Asta's World

MOVING SLOWLY

2012-01-27T12:11:00.000-05:00

HELLO DEEW FWIENDS

hewe is anothew chaptew fwom the GREAT MOVE
sheeeesh, it's endless

I spend most of my days tied up , while wokmen ow movews come in and out

don't wowwy, I'm not getting mistweated ow anything, I get my walkies and plenty of food (my own, plus bites of Mommi and daddi's Pik-niks), hehehehehe

we thought we wewe going to have ouw kitchen today, but NOOOOOOOOO

once they stawted to twy to put things in , they made all sowts of discovewies, like bwoken watew pipe, etc had to dig into cement in wall, take apawt tiles blah, blah, blah

end wesult is, they fixed the pipes, and cemented again, BUT, they have to wait fow that to dwy befowe they can wedoo tiles, and the mistew's mothew's Biwfday is monday, so he can't come back till toosday, heheheh
mowe pikniking and washing dishes in the baftub.

SOOOOOOO, Mommi is dying of fwustwation, cause she's the type who wants evewything all at oncet and she can't put dishes away, thewefowe all the kitchen boxes awe still hewe
she can't put all books away, cause she and Daddi painted bookshelve and they'we not dwy
she can't put clothes away cause we can't affowd to buy closets this momf

You can imagine he wine and xanax consumption , hehehehehehe

Meanwhile, the good news is things awe moving in the wight diwection and someday, we'll have ouw new home all done

PLEESE LOOK AT MY SMILEBOXES IF YOU CAN TO SEE THE PWOGWESS

This photo album generated with Smilebox

Fwiends continoo to be wondewful and call all the time to see what they can do to help, and I've stopped and sniffed lots of new fwiends in the neighbowhood

Customize your own photo album

I hope all of you awe well and know I think of you all the time, even if I don't come awound to youw bloggies!!!!!!!!!

I hope you enjoy the smileboxies at least.

Mommi sowt of collapses at the end of evewy day and becomes totally useless

smoochie kisses

"occoopy budapest" continoos

2012-01-21T15:36:00.000-05:00

Ouw adventoowe continoos.
We leawn mowe each day about how to live in this new place

Mommi says, we've gotten quite a lot done considewing we only got hewe on Monday aftewnoon

We'we all still on NewYawk time I think, cause Daddi falls asneep at seven in the evening(of couwse the fact that its vewy dawk by then doesn't help)
then he wakes up at nine and wants dinnew all ovew again hehehehehe..he's becoming like me..I fow one, could eat any time and all day

hewe is anothew little smilebox fow you
i hope you can see it

Another photo album by Smilebox

today, aftew the pawty, we had to get up eawly cause the delivewy men bwought ouw half kitchen(we still have to buy the othew side) and a washingmashine/dwyew combo that ouw fwiends gave us..nothing is all hewe ow hooked up, but it seems like things awe moving in the wight diwection.

Fwiends continoo to help us twemendoosly in evewy way and people have been vewy nice to me on the stweet when they meet me

Yestewday on my walk I met two othew wiwy kids and we kissed and the hoomans wewe delighted

I'm discovewing gweat smells and have my wegoolaw walk all figoowed out

I'm not afwaid of the weewd old Oowopean elevatow and in genewal have no pwoblems adjusting..I just wish all my fuwnitoowe would be hewe aweady
(it's coming to the apt on wednesday)..I'm sowt of sick of only being able to sit on the blow up bed fow comfowt

I hope I can attend Blogville's Valentine's dance..mayow Fwankie Fuwtew has invited me in the nicest way and of couwse my Gussie has asked fow the dances

I'm vewy excitewed but sad that I still can't come visit all youw bloggies
pleeez keep being patient wif me and my Mommi secwetawy

smoochie kisses

Fiwst Lettew fwom Budapest

2012-01-17T16:51:00.000-05:00

Hi dawling fwiends!!!!
I'm hewe again..tiwed, but safe in Budapest

the twip was smooth and wondewful until we got to the second flight fwom Munich to Budapest

in NewYawk, we got to the aiwepowt in wecowd time,
the lovely people at Lufthansa didn't chawge us fow ouw vewy ovewweight fouw bags and the cwew on the plane, fussed ovew me and loved me to deaf

then the hawd pawt stawted.
Aftew a layovew in Munich, we had to take ouw hand luggage(two 50lb suitcases, Mommi's gigantic puwse, Daddi's laptop cawwiew, my bag, and dooty fwee bag and fouw coats) had to be cawwied down two flights of staiws, then onto a bus, while having me on a lead, Mommi twipped at the high step of the bus and now has gigantic scwape and big bump on hew wight shin (She says Nowa Chawles in the Thin Man nevew looked as inelegant )
aftew getting off the bus , we had to climb onto small aiweplane that was jammed full of people(mostly gewman, going fow business meetings) and now encountewed not vewy fwiendly cwew..whew, but we made it
an houw and fifteen minutes latew we landed in Budapest

loaded ouw thwee thousand pices of luggage onto thwee cawts and sailed thwoo the gween(nothing to declawe line)

thwee wondewful fwiends (Vera, Otto and Zsuzsa ) wewe waiting fow us wif two caws and took us to ouw apawtment..they had bags of food and goodies fow us

we met ouw landlady in fwont and she showed us how to use ouw six new keys, hehehehehehehe(aftew she left, of couwse we got all mixed up and it's only today, the second day that we have figoowed out how to entew ow leave in less than ten minutes.)

The apawtment needs lots of cleaning and painting and Mommi was in teaws fwom seeing that and having not slept fow two days didn't help

hewe is a smilebox of ouw fiwst day

This photo album created with Smilebox

I miss all of you and hope to be able to keep witing and showing you mowe, but please beaw wif me..it will take many days of wowk hewe to make this a home and get back to time fow all of you fow visits

in the meantime, know I love you and hope all of you awe well

smoochie kisses to all fuwwkids and youw families

Such Sadness and Endings

2011-12-18T18:29:00.000-05:00

My heawt is bwoken, I have no answews , and so many questions..

Why do howwibull things happen to wondewful hoomans and fuwwkids?

..This last week the biggest twagedy happened to my deewest fwiends

the Pittie Pack..

They had a fiwe that destwoyed theiw house and all theiw belongings and most howwibully, five of theiw beloved pack cwossed the bwidge. Guewwo(Mommish's heawt doggie, Coco Chanel the queen of all the oonivewse,, Shelby ouw miwacle suwvivow of the wowst that hoomans do to pups and the two wee dawlings Tigew and Lucky all pewished in the fiwe

thewe awe no wowds to even begin to talk about this. Pleez go and comfowt them in some way and if you can help wif donation on the following site(Sandwa's Wecovewy ) also Fwankie Fuwtew has a pwoject fow them and Mayziegal has mowe infowmation too

I am pwaying vewy hawd that the Mommish finds peace in hew heawt aftew this twagedy and that the fact that hew little hooman pup and hew fuwwkids Bwinksie and Bella awe unhawmed and will help hew heal. She did evewything in hew powew to save evewyone, , she had to be dwagged out when the smoke became unbeawabull..hew heawt is beyond bwoken..I am vew vewy sad, but know that those fuwwkids who had all hew love awe now safe in heaven and will help hew keep giving hew genewous heawt to some othews who need it so.

This is supposed to be a most joyous and bootiful season of love and happiness.

The outpouwing of love that the blogging community has shown fow auntie Sandwa and the Pittie Pack pwoves that goodness and light is hewe. I am so gwateful to be pawt of this family .

These pictoowes awe of ouw house in Chwissmusses past

It was always a holiday of wawmf and family

Chwissmuss Eve was always ouw twaditional dinnew

we played the piano and sang songs

and we twied to make evewything spawkly and bootiful

this yeaw is vewy diffewent

my home is packed up

nothing is bootiful anymowe

aftew 29 yeaws in the same apawtment, we awe leaving wif heavy heawts

the piano had to be sold (Mommi had had it since she was 11 and you all know that now she is about 63000000 yeaws old)..it still has to be picked up

This is a containew on a twuck that will be home to all ouw stuff fow about six weeks

The nice moving guys filled it to wifin an inch

then sealed it and made us photogwaph the key so when they open it in Budapest, we'll know it's been all safe the whole time while on boawd the ship and twucks

To finish, I have a funny stowy to make you giggle ;

So, the house is empty, and Mommi and Daddi awe tiwed,

Mommi has a cwacked wib and to celebwate the end of the move, they decided to dwink a toast...thewe was a bottle of Pwo Secco in the fwidge and Daddi twied to open it..the cowk didn't want to come out, so he used a scwew openew:

all of a sudden, Mommi felt like someone shot hew in the chest

no, not the cowk, but the whole top of the bottle blew off and hit hew in the chest

hehehehehe(sowt of a fitting way to go if it would have done any weel damage)

as it is, she got a bwoose and a little blood , but no awtewies wewe sevewed and no eyes lost

They did the only logical thing..got a sieve and pouwed the Pwo Secco into glasses and dwunked it all up ....Phew

I will pwobably not be able to post ow visit much fow quite sometime,but will twy

I wish all of you a safe and Mewwy Chwissmuss

I pway that all of you will be hewe when I get back to nowmal blogging fwom Budapest

I tweasoowe all of you

till then, all my smoochie kisses

So vewy sad..pwayews needed fow fwiends!

2011-12-03T00:34:00.000-05:00

I am vewy vewy sad

I was so afwaid that if I couldn't be hewe to check on my fwiends because of this stoopid move, some howwibull things might happen

today mommi finally went to the pootew to see if thewe wewe any messages, and I found awful things. Now I'm too afwaid to even look at my messages anymowe.

My sweet sweet fwiend Opus who has been my fwiend along wif his angel bwuvvew Woscoe had to cwoss the bwidge today I only found out because Anne (Zoey and Maggie's mom of Zoolatwy sent me this bootiful badge, along wif this message
To share your thoughts and prayers for Opus ... visit his family at ... CAT NAPS IN ITALY.

Wemembew when I went to Wome a few yeaws ago?

(hewe I am wif my Daddi and Opus's bootiful Mom )

well I got to visit Wowcoe and Opus at that time and I will keep bof of them in my heawt fuwwevew along wif the memowie of ouw many many adventoowes as pawt of the "gang"

CIAO my fwiends..I'm glad you'we young and togethew again and I will see you someday ovew the wainbow

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at the same time , I saw that my othew deew fwiend Gingew Jaspew

is vewy vewy ill

and needs ouw pwayews and pawsitive thoughts

hewe I am kissing Flat Gingew Jaspew while sitting in his Mum's lap when they visited me eawliew this yeaw

(once again It was the Zoolatwy Giwls who let me know and sent me this bootiful image)

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and if that isn't enuff sadness, Dr Tweety , that wondewful funny and kind and faboolous fwiend has got the howwibull C and may not be wif us fow much longew

(again a bootiful pictoowe fwom Zoolatwy)

Pleez evewyone go and visit these families who awe huwting and so vewy sad

and leave youw wowds of suppowt and love

I still can't come awound to see how all of you awe and I just pway that you'we all safe and well and getting weady fow a bootiful Chwissmuss and Hannukah

stay safe
sad sad smoochie kisses

Asta's black Fwiday sale

2011-11-26T19:35:00.001-05:00

Deeew dawling fwiendses

I know you'we all vewy busy wif the holidays and stuff,I hope you all had a most wondewful Thanksgivings wif lots of family and fwiends and good yummies to eat

but at ouw house it's chaos , what wif packing and twying to figoowe out how to make ouw big move

As mommi's painting assistant , I have a wequest

We weeeeely need some gween papews fow this move

(who knew how xpensive it was to swim all youw stuff acwoss the Big Pee and then a twuck all acwoss Oowope?)

ANYWAY

I told mommii that maybe thewe might be some hoomans who might be willing to buy one of hew paintings

so I made hew give a 50% weduction pwice of all of them that we still have and I made a compilation photo wif the new pwices and sizes on them

if any of you know anyone who is intewested Pleez let us know at ouw pee mail addy OK?

thank you fow looking and I hope all of you have the most glowious and happy and healthy holiday season evew!!!!

smoochie kisses

Blogging Bweaks

2011-11-20T16:27:00.001-05:00

Dawling fwiends

You, (I hope) have maybe noticed that I have been not blogging vewy much lately

Well, it's all the fault of the giant MOVE

I, of couwse am an immense help in this endeavow

YES, IT's awficial!!! we awe moving EAST.., all the way to the othew side of the big Pee , and then some

Budapest hewe we come

We have to have all ouw stuff on the containew by mid Decembew (should make fow a vewy intewesting Chwissmuss....NOT!)

and we have to leave ouw NEW YAWK apawtment by Janooawy fifteenth

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, cuwwently , we awe packing, twying to sign cotwacts, having vawioos ovewsee moving companies coming and measoowing stuff and giving estimates (believe me , you don't even want to know the amounts of tweat this will cost me), and figoowe out what to take and what to sell

(Mommi might post some of the paintings that she wants to sell at half pwice , if any of you awe intewested)

it's ,scaiwy, exciting, happy and sad all at once

My pinkies have lived in this apawtment fow 28 yeaws and all of you know how cwaxzy in love wif NewYAwk they awe, BUT sometimes life makes plans of it's own, and it's time fow a new adventoowe

so we awe looking at the bwight side and getting weady fow all the new discovewies and life we wil have

We will be in an empty apawtment(xept fow a bowwowed blow up bed hewe fow a momf aftew ouw stuff leaves, and then we will be in Budapest fow anothew two ow fouw weeks wif the same baweness untill ouw stuff swims ovew

I will twy to look at the blogs and post when I can, but it will be vewy infwequent

I hope when we finally suwface fwom ouw new home, You'll all wemembew me

In the meantime PLEASE STAY HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND WUN AND PLAY AND LOVE EACH OTHEW and HAVE THE HAPPIEST THANKSGIVING!!!

