Chetspeak on Sunday
We went through the backyard, out the gate and into the canyon. The canyon is one of the nicest things about living on Mesquite Road. It’s actually in the middle of the Valley, this whole city, or maybe bunch of cities, I’d never been clear on that, that goes on and on in all directions but was practically invisible from where we stood. Is that cool or what? I’ve lived in other places, namely the Academy kennel and before that a falling-down apartment with some drunks, not too nice, when I was just a pup, but this, with Bernie, was the best, the best that ever could be. Right now he was bobbing up and down on his toes a bit, throwing punches at the air. Soon he started running, sort of, up the gravelly trail that led to the hill with the big flat rock on top and then wound along a high ridge.
Human running: not a thing of beauty, and all that effort to produce so little speed, kind of puzzling. To rev Bernie up a bit, I charged around him in circles, first one way, then the other, then this crazy thing I do of both ways at once, or pretty close.
“Chet.” Bernie huffed and puffed. “You’re making me dizzy.”
– from Thereby Hangs a Tail.
Tags: Chetspeak, Thereby Hangs A Tail
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8:33 am on December 22nd, 2013
Good morning and Happy Egg Day!
It is crazy warm here: 65 when we got up at 7:00 ! The snow is melting so fast that the entire place is a big fog bank.
8:44 am on December 22nd, 2013
MaBella is beautiful! Case closed.
8:53 am on December 22nd, 2013
Good morning, everyone! Love Chetspeak. Hey mom was just rereading THAT and it must be a book with ood taste because Darah ate it 🙁 Egg Day, we’re in line.
Warm here, too. About 66 to 70, yeaterday and today, nights 60 🙁 Welcome winter????? House is summer warm with no heat running (76).
Is this anyway to run a Christmas?
Have a longer day Sunday.
9:06 am on December 22nd, 2013
Hey everyone–a tiny bit more daylight every day from now on for the next six months! I don’t know about you, but I need it. Hope your solstice was magical.
9:56 am on December 22nd, 2013
Good morning Bella, HOH, Howlers, and Diane, plus everyone else.
Warm in PA, cold in Texas, did someone turn the country upside down?
Yesterday we receive an official Iditarod calendar from our Alaska aunt. Is she cool or what!
MaBella is indeed beautiful. She looks like she is doing well.
9:56 am on December 22nd, 2013
MaBella is beautiful, just like her BabyBella.
Hi HOH and Diane C. We celebrated the Solstice bigtime!!!! Did you see our post in the wee hours of the morning? It was the loudest howlfest ever. Our songs echoed thru the entire valley.
http://youtu.be/n6j4TGqVl5g
10:06 am on December 22nd, 2013
Howlers: I think I heard your Solstice celebration from here.
10:09 am on December 22nd, 2013
Do you know why the wise men didn’t stop to water their camels?
No well *insert rimshot*
10:14 am on December 22nd, 2013
Macy! Heh heh heh!
Mom is so excited. She is going to see Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt next month, at a really great venue in our hometown! Mom loves Lyle. Truly loves him.
10:16 am on December 22nd, 2013
Macy, you are cracking us up! Well, last night, little sis, Darah was frightened by and honked at cobwebs. Sheesh! Today she has found the newfie “in” the fireplace. We told her it was her reflection in the glass, but we don’t think she believes us.
10:19 am on December 22nd, 2013
Cookies!….Cookies! Someone is going to bake cookies today!….yeeep!yeeep!….I love cookies!…snort!
Bellas!…..Awwwww – wonderful to see the two Bellas together for Christmas….snorkel!
10:24 am on December 22nd, 2013
SnowBella: Of course MaBella is Beautiful! Only a beautiful mother such as she could have a beautiful daughter such as you.
10:26 am on December 22nd, 2013
Cookies? Did someone say cookies? Macy told me I should demand cookies in my retirement. Min-pin knows best.
10:27 am on December 22nd, 2013
Rio: Cookies you say?
10:35 am on December 22nd, 2013
Macy: You crack us up!
Howlers: We remember when Lyle was married to Julia for a brief time.
Someone here is getting ready to take a nice warm shower. It’s about time. Those kat baths were getting old.
10:39 am on December 22nd, 2013
A New Year has started. The sun is stronger each day. I agree with Diane we need it!
Thank you for all your prayers and support. Now is time for us to send some to the little Texas gal.
Our weather is like the Howlers. When I get to it. I’ll take a short video out back.
BellaBella, wonderful picture. Umm, where is the dog fur and slobber?
For those you how can blur over? Our first of three Christmas dinners will be lobsters at 5 pm.
10:40 am on December 22nd, 2013
Masquers: Nana deserves the luxury of a warm shower.
Charlie is upset. He is convinced his ears are missing because of the photos AJ posted last night. We’re having fun teasing him with, “cat got your nose,” except we’ve replace kat with thief and nose with ears. Uh oh, Luna just gave us a look. Gotta go.
10:41 am on December 22nd, 2013
I’d love to see Chet going both ways at once.
Good morning all.
