OK, so yesterday I gave my muzzer an advance on

her paycheck, and told her to go and get a charger for

my camera! Which she did. Clearly, she was feeling guilty. She brought me and

Teka home some totally cool toys. This Blue CAT
Which is now missing an ear, thanks to Teka

This Green Toothbrush thing...which we refuse to touch

This great red bone

From which I have removed the squeaker.

Great fun while they lasted. Now me and Teka

just fight over them to kill time.

We went to the University of Richmond today

and saw dad's office. Me and Teka are trying

to figure out what to say about this carpet.

Clearly not the best choice in our humble opinion.

And Teka and Dad spent some time sitting in

the sunshine, lifting their eyes to the hills

Or whatever.

Gussie

Heat Wave

The heat is keeping us incarcerated in this place!

Me and Teka are going stir crazy.
The best thing about it is the leftovers from brekkies
which muzzer brings back faithfully.

Heat records have been set here to welcome us to the city.
OK..Call it off. Enough is enough.

Plus....muzzer cannot locate the cord to attach
the charger to the plug, so we cannot charge
the battery and take wonderful pictures of our
tongues, which are three feet long when we come back
from mid-day walkies.

See what we have to put up with?

kisses
gussie

We made it!

On Thrusday, Me and Teka got up early and

drove through West Birginnyah. See the fog.

It was very damp and rainy.

More fogs.

For some reason muzzer likes the stuff!

We got to a place called Tamarack, which is right
off the interstate. Me and Dad and Muzzer have been
here before, when we lived in Birginnyuh in 2006.
I like it lots.

Teka took a bit of time to appreciate the flowers.

And then we headed off. We got to Richmond in the
Afternoons. We checked into the hotel and had a good
night's sleep.

This morning we went to see our new house.
It was called a "walk through."
But me and Teka did not get to "walk through" it.

Because there is an elderly catses in residence.

He had best be making himself scarce
by this time next week!

kisses
gussie and
Teka Toy.

for our friends across the Big Pee

see more dog and puppy pictures

watch for this starting in Lunnon on Sattiday

Terriers Take the Cake

Hi, dog bloggers. This is ERabbit speaking.

Gus and Teka are on the road, so Gus has asked me to share something I found with all of you. It is from this website that has illustrations from vintage cookbooks, and it shows how to make a delicious cake even more appealing. . .



. . . by decorating it as a Fox Terrier, complete with wirey coconut furs!

I think Gus and Teka will probably need one of these to celebrate when they get to Richmond -- when I spoke with them earlier, Teka had found a dead bird. Not only is that not appropriate food for a road trip, but Gus says she wouldn't even share. . .

Goodbye House

Today was the day we went away

from our house where we did play

Not having any furniture made it big and roomy.
Me and Teka Toy played hot zoomies.

Dad let Teka out the back door
Me and Muzzer washed the floor

Teka checked out one last rock

No fence box means no more shocks

Grass is green and growing high

One last run to say Good Bye

Arbor stretches overhead

Acacia blooms in white and red

Quiet place and time for thinking

Water is inside for drinking

Close the door and set the lock

Richmond: we sure hope you rock

kisses

Teka and Gussie

(and best wishes and crossed paws to Scruffy, Stan and Lacie's dad who is in the Hospital)

What day is this ?

Our Movers are coming Today! Needless to say you won't be hearing from us much, but so far, things are going OK. We like the hotel where we are staying, it has a nice yard (We are in an industrial park with lots of grass and sidewalks! muzzer)

Today me and Teka are going to Doggie Camp, so we don't get in the way. We don't care, they gots a play pool at doggie camp.

Hope you are all well. Kisses to all, specially the DWB contingent in New Yawk for the Pawty!
Sigh

gussie

and SHE thinks this is Progress - or T-5

Boxes in the front room
Boxes in the dining room
Boxes in the study
Empty shelves and more boxes in the study
And seemingly, more to come.

Is there no end to this!

And now, for our math quiz.

If O = 6.25 H

and H = 15

Then how many boxes of books have we packed?

Gussie

Crossed paws and prayers for the Barkie's DogDag

We are asking all of you to cross paws and

pray for the Barkie's DogDad.

He has had some problems recently and is

spending time in the Horse Piddle so

they can find out what is wrong.

I say, if he puts up with Teka,

He deserves the very BEST

So

I am asking you to help him

with your pawsitive dog vibes and all.

Thank you

Gussie

T-12 aka July 4!

This is a photo of the Central Staging Area

formerly know as the living room

Here I am helping Muzzer keep track of

which paintings she has packed so far.

One of these boxes says "Renzulli, Bill."

Teka knows that is one of the whippet servants

so she is hoping that if she finds the box

with "Renzulli, Bill" in it, she can get a

ride to Pah Duke Her to visit Swede William

and the gang and get out of helping to pack.

Good luck Teka.

Happy Holiday to all our friends in the US of A

where we are celebrating Independence Day.

Big BBQ across the street in about an hour.

Y'all Come, ya hear?

Gussie

Down! Stay! Heal!

(many thanks to Ellen for the title!)

My dad is doing OK I think. Today he hollered at me for getting tree bits all over the bed. Ah...it sounded nice.

Plus, he got up and took a shower and ate an egg and olive sandwich for lunch.

I'm not sure he is completely safe from Muzzer yet.

Gussie

We interrupt this move......

A package came yestiday from my Pal PETEY! He and his Mom sent it because we won a contest they had on the blog a bit ago. We did not confess to them that we must've done our entry in the morning time, because our brain was so foggied we didn't remember what we said!

But...the package go here, and muzzer took a picture of it.

And then me and Teka gave it a very good sniffy. And I tried to make off with it, because even if muzzer didn't remember the entry, I did! And I knew Teka did not help.