I will always be gwateful fow all of you and this community of fwiends

Smoochie kisses

WOWLD WIDE MOVEMENT

2011-11-11T19:14:00.000-05:00

Deew Fwiends

Won't you join me fow the Thiwd Annual Wowldwide Moment?

At the Exact Moment

(11:00 PM GMT on 14 Nov 11)

Turn toward the Skies

and

Join together in One Silent Moment of Meditation, Contemplation, Reflection and/or Prayer

Whatever feels right to you

I got this infowmation fwom my sissie Fewgie and Bwuvvew Jake

and I thank them fwom the bottom of my heawt fow the wemindew

Sending Pawsitive Powew and Enewgy into the Univewse

to all the Fuwwy, Fuzzy, Feathewed Fabulous Fwiends

Who awe Hewe and no longew Hewe

Celebwating Family and Fwiendship

Sending Love and Suppowt

Follow that Silence

With whatevew means of Communication you choose

Awwooing, Bawking, Howling, Yipping, Wooing

Meowing, Mewing, Puwwing

Neighing, Whinnying

Tweeting, Chiwping

Squeaking, Squawking

You get the Idea

and

Wish and Send Whatevew is in your Heawts

to the Univewse

Send the Love and Suppowt OuwFwiends want, need and desewve

All at one time

Simultaneously

All Awound the Wowld

To detewmine what time that is whewe you live

Click Here for a Time Converter

We awe suggesting you figuwe out the time for youwself

and

Set Your Alawms

I'll be thewe

Will you?

Thank you Siku Marie and the rest of your White Dog Army

smoochie kisses

Wescoo Me Week

2011-11-08T21:39:00.000-05:00

my fwiends Mayzie & hew bwuddew Wanger are hosting wescue me week on hew blog. in honow of theiw Gwammpa J

You could win $100 for youw favowite wescue just by featuwing a pet who cuwwently needs adopting!

Thewe awe soooo many fuwwkids out thewe in need of adoption.
This little boy just about bwoke my heawt. his Dad died and now he is homeless and in uwgent need of a fuwwevew home....his name is DOOFUSS

Doofus is a handsome 8 yr. old male Wire mix with a great personality who is desperately looking for a loving home to call his own. He lived with an elderly man his entire life in rural Pennsylvania. This suddenly ended when his owner/friend passed away. For 3 months, Doofus was left to live on the 100 acres where he grew up. The family planned to euthanize Doofus, but this smart little guy ventured off his property and found his way to a neighbor's house whom he had occasionally visited in past years. Doofus is very appreciative to have good food, a bed, and a friend. Unfortunately, he does not get along with other dogs or cats. Since his friend has a dog and several cats of her own, she is unable to keep him much longer. Doofus is currently living in an outbuilding. He needs to be in a warm home very soon since the cold weather is coming. Doofus loves attention, likes to play, is very energetic, and will lean on you to be petted or rubbed. He will be a wonderful companion for someone who can give him a life like the one he once knew & misses so much......living in a home where he is safe, cared for and loved. He is UTD on routine shots, house trained, and is gentle around his food & toys. Doofus is living in PA. His new home must be in the northeast. If you would like to give Doofus a home, please contact admin@foxterrierrescue.info

PLEEZ help and keep all the homeless fuwwkids in youw pwayews...

thank you Mayzie fow highlighting theiw need..youw Gwammpa must have been a wondewful man

smoochie gwateful kisses

subway awt toow and and impawtant commentathon

2011-11-03T15:00:00.001-05:00

Since I'm still in NewYawk, I thought I would show you something intewesting about my subway station in the West Village..this is the station I aways take when I go somewhewe in the city that is not walking distance

btw,did you notice the postew fow TinTin the movie behind me????notice the wesemblance ??????

these little bwonze statoos by this awtist mistew called Tom Ottewness awe in my

local station

they make Mommi and me giggle while we wait fow the twain

you have to watch out fow those alli-gatows coming up fwom the sewews, hehee

no wondew stuff is falling apawt in many places when you have little monstews like this coming out to destwoy things

this guy sitting next to me must think I want his bag of coins , given how he's holding on to it..sheeesh, it's not like I can smell tweats in thewe

thewe seems to be a theme hewe..i thinks it's gweed

and no mewcy fow those who don't have the coins..you have to pay, no sneeking in

Now enuff silliness, I have an impawtant announcement about my fwiend Pepsi

My fwiend Pepsi wants to celebwate his belated fifth Bbiwfday on his bwofuw Fluffy's Gotcha Day on Novembew the 6th by hosting a Commentathon

hewe is what he says:
I'd make the hoomans pay... and help other furpals in need! I'm not sure if you guys know, but there's a huge flood disaster in Bangkok right now, and many of our own kinds, and other furry kinds, are terrified, torn from their homes and families, stranded, hungry, tired, and are in need of help. There is a non-profits organization called the "Soi Dog Foundation" in Thailand that helps the homeless, neglected, and abused dogs and cats. Right now, they are working with many selfless groups going around to save ANY furry pal out in the waters, to get them to dry land, or to find them a new home.

I suggested to A to make up for the lack of presents and having not been able to let me blog and visit all of you, she should let me hold a comment-a-thon as well. Since Fluffy's gotcha day is on the 6th Nov, we can have the comment-a-thon then! For every comment we receive on the big day, she'll donate $0.50 to the cause!! But her being the stingy person that she is, she said she can only afford to give up till $100. Do help make me empty her wallets okay? Spread the word!

This sounds like a wondewful way to celebwate Pepsi and help all those poow fuwwkids in Thailand, so
PLEEEEEEZ go and visit him on the sixth and leave a comment!!!!

happy weekend and
smoochie kisses

Halloween at the West Village Wun

2011-10-31T15:52:00.001-05:00

As evewy yeaw, auntie Twacey and unkel Wandy twansfowmed ouw wun into a spooky wondewland fow Halloween

my pals wewe all dwessed up and weady to pawty

hewe is a smiley box wif some of the pictoowes Daddi managed to get

(Mommi couldn't come cause she's STILLL sick if you can believe it)

Create your own photo album

thewe was chasey chase, and bum sniffing and lots of social games, hehehehe

of couwse being nice to hoomans has it's wewawds, hehehehe

I came home wif a big Goody bag just like all the doggies who came

thewe was a wicked gween and black stwiped snake

A pawfect owange and black bouncy ball and a bag full ot tweats

It was fantaboolous and I thank evewyone at the West Village Dog wun fow giving us such a mawvelous halloween again..

I am now busy subdooing the snake

I hope all of you had a wickedly fun Halloween full of tweats too
smoochie kisses

Back in the nick of time

2011-10-30T11:38:00.000-05:00

Fall is hewe

(even wintew fwom the looks of the snow outside my window, but I have no pictoowes of that)

and thewe awe a billion things to do.

Thank dog my pawents awe finally back fwom theiw big twip to Budapest

I've been weady and waiting..twied on my Owange Punkin costoome a bunch of times aweady in anticipation of the Pawty at my wun

but fiwst, fow those of you who have nothing bettew to do wif youw time and awe intewested, I have a smiley box of pictoowes fwom theiw twip

A free picture slideshow by Smilebox

They had a wollew coastew wide of emotions doowing theiw twip

they wode the twams and metwo and buses and walked all ovew the place..five days is too little time to decide youw whole life, and mommi had a mini-bweakdown at the last minute

but aftew much thoughts and talks, my pawents have decided to move to Budapest in about Mawch of this coming yeaw

Thewe awe pwoblems and povewty and joblessness like evewywhewe, but it's stilll the best option fow us all awound..evewyone was soopew nice to them, and they found an apawtment they love, so cwoss paws they get it

now back to the impawtant pawt

Mommi and Daddi misssed me soooo much, but I had a gweat time wif Gussie while they wewe gone and I even got to meet wif auntie Hilawy(Molly,Monty, Winnie and Taffy's Mum)

fow all of you who awe wowwied, thewe is NO QUAWANTINE in Hungawy

I can just move thewe and stawt my new life(I of couwse speek doggie, which as you know is oonivewsal, so I should have no pwoblems at all

Mommi and Daddi bof have wicked colds, but I just can't miss Halloween(specially since this is my last one) so I got dwessed as a punkin

I'm anxious to go to the wun fow the pawty to see my fwiends and wun awound like mad and have all the tweats

I hope al of you have a most wondewful and safe Halloweeny time wif lots of fun and tweats galowe

I missed all of you and hope you didn't fowget me
(This move means, I will not be always awound fow all the things I want to pawticipate in , but I nevew want to leave any of you so pleez beaw wif me)

smoochie kisses

Time away and a sneeky plan

2011-10-14T14:31:00.000-05:00

Dawling Fwiends, I will be away fow awhile because my secwetawy/Mommi has to go wif Daddi to find us a new place to live

Manhattan

they awe going fwom my beloved big bootiful Manhattan, to a much smallew , but pwetty Budapest to find out if living thewe would be a pawsibility fow us

They will be gone fow a week stawting next toosday, but thewe awe a jillion things to do befowe theiw twip, so I might not be able to visit much wif you

Budapest
I am sad because I'll miss all of you and am cwossing my paws that all my fuwwiends stay healthy and happy until I can get back to my bloggie again

Mommi and Daddi wanted me to stay wif auntie Kawen and my bwuffuw Duffy, but Gussie and I have a bettew plan, hehehehe
Gussie will pick me up in the Gussiemobile and I will spend the week wif him, while we send Teka wif my owange collaw on hew to auntie Kawen's house

If auntie Kawen asks why I look and act diffewent, we will simply tell hew that I had a vewy vewy showt haiwcut and took some pep pills....gweat plan no?

In the meantime, Monty,Molly ,Taffy and Winnie's Mummy will be staying in my apawtment in NewYawk
I know it all sounds confoosing, but twust me , it's a gweat plan

Cwoss youw paws that my pinkies find us a nice place to live that we can affowd, then all of you can come and visit me thewe aftew we move

Take cawe of youwselves and stay safe and know that I will miss you
smoochie kisses

CAST SIGNING

2011-10-11T18:43:00.000-05:00

I was at my wun on this bootiful Fall Day and it occowuwed to me how lucky I am

It made me think of my dawling little fwiend GwacieLynn who has had hew second leggie suwgewy wecently and has to sit awound wif a big cast on hew leggie

This sweet fwiend who is one of the Slimmew Puggums, needs some mowe gween papews to help pay fow hew dogtow and if you go to the wight side of my bloggie, you will see a place you can click to go and donate alittle to help hew

I think if you have to have a cast, it's awfully nice to have all youw fwiendses signitoowes all ovew it..if you give a few gween papews, you too can sign hew cast

won't you pleez go and visit hew and help if you can?

I'd be vewy gwateful..ow at least go and give hew youw love and bestest wishes

smoochie kisses

Pwesents fwom the White Dog Awmy

2011-10-10T13:54:00.001-05:00

I've been in a tewwibull mood cause Mommi has had a cold/floo fow two weeks and she's absolutely no fun! She won't help me wif bloggie , ow play, ow go fow walks, ow nothin'

but then all of a sudden she had "enewgy" to cut off all my haiw???? WTF?

as my fwiend Joe Stains used to say

well as oosual one of my sweet fwiends came to the wescoo and totally changed my mood

I gots a hoomungoos pawcel fwom SikuMawie and the White Dog Awmy in the mail

thewe was something fow eveyone in my family!

Daddi and his sweet toof got this fantaboolous chocolate which not only tastes gweat , but helps fuwwkids while you'we munching away

(if you don't know about this, have youw pinkies look it up and owdew some wight away!!)

www. rescuechocolate.com

I got this most gowgeous banana fow wound my neck..it's appwopwiate fow all seasons and is a soopew happy colow

Mommi and Siku Mawie's Mom(auntie Sue) awe bof awtists and have commisewated about the difficulty of showing theiw wowk..This Gowgeous Tshiwt is fwom a show that auntie Sue had wif two othew awtists and Mommi wishes she could have been thewe, but weawing this is the next best thing

then came some pwesents fwom the most impawtant event that the White Dog Awmy owganised in theiw city and many of us suppowted wif all ouw heawts

The Puppy Up bandana was given to evewy dog who Walked to End Cancer at evewy 2MillionDogs Walk acwoss the countwy (thewe awe 32 this yeaw).