10:41 am on December 22nd, 2013
Oh, yes. I’m sure Chet would find my walking as weird as Bernie’s running. Snicker
10:42 am on December 22nd, 2013
The only cookies around here are the ones on my computer. At least they don’t have any calories.
Bella- MaBella is beautiful! But now, seeing her picture, the story of the dog that “walked” her through the cornfield is even funnier.
Hopes are up for herds of customers.
Hope is free for the taking. May you all load all your pockets, bags and boxes with lots of it.
10:46 am on December 22nd, 2013
Holy mackeral. Mom just ran out of the house to get to Melanie’s on time for lobster.
Masquers! Thank Dog you finally have hot water. Our house used to eat hot water heaters. We went thru 2 of them, and then we gave the 3rd one to friends after we switched over to our gas (propane) on-demand hot water heater. This one works like a charm and does not waste energy keeping water hot.
We are making cookies today also. The only reason mom wants to make them is because she has the cool Snowhook cookie cutters for sled and husky cookies. Does this mean we will be eating all of those cookies?
10:59 am on December 22nd, 2013
I know where I’ll be at 5pm today!
Is it possible to be 3 places at once? You tell me.
Maybe I can blurr-by CO & PA to pickup some cookies and then be on my way for Lobster dinner out MA way.
10:59 am on December 22nd, 2013
I am not supposed to know this, but mom is making animal cookies for some real animals, namely me, and maybe some Others too. But not until tomorrow. She has a set of little Noah’s Ark cookies cutters that are about the size of the animal crackers you get in the circus box. Just the right size for a dainty one such as myself, heh.
11:05 am on December 22nd, 2013
From the Entire Pack here and beyond . .
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BovQyphS8kA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBovQyphS8kA
11:05 am on December 22nd, 2013
Charlie: I love the pictures of you and Garrett.
11:07 am on December 22nd, 2013
I figure in two to three years I will be well enough and strong enough to go to the Iditarod.
I have all ready started planning my wardrobe.
I have to get me one of these. snicker
11:07 am on December 22nd, 2013
This is the best time of the year for foodies like us, Macy.
Our friend just posted this link on facebook. It is a rendition of Stairway to Heaven by Heart at the Kennedy Center honors to Led Zeppelin. It is beautiful. Robert Plant cried.
http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/12/27/heart-plays-led-zeppelins-stairway-to-heaven-makes-robert-plant-cry-video/
11:31 am on December 22nd, 2013
Wow, mom loves the winter outfit AND she wouldn’t have to duck to get through a door 🙂
11:31 am on December 22nd, 2013
Chetspeak! I would love a vacation in the Valley.
Hooray for Nana: She’s in hot water again!
Two Bellas: A beautiful picture of mother and daughter together.
BStover: Good Morning! Did you see the close-up picture of our dog Charlie that AJ posted last night? Did you check you couch cushions for his ears?
Diane C & O’Howlers: Me too! I howled at the Solstice moon and, in my mind, I can feel the darkness fading already.
11:42 am on December 22nd, 2013
If this works, here’s a Norman Rockwell picture that I love:
11:44 am on December 22nd, 2013
BStover: Oops. I didn’t refresh before posting.
Melanie: That suit of clothes even tops Ray Price’s outfit on yesterday’s blog! I love them both.
Darn! I am already at my limit of reading 10 articles this month in the Vancouver Sun, so I cannot listen to Stairway to Heaven.
Lobster & cookies. Can it get any better than that?
11:59 am on December 22nd, 2013
Found ’em! My ears were hiding behind my head the whole time. They were not in the cushions of mine and B’s easy chair, and despite what the Thieves said, they did not steal my ears. I found them when I was going both ways at once like Chet. I zigged and zagged at the same time and bam! my ears were covering my eyes and not behind my head.
11:59 am on December 22nd, 2013
Mom would also love a vacation in the Valley. It is cold here. The weather is truly upside down. I’m happy.
Diane C. you sound just like my mom about the Winter Solstice.
I don’t like the longer nights because I am not allowed to stay outside by myself in the dark. It is something to do with me getting into trouble with skunks and kats.
Rebecca and AJ, Thanks for the photos!
Rio, We tried to think of some uses for your gift, but we can’t. Yes, give it away next year.
12:02 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Melanie! You peeked! How did you know that I was getting that outfit for you???
12:24 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Mornin’ y’all! Well, with all the melting snow and rain last night, we discovered we have a tiny leak in our roof. That is somewhat inconvenient. It really is tiny, we put a bucket under and it barely has any water in it. So, hopefully we can get it taken care of before it turns into a big problem.
Melanie! Cookie Monster before the ruination of sesame Street that started with Elmoe but was full on sometime in the ’00’s. Now it’s just so formulaic and crap. Ga!
Lobster! We loves lobster! And shrimp. And crab cakes. One of my coworkers is making crab cakes for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, she lives in Charlotte. Alena is counting down the days until brisket day. As am I.
Now. Cookies.
12:38 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Wose: TNT is running the original “Wizard of Oz” at 1pm EST today.
12:39 pm on December 22nd, 2013
In his teens #2 son knew the words to every popular song he liked and Stairway to Heaven was right at the top of his list.
