These Boots are Made for Walking - NOT

A great big truck with a big rolling thing on the back stopped at our house yesterday.  Dada had dug up a long strip of grass from the front yard to the back lanai and also a big spot out front.  He put boards around these dug out spots and we thought he was making a little swimming pool and river for us to play in.  I was so excited until this truck shows up and a couple of workers with wheelbarrows.

We watched from the front window and saw this gray stuff coming out of a shoot from the big truck into the wheelbarrows and these 2 guys were just running with the filled wheelbarrows.  It looked like a race so we wanted to see who would win.  Dada stood in the gray stuff  making it nice and smooth while the two guys ran around with the wheelbarrows full of the gray stuff.  The guy in the truck just sat there and pushed a button.  Mama was supervising the whole thing.  Why she let dada wear brand new WHITE boots in the gray stuff I'll never know. They were pretty much done with everything in about an hour.  We never did figure out who won and what the prize was.

So we woke up this morning and all the gray stuff was really hard and we could even walk on it.  Dada keeps talking about the sidewalk and patio, both places I was hoping to dive into.  But that dream is dead.  Maybe I'll go roll in some dirt, at least I can get a bath in the laundry tub.  Happy tails, DeDe  

Goodbyes are Always the Hardest Part...

We put Allen and Vanessa on the airplane back to the artic in Minnesota today.  It was hard to say goodbye but we sure did a lot of  fun stuff with them.  On Friday, we all went canoeing down the Estero River and got off just before it started to rain.  Then on Saturday, we headed over to Pine Island for the best seafood chowder made on earth.  At least that's what mama said, we weren't allowed inside the restaurant but the view from the car was nice, it was right on the ocean.

Then we all headed to see Spike and Joey in the Tampa area for fishing and football on Sunday.  Cousin Mary and Pat are from Illinois so we all had to root for the Bears.  They needed all the help they could get.  Didn't work.

On Monday, we stayed home while they went sailing out of Fort Myers Beach.  The beach was a favorite spot for the young folks and they spent a lot of time down there.  I think Allen might have been interested in looking for girls but why I don't know.  DeDe and I were around all the time just looking for attention.  Why go to a beach and look for girls?  Vanessa liked all the shopping.  She wanted to help the economy down here.

The weather was pretty nice, dada didn't work for a couple days and some of the neighbors were pretty worried about him, mama had fun planning activities and the kids saw all kinds of neat things down here.  We almost quit barking at them by Monday.  Happy tails, Mojo

The Kids are Alright

Allen and Vanessa are here for a visit and boy have they been busy.  We don't even see mama and dada anymore.  Its like we've moved down a couple of notches and we didn't even do anything.  But at least they are having fun.  They got here Tuesday and it was zero in MN when they left and about 80 when they arrived here so they were both smiling a lot when they got off the airplane.

Wed. morning they all left for a boat trip with Captain Ken to see manatees.  They saw some in the river and learned a lot about manatees.  At least they didn't bring one home. I guess it wouldn't fit in the trunk and when mama wouldn't give up her seat in the car, they decided against it. They can hold their breath for up to 20 minutes so giving them a bath could be tricky.  A couple of ladies on the tour  boat were even trying to put the moves on Captain Ken but he made it clear right up front he was married.  Put "captain" in front of your name and the ladies go nuts.

Then today they were off to the Everglades to see alligators and ride an airboat.  I guess mama was holding on so tight she bent the metal bar she was holding on to.  Captain Rob drove like a maniac and when mama asked him if he drives his car like that, he told them he doesn't even have a drivers' license.  But they had a blast, the weather was awesome, they saw lots of birds and alligators.  After the tour, they even got to hold an alligator named Buster.  Now I know I'm cuter than any alligator any day of the week but you should see all the pictures of Buster.  Big deal, you're an alligator. Anybody need a purse?  Happy tails, DeDe

To Tile or Not to Tile, That is the Question

What started out as a very quiet week quickly turned into a crazy week thanks to Pat and Cousin Mary.  They came up for part of the week to look at houses in the Cape Coral area and actually put a bid on a house that is about a mile away from us.  That just means one thing - we'll be seeing a lot more of Spike and Joey, the Boston Terrors.  We are all on pins and needles now to see if they actually get the house.  They looked at so many that Mary's head was spinning after looking all day.  Thank God for Aqua Net.