To get one, even though I couldn't be thewe is vewy vewy special

SikuMawie's Mom designed this pawfect image of us holding paw in hand to come togethew in this most impawtant fight to conquew Cancew

Mommi and I will weaw ouw wespective bandana and t-shiwt pwoudly and hope to spwead the wowd..this fight won't be ovew , till no hooman ow fuwwkid has to suffew fwom Cancew anymowe

as an extwa special bootiful giwlie pwesent, I got this wibbon necklace to weaw whnevew I want to dwess fow a pawty and feel like a pwinsess . Hewe is why it is soopew special:

the one sent was handmade by the mom of one of SikuMawie's vewy fiwst blog fwiends who was an Eskie called Hana...I knew and loved hew too and mouwned wif all ouw fwiends when she died of cancew.

Siku Mawie said:

"She asked that we share them with very special pups who were warriors against cancer and who fought to end the monster. We can think of no one more deserving that you because you do so much to raise awareness and spread the word that we must all fight together."

I am vewy much honowed and humbled and will twy always to help as much as I can

Thank you deew fwiends fow the tweats and bootiful pwesents
This was so vewy vewy special
I believe someday we will succeed in ouw fight.
I am thankful to have such giving and wondewful fwiends

smoochie kisses

Asta hosts a dinnew

2011-10-04T14:56:00.000-05:00

Yestewday was my hooman cousin Chwis' Biwfday and we made his favowitest dinnew

I had to go awound and check the apawtment and make suwe that evewything was weady

Table set, check!

now fow the living woom

all weady, check!

evewyone come to the tabull pleez

his favowite: Oh so Boo Co

and We Sotto Me La Nays

I was having a hawd time minding my mannews, I'm afwaid , I stawted dwooling

Thank Dog Mommi came to the wescoo befowe I dwopped fwom stawvation

(as you can see my haiw is getting longew and longew because Mommi is still sick and hasn't had the enewgy to gwoom me, hehehehehe)

Chwis likes Twi-full, so that's what he gots instead of a Biwfdaycayke

he made a wish and blewed the candles out wif his bootiful giwlfwiend watching

his giwlfwiend and pwoud auntie Julie(his Mom) and my Daddi and Chwis' sissie Cawina wewe all hewe to help celebwate

I made suwe the twi-full was not poisoned and evewyone could eat it

(I'm the offishull taste testew)

anothew gweat evening of being wif family and stuffing ouw faces, hehehehehe

wish you could all have joined me

smoochie kisses

LIVESTWONG

2011-10-02T02:33:00.000-05:00

TODAY IS LIVE STWONG DAY!!!!

LET'S ALL FIGHT THE FIGHT FOW ALL OUW TWO AND FOUW LEGGED FWIENDS AND FAMILY..My Dadddi fought and has been Cancew fwee fow five yeaws

I have lost too many hooman and fuwwfwiends and pway evewy day that it will stop fuwwevew

PLEEZ DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SPEAD AWAWNESS AND HELP IN SOME WAY

Smoochie kisses

The Winnew of the DWAWING wevealed

2011-09-28T16:01:00.000-05:00

Hewo Fwiends!!! I hope all of you awe wested up aftew my Pawty

I want to thank each and evewy one of the 98 of you who showed up ovew the days to help me celebwate

Mommi called me to the living woom today and set down my vewy special sootcase

"whats in thewe Mommi"? awe we going somewhewe?

she said "no, no, Asta we're using your case for a special drawing of names"

OOOH, now I wemembew! Mommi wote all my fwiends' names on papew and put each one in the sootcase, then we shook it up, and I get to pick one out

just checking to make suwe all 98 awe in thewe

they wewe in sevewal layews...so many woofies and kittehs..you have no idea how happy I was that you all showed up

so we shooked them all up again and it was time fow me to pick the lucky winnew

Tah Dah!!!!! the winnew is Tweedles!

congwatoolations little one

mommi said she would wound up the numbew and since the deal was $0.50 fow each name, we will be sending you $50.00 to go to the chawity of youw choice

I am soooo happy that I got to do this fow my Biwfday..happinesss shawed is so much bettew!

Knowing that some fuwwkid will benefit fwom me having a pawty, well, that is just the BEST!

and you'll nevew guess what???

I guess angels awe evewywhewe, I weceived a cawd fwom SikuMawie and hew White Dog Awmy and they have given a donation in my name to Amewican wiwe Fox Tewwiew Wescoo

can a Biwfday get any bettew than this???? Tuwning Five was gweat aftew all

It was the best Biwfday evew so faw.

Thank you all fwom the bottom of my fuzzy wiwy heawt

smoochie kisses

Last of the Biwfday Weekend

2011-09-25T16:27:00.002-05:00

Nom,Nom,Nom, scoose me, ummm, you caught me wif my mouf full

It seems all I've done all weekend is play and eat and snooze

don't you just love Biwfdays????

On a sewious note, I'd like to thank each and evewy one of you sweet and cawing fwiends who came to help me celebwate and waise some gween papews fow some fuwwkids' chawity

many of you came ovew and ovew and I love you fow it! You made my biwfday soopew happy

I got lots of wondewful wishes on FB too, but ,wooles awe wooles, and only those of you who came ovew the last two days hewe on Bloggie (122 names) but only 88 if I don't count multiples

awe going to have youw names put into a big puwse ow box ( thewe wewe mowe comments than that, but I'm not counting myself ow multiples fwom same fwiends..)

do you think that's faiw? ow should I count you sevewal times if you came mowe than once?

I will then pick one at wandom and notify you and ask fow youw addy if I don't have it aweady

then I will send you a check fow the amount fow youw chosen chawity THIS MAKES ME SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY! It's the bestest pwesent of all!

My day ended wif a bootiful dinnew given to me by my BFF and Mumsie..I took Mommi and Daddi along

Pleez excoose my vewy unbiwfday wowfy appeawance, but Mommi has an ouchy back and leggie and couldn't gwoom me( I'm sooooooo sad about that, hehehehehe, NOT)

I chose Pizza and ice cweam,I hope you enjoy watching my smilebox of the dinnew

Free picture slideshow created with Smilebox

aftewwawds, I went home and munched on my gifts fow a while

but it had been a vewy busy weekend and snoozy sneep and a soft bed beckoned and I went off to dweemyland

I will have the finalest count and the dwawing in the next few days

Thank you again my Deew Fwiends

fow giving me the gweatest gift of all..youw heawts

btw, TODAY is my deew fwiend Molly's Biwfday and tomowwow hew bwuvvew Taffy's
pleeze go and wish them lots of happiness and a long life

smoochie kisses

My Fifth Biwfday!!!!!!

2011-09-24T14:33:00.002-05:00

I have been totally ovewwhelmed by the many sweet and loving good wishes fow my biwfday!
I am hoping evewyone can show up and have some pizza and cake and buwgews and seafood and dwinkies and mowe cayke, hehehe

Don't be afwaid, the deck is hooge and all of us will fit wif no pwoblem..

My sweet Gussie and I wewe twying to have a pwivate moment befowe othew guestses showed up,and all of a sudden my BFF Lacie jumped out of a cake, (she has pawfect timing....NOT...hehehehehe

I weceived a text saying that my sweet fwiends (the GAng) wewe all coming but being fwustwated by being stuck in twaffick

(if you look cawefully, you'll see all theiw sweet faces fwustwated in twaffick)

photo by my sweet fwiendses at JFF and the gang

Left to right: 1st row - Ollie, Gracie, Opus( back seat), Momo, Karl
2nd row - Rusty, Merci, Cyndi, Buddy, Ruis (back seat), Socks
3rd row - Cameron, Sam, Cotton, Percy

Meantime, the cawds and smileboxies and songs wewe coming in

(Asta gets teary with gratitude)

I wish I could show them all to you, but I can't get them all up

thank you all!!! especially

Gussie, Lacie,babyStan,Scruffy,Doyle and Molly, Noah, Willow,Tess and Lucy,

Mona and Weenie,Aggie and Archie, Norwood,Jake and Fergie,Bob T. Beaw,

JFF, Kawl, Gwacie and alasandwa,theCats and a dog(Fenwis)

and to my twin Nicky and sissie Jenny,Katie,Spawky and the kitteh's

my sissie Gwacie sent me this bootiful cawd and comfowtable bed fwom the google stowe, so I'm letting all of you twy it out and welax on the soft cushion

My BFF Lacie sent me a Biwfday cawd wif a gift cewtificate fow going to Sephowa to buy winkel cweem(as if, hehehe) and gween papews to go to dinnew wif mommi and Daddi

as well as yummie tweats, my favowitest owange squeekie tennis balls and a shoe??

hmmm, not the sowt of shoe she usually bowwows fwom me ..it's only one and it's pwe chewed

heheheheheheeheh, that Lacie, is a cawd

finally the twaffick lightened up a little and evewyone stawted awwiving

photo by the gang

hewe awe Artemisia, Prince Casper, King Brian, Scylla & Fenris

Pleez help youwself to Mommi's special "oef a la neige" twust me, you'll love it!

Mommi is still a mess and in bed wif hew ouchie leg and back, but nevew feew, Daddi took me to the wun whewe I had a most wondewful time playing, wunning, catching , chasing,

(thank you weathew angels fow stopping the wain so I could do this)

the pictoowes awe bluwwy cause Daddi only had his phone and it was dusty, hehe

even wif the bluw, I think you can see that I'm having the bestest time

a vewy special thanks to all of you who have visited,

This will help some fuwwkids who awe not as lucky as we awe..wemembew, evewy pawson who comments adds anothew $0.50 to the gween papews (see yestewdays post fow explanation)

and now

LET's PAWTY ON!!!!!!

smoochie gwateful kisses

(pleez fowgive me if I fowgot anyone's name, Mommi is on some pain killews that bluw hew bwain)

My Upcoming Biwfday

2011-09-23T09:14:00.000-05:00

Tomowwow is my fifth biwfday and I wanted it to be special, I saw on some othew bloggies that some fwiends did a commentathon on theiw Biwfdays (you know, donate some gween papews fow evewy comment left...well, my piggy bank is not soopew full, but I can give $.50 fow each comment, but whewe to donate????? )

so I called my gweat fwiend , the mayow of blogviell, the honowable Fwankie Fuwtew fow his advice

hewe's what he said:

Dearest YOUNG Furend,

Five is a grrrreat age to turn.. I know beclaws I did it back in May. hehehe

I had to give this a little bit of thought... butt I was thinkin that you could... put the names of all the commentors in one of your lovely Paw Bags (purses) and pick one... and that lucky "winner" would get to choose who the green papers would go to.

You are soooooo right... there are so many who Deserve help.

THIS is a very VERY much generous thingy that you are plannin. I am like YOU.. it is better to give than to receive.

Hope this helps a bit.

Hugs from my hill to YOU... Birfday Girrrrrrl. "

speaking of phones,

my fuwwiends fwom the Woad Dog Tales called me eawliew this week to intewview me about mommi's paintings

I was sooo honowed,

they awe feetoowing the intewview on theiw Awtsy Fawtsy Fwiday today pleeez go visit them and wead all the clevew things they ask!

Now that I had a plan, I decided to celebwate.

My sweet Gussie Love came to pick me up in his Gussie mobile and we went fow a wild wide..he said I could wide wif him any time...sighhhhhhhhhhhh

he also vewy thoughtfully awwanged fow me to have an aftewnoon wif my giwlfwiends getting pampewed at a spa (my BFF Lacie said i weally needed it now that I am OLD)

I even got a pedicoowe

aftew that I went to the wooftop that I'm getting weady so all of you can come and celebwate wif me...I know I'm a day eawly, but these things take planning and time and I want it to be pawfect ...when you come pleez help youwselves to dwinkies and cake, and wemembew evewy time you comment, It means anothew fifty centses to help some fuwwkids in need

I know my Biwfday will be pawfect wif youw help and since i aweady have evewything any pup could want, we can just celebwate being togethew .

Any comment today FWIDAY, and tomowwow SATUWDAY will count towawds the gween papews!!!!! so come and join the fun!!!

(I will let you know the wesults next week, along wif mowe about my fifth Biwfday celebwation)

SMOOCHIE KISSES fwom an almost five yeaw old

Suwpwise Pawty and visit fwom Faiwy Hobmothew

2011-09-21T16:01:00.000-05:00

Hi Evewybuddy
I have wetuwned fwom my twavels on the high seas in time to find mommi down wif a pinched newve
natoowally, she hasn't gone awound to answew any of my fwiends and do what she's sposed to. Instead, she is just moaning and gwoaning saying she can't sit ow lie down in any pawsition wifout huwting and so she can't stay on the pootew

blah,blah, blah..aways some stoopid excoose not to help me

I am goind to make hew lie down and i will walk up and down hew back till she gets well and it bettew be soon is all I have to say

In the meantime let me quickly let you know about a secwet pawty at Gwacie's fow my good fwiend Opus who has not been well these last few momfs and he is tuwning sixteen!!!

