Remember when we gave Rita a pony for her birthday?
Showing posts with label Monday Mischief Blog Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monday Mischief Blog Hop. Show all posts
October 26, 2014
October 19, 2014
Your Dog Ate What?? A Guide to Edible Hazards
In my debut novel, What the Dog Ate, there's a lotta mischief going on. In fact, in the first sentence, we find out that both Maggie's dog and hubby have been up to mischief: "The vet handed Maggie Baxter a plastic specimen bag containing a pair of size-tiny lavender thong panties extracted from her dog; but they were not hers."
When you write a book about a Lab with a "the-world-is-my-smorgasbord" attitude, folks tell you stories about the odd things their pets have eaten. (Note that all these dogs ended up being fine!) Like the dog that ate the zipper on his bed. The zipper! Or a friend's cat that ate the prescription pill her husband dropped. (I thought it was impossible to get a cat to take a pill??)
"Panties. Yum!" |
October 12, 2014
September 28, 2014
Monday Mischief: Time Is Slow When You Fast
The mischief was all on the momma again this week. Rita was due for her annual check up, and the vet we usually see was only available at 2:15. Since they wanted to do blood work, they said she needed to fast.
Here's a timeline of how the fasting news went over with Rita.
7:15am Momma breaks the news that there will be no breakfast.
Here's a timeline of how the fasting news went over with Rita.
7:15am Momma breaks the news that there will be no breakfast.
"Uh, how's that, Momma?"
September 21, 2014
Monday Mischief: What a Friend We Have in Cheeses
Last year I posted "Does the Gardener Taste Like Chicken?", which included a lot of very blurry pics, like the one below, of Rita going ballistic when our gardener comes over.
"Hey, you!! Get outta my yard!" |
September 14, 2014
Monday Mischief: You Mean... She's Not Mexican?
So, the mischief this time around was all on my part... I teased with you Rita's Wisdom Panel DNA test results last week and made you wait until today to find out what she is.
I mentioned that we had guessed a combo of GSD/beagle/terrier. Well, two outta three ain't bad.
"Can you guess what breeds are in me?" |
September 7, 2014
Monday Mischief: Sleepover & DNA Test Results Mischief
We're back from our vacation and blogging break! (Pics of vaca coming on Wednesday!) But before we went away, we had a sleepover guest - Reggie!
It was his first time spending the night, and there were a couple of mischief moments, like when he stole Rita's usual spot on the sofa!
It was his first time spending the night, and there were a couple of mischief moments, like when he stole Rita's usual spot on the sofa!
"Hee hee! I stole Rita's spot!" |
August 24, 2014
Monday Mischief: The Dog's the Thing
Okay, actually Shakespeare said: The play's the thing. But... we went to see a Shakespeare play - and it had a dog in it. And a play with a dog is really the thing!
That mischief-makin' pup totally stole the show!
Some folks from the hubs' work asked us to go to a play at San Diego's Old Globe theater, and they let us pick which one. I knew nothing about Two Gentlemen of Verona (if I had I might not have picked it...) but the blurb said there was a dog. So obviously I picked that one!
That mischief-makin' pup totally stole the show!
Some folks from the hubs' work asked us to go to a play at San Diego's Old Globe theater, and they let us pick which one. I knew nothing about Two Gentlemen of Verona (if I had I might not have picked it...) but the blurb said there was a dog. So obviously I picked that one!
The adorable banners at the outdoor theater |
August 17, 2014
Monday Mischief: Chicken Treats?
August 10, 2014
It's Easy To Forget You Live With A Beast
August 3, 2014
Monday Mischief: Rita's First Ice Cream Cone
Since July 31 was National Mutt Day, and August 1st was the day we used to celebrate angel Abby's birthday (she would have been 5 this year; read more about her here), I took Rita to McDonald's for her first ever ice cream cone.
As you can see from the intense stare, she thoroughly enjoyed it.
As you can see from the intense stare, she thoroughly enjoyed it.
"OMD. Where has this been all my life?" |
July 28, 2014
July 20, 2014
Monday Mischief: Wrongfully Convicted
Rita here at the keyboard...
I want to tell you about a recent miscarriage of justice!
My cousin, Reggie, and I were wrongfully convicted. We were thrown behind bars without the benefit of a trial before a jury of our peers!
Here we are in the hoosegow. (You can kinda tell by this shot that Reg gets wrongfully convicted a lot, so he just takes it in stride. But me... what did I do?? I never go behind bars at MY house!)
I want to tell you about a recent miscarriage of justice!
My cousin, Reggie, and I were wrongfully convicted. We were thrown behind bars without the benefit of a trial before a jury of our peers!
