Can't do it...

Hi Everybuddy,
I am going to be very much busy helping mom and dad get ready to go to Sarge's house. They have TONS of things to do before we go. Personally, I would just prefer to stay here... butt I only get one vote around this hill.
SOOO, I won't be able to do any posts until we get back. That just stinks like cat crap, I know.
I haven't caught anything in my Chipmunk Confiner YET. If I do... I will just FORCE mom to stop and take pics and do one short post.
Otherwise, I will miss all of you something awful. Be back A.S.A.P.
Sincerely, Frankie Oscar Furter Price

Acme Co. Chipmunk Confiner

Holey Cat Crap!!! Who would have thought that it would take Less time for my Acme Co. order to ARRIVE than it took me to get into the thing. It took me centuries to finally get through all that cardboard. My gums and nails are still tender from the scratching, gnawing, and chewing. The stupid box kept sliding on the slick floor. Then there was the TAPE. It got stuck to my whiskers and fur. I had a long strip pulled off and... that attached itself to my PAW. I ran and raced around which caused it to CHASE me. Stuck to me like a tick, it was. Dad finally came to my rescue. Now, I not only have sore paws... I have one with much less hair on it. I was beginning to think that the Acme Co. must have employed a herd of Chipmunks in their shipping department. I had to take a nap and I dreamed about a huge warehouse full of Rodent Reduction products waiting to be shipped. There were Chipmunks ... EVERYWHERE... and they were getting orders ready to go out. BUTT not until those Crazed Chipsters had Booby Trapped the boxes. I woke up panting and shivering.

After a long drink of cool water and a couple of snacks, I started in on MY BOX again. Dachshunds NEVER give up. It still took another 4 or 5 weeks to get it all opened, butt I finally succeed!!!

Of course, nothing is EVER EASY. There was a HUGE instruction booklet that had to be read before use. And all of the government warnings.... you would not believe all of those. Stuff like... Not intended for use by those planning to start a Chipmunk Breeding Program. OMD As if that is likely to happen. Are those people out of their hole digging minds?????
Oh yes and you will love THIS warning.... Do NOT approach the Chipmunk Confiner while still in its UPRIGHT position. This may result in any Chipmunks in the area retreating and possibly even RELOCATING to a different place entirely. DUH That is what I ordered the thing for in the first place.

MY first QVC MAN delivery

Here it comes. BEEP BEEP BEEP I just know Mike will have my Acme Co. order. Hurry Mike... back up faster. BEEP BEEP BEEP closer... closer... CLOSER. Come on.... get it out of there. I can't wait. "Hey Frankie, this one is for YOU! That's a first buddy. I've never had a delivery for anyone but your MOM before. Are you going to give me cookies, like your mom always does???"

He finally got the box into the house. I had never noticed him being sooooo slow before. It took toooooo long. No cookies for him. LOOK See MY name on the box???? OH BOY!!!

Checking it out to be sure!!! Yep, it even SMELLS like a marvelous munk mocking machine.

The big brown truck came... and

Mike, the man, brought my Acme Co. Order. It came really fast beclaws DAD used his plastic and did the speedy quick (like Junie B. Jones) ordering thingy that he said made the plastic droop even more than my tail does when I see Jim the Grinch Guy coming up my driveway. Of course, Dad DID say that he is making a deducting thingy from my aloudance for his trouble. I just couldn't wait to tell you that my Chipmunk Confiner Series 80864 DID arrive. Now I am going to start chewing my way into the box. I can't wait to see what the thing looks like!! It may take a while for me to get it open and set up. Don't you worry though, as soon as I get it put together and in place I'll have a picture or two for you.

:LET THE MUNK MOCKING BEGIN!!!!

Acme Co.

Check it out. They are giving a discount.

Oh Yeah! I gotta get me one of these!! I had NO IDEA that there was a machine out there that would make my gwalk-a-moley work easier. Yep. Gotta have one.

Check this out. I don't have a real big squirrel problem...butt for those of you who do...

I need one of these too. Those field mice are ready to make their FALL migration.

