pics for the humans

It's the Mom here. I thought I would include some of the pictures we took of some scenic things we saw on the trip out here to Oregon. We didn't stop much. We made it in 3 days which is pretty good with two cats, two dogs, two kids and a turtle. We stopped and stayed at a Motel 6 in Kearney Nebraska that gave us a half price military discount. Which is always nice. Peanut and Flash were amazingly good. :)

Here is the Missouri River

Here is an arch in Nebraska. It was neat and the picture isn't very good so check it out here

Here is a little store in Utah we stopped at. The old guy running it had to close up to go down the street and run the gas station. :)

The sunset.

The Multnomah Falls here in Oregon. We've got more pictures to share later but thought we would start you guys off with these.

Pics and more pics

hey everybody how is it going? We are having tons of fun up at Grandma Careen's house. She has lots of room for us to run around and we get to hang out with Newman and Beautiful. Here are some pictures of us on our trip. Mom says she will put up the scenic pictures soon. You know those ones the humans want to see. We did get to see Grammie. She came up to Grandma Careen's and saw us. Mom delivered the Wally magnet to her also.

Here I am in the car at a stop.

Here is Flash at the same stop. I don't know what he's doing with his tongue.

Here are the cats in the back of the jeep. Sorry suckers had to be in cages. hahahahaha

This is me shoving my nubbie into our girl's neck. I liked to ride like this. She said it wasn't very comfortable.


This is Beautiful(yes that is her name). She decided our girl was a comfortable place to sleep. Our girl didn't even wake up or notice.

This is Flash and Newman. Newman loves the water and can swim for hours. I think he's a little touched in the head. Water is evil.

More pictures in another post asap.

We Made It

Hey everybody I wanted to let you all know we made it to Oregon. I will post more later but didn't want any of you to worry about us.

It's Friday

So I thought I would come and say hi before we go off on our road trip. Plus my lovely lady Kaos asked where the turtles and the cats are in all this moving hassle. Well the cats are here in the room with us. Peanut has actually been leaving the fat cat alone too. We also have one turtle with us. Clyde our wood turtle is moving with us. Drexler our red ear slider went to live with one of mom's friends where he has a girlfriend so he is totally happy there. That's it from here. Talk to you all when we get to Oregon.

Later Taters,
Flash

Dial-up

We are at the motel now. Which means I have a bed again which is good. I let mom and my girl share it with me or I sleep on the one I let Dad and our boy have.

Mom says there is only dial up in this place so while we are visiting every doggies and girl hamsters blog we can't leave comments as it takes way to long.

We leave here Monday for our road trip to Oregon. So there probably won't be any posts from me until we get there

Bark at you all later
Peanut

Moving=No fence

Yep can you believe it. Some awful people came and took our fence. It was there in the morning and when we wanted to go out again Mom and Dad put us on leashes because it wasn't there anymore. So we are not able to run around and play. I would like to get the guys who stole my fence. (mom's note: On base here you have to either buy your own fence or rent one and it must be removed before they will clear you from housing so no one stole the fence).

Plus we have no beds. The family is sleeping on blow up beds and we don't get to sleep on those. Flash and I are not totally upset though since we are getting to sleep on the blankets Grammie made for us.

Mom says only a week until we leave on our way to Oregon to see Grammie and Grandma Careen. Actually we get to see Grandma Careen first because she is coming down here to help Mom and Dad drive all that way.

Oh and we are still trying to get to all of our friends blog's and read what is going on but we haven't been able to leave to many comments.

Moving=More yelling

But not yelling at Daddy this time. Well the loader people showed up yesterday and something happened. I will just share with you all my mom's email to someone. I have cleaned up the bad language though.

