Liveblogging Thanksgiving 2012 Edition

Hi, Liveblogging TG is back by popular demand!!!!!
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Baby Celery Mozart is in the background (as always)
ARGH!!!!It is not letting us upload the pictures of my cuteness!!!!
I have been begging, Baby Celery has been smiling and Owl is out running which makes me very sad. Hope we can work out the picture prob!
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My breakfast is behind schedule. This is not acceptable peeps! Well, in other news the piecrust is being rolled out for cranberry meringue pie, the tablecloth is going to be ironed and Baby Celery is screeching like a girl. The bird is supposed to hit the oven at 9 am. Will they make it on time? Stay tuned for the next thrilling update.
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Just got back from walking Baby Celery. We had a slight disagreement about which way to go on the way back so I took Tigger through the woods and Daddy and Squawky Puppy went back by the road. Food updates: Breakfast was good. The turkey made it into the oven at 9:45 am. The cranberry meringue pie is done. Baby Celery was hungry and screeching like a girl after our walk and is now drinking his milk.
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Something awful has happened. Wol and Tigger had the nerve to pull out the scary monster and vacuum. Can you believe it?! They even wanted to vacuum up all of my lovely fur that I was using to decorate the rugs! I hate to say it, but I think my humans lack taste at times. On the bright side, the turkey is smelling delicious and the stuffing is ready. The only things left to do are bake the yummy rolls (I LOVE bread products) and cook up the green beans. Squawky Puppy had another snack and story time, and now he's napping on his Mama. Can't wait to eat!!!

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Tigger jumping in to give an update. The BMD just did NOT win the working group at the National Dog Show. Rosie will be crushed when she gets back from another walk with the Baby Celery. You can watch the BMD here.
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Rosie here again. Back from the walk. The BMDs have been ROBBED of the working group win!!!!! It ought to be clear to anyone that we're deserving of best in show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Off to go sulk on my bed...

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A happier update : The turkey smells AMAZING! The tables are being set. Squawky Puppy is snoozing and the sun is shining. We BMDs find it hard to be in the dumps for long. Most of the time.
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GRAMS IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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All except Aunt J-Dog are here. Turkey is out and getting ready to be hacked into. Some of the peeps went on a walk to the pond.

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Wow!  A lot has happened in the last few hours.  Auntie J finally made it after 4 hours in the car.  I didn't have time to update that because it was time to eat right after she arrived.  All the humans had a very nice meal, then I went out with cousin R, Roo, Tigger and Auntie J fora rousing round of soccer and stick.  Then, Oh Joyful Day, it was time for MY dinner!!!!  I had chicken (I'm allergic to turkey), sweet potatoes, stuffing, corn pudding, jello salad, cranberries, rolls and green beans.  I had a leisurely meal, taking a full 45 seconds to eat it all up.  Now we're all having quiet time in the play room before dessert - evidently there is no chocolate on the dessert menu, so I'm really looking forward to dessert (dinner was a full 10 minutes ago).

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Soporific Time!  I'm curled up on my bed for a rest, and Uncle L is out cold in the chair.  The rest of the family is getting ready to look at old family slides from Grams' collection.  Evidently I am not in these.

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Gettin hungry for dessert...

The slides have been lots of fun so far.  Tigger is loading up some more to watch.

I hope all my readers are having a wonderful time with your families.


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I'm watching the slides and I have to say that Kanga was a very cute little girl.  I'm not sure why nobody in the pictures looks like me, though.  Oh, there's Kanga riding a horse.

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Oh My, I Love Pie!  I had a small slice each of pumpkin, cranberry meringue and apple pie.  Life is gooood!  I'm not sure which is best - I'll have to sample them again : )

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The southern contingent left about 20 minutes ago. Grams and Aunt J are still here. Auntie J is staying the night! SLUMBER PARTY!!!!!!!!


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Forgot to add in the last update. Tigger, Roo, and Cousin R went outside and were playing bunyup in the dark when a state trooper drove by. He slowed WAAAAAAAAAy down when he saw some kids running around in the dark with sheets and flashlights!

WWFN, ROSIE

Pooh...

successfully changed the roll of toilet paper.

And flushed two towels down the toilet in the process. Yup, don't ask how it happened. Whether or not this causes a flood in the kitchen is TBD.

Edited to add: When asked if she would like to say anything about the situation, Pooh said "No comment."

Family portrait

What a fun day I had today! Uncle L., and the associated cousins decided to come for a visit today to see me and oh yes, see Baby Celery.

We had lots of fun looking at slides of Kanga and co. as kidlets and hearing about the adventures of the cousins involving smokeless powder. Anyway, the very talented cousin L. made this for the Celeries. Check it out!

The whole family!

What a handsome dog with her favorite nephew!

Doings this week....