I reeeeealy need this one. These stupid chipmunks are everywhere around my house!! I just get rid of the one under the porch and the one that lives under the bird feeder slab comes out JUST TO MUNK MOCK ME !!! I get so frustrated I could just whine.

My Acme Co. Dogalog came. I brrrrowsed it very much carefully. I have put some of the best ads here for everybuddy to look over. Personally, I think they ALL sound grrrreat and I want to order every one of them. It is going to put me waaaay over budget for them month though. Mom said I just have to choose carefully (there she goes with that cat fart stuff again) and then wait until I get another aloudance. I'll show her aloud. I just may start barking and barking and barking until she can't stand it and forks over some extra plastic and paper!!

I just don't know how I am going to stand this. Decisions Decisions D E C I S I O N S. I think being forced to make decisions is ALMOST as bad as a mocking munk.

I tired to do what mom said. I slept on it. (Well, napped anyway.) A decision thing wouldn't happen. Then she said I should WAY my options. What the heck does that mean. Way over there, Way down by the big maple tree, Way down the road by the Grinch's house, I don't get that Way stuff. All I know is that I had a bunch of Rodent nightmares last night. I got up grouchy this morning and I still have a B L A N K Acme Co. order form.

I am just soooo very much stressed from nose to tail. I wish my furend Khyra could come out of her Khorner to help me do some of her grrrreat DOGA moves.

HELP! I need your in put. Which one should I send for first???

Mightier than a Speeding Grinch

You are very much not going to believe this one. That JIM THE GRINCH GUY tried it again last night. He was going to make a sneak attack on me BUTT I was suspicious sooooo when mom and dad went down the road to visit the neighbors (Brandie & Loren) I STAYED HOME TO PROTECT THE PLACE.

Just as I suspected... mom and dad had only been gone for a year when... I looked out the sunporch windows and saw the horrible sight. Here came the Grinch. He came around the curve on TWO WHEELS beclaws he was driving that 4-wheeler soooo very much fast. I started barking my biggest and best DANGER DANGER KEEP AWAY FROM HERE bark. I must have done a very very much good job beclaws he was sooooo scared he just kept right on going by my driveway. WHEW. I made my place safe. I don't think the road was safe though. Not with him driving like .... the HOUND from Hell was after him.

I think there are RULES about going that fast. Not that the Grinch would let a little thing like that stop him.

PEE S That is NOT a picture from last night. NO camera could take a picture of something moving as fast as the Grinch Guy was going. Well, that and ... I'm not allowed to use the camera any more.

Pee Pee S... I did send for an ACME Co. Dogalog that has things for my Operation Rodent Relocation stuff in it. I'll let you know when it arrives.

A possible solution

Roden Report:
You won't believe this... Lorenza tells me that she has NO rodents. Here is what I am thinking, since she has NONE (the lucky girl) and WE have too many... we can ship them all off to HER.
Now we need a CAPTURE PLAN. Of course this will be the most difficult thing to accomplish. If it were EASY to catch a squirrel or rabbit or chipmunk or field mouse this would not have become such an issue for us.
I have seen Wylie Coyote get lots of packages from the ACME COMPANY. If they sell things designed to catch ROADRUNNERS, I am SURE they will have products for Rodent REMOVAL.
So now all we have to do is get a Dogalog from them and start shopping !!!
I am sure that you all have people like MY Patty the Mail Lady and Mike the UPS guy. We just tell the ACME CO. what we want and these folks will just bring it RIGHT TO OUR HOUSES. Open the box, set up the thingy, and POOF. Capture the things, put them in a box and send them to Lorenza (bless her heart).
Okay everybuddy, let's get to ordering. Relief is on its way.