Please go to Gwacie's tomowwow and give Opus youw good wishes and love

hewe is a pictoowe of some of us gathewing fow this impawtant event

(I know we look silly, but isn't that the point of a pawty? having silly fun?)

photo by Gwacie

photo by me

I have one mowe piece of impawtant news fow all of you

you 've pwobably heawd about the Faiwy Hobmothew on Oskaw's site
Soon aftew I left a comment on his bloggie, I was visited by the Faiwy Hobmothew too and she gwanted my wish to help the White Dog Awmy in theiw fundwaisew by donating $30.00 to them Isn't that mawveloos?????
Now they say that they may gwant one of my readers a wish just for letting you know that the Faiwy Hobmother is from Appliances Online and that they sell fwidges and fweezers.

Go ahead & leave a comment with youw wish, and maybe the Faiwy Hobmother will visit you too!

Thank you sweet fwiends and I pwomise once again to come visit (pwobably slowly) as Mommi's pinchy newve allows

smoochie kisses

Happy Intewnational Talk Like A Piwate Day!

2011-09-19T18:33:00.001-05:00

Today is talk like a piwate day and I went down to the sea(at the end of my block) and boawded my paiwate ship to go sail the seven seas

I hope I see all of you along the way

Yawwwgh matey, ye've been boawded!

I have a couple of Piwate jokes fow you, maybe you can think of a few mowe to amoose us?

what's Captain Hook's favowite stowe?

The Secondhand Shop!

[hehehehehehe That's whewe Mommi shops all the time so it was vewy easy to guess]

What did the piwate think of the wench's booty?

He thought it was plundewfull! , hehhehehe

I aways laugh at my own jokes, woll awound on the floow and giggle hystewically
What can I say, I'm easily amoosed

My pirate name is:

Captain Anne Cash

Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. You're musical, and you've got a certain style if not flair. You'll do just fine. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
part of the fidius.org network

Dogspeed! all me Matey's
wishing you all faiwwinds and good Gwub
and of couwse smoochie kisses

Moosings

2011-09-14T17:37:00.000-05:00

Hi sweet fwiendses

I've been happily playing at my wun evewyday . the weathew is still pwetty hot, but I can smell that thewe is a change coming and I'm kind of excitewed about it..I do love summew, but it's been hot fow way too long

I dunk my head and most of my body in the little pool , but even wif that, I am panting like mad aftew chasing my ball..

I'm weady fow some mowe tempewate weathew

while thewe, I stawted thinking about all the fuwwkids who awen't as lucky as I am and need ouw help cause they awe eithew sick ow don't have loving homes of theiw own

I know all of you think of this many times too and want to help

I justed to wemind you that one of the easiest things you can do is wemembew to go to the Animal Wescoo site button

on my sidebaw and pwess on it evewy day..it's a tiny little thing, but it might help some fuwwkids a little

and I want to yell and shout and wemind you to look in youw piggy banks and maybe find some gween papews to send to the White dog Awmy and theiw vewy impawtant wowk to fight that howwibull C thing that can huwt and kill ouw hoomans as well as ouw fuwwfwiends..I have a diwect link on top of my sidebaw fow it

Thewe awe so many othew fundwaisews and I know it can be ovewwhelming..I don't want to pwessoowe you, just make you wemembew that if you pawsibully can help in some way wif the cause of youw choice..

thewe awe many woggies doing twanspawt , like Khywa (the queen of twanspawts) and now even The Houston Pittie Pack and maybe we could help them in theiw vewy impawtant wowk too

these awe thoughts that go thwoo my mind, knowing that I am a vewy lucky lucky doggie and have so many kind fwiends who make a diffewence

thank you vewy vewy much
smoochie kisses

Wesignation

2011-09-12T21:08:00.001-05:00

Deewest fwiends, it is wif shame and sadness that I have to hand in my wesignation to Mayow Fwankie Fuwtew of Blogvilee as chief "agony aunt" and love advice givew

I cannot in good con shins say I know anything about dating and love wif what has twanspiwed
hewe is a bwief explanation:

as a young pup in Dogs wif Blogs, I fell head ovew paw in love wif Stanley of Goobewstan he is tall and handsome and the Woolew of his own countwy and vewy sweet and pawswaysive

My love was wee-cipwocated, and when I got a chance to meet him, I knew twoo love..he gave me a hoomungoos wing, and I natoowally ass oomed we wewe going to be togethew aways,

but my sweet fwiends, life is not so simpull

Stanley got so busy wif wunning his countwy and taking cawe of his Giwl and his sissie , the cwown pwinsess Stella, that he couldn't spend any time wif me

I felt totally alone in the oonivewse

meantime, I had aways hawbowed secwet love fow Gus Daggew but eawly on, I didn't have a chance, cause he was so vewy much in love wif the bootiful miss Snickews..last yeaw, Gussie's love had to leave fow the wainbow bwidge and as we wewe bof vewy lonely, we decided to keep each othew company

one thing led to anothew and ouw fwiendship blossomed into love

sounds like a happy ending wight?????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

all of a sudden Stanley told the wowld on that facebookie thing that he was in a welationship wif me

now, I have two wondewful tewwiewboyz who I'm huwting........I love them bof
will not, and can not decide,
and to make it even mowe complicated, thewe awe some othew sweetheawts who have been mowe than lovabull to me

My BFF Lacie has caught me out and wote the following lettew to me in my cap acity as love advice givew:

Dear Doggie Who Gives Advice to the Lovelorn,

Hi!! This is Miss Lacie Teacakes from da Burgh. I wanted to tell er ask you about my BFF who is um well ENGAGED TO TWO DOGS AT ONCE!!! See this one dog..he's a Dale...gave her this hooge rock engagement ring and then he like dropped off the face of the Earth and now he's back and on FB and he thinks they are still engaged but meanwhile she's engaged to this Foxy Wire Gussie who WAIT A MINUTE...JUST ONE MINUTE...I JUST realized she never told me about that...like the whole proposal...it must have been at the PWOM er Prom and I actually don't even know who asked who...er um whom. (Lacie has been studying the grammar book given to her by Miss Enid, but that's a Wheelie and well it's too long a story...)

So what do ya think she should do??? I mean I suppose she could channel her inner Audrey Hepburn (A Nun's Story) and go off to the Convent, but that would be a shame cuz then I would only be able to borrow her wimple and habit (um...is that like gum chewing?) and sensible shoes. Which is so like boring for me, the Lacie.

Perhaps she could relieve both of them from their potential troth and let ME AT THOSE BOYZ. Hmm...I don't see her doing that do you???

Or she could marry both kids? Course only one would be legal...I mean how fun is that??? Frankly, it's better when both are illegal...

Or she could just STOP worrying about it and enjoy the attention of two handsome boyz? And perhaps she might enjoy partaking of a large bowl of Schlag. I pretty much find that cures all problems. Not that too many boyz are EVER a problem for the Lacie...but I don't pretend to have your wisdom in these delicate matters.

So Miss Advice Lovelorn Doggie um I mean Doggie Who ...sheesch..that's just too long a title...what do you think she should do????

Respectfully,

Miss Lacie Teacakes

She enclosed this pictoowe of how I would look if I entewed the convent
...I don't think it soots me, do you???

so you see, I am not one to give any advice cause I have totally messed evewything up in my love life and potentially caused sadness to the sweetest boyz on eawf

so, I'm handing in my wesignation
wespectful smoochie kisses

Wemembewing wif Sadness and Gwatitoode

2011-09-10T14:49:00.001-05:00

I wasn't bowned yet when the howwows of 9/11 happened, but y pawents and angel sissie Nowa lived thwoo that time hewe in downtown NewYawk City

They tell me how many teaws wewe shed and how pwoud they wewe to be pawt of this gweat city and it's peoples who came togethew in the most amazing way and how gwateful they awe to all those who sacwificed so much to help and pwotect us hewe and all ovew the wowld

so, I Thank Them too wif all my heawt and gwieve wif those who lost loved ones whethew they be hooman ow fuwwkids

PLEEZ NEVEW FOWGET

THESE OLD WONDERFUL FACES SAY IT ALL.........

These are the dogs that worked the Trade Center that are still alive but retired, they are heroes too!!! Their eyes say everything you need to know about them. Just amazing creatures!

True heroes of 9/11 still with us today...

Moxie, 13, from Winthrop, Massachusetts, arrived with her handler, Mark Aliberti, at the World Trade Center on the evening of September 11 and searched the site for eight days.

Tara, 16, from Ipswich, Massachusetts, arrived at the World Trade Center on the night of the 11th. The dog and her handler Lee Prentiss were there for eight days.

Kaiser, 12, pictured at home in Indianapolis, Indiana, was deployed to the World Trade Center on September 11 and searched tirelessly for people in the rubble.

Bretagne and his owner Denise Corliss from Cypress, Texas, arrived at the site in New York on September 17, remaining there for ten days!

Guinness, 15, from Highland, California, started work at the site with Sheila McKee on the morning of September 13 and was deployed at the site for 11 days.

Merlyn and his handler Matt Claussen were deployed to Ground Zero on September 24, working the night shift for five days.

Red, 11, from Annapolis, Maryland, went with Heather Roche to the Pentagon from September 16 until the 27 as part of the Bay Area Recovery Canines.

Abigail, above, was deployed on the evening of September 17, searching for 10 days while Tuff arrived in New York at 11:00 pm on the day of attack to start working early the next day.

Handler Julie Noyes and Hoke were deployed to the World Trade Center from their home in Denver on September 24 and searched for five days.

Scout and another unknown dog lie among the rubble at Ground Zero, just two of nearly 100 search and rescue animals who helped to search for survivors. During the chaos of the 9/11 attacks, where almost 3,000 people died, nearly 100 loyal search and rescue dogs and their brave owners scoured Ground Zero for survivors. Now, ten years on, just 12 of these heroic canines survive, and they have been commemorated in a touching series of portraits entitled 'Retrieved'. The dogs worked tirelessly to search for anyone trapped alive in the rubble, along with countless emergency service workers and members of the public.

Traveling across nine states in the U.S. from Texas to Maryland, Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas, 34, captured the remaining dogs in their twilight years in their homes where they still live with their handlers, a full decade on from 9/11. Their stories have now been compiled in a book, called Retrieved, which is published on Friday, the tenth anniversary of the attacks.

Noted for her touching portraits of animals, especially dogs, Charlotte wanted 'Retrieved' to mark not only the anniversary of the September 2001 attacks, but also as recognition for some of the first responders and their dogs.

'I felt this was a turning point, especially for the dogs, who although are not forgotten, are not as prominent as the human stories involved,' explained Charlotte, who splits her time between New York and Amsterdam. 'They speak to us as a different species and animals are greatly important for our sense of empathy and to put things into perspective.'

Gweg Lee the foundew of Dogs wif Blogs , and a deaw fwiend sent us this moving and bootiful image he made as a twiboote

it's entitled The Ghosts of NewYork City..look cawefully and you'll see

thank you unkel Gweg

Wemembew wif love and Gwatitoode

smoochie kisses

Gwadooate and pwepawing fow Mommi's Exhibit

2011-09-05T20:58:00.000-05:00

I have had the most wondewful time at the Back to school Bash these last thwee days

I last Gwadooated as a Puppy, many yeaws ago(almost five to be exackt)

but now that I'm all gown up, I got to go to some gwadooate classes

I leawned Fwench fwom Mademoiselle Lily and Monsoow Benny, and woaching (see? I even have a cewtificate fwom my teachew Mona the Dochsie...
leawned fwom Sawge how to scawe Munks, went to a flowew show at Finn's, jumped awound at the Bounce house thanks to the Woad Dogs,
got physically Edoocated by the wondewful Mw.Pip,
Got some gweat new Wally Melon wecipes fwom Sugaw,
leawned fiwe safety fwom Bucky of K9Catastwophy,
Sampson and Delilah taught me Pawm Eat-a-kit(vewy vewy impawtant!,
got to see amazing BUGS at Sam and Andy's

leawned how to pwopewly chase Squiwwels at Dowy 's
Wonnii and Uji taught ma ll about ISMS
and the hawdest of all , I leawned what Polly Sigh is fwom Fwankie ouw esteemd Mayow and expawt in Polly ticking
I also got to heaw a geat Jazz concewt by the Highwollews Jazz Band and pawticipated in anothew PAws Bang pawfowmance wif my Bass Geetaw

I showed off what was in my lunchbox at Jazzi's wowld and

aftew all that, thewe was the PAWM ( hosted by boondocks, the love shack

Oh my dog was it evew dweamy!!!!!!!!!! I danced my paws off wif mostly Gussie the dweamboat, but also wif evewy gowgeous Blogville hunk I could get my paws on, (hehehehe)and then thewe was the Fashion show whewe all of us got to show off ouw vewy best outfits fow the Pawm at Mollie Jo and Bobo's

at the vewy end, we all got ouw gwadooating caps and ouw diplomas fwom OSKAW Whew, what a whiwlwind

if you missed any of this, be suwe to go and join us and catch up on the fun go to Sawge's bloggie fow all the connecting ones

HAPPY SCHOOL DAZE TO ALL!!!!!

and thank you to all the teachews and owganisews fow the best back to school extwavaganza evew!

now, that I'm a gwadooate, I have to wun home to help Mommi wif hew upcoming exhibit

I just know she wouldn't get the paintings hung in time if I didn't help hew

Pleez cwoss youw paws that she manages to do as well as I did in school, and fowgive me if I don't come awound to visit fow a while

she's not as bouncy and young as I am , so I expect this will take hew out of commission fow a while and so I will be wifout secwetawial help

(note to self, take secwetawial class next yeaw so i can do wifout hew)

Pleez stay safe and well till I see you
smoochie kisses

BACK to SCHOOL BASH in Blogville

2011-09-02T19:21:00.003-05:00

OK..... Time fuw the Back to School BASH

I hope you have sent in all youw pictoowes fow the PAwm, and signed up fow all youw classes
this is the weekend when it all stawts!!!
GULP, fwench Class, Woaching, wallymelon wecipes,Pawliticla skye ence..the list is endless

fow a complete list of classes and activities Pleez go to Sawge's site!

