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Mama failed miserably at adventure

Katie here.  Mama promised me an adventure this weekend.  She’s been so busy we haven’t done anything fun in forever!

So this morning she said we were going to the park.  I got so excited, running in circles, getting under her feet, running from door to door because I couldn’t figure out what door we were going to use that she forgot to bring my treats!  Failure #1 Mama!

Then we stopped at my favorite park and I was so excited I ran around in circles and got all tangled up and Mama kept saying something about having to pee and I figured she was talking about her so I kept running in circles, winding the leash all around her.  Then I figured out she meant she wanted me to pee, so I did, and then she hustled me back to the car!  What the heck?!  Failure #2 Mama!

So we drove for a long time and finally she parked and got me out of the car.  We were at her favorite park, high up on a hill and it was windy and cold.  Just my kind of weather!  I dragged her down the hill, she kept saying ‘easy….easy’  cause she was afraid of falling – it was really slippery.  When we got to the bottom of the hill I wanted to sniff everywhere, but there was lots of mud and Mama kept saying she was cold.  And she had that stupid camera too, so I didn’t get to sniff around too much.  Failure #3 Mama!  And on top of all of that, this is the only picture of me you’ll see from this” great” adventure.  See our car way up there?

She made me sit up here. I didn't like it.

She made me sit up here. I didn’t like it.

So Mama bundled me right back in the car again!  I was disgusted.  She drove around some more and then we got out in a more sheltered place and walked for awhile on the bike path.  We saw lots of people out running and walking.  I even got to bark at a couple of cars, but then she yelled at me and made me go back to our car.  Geesh.  Failure #4 Mama!

So all in all this was not that great an adventure.  I think she owes me another one.

What do you think?

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We got to go to the park!

This is MY park. But you can come along too.

This is MY park. But you can come along too.

Katie here.  Guess what?!  Bet you can’t guess!  Huh?  Huh?  Guess what!!!  Oh.  You guessed?  Cause it was in the TITLE?  GEEZE….I told Mama to make it more mysterious.  OK.  Well anyway.  I finally wore Mama down and we went to MY FAVORITE PARK on Sunday afternoon!  Mama said it was stinking cold and we weren’t going to stay very long because her gloves weren’t good and her fingers were frozen.  I told her to shut up and start walking faster and she’d warm up.  Plus if she’d stop taking pictures (Click on the photos for more detail) her fingers wouldn’t be out in the cold so much.  Sometimes Mama just needs to have some common sense pointed out to her.

This is so much FUN!

This is so much FUN!

So anyway…we ended up walking around the whole park just like we do in summer!  It’s about a mile around and there was lots of ice under the snow so sometimes Mama was just creeping along.  I, on the other hand, had no problem.  Because she was moving so slow I got to sniff lots of stuff which was way more fun then when she’s always telling me to come on.

Sometimes I am majestic. Don't you think?

Sometimes I am majestic. Don’t you think?

She got quite a few pictures of me (the park was pretty too) that I personally thought were stunning.

Did you hear something over there?

Did you hear something over there?

I hope you enjoy seeing how beautiful I am.

I still hear something over there!

I still hear something over there!

I know you do.

I love you Mama!

I love you Mama!


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Katie says

Katie here.  Mama says she’s too tired to write this morning, and she has to go to that stupid Weight Watchers meeting anyway.  I hate Weight Watchers because Mama doesn’t eat all those good things anymore.  And if Mama doesn’t eat that stuff, then she can’t accidentally drop that stuff.  So what Mama doesn’t eat, I don’t get to eat either!  How unfair.

Anyway, here it is Saturday already and she didn’t even post the pictures from the excellent adventure we went on last Saturday!  It was a beautiful day, unlike today, and we had the park all to ourselves.

Mama even let me run a little bit without my leash!  Of course I always came right back to her when she called me.  She called a lot, if you don’t mind me saying.  I think she should trust me more, but you know how Mama’s are.

I don’t think we’re going to be able to go back to the park today.  It’s supposed to rain.  And Mama seems so tired all the time.  Do you know she came home from that work place last night and went straight to bed?  No playing with my bunny or my ball or even with my frog!

I just don’t understand.  When I used to go to work, um, I mean school, I always had a good time.  Mama just needs to learn to have fun no matter where she is right?  Unless it’s the groomer.  I don’t think anyone can have fun at the groomer.

Anyway, that was my excellent adventure last weekend.  Guess I’ll go take a nap now.


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You want me to look WHERE Mama?

I'll pose but I won't look at you

It’s cold and really windy, but this afternoon the sun came out so Katie and I took advantage of the perception of warmth and went for a drive.  Mama took the camera.  Katie sighed.

We went to a park that has a children’s play area.  There’s a big sign filled with all the rules; one says  ‘no pets.’

Not looking at you.

But since there wasn’t anyone around and since Katie can’t read we wandered in anyway.

Are you sure we can be here Mama?It smells like children! You know I don’t especially like children.  They’re noisy.  Noisier than me.  And that’s saying something.

Hey, there’s lots of places to sniff.  Wait.  You want me to sit where?  Under these weird things?  OK.  But I’ not going to look at you.

Not looking at you.

Nope just not gonna do it.

Nope.

Darn!  You got me!

Now wait a minute.  You want me to climb up THERE?  Oh yea.  I can do that!  But I’m not gonna look at you.  You might as well face it.

Not looking at you.

Hey Mama this is fun and everything, but can we just go for a walk out in the grass?

I sat good for all your stupid pictures, so can we, can we?  Just go nose around all that pretty grass for awhile?

Of course we can baby-girl.  Right after one last shot.

Ok.  But I’m not looking at you.


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Subtly of Fall

Today the temps were in the low 40’s, the wind was howling and the rain was coming down sideways.  I miss summer already.  Luckily Katie and I got to go to her favorite local park last Sunday while the sun was shining and the air was still warm.

She said it was about time she got to do something fun.

She ran around a lot…

…while I noticed all the subtle colors.

Despite today’s weather we are only beginning the fall season, and haven’t reached our peak color yet.

Still, if you look you’ll see beautiful soft color everywhere.

Katie says…Hurry up Mom!  Geeze I have to wait for you all the time!

Coming baby-girl, Mama’s coming.