More Rodent thoughts

Hi everybuddy,
I think this rampant rodent issue needs a bit more discussion.
Frankie Mae tells me that she goes to Petsmart (one of my favorite places to shop also) and that she looks at the rodents they have. I am afraid that she may be missing the point there. Those are the rodents that have been obviously CAPTURED and JAILED. She says that her tail wags when she sees them. Of course it does. Whose tail would not wag with joy knowing that OUR world is a better place with those nasty things behind glass and off our grassy places. That is Just What We Need. More captures and confinements.
Tinkerbell Oscar and Tucker also brought up a point about those RABBITS. They are some of the worst offenders. They are soooo sneaky and vicious. They have People fooled by those "cute looks" of theirs. T.O. & T. said that they have one career offender that hides under their porch and then springs out and scares the Cat Crap out of them. Isn't that just the worst story you have ever heard? WHY I ask you has this story NOT made the Today Show??? I mean really, Oscar, Tucker, and Tinkerbell are such sweet loving rule following citizens. Why do they have to put up with this type of terrorism? Where is Homeland Security??? Why are they not protecting my three dear furends from these vicious attacks?????
The poor souls are now hoping that they will have some relief from this hideous situation as soon as the weather turns cooler. I hate to burst their bubble...butt I know for a fact that chipmunks and rabbits don't care how cold and snowy it gets. They will still be out there waiting to attack. At my house those vicious violators are out in the WORST weather STEALING from my mom's bird feeders.
Yes, my dear furends, we MUST come up with a plan of action. We Must develop a network to share our stories, No Matter how Hideous, to keep this issue out there in the limelight. We need to start demanding that our world be made safe for us to tend to our most basic needs (peeing and pooping and afternoon naps in the sunshine) in peace.
Yes We CAN bring about change. (I kind of borrowed that from our Pepsodent, Bark O'Momma. I am sure he won't mind. After all, there is one of our kind in his White House, you know.)

Rodents... hummmm???

My new furend TANK has got my mind going. Tank doesn't like rodents any better than I do.

I think we should start a blog diary about the evil creatures. It would include our efforts to rid the world of these dastardly devils. We should all share our methods. Perhaps we should devote one day a week to the effort. Like those of you who do Wordless Wed. and Flower Friday. Get a movement going to ERADICATE ALL RODENTS (including Dust bunnies).
I am just beseiged with cavorting chipmunks, misdirected moles, meandering mice, and rascally rabbits on my hill. I just get one chased off and it seems as though three others take its place. They are everywhere. AND they are disgusting.
I would love to have some suggestions as to how you all deal with them. I just know that you will have some PAWsome ideas for ways to rid the world of this plague.

Photo club Fun and RESCUE MISSION

Here we are pulling the grandpa and his grandsons back to safety. This was NOT a Drill!!!

Right before mom threw the safety line to the crew in distress. They were dead in the water.
I think it is what is called a S.O.S. THINGY

Patty in Pink Bill in blue plaid Dad at the helm Sue on the jump seat Rita in long sleeves Lori (butt not the one who is my sister) on the right. ME???? I am on the deck beside the jump seat. I was giving dad his sailing orders. Ready to cast off for what was to become a BIG ADVENTURE.

L to R Patty Bill Dad Sue Rita (hiding) and Lori These are the only members of the group that could make it to the lake. I'll bet that they wish they could have been there since... we ended up on a MERCY MISSION. That doesn't happen often. It is only my SECOND ONE EVER.

This was taken just as we were leaving the dock.

What a night!!! It started out to be just a night for my Photography Group to be out on the lake taking nice pics. of the area and maybe a few critters along the way. It ended up as a BOATER RESCUE !!!

I had dad run the boat really slow so everyone could take nice pics. We were going along having a grrreat time. They had gotten a super sighting of a LOON, a BLUE HERON, and two CANADA GEESE all in the exact same place (pretty darned amazing on its own) when mom noticed a little boat that was being ROWED. She told the group that was unusual. So she watched the man very carefully. She signaled to him but he did not signal back that he and the little boys were in distress. Soooo at first we just kept going. Then one of the ladies said she thought the man was having trouble. I made dad REVERSE ENGINES and mom talked to the man. His MOTOR HAD QUIT WORKING BECLAWS IT HAD A BROKEN PROP. My crew went into immediate rescue mode!!! We got a rope to the crippled vessle and we TOWED them back to the dock area. YEA !!! My group got to experience a rescue on the HIGH LAKE!!!!

