MUPPY AND GERTRUDE

2008-01-19T10:59:00.000-08:00

well, I have already broken one of new year's resolutions to post more on my blog. ugh. its been hard because the camera is completely gone, therefore i havent had pictures to post, which is KILLING me, but whatever. we are getting a new one soon, so hopefully all will be well. the babies are doing super well- they were spoiled rotten at Christmas time, as usual. They have just been up to the usual. Hopefully next time I post I will have more photos to show off- see ya all later.

2007-12-15T15:23:00.000-08:00

we have been way too busy to do anything! here are our Christmas card pictures- one is serious, for family, one is silly, for friends (per Steve's request).

2007-11-27T22:27:00.000-08:00

hello there-
I have no pictures to post but i will let you know that we had a delightful holiday- i am still waiting for pics from my sister of thanksgiving with the puppies so hopefully those will be here soon. Steve decided to give the girls ham and i think they liked it but we did not enjoy the gas that soon ensued afterward. anyway, just wanted to let everyone know we are alive- soon i will have christmas card pictures and joy!

2007-11-07T20:53:00.000-08:00

Okay, I finally got fancy and got some neat pictures onto the computer... Our friend works at Petco and I broke down and decided to get professional Halloween pics of the dogs.... behold (ps. I made my costume and the puppies' costumes. I am a witch, Gerti is a goblin and Muppy is a jack-o-lantern as I assume this is not apparent to everyone):

2007-11-01T21:16:00.001-07:00

i know i mentioned in my last post that there was much cuteness to come to our blog in the form of photos (Halloween photos to be exact) but we haven't gotten the prints back from the photographer. yesterday was Halloween and we went to the Winchester Mystery House, a mere 6 hours away... oy. it was well worth the trip though, although we were all very tired today... including the girls. i'm sure they slept the entire time we were gone as we do not get many trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood. i felt really bad about leaving them "overnight" (for literally about 12 hours) but i knew it really wasn't that long. anyway, i could not live with myself if i did not acknowledge that today is the year anniversary of our little blog... delightful!

2007-10-26T18:54:00.000-07:00

Hi there everyone. Very very soon I will have captivating photos with which to amuse and show the Halloween spirit in my household.... Alas, not quite yet. BUT I do have some delightful news in that Gertrude ("Choo Chee") made it onto the Owned by Pugs calendar for 2008! She is in July! Check it out if you so desire (C&P for my computer lack of knowledge-ness). http://www.ownedbypugs.com/index.php/2008CalendarContest/calendar/july . Thats all for now- soon though- much cuteness is at hand!

2007-10-16T23:12:00.000-07:00

OKAY- right off the bat I apologize for not having updated in 30 million years. There has been some insane busy-ness in out household, what with Halloween and other holidays coming up. I have been working furiously on costumes for myself, my husband, and the ladies. Hopefully all that hard work and neglect of the blog will be worth the cuteness i hope to post later on in the month once Halloween rolls around. I have not been able to snap any particularly entertain photos of Muppy lately, but I have some pretty dern cute ones of Gertrude. The ones of her in a pile of laundry are just that- she was really comfortable there while I was getting ready for work one morning and I had to snap a couple of shots of her from far away and close-up. Delightful. The other sets of shots are of Gertrude being scared by Steve's R2D2 toy thingie that is voice activated. That thing freaks her out to no end. Thats it- we are alive and well, just buuuuuusy.

2007-09-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

howdy there folks... i just thought i would throw in a little update about le girls- they are doing marvelously, they made a new friend last night- i guess a couple of new friends... Maeby the chihuahua and Nermal the cat. i think Maeby liked them a little more than Nermal, but what can i say? i also just wanted to say hi to my puppy niece Tilly and let her know she is in my thoughts as she recovers from being spayed. i think she will do fine though. thats all for now....

2007-09-12T23:16:00.000-07:00

Well, just a little sort of update- it has been too much lately with school and work to really be able to update with any kind of regularity. The girls are obviously upset with the new school situation since they decided to eat one of my hardcover school textbooks as well as chew the crap out of my brand new binder. Grrrrg. Angry times. but, what do I expect since they are home alone so much... sigh. Some fun times as of late were labor day weekend where we went to see my dad, sister and her boyfriend and Tilly... plus my dad's Australian Terrier Spike. Also, we took a trip to the Petco and tried on a jack-o -lantern costume for Muppy, potentially for Halloween... Gerti might be a frog, but I can't find any frog pet costumes so I will probably have to get crafty and make one. None of this is written in stone yet though so we will see. We will all definitely be dressed up, but as to what as I am not completely sure. Here are some pics- the group ones are of the girls and my family on labor day, and there is one lonely one of Muppy is jack-o-lantern form... although she doesn't look too thrilled about it.

