Patches is in BIG trouble!

Hello, everydoggie, kitty, hamsterrier, bear and hooman! It's me, Poppy! I heard PorkChop telling all of you about our cold weather on Wednesday. Well, it's not over YET! It is only 20 degrees, here, this morning and I literally freeze my tail off every time I go outside. I heard Mom saying something about "Where the heck is Al Gore with that global warming thing when you need him?"

Do you see this look on my face? It's because I can't believe what Patches did! She is in sooooo much trouble! We have an area in our hallway where there is a seam in the carpet. Through the years, Penny's and my hooge toenails started to rip the seam, so Mom had someone come in and fix it. They did a crappy job, but at least it was better than a frayed out seam. Well, the other morning, our mom was in the 'puter room and she heard what she thought was one of us de-stuffing a stuffie. No big deal...it happens all the time. Well, when she finally came out of the 'puter room, Patches was munching on that seam in the carpet. Mom took a swat at her and missed, but then she started yelling lots of HBO words! There is no picture of the eaten area because Mom covered it up with a throw rug and she's too upset to take a picture of it. We really need new carpet, but until our mom gets another job, there will be no new carpet (or anything else).

Our mom keeps trying to get a good picture of us playing bitey face so here's yet another attempt. Since we usually have a great game of bitey face right after our 6 p.m. trip outside, Mom has decided to keep the camera right next to the chair where she does her needle felting. So far, it's working pretty well. She even got a short movie of us, but so far, stupid Vista hasn't been able to upload it. She says she will keep trying. She may have to send it to the old computer and post it from there. Once again, she's saying HBO words about the inventors of Vista. She would like to see them tazered! We told her that's pretty mean, but she doesn't seem to care!

Patches likes to lounge on the living room floor, surrounded by stuffies. I don't know if you can see them, but there are some teeny tiny white spots on the carpet right in front of the coffee table. (You may have to click on the picture to biggify it) Those are tiny styrofoam balls that somedog (ME!) shook out of Pokey the giant lion. Our mom keeps saying he isn't long for this world, but I don't know what that means. I hope it doesn't mean he's headed to the trash barrel because every night I just HAVE to perform a secret ritual on him! Mom is hoping to get a video of me doing that, but so far...no luck! I am one quick doggie!

Patches was thinking about taking a bite out of Pokey, but I snuck in and grabbed him out of her jaws of death right after our mom snapped this picture. He's MY Pokey and I don't tolerate anydog else putting their lips or teefies on him! See that white toybox in the center of this picture? Well, that was a ginormous toy box that Dad made for US! We never even got to use it because Mom claimed it for all her needle felting stuff. That is soooo unfair, but she says she needs it to keep all the wool away from us doggies. Whatever, Mom...we'll just keep all our stuffies piled up in the corner and scattered all over the house!

Last night, Mom found a spot on Patches' neck that she thought was a tick. After she was done freaking out, she got a flashlight and had Dad hold Patches so she could look at it. It wasn't a tick! It looks like maybe a Poppy bite!...or maybe a Penny bite. We aren't sure who the guilty party is, but we DO know it's not a tick and it doesn't seem to be infected. Every once in a while, when the 3 of us get really rowdy and we're doing lots of Aire-snaps, somedog squeals. When that happens, our mom yells at us, but she usually can't figure out which dog did the squealing. Patches' bite probably happened during one of our many Aire-snapping sessions.

Well, furry friends, that's about it for today!

Aire-hugs,

Poppy (and Penny & Patches too!)