Owl's been on a business trip all week, and he came home today!!! I missed him, and I'm so happy to have him home!!!  He played with me first when he got home, but then he turned his attention to squawky puppy  Baby Celery.  BC smiles the most for him for some reason.  The family has been busy introducing BC to the area. He's gone to the local botanical gardens and both malls and Costco. Clearly, he is being well edumacated in American culture. Costco, how do I love thee, let me count the ways... I digress. *hem*
We go on walks every day, and I'm teaching him all about Food Equality, which is the natural right of all people to eat all food.
Now, for pictures...

 

Lots of love to all,

Rosie xoxoxo

Better rest up today...

You see, Kanga and Owl are coming home today. Oh, you didn't know they were away? Well, they were gone for a week visiting the Celeries* and left me in charge. At least that's what I say. There have been conflicting opinions on that...

* That would be why we have been receiving vaguely close to adequate photo coverage of Baby Celery.

Anyway, this pooch misses her parents and needs to rest up so she can jump all over them and let them know how much she missed them. (Seriously, Rosie gets lonesome for them when they're at work all day, so how's she's managed to put up with both of them being gone for a week is beyond me- Tigger)

One of the most comfortable napping positions!

Making my sad "I miss you" eyes.

Off to go eat breakfast and then take a nap!
-ROSIE

A Lab Named Dory Strikes Again

So, you may remember this post about a certain pesky lab who's trying to steal my Tigger away from me.  There are new developments regarding her.
Now, you see, Roo is also doing Chemistry this year, and she has some experiments she has to do. So Owl set up a chem lab area in the basement.

The lab bench, aka Roo's ex- desk

The chemicals (yes, some of them are semi- dangerous. That's why they invented safety glasses.)

The back of the chemical box and the rest of the supplies.

I had the brilliant idea that if Roo can do experimental chemistry in the basement, so can Tigger. And then she could do what she loves without visiting Dory.

But then, something distressing happened. Owl and Roo were doing chemistry experiments in the basement, and they came up with a folded up paper addressed to Tigger, and noted as a secret message. It also had the instructions to "1. Unfold 2. Blow with hairdryer."

So, Tigger came home, and followed the instructions.

This is what she saw:

It says "Rosie is the best. ~Dory"

DORY IS NOW LIVING IN OUR BASEMENT!! TIGGER, HOW DID YOU SNEAK HER PAST ME?!!!!!!!!!

WWFN,

ROSIE THE INDIGNANT

The day Tigger flooded the basement with fizzy water

Yup, that would be yesterday. So, it rained hard yesterday afternoon bringing in a glorious cool front (not cold -it's still about 61 F out there). Kanga went down into the basement to get something out of the freezer and she yodeled, " There's water in the basement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It was in a strange location and we were all standing around scratching our heads as to how it got there. (Hint: It wasn't Tigger who made this flood, nor was it the rain. The guilty person (wasn't me!) would probably like to remain anonymous.)

This would be me. I am not, have not been, and never will be responsible for any floods in the house.

Anyway, Tigger noticed that there were some boxes by the flood that were wet, so she asked Kanga if she should move them. Kanga said that was a charming idea, so Tigger moved one box. Then she went to move the other, and instead of dragging it like she had the first one, she picked it up. This turned out to be a failure of the policy of the Tigger Administration because a.) the box was cardboard, specifically WET cardboard and b.) the box contained 12 750 mL bottles of fizzy water. Did I mention that the bottles were glass? You can envision what happened I am sure...Somehow only 5 broke, but those were enough to make a big mess of broken glass and fizzy water and add to the flood.

Tigger- I still love ya even if you flood the basement because you take me on walks in the snow!

What is my house coming to? Floods from the roof, floods from the basement, floods from the Tigger, snakes in the house, squirrels in the yard, I tell ya, it's enough to make a girl want to find a new house to relocate her family to!
WWFN!

ROSIE, FEARLESS FLOOD RESCUE DOG

Requiem

 There's been a tragedy in the world of sports. No, it's not Lance Armstrong being stripped of his titles. It's 37,000 times worse than that. My soccer ball* died yesterday in the middle of a game. It got punctured and now the air is all escaping and it doesn't bounce anymore it just thuds. (Editorial note: By "it got punctured" she means that she bit a hole in it by accident.)It's very sad and I am in mourning. Here is a little letter I wrote to the ball.

 * This is actually my second soccer ball. My first one also met an untimely end.


For my soccer ball

Valentine's Day 2011- August 25, 2012

Feb 14, 2011

August 26, 2012

Dear Soccer Ball:

We've had some great times together. Lots of great games of soccer. You went to the park with me and played, and we had so many games in the back yard. You were the best soccer ball ever and I hope your replacement is just as fantastic. I'll miss you lots!

XOXOXOXO, 

Rosie Zidane

First birthday

Wow, I missed a very important date yesterday. Can you guess what it was?

You can look at these pictures and meditate on what it might be that I missed.

Still haven't got it? Yesterday was the blog's first birthday! That's right, I've been a blogger for an entire year now. It's been really fun so far, and I hope that all of my readers enjoy visiting me here.


Here are some interesting stats about the blog.

There have been 3905 visits to the blog, originating from 10 countries. The top 4 countries are the US,  Germany, France, and Russia (and they may or may not be in that order).

