Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Super belated birthday dinner

As promised, we did get steak for our birthday. Just days late.

Steak! One for each of us.

We had to supervise. Mom can burn stuff. 

It was a little warm for Isabelle to be outside, but she wanted to supervise too. 

We made sure that the steaks were grilling right. 

Mom still hasn't gotten us presents to destroy, but the steak was pretty good. 

Here's a little video of us eating. 

Thanks for hanging in with us while mom slacks off on the blog. Her new job is really keeping her busy, and she's studying for exams. Maybe one day, she'll be done with all this school business!

Party poopers

Well, this weekend was no party. Saturday morning started really early with *some* pugs pooping on the bedroom floor. Then someone peed on the foot of the bed. A great way to start the day. 

After grumbling about that all day and doing laundry (thank pug for waterproof mattress covers), mom was going to grill some steaks for our supper. Unfortunately, Petunia started throwing up. 

Does this look like a sick pug to you?

And she did it all day long. Last time was 5 am Sunday morning. So no yummy steaks for any of us. :(

But it's now nearly 6 pm Sunday and paws crossed, no more vomiting. Petunia got small meals of rice and banana then a little beef broth and applesauce added today. We're thinking it was a stomach bug versus an obstruction. Although, she has been gutting stuffies and chewing the heck out of the squeakers. Or she might have eaten a slug or something outside. Anyway, she seems to be doing better.  

So we'll celebrate next weekend. Mom gets a four day weekend (whoo hoo!) so we can really party! Instead, we did a lot of this. 

Hope your weekend was better!

We are 6!

Today is our 6th birthday. Where does time go? Mom's been super busy with her new job and completely forgot to buy us presents and noms. She swears she will make it up to us this weekend. 

In the meantime, enjoy our birthday picture!  

Long time, no blog!

First, we had to get ready for Pugapalooza. Then we did Pugapalooza. Then mom had to rest after Pugapalooza. That took up most of May. Then a crazy, whirlwind happened. 

Mom has a new job! She had to wait until today to let everyone know. She starts on June 17. It's the same pay, but different responsibilities and different people. The best part? It's a 3 minute commute! That means mom can come home for lunch to let us out and actually eat too! 

This is a great thing for mom. She's going to be a lot happier which is always good. 

We promise to blog about Pugapalooza soon. It was our best yet. 

Broccoli and cauliflower and carrots, oh my!

Mom got it together and planted a late winter garden this year. 

Thanks to the cool weather and oodles of rain, it's doing great!

It's just a little garden bed, 4'x4', but it's got some goodies in it. 

 There's carrots, those lacy looking leaves.

This is the spinach. 

 And broccoli! We even have little heads forming! 

PS. If you see those holes in your cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage), look for little green worms. They will eat 100% of your plant. Pick them off or use an organic pesticide like Bt (bacillus thuringiensis) or neem oil. Safe for eating and doesn't kill birds or beneficial insects like bees. 

We also have potatoes and cauliflower growing. Hopefully in a few weeks, we'll have a nice harvest of broccoli and cauliflower. Carrots and potatoes will take a little longer. The spinach should be growing better, but there may be too much shade from the broccoli and cauliflower. 

When everything is done, mom will trade these out for some summer crops. We have a summer bed too with tomatoes, eggplant, green beans, zucchini and squash. Mom will plant the same thing in the winter bed so we have more produce all summer and into fall. 

Yay for fresh veggies!

And yes, that fence is up to keep us from helping ourselves to the produce.