I am so very much proud of my group and my crew. They did everything JUST RIGHT when we went into our Protect and Rescue mode.

Then we had a grrrreat picnic... right on the boat. I provided the cheese. It was delicious. Sue.... kept the cookies safe until it was time to have dessert. he he he

I am declairing the WHOLE GROUP... SUPER SAILORS. Well, maybe not mom though. There was that bad incident when I accidently sniffed some of the food things.

company came

My mom and the new "temporary" neighbor Brandie, went away yesterday and they took this picture of a historical marker that is located about 2 miles (as the crow flies) from my house. In 1899 the coldest recorded temp. in the state of Ohio was recorded. It was -39 degrees. Mom thought Brandie would want to tell the people back in Oklahoma about it. I thought you might be interested,too. I hope it never ever gets that cold again. I am afraid it would freeze my...

This is me with my new furend Atticus Finch Brashier. We were just getting to know each other today. He and his brother Austin J. came to play on my porch and in my fenced area.

Austin J. REALLY wanted to get to know me.... I know that white spot in front of my nose looks odd, butt it was just a patch of bright Sept. sun. Austin J and Atticus are BIG. They are NOT dachshunds. I think they are snoutsers or something like that. They were very much interested in my good bones and my water bowl and making Pees out through my fence. All good stuff.

This is a pic of Austin and Atticus with some of my toys and bones. We were on the front porch. I was very much the gentleman and good host. I let them play and chew and pee and run and bark. I think they had a good time. I hope they come back today.

When mom FINALLY came home she brought me two new tee shirts. At least I got a pressie this time. Lorenza was right, all I needed to do was have a serious discussion with her and POOF... I got giftied. I think that maybe she might have had some other things for me, butt... maybe she was just playing Santa Paw's little helper. HUMMMMM, when will that jolly old shelf be coming back again anyway????

While mom and Brandie were away... Dad and I did TWO super fun things. We tore up all of the mean bean plants and then... we went for a ride on my 4-wheeler. We went very much fast past the Grinch's House. Then we went up in the woods to see how dad's deer feeder was doing. I didn't see any deer though beclaws... my wheeler makes too much noise and it scares them back into the woods.

We are not sad about the Mean Beans being gone for the summer. I was getting tired of them sticking to my fur and DAD was getting tired of eating them every day. hehehe

TODAY IS THE DAY I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. MY PHOTOGRAPY GROUP IS GOING TO GO WITH ME TO MY BOAT. I REALLY REALLY DO HOPE THAT WE SEE SOME FUN STUFF FOR THEM TO TAKE PICS OF. Like maybe that squirrel or the Bald Eagle. We are going to have a picnic. I am going to take cheese~~~~ I don't know what Mom is taking. I'll let you know all about it. I just hope they all have a good time.

More Squirrrllly shots

I really liked this shot. You can see its little back leg kicking out.

I got an email today from my Burr Oak Lake furend. His name is Gizmo (I actually have 2 furends with that same name.) and his boat is just two slips down from mine. Gizmo said that he and his people were on their boat Last Thursday and THEY saw a squirrel STARTING to get in and swim, butt his boat must have been too close and it scared the squirrel back to shore. They had never seen one in the water before either. Gizmo is now wondering just how far that squirrel would have gone if it hadn't been frightened.

Hummmm, maybe the nuts are better on the other side of the lake.

Now for a Grinch update. HE's BAAAACK. The Grinch had gone away to the races for a few days. It was sooooo peaceful and relaxing while he was gone. I didn't have to worry about any sneak attacks or other GRINCHY mahem. Dad made me go down there today. I was kind of scared, OF COURSE, butt it was OK. I think that is because he didn't feel good because he has a cold and was not up to giving ME a hard time. Maybe I should start sneezing on him. He is sooo very much nicer when his head is full of ....snot... instead of evil thoughts.

