I'm a pretty girl...again

I had my Spa Day early - Mom got a call from the Spa and they had a cancellation so I was able to get in Friday instead of waiting until today.

I'm NEKKID!!!

Mom asked that I be shaved right down 'cause I was so hairy and they did, but not as bad as it sounded when Mom was telling the lady what to do. I gotta admit, when Mom said, "shave her down, military style!!" I inwardly freaked out.

Now my coat is fuzzy but very short. Today we went for a walk and I hardly panted until we got closer to home, but by then it wasn't 'cause I was hot, but gee, Mom really made me work tonight! Apparently my Good Girl skills have been slacking of late so Mom brought ham treats and made me sit at every intersection, wouldn't let me pee wherever I wanted, and kept the flex leash pretty gosh darn short!

I feel like I'm back in school and I KNOW it's almost Summer Break so I really don't think it's very fair at all. Mom says if I practice my Good Girl skills I will be a happy girl 'cause Mom won't be (as) concerned when we meet people or go visit folks.

I s'pose that really means if I practice my skills, Mom won't need to watch me as closely.....Heeeeeyyy, that could work in my favour! Hmmmm...

Going to the Spa!!

Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy! Mom made an appointment for me at the Spa! I surely need it too - as Mom keeps saying, I'm a Dirty Girl.

I found some mud. Mom let it dry then tried brushing the worst of it off me. I kinda like how I smell, though, so I told Mom to knock it off and let me enjoy my Eau De Pooch.

But the long hair hanging into my eyes and dragging down my tail has Got To GO!

So it seems I need a Mani-Pedi, a bath (mudbath, I hope!) and a haircut. Mom is taking me on Saturday. I kinda like going to the Spa (and really, what girl doesn't?) and I have a reputation for being a Good Girl when having a 'treatment' but I really wish I could keep my wonderful, aromatic essence ;-D

I may strike a pose for Mom when I get back.

Lazy day

Today it's only +19C (66F) so it's nice and cool. I'm having a lazy day, just lounging around, catching up on my sleep (it's HARD sleeping when it's so hot out!) then Mom gave me a Pig's Ear treat! I loves Pigs Ears!

Now I'm feeling up to going for a walk - Mom hasn't even showered yet today so I'm trying to encourage her to get her arse in gear. Every time she gets up, I trot over towards the front door, look back over my shoulder, and when Mom ignores me, I let out a heavy sigh and go back into the living room.

She rolls her eyes at me.

At least now she has the email working on the new computer :-D Only took three days of following instructions before she gave up and called the internet tech support for help.

I rolled my eyes at her.

Going on a holiday at the end of June

Mom is taking me to visit Aunt Jo and the clan at the end of June; it will be the last time we get to see Aunt Jo over on Vancouver Island.

Aunt Jo and Uncle Dale are moving to Manitoba this summer. Uncle Dale's job is making him go. Aunt Jo wants to stay, though, and doesn't know if she going to be able to live here again any time soon.

I'm going to miss going over on the ferry to visit them :-(( Guess I'll have to make the most of it for this one last trip.

Mom says maybe next summer we could visit them in Manitoba - when I asked Mom how I was going to be able to do that, she said we can drive for three days, through Mom's old town (Edmonton, AB) and I can meet some more of her friends, then maybe meet Jamie and Vance in Saskatchewan, then Jo and Dale in Manitoba!!

Sounds like FUN! Good thing I like car rides and never, ever get sick :-D

It's very hot out...

...and I'm wearing a fur coat.

Oh, please don't get me wrong, unlike those radical anti-fur folks, I actually like my fur coat and I wear it proudly.

But when it's +30 C, suddenly wearing a fur coat isn't such a great idea.  Mom is taking me to the groomer for a haircut next week.  She tried hard to get me in this week, you know, during this heat wave, but seems all the other dogparents thought the same thing and there are no open appointments.

Now, there is one teeny-tiny salvation in all this:  Our new house has CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!  Mom is a little worried about how much it will cost so she only has it set at 26C (80F) from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.  Today she got a little daring and dropped it to 24 (75F) 'cause she had a really bad headache and upset tummy due to the heat.  The previous owners installed a non-metric thermostat as they preferred the F scale to the C scale.  Mom knows metric better so she had to write out a whole bunch of temperature conversions and tape them to the box.  Which is kinda good for me 'cause now I can tell you the temperature is both scales :-D

Mom's computer is dying a slow and rather painful death.  It's a Dell laptop she bought almost 5 years ago but now can't run half her programs 'cause even though it was kick-ass computer when she bought it, seems 512 MB of RAM isn't cutting it anymore.  She bought a co-workers' MacBook (2006 version) as a filler/travel laptop and is suddenly very much becoming an Apple fan!

I don't care which computer we use, so long as she doesn't forget to upload my posts!!!!