National Pit Bull Awareness Day

Today is National Pit Bull Awareness Day.  Read more about it here and find out how your town may be celebrating here.

Mail Call!

Happy Friday!  Sit back and grab a cup of your favorite beverage, as this is going to be one long Thank You post to some wonderful people.  When I returned home from vacation, there was a post office box overflowing with mail, including some fabulous birthday boxes and a swap package.

First is a birthday goody box from Chan (be sure to check out her Help Whip Cancer contest if you haven't already).  She sent a Barnes & Noble gift card (which will soon be used towards my Nook!), Lindt chocolates and a gorgeous scarf.... look at those colors... I LOVE it!  Oh and yes, those are dog treats in there too... because if you're a fellow dog Mama you know that we can not send a box to another human without including the furkids, right?

They not only know there is something there for them, but they could smell Chan's girls too...



Zeus thinks these smell REALLY good







Almost got 'em!



Tut and Sophie happily helped in the modeling department...


Are these my colors?

  

I'm too tired to care...



Thank you Chan... I love it all!  I wore the scarf the very next day and got a gazillion compliments!

My dear friend Karen sent an adorable pumpkin hand towel, pumpkin candle, super soft aloe infused gloves and socks and Lil Zeus.  You may remember Newman (who she made for me at the start of race season) and Lil Tango (made for Tanya) ... well, now we have Lil Zeus, complete with a Patriots bandana! 



Lil Zeus & Newman



 



 

  



Can we eat 'em Mom?

Zeus and his namesake... are they not the most adorable pair you've seen today?  Thank you Karen... I truly cherish Lil Zeus!

 



A couple more birthday surprises... paw print wine bottle stoppers from my friend Kim and the cutest little gnome from the one-and-only Grace!  Thank you ladies!

Are you still with me?  We're almost done!  Last, but certainly not least is the wonderful Stash Sock Club swap package I got from Heather in MN.  She included some great local items... a skein of Indieway Yarns sock yarn in a gorgeous colorway and Pumpkin Coffee from Cameron's. 

There were lots of great knitting notions, including a decorative tape measure and yarn ball point protectors... the most adorable sheep notions wallet... chocolate... and a Barnes & Noble gift card (another one going towards my Nook!).  Thank you Heather!

Another Thank You to everyone ... it sure was a fun night opening up all the boxes of amazing goodies! 



ARF! I bite my mini-me!

Smile!

Happy Dogs on Thursday!  Our Mama is swearing up a storm about how the fairies didn't come and take care of her work while she was away playing catch-up from vacation and is super swamped at work, so we just wanted to share some news about Lola.  She was picked to SMILE over on TheBark.com this week... check her out (hint: everyone is in alphabetical order)!

And now, a few photos of our good-doggy-selves...



Zeus the Moose

Zeus exploring the great outdoors



Lola showing her profile



Lola lounging



 





  



Sophie on the hunt for bunnies

Sophie wishing for something...







Teutul looking as neurotic as the puppy on his name tag

 

How Do You Like Them Apples?

Happy Wordless Wednesday!

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday to my Mom.... one amazing woman!


Mom, Emma & I, February 2010

Mom & Dad, Christmas 2009





 

Taking charge of the grill, July 2010

Mom & Dad, July 2008

 



 

Do YOU Like Big Butts?

Happy Dog's on Thursday... the best day of the week if I do yap so myself.  It's King Tut here... taking over Mama's blog today.  Do ya'll remember Twinkie's Show Your Tongue contest?  Well, guess what... guess what... guess WHAT!!??  

Did ya guess?  Huh, huh... did ya?!?!  

Fine, I'll just tell ya... in case ya'll missed the breaking news last week, it was ME!  Yes, that's right... I finally won myself a contest.  Mama always said I had a Gene Simmons tongue... I guess that's a good thing because I won!  Yea sure, Zeus and Sophie also placed, but I WON!  Just don't tell Lola we all got so many votes because she still doesn't know Twinkie's Mom lost her entry.  Really, she lost it... I had nothing to do with it!  I swear on my favorite elk antler chew!!!

 
Anyway, I wanted to tell all my friends in blogland that Twinkie is now hosting a Furry Tails photo contest.  So don't be shy, show your tushie to the camera and maybe you'll win a good prize too (I'm still waiting for mine to arrive... Mama said something about the mail can somtimes be slow, but I don't understand why... stupid mail)!  We submitted a group effort to show off our butts...

Rain Drops Keep Falling On My...

Happy Wordless Wednesday!