My mom went away in Jennifer the Jeep this morning and did not come home until waaaay after my supper time. I did not like that one bit. Dad fixed me something to eat, butt he just can't cook like mom does. I don't know where she was, butt she didn't bring me any pressies and that stinks like a cat fart.

SILLY SQUIRREL

THIS IS WHAT I SAW ON THE LAKE YESTERDAY!! I THINK THIS SQUIRREL MUST BE TRAINING FOR THE OLYMPICS. IT SWAM CLEAR ARCOSS THE LAKE. WE JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. AND NOT ONLY THAT... IT WAS A REALLY FAST SWIMMER.

I WISH YOU COULD SEE HOW FAR IT HAD COME BY THE TIME MOM TOOK THIS PIC.. IN THE BACKGROUND IS ONE OF THE 4 DOCK AREAS. THOSE ARE ALL PONTOON BOATS BACK THERE. DAD SAYS THAT HE THINKS THE LAKE IS ABOUT 500 YARDS ACROSS WHERE THE SQUIRREL WAS SWIMMING. WE FLOATED ALONG BESIDE IT UNTIL IT WAS ABOUT 5 YARDS FROM THE SHORE. WE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO IT. MOM WAS PREPARED MAKE A RESCUE IF IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HAVING TROUBLE.

THIS is a pic of a cinnamon roll that our neighbor Brandie brought up to us. It was as BIG as it was DELICIOUS. Brandie is Atticus, Austin J, and Bacall's mom. They are my newest furends. We have to play through their fence though. I am hoping that they can come up here to my house and play inside my fence. That way we can have some really grrrreat fun together.

These are the very much delicious snacks that Atticus, Austin J, and Bacall sent to ME !! I had to make a very hard decision because I could only have one every day.

This is ME after I finished my blog writing. Two days in a row on the lake just left me dog tired.

Lake fun for me

Yep, I was on shore patrol yesterday and ... I'll be at it again today.

I gathered my crew and we shoved off for the lake. I did some super sniffigating and dad caught a big bass. Mom read a book and fixed my lunch. We all stopped so that we could see a loon, some Canada geese, a bunch of blue herons, an osprey, and a deer. Ah, life on the high seas, or the lovely lake. It was soooo good... we are going to do it all over again today.

Meeting last night

I found out what this green monster was for. It certainly isn't any of the things I was worried about. There aren't any Grinch Eggs in there incubating. It isn't a jail for dachshunds. Butt... I'm still not going anywhere near it. I'm not going into details butt I will say that the whole situation pretty much stinks. 'nuff said. I went to my writer group meeting last night. It lasted a very much long time so I am really tired today. There were some really nice new people there. One man read my story for me. He did a super job. I had to use the word YAMMER in it. That was easy for me. I told about how the people on the train yammered and yammered about me having my own train car. I am not sure why, butt people were laughing and laughing. I was very much serious about all the stuff I had written.
Here is my story for this month. Last month the word was perfidy. I didn't understand that word back then and used it all wrong. They laughed about that one too. I made up for it though by putting the word in THIS story and I got it RIGHT. I do go to those meeting to LEARN things you know.

Yammers are not for building things.

