Chicken Update

Still no eggs, but any day now we are expecting them....

The chickens have grown up quite a bit!

They are nosey and noisy!  Always cackling at me... Hmph.

And because no post is complete without a picture of me, here I am!  Ignore Vader sleeping in the chair behind me.  Nobody cares about him, BOL.

Lack of Sleep Mystery - Solved

OK so the past week I have been getting up at strange hours of the night and have been barking at the front door.  It's been 11pm, 1 am, 2am, 4am, etc.  It wakes the hoomans up.  Momma gets up tells me no one is there and then lets me out to go to the baffroom.  I don't really have to go, but I do it anyway.  The hoomans don't understand why I keep waking them up.  Well we finally have a cause of my night time disruptions.
10:00 PM: Time for bed, I go outside to tinkle one last time.  The kitties are put downstairs so that I don't chase them unsupervised, kitty door is closed.  Momma and Dad go to bed.

1:00 AM: I barks at front door - Momma wakes up.  She is grumpy.
1:03 AM: I goes outside and pees to make Momma feel better about getting out of bed.
1:05 AM: Momma goes back to bed, Dad is grumpy now too.
1:06 AM: Instead of sleeping on my couch I is scared so I climb into bed wif Momma and Dad.
1:07 AM: Momma grumbles that I is stealing the covers.  We all go to sleep.

2:10 AM: We all wake up to a kitty meowing at the foot of the bed! 
2:11 AM: HBO words are used as Momma scoops up Vader and realises that he has escaped the downstairs to wake us all up.

Evidently recycled kitty brother Vader has discovered how to open doors!  Since we have long handles instead of door nobs he has learned to reach up and pull the handle down.  It takes him a few tries and we have witnesses him doing it.  So, the pulling of the door handle made me think that there was someone at the door.  When it fact it was Vader trying to escape his nighttime confines.  The easy solution is the lock the door so that he can't open it.  I just can't believe he's been tricking me into thinking someone is at the door knocking at night.  Does this mean he is smarter than me?  I sure hope not.  I've gots some sleep to catch up on.

I gots a case of the Mondays....

Tell me when it's Tuesday....

My Vacation Part 1

My vacation was to a little cabin out in the woods, next to a quiet little lake - I brought Momma & Dad along too. We arrived on Saturday and left on Friday. Dad was all excited about fishing but he really didn't catch much, only 1 whole fish, BOL! Also, I didn't want to go swimming and I refuse to get in the boat. So I spent most of my time staying behind nappin' while Momma sat with me and read books.

Saturday:
There was losta packing to do! I'm a big dog so everything I need is also big. I had to make sure I had my xpen so I felt safe, my kuranda bed for napping outside, my llbean bed for comfy inside sleeping, toys, cookies, food, leashes, and I had to bring all kinds of water. The cabin didn't having running water so Momma and Dad had to brings lotsa bottled water for drinking and cooking. They had to boil water from the lake to use for the camping shower. Plus they had to use oil lamps at night because there was no electricity. Whoa - I really didn't think I'd survive with all this roughin' it, but I did.

Hmm.. not bad - Guess it will do for the week.

Sunday:
I spent most of the day hanging out with Momma while she read books. I guess it was pretty relaxing...

Monday:

It was pretty cloudy and foggy on Monday morning so the hoomans took me to an ocean beach so that I could go for a nice walkie. We spent about an hour on the beach walk and then the weather started to clear so we headed back to camp and had a few chores to do.....

Back to camp......
Time to take out the trash, um what does that say?
Need to get a closer look....

OMG!!! Momma & Dad named me after a TRASHCAN! The horror!

After I settled down from the trashcan episode, Momma and Dad decided to make it up to me by letting me have hotdogs cooked over the campfire. Yous know how much I loves hotdogs.

Yum, Yum.....

The hotdogs made me feels better except Momma burnt one of mine...... Don't let her near an open flame... geesh.

Don't worry - I ate it anyway.

Stay tuned for the second part of my vacation next post.....

Supervision, Pool, Ice Cream and an Award

I got this award from Dennis and Olive

(1) Thank the blogger(s) who gave you this award.

(2) I have to Share 7 Things About ME
(3) pass this award to 15 bloggers

Thank you Dennis, Trixie, Trouble, Tucker & Olive! Me loves an award.

Seven things about me

1 - I hate sweet potatoes

2 - I love sticking my head underwater

3 - I can't swim yet

4 - My nostrils are the only pink I have left on my nose, but my nose use to be mostly pink

5 - I'm scared of umbrellas & sunhats

6 - I have a time out corner I have to sit stay in when I've done something naughty.

7 - I love to eat Deer poop.

Since this award has been going around for awhile anyone that hasn't gotten it yet can have it from me! Please feel free to take it!

On another note, Momma and Dad have been doing yard work like crazy so my adventures have been limited :(

I've gotten to play in my pool a little....

Enjoyed some Ice cream....

Spent last weekend supervising the yard work......

And to top it all off this weekend it is raining - I'm not impressed my adventures will have to wait.

Wordless Wednesday - Exercise Edition