saw this, said some "words" and just got up. Success!!!

Aren't you proud of us mom?? We didn't let you oversleep! Wait, what? Daylight Saving time? What the crap is that?? What, it's actually only 5:30 and not 6:30?? Oooohhhh! Our bad...yeah....we love you...you know what would make you feel better? Giving us some noms...yep, that should do it.

Sidenote: boys are stupid...dad and Duncan slept through all of this!!

Modeling Job!

It's Friday! Whoo hoo! Well, it doesn't really matter to me, but it does mean mom and dad will be around for a few days, so that's good.

In other news, I have my first modeling job! Mom came home last night and showed me that I was being used as a model!!! Wow!

The lady that made my lucky Auburn Collar started a blog, and in the Auburn section, there I am modeling my collar!! Check it! http://atrexdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/11/auburn-football.html

I'm famous! I guess I need to start coming up with my list of demands...hmmm...well, I already am kinda spoiled, so I'm not sure what to demand. I guess I need to watch more of America's Next Top Model so I'll know what to ask for!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Time Machine Thursday: Walking Like an Egyptian

Today's Time Machine Thursday takes us over the ocean to Ee-gypt! Apparently today in 1922 some dude named Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tut. It was a big deal because before all they found were tombs that had already been hit up by some robber peoples who robbled all the goodies. But King Tut's tomb was untouched by bad guys.

They also found, according to historikal records: "The most splendid architectural find was a stone sarcophagus containing three coffins nested within each other. Inside the final coffin, which was made out of solid gold, was the mummy of the boy-king Tutankhamen, preserved for more than 3,000 years."

I don't know why people want to look at a dead guy, but today a lot of people's do. Mr. T travels all over the world with his goodies so people can see them.

Mystery of the Missing Kitty

When mom came home from work yesterday, she had a freak out. As she pulled up to the house, she noticed the front door WIDE OPEN!!

Mom started to wig out...the sheet-rock guys had come to finish the house and they'd left the door open, mom instantly ran in and did a kitty search (Dunc and I were safely in the backyard).

First kitty she found was Simon, he was actually by the door, but still in the house. Whew! Then she proceeded to the kitty cave of doom (aka under the bed) where she found Mia. Two down! But where was the fat devil kitty, Alley??

Mom looked all over in Alley's hidey spots, no devil cat. She took a flashlight and went outside looking for her. I volunteered to help, but since Alley doesn't like me at all, mom thought that I may scare her, so I watched from the backyard.

Dad called and asked how the sheet-rock looked and she said fine, but she was pre-occupied with finding Alley. Dad was at work and said he'd come home, but mom said that was okay, she'd find her. Mom asked the sheet-rock guys if they had seen a kitty (or el gato as she told them) and they said no.

At this point, mom was starting to freak out a bit...Alley cannot survive in the wild. She's kinda chubby and loves her kitty noms. Mom walked up and down our road, shining her flashy light into our neighbors shrubs (I'm suprised someone didn't call her in for being a cat burgalar!!). Frustrated and about to cry, dad called to check and said the last place he was Alley was the living room.

In one final attempt, mom looked UNDER the loveseat, and there was Alley! How she got under there we have no idea. More shocking is that the loveseat is RIGHT NEXT to the open door! Whew! Thank god Alley is lazy and didn't venture outside!!!

The sheet-rock guys said they were so sorry, they never saw any kitties and they opened the door cause the dust from the sanding of the sheet-rock was a lot. Mom said that was okay, everyone was accounted for.

Mom says there's no worse feeling that feeling like you've lost one of your furry kids! I told mom I'd never run away, that's what makes me better than a kitty. I know to stay home with my noms and toys. Apparently kitties don't know this. Again proving my theory kitties are weird.

In the end, the sheet-rock looks great, mom cleaned dust all night and we all slept soundly...me, mom and dad on the bed, with Simon curled up next to mom and Alley sleeping on mom's pillow. Glad everything is back to normal!!

Just Say No to Evil Movies

Yesterday we didn't go hiking. Mom was LAAAAY-ZEEEE but that's okay. We just stayed home and watched scary movies all day.
Mom got sucked into some old Vincent Price movies on a classic movie channel. They aren't that spooky, but mom likes them. Then a friend called mom and asked if she wanted to go see a movie with her...Paranormal Activity Too.

Mom said NO! Not cause it's spooky (mom said the 1st one wasn't that scary to her) but Mom said there is a German Shepherd in the movie, and if there's a dog in the movie, nothin good can happen to it and she refuses to see it! You go mom! Stand up for movie dogs everywhere! Viva la doggie movie resistance!

Mom hates when critters in movies get hurt. She lost it during I Am Legend....apparently something bad happened to the doggie (also a GSD) in that movie and mom didn't care about the rest of the movie or the peoples in it. She hasn't even watched Marley and Me cause she knows what's going to happen...which is apparently bad. We don't talk about it.

Dad laughs at mom during a movie when some animal gets hurt and mom is all: "Oh that poor dog/cat/horse/fish/bunny/cow/groundhog/etc!!"

And Dad is all: "Oh, nevermind the 200 people that just died!"

And Mom is all: "Shut up! Poor critter!!"

And Dad is all: "You're right, I'm sorry dear..."

Dad is smart.

Even last night, mom was watching some zombie show on TV and the horse the dude was on got the bitey put on and eaten by zombies!! Mom said that was uncalled for! Poor horsey!

So I'm standing by mom and her boycot of critter harming movies. You go mom!!