Monday, July 3, 2006

Repeat Offender?

As the case against Benjamin, the Cheerio thief, builds new evidence has surfaced - a picture of Benjamin planning his next heist.  It seems the little guy really has a thing for Cheerios.

Friday, June 30, 2006

Pumpkin Bread

Saying that Benjamin loves pumpkin bread would be a huge understatement.  The boy goes crazy for pumpkin bread.  He can’t control himself.  He has even scratched at the oven door while the bread was baking!  And when the bread is cooling on the counter you pretty much have to take him out of the house because he will whine, bark, claw and scratch at the counter to get to the bread.

Whenever anyone has a slice you always have to cut a small sliver for Baby Benny, Henry and Luna.  Henry and Luna are very fond of pumpkin bread as well, but not in such a crazy way.

Once it is time for the bread to be put away, you need to be pretty creative.  If you just put the bread in the pantry or any other cabinet, Benjamin will spend all of his time whining and barking at the pumpkin bread.  The boy has a great nose and if the bread is anywhere in the kitchen he will find it!  So we have to resort to hiding the pumpkin bread in odd places around the house, like say in the guest room closet.  I’m just waiting for the day when someone comes over and opens a closet in my house and finds a loaf of pumpkin bread sitting in such an odd place.  It may take me awhile to explain that one.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

The Cat’s Shadow

All the four legged creatures in the house have their favorite napping spots.  Occasionally, one of them will switch things up, but for the most part each one of them sticks to their tried and tested napping spot.

The cat’s favorite place to sleep is in a wicker basket on my desk.  She loves that basket and has even started sleeping in it when I am not in my office, which is extremely rare for her because she always likes to be in the same room as someone in the house.

The other day, Benjamin was sitting in my lap while I was working at my desk.  The cat was prowling around the house and her desktop basket was vacant.  In the blink of an eye, Benjamin leaped from my lap onto my desk and into the cat’s basket.  In a matter of seconds he settled and was ready to take a nap while I typed away at my desk.  The first thing I did was look for the cat.  If she saw Benjamin in her basket she would have a fit.  She couldn’t stand to have pug fur in her basket!  As luck would have it, I had another wicker basket.  I quickly grabbed it out of the closest and sat it on my desk next to the cat’s basket.  With a little coaxing, Benjamin made himself comfortable in his very own basket and while the cat wasn’t looking I brushed all of the dog germs out of her basket.  So now I have two wicker baskets on my desk.  Needless to say things sure are getting a little cramped.

I’m not really sure why, but Benjamin really likes to emulate whatever the cat does.  It is really sweet, but it drives the cat nuts.  She isn’t really interested in having a pug follow her around all day and nap in favorite sleeping spots.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Not Guilty

Not Guilty.  That was the plea that Benjamin entered the other morning when he was accused of stealing Cheerios out of my cereal bowl.  The only problem the pug faced was that there were witnesses that saw the little pug hop up on the kitchen chair and proceed to fill his chubby little cheeks with as many Cheerios as possible before someone realized what he was up to.

Sorry, Baby Benny, you were totally busted!  If your lucky and your play your cards right maybe we can work out some kind of plea bargain.

Friday, June 9, 2006

About Benny:

While petting Benjamin on one of our walks, our neighbor’s 7 year old son, who is madly in love with Benjamin, admiringly said, “I wish I had a cuter puppy!”  They just don’t get much cuter than Benny!

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

The Lounge Chair

Here we have Benjamin and Luna sunning themselves poolside on one of our very relaxing loungers.  I bought the lounger about a year ago with grand visions of relaxing Saturdays spent poolside on this comfy chair.  Yeah, right!  I don’t know what I was thinking.  Even though I don’t get to use it very often it is good to know that Benjamin, Henry and Luna put it to good use.  Rarely does a day go by that at least one of them doesn’t spend some time chilling on the lounge chair.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Loves His “Puffy”

Benjamin just loves his “puffy”!  Benjamin’s “puffy” is a furry little plush toy in the shape of a disk.  There is nothing spectacular about it, but he has had a weird bond with it ever since he was a puppy.  He will not go to bed unless he has his “puffy” with him and he even brings it out in the yard with him when he suns himself.

He has had his “puffy” for about 4 years now, so needless to say that we have had to wash the furry little disk a few times.  Each time it goes in the wash, we cross our fingers and wait with baited breath hoping that it will come out in tact.  I don’t want to have to be the one that tells Benny that the washing machine ate his “puff.”

We have tried on many occasions to buy a backup “puffy”, but Benjamin rejects them all.  There is only one original!