Delta Blogs!: September 2012

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Hunger Walk and Birthday week!

Yesterday was Saturday, September 29th. Mom and Dad and I went to Robinson High School and walked with about 1000 other dogs and people to raise awareness about hunger in our area. We brought a case of Chef Boyardee to drop off. We had a great walk. I got to sniff all the thousands of acorns on the sidewalk. And there were other dogs for me to greet. I got a water break halfway through, and again at the end. Everyone thought I was super cute (duh) and wanted to pet me. Talk about Hunger Walk, I was STARVING afterwards! So were Mom and Dad, so we went to Chick-fil-A for breakfast, and they just made me smell it and not eat any. But then I saw a squirrel, and it TOTALLY got me sidetracked and I wanted to get out of the truck SO BAD to chase it, I was jumping all around the truck. Then we went into Home Depot. Mom put me in a shopping cart, which was a little uncomfortable, but pretty nice when I lied down (which I did because my legs were pretty tired after our 2 mile walk!) After that adventure, we dropped off some lumber at Chris & Biddy's house and I got to play with Kathleen and Alex and the golden retriever next door. It was a great morning!

I should also say that on Monday we celebrated Mom's birthday! 31! Wow, she's old. Anyway, Mom and Dad went out to eat dinner with the rest of the family, but then to my surprise, everyone came home to hang out with me! Well, and eat some ice cream cake too, but that's not the important part. I got to play with everyone, and I even got a present myself from my cousins Elfie and Fiero in Utah! (I love my raccoon by the way!)

Dad got sick that night, and spent ALL DAY with me on Tuesday. We watched TV and took naps, and he blew his nose, and I played with Raccoon.

Oh! And last Thursday, the 20th, was Grandma's birthday. She really wanted to see me on her birthday, so she made a special trip just to pet me. I love my Grandmas!

Monday, September 17, 2012

Date Night!

Saturday night, Mom and Dad took me along for date night! We went to Shirlington and had Thai food. (well, I had a little bit of Drunken Noodles, wow that was spicy!) They didn't offer me any dumplings or anything. Humph! I got petted by all kinds of people and I met lots of other dogs. Then we headed out to Dairy Godmother because they make ice cream pops for dogs like me! However, the line was out the door, and I don't like to wait, so we just headed back to the truck. On the way there, though, I met Mom's co-worker Jen Price, walking her baby Eli! I was very good and sniffed Eli and let another little girl pet me. I was "the cat's meow." Instead of Dairy Godmother, we just got some Dairy Queen, a distant relative. Dad let me like the cup afterwards, and I was up to my eyebrows in blizzard. Mom and Dad couldn't get their blackmail pictures fast enough, but just take it from me, they were laughing pretty hard.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Mom and Dad's Alaskan Cruise
Ok, I'm switching to let Mom write this one, since I was hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa Whalan all week. Signing out!

Josh and I took a cruise on Holland America starting from Seattle, then Juneau, then Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria Island, and then back to Seattle. We got to join Jeanne and Bruce Williams for a week-long double date. While Alaska was only 50-60 degrees, it was mostly sunny and beautiful!!! We had a fantastic time. My favorite thing was the heated tile recliners in the spa. The calming music was playing at there was a great view of the mountains, and it was nice and warm. I also caught my first fish!!! I would love to go check out Victoria again some day. It was a great, relaxing vacation. After over a week of spending about 99% of my time with Josh, I am still totally smitten. And I have the coolest in-laws I could ever hope for. They are fantastic. I'm a very lucky girl! But after it was all over, I was so happy to get back to my sweet Delta!!!