This was all going on as dada tried to get the lanai tiled.  As you can see, it was one-half green grass and one half cement.  I think we had to get rid of the grass inside cause the lawn mower wouldn't fit thru the door anymore.  So he had to put down tile instead.  That just makes sense.

Mama and dada found the tile in Fort Myers.  It is special nonskid tile so when it gets wet, mama won't go falling on her head and putting a dent in the floor.  Dada was worried about that.  It took two trips with the trailer to get the tile home cause it was so heavy and so that was two tolls they had to pay which didn't make mama very happy.

So now dada is out front digging the patio, I'm forced to go to the dog park, mama is on Craigs list again and DeDe is trying to bite me.  Gotta finish this blog and get an ad on Craigs List, "Free dog, annoying as hell..."  Happy tails, Mojo

You Say La-Nay, I Say La-Nie

The lanai out back was done yesterday.  Now some people call it a la-nay and others call it a la-nie. However mama and dada say it, most likely it will be wrong. Whatever, its a screened in patio which was doubled in size.  The three amigos who worked on it scared the heck out of me at first so I barked really loud at them. I kept an eye on them pretty much all day. Its what I do.

This morning mama took off for rummage sales and whatever she could find and left us at home to watch dada finish painting the outside of the house.  Not fun but the house looks good.

Then we were off to the Waggin Tails Dog Park, something mama insisted that we join even tho we hate it.  All these other dogs are very annoying, barking, pooping right in front of you, chasing you, smelling butts they don't even know.  Its insanity.  But she keeps taking us there and saying "play, play."   How can we play when we are constantly watching our butts and where we step?  After she tortured us there, she dragged us downtown to the Cape Coral Arts Festival. For some reason, dada didn't want to go.   And did we get the looks, especially Mojo, everybody asks, what is she, where did she get the spots, blah blah blah.  Hello? Am I invisible?   And then some guy says to mama that he has 5 mini doxies, that its like potato chips, you can't stop at one and I could just see the wheels spinning in mama's head, she got that crazy lady look, oh no, pretty soon we'll wake up and they'll be another one tormenting me.   But enough of my troubles, I have to go bite Mojo.  Happy tails, DeDe

Just Ask Gary (and Little Steve)

All I want is some peace and quiet but NOOOOOOOOOOO.  The last couple of days have been crazy here, there have been people going up into the attic and because we are so short we can't even get on a ladder to see what the heck is up there.  First dada was up there crawling around pulling wires, why he has to go in the attic to do that, I don't know.  He can pull wires right here and then he had to wrap some pipes.  I don't know who he is giving pipes to but it must be pretty secret since he has to hide up in the attic to wrap them and we don't even know anybody who smokes a pipe.

Then Gary and his brother Little Steve came over to tear out all the duct work and again, we didn't even know we had any up there, I never heard any quacking . They tore some fiberglass stuff out and did it stink.  That was worse than after bean burrito night around here.  Today they are putting all new stuff up there so we will have AC and heat, so far we haven't had either.

Gary and Little Steve do this work all over the area, Gary spends most of his time up in the attic and comes down all wet.  Nobody told us there was a shower up there too, what other secrets are these people keeping from us?  And Little Steve ain't so little, this makes absolutely no sense to us since he weighs around 350 pounds.

Maybe tomorrow they'll be done and we can close up the attic.  At least the ducts should be happy they have shower.   Happy tails, Mojo

Happy New Blog

Boy it has been busy around here, we had so many people here on Thursday I didn't know who to bark at first, it was very confusing, should I bark at Jack, the guy working on fixing the gutters that were wrecked by overgrown trees or at Kerry and Kerry, the guys who we found on Craigslist who came over to put in new doors.  The doors in the house were so ugly I threw up in my mouth a little bit when I looked at them.  Now we have nice white doors.  We had a new front door put on too.

Jack was a little skeptical about having his photo taken when mama asked him.  He said he was "wanted."  Who would want him I am not sure. He wore lots of necklaces with his sweat pants so I guess he was talking about the ladies wanting him.  I can see that.

Kerry and Kerry are a father/son team so it was easy keeping them straight.  They worked all day here so we got pretty used to them, we were even a little bored with them.

We have had really nice weather this week, dada has worked on sprinklers for over a week now.  They were a mess but he had holes all over the yard so we had some new places to sniff. He is slowly getting them to work so now we can take showers instead of baths.  Sometimes its just easier.

Happy tails and Happy 2011!!!  DeDe