Okay was sitting here waiting for the loaders to come put my stuff on a truck. Well they get here come in, walk around, ask us what they are taking and what they aren't and go out to their truck. Justen takes them the paperwork and they tell him (with me standing right outside) we have a call into the transportation inspector because they don't know if transportation will let them load our stuff because your house smells and is dirty with all the dog hair. Then he said and I noticed some stuff is not packed (like the stereo and microwave) and I don't get paid to pack stuff. Oh man was I pissed. Yep there is dog and cat hair on the floor because they packed up my stuff yesterday and moved everything around but my house DOES NOT SMELL. I'd even steam cleaned all the furniture, mopped the floors and cleaned everything to get it ready for the packers. So they are all standing around the truck waiting for the transportation guy to get back to them when Justen gets a call on his cell. It was the transportation guy saying when the loaders called they said there was dog feces all over the floor. Oh jesus I lost it. I started cussing and yelling (I was good and didn't cuss directly at the loaders though because that can get you in trouble). So needless to say we are now waiting for a different company to come and pick up our stuff. The transportation guy came and walked through the house, talked to us and I told him there was no way I was letting those people touch my stuff. You don't insult me and then make money off me. Well he said there was no reason for them not to be picking up our stuff since the house was fine. So the housing guy went out and talked to the driver of the truck and made the driver refuse pickup so they only get paid for their gas to get here and also get suspended from the list they use to pick loaders. haha Jack*** got what he had coming to him.

So that is what happened yesterday. The second company showed up later and had no problems coming in and taking our stuff onto their truck. So now we have no furniture except a few folding chairs and a blow up bed and a tv. Other then that not much else is going on here.

Moving=Yelling

Okay so I have to say this moving stuff makes mom yell. Mainly at Dad because she doesn't think he helps enough. She told me it will get worse once they come pick up all these boxes they packed yesterday and she has to start cleaning the house. She figures she will do most of the work and be mad at Dad for not helping enough. But hey he's Dad and that's the way it is.
So yesterday they came and packed up all our stuff. Flash and I got stuck in our kennels but mom gave us a bone and a peanut butter killed Kong so it was okay. Plus the movers got here at 9 and were done by 3. They come put it all on a truck today I guess so more kennel time for us. I think we are going to try and sneak out and make it to Simba's Pawty though.
And here is a picture of me trying to get mom to scratch my butt.

Moving=No couch

Okay so you all know my favorite place to be in the front room is the couch. Well last night mom steam cleaned the big couch, the love couch and the chair that all match. Now we are not allowed on them at all. She says they will be clean when the movers come tomorrow. I tell you this moving isn't great. Oh and she was so busy that we didn't get fed until midnight last night. What kind of crap is that? Huh? I was starving and wasting away to nothing. The woman needs to figure out that I need to eat by 9 o clock or she isn't doing it right. I hope there is a couch at either Grandma Careens or at Grammie's that I can at least take a nap on. What will I do without one until we get to Louisiana in October. I might just die.
Oh poor poor me.

moving=stress

Okay I tell you Mom is getting super stressed. The movers come on Thursday and she says she hasn't even gotten everything situated so they know what to pack and what not to pack. Plus now they have decided to clean the house to save the $225 so she is freaking out about that. Poor woman she won't be good until we actually clear housing. I remember what she was like when we left Germany. She about went crazy (though it isn't a very long trip for her to get there). So needless to say not much is getting done with me and Flash. Dad's been in the field but he starts clearing post tomorrow so he will be home to help mom more. Which is good she needs all the help she can get. hahaha Oh that was funny.
Thought I would leave you with a couple of pictures.
Flash looking cute I guess

Me not wanting to come inside and poking my head in the screen door to see if Flash will come out and play.

We are going to try and visit our buddies and post but if we don't then please forgive us the next couple weeks are going to be nutso here.

Funny story

Okay it's been so hot here we have been doing nothing.
The housing people came over yesterday and told mom and dad everything they have to replace (3 window blinds) and how they have to clean to be able to clear our housing. So lazy mom and dad decided they are just going to pay $225 and then the housing people will clean it and mom and dad don't have to worry. They don't even have to clean the fridge or stove. :)

So here is the funny story. This happened a few weeks ago and hopefully you can picture it in your head since there are no pictures.

