The Best Laid Plans.........

Well.....hello ta all.....


We thought we were gonna stay at the cottage fer a week until election day 'n get a roof up over the front deck.........

Boy, were we wrong........ Pap went ta Tidioute on Tuesday ta buy some wood and we figured that we would get started on the roof by Thursday cause they were callin' fer some snow Tuesday night and Wednesday....... But nice weather on Thursday and Friday.

Well, we got snow all right...between 6 and 8 inches and it was wet 'n heavy and it brought down a ton of trees and the electric lines with 'em. Our power went out thru the night Tuesday and Wednesday it was still off and Thursday mornin' we decided ta empty the refrigerator before everythin' spoiled and head home. The power never came on until sometime Friday morning.

'N Toby was enjoyin' himself at the cottage too cause he gets ta run around like a nut there. Here he is lookin' like he owns the place.

*************************************************************

The October Snow Storm

Before 'n After

We took a bunch of pictures before and after the storm so ya could see what we saw........

Now wasn't that a sight ta see ????? So we have ta go back up after we vote on Tuesday ta get that roof up.

**************************************************

Our Halloween Visitor

This is Parker's first Halloween and even though he didn't really know what Halloween was all about, he got dressed up anyway and stopped over ta show us what he looked like.

He was a turtle and ain't he a cute one ????? We would never look that cute all dressed up.

Aw, the age of innocence.....

Parker the turtle....our big bruver's little boy.......

******************************************************************
Action Heroes Fer Hire

But now before we left the cottage, me 'n Toby got ta tuggin' and Gram got ta videoin'..... Actually we were practicin' our growlin' just in case they ever need any action heroes that make growl noises real well. Tell us what ya think........

Bet ya were scared weren't ya ????? Now tell the truth...... those growl noises were perfect...... weren't they ?????? Gonna scare the pants off anyone who ventures by fer sure....yes siree.....

Yep, 'n my Mom had ta come over ta make sure her little boy child didn't need any help or rescued either. A stare from her put the brakes on any further growlin' 'n tuggin' too.......

Well, we're headed back ta the cottage after the election so we hope this tides ya all over til we get back.

****************************************************

2 More Awards

We were honored and privileged ta receive 2 more awards from our friends.

The Sharing the Love award has a really special story behind it.

This lovely award is created by Crystal @ Memoirs of a Mommy in honor of Noah and the donor of his sweet little heart who ENCOURAGES us to SHARE THE LOVE! The rules for this award are to pass it along to some people whose blogs you love. They make you laugh, smile, leave encouraging comments on your blog. You would like to share some love with them because they have uplifted, inspired, encouraged or prayed for you. Please include this paragraph with the link to Memoirs of a Mommy so that everyone knows where this award originated from.

____________________________________________________

...........so you'll want ta visit the blog ta see what it's all about. It comes ta us from Clover. Thanks a bunch Clover....the story behind it brings tears ta yer eyes.....'n we'd like ta pass it on ta our kousin Koobie......'n ta our friends the Terrible Terriers..... Lacie, Scruffy and BabyStan...

************************************************************

From Momo and Pinot we were given the Butterfly award.....thanks a bunch guys....we love it....butterflies always look so pretty 'n free....flyin' around from flower ta flower lookin' fer nectar. This one seems ta have been all around ta a bunch of flowers 'n blogs too....but we didn't see one on Koobie's blog so we'll give it ta her too........'n if ya don't have it and like it please take it with ya no matter who ya are.

*****************************************************

Now that was a bunch of stuff ta report wasn't it???? Hope yer still awake.........

This is Dewey Dewster here reportin' on Snow, Parker the Turtle and Tuggin' 'n Growlin'.....

'n Awards too..... OVER 'N OUT............

The Season Comes Ta An End My Friends

Gee Whizz Everyone....

Doesn't it seem like the summer just flew by......one day we were sweatin'... the next day we were freezin'.......well, now it seems like we're just gonna be freezin'.....at least fer the near future anyway.

Now last Sunday it was still pretty nice....in the low fifties and sunny...but windy....and we had our last earthdog practice and meetin'.....So off we went ta the Donegal exit of the Pa. Turnpike ta get ta earthdog and have some fun, fun, fun....

Now we didn't get inta costumes so we're not in the pictures but there were some doggies who were dressed up and they looked pretty cute too.

Ya can click on the slideshow and make it full screen ta see it better.....and ya can change the timing so the pictures stay on longer too.....

Hope ya enjoy it......we're back at the cottage again fer a week and so we might not be around ta visit much since it take about 15 minutes fer one blog page ta load there with the tin-can dialup service. But we'll be sure ta catch up when we get back.......we'll be back ta VOTE !!!!! Make sure ya all do that....it is a privilege ta do so.....fer sure....'n important too.....yes siree...

