This is a picture of today’s Post-Dispatch Website (www.stltoday.com) in which they have made their already ugly and hard to use website even uglier and harder to use by slathering advertising for the new casino in town all over it. Ridiculous.
I’m even a fan of the new casino, but this is just a stupid idea.
So my dad sent me a video of a funny commercial with a cute dog today, I’ll replay it here:
If you watch it, you will notice that it starts off with the sound of a doorbell. Upon hearing that doorbell for the first time, Kuma sprints to her window in the living room, barking and tail wagging like there must be someone at the door. When she looks out, she sees the neighborhood German Shepherd being walked, which amps her up even another notch. She sprints into the office and puts her paws up on the windowsill, barking out the front window:
So, this is a new thing for her, it’s kind of cute. She’s put her paws up a couple times since then, and she’s fallen for the doorbell sound in the video every time. The funniest thing is this: we don’t have a doorbell. She must have picked up that sound while staying at the Grandparents’ house. Either that, or a crazed reaction to a doorbell is ingrained in dogs.
This past Saturday, Katie hosted a gingerbread house building/Christmas movie watching party. She went out and bought four kits and went absolutely crazy with all the extraneous items she could think of to use for our houses. She pretty much bought out the candy isle at Schnucks. Once, Kim, Karen and I arrived, we popped in “Scrooged” and went crazy!
I think I was glad that this event wasn’t held at my house because we pretty much trashed Katie’s kitchen and Kuma would have gained about 10 pounds. There were candy, coconut flakes, icing, chocolate, gum, you name it, it was either on the floor, stuck to the table, on our clothes or in my hair. But it was all worth it. Four architectural masterpieces for your viewing pleasure. And, it would be fun if you could vote on which is your favorite! Let the contest begin!
KAREN’S TROPICAL GETAWAY
KIM’S QUAINT COTTAGE
JEN’S WHIMSICAL BUNGALOW
KATIE’S CHARMING CHALET
We all agreed that this event will happen again. It was a whole heck of a lot of fun, hanging out, being all crafty and eating as much junk food as we could in four hours. I could not think of a better way to spend a snowy Saturday.
I took way more pictures so if you’re interested, please click here. There are more pictures that may help you with your decision.
After watching the snow fall Saturday night, we awoke to a blanket of fluffy white snow on Sunday. Well, in order for us to do anything, we had to clear the walkway and driveway so we went out to do some shoveling.
Even with her snow coat on, Kuma did not enjoy being out in the cold and having her paws all cold and wet. She wouldn’t venture off the walkway. What a baby.
This was a forward sent to Bob from his dad. It is so true.
1. You can’t see out the passenger side of the windshield because there are nose-prints all over the inside. (Actually, you can’t see out of the side windows on the passenger side and backseats due to major Kuma snot.)
2. You carry dog biscuits in your purse or pocket at all times. (I have a picture of Kuma as my background on my cell phone, does that count?)
3. You have baby gates permanently installed at strategic places around the house, but no babies. (No baby gates, she gets the run of the house.)
4. You have little songs that you sing to your dog, and she always wags when you sing, even though you can’t carry a tune. (No singing, I draw the line at singing.)
5. You like people who like your dog. You despise people who don’t. (I LOVE people who like my dog. I only like/tolerate people who don’t.)
6. Your bedroom door has a doggie door. (We just keep our door open so Kuma can come in and out as she pleases.)
7. You put an extra blanket on the bed so your dog can be comfortable. (If you mean on her bed, then yes. If you mean on our bed, then yes.)
8. Your dog owns more clothing and toys than your neighbor’s children. (She does have a box of clothing, that’s not too much, is it?)
9. You sign and send birthday/anniversary/Christmas cards from your dog. (Guilty! She’s the star of our Christmas card! And isn’t she ADORABLE?)
10. You decide you might have kids so the dog will have playmates. (Uh, no. She’s not a sharer. Kuma likes to be the only child, furred or unfurred.)
11. You talk about your dog the way other people talk about their kid. (Yeah, we must really bore our friends. No wonder they don’t invite us to do anything.)
12. You tell your relatives you aren’t coming unless the dogs are invited too. (Actually, Bob’s dad won’t let us come over without Kuma. It’s really her that he wants to see, we are only invited because we are the means for her to get to New Town.)
13. You’d rather stay home on Saturday night and cuddle your dog than go to the movies with your sweetie/friends. (See Number 11.)
14. You care more about getting your dog’s supper ready on time than your spouse’s. (Bob has thumbs, Kuma doesn’t. He can make his own supper.)
15. You make your significant other sleep on the couch because there isn’t enough room for the three of you. (Bob doesn’t sleep on the couch, but he does hold onto the edge of the bed for dear life because Kuma will use the wall as leverage to push against me, which in turn, pushes against Bob. She is a bed hog.)