A few weeks ago mom let Peanut and me outside to go potty before going to bed. When she decided it was time to come back in she opened up the back screen door. Well she happened to look down and right there on the ground (there is a little drop out of the back door just like one step down) was a FROG. You should have heard her scream. Oh gosh it was funny. She was yelling for dad and jumping up and down. I was just standing there by the door trying to get in and she's telling me not to come any closer and won't let me inside. Then Peanut came over and wanted to play with the FROG. Mom was shaking her leg at him to get him to leave the FROG alone so he decided he needed a different approach and went around to the other side of the screen door and reached his paw under it and got a hold of the FROG and started to pull it towards him. I guess those big paws and long legs of his come in handy sometime. Well mom figured out what he was doing and hit him with the screen door but he kept trying and she kept whacking him with the door and yelling. She didn't hit him hard of course. Oh goodness it was funny funny. I just sat there waiting to get into the house the whole time. Finally Dad came out (he was getting ready for bed) and picked up the FROG and put it over the fence. Our kids were laughing the whole time too. They find mom's fear of FROGs quite funny.
So that's the story. I hope you enjoyed it.
Hope everyone is keeping cool in this heat.

Later gators
Flash.

Cool site of the day

Hey check it out somehow I got to be the cool site of the day at dogmark
we don't know how it happened but we got an email telling us we were going to be in such company as Simba and Gomer and Opie and Hey it makes us happy.

Not much else going on, Mom is just cleaning and sorting getting ready for the movers next week.

Oh and our friend Mayamarie tagged us to do this so long ago and we haven't but I am doing it now.

1)Where is your favorite place to sleep? On my bed of course that I let mom and dad share.

2) Is there a specific trick you humans make you do to get treats? We just have to sit and stay.

3) If you could spend an entire day doing anything at all with anyone, what would you do and with whom? I would spend it playing outside with my kids.

4) What is your favorite toy? My Jolly Ball

5) If you could change one thing in your life, what would it be? I would get rid of Shelby that cat annoys me.

I Can't decide

Okay for those of you wondering I was not making a doofus face in that picture Flash posted. I was yawning and mom caught it at the right moment. It's a pretty cool picture though.

So this weekend was so hot that we didn't get to go out much. We played with our chubby buddy
Wally sent us. Mom thinks it is the best toy ever because we haven't ripped it apart yet even though I usually have any stuffed thing unstuffed and in pieces within 5 minutes. She says she is going to get us more so Thanks Wally.

Since there wasn't much to do I had a lot of time to think this weekend. I am turning 4 in November and am trying to decide who I want to be like when I grow up. I have it narrowed down to 3 choices I think.
They are in no particular order
1. Joe Stains Because he's tough and funny.

2. Sherman because who else looks this cool in a raincoat and he lives with Penny.

And last but not least
3. Wally because he's smart and loves food as much as I do.
So what do all your doggies think? Maybe I can just be as tough as Joe, as cool as Sherman and as smart as Wally. Do you think that's possible?

I'm Back

Yep everyone it's me Flash. I haven't posted for a few weeks since there has been nothing going on here at all. I thought I would come grace you all with my cuteness today though. Here I am just chilling out in the yard. Mom was watching me to make sure I didn't run off. You can see Peanut's butt there in the corner

Yesterday was the first day of school for our kids. Here is our boy and our girl waiting for the bus. As you can see our boy is quite the little ham. He always wants to be doing something weird when his picture is taken. He is in the 1st grade this year and our girl is in the 6th. It was kind of a depressing day since we only had mom at home. Not that we don't love mom but she just isn't our kids.


I thought I would leave you with this doofus face

Later Taters,
Flash

P.S. Hi Kaos my love.

