We are all waiting for a baby.  A very important baby.  NO! Not THAT baby...Nana's new baby.  But in honor of that Other Baby, Nana has decided that I should practice my manners.  I have stopped drooling, licking, pushing people down the stairs just because they are slow and old (Sorry Nana) and now I am required to only cross my legs at my ankles.

Nana says it is a) good for my circulation. B) shows breeding - because after all, my dad was Prince Charming Maxwell, and c) Nana said I had to do it.

I always do what Nana says.
LOLLOLOLOLOL

Remember I told you that I was stealthy?

 

So, I waited until Nana was nicely curled up watching something goofy and I oozed up to her so I could be petted on. 
Nana is so well trained that when I am close by she just naturally starts to pet on me and I let her because it makes her feel good and then...wait for it...I smiled at her.

Heehheeeehhhheeee Nana nearly had a heart attack!  I have these mag-nifi-cent teeth and my canines - no pun intended - are beautiful and loooong.  So when Nana looked over at me to make sure she was petting me exactly where she should, she saw two (2) !!! sets of long white teeth. 




She made me spit it out. 

So mean Nana.  So mean.

Stealthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy

I am A Therapy Dog.  I am important and I have learned that some people are afraid of dogs. So I watched a video on cats.

Cats are sneaky.  They are very clever and stealthy.  Like a B-! bomber.  So I paid particular attention to how to sit next to a person without being noticed.  I practice and I practice and even though Nana will NOT change the carpet or dye my fur to match it NOW, I have learned to be stealthy.

See????

Just the other day, she was WELL AWARE of me.  Now, she doesn't even see me. 

You can be stealthy too.  Nana is.  You just have to be kinda like a cat.

By the light of the moon...silver

Did you see the Moon?  This is MY moon but Nana says that she suspects that yours looks quite a bit like mine.

Right beside my moon is a streetlight for when my moon is busy shining somewhere else.  Nana calls this a no moon, not a blue moon or a waning or waxing moon.  Just a gone moon.  As opposed to being mooned, this is a shining moon. 

Sometimes I think that Todd is just sitting on the star to the right of the moon.  Watching me.  Hi Todd!

The Boy said the blessing on the food tonight.  My family tends to wander a bit because they like cold food and The Boy is on his soapbox.  On and on, and I am dying here...and then he says, "And please Toddie, that he will do good in Heaven."

Todd.  He did not like cameras. But he did good here and he will do good in Heaven.  He will be laughing and horsing around with Peanuts and Auggie, Boots, Major, Peta, Porky and Bess - its going to be great.

I miss him too. Nana says it is ok to miss someone who dies.  They loved us and their love surrounds us like a blanket. Only their love never leaves.  Its there forever and ever.
Nana says when you love someone, they never really go away.  Their spirit stays close to you always because you belonged to each other.

Looks pretty clean, doesn't it?  This is The Playroom.  Its where the kids come but the windows are the best because you can see out of them (Thanks Grandpa!) and see them coming!

I am going to sit myself down here for a while and wait til those little children come home.  I don't understand: they get in the Big Machine and GO and then the Big Machine comes and throws out the little kids and it sits and stays. No one waters or feeds it.  Too noisy.

I would watch for you too...if you were going to come on over.  We'd love to have you!  Nana made cookies! What are you waiting for?  C'on! This is about as good as its gonna get!  Just bring your suits but we got lotsa towels. 
Hurry!
I will be watchin' for ya!

Good morning!  You are going to have to look really close at my picture.  Do you see the head phones?  Little Miss Texas and Little Miss Arizona put these on my ears.  Ha ha, they didn't notice that I have flaps over my ears especially designed to keep this kind of stuff away.

Little Miss Texas believes that I am listening to Country and Western and while I do think Faith Hill is very pretty, she is wrong.

Little Miss Arizona believes that I am listening to Rock and Roll and while I do like Olivia Newton John is quite wonderful, she is also wrong.

I am listening to Rachmaninoff, Concerto number 3 because it is Nana's favorite and I am sucking up to her because she knows where the dog treats are.

Of course, all of this is nonsense.  These are doll ear phones. lol