Monday, August 25, 2008

QP & Henry

There was a little kitty named QP
Who sat on a bench with Sir Doody
They each took an end
Didn’t seem like close friends
But wished to smell each other’s booty

Friday, August 8, 2008

A favorite part of my day

A favorite part of my day, next to bedtime, is unwinding in the yard with the pugs for a few minutes after work.  I wish I was able to set those 10-15 minutes aside everyday, but sometimes dinner, errands, the gym and life just don’t make it possible.  But, I am happy that I at least take the time a couple days of week and I think it helps me enjoy it so much more.

We don’t do much while we are out in the yard and that is what makes it great.  I get my daily dose of vitamin D, pet the pugs, watch the birds and just relax.  Some days I snap some pictures, some days I brush the pugs,  but others I just sit on the bench surrounded by Benny, Henry & Luna and do my best to take in the moment and think about nothing.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Benny’s New Life Jacket

The last time that we took the pugs canoeing, Benny’s life jacket pretty much fell apart while we were there.  Since Benny isn’t much of a swimmer we didn’t replace his vest until this weekend.  We have been thinking about taking the pugs on another early morning canoe outing and we wanted Benny to have a new life jacket to have on the boat with us.

We also made him test it out in the pool on Sunday.  Gotta make sure it works, Benny!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Poolside Pics

Here are a few of the shots I got the other night when I was just playing around with the pugs.  It has been too hot to really do anything, so I have just been playing around with the camera hoping to capture something interesting.

Benny

Benny looking over the pool’s edge.

Looney Toon wrapped in her Betty Boop towel.

The boys

Friday, July 11, 2008

Unwinding

Last night after dinner we spent some time in the yard enjoying a nice summer evening and unwinding from long days at work.  Here are some random pics of the pugs unwinding from their long day napping

Baby Benny being Baby Benny

Apparently, Henry doesn’t really have much interest in how my day went.

Henry cleaning Luna’s ears.

Luna getting ready to pounce on Benny.

Benny & Luna looking for something to get into.

And I couldn’t forget Cupid.  Here she is climbing around in the Mimosa tree.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

No Rush

This was the sight on Tuesday afternoon when I was out trying to get Henry to go potty.  I was getting ready to leave the house for a bit and needed to take the pugs out to do their business before I left.  Luna was up first and went right away.  Henry was next and in true Henry fashion he drug things out for as long as he possibly could.  I don’t know what it is about him, but it takes the boy forever to poop.  He likes to make a whole walk out of it.  And I don’t have unrealistic expectations.  I know he has to poop and he knows he has to poop, he just wants to walk a mile away from home to do it.

As we are standing on the corner and Henry is off in his own little world sniffing every blade of grass, I snapped this picture with my phone of the storm moving in.  To get home, we have to go back down the street, right towards the ominous cloud.  Henry wasn’t concerned.  We started to head back home, even though Henry never did his business, because I knew Benny still had to go out to go potty.  Benny would not be happy if I let Henry stay out until it started to rain and he had to head out for his turn in the rain.  So, I took Henry home and brought out Benny and the fear of getting wet made Benny go potty right away.  I brought Henry back out and he smelled around until it started to pour.  At that point, I was done.  We ran back home and Henry was grinning from ear-to-ear the whole way.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Pug Pile

I always love it when Benjamin, Henry & Luna smoosh together even though they have plenty of room to spread out.  They act like this is the only sunny spot in the house.

With it being so hot lately, they have been doing a lot of laying around.  We have been going for walks in the evenings which have been great.  Last night we got about 3/4’s of a mile away from home and the sky behind us began to look a bit ominous so we turned around and contemplated on taking a shortcut back home.  After some debate, we took the shortcut and made it home 7 minutes before it poured down rain.  It was a fun little race against Mother Nature.