Fall Earthdog Meeting and Halloween Doggies

See ya soon and hope ya all have a Happy Halloween !!!!

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on Fall, Halloween 'n Earthdog.......

Happy Double Barkday....Asta Marie & Dewey

Hello ta all of Blogland....

Dewey Dewster here....
Guess what ??? Me 'n my Mom have October Barkdays......Mom's barkday is October 15th and mine is October 31. Yeah, I know a Halloween baby.....I'm not gettin' dressed up fer it either....no siree....

But Gram decided ta celebrate in between the two days and so this morning we had our Barkday Party complete with cupckes and party hats .........

And dog biscuits too......added fer that special doggie touch.......



Gram made us wait ta eat so she could get a picture of us before we dug inta the goodies and messed up our hats.....


And so we all got to eat the yummy cupcakes. Now ya may notice that Gram started ta sing the Happy Barkday song fer us but her bein' old 'n all fergot it's Happy Barkday not Happy Birthday......geez, ya gotta watch those old ones all the time.........they just can' get with the program at all.....

Well, if ya noticed, Toby just loves ta eat goodies....heck Toby, just loves ta eat anythin' at all so he was in 7th heaven and wishes we could have these parties more than twice a year. Truth be told....so do me 'n my Mom.......we have ta work on arrangin' that fer sure.......

Fer the super-easy 'n super-delicious icing, here's the recipe....
Super Special Icing
1 brick of cream cheese softened
1 8 oz. container of cool whip defrosted
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Whip all ingredients in bowl with electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Spread on your favorite cake or cupcakes. Yummy......

Yep, we're hoping we get ta celebrate more Barkdays in the very near future. Maybe we can celebrate with Baby Parker in February. Now that's somethin' ta look forward to.

*************************************************************
Vote Fer Stan the Man

See that ????
That's Stanley dressed up like a fruit cake......er I mean a King. He's in a contest tryin' ta be the cover boy for the K9 Kingdom. Isn't he silly lookin' ? He will make a great king! Click HERE to cast yer vote .......the actual URL is : http://www.myk9kingdom.com/photo-contest-2008.php just in case the link didn't work.

He's in the lead fer the silliest, uuummm handsomest King ever so let's help keep 'em that way.......GO STAN !!!!!!!

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE !!!!!!
This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on me 'n Mom's Barkday.... 'n Babystan the man......

Summer and Fall..... Hello ta All.....

Hello ta all.....

Do ya remember when we got that new retainin' wall installed???? Me, my Mom, 'n Toby wanted an earthdog tunnel and all we got was a wall?????

Here it is right after it got installed and Gram put in some of the baby garden mums that she had dug up before the old wall was torn down.

Now here's what those garden mums looked like the other evening after we got back from one of our walks. It's easier ta take pictures after the sun went down and all the bees went away, cause there were hundreds of bees on these plants during the day.


Can ya believe how big they got in a few months?
And it was a surprise what colors we had cause when they got dug up, we had no idea what colors would bloom when Fall arrived.
So, we got a lot of different colors and they're all bloomin' right now.

Well, since Pittsburgh is celebratin' it's 250th Birthday this month, Gram thought ya might like ta see a few pictures she took of the city from up on Mt. Washington.

The stadium in the slide show is Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. And the River yer lookin' at is the Allegheny River. Hope ya all enjoy it.

Ya can click on it(where it says full screen below) ta make it full screen 'n see it better....

And do ya remember that baby that keeps comin' by ta visit us? Parker, it is.......well, he's almost 8 months old now and he's finally startin' ta do real people stuff. He was visitin' us last Sunday and sittin' in the very same highchair that his Daddy sat in when he was a baby.....'n that was a long time ago. Here he is tryin' ta figure out how ta drink his water outta his sippy cup.

Heck, we coulda showed him how ta drink outta our water dishes......

Well, that's all for this visit, guys......hope ya enjoyed the show even though we're not in the pictures.....we'll make sure we're in the next ones fer sure....

This is Dewey Dewster here reportin' on Fall stuff... 'n baby Parker.........

A Matter of Law

Hello ta All....

I have a legal question fer ya all taday....


Is this statutory rape?

Well, is it?

Please vote on the sidebar there.....we need everyone's opinion on this one.....

This is Dewey Dewster here reportin' on strange wildlife......

Fall Scenes from our Cottage Visit

Well, Hello Blogland Friends,

We spent another week up at our cottage and while it is now October and they say that the lovely Fall colors should be arriving....we really didn't see the leaves changing up there.... We did have much cooler days and frosty nights and had the woodstove going but when the sun came out, it was just wonderful crisp, delightful Fall weather.