I have my pawm dwess picked out and can't wait to dance wif all the boyz..of couwse , Gussie is accompanying me to the pawm, but he knows i love to dance wif evewyone so no pwoblem
(don't fowget, if you have pwoblems in the love depawtment I'm aways hewe to answew)

I've packed my lunch box full of my favowite things(wunny cheese, Fwench fwies,a bag ette, gelato, peamut buttew cookies, Pate and a wefweshing owange dwinkie
that should keep me till noon, hehehehe

I thought I was weady, but aftew twying on five hundwed outfitsI wunned out of time and I had to make a mad dash fow a cab to get to school in time in time.
Can you believe aftew all that, I fowgot my shoes?
and they wewe soooooo cool, Oh well....................
see you in school

here are the impawtant Addys to go to pawticipate all weekend

www.sugarthegoldenretriever.com

http://sargespeaksout.blogspot.com

http://frankiefurterprice.blogspot.com

ouw Mayow Fwankie Fuwtew the most wondewful fwind and leadew left this message:

"On Friday add YOUR Blog on the HOP LIST on Sugar's Blog... BY 6 PM CST

The MAIN HOP list for B.T.S. Bash will be on Sugar's, Sarge's, and my Blog

Be sure to tell your followers that... and if you have the 3 links up on your blog (each day) they can just choose one and click. then they won't MISS out on ANY of the exciting activities.

THANKS, THIS is going to be a very Fun Filled weekend. I Want to thank each and EVERY one of you for taking part and for doing SO much to make it the success that I know it will be!!!

Sincerely,

a very HUMBLE and appreciative Frankie"

and

Be sure to see Sugar today to link up with her HOP so we can all stay connected for all of the events!

you must come see the incwedibull way the gym has been fixed up fow the Pawm..thewe is cool moosic and all the couples in dogville awe kicking up theiw heels..come hewe and go thwoo the doows to expewience it all

AND! PLEEZ DON'T FOWGET TO GO WISH MY KITTEH SISSIE MOMO A HAPPY GOTCHA DAY/BIWFDAY CASUE NOT ONLY WILL IT BE A FUN THING TO DO TO ATTEND HEW PAWTY(cheese, shwimp momo wine, niprtinis and mowe)

BUT! evewy comment will get a donation fwom hew SS to hew sheltew PLEEZ GO BY

THANK YOU SWEET FWIENDS

smoochie kisses

Back to nowmal and DWB announcement!!!!!!

2011-08-30T18:56:00.003-05:00

Thank you fow all youw cwossed paws and good thoughts..we wewe safe fwom stoopid IWENE, I'm still cwossing pawsfow all those fwiends like my deewest Gussie and Muzzew and Teka wifout powew in Viw Geena and any othew fwiends stwuggling in the dawk

(I was packed and weady to evacooate, but nevew had to and evewything is fine and back to nowmal hewe)

Listen up dawling fwiends, I have a most impawtant announcement to make!

When I was a mewe pup and decided that I needed to meet fwiends evewywhewe a billion yeaws ago (well ackshooly 4 1/2 yeaws) , I founfd a most wondewful home on the blog

DOGS WIF BLOGS!

This was a most wondewful place that I joined and met the whole wowld

I became a pawt of a community of fwiends

This place was founded by Chawlie the most wondewful dog fwom Ostwalia wif the help of his pawents Bwooke and Gweg and sissie Opie the gwuffpuppie

It was fun and let us meet sooooo many fwiends all ovew the wowld that I can't even tell you

Sadly Chawlie aftew a loooong battle wif his heawt, left us fow the bwidge and his Dad didn't have the heawt to keep going anymowe wif DWB

BUT............... along came Benson and Ping and angel Chawlie and Opie all encouwaged him and now they'we BACK!

The Internets Dog Blog Directory and one stop shop for K9 Wackiness!

DOGS WITH BLOGS

Many of you who stawted bloggies in the intewim, have nevew heawd of this, but those of you fwom yeaws ago, know what i'm talking about.

Last summew, we had a meeting(as it tuwned out at my house, hehehe) of many of the pawents fwom all ovew the wowld along wif the flat vewsions of theiw woofies and it was the most pawsomest time any of us evew had

this pictoowe was taken in the lobby of my apt building of these fwiends fwom all ovew the USA and England and Canada and Ostwalia(ouw doowman must have thought we wewe nuts, hehehehe)

hewe I am gweeting some of the Flatpuppies who wewe at my house

and a couple of the ones who came in pawson

(even Miss Stella Latifah of Goobewstan wif hew back to us)

We had a whole weekend fow all the fun, even a boat wide on a sailbouat on the Hudson wif laughs galowe (fwom left Stanley of goobewstan's Giwl , auntie Mumsie fwom Holitewwiews, Mommi, Daddi and auntie Hilawy who came fwom Gweat Bwitain and has Taffy,MollyMonty and Winnie)

hewe awe some of the peeps on ouw woof(by no means evewyone who was hewe)

(Alett(Toffee and Wiley), Kawen(Duffy), Joan(skye),Claudette(Wocky&Jodee) and),Gweg(Benson&Ping),Shewwy,,Mommi in fwont,Hilawy(Monty,Molly,Taffy,Winnie),Claiw(,Fewndoggle Mom, and Diana(Aggie and Awchie)

Mommi wif auntie Bwooke and Gweg who awe the foundews of DWB

some of the flats on ouw woof enjoying the view even Ewic squawe dog was thewe wepwesenting the UK

I weceived this most pwestigoos awawd fwom my fellow DWB fwiends in septembew of 2007 I was just one yeaw old and awed and gwateful beyond belief

So you might be wondewing what this whole bwagging is all about?

Well, DWB is back and I would uwge all of you to go and join!!!!!

It won't intewfewe wif all the wondewfullness of Blogville it is just a biggew umbwella to be undew fow all of us

Pleez go check it out and join (click on the link)
even if you wewe a membew befowe, you have to join up again cause it's an all bwand new site

auntie Bwooke and especially unkel Gweg has wowked vewy hawd to bwing this back

http://www.dogswithblogs.com.au/

I will fuwwevew be gwateful to Dogs Wif Blogs fow all the suppowt and love and many many fwiends that Mommi , Daddi and I have made since I fiwst stawted blogging.

The fwiendships have been an incwedibull souwce of suppowt and love fow us

and we will love them always

smoochie kisses

Dweaded Iwene

2011-08-28T14:21:00.000-05:00

Hewo Evewyone!!!!!

I'm hewe to wepawt on ouw time wif Iwene

This is how the view looked fwom ouw window yestewday evening

lots and lots of wain, then nothing then the whole thing all ovew again..weally weeeewd

thewe wewe no hoomans ow pups outside and it was eeewie..NewYawk wifout anyone thewe is unimaginabull

some hoomans questioned why the subways had to be shut down..wellllll, hewe is the weason..if thewe is a powew outage, you could get stuck down thewe fuwwevew, plus watew wuns into the stations if thewe is flooding

my BFF Lacie came to town wif a moneymaking skeem (see hew bloggie fow details) and was most paw tuwbed that she couldn't get any shopping done while hewe

meantime, Daddi did the laundwy and washed all my stuffies so I'd have a whole "new" batch to wediscovew and play wif

all mine????weally??????

well, let me get them out

the whole day was pwetty xaustewing (did I mention that Lacie, my BFF invited a bunch of fwiends ovew fow a pokew game? we played late into the night even Woogew flew ovew fwom NewZeeeeland and Pippa fwom Spain..it was a gweat way to wait out the stowm)
but aftew a while , I had to get a little snooz in

we wew't suwe if we would have flooding ow wind damage ow powew outages, but we wewe vewy vewy lucky and none of that happened to us

This mowning I decided to see what had happened while i was asneep

thewe wewe stweets wif lots of flooding and twees down but no loss of life thank dog

some hoomans wewe not vewy smawt, and despite being told not to dwive ow go out, they did wif not vewy pleasant ciwcumstances sewves them wight I say..we had plenty of wawning and nothing was open so whewe wewe they going?

the ones who wewe in an evacooation zone and didn't have fwiends ow family to go to ow places out of town, had sheltews that they wewe taken to by the city..( about 9000 people) The weason so many had to be evacooated was cause wif tall buildings if you have no lectwicity, the elevatows don't wowk and it's impawsibull to get up and down and what if you have a dogtow emewgency??no one can get to you, so that's why you had to leave, plus in some buildings thewe was a big chance of flooding...I was wowwied about many of my fwiends, but all awe OK that I have heawd fwom so faw

This is the view fwom ouw apt today

gwey and ugly, but all dwy

Eawliew today, I went out fow a walk wif Daddi and saw a bunch of my fwiends out and about, inclooding Petey and his Mom..evewyone was fine!!!YEAH!!!!!

The watew has weceeded but now thewe awe some vewy stwong winds and it's still dangewoos ..thewe awe some down twees and powew lines in places and it's still not safe to go out

I finally picked a flamingo out of my stuffie batch and will stay in fow the west of the day(xept fow a quick peepee latew)

I hope and pway that all of you in the paf of Iwene awe safe and dwy

smoochie kisses

Go Away Iwene

2011-08-25T21:48:00.001-05:00

My good pal and soopew weathew dog Jake of the Bawkalot Boyz has been pwedicting Huwwicane Iwene fow days now, and it seems it's coming up the coast to hit my city, NewYawk

we aweady had towwential wains fow a while today, but then the sun came out and I got to go to my wun and see fwiends and play ,thank dog, cause the big stuff

is coming satuwday and sunday

I decided to make suwe my family is safe, so I bowwowed a tall laddew and put up owange safety shuttews on ouw apawtment windows..thewe, that should do it, unless of couwse the watew fwom the Hudson wivew comes in and washes away the foundation...hmmm, hadn't made any plans fow that, I hope that doesn't happen

Pleez stay safe all my fwiends!!!!!!! make suwe you have all the essentials(you know, like tweats and peamut buttew, and pwosecco and gelato and lots of toys
and my smoochie kisses)

we've aweady had a eawfquake this week, mommi says we'll pwobably have locust next, hehehe

love and safe smoochies to all of you

Fawewell Miss Peach, till we meet again

2011-08-24T21:13:00.001-05:00

pictoowe by Jan's Funny Farm

My sweetest fwiend Miss Peach left us fow the bwidge and my heawt is vewy vewy sad. she was a delicate and bootiful and a supew sweet fwiend and i will miss hew so vewy much.
I'm sending hew deew family, Kawla, Lapdaddy and Hunny Bunny all my healing smoochie kisses fow theiw heawts. Pleez keep youw sweet memowies of the many wondewful yeaws wif youw beloved Miss Peach
Miss Peach is safe and westing in hew twoo love,Mickey's paws aftew hew twip to heaven.

Fawewell my deew fwiend ,I'll see you someday ovew the bwidge and in the meantime will hold you in my heawt

love

ADVICES

2011-08-21T11:09:00.000-05:00

I have been getting some lettews fwom sweet fwiends wif twepidations and questions about mattews of the heawt and specifically about theiw wowwies about the upcoming Pawm

I thought I would shawe a few of them wif you, hoping that it will make all of you see that we all have feews about mattews of confidence when it comes to dating
, and I hope that it will make you bwave about jumping into that love pond

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

?? I am a mixed breed... do you think that I could dare to ask.. a Pure Bred Girrrrrrl???

Awe you kidding me???????evewyone knows that doggies fwom many diffewent bweeds mixed all up make chawming and gowgeous woofies..anyone would be lucky to go out wif you, so don't be shy , just ask wif a big smile

?? I don't know HOW to DANCE. No boys will ask me to go.. I just know it. What am I gonna do???

Just tap youw paws sweetie, the moosic will take you along and I'm suwe you will be dancing in no time, plus , a little wiggle of youw bum bum will do just as well

?? Where will I even LOOK fur a Date???

The fuwstest place I would look is on the bloggies of couwse..maybe a sibling of one of youw pals? ow someone you wead about and wanted to get to know mowe? ow sometimes, all it takes is one look and KA POW like a thundewbolt you just get hit by love a dappled fuw, a big smile, shiny long floof, bootiful come hithew eyes, the gloss of a bwindle haiw

any of those can gwab you by the tail befowe you know it..just follow youw nose

Dear Miss Asta ~
Oh, I so much want to go to Bloggie Vill Pawn. Miss Jazzi is hinting that she needs a date and I don't know what to do. See I don't have my own bloggie, but I have hosted Flat George twice and have been on Rocky Creek Scotties and Scottish Terrier News as Harry Potter's look-a-like. The Honorable Mayor Frankie is my friend ~ please help me.

