a comic : )

"Thats the deal -- they get unconditional love,

and you get an occasional tummy rub."

isn't that a fitting comic? just kidding!! i get so many tummy rubs and kisses and lots of play time. i certainly can't complain. (sometimes i look forward to when everyone goes to work...i get some me time)

well, i got the hair cut. the girl who did it cut my ears unevenly. my mom wants to fix it but she's too busy!! here's a pic of "the new me."

this was taken just this morning! i was begging my mom for some cheerios. yes, there is some kibble behind me, but you don't expect me to eat THAT!?!?!

i would be quite happy if...

...i never saw, heard or even SMELLED another “firework” ever ever again. i felt like we were under siege!! of course i’m referring to this weekend’s 4th of july activities. the day was nice and leisurely (until the END!!!)

in the afternoon we sat on the porch in the lovely warm weather. grandmom made margaritas - auntie elly, grandmom and grandpop had some. (well, i may have had a lick or two, GASP!!) here’s a few pictures:

haha, silly faces!!

me & mommy

playing with auntie

then, mom and aunt elly went over to atlantic city for dinner and to see the fireworks. they took some pictures and i promised i’d post them. (yes, there is a guard rail in the picture; they watched them from the AC expressway, lol) so here are some distant photos of the harrah’s/borgata spectacular:

last, but MOST CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, when mom and aunt elly got home, everyone went outside to light the illegal fireworks that we smuggled into nj. (surely you remember the pictures we took at south of the border!?) did i mention that i HATE FIREWORKSSS. unlike most dogs, i’m a brave boy, thunder doesn’t scare me at all. mom said it would sound like thunder, but i was clawing at grandmom because FEAR was just overcoming me. i was later found hiding under the coffee table. ...of course because my thoughts (and paws) were elsewhere at the time, i can’t provide any pictures of the fireworks escapade.

luckily mom & auntie el wrapped me in my puppy blanket and cuddled with me on the bed. you can definitely see the horror on my face:

hope your 4th was a little less NERVE-RACKING than mine. talk to ya’ll soon!!

I'M HERE!!!!

hey everybody. you'll never guess why i haven't been able to blog in such a long time!! our house was hit by lightning & surged out the internet!! i was home at the time. mom, grandmom & grandpop were at work. i heard  a HUGEEEEEE explosion. we saw bark EVERYWHERE!!

here's where it hit, this poor tree has to come down on tuesday. mom says she might cry.

so, finally the internet is up and running. we think the router got surged out too, so right now im HARDWIRED to the wall!! blahh.

anyway, how's everyone been? i've been spending a lot of time with yours truly now that mom's working everyday but she likes it. hope everything's well with ya'll!!

my weekend at the DOG BEACH!!

look familiar!? perhaps not since at the time this picture was taken there were no dogs on the dog beach. mom and auntie elly went to the beach on both saturday and sunday this weekend because the weather was very nice. they felt guilty for leaving me inside on such a nice day, so they came home saturday afternoon to take me to the beach.

you may remember my first visit to the beach back in march. we're not sure if it was entirely legal since we did not go to a "dog beach" but figured no one would care because it was off-season. now, i'm only allowed on this small sliver of beach.

i don't care to socialize with other dogs because most of them scare the heck out of me!!! i like to meet all the people though, because i'm very people friendly. we took a walk all the way to the end of the beach where none of the other dogs would bother me and played fetch with seashells. at first i was very hesitant to go in the water, but once i did i was having GREAT FUN!! mom said i looked really funny half wet and half dry.

i had to get a bath when i got home because all the sand stuck to me when i was wet. it was kind of gross, but i had a really fun time. hopefully grandmom, grandpop and kikster can tag along next time!

what is this ALASKA!?

every night i sit on grandmom fitz's sofa & lay there pathetically. i keep asking my mom where my throne & daily back rubs are and she says grandmom's in alaska. i don't know where or what that is so i'll let out a grunt of exasperation. I WANT MY THRONE BACK!!

i'm doing weird things that are freaking my mom out. like staring down the stairs in the morning or barking at an empty hallway at night. since our designated spider killer (grandpop fitz) is also in this ALASKA place, mom runs around the house like a psycho. usually i'd just eat the spider for her, but when its on the ceiling, it becomes problematic.

i'm just so upset and lonely that i pooped in the front room when mom was at work. i did it on the wood so she could clean it up easy, but she still wasn't happy. i guess i'll just keep looking out the window for them to come home.

P.S. mom fell down the stairs again.

jersey shoreeee..

today was BARKS ON THE BOARDS, an event on the boardwalk to benefit the local SPCA (which is a NO-KILL facility). mom & aunt elly took me to ocean city, there's a lot i could talk about, but i'd rather just show you a plethora of pictures:

here we are contemplatively looking at the ocean

..bravely sitting on the railing

this is evie, she pursued me...

kisses

i made mom take off this ridiculous bandana..
riley the maltee-poo. although he was cute, he was not nice.

MR. PEANUT SCARED ME!!!!
auntie elly wanted us to go in the photo-booth, but i FREAKED OUT.

shot of the boardwalk (i keep waiting for some PANTS!)
ICE CREAM CONE
elly ate the top and i ate the bottom.
yummm
sucking out all the ice cream, lol!

we all had a really fun day! hope your memorial day is just as fun!

cake & haircuts

...as you knowwwww, yesterday was mommy's birthday and OF COURSE there was a cake (which i was quite excited about!) i got a lot. i was getting little bits from everyone and i think they all lost track of HOW MUCH CAKE I ATE, YUMMMMM!! it was an aptly themed cake because she sipped margaritas all night, here's a pic:

yeah yeah, here's the cake. but what you're really looking for is...

me & the cake!!! yumm, i'm lickin' my lips!

now i've been getting some complaints suggestions to cut my hair. i don't really want to but i dont think i have much of a choice. i may be getting one tomorrow, blahhhh. meanwhile, here are some pictures of my R&R here in jersey: