tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11426757957652475582024-03-05T01:06:35.249-06:00The Republic of GooberStanWelcome to Gooberstan!
It's nowhere near Pakistan, Uzbekistan, or Afghanistan, but it's the land of Stanley - one goober of an Airedale. No passport required.Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.comBlogger273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-10803571548992163522010-10-24T12:47:00.007-05:002010-10-24T19:36:26.465-05:00Fortune Cookie Fiend<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A little known fact about me is that I am a FIEND for fortune cookies. I just love that crunchy, sweet goodness... AND you get a little look at your future too!</span><br /><br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">There is a ritual to the eating of the fortune cookie. First, you meet the fortune cookie. (Hello, my crispy little friend. You're looking mighty tasty this evening.)</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fgf92pSG1yJw9pLNYveTN0QrNZitBndyB51RNKfGqgIUWeR_zai4WzJbRau2jca3YcnHa9tV9EJ4gxcRtdSYLhAYG7HKYbBYfBUm2BoJJ3Lq77f929CdUZmS1a04ibMhDmaPW9PDbn4Z/s1600/IMG_0182+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fgf92pSG1yJw9pLNYveTN0QrNZitBndyB51RNKfGqgIUWeR_zai4WzJbRau2jca3YcnHa9tV9EJ4gxcRtdSYLhAYG7HKYbBYfBUm2BoJJ3Lq77f929CdUZmS1a04ibMhDmaPW9PDbn4Z/s400/IMG_0182+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531672028075241666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Then you become ONE with the fortune cookie... through a little mind-melding. (Oh, little fortune cookie. Your life purpose is clear to me, and we will become intimately acquainted very shortly.)</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjLS9F7OQlYFg3JdsKu3f99OSB1CYTMvb_xV0u-u89Jkbi7vRfPmhMvcxm7VFjCghrtNQcatN4cLmiBlDE4vnQwyTfsFh8m-DhzawPT-YBQcDGtTZNFlsTnWfClyvjEyUZsf2qYEjHAXV/s1600/IMG_0180+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjLS9F7OQlYFg3JdsKu3f99OSB1CYTMvb_xV0u-u89Jkbi7vRfPmhMvcxm7VFjCghrtNQcatN4cLmiBlDE4vnQwyTfsFh8m-DhzawPT-YBQcDGtTZNFlsTnWfClyvjEyUZsf2qYEjHAXV/s400/IMG_0180+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531671875229171858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Ahhh. The moment of truth, when the fortune cookie becomes mine and I become it's new home!</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh_xN14mzXvEABlDyoKxUqvN-Zu0DFn4PFnJE4JMqwCoR98Jyg7OAu-06tK6C1C-SP-Cli-3he1GpOSSIOB-mG_QBDzr8P6p2NYnCScsKZYcEmqYx_1qMYICexusGbQ7qdaOqhuBiRtD2/s1600/IMG_0181+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGh_xN14mzXvEABlDyoKxUqvN-Zu0DFn4PFnJE4JMqwCoR98Jyg7OAu-06tK6C1C-SP-Cli-3he1GpOSSIOB-mG_QBDzr8P6p2NYnCScsKZYcEmqYx_1qMYICexusGbQ7qdaOqhuBiRtD2/s400/IMG_0181+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531671256566994770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Look at the present my tasty little friend had inside for me! Prophetic or what?! Let's hope so!</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIee6ai-zEgh6KSz2cLB8zBN0q3YvEWG0CWJybfgbaw8wqZVkIJnf1ZcgOKKM5f11Q4OjnD6br4eFRVbIW014xlBn6TDedjtfQjCmPUvYep5OHtTYSczkJJd6dcJJ9BRKVj3nM0aWvcTlE/s1600/Fortune+Cookie+1+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIee6ai-zEgh6KSz2cLB8zBN0q3YvEWG0CWJybfgbaw8wqZVkIJnf1ZcgOKKM5f11Q4OjnD6br4eFRVbIW014xlBn6TDedjtfQjCmPUvYep5OHtTYSczkJJd6dcJJ9BRKVj3nM0aWvcTlE/s400/Fortune+Cookie+1+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531670828030542978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Goober love,<br />Stanley<br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-1575358770076328912010-10-17T08:00:00.001-05:002010-10-17T08:00:04.227-05:00Wee Diva<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There I was, looking forward to a little quality time with my Pooh Bear.