Blankets and Presents

Sorry we haven't posted in a few days. We were depressed about Oscar and then mom was getting the kids ready to go back to school. They went back today. Oh and mom said to say we might not get to post to often between now and the 27th as that is when we leave to go home to Oregon to visit and she has to clean our whole house so we can clear housing and get everything ready for the move to Louisiana. I will try and post at least every couple of days though.

So a few days ago you know what came in the mail? Our blankets from our Grammie. We were so so excited.Here we are checking them out. Well I made Flash wait until I was done before he could look.

Here is my blanket. See how it is all U.S. Army and tough. It even has a tank on it. Which is cool because Dad used to be a tanker before he was a scout. Then there is my name patch that my Auntie made. Thanks Auntie Shalon

This is Flash's blanket. It has little army bears all over it. That green patch is his name patch. I think it's kind of a baby blanket but he likes it so who's to say.

Thanks so much Grammie and Auntie Shalon.
Special Note to Grammie, Dad and our boy say they would like some blankets also. Oh and thanks for the doggie crack to How did you know we were out?

Then yesterday we got a surprise in the mail. See me licking my lips. I can smell all the good stuff in there.

It came with this card Which says
Peanut
You are my new BFF- Buff furry friend- Please enjoy these snacks I picked out for you-especially the bully sticks

Wally (there is a little heart in front of Wally)

The Card had Wally hair in it. How cool is that. Wally is cool.

Here we are checking out all the stuff wally sent us.


We got (I only say we because Mom makes me share with Flash) 2 bully sticks, some Snack 21 Salmon snacks, Snack 21 herring strips, Northwest Naturals chicken liver treats for cats & Dogs (mom actually gave some of these to the cats, the fiend) and a Chubby Buddies nylabone toy which I think is a hippo. Mom is in love with the chubby buddies since I haven't chewed it up yet.
Here is a picture of Flash enjoying a herring treat

And me getting a bully stick. Mom wouldn't let me have both of them :(

And last but not least the other thing in the package was two wally magents. Yep I got two of them. WOO HOO. Mom says we have to give one to Grammie when we get home and we only get to keep one but that's okay. Mom and I both wanted a wally magnet and we can share. Mom put them up on the fridge already. She also said she isn't letting the movers touch the wally magnets, she will pack them in the car with us so there is no chance the movers can take them since we know once they are spotted the movers would want them for themselves.


Thank so much Wally you are the best Buff Furry Friend a guy could ask for.

RIP Oscar

Our dear friend Oscar passed away this morning. To young to go and we will miss him greatly.

Books

Okay we saw a whole bunch of you doggies doing your favorite books or letting your humans put up their favorite books. Well no one tagged us to do it but since my mom LOVES TO READ I thought I would let her put up her favorite books. Flash and I are not big readers. The top 3 are ones she rereads every year. Oh and she says she isn't going to describe them since most people know about them but if you don't you can click the link and it takes you to a Barnes and noble page about the book. On to mom's list.

1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
3. The Stand by Stephen King

The next ones are because she wanted to include some books about animals and these were some of her favorites.
4. All creatures great and small by James Herriot-She remembers Grammie giving her this book when she was younger
5. The Sweet Pickles children series-Mom says she remembers these books from when she was little and one day after having my girl she found some of them in a goodwill so she bought all they had.

So that is mom's list.

Dad has Harry now

Okay so mom only got to read like 100 pages yesterday of that Harry Potter book. So she started again this morning and is finished. Needless to say we didn't get to do much at all today since she was engrossed it.
She was sad, she laughed at times. She says it was very very good in fact.

Hopefully there will be something more exciting to report tomorrow since she won't be reading Harry.

Harry's Here

Sorry we haven't updated in the past couple of days. Mom has been busy keeping an eye on the two little kids next door since their parents are trying to clean their house because they are getting ready to move. We get more treats when they come over though since they like to feed us.

