I think it is gonna happen

Y'all know this move thing we have been talking about?

Well, I didn't really think it was gonna happen. I didn't think muzzer was gonna want to leave her Bungalow. I didn't think she was gonna want to leave our neighbors, or her job at the liberry, or ......

But then they went and left me and Teka in that boarding place. (boos and hisses please)

And they made an offer on this house in that Richmond town.

And ....well this morning I knew it was for real.

First...she cleaned out the dog closet.

Then she hand washed all our bandannnannnaas
Yup, they are hanging on the porch to dry even as we speak.

So, it must be OFFICIAL!

Uh oh!

Not only did we not have our own TV show last week.

But me and Teka gots "kennel cough"

We is taking medicines so we are OK

Muzzer is mad!

Nuff Said?

gussie

pee ess...Bloggie is not sending all your comments to our mail box.
So we 'pologize, and we is working on it.

Double Pee esss...to all our good buddies who have mentioned that nasal spray they give us so we are "safe" from Bortadella...what the vettie said is that it doesn't prevent it, just keeps it from being a "serious" illness by lessening the efffffeeeects!

Gman

Muzzer's Day

This morning I was relaxing on the couch,

Thinking Deep ThoughtsAnd I was very comfortable too.

Despite what muzzer thought

When my friend CeCe brought this :
And inside, there was all kinds of stuff
From E.Rabbit for Muzzer's day.
This is the kind of thing she send Muzzer
And this package is for me n Teka, because
we have a muzzer, ya know?
Look at what we got!
Bones that taste like Psghetti sauce
But with no noodles to maneuver
And Muzzer got Chocolate Pretzels
And Chocolate Bath stuff.
And lots of other chocolate stuff
that didn't like having the flashie beast
going off in his/her faces, but looks yummy.

You might ask why muzzer got more stuff
than me and Teka did?

Why, because without our Muzzer
We wouldn't have anything to CELEBRATE!

Too Many Friends

Too many of our friends are going to the Bridge.

This is Miss Sally's brother,

Lord Duncan of McDuff
He was our most outstanding host and guide

on our recent trip to Europe.

He was enamoured of Miss Khyra, and

very good to his Sissie Sally.

We all called him Mack.

Sally and her Sweet Mommy helped Mack
Cross the Rainbow Bridge because he was in
pain and was getting weaker. We know it was
Very Hard for them to do, but
We know it was the best possible thing for Mack.
Please go visit and give them your love.

And, in memory of Mack, and
for all doggies everywhere,
Please consider voting in the Shelter challenge.

Click on the link above, and follow the instructions the Bumpass Dad wrote..which we have copied below.

The above link will take you to the Animal Rescue Site where you will get to click to donate a free bowl of food to homeless animals. After you do that you will be presented with a "Thank You" page; at the top center of that page please click on the "VOTE TODAY" button. That will then take you directly to the voting page. The only information that you need to enter is to select "WV" as the State from the drop down menu and enter "Capon" for the City. Then click on "Search." The page will then do its' thing and will end up showing "Almost heaven Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc. Capon Bridge, WV 26714." A "VOTE" button will also appear. Click on that "VOTE" button. After you vote you will see a confirmation page that requires you to identify a photo; this eliminates illegal machine voting. The answer is simply the type of animal that you see; dog, cat, turtle, fish, cow, etc. - not a specific breed. You can cast one vote everyday from as many different computers to which you have access. Voting will run from May 17th until August 22, 2010. The more friends you can rally to vote the better our chances of winning. Every vote, every day counts.

Vote Today!

This, That, and a couple of other things.

Well, the muzzer came back and rescued us, but not before we had a great time at the BBQ fest. Thanks to all our pals who came and enjoyed Beale Street with us...and to Miss Asta's sweet Mommi who traded the police chief here one of her paintings so we could be bailed out.

Nuff Said.

That Dr. Fellow at the boarding place apologies to all of you who tried to visit and couldn't. When muzzer was finished with him, he was apologizing all over the place. She told him what was wrong with his site, and offered to help him and the programmer make it better. They did something she called bartering, and since she offered to help, we didn't have to pay for half of our boarding fees, and we also didn't have to pay to fill in the tunnel that Miss Agatha dug to help us get out. Too bad Remington got stuck in there and we had to pull him out...without that, I don't think that wall would've collapsed.

Well, while we were languishing in the boarding place, Muzzer and Dad went to Richmond.

Here are some of the pictures they took at the campus.














But, there was one picture she brought back that made me think this was all gonna be OK:

A Gem from E.Rabbit

Y'all know my muzzer is ... um, well...SHORT!

So we have a rule in our family about making "short jokes."

But E.Rabbit sent this to muzzer, so at least if I get into trouble sharing with you, I think she will come and bail me out.

So, for all of you who are short (like muzzer and Teka) or who love someone who is short ( like me and Dad and E.Rabbit) here is the latest gem from the NPR archives.