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBPRcRd0-zqDAJmDVIkuoIeZ9JYVKem1T3Cun2lfA-eQzLqa1Dx4sMUqATkwHVBMtvHJ15tagfWs_vDyAL2gqzCBO5Pf24qlnS7stg3WQLCT2Rh0wCX5lyyGKOVkKM5HVGkopZVyjMNu2/s1600/IMG_0169.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBPRcRd0-zqDAJmDVIkuoIeZ9JYVKem1T3Cun2lfA-eQzLqa1Dx4sMUqATkwHVBMtvHJ15tagfWs_vDyAL2gqzCBO5Pf24qlnS7stg3WQLCT2Rh0wCX5lyyGKOVkKM5HVGkopZVyjMNu2/s400/IMG_0169.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528780403958968162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enter my wee diva of a sissy, Stella, who can never leave me alone. She has NO sense of personal space or boundaries and got herself all up in my bizness.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzdywm-qssAuiXOtA6C3t9C3t78kDshXKVoWOgAz7GjYbgVmcETOGkSOp5Vjwh04bplozX2kFvbxViv8rEaPZjaY2I4MHD4W1x8lHgtXSLkbvqg8zXViaLQVd_UydyK43G_rPzJBppZov/s1600/IMG_0138+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzdywm-qssAuiXOtA6C3t9C3t78kDshXKVoWOgAz7GjYbgVmcETOGkSOp5Vjwh04bplozX2kFvbxViv8rEaPZjaY2I4MHD4W1x8lHgtXSLkbvqg8zXViaLQVd_UydyK43G_rPzJBppZov/s400/IMG_0138+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528780000226777666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I took things into my own paws... Hey! I can multi-task.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGff4YrX5HAD9iZ5nZhvmSZkfpRMWyI-bB-M9AFaTW56acwluVFi-Ptd01K5iCWB6fK4V7rAPpSkef5Bu3maYLWHAygDCuUPl1hOHu9TMKu0jdvBKw9HAWsPpfWTO-bScgmeNypJLjhCd/s1600/IMG_0170edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGff4YrX5HAD9iZ5nZhvmSZkfpRMWyI-bB-M9AFaTW56acwluVFi-Ptd01K5iCWB6fK4V7rAPpSkef5Bu3maYLWHAygDCuUPl1hOHu9TMKu0jdvBKw9HAWsPpfWTO-bScgmeNypJLjhCd/s400/IMG_0170edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528775015181679138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I eventually ditched Pooh in favor of putting an end to Stella's trash talkin'. (Doesn't look too vocal at the moment, does she?)</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkoA3k_RPFPs1U7kaW2gXx22sztZ8TpQJMv2ygQixUTIwTz2tKKvTWBPR3y2kUIaJZjR4fYRaggpLi1Dj9Fxe1dTrwU3xPGnBIvqMjQhqolG3KmDNQe4dNMlbrziCdLF6hNxZWaOSPnSY/s1600/IMG_0171edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkoA3k_RPFPs1U7kaW2gXx22sztZ8TpQJMv2ygQixUTIwTz2tKKvTWBPR3y2kUIaJZjR4fYRaggpLi1Dj9Fxe1dTrwU3xPGnBIvqMjQhqolG3KmDNQe4dNMlbrziCdLF6hNxZWaOSPnSY/s400/IMG_0171edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528774821255290498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Inevitably a snasslin' session of the highest ferocity ensued.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5sPwxpJeoZBKXRHNOYHKsetkSqeV8sEgym81qhnGn0-wHSUBG0egQ3rlPjAiKvVJ0zHu8bWPD3nA_s3ZJcKHRWe2czz_xR4bvJD_ab8BlAJd15yfF2MNTc9g6iq1cxAY0tC3N0_JNHi8/s1600/IMG_0172edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5sPwxpJeoZBKXRHNOYHKsetkSqeV8sEgym81qhnGn0-wHSUBG0egQ3rlPjAiKvVJ0zHu8bWPD3nA_s3ZJcKHRWe2czz_xR4bvJD_ab8BlAJd15yfF2MNTc9g6iq1cxAY0tC3N0_JNHi8/s400/IMG_0172edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528716038414632498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hey! Where'd she go?