Monday, May 2, 2011
Friday night, was Bark at the Park night for our local minor league baseball team. It was a night that I had been looking forward to ever since I left the ballpark after taking Henry to his first game last year.
This year, it was a gorgeous evening so we were able to take all 3 pugs without having to worry about them getting too hot.
For some odd reason, Benjamin preferred to sit in the aisle. Since we were pretty high up it didn't matter much because there weren't too many people trying to pass.
Luna was the only one that like to seat on the bleacher. She looked very cute sitting on the bench surveying all the people and dogs below her.
All in all, I think the pugs had a great time. After about the 2nd inning I was really wishing I had brought one of dog beds for the pugs. Couldn't you just see the pugs sitting in one of their beds on the bleachers. It would be like their very own seat cushion. 
Friday, April 29, 2011
I must confess that I needed a little bit of outside help when compiling this post. On April 14th, I posted a blog called Pug Sized. Well, in this post, I feel like either "Honey I Blew Up the Benny!" or "Honey, I Shrunk the Fire Hydrant!" Then I was thinking of that song "Go Ask Alice" and knew something along the lines that there was a link to Alice in Wonderland. Alice apparently eats a bite of chocolate and either grows or shrinks depending on which piece she eats.
So, here we have Benjamin in Wonderland. It seems that Benny ate the special chocolate to make him be bigger than the fire hydrant when before he was about the same size. Now he towers over the hydrant. Whoa! (The obvious reality is that we actually 2 turquoise colored fire hydrants. One is quite small and the other is Benjamin sized.)
In an honorable spoof of the lyrics to Jefferson Airplane's 'Go Ask Alice'....one hydrant made Benny larger and one hydrant made him small and the one that he gets to pee on doesn't do anything at all.
That is about where the comparison ends, of course. There are no Mad Hatters, Caterpillars, disappearing cats or white rabbits. Its just Benny and the big and small hydrants.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Do you remember Mimo? In 2007 we planted a Mimosa seed and were pleased as punch when it actually sprouted. A little over four years later, Mimo provides wonderful shade in the backyard. It is perfect for the pugs.
Here are a few shots of Mimo over the years: April 2007, June 2008 and April 2009.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
I figured that since I don't work from home any more, I will need to use blurbs from the pet sitter's experiences to share on the blog. We actually have 2 pet sitters. One is Grammy. Grammy lives about 4 doors away and she works the Monday, Wednesday, Friday shift. And Auntie M, as we recently learned she prefers to be called, is on the Tuesday/Thursday shift. We have a form that we have them complete each day. (See picture below).
Well, Grammy is not so much tech savvy but Auntie M is. So, Grammy will complete the form and I will call her each day around 2 PM to be sure things are going ok. Auntie M on the other hand, will not only complete the form but she will also text and photos. This is outstanding since we get close to real time photo updates. It is most relieving!
So, I will periodically share some of the messages left to us by the pug sitter of the day.
Here is the first message that tickled my fancy:
In the column labeled, "How did I eat?" Auntie M replied about Benny, "Without coming up for air." Regarding Henry, she wrote, "Almost as fast as Ben." And about Luna, she indicated that she ate, "Like a princess!"
While on this day, Cupid was not observed eating, Auntie M did indicate that, "Cupid smacked Luna as she walked by because Luna gave her a dirty look!" (Which of course in Cupid's world, if a dog looks at her ever, it is assumed to be 'a dirty look'. Hahaha.)
Didn't take long for Auntie M to get the system around here. And while the photo shown is not of this matching story, it was the photo she sent me the same day via midday text. This photo completely shows that everyone is content being the lazy pugs on the sofa that they usually are just the same as when I am home.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Happy Easter from the pugs! The pugs are sporting their Easter bandanas given to them by Aunt Gaila. If you look closely in the photo you will also see the Solsey flag given to us by Sue VDB.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Since the pugs get a wet and sandy mess at the beach, they do a lot of shaking while they are running around playing. I caught of few shots of Benjamin shaking off some water and sand. I love to see how the wrinkles on the back of Benny's neck fly while he is shaking. He really gets into it.