Here are the top 4 most read posts.

All About Me

Predict BC's Birthday

In Which I get my Dinner Most Exceedingly Late

The Olympic Opening Ceremonies (Live Blog)

WWFN,
Rosie, top blogger

Happy Birthday OWL!!!!!!

Today is Owl's 35th 45th 52 birthday. (Not that you would guess it, notice that it took me three tries to guess his age!)

He's the most wonderfulest Daddy in the world and we're all so lucky to have him.

Here are some fun facts about Owl.

1. He was born in France but is American.

Helping Daddy with the leaves.

At the park with Owl.

Owl? What are you doing?

He's a great soccer player!

But he has a weird obsession with giving me baths.

See, he's at it again!

NOOOO....

Going out to play soccer.

and stick

Run Owl, Run!

Me hauling the tree Owl chopped down.

Watching Owl chop the tree.

2. He is the best chemical engineer in the world.

3. He has lived in "about 4 or 5" states. (Not including France of course.)

4. He is the best soccer and stick player in the family who is a human. I'm the best overall though...

5. I love him LOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


WWFN,

ROSIE!!!!!!!!

The Greatest Heist that Ever Failed

So, this post is either about my attempt at taking one of the two objects that are featured in the two pictures below. 

Any guesses which one?

Crunch and Cleans and...

Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (a form of calculus one believes).

Come on! Any guesses?

Hint: It's not the calculus book.


So, here's what happened.

Kanga went grocery shopping today at the new grocery store near us. Well, it's actually not new new- it had been another grocery store but they got sold to a different store which shut the place down for a while and renovated it, and now it's just reopened. Confused yet? Not that the history of the store has much anything to do with the post. Anyway, at the store, Kanga bought me some crunch and cleans and I love those biscuits!!!!! I haven't had them in a long time.

Tigger gave me one and a half right before the family ate dinner and then left the box on the island in the kitchen. I saw them and a plan formed in my extremely large and intelligent brain. (By the way, I am also incredibly humble!) As the family was eating dinner, I pounced on the box pulled it off the island and began to snarf down the biscuits.


I forgot to take one thing into account though when formulating my plans. The box didn't hit the floor silently and Tigger guessed immediately what was going on and lept up and cruelly snatched the box away from me and put the biscuits away. It was very sad- there I was with an entire box of crunch and cleans within my paws, literally, and tit was taken away from me.

I would like to point out though, that the humans have only themselves to blame for my attempt at taking the biscuits. If they bought me crunch and cleans more often, and if Tigger had given me more before dinner than I would not have felt as compelled to help my self. Also just this morning Kanga remarked that it must be very sad to always have to wait for someone to bring you food (it is), so I was being a self-motivated dog and helping myself.

The story does have a happy ending. (I know you were all on the edge of your seats waiting to hear that!)Tigger gave me some C&Cs when taking the pictures for this post.

WWFN,

Rosie the Wonderfulest Dog That Ever There Was

Posing with the box. Do you know how much self control it took to not just dive right in?

Tigger does this thing with me where she puts a treat on my paw and won't let me eat it until she says I may.

I have to look away so as not to give into temptation.

At last! The treat is mine!!!!!

Doings, Happenings, and the Like

Well folks, what's been going on in my life?

Well, first of all the Roo is off at the Aunt and Uncle's over the river (and through the woods to Aunt K and Uncle J's we go...). I miss her, but am not as lonely as I would have been since Tigger has today and yesterday off from work. Yesterday was really hot- the sort of day where you put your big fluffy tail between your legs and try to avoid going outside. Today is much nicer out. Tigger and I were out there weeding for over and hour, and it was lovely.

It's been so hot, that I need to look at pictures of the beautiful, happy, snowy time to cool myself off!

I'm getting ready to go off to the post office with Tigger. My friend the electrician is here. He's great and I love to see him and I wag my tail lots. Yesterday I was somewhat upset at first when the people came to fix the stucco on the house. I wanted to go out and visit, but Tigger refused to let me.


WWFN!

Rosie

Of disloyal humans, weddings, and golden retriever puppies

The family went down to VA this weekend for Aunt L's wedding. I got left behind, although I did have my friend K. come by and visit me and take care of me. The family had a good time at the wedding, although they missed me terribly. There was a cute golden retriever puppy there (which makes me say "HEY!!!!! Why didn't I get to go?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!!").

Abby the puppy, visiting with Tigger.

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The silly dog went swimming!

Check out those paws!

One of the tables for the reception. The flowers were all arranged by the family, and set up the tables  etc too. There were only 24 people at the wedding, including the bride and groom.

It was by a lake. Here's where the wedding was.

Cake tragedy. The second pound cake (i.e. the wedding cake) got stuck when the plate is was on and the glass thing somehow created a vacuum. I really hope they got it unstuck, because otherwise the bride wouldn't have gotten any cake!

WWFN,
Rosie

P.S. Congratulations to Aunt L. and her new husband E.  !!!!!!