Someone Here may have a tear or two in her eye too. Sniff.
Melanie: If you will promise to wear that outfit in a future trip North to Alaska I will join you.
Royal Mum: Today is the Day for your Biggest Sales ever!
12:47 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Picture of our lights and my luminary. Our front porch/yard last night.
12:48 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Close up of the luminary.
12:53 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Taking a break from wrapping. Just a few more to go and then we are done.
Dos Bellas. Both beautiful ladies.
Lots of snow here. Barb is not venturing out any further than the bird feeders today.
Our house is possessed! Garage door went up on its own again and the hot water heater pilot light went out again. Josh may be able to replace the igniter on the water heater, but we don’t know what to do about the garage door.
When Barb was at the closing on this house the elderly lady (92) who lived here said “Wait till the garage door opens on its own”. Her daughter said, “Oh her memory is bad, that doesn’t happen”. Ummmm
12:59 pm on December 22nd, 2013
B&M, we have one that does that too. Eerie since the openers are new.
Staff: Pretty lights/luminaria.
1:00 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Found the Stairway to Heaven video on you tube. 🙂
Staff: your luminary is beautiful!
Buddy&Leno: Hope your bucket is big and your leak remains small.
1:00 pm on December 22nd, 2013
B&M: Check with the manufacturer of the garage door opener. That is what we did and it solved the problem.
Staff: Love the luminary!
1:08 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Buddy & Leno: We will volunteer Belle Starr to sit on your roof to stop the leak. Oops! Here comes Luna and her look again. If she asks, you haven’t seen us. Catch you later.
1:11 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Staff, We like your luminary, It is very different from the ones here which are just brown paper bags, sand, and candles. Yours is much prettier.
Buddy, Sympathies about the roof leak. We had to have a whole new roof put on our house last autumn. Because there was record rainfall in NM last September, many houses had ceilings cave in. We were lucky that didn’t happen.
1:12 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Cards!…Done! I have put paw to pen on my last Christmas Card of the season…sniff!…Now unless someone else who does not have my address sends me something, I am finished…wheeze!
Cookies!…No sight of any cookies yet. Seems someone found out the football game started early today and thinks maybe Christmas Eve is the day to bake cookies…grump!spit!….This will not do!
1:12 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Melanie, we love your winter outfit. Mom’s is much more mundane but still probably a bit much. She will be taking her coveralls way up north. So will Pop. These have their names and the names of our farm stitched on. Are they weird or what.
Bee, we love that Norman Rockwell too. We like to tie these guys up.
Charlie, it is wonderful that you found your ears. Dima and Kat like to wear theirs behind their heads a lot too. Naturally, The Hot One never does.
Staff’s luminaire is the prettiest we have ever seen.
We still do not have our tree up indoors.
Maggie, tell Barb to call those ghost hunter guys.
Buddy, Mom almost got the brisket out of the freezer for Christmas because you have her very hungry for it, but she instead got a roast out. We have tons of very good beef in our freezer. She makes brisket in the crock pot, but we think you and Melanie probably have a very good recipe that you might share.
Dawson, Here is a youtube link of that Heart performance of Stairway to Heaven.
http://youtu.be/8e2fJfiddx4
1:13 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Bellissimo Bellas!
Started the day shoveling. Not the white and fluffy stuff must the wet heavy stuff.
1:14 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Outside the back . . Snow melt and rain
http://chetthedog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/trim.QY1OPk.MOV
1:15 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Oh well, Dawson. You already found it by the time we typed all that.
1:16 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Staff!….Your walk looks like it was shoveled by a professional. Was CHobbit at your house recently?….snort!
1:16 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Howlers: Your coveralled folks will fit right in on there trip north to Alaska.
Staff: You light up my life. Snicker.
CHobbit: The Giant sent you a SDD yesterday. Save the shoveling for him. His back is strong.
1:23 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rio: If I have learned one thing in my retirement it is you must demand cookies. Just ask my favorite min-pin.
1:25 pm on December 22nd, 2013
I will be getting my passport thanks to OTAS and GLAD!
Also pictures of our Sweeties.
Rose
1:27 pm on December 22nd, 2013
And Patsy and Ros!
With Zoë’s Plunderer Tree and your cards.
1:28 pm on December 22nd, 2013
B: Remembering the Norman Rockwell paintings on the cover of Life Magazine in Days Gone By.
Buddy&Leno: A leak in the roof! NOT a good thing to have happen at any time, but especially not Now.
Melanie: We see youse in the East are having warmer temps too. Thanks for the look-see.
1:30 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Hmm, part of my comment left in the wind.
The only part I remember . . Masquers and BearSpiritDog, if you go with me, I will wear the outfit.
Do you think I could wear it in a Hobbit House?
1:33 pm on December 22nd, 2013
I wish we had a good recipe, but we haven’t. Our recipe is
http://shop.cuetopiatexas.com/
1:35 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Melanie!…You got way more cards than I do…sniff!…I wonder why?…wheeze!…Hey, someone is going to go upstairs and make cookie dough….Wooooooo!
1:35 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Here is our tiny tree.