I know I look kind of like a nurd and I am an undergraduate, but I have potential.

Miss Asta with all your worldly knowledge and expertise in the LOVE department can you help me take Miss Jazz to the Bloggie Vill Pawn please.

My picture is attached.

Sweet William The Scot

Dawling Sweet William

I think you awe a most handsome lad
(I especially love youw glasses, they awe most becoming and show youw intellectooal side)
Youw Miss Jazz must be anxious fow you to ask hew to the Pawm
Sometimes giwls get shy and want the boyz to ask and tell them how much they would love to go wif them
I know that you wewe a gweat host to Flat Geowge and the Wocky Cweek Scotties would only have nice fwiends, so you have excellent wecomendations.
I have dwessed you and Miss Jazz up and taken a pictoowe just to show you how wondewful you two will look togethew
I'm absolutely pawsitive that if you take youw heawt in youw hands and offew it to hew, she will blush wif joy and accept gladly.

Now this party, you know me and Stanize are an item ;)well I'm a bit shy I would love to go, but what if she dosen't can I still go, my heart is with her so I don't think I could dance with another girl.
Have a good week
See Yea George xxx

DAWLING GEOWGE,

Miss Stanzie loves you just as much as you hew, (I have it on good authowity) and I'm suwe if she can go she cewtainly will BUT, if fow some weason she can't I'm pawsitive she would still want you to be wif fwiends and not stand in the cownew pining fow hew

I think she would want you to twiwl awound the dance floow and join in the fun..

Sagiwa asks:
Frankie sent me your way...see there is this BIG boy that I like...but I don't know if he likes me back. How do I get him to ask me on a date?

Dew Sagiwa,

I would go visit that Big Boy and whispew in his eaw(maybe nibble a bit) and tell him about youw hopes and dweams while looking ovew youw shouldew in a come hithew way

I'm suwe he'll get the message and won't be able to wesist you but if he doesn't, pawhaps he is not the one fow you

Now, as to this advice column. Would you give me some advice on how to maintain a long distance romance with the world's most popular pup? When my muzzer is not cooperating.

many kisses
Gussie

BLUSHBLUSH BLUSH, ummm, I so hope you'we talking about me(although it's pwes umptious of me to think so), you know that I wun awound to pawties, and dance wif anyone who asks, but my heawt is twoo thwoo good times and bad and I know all about non-co-opewating Mommis

Sally and PAddy: I think Paddy might write to you - he is quite shy and would like to date but would not know how to go about it.

Deew Sally, youw Bwuvvew Paddy is such a sweet boy and vewy desiwabull, I think he should just tell giwls he likes why he likes them and then if they weply, ask them in a most stwaighfowawd mannew...tell him nevew be afwaid , some giwl won't wespond, but that's not to be taken fow wejection..it oosually involves a neglectful secwetawy

Good luck sweet Paddy

HEY ASTA!
WOW, I HAVE A HUGE QUESTION!

IF I WEAR A TUX, WILL I HAVE TOO MANY TAILS?!?!

Grr and Woof,
Sarge, COP

heheheheheh Sawge, sillly boy..

Tuxs don't have tails. tails do, and thewe awe vewy few occasions fowmal enuff fow tails So no need to woowy about having too many of them IS that cleaw? hehehe

I don't know what to do. I know Ciara already has a boyfriend so I do not know if I should ask her to the pawm? If I don't ask Ciara I guesses I will go stag and look for a girl there. How would I find one who is unattached? Also Artemisia insist that this is what I should wear, do you thinks I look OK in this monkey suit? And why am I wearing a monkey suit? And why does Socks call it a monkey suit when Artemisia insist it is a tux? ~Fenris

Fenwis

WOWZA! You look most handsome

Some boyz hate to get dwessed nicely, that explains Sock's dewogatowy tewm(although I pawsonally have seen him dwessed to the nines at mowe than one gwand occasion when he was accompanying my sissie Momo, but I die gwess)

That is indeed a Tux, showt fow Tuxedo and a most pwopew attiwe fow a PAwm

Go wif you heawt Fenwis, and ask Ciawa..some giwls have mowe than one boyfwiend and that's OK, s long as you'we not mawwied thewe is no weason not to play the field

smoochie kisses,

Dear Asta,

This is Lacie Teacakes. What does one do when one has tooooooo many boyz and soooooooooooo little time. I'm just sayin'....

Oh,,,,and can you fix the motor on my broom? Didn't know if your advice in womance of the heart extended to mechanical adventures...but my love life IS affected my my broom's performance or lack thereof.

Miss Teacakes...XXOO

Miss Lacieteacakes

You have gotten youwself quite a wepootation fow bweaking heawts..I would be a little mowe twoo bloo and stop pwomising the moon and concentwate on one boy at a time at least

and ummm, pawhaps it's time to upgwade youw mode of twanspawtation..not the best image to awwive on a bwoom...just sayin.....

I am not going to the big labor day party because momma is too busy at the work place, but I hope you will help me nevertheless. You see, the Mango has so many lady admirerers for sure and I think sometimes there is just not enough Mango to go around. And then my dates always seem to go horribly wrong. How does this happen? I try so hard to be charming, but perhaps there is a problem with my approach? What do you suggest as a fool proof strategy for a successful date? Because, frankly, it discourages my large and loving the ladies self that none of my dates have ever come back for seconds. Well, except, of course, Beastie, who, honestly, frightens me.

Deewest Mango

A pawty just won't be a pawty wifout you!

As faw as those fickle ladies..I have seen videos of youw most wondewful dates. you have always been tons of fun, and a weal gentledog , so I can only ass oome that those giwlies wewe eithew fwightened off by youw exoobewant baby Bwuvvew ow the Beaasty has bwivbed them to stay away.

It must be hawd to be as iwwesistabull as you, but don't wowwy, I don't think you'we old enuff to settle down anyway, so just play the field and have fun...thewe awe many woofs in the sea as they say

PHOTO BY MANGO

That is all fow now deew fwiends

i hope i was able to help you a little wif my advises

now go out thewe and love youw heawts out

smoochie kisses

Soggy LonGisland and ASTA 's Advice column

2011-08-17T13:06:00.000-05:00

We've been invited all summew by ouw fwiends to come fow a couple of days to theiw summew house on Lon Gisland and had to cancel about thwee times, so when they kindly asked again, we didn't have the guts to wefoose even though the weathew fowecast said it was going to be ~~pouwing~~ towwential wain all weekend

As pwedicted, it was wet and soggy , BUT, thewe wewe sometimes a few minutes when it stopped and I managed to escape out the doow (neawly giving Mommi a heawt atttack cause thewe is no fence)

finally, she said that I could go out as long as she and Daddi wewe thewe to catch me if I twied to go awound to the stweet

I fiwst went out all tied up..it was OK, but I wanted to wun like the wind

the fiwst day, it just didn't happen(xept the bwief heawt stopping) escapes,

cause the wain WEALLY stawtedto come down in buckets

so I decided to eat evewything in sight instead

thewe wewe yummie clams

lobstew

and fwesh cwisp salad

(can you believe it? I love salad even)

some pasta

and I got some of all of those things

(guilt wowks..you just have to look pitiful being locked in a house in the wain when thewe is all that gweat place to sniff the aiw and wun and play)

and hewe is the video of me wunning wild, hehehehe

in the end, I lept off into the sand and then evew so clevewly dove into the watew..Mommi wolled up hew pantses to come aftew me (silly woman got sopping wet fow no weason ) of couwse it stawted waining again doowing all this , so we got wet fwom the top and the bottom hehehehe

I just wanted to swim, and swim I did fow about fifteen minutes..glowious!!!!!!!

(no pictoowes of the swimming cause Mommi had to come in the watew and didn't want the camewa to dwown)

natoowally aftew my swim, I was subjected to ~~towtoowe~~ a baf, wif the excoose that I would be too itchy wif salt watew dwying on me, sheeeesh

then I took one last look and said goobye to the sea

(natoowally , just as we wewe leaving, the sun came out)

when I got home, thewe was a message fwom ouw beloved Mayow, Fwankie Fuwtew fwom Blogville asking if I could be any help to all the woggies getting weady to go to the PAWM (he is owganising it fow back to school days)

It seems many woofies awe having issues about getting dates, ow wanting to go alone and pawhaps meeting someone thewe

They cleewly need advice.......SO.............

I have decided to be an advice columnist and answew all those pesky pwoblems if I can

Fwankie thinks I can do this cause I live in NEWYAWK CITY and am in the pwime pawty section of town whewe any night of the week the stweets awe full of young giwls going out to dinnew and dancing ow simply teetewing along the cobble stones on theiw 8"platfowm heels while holding on to theiw date

I hope he's wight in his twust in me and I can answew youw questions

if you want to peemail me, my addwess is astawire@gmail.com

smoochie kisses

My BabyBwuvvew Duffy's Biwfday

2011-08-12T20:51:00.000-05:00

Thuwsday was my baby bwuvvew Duffy's Thiwd Biwfday! I can't believe it..it seems like just yestewday that he showed up..we've had so many wondewful times togethew..he comes to my house often wif his mommi(auntie Kawen) and sometimes to spend the day and night

Thuwsday, he spent the whole day wif me and when his Mommi finished wowk, she came ovew and we celbwated togethew

She bwought us pate and wunny cheese and of couwse a Biwfday cake
we ate the fiwst couwses so fast that Mommi couldn't take any pictoowes, but she finally got hew act togethew in time fow blowing out the candles

hewe he is contemplating what wishes to make

(his Momauntie Kawen was gwinning fwom eaw to eaw)

I guess he made his wish, and decided to stawt eating as he blew the candles out, hehehe

auntie Kawen put the cake on the table and I wanted to make suwe it was all wight

then he had a taste

and I politely backed off( ackshooly, he told me to get back)

mommi said i was being good, so i could have some too

wif a full tummie, I settled down to playing wif a stuffie

Duffy decided he wanted it too, and we played a gweat game of pull-tug.

ahhhh, siblings....can't help but love 'em

Duffy went home all happy aftew ouw pwivate Biwfday pawty and took my suwpwise pwesent wif him....( we wewen't allowed to open it hewe, so that he could enjoy it wifout me ummm, ~~stealing~~ I mean ~~teawing~~,ummm, playing wif it)

he sent me this pictoowe fwom his pawsonal cell phone as soon as he got home along wif this note:

"than you Sissie for the wonderful Birfday peezzie. I can tell Mr. Hefalump and I will have some fun times together
Luv, D"

I'm so glad I got to celebwate this big thiwd biwfday wif dawling Duffy..he's a twooly sweet and handsome boy and I'm pwoud to have him as my baby bwuvvew

HAPPY BIWFDAY DUFFY AND MANY MANY MANY MANY MOWE!!!!!!

smoochie kisses

Happy Biwfday to SUGAW

2011-08-10T13:06:00.004-05:00

Today is a spectavcoolaw Golden Smile day

Happy Biwfday deew Sugaw

Youw smile and love of life awe legendawy and infectious and I hope you will always be hewe to make ouw day bwightew

hewe's my big smile fow you!

Pleez go visit this bootiful fwiend and wish hew the happiest day and also wead how you can help the slimmew Puggums while thewe at hew site

My Spectacoolaw Summew Vacation

2011-08-06T20:56:00.000-05:00

Well I'm finally back fwom all my adventoowes

While I was in Bowa Bowa, in a pawallell oonivewse, I went to Lake Seneca wif Mommi and Daddi to welax, swim and spend time wif some soopew doopew wondewful fwiends who invited us

We wented a caw, and I helped navigate while Daddi dwove and Mommi just sat

we got thewe in five and a half houws, I had been befowe two yeaws ago, and it was as if it had been yestewday..it totally felt like home

I checked out all the smells to see who was awound...I saw this fox evewy day..cheecky buggew stawed at me but then he wan away into the fowest when I said hi

down by the watew, you can see all the five docks that awe pawt of this pwopewty

I had so many pictoowes and videos that I had to ask Mommi to make a couple of smileboxes to fit them all in..I hope you enjoy seeing them

Personalize a photo album

while thewe, I made suwe to get a couple of pictoowes fow my fwiend Geowge the lad and his specialty..STEPS

these steps awe my favowite because they lead down to the lake whewe I got to swim sevewal times a day

it's a hooge lake and vewy vewy deep in the centew, but whewe we awe, it's not scawy at all and most wefweshing

I can walk stwaight in if I want and go bwing back the toys Daddi thwows in fow me

see how bootiful that watew is? now pwomise to not laugh at me..I know I'm a tewwiew which means I'm supposed to dig and like eawfy stuff and not go awound wetwieving, but I guess I have a weiwd stweak and I love to do this

I also love to sit in a hammock wif Mommi and just welax

and of couwse enjoy wefweshing Wally Melon

and then chill in the sun (don't wowwy, I did not get sunbuwned..I only spent a little time out of the shade when I came out of the watew)

hewe is anothew smily box wif mowe pictoowes and videos..I hope you'we not exhausted and boowed fwom watching all of these

This scrapbook customized with Smilebox

the time flew by much too fast and it was time to go home..the bestest pawt of a woad twip is getting my vewy own hambuwgew when we stop fow food

weally, the whole thing was mine and I ate it in wecowd time, hehehehe

the west of the way home I snept

I missed all of you and wish you could have been thewe
I will twy to come visit evewyone as soon as pawsibull...I pwomise

smoochie kisses

Finally in BOWA BOWA

2011-08-04T15:01:00.002-05:00

Well, hewe I am in Magnificent BOWA BOWA..the sky is bloo, the watew spawkling and I'm about to meet up wif my fwiends

gwacie has decided to go to bowa bowa to teach her human a lesson

(she's been ignowed too long and not helped to blog , just like me)

she has invited us all to come along!

she snapped this pictoowe of me awwiving

photo by Jans Funny Fawmews

Fenris doesn't like getting wet so he elected to go hiking and asked me if I'd like to join him.
He got really hot though and stuck his paws in the water to cool off and I decided I needed a long swim latew to make up fow this heat

Socks & MoMo on the pink raft. MoMo is really getting into soaking up the rays and showing her gorgeous belly.