Here we are in the hoosegow. (You can kinda tell by this shot that Reg gets wrongfully convicted a lot, so he just takes it in stride. But me... what did I do?? I never go behind bars at MY house!)
But... but... but... what did |
July 6, 2014
Monday Mischief: A Blatant Violation
Rita is mostly a very good girl - doesn't steal socks or undies, doesn't counter surf, never chews things she shouldn't. Of course, it's easy to be good when you live in a lax house like ours. But... we do have ONE rule: No sticks in the house!
Rita loves to find a stick when we go on a walk. Usually I'll toss it for her a time or two, and then she forgets about it. But the other day, she found a fine stick that she insisted on bringing all the way home. She trotted the entire length of our street (about 3/4 of a mile or more) with it in her mouth, tail proudly wagging.
So, of course she wanted to blatantly violate the "No sticks in the house!" rule.
Rita loves to find a stick when we go on a walk. Usually I'll toss it for her a time or two, and then she forgets about it. But the other day, she found a fine stick that she insisted on bringing all the way home. She trotted the entire length of our street (about 3/4 of a mile or more) with it in her mouth, tail proudly wagging.
So, of course she wanted to blatantly violate the "No sticks in the house!" rule.
June 22, 2014
I Don't Wanna Walk! (And a Winner!)
Rita can be so weird sometimes.
Like, today, it started with making waffles for breakfast, and she wouldn't take the bite I offered her. (She's super picky. What a nut.)
Then I attempted to take her for a walk, and she insisted on dragging me back home after only 5 minutes. This from a girl who normally LOVES her walks.
Like, today, it started with making waffles for breakfast, and she wouldn't take the bite I offered her. (She's super picky. What a nut.)
Then I attempted to take her for a walk, and she insisted on dragging me back home after only 5 minutes. This from a girl who normally LOVES her walks.
Rita in her usual walk-loving-mode |
June 15, 2014
No Monday Mischief Here - Just a Birthday Giveaway!
Monday is Rita's third birthday (Whoohoo! **blows noisemaker**), which is a Super Big Deal since our sweet angel Abby never even made it to 3. (Poor Ab.) So, to celebrate - we did lots of fun things on Sunday, and we are having a giveaway today!
We celebrated on Sunday since The Daddy has to work on Rita's actual birthday. (Actually... we have no idea when her birthday is. But the rescue guessed her birthday was somewhere in June. We were going to pick the mid-point, but that's my brother-in-law's bday, so we picked the 16th - which is her angel-cousin Lou's birthday, so a pretty special day!)
We went for a lovely walk. (I confess, this pick is from Saturday, but we did almost the exact same walk on Sunday...)
We celebrated on Sunday since The Daddy has to work on Rita's actual birthday. (Actually... we have no idea when her birthday is. But the rescue guessed her birthday was somewhere in June. We were going to pick the mid-point, but that's my brother-in-law's bday, so we picked the 16th - which is her angel-cousin Lou's birthday, so a pretty special day!)
We went for a lovely walk. (I confess, this pick is from Saturday, but we did almost the exact same walk on Sunday...)
A lovely day for a walk! |
June 1, 2014
Monday Mischief: My Momma Experimented on Me!
Rita here. Sit back, get your popcorn, and lock the doors, cuz I have a scary story to tell!
The other day, Momma insisted on brushing me 50-strokes. I don't like being brushed very much, so that was not super fun but I tolerated it.
Then we went for a long walk, and I looked like this after:
The other day, Momma insisted on brushing me 50-strokes. I don't like being brushed very much, so that was not super fun but I tolerated it.
Then we went for a long walk, and I looked like this after:
May 12, 2014
A Quick Catch-up and Puppy Mischief!
If you saw my last post, you know my mother-in-law passed away, so the hubs and I have been away from home for over 2 weeks. (Luckily we made it there in time to spend a couple of days with her.)
Rita stayed with Reggie (her cousin) while we were away. She was (reportedly) a good girl (except for not wanting to share her chew bones!), so I have a little Reggie mischief to share.
Reggie sent us this photo while we were in Montreal:
Rita stayed with Reggie (her cousin) while we were away. She was (reportedly) a good girl (except for not wanting to share her chew bones!), so I have a little Reggie mischief to share.
Reggie sent us this photo while we were in Montreal:
April 7, 2014
Monday Mischief: Rita Says #BooMonday!
March 24, 2014
Monday Mischief: A Message in the Mischief
On our walk this weekend, we noticed these two cars parked at a neighbor's house:
On closer inspection, they had a message for pup owners (or bad boyfriends?):
On closer inspection, they had a message for pup owners (or bad boyfriends?):
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