We are expecting the neice, (Elliot’s Mom’s daughter) and her boyfriend and both their dogs tonight. Yippee! We can’t wait to meet him. It was his dog that went out and lured Scout back home when Scout was lost. What a good dog!
1:41 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rio,
YES! Our walk is shoveled by a professional. His name is Jeff. He does the grass in the summer and the gutters and anything else we need. He charges by the MINUTE! I have never seen anyone shovel as fast as he does. He wears ear protection in the summer and the winter. In the summer he doesn’t wear a shirt and is he ripped! I remember noticing a clump of the young ladies of the block having a gabfest across the street one summer day when he was working hard in our yard. They were all facing across the street. Coincidence? You tell me.
1:51 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Staff, The luminary is beautiful as well as the colored lights that are inside.
Melanie, the pictures of the Newfs are amazing. Are they done in charcoal?
We feel a nap coming on.
1:59 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Oleys, As you know Barb is not a fan of crockpots. Everything has the same sort of mushy texture that she doesn’t care for. There are some good recipes for brisket on Food Net Work. They all call for slow and long cooking in the oven. The best ones have a marinade that has a combo of garlic, soy, vinegar, Worchester sauce, brown sugar, bar-b-q sauce. etc. You bake it covered for several hours, cool, slice thin (like a corned beef brisket,) then return the sliced brisket to the juice/marinade, heat and serve. Great served as either a main course or with buns for sandwiches.
2:14 pm on December 22nd, 2013
HEELLP US! Mom is skipping around the house folding laundry SINGING like Munchkins and talking like a wicked witch. What is the HOH to do. Gah, the POP is squawking along 🙁
2:15 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Riö, a few cards might be from OTP, Others Than Plunderers. snicker
Not sure that makes sense, but hey, I’m not sure i ever do!
YSAS and LLL made it safely to Ohio. They did hit that bad line of severe thunderstorms. LLL was driving. Heavy rain and thanks to her “Kat-like reflexes” they missed the jack knifed semi truck that came over the grass into their lane.
Hmmm, I’m happy they didn’t tell me that last night.
2:18 pm on December 22nd, 2013
HOH, there is nothing you can do. They have Ozitus.
Barb and MagPie, Rose is charcoal, and Patsy/Ros is oil.
2:23 pm on December 22nd, 2013
The Newfs…All beautiful ladies!
Staff. I like your tree…very colorful
2:27 pm on December 22nd, 2013
The Newf pictures are wonderful! So nice to have talented GLAD in the family.
2:27 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Oh noooo!
HOH Just when I got the cookie monster song out of my head you hit me with the munchkins!
Yikes!
Melanie: Sometimes better not to know!
2:42 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Melanie I would like to see you in that outfit. The hat alone is amazing. Hard to get through doors though.
2:44 pm on December 22nd, 2013
HOH: We can guess what Rose will be watching today.
2:52 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Oz-itis, heh!
Melanie: Love the pictures of the Ladies.
Staff: Sweet tree.
2:54 pm on December 22nd, 2013
The Seahawks and the Cardinals today! Coming up at 1:05.
Beau, Will you join me?
3:04 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Why was my ipaw in the Old Fart’s recliner and why slimy?
Oh wait, just caught up on some comments! Ozitis indeed. Well, guess that is better than bovilexia (the irrational need to moo at cows). Rain hit here at 3:30 a m, lightning and boomers 15 min. later. Nothing like a Herd keeping us safe all night.
Movie has been wonderful but Old Fart, the boarder in the basement and OF’s middle son have been repairing the “throne” in the guest bath….parts…more parts…oh and going to orange box for more parts 🙁 Hope this works. I know they are leaving lots of wet rags, rugs and laundry.
3:05 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Sneeze!…I am not makin’ any promises to watch dose ole Seahawks…grunt!…My Broncos are winning right now, but just by a liddle bit…sniff!sneeze!…Plus, I am on red-alert Kat-Watch. So I am a liddle busy today….sneeze!
3:05 pm on December 22nd, 2013
One more question, WHY doe they think Sunday afternoon is a good time for this caca?
3:08 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Beau: Kat watch? sniff.
3:17 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Sneeze!….Rio is watching da Broncos game wiff me, but he is wearing his Rockies cap….sniff!….Dat messes wiff my head…snuffle!
3:19 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Sneeze!…Der is a big black Kat I watch for all day every day….sniff!….He makes me so mad walking around on my patio like he owns it or sumthing…grrrrump!
3:36 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Alas, I did not know WoOz was on today. I did not watch it last night either, but I am staring at the DVD right now.
Pixie: You and your Pixie momma are beautiful ladies!
3:39 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Lovely tree, Staff, and lovely Newf ladies, Melanie. But oh no! You must not have gotten our card yet!
3:44 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Wose: My Lady says you remind her of MaBella. If you think MaBella is beautiful, then you are beautiful. So therefore….you are twins.
3:45 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Dawson, when you use up your number of readings of the newspaper, delete your cookies and you can start over.
Buddy & Leno, If you’re coming to Niagara Falls, be sure to let me know. I live 15 minutes away.
3:45 pm on December 22nd, 2013
What!….Melanie is getting even more cards?…sniff!