On the pink raft Scylla, Brian & Artemisia.

pictoowe by AFSS

Gwacie and I watched fwom the dock while Opus and Ollie twied out the boats

Opus has not been well, and we awe hoping this vacation will help him welax and feel much bettew

picture by Gwacie

pictuwe by Kawl

of course we wan to the beach wight away to frolic in the water!
thewe wew lots of games and wefweshments fow all

my Gussie awwived in time to go snowkeling wif me in the cleawest watew I've evew seen..the fishies showed off thiew gowgeous colows and danced fow us to see

all the kids fwom Jans Funny Fawm awwived and posed fow a pawfect gwoop pictoowe

Photo by JFF Gang

l-r front: Cotton, Merci, Cameron, Cyndi, & Buddy

l-r back: Percy, Samaritan, & Rusty

and not to be left out my dawling fwiend mayow Fwankie Fuwtew came to join us and wepwesent blogville

photo by Fwankie Fuwtew

then we decided to visit a marae, a communal or sacwed place which sewves weligious and social purposes fow the island

pictuwe by Kawl

I weally liked that tiki, hahahahahahahaha!

photo by Kawl

as the evenings dwaw neaw, we sit togethew and watch the boootiful sunsets and enjoy each othews company!
once again the gang (kawl and wuis, momo, asta, opus and ollie and our new member gwacie) is united! thank you, gwacie fow a gweat idea

and thank you fwiends who decided to join us once again

I've been absent fow too long and it seems vewy few fwiends awe visiting me, but my feews of being left off this gweat adventoowe wewe not founded

Kawl, Gwacie,the AFSS gang and Jan's Funny Fawmews all took photos and shawed them wif me so I could be thewe fow the fun

smoochie kisses

BOWA BOWA an invitation!

2011-08-03T22:34:00.000-05:00

Deew Fwiends..I have been away wif my pawents at Lake Seneca in upstate NewYawk and I as soon as I get those pictoowes developed, I will tell you all about my twip

MEANTIME!!!!, my deew sissie Gwacie has gone to BowaBowa and invited all of us to join hew..My usual sissie gang will be thewe along wif Jan's Funny Fawmews and all of the west of you too
now how could I pawsibully miss an oppowtoomnity like that?..getting away fwom the icky heat of the city

Come join the fun
I have been told they awe sending the pictoowes of all of us thewe..I will put them up tomowwow

I hope you all join us..thewe awe cool bweezes, fishing, hiking welaxing and all fuwwkids, catses , woofies, bunnies, donkies, hammies all awe welcome

see you thewe

smoochie kisses

pee ess, I just found out that Gwacie's cousin Opus, my fwiend fwom Italy is not well and needs ouw pwayews

pleez send him youw good wishes and love

UWGENT HELP NEEDED and a pweview

2011-07-30T16:50:00.000-05:00

Deewest Fwiendses, some of you might know that I have finally gotten away fow a glowious vacation of a week at a sweet fwiend's house on Lake Seneca in upstate NewYawk

While I've been having the time of my life, I weceived and Uwgent message fwom ouw fwiend Ike and his Mom about his cousin sweet Lola

hewe is what he wote:

Lola, severed her achilles tendon a few weeks back. They dropped a grand on her surgery, and it failed. She's just a puppy who they rescued from an abusive and neglectful neighbor, and they desperately want to save her leg. The vet estimates the next surgery to cost up to two thousand. We are trying to raise funds so they can save the leg, but it's not going very well.

I am so hoping you would be able to do a little shout out for poor Lola on your next post. If so, here is a link to the fundraiser : http://goo.gl/jY2eN

Attached a pic of little miss Lola.

Thank you!

Now obviously, we have to help this deew little giwl..thewe awe so many of us..if we all just give a little , I know it will make a big diffewence fow hew.
We've done it befowe and I know we can do it again, so spwead the wowd, help if you can PLEEEZ!

This is sweet little LOLA..let's show hew how we all stick togethew and accomplish miwacles OK?

now hewe is a little pweview of the jillions of pictoowes we will have aftew this twip is ovew..these wewe just taken wif Mommi's phone, but when we get home we can load the good ones on the big pootew

this is whewe I go swimming

these awe the steps I take to go back to the house we'we staying in

sunbathing aftew swimmies

I know that I will sneep bettew knowing that I was able to tell you about LOLA and ask fow all youw help

I hope all of you awe well and will be hewe when I get home
next week. I wish you could all be hewe wif me in good health womping in the sunshine

Thank you evewyone fow weading this and passing it on ow contwibooting to Lola's suwgewy expenses
smoochie kisses

Plans Go Awwy

2011-07-22T22:45:00.000-05:00

Sadly, This is as close to the watew as I got

It was up to 119 degwees today wif hoomidity and ouw fwiends don't have AC at theiw place in LonGisland, and besides, Mommi and Daddi bof felt sick fwom the heat, so going in the subway to the twain wif me in a bag was out of the question

SIGHHH...I was soooo looking fowawd to this

this summew is NOT my favowite

hope all the west of you awe safe and cool ow in the case of my fwiends ovew the pond....I hope you'we wawm and dwy

I'll twy to visit when Mommi feels bettew

smoochie kisses

Too Hot to Stay In Town

2011-07-21T21:21:00.001-05:00

It's widicoolously HOT hewe , what's a Pup to do???

It's been days and days since I had a chance to go out and wun

I just get mini walks to the cuwb to go peepee ow poop, then we wun back in befowe we pass out

I got lucky and some fwiends invited me to LonGisland fow a couple of days

I quickly packed and took a cab to Penn Station

I plan to sit in the watew all day and maybe even wun a little

Pleez fowgive me if I don't visit fow a few days..I'll be thinking of all of you
Stay cool and dwink lots of watew sweet fwiends

smoochie kisses

Wordless Wednesday

2011-07-20T16:24:00.001-05:00

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The Pwocess

2011-07-18T19:02:00.000-05:00

I thought I would let you in on the secwets of how I help mommi wif hew paintings

This is whewe she does it..it's sposed to be ouw bedwoom, but she kicked the bed out of hewe and now it's in the living woom so that she can paint wif gweat light fwom the skylight

twouble is......look at this mess! She's totally a clean fweak and neat to widicoolous levels xept when she's wowking on a painting..I think something happens in hew bwain and she fowgets to wowwy about eveything being in it's pawfect place while she's in hewe

we wewe sent this photogwaph and asked to paint this vewy handsome boy

the nice hoomans wanted it to be a little cwazy and not photo like but obviously still wanted to wecognise theiw cutie pie

she stawted to get a likeness of him aftew doing a dwawing wight on the canvas

I asked hew to take it out to the othew woom so that I could get a good look and give hew some advice

Not bad, I thought..by now thewe was some collagey stuff on thewe and some bits of gold leaf(he is a golden aftew all, hehehhee), but somehow it was still just OK

my bwains wewe in ovewload and i had to munch on my mousey to welax and contemplate

back in the studio, I told hew to move ovew so I could do my magic

the Puwple was a suggestion by my BFF Lacie.

but I decided to paint ovew it and just use it as an undewtone..he just didn't seem like a puwple sowt of guy.....then just a little mow OOOOMPH and....WA LAH! all done..anothew pwoblem solved by me in the nick of time

I think he tuwned out just fine ..

Mommi thanked me pwofoosely and we sent him on his way to his home..

Now I can get back to the weally impawtant wowk..I think thewe is a cown to be chewed, a stuffy to be thwown awound, a ball to chase, and maybe, just maybe, I can finally come visit my fwiends

smoochie kisses

The Wedding Celebwation continoos wif unexpected wesults

2011-07-15T14:41:00.002-05:00

continooation...................................
while the staff is having theiw legal cewemony and such, pwepawe the cafe for the evening celebration..Those pink balloons awe especially festive
Kawl has watched his maid pwactice, so hewe he is leading Wuis in a close embwace tango, while Momo and Gwacie watch

picture by Kawl and Asta

then Opus takes Ollie and get cawwied away with a fiewy paso doble!

on top of the baw, hehehe

pictoowe by me

fwom the baw they jumped to the top of the piano and I get a little silly on the baw

pictoowe by Kawl

finally we decided it is time to go home, and would you believe it - we couldn't find the way back to ouw vacation home anymore!(ackshooly I'm not suwpwised aftew all ouw celebwating, hehehehe
Gwacie got weally anxious - it was dawk, we awe in a foweign country - but we have NO idea WHEWE... hew dwiving might have gotten a bit ewwatically, and suwe enough - the police stopped us and had Gwacie do a bweafalyzew test....

pictoowe by Kawl

but of couwse she didn't dwink, and would nevew dwive undew the influence!

but as we othews had had quiet a lot of nip, nip champagne, nip mawtoonis, nip-you-name-it the police awwested us nevewtheless......

pictoowe by Kawl

the Dutch have a vewy good, but stwange sense of hoomow

as it tuwned out they bwought us to this old pwison, which LOOKED like a pwison, but is actually a hotel and owdewed coffee fow us and just gave us a wawning and a map to ouw vacation house...

pictoowe by Kawl

...where we finally got some sleep!

pictoowe by Asta

the quatews wewe a little tight, and we all had to squeeze onto one bed, but compawed to being stuck in a cake, it was ackshooly vewy comfy

I loved being pawt of this aw spicious and most happy occasion in the company of my deew kitteh fwiends

..I wish the Happy Couple a lifetime of continood love and happiness

Make suwe you go and visit all the fwiends in this adventoowe..thank you
smoochie kisses

Let them eat Cake, hehehe

2011-07-14T11:58:00.000-05:00

VIVE la FWANCE!

I'm taking time out to eat lots of yummie cheese and dwink some lovely wine to celebwate Bastille Day!!!
smoochie bisous

Wuis' staff is getting married!

2011-07-13T09:00:00.004-05:00

today 9:30AM NEW YAWK time is exactly when the wedding will take place in the NETHEWLANDS

wuis' typist is getting mawwied to her long time pawtnew and long befowe we even got the invitation the gang (kawl , gracie, momo, opus and ollie, and myself) had aweady decided to cwash the wedding anyhow!
we wented a nice little vacation house in heel, Limbuwg, the Nevew Lands whewe Wuis lives.

pictoowe by Momo

then we took the MFV and dwove ovew to wuis' house to unpack ouw pwesents and the cake and set up for a nice cocktail pawty befowe the wedding.
we had just stawted to unload when wuis scweams NO! and tells us we awe actually unloading at the neighborw house, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! typical, hehehehehe

photo by Gwacie

after moving to the wight house, we decowate a little.

pictoowe by Gwacie and Kawl

and then we set up the wedding cake in the backyawd and hide all inside of it, waiting fow the hoomans to show up so we can jump out of the cake!

pictoowe by KAWL

pictoowe by me,Asta

we put the table wif the pwesents (pink champews and chocolates) on the side of the yawd

and after hanging the first decorations we all got vewy tempted by that chocolate cake....we just had to twy a little hehehehehehehe

photo by Asta

Momo,Ollie and Gwacie managed to get chocolate all ovew theiw pwetty pawty dwesses and had to change , SHEEEESH
and then Momo had to bwing in the back up chocolate fountain since we pwetty much ate up the othew cake, heheheehe...

photo by Gwacie

Gwacie finally put up the bootiful flowew awc

photo by Gwacie

tonight we will celebrate in the cafe where Wuis and Kawlf once celebrated carnival!

Kawl and I and pwobably Gwacie and Momo too will post those pictures this weekend! so come back!
we pwomise it will be wowth youw time!

ISN'T LOVE GWAND????????

I WISH WUIS' MOMS CONTINOOD HAPPINESS AND LOVE AND MOST WONDEWFUL WEDDING!!!!

Anothew Adventoowe in the wowks

2011-07-12T21:33:00.000-05:00

I'm late, I'm late fow a vewy impawtant date, hehehehehehee

As many of you know I have some vewy close kitteh fwiends
we have been on tons of gweat adventoowes ovew the last few yeaws

The gang is togethew once again!
Gwacie, Momo, Kawl, Wuis, Opus, Ollie, and I awe shawing once again in a celebwation.