So we were just enjoying the freedom of havin' all that space ta run around in and listenin' ta all the noises that the wildlife were makin'.


Pap had a pile of wood that we really found interestin' cause there was somethin' in there fer sure.....we knew it...we heard it....it was squeakin'.... and we wanted it..... First my Mom was over there checkin' out that pile cause she knew there was a chipmunk in there and knew it shouldn't be there at all......

I couldn't go over there cause it was outside of the force field of our electric wireless fence....but I was sittin' there cryin' cause I needed ta help me Mom get that bugger...so Pap took off the collar and carried me over so I could help.


It was a really nice Fall day and we got pretty dirty diggin' in that woodpile and so Pap got out the hose and a pan so we could get cleaned off a bit.



We love ta chase the ball......now me 'n Mom were the major ball players but lately Toby decided that he loves ta play ball too....in fact he gets it most of the time now much ta our dismay. But here we all are chasin' it.....


Now when ya chase the ball and it gets down on the ground a lot...it gets pretty dirty......my Mom always likes ta wash it off so Gram and Pap don't stop throwin' it. But here I am the one tryin' ta get it clean.....



Now ya know that anytime there is a pan of water 'n we're hot from runnin' around, my Mom has ta get in and cool off. And this visit wasn't any different. Here she is gettin' her whole self inta that little pan of water......



Now we're pretty tired right now after all that activity.....'n it will take us a few days ta get rested up....but we know we'll be ready fer a walk tomorrow fer sure. It's always sad when we have ta leave the cottage cause of all the room we have there ta run but we know we'll be back there again soon.

Hope ya all have a chance ta enjoy the Fall weather just like we did !!!

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on our visit ta the cottage....

A Bunch of Stuff Again.......Stay Awake.......

Happy Birthday Pittsburgh

Now here it is the first day of October....and isn't that grand ?????

In October of 2008, The City of Pittsburgh celebrates it's 250th Birthday. Lots of stuff happened here since Pittsburgh was founded and lots of stuff started here too. Someone was nice enough ta put together a little bit of the history of Pittsburgh. Of course, I, Dewey Dewster, was not even a thought back then as my Mom, Dad and Grandad were not even around. But that doesn't mean that I don't think that Pittsburgh is a real special place ta live, cause it sure is....yes siree...... Now a Pittsburgher mighta been responsible fer the world's first oil well, but it was drilled in Titusville, Pa. where our cottage is. If ya have time, check out all the neat stuff that began right here.......

****************************************************

Walkin'

Now we usually go fer a walk every evening. We know what time we're supposed ta go and we get excited when that time rolls around. Toby just can't seem ta settle down when he walks. He acts like a real nut fer sure....thought ya might want ta see 'em in action.....


Now here ya see Toby weavin in and out.... back and forth. Why he takes twice as many step as we do takin' the same route. No wonder he's so tired when we get back home.....'N then there's us....see how nice we walk fer Gram?

Yep, Toby needs some professional help....yes siree....but we don't know where ta get it fer him.....ya have any ideas ????? Cryin'.. walkin' crazy... weavin'.... nutty Toby.......

It's there, just click on it........
*************************************************
Autobiography Week

Ya probably already know all about it, but just in case ya don't.....we would like ta mention that the week of October 20 will be autobiography week.

Put yer thinkin' caps on 'n try ta remember why ya are where ya are taday and how ya got there. Yep, tell us all about yerself.

Chef and Abby were nice enough ta put this together so don't disappoint 'em by not postin' yer information.

The link is on the side of our blog fer the website. But there's a little kink in the armour cause the website can't have a million authors and so ya have ta email the info and pictures ta Abby or Chef ta have everythin' posted.

1. Visit the Autobiography Week site for details and leave a comment there letting us know you want to participate.

2. Email your stories (500 words or less) and pics if you have any (two per entry max.) to either of Chef or Abby by October 15th, at: chef.boxer@yahoo.ca or crabbyabby5827@yahoo.com, and we'll paste your entry to the Autobiography Week site.

**************************************************************

Another Big Thank You

Thanks ta Sunny, Scooter 'n Jamie who had a really cool idea fer passin' awards on ta others..... Ya could go ta their blog 'n pick out which award ya wanted and put it up on yer blog. Now how cool is that?

We kinda liked the Golden Paw Award so we snatched it fer ourselves....'n want ta say thank ya thank ya ta Sunny Scooter and Jamie fer thinkin' of us.

Now anyone who visits our blog and has a fondness fer the Golden Paw Award is welcome ta display it on their blog with our regards. Pretty ....isn't it ???????

**********************************************
Now that was another heap of stuff ta report......
but I just wanna say......

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on

Pgh's Birthday....
the walkin' terriers....
autobiography week
and the Golden Paws Award.......... OVER 'N OUT........