Last weekend I took my mom and dad to Pennsylvania to visit my sister Lori. She is Sarge’s mom. We did some very much fun stuff. The saddest one was to visit the traveling Viet Nam War Memorial. The best one was going on a for real train ride. That is what I want to tell you about.
On our way to Lori’s house I had mom and dad stop at my friend Woodie’s store. Woodie is a chocolate Lab who sells lots of things that my dad loves and stuff for me too. That would be these grrreat bones. Woodie was upstairs and too busy helping his customers to visit with me, butt I did meet these really nice people from Youngstown. They said they were going to their summer cottage along French Creek. I will come back to them later with a big surprise.
We went to the town of Titusville to see three things. Where the guy that the Heisman Trophy was named for was born and raised. Then where the very first ever in the world Oil Well was drilled, and to go on a grrreat train ride through what is called “the valley that changed the world”.
You are very much not going to believe all of this stuff butt I swear that none of it is perfidy.
When we got on the train they gave us our very own personal car to ride in. Butt it was not a car like Jennifer Jeep. We got this special car beclaws, I am a dachshund. I think they must like dachshunds a lot at the train station.
Anyway we stopped several places and more and more people got on the train and they were not happy because they were all crowded up and we had all those empty seats in my car. Mom heard lots and lots of them yammering about this when she went to the Post office car to mail cards from the LAST REMAINING MOBILE POST OFFICE IN THE U.S.A..
When they turned the train around to go back to the Perry Station were we got on there was even more yammering and finally someone asked the conductor why they couldn’t sit in the car with all the space. He explained that it was a Dachshund Car and mom held me up so that they could see me.
And right then, from back in the crowd, someone yammered really loud, “Frankie, Frankie Furter do you remember us? We met at the store the other day.” And so since these people knew me, the conductor let just them sit in the back part of my car. Isn’t that grrreat????
Lori was just stunned when people knew me at a place so far from my home. At first she was laughing about it and then when my Youngstown friends kept talking to ME… she got all upset because she didn’t even know anyone on that train and she only lives 18 miles away.
Let me tell you this, at first she was so surprised that she stammered, then she jealously yammered.
It isn’t my fault that she was born with no tail and only two legs.

more PA fun

This is hard to read butt it talked about Samuel Van Syckle who actually "invented" the first pipeline to transport oil from the Titusville area to where there was a refinery. Up until then they took it out in barrels on horse drawn wagons. They would take the wagons to the Allegheny River and then put on barges headed to a refinery.

This is the exact spot where the world's FIRST oil well was drilled. That was 150 years ago.

Another picture of the train I rode on. Notice that it says Oil Creek & Titusville. They are in the heart of "the valley that changed the world".

I like this one. It is the actual Last Mobile Post Office in the U.S.A.. I wonder if the post cards have arrived down there in GRINCHVILLE yet????

These are signs from different Railroad Lines. Do you see any that you can remember?

After we left the train station we went to the town park. They had the Traveling Viet Nam Wall there last weekend.

I was not allowed to go into the area where that was. I stayed in the shady park with my new friend named Roger. Roger sat with me in the cool grass while everyone else went to see the WALL. It made my mom very upset and unhappy so she came out early. She said that she couldn't get close to the one in Washington D.C. when she was there, she thought maybe since this one is a little smaller... Nope. Too much sadness. She felt better when she got back to where Roger and I were waiting. Mom gets all emotional. When she and dad went to N.Y. City, she could not look at that Ground Zero area either.

Today is 09/09/09

On the train was this mail box. It is the LAST mobile post office in the whole U.S.A. I had mom buy post cards and mail them to Jim the Grinch Guy and my friend FawnTell. Mom had trouble writing them because the train was rocking and rolling. I know that they will be very much surprised when they get these in their mailbox.

This is MY train car. We got it all to ourselves because they treat DACHSHUNDS special. Some of the people in other cars were not happy that we had all that room to ourselves. hehehe

This is me getting on the train. I think dad was afraid. I had trouble getting him on. I finally had to LEAD him on and show him that we were supposed to go into car number 64.

This was the conductor. He took our tickets and stuff.

This is another interesting thing that Titusville is famous for. I thought football fans might be interested in reading the road side marker about the Heisman Trophy.

I had the best time ever in PA. We did some things that we had never done before. The best one was going on that grrrreat train ride.

Two days before we went to Titusville I had stopped at my furend's store to buy bones. Woodie has the best ones ever. Woodie is a chocolate lab. He has lots of people that work for him in his store. Woodie was upstairs selling stuff to people and was just too busy to visit with me this time. Butt... I did meet some very nice new people who live in Youngstown, Ohio. They were going to their summer cottage along French Creek, they said. We told them goodbye and never dreamed we would ever ever see them again. BUTT... at one of the train stops people were getting on and they were complaining about the fact that WE had a whole car to ourselves and they were all crowded up. One man asked the conductor why that was. Mom held me up and said it was just for dachshunds. That is when my NEW Youngstown friends said..."Hey, Frankie, Frankie Furter, do you remember us? We met you two days ago." My sister Lori was STUNNED. She almost fell off her seat. Lori just couldn't believe that someone would know me when we were all that far away from home. hehehe I keep telling her that I have lots and lots of friends. Maybe NOW she will believe me. he he he hehehe

Titusville is where the very first ever in the whole wide world... OIL WELL was drilled. That happened 150 years ago. They call that area "The valley that changed the world."