2007-08-27T22:44:00.000-07:00

hey there- nothing much new going on with the girls- we got a new auto and school starts this week so life has been a little crazy. just thought i would make a quick update- pics of gerti playing monopoly with steve and i and our friends richard and kristina. also gerti trying to be a hat. muppy is not pictured because she was feeling very unfriendly that night. i will try try to post more frequently, although with impending school i don't know how possible that will be.

2007-08-04T10:34:00.000-07:00

Hey there doodles- we made it back alive! Actually, we have been back for about a week now.... Had a ton of fun, spent too much money- you know how it goes. The girlies missed us something fierce but I think we missed them more, especially when we were at the train station and saw a really cute (better groomed) similarly colored shih-tzu that reminded me of Muppy.... So well behaved. sigh. Anyhow, the girls have been adjusting well- We also had the carpet cleaned recently so they have been a tad confused as to where all of their delightful smells have gone. Hopefully they don't go and create new ones.... Really, other than that, nothing much has been up. We resumed movie night on Wednesday, so Gerti and Muppy were stoked to see their pals. Gerti decided to get a little friendly with our friend Samantha's arm somehow. Don't really know exactly what she was doing or trying to accomplish. Sometimes she just works herself into a frenzy over trying to attack peoples' hands. Its weird....

2007-07-27T11:18:00.000-07:00

HEY-lo, this is sara again.... actually blogging from the san diego comic-con. I didn't want too much time to pass before I talked about Muppy's special birthday numero 2, which was on Wednesday... which happened to be the day we left on the train for san diego. Anyway, when i stopped into the 3 dog bakery, i also picked up some stuff for Muppy- a cute bunny rabbit toy with a similar design to Gertrude's birthday elephant, as well as a HUGE cookie.... i couldn't find anything with shih-tzu in the title like Gerti's pug-bug, but what can you do. The morning before we left I made sure to wish her a happy birthday before we left... and although i haven't found anything for them yet, maybe i will find some toys for them at the comic-con. I miss them super ridiculously much.... but we are having a LOT of fun. some highlights were meetin MST3K guys (yeeeees) as well as seeing George Romero, a hero of mine.... but the convention is still young. the other night we got to see the puppies via webcam at my in-laws' house, because i just plain missed the crap out of them. maybe we will do that again tonight.....

2007-07-17T16:26:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody. Nothing too huge has been going on-I have been trying to take the dogs out for more walkies to wear them out a bit and give them more exercise (although they aren't really flabby or anything...). Yesterday was my day off so I met up with my friend Courtney for coffee at this hoity toity place near where we live called the Lakes. I have been there a few times with Muppy and Gertrude, and they seem to like it- sit in the shade and human-watch. Yesterday was particularly hot in Southern California where we live, so there was more sitting than walking, but it was still pleasant. Today I went back to work and saw a couple of REALLY cute Westies, one of which my co-worker might adopt. I love seeing puppies in the bank- it always brightens my day. And it just so happens i had my camera on me! So, those random cute white pups are them- not even named yet! Makes me miss Gerti and Muppy's cousin, Tilly.... sigh. Will report more later- Muppy's birthday is next week, on what happens to be preview night of the biggest dorkfest of the year in San Diego.... comic-con.

2007-07-11T19:58:00.000-07:00

Today is here! And you know what today is? My little pug baby's FIRST birthday! One year ago today she came in to this world, born to change the world! TURN THE BLOG WORLD ON ITS EAR!! Well, maybe not quite yet, but she has definitely improved my, Steve and Muppy's lives for the better! This week I was scheduled to be in training in sunny Pasadena, Ca, where there happens to be a Three Dog Bakery, which I heard a lot about about from Shelby's blog. So, I picked up some treats for Gertrude's birthday (and for Muppy's second birthday, which is on the 25th) and also a nice new elephant, because she loves her other smaller elephant, which we bought for her the day we got her. Among some of the CUTE snacks i got for the girls, there was a little lady-bug like cookie which i had to get for Gerti, as it is called a pug-bug, as well as some cute star cookies that were for Muppy so she wouldn't feel left out. Let me tell you, Gerti fell in love with that elephant the second I took it out of the bag, and seriously scarfed the ginormous pug-bug cookie. Muppy definitely seemed to enjoy the little star cookie too. I am so pleased that we (My friend and co-worker Janine who i carpooled to training with) went over there today on break! Definitely worth the look on my little birthday girl's face:). I will update more later, but i had to post some photos from the day!

