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On This Day When School Begins Anew

Back to School

Back to School

Where'd the Summer go?

We had some time to play

Some time to cuddle

Now the morning's just a muddle

Jump out of bed

Quickly put on clothes

Eat in a hurry

And off everyone goes

Back to School

Back to School

How many hours more

Until you come back through that door?

I'll sit in the foyer

I'll patiently wait

I might take a nap

But it is your return 

That makes me hap Hap HAP

HAPPY

Chewy Challenge - OR What's Over There

Remember last week when I posted profiles of Molly and Me gazing off into the distance? Some of you guessed correctly, which I find amazing. We received a LARGE box from Chewy.com!!! See it here on our doorstep?

We had received an email from Ms. Sydney at Chewy.com asking if we were interested in doing a 30 day challenge. She asked if we would try SOLID GOLD food for ONE ENTIRE MONTH  . . . Of course, I was jumping up and down yelling YES! YES! YES!

For me, this is NOT a CHALLENGE at all. I see FOOD. I EAT food. I LOVE the food. Just like that. There are some I like more than others - but generally, I am easy to please and always pleased to EAT. 

Molly is another story. She is not big on the EATING game. She eats. She begs. She guards her dish. BUT left to her own devices, she would pick at her food ALL DAY; and maybe not even that if she decided she doesn't like the SMELL or the TASTE. She is so picky.

It was driving me crazy! So I trained her by PRETENDING to be a LAND shark and whenever she walked away from her dish - I SHARKED AND SNARFED her dish!!! I got fat and she got mad. Now she tends to stand at her dish and finish it within 10 minutes.

Ms. Sydney asked up to PICK A FLAVOR to try and we spent half an hour or more perusing the selections. We finally decided on Buck Wild™ Venison, Potato& Pumpkin Recipe. Doesn't that sound YUMMY???? And we don't EVER get venison so it sounded like a TREAT!!!! In a day or two (Believe it!!! It was fast), our chosen flavor arrived.

Molly was more excited than I have ever seen her. She guarded the box and YELLED at me if I came near it!!! And she kept sniffing it and trying to figure out how to open it. One time I walked around the corner and she started LICKING HER CHOPS as if she had eaten something yummy! I got MAD because I wasn't seeing ANY food around. So I challenged her. I hate to admit it, but we got a little loud with our yelling and - I don't remember but I think ONE of us CHARGED the other. It was bad and we BOTH were sent to our BIG ROOM (pen) for a cooling off period. The box with the food disappeared from the foyer.

The CHALLENGE is starting now. . . actually last night. . . mostly because we found our food bear looking like this

I was near tears thinking we had NO MORE FOOD and I, Noodles the Pug, would starve to skin and bones! Bad enough I am on a D-I-E-T!!!

Mommy went out to the garage and came back in carrying THE BOX. She made me pose on it all the while I am WILTING from hunger. Once she RELEASED me from my pose, I jumped down and started "Helping" her open the Chewy.com box. 

Inside was the most gloriously decorated bag of some incredibly fragrant food. How the smell oozed from that luscious bag I will never know.

Thank you Chewy.com!
The CHALLENGE STARTS NOW!!!!!

*We are not being paid for this challenge nor for any of our opinions regarding Solid Gold food. We have received a bag of food free of charge in order to participate in this challenge. All opinions belong to Noodles, Molly, Sunshine and occasionally the huMoms.

What's Over There?

Can We Really Count on THE KID?

This is the KID

Also known as El Niño

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Thank you for all the wishes for rain! We need them so much. The almost 2 dozen fires currently raging throughout the state are scary!!! Luckily we are a very big state so I am not really in any danger at the moment. Most of the fires are many many miles from my home.

That is not to say it is totally out of the realm of possibility that there should be fire in the hills around me which would in turn threaten me. It could happen. It is so dry everywhere.

A lot of people are putting their faith in this phenom known as El Niño, the kid (boy). This weather pattern is characterized by warming oceans and greater than average rainfall (for some places. In others it may mean less). Sounds like a good deal, huh? The problem is, one El Niño season is not going to erase the FOUR YEARS of drought that brought us to this point. For us to get CLOSE to normal conditions, we would need 3 or 4 equally strong rainy season.

That said, BRING it on El Niño! I am ready for YA! Give it your best shot.

August 15 Will Be Liberating

August 15, 2015 is going to be a day that will go down in History. . . or Dogstory, if you will. WHY, you innocently ask?

Because August 15, 2015 is

CLEAR THE SHELTERS DAY!

You didn't hear of this? Well, in a nutshell, Clear the Shelters Day (with help from NBC and Telemundo stations) is when hundreds of shelters across the country are offering FREE or HEAVILY DISCOUNTED adoptions. Their goal???? To find all of the misplaced pets languishing in shelters GOOD LOVING HOMES. And don't we all deserve a good loving home?

The green indicates states that are taking part in
Clear the Shelters Day

This is a one day event so don't lolly-gag! I have put some INFO LINKS below so you can get up-to-the-minute information about this day in PETstory (I am gonna keep at it until I find one I like).

1. MAIN INFO SITE - http://www.cleartheshelters.com/
2. For New York shelters - http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/clear-the-shelters-adopt-a-pet-nbc-4-new-york-telemundo-47-315892511.html
3. For SF Bay Area shelters - http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Clear-The-Shelters-Animal-Adoption-Dogs-Cats-Pets-Event-NBC-Telemundo-315502721.html
4. Connecticut peeps - http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Clear-the-Shelters-Register-Your-Organization-Pets-Animals-Dogs-Cats-320490042.html
5. Texas weighs in - http://www.cleartheshelters.org/
6. Keystone State info - http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillypets/Local-shelters-to-waive-fees-for-Clear-the-Shelters-Day.html

There's a lot more. Just google CLEAR THE SHELTERS DAY and you will see many many links.

Don't let this opportunity to add to your furfamily or bring another kind of new pet into your household.

After all - this is how Molly came to be my sister.

It' Wild and Outta Control

Hi, Welcome to my world. As you all know, I live in NorCal which is nearly paradise in terms of weather and location. I loves loves loves it here. But these past FOUR years of drought have been tough. This weekend they got tougher when ONE FIRE in the Lake county area exploded to double its size due to the extremely dry conditions. It is only 12% contained.

I cannot express just how dry it here here. The brown grass is not just brown, , , it is crackling. When you step on it, it snaps. It is very scary dry.

So we had some weather come through last week - a tropical front which brought a little rain (and I do mean a little) rain to parts of the state. Unfortunately, a long with that rain came some lightning which in turn set off fires in the very very dry grasses and trees. WHOOSH! It just exploded.

Look at all those FIRES!!!! Scary, huh? This is what happens when rain is scarce and it is something we have to deal with now. 

It will take a lot of rain to get NorCal (all of California, really) back to its verdant self. Here's hoping for a wet winter . . . followed by another wet winter. . . followed by another wet winter. . .