The Box Twins

Before we went camping, we bought a new BBQ. We took it with us in the box it came in. At the camp site, I opened the box and assembled the pieces. The box was too good to waste. We tossed a blanket into it and it became Jett's place by the campfire ring. This is what happens when the alpha dog eats breakfast and the little sister finds an opportunity. Jett has a habit of tattling on Tank when Tank is in Jett's place. Jett will stand in front of one of us, then when she has our attention she will look over at Tank as if to say "Troll deportation, PLEASE!" It's quite cute. We keep telling Tank that she will be alpha someday. She doesn't believe us. However, we're not looking forward to that day at all.

Sleepy Radar Dog

Here's Tank the first time she had to wear "The Cone". Tank is allergic to corn and gets very itchy/scratchy after eating it. She was so tired from fighting this all day that she passed out. Later on, I'll share more photos of Tank and "The Cone". Tonight we bought a Halloween costume for Jett. Tank will wear "The Greater Dane" costume that we bought and modified several years ago. We don't say Scooby in our house because it upsets Jett. When Jett was a baby, I had a Scooby Doo collection and she would get in big trouble if she stoled my Scooby Doo stuffies. Later on, after I gave most of the collection away, someone gave her a stuffed Scooby and she refused to play with it. If someone says Scooby with Jett in the room, she gets up and either runs to us and leaves us!! So we say "Greater Dane" like they did in the Movie "Good Boy".

Ruffing it

This is another picture of CampPupp 2008. This is Jenn and Tank sleeping in the RV late into the morning. I know from experience that Jenn can yawn as big as Tank is right now, I just didn't catch it on the camera. The little RV has a queen sized bed in the cab. It's very comfortable. I love the little RV for several reasons. I love that no matter how owie I get from hiking, swimming, fishing, etc. - that I can sleep in a comfortable bed. Also, I don't have to hike up the hill if I have to pee in the middle of the night. It's also very nice when it rains heavily for a long time. It's great for camping in the winter in the Pacific North West. I'll post a pic of it later on.

Skateboard Dreams

My nephews spent about 3 weeks with us this summer. Tank and Jett think that that nephews belong to them. Tank thinks she can do anything that Butch can do. This is Butch trying to play on his skateboard in the back yard. Tank isn't helping much because she wants to play too. He tried kicking the soccer ball then racing to his board to play while she ran the ball down. But the backyard just isn't big enough. I think he finally had to put her in the sun room while he played by himself for a while. I wish I had taken a picture of her looking out the window at him skateboarding without her. She cried and thought that he was torturing her. She even tried coming back into the living room and tattling on him.

Foot Owie continues

So, since the last picture, Tank's foot swelled up even more. It was about 5x the size her foot is normally. I took her again to the emergency vet. When she woke up today, it was much better. This is a picture of the foot now. Poor baby.

Tank's Owie

We went to the beach this weekend. It was a wonderful weekend. However, our Tank got an owie.

Tank vs Stitch

Tank 1 Stitch 0

Tank Wine

Here's a picture of Tank with the wine as well. We put a tiny dab of peanut butter on the top of this bottle to get this great shot.

Staff Meeting

Tank and her daddy at the staff meeting. It was soooooo boring!

Rear View Window

The Tankinator - going for a ride - in her service vest . . .

Sometimes a girl just needs her Teddy Bear

This is a picture of Tank and her Teddy Bear. I love this picture. Today, Mel came to work to help my activities group make hand sewn journals. The young people did a great job. They weren't so sure about Mel making them do math though. I thought that was funny.

Dogster

So, once again, walking in the shadow of Bookworm, I have found something cool. My pups now have their own pages on Dogster http://www.dogster.com/ . Jett's page is http://www.dogster.com/dogs/844548 . Tank's page is http://www.dogster.com/dogs/844560 . I'll prolly do one later for my late best precious pal, Rootbeer.

CampPupp at Omsi

Here's a picture of Tank, the Chicken Lover. That's Becky in the mirror. He He, I just saw that. Tank's friend, Kris, gave her this flying rooster. It has a built in slingshot in it. Not only did Kris buy this obnoxious toy for Tank (it makes rude noises and NEVER stops), Kris bought three of them! If you like South Park http://www.southparkzone.com/ then you know how funny Chicken Lover is. Ok, so here's another wordie that I made up. http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/89487/ten_years CampPupp met up with the Adam's Family today at Omsi. http://www.omsi.edu/

The kids ran around so much that they fell asleep on the drive home. The older nephew went with his God Mother for the weekend. And the rest of us rented another Futurama movie. I thought we had the new one last time. We didn't . This one is it. We also have junk food and soda pop ready to go. Yeah, Team! Ok a different note, youngest camper has obtained a skateboard. I wonder if I need to stock up on bandaides.

DBT hell in a hand basket

This is a colored pencil picture that I did of Tank when she was about four months old.

I'm dog tired today. The DBT for teens group that I faciliate went to hell in a hand basket very fast today. Thirteen year old girls are my least favorite animals on the planet.

Garden Girls

These are my three girls working in the garden several years ago. The dogs have helped this year as well but these pictures were cuter! They both love to carry the watering can. Tank loves to steal Jenn's tools when she isn't looking. And Jett loves to lay in the dirt next to the mom and soak in the sun.

Hot Korea Mama

So, my honey is in Korea this week with the music department from Clark College. This is a picture of her and Tank. The dogs and I are bachelors this week.

Who could deny these faces?

This is the Princess and the Troll at Jett's 7th birthday party at TCBY.

Tank at Dornbeckers

This is a picture of Tank with the statue at the entrance to the Dornbecker's Children's Hospital. She went with me to visit my nephew. While there, she visited with several kids, not just ours. Tank has turned into a very fine dog.

The Love Labs

These are my girls, Tank and Jett.