2007-07-06T09:14:00.000-07:00

!happy belated 4th of July! hope everyone had a safe one. we didn't really do too much for our holiday. the 3rd was my mom's b-day, but steve and i had to work and knew we were coming out for the 4th, so we didnt get to see her the day of, but we did have guests over and watched all kinds of silliness. Gerti and Muppy have been really tired lately due to the HEAT (mid 90s into the 100s some days) so there really hasnt been that much activity with them. we took some really cute pics of them the other day just hanging out- Gertrude was even watching TV with us, sitting like a frog. for the 4th we went to my mom's house, but we forgot our camera so no pics of the day of. until next time, enjoy....

2007-07-01T20:16:00.000-07:00

ok ok ok- let me first start with an apology and a comment that June was a very busy month and nothing too exciting or amazing has really been going on with the puppies. Muppy got groomed (which she sorely needed) and Gerti- well, Gerti has just been Gerti. June was the month of our anniversary, so we went on a trip to San Francisco (very fun by the way) and the girls stayed with their grandparents for a couple of days. We had been busy planning that trip, and then towards the end of this month is our annual journey to San Diego for the comic-con (we are nerds). We go every year, and the dogs again get to stay with their grandparents. A couple of relevant events later this month are the 11th (gerti turns 1) and the 25th (muppy turns 2)! i haven't really decided what we are going to do to celebrate all this, but it will definitely bun fun and filled with more treats/toys for the puppers. maybe even a jaunt to the dog park. we will see. ARG!!! well, steve just caught muppy eating her own poop, so i guess i should get going. here are some pictures to tide everyone over- i promise to never go more than a month without posting ever again!

2007-05-24T20:16:00.000-07:00

hey there peoples. nothing new here at all- just thought i would share that gerti barfed this morning. hhheeeerrrg. muppy has also not so much been warming up to the neighbors. i am put my foot down and definitely taking them for more walks- for their health and my own. they are getting to the point where they run around the apartment all night and the bedroom all morning. not helping my sanity, for sure. i cant wait until we get a bigger place with maybe a bigger patio or even.... a yard! dream big, kids; dream big. anyway, it looks like that is going to be a longer process than we all thought, but when it happens, it happens. thats all for now. memorial day we are going to visit the families so gerti and muppy are going to have fun this weekend. that be all for now- more pics later on when i take them for walkies!

2007-05-16T23:13:00.000-07:00

sorry- i am the worst blog mom in the world, what can i say? lately i have been trying to get pics of gerti and muppy sleeping in the laundry, but every time i get up to get the camera they follow me and thus the shot is lost. speaking of LOST, tonight was lost night and i took a few cute pictures. the girlies were way excited for company (as always) and i snapped a few of them playing with our pal Mark. i think you might be able to see our friends Owen and Sarah in the background too preparing for the show to start... next week is the season finale and who knows what we will do with ourselves after that. Much fun though, i am sure...into the wee hours.

2007-05-06T13:30:00.000-07:00

hello everyone in the blogspace. it has been a little while since i posted about the girls- again with the hecticness. this weekend we visited family and they got to spend a lot of time with their couson tilly, the westie. i am actually at work right now, but i am so bored i thought i would make a little list of my favorite and least favorite things about the pups. here goes:

MUPPY- my likes
1. muppy is a loving dog to all of our pals
2. muppy is super cuddly- she does this thing where she rubs her face into your face, just like snuggling- its the funniest, cutest thing ever
3. she is really most of the time pretty mellow- she never bites unless she is playing around with gertie- this can make life much simpler.

GERTIE- my likes
1. gertie is loving to people, animals- anything. she is up for anything all of the time- pretty fearless
2. is gertie cuddly? yeah- 24-7 this girl loves to cuddle. she sleeps in the bed under the covers, if we are sitting she is sleeping on us, and for the most part, this is awesome.
3. gerti snores almost as bad as steve. it is the CUTEST! period.

MUPPY- my dislikes
1. muppy can be really snooty to other dogs and SOME humans. she still hasn't quite warmed up to our neighbors or their dog... sigh
2. can you say this girl like to bark? because she does. whenever she hears people passing the apartment, which is ALOT, she barks at them, which gets gerti worried and she starts to cry. we are working on this, but it gets a little old...
3. if muppy ever gets people food, even by accident, she thinks she can hold off eating and we will give her more (doesnt happen). this particularly happens when we visit family and they gove her treats. when we come home she thinks she is the queen of sheba and we will give in and let her have our dinner or something.... not good.