3:49 pm on December 22nd, 2013
The sugar cookies have been made. Here are our sled team cookies. Notice that I, in my green collar, am the lead dog. Dima wears red, and Meashka wears blue. That’s her in wheel.
3:51 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rio, we really like your hat foto. The hands aren’t bad either.
3:53 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Kat: The cookies are delish!
3:53 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Kat!…Has Cookies!…snort!…I still do not have cookies – they are still in the form of dough…sniff!…Someone claims she will bake them on Christmas Eve day…grunt!…Cop out!
3:54 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Oops…have to go…it’s game time!
3:57 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Walk!…We have to go for a long walk right after this Bronco game is over…grump!…After we get home we will most likely try to watch some of the Seahawks game – so watch out Maskers!…snort!
3:57 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Did anyone watch SNL last night? Barb usually doesn’t stay up that late, but she had to stay awake for Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake. Those two together are the best. They did a Gibbs Brothers routine that was hysterical. We have seen some old routines on UTube of Justin as Jessica Simpson and another more recent of a Hashtag number. They play off of each other beautifully.
3:58 pm on December 22nd, 2013
The sled dog cookies are wonderful!
Round 2 today:
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1746924
4:10 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Outside!….grump!…We have to go for a walk. The Broncos are going to winnit and Manning has broken Tom Brady’s record of TD passes…snort!…Good job Peyton!…Wooooo!
4:14 pm on December 22nd, 2013
MP’s Mom, well…we live just in Eroe. We’re just a couple hours away. So, yeah, we make a trip up to your way, we’ll be sure to let you know 🙂
4:20 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Wyatt: You are too kind.
Kat: Those cookies looking goody, good, good!
4:29 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Barb&Magpie: Jimmy Fallon with Justin Timberlake on SNL is always a Winner in our book.
C.Hobbit: It is really serious when Snoopy can’t keep his DogHouse roof free of snow.
4:34 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Mom was going to post the “Wrapping” but couldn’t figure out how 🙁
4:39 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Mollypop’s Mom, Do you mean you live 15 minutes from the actual falls? If your answer is yes, can you hear Niagara Falls when you step outside your building?
Kat, You forgot to put me in the cookie wheel position….right beside the Hot One. You need two wheel dogs.
4:44 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Wose: I may tell a white lie about not being fed or not having recieved a tummy so I can get more of both from time to time, but I never lie about beautiful ladies.
4:50 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Siber! We would never forget you! We were hoping you would be o.k. with the red collar, as we figured you were the other guy with the red collar…the one next to Meashka at wheel. Dima is swing dog, but I have no idea who is his partner at swing.
B&M, I believe we may have SNL on our DVD. If so, we will watch it based on your recommendation.
4:54 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Kat, I am happy being the other guy with the red collar.
4:58 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Notice that Mama Meash and i are correctly red, but we did not have black sugar for some reason. So the mixed up colors are supposed to be the black and white guys, Dima and Siber-H.
5:00 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Poor Snoopy. He should just lie down and let the snow cover him and keep him warm. Or hunt. That’s the way I roll when it snows.
5:21 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Ohhhh, cookie dough . . I loved sugar cookie dough.
Can’t eat it now. Sigh.
5:25 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Wheeze!….I am back…sneeze!sniffle!…I can’t wait for winter to be over…grumble!
OooOOooOoMelanie!….I have a big roll of sugar cookie dough in the fridge…snort!…Just waiting to be baked and then that cream cheese frosting…swooon!
5:30 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Melanie, Our favorite dough to eat uncooked is the pinwheel dough. Butter, brown sugar, egg, (I know, I know) and flour.
Oleys, Just Google Fallon and Timberlake and Hashtag and you can see that segment. It was done in Oct. LOL
5:32 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Loulou & Mollypop’s Mom: Thanks for telling me how to get more free articles per month. Cool.
O’Howlers: Thanks for finding the u-tube link (even though I figured it out.) I love your sled dog cookies.
5:58 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Siber-H, yes, I live 15 minutes from the Falls. So does Sammie. But, no, the sound doesn’t travel far from the Falls. The spray travels farther, needing windshield wipers when traveling nearby.
6:00 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Some things can not be master by glutn free flours. Sigh.
I used to make Holday Cookies from the Willamsburg, VA cookbook. An old recipe from the settlement. Ohhhhhh, yummers.
6:05 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Wyatt: You are making me blush.
6:08 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rose!…Do you have your tree up yet?…sniff!sniff!
6:09 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Gasp, I would not like the spray from the falls, but mom says she would visit the falls often if she lived where you live.
She has been to the falls but that was when she was in second grade…about the time T-Rex was roaming around the southwest.
6:10 pm on December 22nd, 2013
SiberH!…snort!
6:25 pm on December 22nd, 2013
RIO! I do not.
6:28 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Beau: What about those Broncos and that Peyton Manning!? heh!
6:33 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rose!…Are you the kind who puts the tree up on Christmas Eve?…snort!…Or do you not put up a tree at all?…sniff!