We awe all going to a wedding.
You awe pwobably wondewing who is getting mawwied and whewe we awe ?
If you would like to know you will have to visit tomowwow to see

See you at the wedding!

smoochie kisses

Tapping My HeawtOut

2011-07-10T16:08:00.000-05:00

This last week was the annooal Tap Festival pwodooced by my "unkel" Tony

As oosooal, it was fantastic!!!!

(if you'we evew in NewYawk in July awound this time , you should absolutely go see a pawfowmance)

You can leawn mowe about them hewe!

We've been lucky to see at least one pawfowmance evewy yeaw since it was founded..This yeaw, I decided to pawfowm a numbew myself, but unkel tony had to ham it up and wun on stage in middle of my pawfowmance

This yeaw's pawfowmance we attended was a salute to the COPASETICS the mastews of swing..one of theiw signitoowe dances was a Chaiw Dance..hewe's how it came about:

The Story of the Chair Dance

The Chair Dance began in New York in Harlem at the Hoofer's Club, a famous hangout of some of the most legendary tap dancers in the world. This place was given to tap dancers to come and dance or practice. Dancers that didn't have a place to stay, would come there and try to get a little sleep. But the owner didn't allow sleeping, and if caught they would be thrown out.So the dancers, while sitting in a chair, would tap their feet and try to take a little catnap. This developed into the Chair Dance.

Mommi was lucky enuff to know "Honey" Coles...he's the second fwom the left and was one of the most wondewful dancews evew and a twoo gentleman

This dance was performed on stage and made famous by "The Copasetics". Reggio has been partnering for 13 years with the 90 year old Earnest "Brownie" Brown, the only living, dancing "Copasetic".

I decided to join Bwownie Bwown and Weggio in a vewsion of the Chaiw Dance(Bwownie was only thewe in spiwit since he is a tapping angel now)

I wish you could all have been thewe..it was a magical night wif bootiful moosic
( piano,base,weeds and dwums) and sometimes singews and even a numbew wif yoo loo lay lees
Billy Stway Hown ( don't wowwy, he was a moosician and composew ,NOT a stway ) was one of the stawtews of the Copasetics too and his moosic was feetoowed

I can't descwibe how pawfect it all was wif the joy going back and fowf fwom the pawfowmews and the audience

Huwwah Unkel Tony!!!!! fow once again pwodoocing a most fantastical Event

hope all of you had a copasetic weekend too
smoochie kisses

Asta's dweadful day is saved by hew BFF

2011-07-08T23:53:00.000-05:00

Oh Woe is me, you can not imagine the most dweadful day I've had..hoomiliating, teedioos, and painful!

Mommi twied to ~~kill~~ gwoom me today...it took hew FIVE houws...did you heew that? FIVE

Fiwst she made my head totally nakid, oh, and also my chest , and then, awe you weady??????
hewe's the wowstest pawt....she cut my ~~toe~~ ,ummm, nail pwactically totally off

Daddi wan to my wun whewe in the shed thewe was some stiptic powdew(thanks to unkel Wandy and auntie Twacie) while Mommi twied to stench the gushing of my bloods all ovew

She was suwe she had muwdewed me and was cwying and pwessing and twying to use the stoopid stiptic pencil that didn't wowk
well, Daddi finally got back and the powdew wowked and I didn't bleeds to deaf

but that does not mean that I am pleased ow happy about this whole howwibull expewience

on the plus side..I don't think wshe's going to twy this fow quite some time , if evew again

When I got back fwom my walk, Mommi saw how sad I was, she bwought out a most specialest new Wallymelon that my BFF Lacie had sent me a while ago, but because she's mean (see hew muwdewoos instincts above)

she didn't give it to me befowe (she claims, she was saving it fow a special occasion,sheeesh)

I wan stwaight to bed wif it aftew thwowing it awound all ovew tha apawtmen..it makes a most satisfying cwunchy sound as well as tasting gweat

Daddi was twying to watch TV and claimed I was blocking the way fow the clickew to weach it, but I think he was pwobably just wishing he had a gweat new stuffy like I did

What????

You don't like stuffies to munch on Daddi??

awen't hoomans weiwd?

Thank you fow listening to my tail of woe

It's so nice to know that loving fwiends can pull you back fwom even the wowstest days

Happy weekend evewyone

smoochie kisses

My ginowmoos long fouwf of July Post

2011-07-05T16:23:00.001-05:00

Hello sweet fwiends

As you can see, I managed to dwag my Mommi back to being my secwetawy

I convinced hew that not being pawt of my pecious commoonity of fwiends will make ouw life mowe misewabull than any of hew pwoblems

so hewe I am to tell you about my Fouwf of July day

It was a bootiful wawm, cleaw day hewe in Man hattan

we didn't even have the aiw conditionew on..just the windows open bwought nice aiw in

we dwagged a small table ovew to the window so that when ouw fwiends came ovew, we could eat and watch the fiwewowks in comfowt

When awe they coming Mommi?????

we watched as the cwowds gathewed on the piew outside of ouw window, and the boats along wif the bawges that would shoot off the fiwewowks ..thewe's so many hoomans thewe, they look like antses

ouw fwiends bwought the food and dwinkies...a salad vewsion of Buffalo chicken yummmmm

umm, let me just twy that to make suwe it's edibull

the sky tuwned all sowts of bootiful colows as we kept looking out

mowe and mowe ships gathewed as it got dawkew

then it finally stawted

and the lights on the Empiwe State Building got vewy patwiotic

Mommi went sowt of mad and taped mowe of the fiwewoks than anyone should, hehehehe

Make suwe to tell youw pawents to tuwn off the sound if you'we in the woom and hate fiwewoks

in between watching, we kept eating

hewe's some mowe fiwewoks..I am vewy vewy lucky, (some might say an ab a wation)

I enjoy watching and don't get upset by the sounds at all

aftew all the food and bwownies wif whipped cweam, we had some patwiotic colowed boobewwies and Wally Melon

and mowe fiwewoks

and mowe shawed food fow me

we wewe oohing and ahhhhing , it was all sooo bootiful

in past yeaws, we could see the fiwewoks fwom ouw window, but it's nevew been this pawfectly close

hewe I am watching along wif ouw good fwiends auntie KawenKawen and unkel James

isn't it fantastic????

in case you don't have the patience to watch mommi's thousands of videos, hewe awe some still pictoowes

I love the weflections of the lights on the watew

the whole sky was lit up

thewe was such a gweat celebwatowy atmosphewe

have you evew seen pink and puwple watew???? I bet lots of my fwiends would like that...as you know, I would pwefew Owange

it's like staws in the sky

This is the last fiwewowk video..it's my favowite..I love all the boats tooting theiw howns and the hoomans cheewing as the last of the bootiful fiwewoks light up the sky

then it got all quiet as the cwowds went home, and the boats went to theiw docks and I said goodnight to evewyone and went to bed fow a lovely nights sneep

I hope all of you have wested up and those of you who wewe scawed by all the noise awe feeling bettew

I love you and don't evew want to be wifout you my deewest fwiends
I am vewy behind and it will take me ages to go awound and wead all youw bloggies, so pleez be patient wif me

smoochie kisses

almost Wordless Wednesday

2011-06-29T15:17:00.000-05:00

ALOHA

http://fiestythree.blogspot.com/

Awe you coming?????????? Pack youw bags

smoochie kisses

My Gay Pwide Day

2011-06-27T17:01:00.001-05:00

Yestewday was Gay Pwide Day and the city was celebwating..thewe was a big pawade and dancing in the stweets and on the piew that is neewest ouw apawtment, thewe was a hooge pawty ending wif fiwewowks at 10:30

I am vewy lucky because I am totally not scawed of fiwewowks

I sit in my window and watch them and go oooh and ahhhhhhh!

they wewe doing them fwom a bawge wight outside my window

I was vewy happy fow evewybody's joy

see, that is the view fwom my window and you can see the Piew whewe the pawty was..I could heaw the moosic when the window was open

Mommi didn't do a vewy good job of photogwaphing(it would help if she didn't dance to the moosic while she's twying to hold the camewa, hehehe)

When they played the old song fwom the dawk ages when she was a puppy, titled"Going to the Chapel of Love" she got all teawy and I had to lick hew face(she is a moosh)

and hewe is a shaky pictoowe of the Empiwe State Building being all wainbow colowed

I'm pwoud of NewYawk fow giving equality to all ouw citizens!!!!

let's celebwate

smoochie kisses

Visiting my Bwuvvew Duffy

2011-06-26T13:16:00.000-05:00

We have a twadition of having sunday night dinnew wif fwiends.
We altewnate the location and last week it was auntie Kawen and my Bwuvvew Duffy's tuwn

Daddi and I awe waiting fow auntie Julie to come and in the meantime, I get to say hello to anyone by ouw fwont doow

Auntie Kawen't building is acwoss the village fwom us neaw NewYawk Oonivewsity and Washington Squawe Pawk
It has some bootiful awchitetoowal feetoowes and since it's not new, it has to be
fixed up fwom time to time.

Thewe is cuwwently a stwuctoowe built up awound the building so the wowkews can we-point the bwick and stuff, natoowally, on the weekend they don't wowk, so we pwetend the scaffolding is a deck..this is the view of some of the NYU buildings and the stweet leading to the pawk

we can climb out the windows and wun awound on the deck Wooo Hooooo
Shake shake shake

hewe's Duffy wunning towawds me

this is totally cool

we wunned zoomies all awound

auntie Kawen and unkel James came out to join us

They loved seeing us womping awound

I could get used to this..I hope they keep fixing the outside of the building so we have the pwetend deck fow a long time Pleez excoose my waggedy ,gweesie looking eaws..I'm still getting medecin in them)

we finally went inside and ate all the yummies auntie Kawen pwepawed fow us

NomNom Nom..Lasagna wif Betcha Mel sauce (Auntie Kawen is a most faboolous cook)

cheese and fwesh figs fow dessewt yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

aftew dinnew cuddles fwom ouw Mommies

a last wun on the "deck" while Mommi sits in the window to keep an eye on me

and then walk home thwoo the village..

(this pictoowe was taken about a momf ago when the twees wewe still in bloom)

a pawfect sunday night again
smoochie kisses

Getting Closew to Gussie

2011-06-21T18:19:00.001-05:00

I was soo excited that I couldn't stand still fow Mommi to take my pictoowe

My Dawling Gussie's Muzzew and Dad(aka the pwofessow) as well as Flat Gussie and Flat Teka awe coming to visit me

(I was vewy disappointed that I didn't get to have the wound vewsions , but I'm hoping that next time they'll come)

I helped Mommi make a typical summew Hungawian meal.....it stawts wif a cold chewwy soop...mmmmmmmm, wefweshing

ummmm, Mommi should I test that?

awe you suwe you don't need help??????

I hope they like this..it's a little spicy, but I heawd that they like cajun food (specially the pwofessow) and this hungawian stuff is sowt of close in heat at least

I have to tell you all that Muzzew is the most genewoos hooman I have evew sat next to at dinnew..the yummie bites wewe coming constantly my way..and wif a sweet smile and a lovely scwitchie too
I gave Flat Gussie lots of smoochie kisses hoping that he would take them back to my weal Gussiekins

Flat Teka immediately came and guzzled a glass of pwosecco (I'm hoping Muzzew has a photogwaph of that, cause I looked high and low, but couldn't find it)

Then muzzew gave me amost faboolous pwessie..it looks like a Lei, but is ackshooly a squeecky/tug/thwow toy and it's mostly OWANGE!!!!!! (the blue bits awe the squeeckies)
Thank you so much Gussie and Teka..I LOOOOVE it!!!!!!

we all decided to go fow a walk along the wivew..it wained, and then the sun came out, then the wind, then wain again, but we had a gweat time anyway

Daddi, me ,Muzzew, and the pwofessow(Gussie'nTeka's Dad)

see, thewe was momentawily no wain, so Mommi quick took a photo

all too soon, the fiwst day was ovew

The next day Muzzew and Mommi walked and walked and talked and talked and had a wondewful time.....this is a pictoowe in Washington Pawk..I'm suwpwised theiw feets didn't fall off by the time they got back to ouw apawtment

they put theiw feet up fow a little while and then the Hoomans went out fow a vewy special dinnew to have Vietnamese foods at a place called Indochine

(it was Muzzew and Pwofessow's aminevewsawawy).

I stayed home wif Flat Gussie and Flat Teka..(we owdewed pizza...I just love that delivewy is so easy in NewYAwk...it's a good thing, because they didn't bwing anything home to shawe fwom the westauwant)

They loved the food and had a gweat time

Thank you fow visiting me ..We all loved having you hewe and spending a little time togethew

(I hope Muzzew doesn't tell Gussie how awful I looked..my head was mostly tilted and my eaws all gweasy looking fwom medicin fow yet anothew eaw infection..I am getting vewy tiwed of having these)

I will tweasoowe my pwessie and dweam of next time when maybe Gussiekins will be hewe in his wound and cuwly self

smoochie kisses
ASTA