We got some travel bowls for our long trip to visit Grammie, Pappy, Auntie Shalon and Grandma Careen along with the rest of the family. Here are a couple pictures of us using them. Mom said she felt sorry for me because I had to push my whole head in there to get all the food because of my smushed up face. Flash didn't have to do that. I think that's okay as long as I keep getting fed.

Here is a picture of me and dad sleeping on the couch. He is actually asleep and I am laying on his legs. He didn't even notice. The one of mom and me is from later that night. She is awake though and I am getting down because I noticed Dad with the camera.

The new neighbor boxers are back from their trip to Florida so we have been spending time running up and down the fence line with them. It is fun fun fun. If only Flash would quit barking and just run. He's kind of stupid though so I don't know if he can.

I got an email from Grammie saying that our blankets are done but she is waiting for Auntie Shalon to put our initials on them so we will always know which one belongs to who. I hope she doesn't take forever. I am getting excited to see them.

Oh and that Harry Potter guy showed up at our house today. After hearing about him from lots of you I am going to be prepared to be neglected for a little while. But dad told me Mom will probably just stay up all night reading it and be done by tomorrow morning. So we will see. I will let you know.

Another email from Grammie

We got this email from our grammie

Peanut:
Tell your mom that our local humane society ( Columbia Humane Society) is in financial difficulty. Check out their website for more info. That is where I got Clara, Foley and Dawson. They are a no kill shelter. They will be having a garage sale in September. Maybe your mom has some stuff up at Grandma Careen's house that she could donate to them. I will be cleaning out my house over the next two months getting rid of many things. I am making my life much more simple. Donations can also be made through Paypal.
I am off to make sweet potatoes treats now.
Love,
Grammie

Go and read this letter and then check out the newsletter. This shelter is the only no kill shelter in the area where my mom and dad grew up and Grammie and Pappy and Grandma Careen still live.
My mom is going to donate money and also once she gets home she is going to go through the stuff she has stashed in Grandma Careen's shop and donate a lot of it to the shelter garage sale. She says she hasn't seen it for the past 4 years, since that was the last time she was home, so she must not need it very badly. Then she says she will probably go buy stuff she doesn't need from the garage sale since we will be home for it.
We think it would be a tragedy if this shelter closes. If anyone can help please do. Without this place I wouldn't have my aunt Clara and uncles Dawson and Foley.

Oh and on a happier note mom says she is so eating at this place when she gets home. It is new since she was home last (at least she thinks it is since she's never heard of it before) and she wants the chili dog. Plus you have to support the businesses that support the humane society.

Google searches

There is still nothing going on around here. Mom and the kids went to the water park today so we got stuck in our kennels. Plus mom is going through the whole house throwing out a ton of stuff. She says she is getting rid of stuff before the move but I just think she's a little odd.

Oh and I'm glad you all like my Grammie so much. She is cool isn't she? I am willing to share her though for a price. hahaha

Now to some Google searches which led to my blog

1. Pappy is cute: Hmm well okay personally I think he is more handsome then cute. You decide what you think with this picture of my pappy.

2. Foley looks like: Okay what is with this wanting to see my extended family members. Here is foley or maybe you meant who foley was named after my grammie's favorite professional wrestler Mic Foley

If you were looking for some other foley sorry we couldn't help you out. We think these are the best ones anyway.

3. Canned Beef tripe: Okay now I have to say mom bought some of this stuff and it was yummy yummy yummy. Flash and I loved it. But mom hated it. Said it stunk so bad that she was never buying it again. She recommends that if you can get it then buy frozen tripe as it is not anywhere as smelly as the canned stuff.

And last but not least for this week

4: Big Boys pee on trees: Why yes they do and our friend tadpole used to pee on his tree all the time until it was murdered by someone trying to send a message to his Massah. So here is a picture of Tad with his tree in happier times.

Friends

Nothing much is going on here at all. The family is going to see a movie in a little while so we will be stuck in our kennels.

I got this lovely email from Grammie on Fri.

