Thursday, January 20, 2011

The last month. By Porter. - Jan 20, 2011

Hi everyone!

I know you've all missed me, but I've been BUSY! First of all, my sister Eva came back to live with us! Okay, momma says she was just here on a vaCAYshun, but she was here forever.

So, the last time we chatted it was my first birthday! I'm all growed up now. Momma says I'm finally growing out of my ugly stage (she's not always complimentary of me) and she see's a glimmer of the stunning boy I know I am. She says my head is maturing, I'm not sure if she means inside or outside, or both. Anyways, the weekend after my birthday Eva came back!

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That was Eva right after she arrived (and after momma trimmed her ears becuase she said they were HORRENDOUSLY hairy).

Bazinga (momma's feline - we dont' call them cats here, it's too confusing) and Zazzles (my feline) have fit into the house really well. We all REALLY REALLY like them, specially me and momma-Impulse. I sometimes carry Zazz around by the head, and he purrs, he loves me.

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They're always sleepin' together.

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Momma got a new printer thinger and it came in this bag. The felines are always sleeping in it. I tried it out, I fit, and it was cozy, but I didn't think it was good enough to sleep in it more than once.

The first day Eva was at our house, momma was a bit worried she might try to eat the felines. But she made friends.

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They liked to snuggle together in her bed, cause momma's cheap and keeps our house REALLY cold, and the boys don't have much hair.

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The boys just crawled in there with her and snuggled. They do with me sometimes too, but I'd rather play with them.

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They even snuggle with Cat sometimes. Cat looks worried here, but she was just watching something across the room.

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Eva settled in pretty quick...

And then for a little while we even had Gambol staying with us! Only for a couple days though.
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Momma-Impulse thought he made a good foot rest...

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She did it all day to him, it was kinda funny.

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Momma says I have to include this picture of uncle Turner cause he's so darn cute. :shrugs: I dunno, he's just plain old Uncle Turner.

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Then momma got bored one day, so she moved where we sleep. This used to be the dining room, I think dining room means "room that collects dust cause no one uses it". Now it's a dog room. Momma and her poppa are going to put stairs off the deck that you can see out the sliding glass window so we can go outside that way. Our room is lots bigger than it looks, those are REALLY big ribbons on the wall, and that pictures is nearly three feets across!

And then we kinda didn't do anything interesting.

BUT, then my brother came over last weekend!! And he brought his house-brother Logic!

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This is all of us! Oh, but momma-Impulse had to stay in the house cause she had big surgery the day before, and wasn't allowed to run around.

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My sister Eva and my brother Jasper.

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Me 'n my sister.

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Jasper, looking a bit crazy.

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Jasper again.

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Logic, figuring out the biggest ball he's ever seen!

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All of us again! This time we're playing Uncle Turner's favourite game. He's in the lead with the ball, then Cat, then Jasper, me, Eva and Logic. We were all really tired by the end!

Before Eva left, momm bathed her pretty and tried to get family pictures of us. Momma-Impulse and I are not really fans of getting our pictures taken in set up pictures like this...

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And they didn't turn out very good...

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I was sorta miserable about Eva going home, and didn't want to participate in pictures.

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oh well, I'll try harder next time.

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Momma says she's really happy with how Eva turned out, and she might show her in altered classes!

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She reminds me of someone...

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momma says this picture makes her sad and happy all at once (how can someone feel all that and not explode! - do you know what movie *I* just watched?) cause she looks so much like poppa-Argus. Don't tell momma I told you, but she's still real sad that he's not here anymore. I make sure I snuggle her lots.

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I sometimes like to snuggle in crazy ways.

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I mentioned momma-Impulse had surgery. She wasn't feeling so good, so snuggled up with Zazzles. He's a good snuggler. We seem to do a lot of snuggling in this house. Maybe someone could find momma a money tree so she wouldn't be so cheap with the oil anymore? haha!

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And finally, one more picture of my felines.