The Short List: 5 Advantages To Being Diminutive : NPR

kisses
Gussie


pee ess...I think we are getting sprung tomorrow so tonight we are pawtying on Beale St. Join us.

gus

Sad Days

Yesterday our fearless leader Jackson died.

We are very sad.

It is not helped by the fact that muzzer and dad have left us in this terrible place, with barely enough money to visit Beale Street while they are gone.

If you want to see where they left us (this time!), go to:

http://www.berclairanimal.com/

and click on the doggy cam link in the right sidebar. Then you have to click again where it says something about "view my dog."

You can find us on cameras 5 and 6.

Gussie n teka

(maybe now they will come get us instead of playing around in Richmond when we need them here!)

Open House

Hey there, Y'all

Teka Toy here!

Today we had an "Open House."

That was so that people could come and visit

our "fully renovated and restored Craftsman

Bungalow in the heart of the Evergreen

Historic District" without having US visited

upon THEM!

So, we went to Dad's office to just chill and
hang out for a while!Gussie explored the wastebasket.
I explored a bunch of stuff in the corner.
Gussie explored the wastebasket some more.
Then muzzer looked around the walls and gave a deep sigh!

Well, actually, this is what she said:

And of course...I agreed with her. This being Muzzer's day and all.

TT

We love NPR!

We posted this link on Facebook too! Our apologies to our friends who visit us both places!





Thank you E.Rabbit...we love you even if you were raised by Garrison Keillor and Guy Noir!

gussie n teka

Hurry to the post office!

These Stamps have been on sale for several days now, but muzzer just got out to buy them this morning. Two of the Post Offices she went to were OUT! and the third one only had a few sheets left. (not any more...hehehe)

To find out more about the stamps and the pet food company sponsoring them, go here.

And many thanks to our pal Remington the Newfie for reminding us to get muzzer off her chair and out to the PO!

AHA!

http://ihasahotdog.com/2010/05/05/funny-dog-pictures-the-life/

Now I know how Teka gets to Paducah!

Weather!

OMD! This morning about four ayem the muzzer woke us all up. She said "can't ANY of you hear the sirens? We must go down to the basement."

Well, once she got us awake, we could all hear the sirens. Even the Dad could hear the sirens.

The muzzer started grabbing blankets and cell phones, and the dad went and turned off the alarm thingy. It makes MUCH more noise than the sirens, which the muzzer insisted had been going on for at least 15 minutes.
So, the muzzer marched us all down the basement stairs. Be careful! You must duck your head as you come down the stairs. EVEN the muzzer must duck her head a little bit.

And then we opened the latch hook thingy, and went through the door, into the basement.

Our Tornado shelter place is fortuitously placed at the far end of the wine cellar. Fortuitously for the hoomans, anyway. And the people who owned our house before we did put in the racks and shelves, and installed something called "french drains" to keep the basement dry.

But it had been raining and raining and raining...so there was some dampness in the corner where the drain holes come in, but the room was fairly dry. We stayed in the room until the sirens sounded all clear, then came out to see what else had happened.

And the water was flowing, as it is supposed to, right into the drain by the (old) wash tubs.
(the Muzzer does not use those, she has her wash tubs upstairs.)

So, we stayed warm and fairly dry, and no wine bottles were broken to write this blog.

Respectfully

Teka Toy Dagger

note: of course, the muzzer was too sleepy to grab the camera, so all the photos were taken in daylight. TT

Muzzer says: "We were very lucky that no tornados actually touched down near us, but there are lots of trees down, and there have been some close sightings. The rain is supposed to continue all day today and through the night into tomorrow. Total accumulation may be as much as 10 inches. I am thinking of building an ark.

In which I relate my tale of woe...

I know, I know...it has been more than a week since I posted, and then it was to tell you that muzzer would be out of town and we would be back on Sunday!



Uh Uh...Didn't happen.



You see...while muzzer was in St. Loulis, she and Dad decided that we are moving. Again!



Since I came to live with these peripatetic hoomans, we have lived in VA., AZ, NM, MO., TN., and now they tell me we are moving back to VA!



I'd like to know if they have taken my need for permanency and security into account here?



Don't they remember how nervous I was when I came to live with them? How I acted out because I was afraid of being left behind?



Clearly, they have blocked this from their selective memories.



SIGH.



This means that muzzer is cleaning and packing and checking out houses in Richmond and putting MY BUNGALOW! up for sale. Hey! I really like this place. And I have finally figured out the mysterious "pet door." Sheesh.

So, here we are again. Teka says she is moving to Pah Duke Her to be with Willy Yum. I think I will post a muzzer wanted ad on my blog here and take my chances. They will be sorry...yes they will.

Gussie

And now, a word from the muzzer:

We do apologize to all our blogging friends for being AWOL, and we cannot promise that this will be the last time it happens. Moving is pretty stressful, and this is our second in a two year period. (oh, those "living" experiences Gussie mentioned in New Mexico and Missouri were really just "visits" for 45-60 days in the summer. He did exaggerate a bit.)