6:35 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rose!…Sneeze!….Rio won’t let me pos…
6:35 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Well I have never been to the Falls. I would love to go. That is why we are making plans. No tickets yet though.
6:35 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Our usual fake tree is now up this year but a Live Tree is.
6:36 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Heh!…It’s so easy to mess with Beau…snort!
6:36 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Staff: Pondering….
6:36 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Bear!…What?…sniff!
6:39 pm on December 22nd, 2013
RIO! No we usually put our tree up about 2 weeks before Christmas. Grizz is insisting on putting up the tree, but we are going to the little cabin in Warwick for a few days, and it seems like a lot of work to put up, only to see it for three days, and come home to take it down.
My heart isn’t really into Christmas this year.
6:42 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rose!….Cheer up! You get to go to a Little Cabin in the Woods for pete’s sake…snort!….What we here would give to be able to do that. Especially on Christmas, so we wouldn’t have to be bothered by her family…grunt!
6:45 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rose!…I just thought of what I want to get you for New Years!….snort!snort!….It will have to be a New Years gift because it is way too late for Christmas and besides you will be in a Little Cabin in the Woods!! sitting by the fire and sipping wine…wuffle!
6:50 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Moderation!….I just remembered that Golinka had the bomb scare post explanation moderated last night….snort!….I went to see if it finally showed up and Yes! it did, about 3 or 4 times…heh!heh!
6:53 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Maskers!…The Seahawks game is tied at 9 ta 9 in the 4th quarter…snort!…I bet Maskers has chewed his way through the couch cushions by now…heh!heh!
6:53 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Alone!….((((sigh!))))…grump!
6:54 pm on December 22nd, 2013
RIO! I will cheer up. The owners of the little cabin have two very nice dogs, and I will get to play them. I am really just worrit about my job situation.
6:56 pm on December 22nd, 2013
RIO! No gift is necessary. Unless, you are sending some of your friend’s cookies.
6:59 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Riö: Gah!
7:05 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rose!…Oh no, you cannot turn down this gift…snort!…It will be perfect for the New Year and it is Not made of paper…heh!heh!
7:05 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Damit!
7:06 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Touchdown!….Oh No!…sneeze!…The Cardinals just scored a touchdown….yeeep!…There is only 2:33 left on the clock…wheeze!
7:07 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Staff, maybe when you travel east we could meet up with you for part of the trip. Will you be going on Amtrak?
7:14 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Interception!….Those Seahawks are in a real pickle now…sniff!spit!…Looked like it hit his arm if you ask me…grunt!
7:15 pm on December 22nd, 2013
I’ll have to check out Golinka’s post.
Thanks for all of youse that blurred by for lobster. BearSpiritDog, it was nice of you to crunch open GLAD’s lobster.
A little Cabin in the Woods sounds great. Though right now Zoë and I are thinking maybe a little Cabin on the Beach in the southern climes sounds a bit better.
7:19 pm on December 22nd, 2013
In deference to Beau, I will not mention the Patriots are winning right now.
snicker
7:39 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Signing off because I’m bummed. This was supposes to be the clincher. Trusting tomorrow will be a better day.
7:40 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Patriots!…Those Patriots are the thorn in Beaus butt….snicker!
7:42 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Maskers!…If I signed off every time I was bummed I would never be on….grunt!…Your team still has a chance, right?…sniff!
7:44 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Riö: This is our year!
7:48 pm on December 22nd, 2013
We also watched SNL, love, love, love the combo of JT and JF. It was especially hilarious when JT played Fallon in Family Feud.
7:49 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rio, you are not alone, mom just finished cleaning up the kitchen and is dying to sit down. Hope it cools off tomorrow like is forecast, then she can drag out the heating pad for her back. Way too hot the past 4 days 🙁
7:54 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Met this little sweetie yesterday. 12 weeks old, half Siber, half Alaskian sled dog.
Her name was Neshka. She reminded of Kat!
7:57 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Maskers!…You will have to run that by Beau. He is under the impression it is our year…snorkel!sneeze!
8:04 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Yark! Very pretty girl! I like her name…very Russian.
8:11 pm on December 22nd, 2013
SiberH!…How is it you do not have a little sister?…sniff!….Your Maw must see all kinds of Sibers that need a good home….snuffle!
8:16 pm on December 22nd, 2013
http://vitaminl.tv/video/1799
not sure if this is the right one
8:17 pm on December 22nd, 2013
She does look like Kat, but no, Siber, No.
8:17 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Yes, yes it is. Extreme cuteness warning.
8:18 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Signing off for reals.
8:19 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Neshka is quite the beauty!
8:27 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Round 3 {{{sigh}}} There are huge icicles handing off the roof. Something the seller didn’t disclose.
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1746924
8:30 pm on December 22nd, 2013
OK, we have to say it, it’s been over 3 weeks. Teddy RR’s foto confuses us sometimes when we look at it quickly. Rose’s are and TRR’s left ear are similar color and it looks like a pointed ear. Over the right ear is the blacktop between Rose’s legs, also pointed. Has anyone else seen it or are we as nutty as some think?