GERTI- my dislikes
1. i like that gerti is so playful, but sometimes it gets a little out of hand, she can get so riled up that she ends up getting crazy and trying to eat our hands. its a puppy thing, but i need my hands!
2. she always tries to follow me into the bathroom, and when i close the door on her she gives me this look of utter disappointment- like "why mommy, why?". same goes for when i leave for work. at least she doesnt cry like she used to.
3. again, when muppy barks, gerti proceeds to cry and it gets a little sad/annoying.

all that being said i still love my dogs as if they were my children... there are just some things i like more and others i like less and that is all....

2007-04-29T21:58:00.000-07:00

oh holy sweet jiminy- i am so glad i have some photographic evidence.... we were playing with the puppies and steve threw their froggie onto the dining table by accident... i mean, just barely hanging off- i had to take a pic of it, as shown above. :)

so, muppy wigs out because steve wont get it for her, and i also had to document her not being able to reach the little dangly legs- primadonna. so, steve finally got up....

and decided to give muppy and gertie an inflatable GLOBE, rather than giving them the frog... makes a lot of sense- since they dont have sharp teeth and claws and all (sarcasm...). hence:

no more inflatible globe. they put a hole in it pretty much immediately and are even more upset now- good job dad... it was pretty hilarious though while it lasted...

2007-04-28T18:34:00.000-07:00

so, i have been insanely bad this month posting about the pups- its just been a crazy month. we may or may not be relocating some time soon- we are going to try, but who knows- so the gears have been grinding on that one... we met our neighbors dog, Mitsu- such a cutie. Gertie really liked him a lot- even ran over into the neighbors apartment to play with him- lucky for her he is friendly, and our neighbors are great too. really, nothing else has been happening. we have been going down to visit family lately by the beach so they have been getting walks on the sand, enjoying every minute of it. i don't have any new pictures to post either, so this is more of a quick update to say we are still alive, sort of. i promise to post new pics soon though- in the meantime check out pugaday.com- they have amazing stuff on there. cuteoverload.com is what gets me through the day when i cant see my own pups.... sigh.

2007-04-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

well, it has been a long past couple of days. the girlies have been happy because Steve and i have been home sick with the PINK EYE. i go back to work tomorrow but steve still has a couple of days, so they have had so much company this week... other than that everything has been going really well. we get to take the girls to the petsmart tomorrow as it is time for more food and perhaps more treats and babies. because i have been so bored at home lately i have been taking cute videos of muppy and gertrude. i got one yesterday of gertie snoring like a bear- once i figure out how to post it i will because its too cute not to put up. here are some more photos from the last couple of days... sigh... pink eye...

2007-04-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

hello everyone out there in the blog-o-sphere... it has been really hectic around here, so i havent been able to post nearly as much as i wanted to. here are some new pics finally! gertrude turns 9 months old tomorrow- whoopie! for all you other pug blog trollers, i highly recommend www.pugaday.com. really awesome idea!!

2007-03-29T14:46:00.000-07:00

well, i have been a bad blogger mommy again. its has been crazy here though, so i forgive myself and i know the girls do too. big events in the last few days have been that Gertrude ate a bumble bee, and Muppy barfed for no reason. thats all the excitement there is... yeah. they only eat dry food, so they weren't affected by the recall (thank god), so that didnt contibute the Muppy's random barfdom. Steve got a new television (behemoth) and Gertrude has definitely taken a shining to it. we watched part of Happy Feet last night and she pretty much had a coniption fit. pretty hilarious. i am posting from work, so i have no new pics to post- maybe later!

2007-03-20T23:47:00.000-07:00

aw jeez- well, today was my day off, which means its my day to run errands. steve ended up home today too, conveniently, and we pretty much planned on relaxing and getting errands done. so, in the morning, we were sitting, getting ready to get going with the day, when gertrude decided to scare the crap out of us and have this weird reverse sneezing bit. we had never experienced her having one of these attacks (i mean, she kinda snorts whenever she drinks her water, but really nothing prolonged like this was) so we were REALLY freaking out- which got gerti and muppy really freaked out, which probably made everything worse... so, being the concerned individuals that we are, steve got on the internet and found out that its completely normal for pugs to have this weird hacking every once in a while, for maybe a couple of minutes max- that didnt mean we stopped worrying, and did everything we could find on the internet to help the situation- rubbing her throat, briefly covering her nose, lemon juice to break up the phlegm- and it still kept happening. she started getting really tired, which scared us even more, so we decided to call up a vet we had never been to (since our existing ex-vet really sucks). i mean, she had been snorking for about half an hour now, so we were really upset. he talked to the vet and they suggested doing more of the nostril covering business off and on... which, long story short, ended up working. she really scared the crap out of us though. even muppy was relieved! toward the end of the day, we watched casino royale on blu-ray, and gerti really enjoyed it. steve and i theorize she has a crush on daniel craig, but she isn't admitting anything....