So, the story really is that Rich has accepted a position at the University of Richmond as a "Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Humanities" beginning with the fall semester. And we are leaving Memphis sometime in mid July for our new home (assuming the house hunting trip goes well.) And yes, we are selling his BUNGALOW and his BACK YARD! But we hope to find a new one for him. We are hoping he will adjust and not grow up warped and resentful.

On the bright side, we did not buy cemetery plots or niches for our urns, which we did discuss. And we are staying in the USA. And we are moving closer to E.Rabbit. But Memphis has been good to us, and we will leave behind some very dear friends and places we have come to love and appreciate.

I'll be spending more time on the airplane, flying to St. Louis. But less time on HWY 55, which is quite boring. And all our friends in Blog Land will still be right where we hope to find them.

So, if you were planning to visit us in Mayemphis, now is the time. But we will welcome you to Richmond and do the Civil War battlefield tour, Monticello, and etc.

And I promise we will post at least one new picture this weekend.

"the muzzer."

Until Sunday

We will be kind of MIA this weekend.

Muzzer is in St. Loulis.

Teka left yesterday to be with Swede William this weekend. I have no idea what is going on, but she said she will either be in Tucson, or eating psghettis with Mr. Bill.

I am going to IOWAY to meet Miss Katie. This is a bittersweet trip for me, but Butcho may need my support. He is good with catses, but it has been a while since he had a puppy.

Dad,

Oh, he is staying at home. I hope he isn't too lonely.

Gussie

pee ess...muzzer says she will do what she can about getting around to blogs and stuff, but she is gonna be busy, and the internets at Aunt Marie's were designed for 90 year olds, and they are a lot slower than ours at home.

g

No words

We heard today that our fearless foxy leader Jackson is feeling quite poorly, and we are very concerned. We ask your prayers for Jackson and his humans...please keep them in your thoughts.

See Ducky Destruction!

In which the Duck begins to guess his fate.

In which Gus attempts to save the Duck

In which Teka Takes Charge

In which muzzer attempts to take charge

In which the Duck knows his fate is sealed

Gussie

pee ess...we had to change back to the old editing style to post video. Just in case anyone else gets flustered like muzzer does.

The Saga of Ducky Dagger

Found on a Clearance Rack at Old Tar-shay

Who'd have thunk he would end this way

Muzzer brought him home today and

Said that we could Play...
Me and Teka sent him on his way

Ducky, Ducky Dagger

Had no time to feel fear.

Ducky, Ducky Dagger

Didn't even last one year.

Teka grabbed the duck from me and then she ran away

I think I heard her whisper "gonna teach this duck to play"

Then she destroyed him just as quick as you can say

"Poor old Duck, he didn't last a day."

Ducky, Ducky Dagger,

Died in our back yard.

Muzzer found remains of Ducky all around the yard.

Gotta tell ya buddies - didn't have to look too hard.

Teka seemed to think it funny, then she said to me

"It seems to me that what we had was just a bust canard."

 

Ducky, Ducky Dagger

He's spread around the yard.

Ducky, Ducky Dagger

He didn't fight too hard.

Muzzer took him back inside

But she could clearly see.

There was no hope for this Canard,

Nor ever seemed to be.

She picked up all the pieces and she said a little prayer.

And then she said to Teka, "now, you just leave it there."

Ducky, Ducky Dagger

the landfill is your fate.

Ducky, Ducky Dagger

Should have left by our back gate.

So you have heard my silly song

I guess I'll say goodnight.

We tried to load the video but something wasn't right.

If you can share some tips with us, we'd thank you politely

And you could see Old Teka Toy take Ducky back from me.

My visitors

CAMRY, BRENDA AND JULIA 2006

I told you earlier that my special friend Camryn

was coming to visit, right?

The picture up above is Camryn, her Mom Brenda

and her big sister Julia the last time I saw them!

This is what she looks like now!

Some change, huh?

And this is a picture of her Mom and Julia this morning.

I LOVE them all, and so does Teka Toy.

But, their Easter Break is over, so this

morning they left to go back to

MaryLand....and their dogs,

Jack and Angus, who are

kinda sorta like

 Joey and the Doofus!

Jack and Angus did not come.

SIGH

Oh well, maybe next time.

kisses, Gussie and Teka

BAH! 
HUMBUG!

Teka Toy and Gussie Boy

What we did...

....while we were waiting for the puter to fix itself.

I got a bath, in the shower, with muzzer.

Hoomiliating, but refreshing.

Then I got to dry off on the sofa.

Between that,

and waiting for the denizens of

 the provider to clear up the problem,

I learned lots and lots of new HBO word. 

And it isn't even in our cable package!

Muzzer cleaned house.

She even took the cover off the sofa!

So, of course me and Teka established our favorite spots.

Then, our EASTER company arrived.

Not little bunnies or chickies.

Not a new puppiesister like Butcho gets.

But our hoo-nieces from Maryland. 

We will have pictures of them next time we post.

And also maybe more of me and Teka.

gussie