This and That

It was a whirlwind weekend around here but progress was made on Christmas preparations. Packages were mailed today, our cards should arrive today so we can mail them tomorrow and only one more beady goody needs to be made for a gift. We bought our packages for Daddy already but Mommy needs to get him something. We're pretty sure it won't be a reindeer truck with a dog...

All this present stuff reminded us of a story about gifts Daddy bought in Disneyland for his minions employees. He got small packages of Mickey shortbread cookies and he had all 10 of them plus a bigger package for our Grandpa from Kansas in his carry on to avoid them being broken in the luggage. Anyway, his bag was picked to be searched by the Orange County airport TSA because they could not figure out what they were seeing on their x-ray thingy. While they were swiping the cookies and testing them for explosives, Daddy was telling the guy they were for his employees and that he'd get in trouble if he didn't bring them anything. The TSA guy kinda broke a smile but stayed tough during all the testing. Who knew Mickey cookies could look dangerous...

Anyway, we're glad this weekend is over because we were pretty stressed about it...

Now we can relax and enjoy the rest of the holidays before you know what starts again in January.

How was your weekend?

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Angel and Isabella

Weekend Wrap Up

We hope you had a great weekend!  It was chilly and foggy here all weekend but despite that, Mommy let me have some fresh air whiffs while watching the Birdie Network...

The reason she let me is because she and Daddy went to coast where it was warm(er) and sunny and I found out she took pictures of strange dogs!

They may be cute but come on...

This one obviously thought she was off her rocker...

She even dared to take a photo of a fisherdog and his fishermen...

The least she coulda done was bring us some fish but noooo!  Oh well, she may cheat but she still comes home to us and more importantly she comes home without a dog!  Phew!

Enjoy your week!

Angel

Sunday Scenes

We're pretty lazy this Sunday so we thought we'd show you some of the sights found in our town this weekend starting with a giant ladybug...
This dog was hanging out on a street corner...
Mommy saw this really odd doormat in a downtown shop...
We don't know any kitty who really feels that way but we bet there are dogs who feel this way (not our sisfur Sadie of course)... And last but not least, we don't even know what to say about this but it cracked us up!
We hope you enjoy your local scene this Sunday!
Have a great day!
Angel & Isabella

Gotcha Day!

It was 8 years ago when Sadie became a part of our family! She was just about two months old on her Gotcha Day back in 2001.

As I've said before, she was rescued from a puppy mill type operation in January 2001 in Nebraska where my mom was living at the time. Sadie even was in the local news!

Soon after the court hearing allowing the rescued huskies to be adopted, another puppy mill raid filled up the humane society causing all but two of the huskies to be sent to other humane societies and rescue shelters throughout the region. One husky puppy went to a shelter employee and Sadie came to live with us!

Sadie loves to travel, go to the beach, go on hikes and she always guards her food and water bowl from the cats! She doesn't care for cuddling much, doesn't give kisses and hates to have her feet touched. Ever since she was a puppy, she squeals to no end when any woman with long blond hair tries to touch her. Thankfully I do not have blond hair!

We're very thankful to have Sadie in our family!

Another Day with Sadie!

As I was showing you around my backyard the other day, I mentioned that my friend, I.O., lives on the other side of this fence. We don't see each other very often because these boards come between us.

Here is a picture of I.O. posing for my Mommy. All the neighbors are afraid of him cause he's so tall but Mommy and Daddy aren't afraid of him because he's really a softie.

He has a brother named Truman but he isn't as "vocal" about greeting me as I.O. is. My Mommy thinks Truman's a sweetie but of course not as sweet as me!

Well, I hope you liked meeting my neighbors and having a break from so many days of cats!

Several people asked the other day what I am "mixed" with. Mommy says I'm mixed with love but that's because we don't know for sure. I'm more of an Alaskan Husky but beyond I don't know. In case you weren't reading our blog way back when, here's a post where Mommy talked about me becoming a part of our family.

As noted in our previous backyard post, these photos were taken this week so yes, the grass is green year round in the Pacific Northwest and never goes brown and dormant. It makes up for the dreary, rainy days we have pretty often.

Cookies for Woofies!

I made cookies for Sadie and the neighborhood dogs yesterday. I had to make various sizes since the dogs range in size from a Pomeranian to a really tall Doberman.

I kept feeling like I was being watched.

Everywhere I turned I felt a pair of eyes on me.

Sadie, we're making cookies for the neighbor dogs, what do you think of that?

Dog treats may be fun to make but they are much more work than cat treats!

A Girl Can Dream...

I am the Queen Husky and everybuddy worships me! I get all the treats I want, anytime I want!

Sadie. Sadie. My kingdom is calling my name...er, what do you want Mommy? You interrupted my dream to tell me it's snowing outside? Uhm, it's nice and warm and comfy right here so no, I don't want to go out right now.

Now, where was I? Oh yeah, all the treats I want, anytime I want...

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Missing Mommy and Daddy but they'll be home tomorrow. They sent pictures to us but I'd rather be with them at the beach...

Mommy took these pictures near Rockaway Beach, OR yesterday.

What do you love about pets?

Yeah, I know, what's not to love about pets? The list of things that I love about cats and dogs is pretty long and would look something like this:

• I love to hear a cat purr.

• I love the way all of our pets greet us when we come home - Sadie has a cute way of greeting us by tilting her head to the right and lifting up her lip on her left side in kind of an Elvis Presley way. The cats are always waiting by the door when we walk in from the garage with Isabella sprawled out across the hallway so we have to stop to pet her before walking by.
• I love watching them sleep so peacefully and when they are dreaming I wonder what they are chasing or what Sadie is barking at.
• I love when the cats snuggle with me or lay on my lap while I'm working.

These are just a few of the many, many things that I love about pets. What do you love about your pets?

The View From Inside

We spend a lot of time looking out the windows.

Mommy can't lower the blinds because we have to be able to see what is going on outside.

We have a kitty perch to help us look out one of the front windows.

Or we can nap in the kitty perch when it's sunny out.

Mommy also made us our own bench out of an end table covered with foam and fabric so we can see out. Sadie is the same height as the windows so she doesn't need a bench.

We may like to look out but we don't want to go out, well Sadie has to go out but she prefers to stay inside most of the time because we all have such a cushy life! Do you like looking out the windows too?

Wordless Wednesday with a Woofie

Snuggles

While doing my Entrecard drops last Friday night, I looked over and Angel and Isabella were all snuggled up which is a rarity these days! (Yes I keep my camera with me pretty much all the time!)

Sadie was sitting in "her" chair waiting on me to get finished. This chair really needs to be thrown out but we can't figure out what to get that would be dog proof so it is still here although it's downstairs in the "man cave" - where hubby spends most of his time but the four of us took it over Friday night.

Don't our pets have a rough life?

Equal Opportunity!

Sadie says my blog is going to the cats so today is dedicated to woofies!

We didn't forget the dogs and have items for dog lovers too in our Etsy shop! Click here to see what's available!

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