Peanut:
I have been busy looking for new recipes for treats for when you come to visit. My friend Billie found the one for sweet potatoes. I will be making FROSTY PAWS also. I figure if this goofy group here likes the treats you and Flash will also.
I am going to try and get you and Flash a new blanket made also. If I can get them done I will send them so you can have them for the trip.
Love,
Grammie

I think I have the bestest grammie on the face of this earth.

Also my mom knows she hasn't listed all of our friends under friends on the side of the blog here so she wants everyone to go look and see if they are missing and if they are leave a comment and let her know so she can add you. I want her to get all my buddies up there.
Oh and mom says her toe is feeling better.

Hopefully something exciting will happen soon.

p.s to penny I emailed you days ago and haven't heard back. Did you get it?

I'm Rockin and mom's a klutz

My dear friend Lorenza awarded me with a Rockin guy blogger award. I am so excited. I saw all you girls getting them and got kind of jealous but now I have one and it is even a guy one.

So I get to award it to some other rockin guys. I guess I should share it with Flash since he does blog on here so I will do that and then want to give it to
Bernard
Cubby
Gomer and Opie
Duke
Texas and
Goofy

So take the logo and put it on your blog because you are all rockin.

Oh and my mom is a klutz. I would let Grammie tell you so also if she could get on here and type, she knows. Look what she did to herself last night. She tripped over a footstool (I had turned upside down which was right in the middle of the floor and she should have picked it up) and ripped up her toe. I tell you she hurts herself like this all the time. She might need walking lessons.

Oh and everything is now coming out all right in the backend.

Blue Hair and a tree for Tad

Okay our dear friend Tad has been looking into the activities of his Massah and trying to figure out why he was being shot at the other night and why his tree was killed. He posted today a picture of Massah's blue toes. Well after seeing them we think our mom must be in on whatever Massah is doing since she has blue hair. Check it out.

She actually told us it isn't as blue as she wanted because she used some other kind of dye (see she's trying to kill things dye or die I think she's just trying to confuse us by spelling it weird) then the one she normally uses.
Oh and then we went outside and found this


We think it's Tad's tree's brother. Hey Tad if you want this one we can dig it up and send it to you then you can make big boy pee pee on it.

Google searches

Mom has been saving up a list of some funny, some odd, and some very disturbing google searches that have led to my blog. So I decided which ones I wanted on here and here is the list.

1. I love my grammy: Now I spell it Grammie but yes I love her. She sends us dog treats and puts up with Flash being a licky loo when she comes and visits. We are waiting and trying to be patient for our trip to her and Grandma Careens house so we can see them all.

2. Boxer-Pug Cross: Hmm I don't go much for those designer dogs. While cute we don't quite agree that you should be breeding them. Go rescue a dog from a shelter instead.

3. Crossbone & Skull dog collar: See here to check out my great skull and crossbone collar I got from Kathleen at Snazy Petz. Link to her is included in post.

4. What does a baby pygmy snake look like?: Now to tell you I had no idea there was such a thing but after careful research I have only found pictures of rattlesnakes that are pygmys. Not something I want to meet ever.

5. Darryl Worley shirtless: Okay now we like Darryl Worley he sings the song posted on this blog in fact but really I have no idea how your search led you to my blog or why you would want to see him shirtless. Mom says she likes this search and might have to go do this one on her own.

and we saved this one for last. It is very disturbing so don't read it if you think it might bother you.

6. Photos of dogs being defurred in china: We don't know what is wrong with these chinese. They won't let people read our friend Wally's blog and now someone wants to see dogs being defurred there. That is just sick and we hope something evil happens to you. Why would you want to see that?

Okay on to other news. I am feeling a little better. I still have runny poo and mom says if it doesn't get better she is taking me to the vet. I am eating and drinking and playing like normal though. There should be a picture of the blue hair tomorrow maybe if I can get mom to take one and to get doggy crack go visit Mary . We love the stuff it is our favorite treat.