8:31 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Correct: “Rose’s arm”
8:33 pm on December 22nd, 2013
We have decided to keep hold of these borrowed manners we were going to use as Barb’s escort so we can use them as MPM’s escort. Annabelle wants to be Dawson’s escort. Unlike us, she, meaning Annabelle—we can’t speak for Dawson—has manners of her very own.
8:38 pm on December 22nd, 2013
HOH: I’ve seen the same trick of the eye. At first, I thought Ruff Rider deciding to change his brand of ears.
8:40 pm on December 22nd, 2013
P & L, We are sorry to let you down. Please don’t take it personally.
yes, HOH, we know what you mean about Teddy’s ears. It looks a little like mismatched ears.
8:41 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Neshka looks like a sweetie. Where did you meet her? I have never heard that name. I wonder how she got it.
8:46 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Teddy!….I keep thinking Teddy has a couple of party hats on when I glance at him…heh!heh!
8:48 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Me!…That was me posting, not Beau…grunt!….Beau was given a pain pill just a little while ago because he yet again strained his knee during Red-Alert-Kat-Watch…grumble!….Foool!
8:49 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Mismatched ears! I have mismatched ears.
B&M: Maybe we can be your escort on the Amtrack trip. We’ll carry your windshield wipers for you. From what we understand for MPM’s post, you’ll need them when you visit Niagra Falls whatever they are.
Howlers: Junior is convinced he is the other teammate in your cookie team.
8:54 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Lefty, you know if Junior is behind me he will go go go. {blush}
8:56 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Kat: Guilty as charged and I’m not ashamed to admnit it.
8:56 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Hmmmphff!….Girl-dawgs these days….gruffle!
9:02 pm on December 22nd, 2013
The only problem with taking Amtrak to Buffalo would be going home. There’s the one train that goes through to Chicago–I’ve taken it a couple times myself, including, well, just a couple weeks ago. If there are no delays, and there are always delays, it would leave Buffalo at something like 11:30 at night. Except there will be delays, so it will leave Buffalo even later than that. Going the other way, that is, from Chicago, through to Buffalo, it actually gets to Buffalo at a sensible time.
9:04 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rio, I don’t think I want a little sister. I like being an only dog. Yes, Mom does see a lot of Sibers that need a good home. It is hard for her, but she says she is too old to deal with more than one of us at a time. By only having one dog, she says she has more money to donate to Husky Rescue and can help out Sibers that way.
9:11 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Neshka is darling. Are you sure Siber?
9:14 pm on December 22nd, 2013
(Pookey here) I wish I could get Daddy Dawg to have mom see the light about a herd. I knew when Daddy brought me home that I was the queen but THAT woman won’t listen to reason!
9:14 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Trains!….They could take the train to Buffalo and get a one way airline ticket home…snort!
Columbo!…We are watching a 40 year old episode of Columbo. My friend says it is hard to believe that it is 40 years old…sniff!…I believe it. Not one computer or cell phone in sight. The hi-tech is a couple of tape recorders….snort!…Even still, we love Columbo.
9:17 pm on December 22nd, 2013
For the record we did not steal Rio’s avatar.
9:20 pm on December 22nd, 2013
For the record, we thought about it, but didn’t do it.
9:26 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Avatar!….It is here – I found it…sniff!…Columbo is on and he is gathering clues!…heh!heh!
9:29 pm on December 22nd, 2013
But Columbo doesn’t grab a perp’s pant leg, he drives them crazy!
9:44 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Barb, I’m pretty sure. I have my two Siber friends I see at the dog park every day…girls.. Then their mom takes them home and the rest of my day is blissfully quiet.
I agree, Neshka is a cutie.
9:52 pm on December 22nd, 2013
siber, you must look at our video posted at the bottom of page 3
9:53 pm on December 22nd, 2013
I thought that last sled dog cookie looked like Junior!
Pancho&Lefty: I would be most honored to be escorted by Annabelle if I am lucky enough to make it to Anchorage.
I am almost done watching Home Alone. I’ve never seen it before.
9:53 pm on December 22nd, 2013
My sister needed me to come over for a bit. Her driveway hadn’t been plowed (she has a service). I parked at the end of her driveway so I wouldn’t get stuck and got stuck anyway. Carpola! Couldn’t get the snow shovel under the car enough so had to lay on my belly and dig it out with my hands. I am all wet (and cold).
10:01 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rio, No more flying, ever!
Night all.
10:01 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Since Daddy Dawg let us get on the bed at 6:30 this a.m., (did we mention it was raining?) , mom has been Cap’t Grumpy pants. Something about washing bedding on the wrong day? Anyway, it is raining again but cooler than it has been in 4 days. Nighty night.
10:03 pm on December 22nd, 2013
CHOBBIT!…gasp!…If you get sick, so help you!…grunt!…Go take an Airborne right now…snuffle!
10:08 pm on December 22nd, 2013
CHobbit: If it wasn’t for bad luck…
I’m reading about icicles. Not real good news.
10:13 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Barb&Maggie: I’m of the opinion that most of the traveling snafus happen over the holidays. When I was working it was always my hope that I would be stranded away from home thereby extending my vacation. Never happened.