There were lots of great stuffs in the envelope, and everything travelled very well - no broken cookies or nuffin.

My favorite was the rubbery Alley Gator . His picture did not turn out well at all, and Teka killed him pretty much on contact. But he was a handsome fellow, and in other circumstances, I would have enjoyed getting to know him.

There were also these neat magnets to put on the refridgerator - which is very good, because we have a new refridgerator waiting for us in VirgineeeYah, and these will look cool. We are saving them, because our refridgerator here has woody doors, and things don't stick too good.

And then there was this Card, which you can bigify to read if you are blind as an older bat like Muzzer. Who says, by the way, that she meets all those criteria! Hah. Trained that one good didn't I?

On a more sober note, we are asking y'all to bring on the power of the paw for my Dad, who is having surgery done this Tuesday on his Her Knee Yah. We know this is an easy surgery, as they go. We need to power of the paw to make sure that Muzzer doesn't kill him for waiting this long to get it fixed. OK? Thank you

gussie

Packing - Day 8 or T - 22

Hi all Y'all!

Gussie here! Talkin' about the big MOVE coming soon to a home near US!





Hello Everybloggie...It is I, Teka Toy!
I am helping with the move too, so I got my picture on this bloggie! HaHA!


Me and Gussie have been busy helping muzzer pack! We have been most organized in our approach. Here is what we do:

Muzzer puts the box together with tape.

Me and Gussie examine and sniff the box carefully.

If necessary, one of us gets into the box for additional inspections.

Then we allow muzzer to begin putting items in the boxes.
Sometimes she wraps them in papers or that great bubble stuff.
If that happens, we investigate the item carefully, because we do not want her to smuggle food out of our house in these strange wrappings.

This of course, requires that we enter the box and perhaps tip it over in our effort at quality control.

We also do not like it when she packs our pillows from the couch, our throws or our stuffies.

When she does this, we take one item out of the box for every three she puts in.

This results in much shouting, and what passes for HOB language around our house. (Muzzer does not know too many HOB words, and what she does know are mostly Italian and Spanish. We really aren't learning much here.)

Sometimes she puts more papers in and we must help her remove a few. Then it is time for the TAPE! Dogs must be careful of the TAPE, because paws or furs could be stuck to packages! This results in yelpings and cursings.

Well, this is a picture of the boxes we have packed so far. There are 13 of them on the landing. There are another 19 downstairs in the basement. And at Dad's office, there are 34 boxes of books, with another set of 5 high 8 foot shelves and two filing cabinets to pack there.

Today they stopped and ordered more boxes. Muzzer says we are not half done yet.

The big question here is....Why do hoomans have so much STUFF?


Kisses to all
Gussie and Teka

Father's Day

This is what me and Teka gave dad for Father's Day.

I think it may be older than muzzer!

It says

"When folks tell me I'm like you, Dad,

I almost burst with pride.

'Cause ever since I was a Pup

A Standing by your side

I've liked the way you faced the world

The things you say and do

And would be GLAD to be the CHIP

Off such a BLOCK -- as YOU!"

So Yappy Fadder's Day Dad!

We love ya.

Packing - Day 1

Gussie here...reporting from the kitchen in Mayemphis!
















Faced with the option of accompanying Dad to the office and helping him pack books, or staying home with Me n Teka and helping us pack up the kitchen, muzzer did the smart thing!










And the burning question of the day is:

If you have piles of silver stuff that haven't been used in two years ( at least!)

....and they have gotten badly tarnished in the meantime..............


Then should you polish them before you wrap them up to ship them.







Real World Response:

Just who are we kidding here...put it back in the bag and seal that box Gussie!

Not MY Fault

Muzzer and her arm had a fight with the oven door yesterday.

It was not my fault.

It did not happen because I ran under the open oven door and push it up and into her arm.

Not Guilty.

Respectfully

Gussie Dagger wft

A Poll

My sissie E.Rabbitt, the crazy knitter, thinks Teka needs a helmet like this one.

What do you guys think?

Leave a comment and let us know.

thank you

gussie

With Thanks to E.Rabbit

For those of you who have asked for the recipe for the bisscotties...Here is most of what my sissie posted.

The recipe comes from the Rachel Ray feeds your pets site, and originally had carob chips in it, but E.Rabbit did not have carob chips on hand, so she modified the recipe to make. . . .George's Peanut Butter Pug-scotti

You will need: milk, whole wheat flour, chunky peanut butter, baking powder, and cinnamon. You start off by taking all the dry ingredients and combining them in a bowl.In another bowl, microwave about a cup of peanut butter for 5-10 seconds, just so it gets soft. Whisk in a cup of milk. This is going to take some doing -- the peanut butter was pretty stubborn, and didn't break down without a fight.


Then you add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and mix them together. You're probably going to have to get in there with your hands, and you're going to get dough under your fingernails. Don't eat it. I know it sounds like it's just flour and peanut butter, and it'll be fine, but it's completely unsweetened and pretty gag-worthy.

Take that ball of dough and shape it into a long, flat log. Yes, I know that making something into a long, flat log sounds horribly unappetizing. Sadly, that's pretty much the way every biscotti recipe describes it, and that's what it is. And then you bake it for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.



Take it out, and then let it cool for 10 minutes. Then cut it into one inch slices on an angle, put them back on the baking sheet, and bake them for another 10-12 minutes.

Pop those suckers out and let them cool completely so your dog doesn't burn his or her tongue. And for god's sake, if you're going to try a piece yourself, don't do it now. Because if you do, twenty minutes later you'll find yourself thinking "maybe they're not so awful when they're scorching hot." But they are.

For humans, that is.