Do you know what day today is? By Porter - Dec 12, 2010

It's the BEST day of the year! Today is my FIRST BIRTHDAY! One year ago today, my momma was holding me (I was first born of course) thinking "what on earth am I doing, I am totally unprepared for this!". Of course she was prepared, and everything went really well.

the first day I made her panic again cause I didn't gain much weight and all the other puppies did. In hindsight, this was not a good thing to do to my new momma. I made up for it after and got all pudgy like the rest. Anyways, here are a few of my favourites, and then a little story about my evening last night.

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My one day picture.

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Can you believe, momma WOULDN'T let me run around the house like this! She said I was a Porter Pigpen!

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My seven weeks picture.

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See, my poppa taught me to sleep like this when I was still a guinea pig.

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At the beach for the first time!

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Little bitty me at three weeks old.

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Me 'n my poppa.

For my first birthday, momma took me to Piddle Pants Pub. I thought this might not bode well for the evening if I was gonna be piddling in my pants, I mean, I'm ONE now, ONE year olds don't do that! But it turned out okay, momma didn't let me overindulge.

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Wow, the service around this place is terrible. I think I might leave and head to Pants on the Ground Pub instead. I hear it's a bit of a different place than this one.

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Finally! But um, where are you going lady, you forgot to pour my beer!

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Ahhh, I'm gonna....what? Oh momma I don't really need more pics, can I please try my beer?

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snifffff, mmm. Nice aroma.

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YUMMERS! A nice Black Porter is good at the end of any day!

Friday, November 26, 2010

My new brother. By Porter - Nov 26, 2010

I think he's a new brother? I dunno, he's a funny looking dog. Momma says he's a cat, but he doesn't look like sister at ALL. Oh, and he has a brother too, but I don't really like him, cause he hits me on the head and says mean things to me. Anyways, my favourite new brother is called Zazzles, and my not so favourite new brother is called Bazinga. I think momma named him that becuase he goes "ZIIIiinnnnng!" when he jumps from the floor to her shoulder all at once. If he was a dog, he'd be in REALLY REALLY big trouble for doing that! So, momma stole my winter pictures, so I thought I'd share about my new brother.

Anyways, when they first arrived, I was kinda scared of them. They were mean and swore at me and stuff. So then, when Zazzles started feeling better and wanted to hang out with the cool kids (us dogs), I was a bit concerned.

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This is Zazzles trying to snuggle with me. My head got cut off cuase momma was sitting too close. I was still kinna scared of him.

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So then! He went over to say Hi to Cat (the dog...this gets so confusing!). I guess he figured she would love him cause they have something in common. She was curious...

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But he was WAY too forward! Cat is a lady, she doesn't like to move so quickly in a relationship.

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So she left. Now she doesn't mind him, but she doesnt' want to spend time that she doesnt' have to wtih him. Actually both the spotty dogs are like that. Me and momma-Impulse. We LOVE the kitties! Zazzles is MY kitty, Impulse is still trying to teach Zing the rules (ie that she rules and not him). That lesson is a hard one to teach.

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This is Bazinga...can't you just TELL that he's a meanie?

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He even steals my heat register. I mean *everyone* in the house knows it's MY heat register!

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I sometimes give Zazzles special permission to use it. See, he's even leaving room for me.

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And in return I somtimes get to snuggle with Zazzles in his spot beside the computer.

Okay, for the next pics, I TOLD momma to move the flashlight DAYS ago. And..it's not my fault I look like a ragamuffin with stupid hair hanging off my tail. It's my MOMMA'S fault! I have no thumbs (again, momma's fault), so I can't use the thinning shears myself now can I?

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Most of all, me and Zazz like to play. I call this move the "brain squeeze". Momma didn't used to let me do it, but then she heard Zazzles purring, so she says it's okay and he can fend for himself. I'm really really gentle when I do it, his head is already pretty skinny.

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Oof! he got me, and pulled me to the floor!

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Uh oh, I think I'm losing this battle!

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Truce?

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NEVER! I squish him into the mat!

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And then we give each other a little hug.

I still play with Cat (the dog), and my uncle Turner, and I can even get momma-Impulse going pretty good! Now I just have a new friend to play with!

Porter.