I will tell you more about all of this stuff in the next few days. Right now I have to get outside and do some much needed work. Well, right after I have my morning nap. hehehe

I brought some bones back for my new friends, Bacall, Atticus, and Austin J.. They sent me some grrreat treats in return. I am going to have mom take some pics of me with these super snacks. I'll post them for you in a few days.

Happy Labor Day to woooooo

I am off visiting... You Know Who... Simple Sarge ! He surely can look all sweetness and light. It is just an act though. I know that his stay in Doggie Jail did NOT rehabilitate him one tiny bit.

This is ME with my friend Woodie. Woodie came out of his store so that we could catch up on our PEE Mail. Woodie has a bunch of employees at his store. He is very much nice to them, and to all his customers (like me). I go there to buy super grrrreat smoked beef bones. I love 'em and so does Sarge. I always stop at Woodie's place before I get to Lori's. I am going to also be buying bones for my 3 new furends that are my "temporary" neighbors. I hope I have enough of my allowance left to pay for everything. I had to use some of my Plastic to buy Mom and Dad both birthday presents. They don't know about those yet. I will let them have their stuff when we get to Lori's. (Don't tell.... I got them both new WATCHES.) That is because I know they LOVE to WATCH ..... ME.... hehehe and also to help remind them when it is time for my supper. I am such a thoughtful guy.

You all have a super duper S A F E Labor Day weekend. I will be spending all my time worried about that GREEN MONSTER. Talk to you soon.

For MONA

Hey everybuddy, If you happen to hear from MONA please tell her that I left these PRODUCE pics. for her. She asked for some pics with either Flowers or some of the stuff from my garden. I went with this. I helped mom pick these peppers (that were NOT pickled) this morning. She washed and cut them to take to my sister Lori. When she got finished there were 4 gallon and 2 quart bags for Lori to put in her freezer. Winter IS coming.

Grinchville gone MAD

This is the big digger thingy that is working on Jr. Grinch & Bonnie's new house. It can dig faster than I can. There must be some giant moleys there. I wish BONNIE would move here and forget to bring Jr. Grinch with her (butt not Jalyn, I want her too).

HERE IT IS. The Green MONSTER!!!! I know that it does not show up really really green, butt it is !!

I am just sure that THE GREEN MONSTER is there for some REALLY bad reason !!!

Look it over good and see if YOU can decide what those two are doing with this thingy. OKAY??

Let me know what you come up with. My little head is chocked full of horrible Grinchy plans, none of which will be good for a little dachshund to have to endure.

I am shivering all over just looking at the pictures.

I got a chance to send my mom down the road to get some pictures for us. I was too afraid of the thing to even go with her. What the heck do you think the Sr. Grinch has made this little house for????? I am afraid that it is to keep ME in when he catches me.

I also wonder if maybe the Grinches have MORE of their breed coming and they might be going to live in that house thingy. I wouldn't put anything past those two. Grinches just can not be trusted.

The house thingy is GREEN??? Perfect camouflage for a Grinch. There might be millions of Grinch EGGS in there incubating. Oh NO... a PLAGUE OF GRINCHES!!! I may never sleep again.

I need your help. I'll take any suggestions for what I should do about this.

What if they hatch out before I get home from Sarge's house? They could be all over this hill. Hiding and waiting to attack me when I get out of Jennifer Jeep.

For the first time EVER, I am glad to be going to Sarge's house. I am thinking that maybe I should just stay there. As bad as HE is... this Grinchly development is WORSE!!!! I won't be able to check my Blog for days and days. I'll be thinking of you.