10:22 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Macy! Thanks for that video! It is amazing and cute. I have never seen such a young one howl before. That dog will grow up to be a champ
10:23 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Dawson: I have already decided for you.
10:26 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Fellow Sibers, You have to see Macy’s video. My dad just watched it.
10:28 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Howling!…Oh my dawg! Now I know exactly why SiberH is an only child after watching that baby Siber howl…wheeze!
10:34 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Macy finds the best videos. There were a couple of moments when the howl kind of seemed like purring.
10:44 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Speaking of pups, we have a freshly hatched litter here at the kennel. Bonnie is the mama and Orion the rescue dog is the paw. Luna and I have been supervising the Giant with the new brood. He has snuggling and loving down pat, but has opportunities for improvement in the cooing department. Pancho and Lefty have offered to babysit several times. The answer remains aintnevergonnahappen.
10:46 pm on December 22nd, 2013
More puppies! YAY
10:47 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Notice important details like how many were not noted. If Rebecca were home…
10:47 pm on December 22nd, 2013
AJ has three little bear cubs (aka pups) in his arms in the photo. Notice the eyebrows of one bear cub.
10:50 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Awww More sled dog puppies…future Iditarod heroes.
AND, look at all the snow!!!
10:50 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Macy, that video is amazing. Mom says no husky she has ever known ever tried howling this young. She says they aren’t even aware of a howl at that age. We agree with Siber…that kid will be a champ.
10:52 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Details! My lady met the pups briefly before she left on an aeroplane. I can tell you the following details: both of the majors genders are represented with two boys and four girls, they are black or brown and black, Orion is pretty proud of himself, and my Lady loves them. They have remained silent about their names this far, but my Lady will figure out their names eventually.
10:54 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Puppies! And we will get to meet them and smell them when we go way up north.
(Whispering) Are the Giant’s hands really that big?
10:55 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Four!….How come I see 4 sets of shining eyes and one set of eyebrows in that photo?…snort!
10:57 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Howler: One of my favorite things in the world is when a pup yarks for the first time. It usually scares them and they look around for where the noise originated. Pups—the world will never be that new again.
Staff: Yes! His paws are that big. At 6’4″, he grew into his paws. We’re hopeful that Charlie will do the same with his ears.
11:00 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Rio: I wag corrected. It was nice of the pups to wear team colors, but it makes it difficult to see against the Giant wearing team colors, too.
11:00 pm on December 22nd, 2013
It is beddy bye time here. Good night all. Remember, he sees you when you’re sleeping.
11:03 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Howlers: Yeep! We have to sleep even when we are sleeping? We can’t catch a break.
11:04 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Santa knows I’ve been good. I emailed him and told him so.
Night All
11:06 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Behave not sleep! Gah!
11:09 pm on December 22nd, 2013
We wonder if SiberH would mind putting in a good word for us. Luna refuses to do so.
11:32 pm on December 22nd, 2013
I see no puppies in photo. Oh well. Six pups. With them being born so close to Christmas maybe a Christmas theme is in order. Notice how some of Santa reindeer have ‘racing’ names: Dasher, Prancer, Comet, Blitzen, Dancer. Maybe one can be Miracle for the Christmas miracle. Rudolf, of course. Mary. Carol (for Christmas carols NOT because it is my given name-heh).
Round 4 done. Please Santa no more snow before Christmas. How can a hobbit be naughty (or nice) if she is exhausted?
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/1746924
11:35 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Hobbit: We can help you be naughty. It’s not as hard as one might think.
11:45 pm on December 22nd, 2013
P&L: I am much older than you so both can be hard at times. (How old are you in human years?). I spent most of the day resting when not shoveling. I am one tired dog.
11:59 pm on December 22nd, 2013
Hobbit: we will be 42 in human years on Valentine’s Day. We have been led to believe this is more than two. We are also good at taking naps. We can help you with that, too.
12:22 am on December 23rd, 2013
Home safe and sound and so very exhausted. Will be back after some sleep.
12:25 am on December 23rd, 2013
Pictures of the dogs. Boots thinks she is a lap dog. She is part Husky and part Border Collie.
12:30 am on December 23rd, 2013
Scout is a mover and shaker. Sorry about the out of focus picture.
12:32 am on December 23rd, 2013
And check out Boots ears. Remind you of anyone?
12:33 am on December 23rd, 2013
Noel is also a good name, Yule, Star too. How about Harold, as in Hark the… Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh
or cookies
sugar, ginger, chip…hmmm
Those dogs need to plan a little better so as not to have tiny pups in the frigid winter.
I think I should sleep now. Niters!
12:34 am on December 23rd, 2013
Glad the Royal Parents are home safe and sound.
Hi Boots and Scout.
12:41 am on December 23rd, 2013
Boots! Who’s a good boy?
Macy: We think the pups should be named after us. Our Lady says no. She says no a lot.
Nighty night, nutter butters.
12:42 am on December 23rd, 2013
Tree came down on our outbound trail. Stopped a 14 dog team on a down hill grade pulled out the ax, cut it up and on we went. Thought you might all enjoy a glipmse of a day in the life…. Only to come home and shovel roofs.