</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1vJ3z-UiFuCZehXfB6x0bD80xDQdm2Y23mwAQhyRm2lwIyR1tlqGYR4BlO2GViT3JzN0uQfjALheoZTAq0cQpA330O1EOO8RrE-dNvpdBg_JFsBx9K7WchYa9Jh5kEhI-pmqzNwCVkCQ/s1600/IMG_0173edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1vJ3z-UiFuCZehXfB6x0bD80xDQdm2Y23mwAQhyRm2lwIyR1tlqGYR4BlO2GViT3JzN0uQfjALheoZTAq0cQpA330O1EOO8RrE-dNvpdBg_JFsBx9K7WchYa9Jh5kEhI-pmqzNwCVkCQ/s400/IMG_0173edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528713448124206658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm in trouble now.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZknE81LeViq11GFGeffGLBQQ3tCqGvCh17cIqPbVOMCAJupVps6m8K1Xt4b2dgr9NrbLJvRefyaVok8zGH22Vb0ZRJ1wMKbjFDAs59zhhFXwqqFkVqxWovL7cGayKPfiODxq8tD8F953M/s1600/IMG_0174edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZknE81LeViq11GFGeffGLBQQ3tCqGvCh17cIqPbVOMCAJupVps6m8K1Xt4b2dgr9NrbLJvRefyaVok8zGH22Vb0ZRJ1wMKbjFDAs59zhhFXwqqFkVqxWovL7cGayKPfiODxq8tD8F953M/s400/IMG_0174edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528704710422086722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She's gone into her EPZ (Evil-Plotting Zone). I can kiss any relaxation good-bye... indefinitely. (Where's that evil giggling coming from...?)</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdqIcGP-VyvPctWc7FYJXkQ4Bgqb-jko5z-VgIPFHiOwN08MscOW8FHw0HSgevJ2A2QRaaObt78x4f37xSY242lkS2ylN9UjVTWoDRJPcP_j8aoKd7f9EUPClFbj8wsW5pYqFT8q_rkL1/s1600/IMG_0134+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdqIcGP-VyvPctWc7FYJXkQ4Bgqb-jko5z-VgIPFHiOwN08MscOW8FHw0HSgevJ2A2QRaaObt78x4f37xSY242lkS2ylN9UjVTWoDRJPcP_j8aoKd7f9EUPClFbj8wsW5pYqFT8q_rkL1/s400/IMG_0134+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528703237073990466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Goober love,<br />Stanley<br /></span></span></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-69385344509875993952010-05-29T19:29:00.005-05:002010-05-29T19:35:29.747-05:00Best Birthday EVER<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Just so you know, Stanley is unaware that I set up this hidden camera to capture video evidence of his love for me. Now there's no denying that Stanley loves his sissy! Bwah ha ha ha HAaaa!</span></span><br /><br /><object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QfmwhP6fCtE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QfmwhP6fCtE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was the BEST birthday present I could have! Thanks for all the love. I can't believe I'm already 3 years old!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">All my goobery love,</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Stella</span></span><br /><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-61087715040780502632010-05-16T12:40:00.005-05:002010-05-16T12:49:02.227-05:00Contemplative Goob<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's cold and wet and I've got a lot to think about. Naturally, I curled up with my most pliable soccer ball to contemplate, ruminate, and marinate. I'll share my goober thoughts with you once I've made sense of them myself. Hope the weather is bootiful wherever you are!</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z_mu2Xuudg7inYZ6WtkTQ7subygKFhwI1DZMW3qhJT9hZGdc4c4dIAn49z_orn88H7rOMRGW6wHpChnkdqArxynFCpJzWKDEyhUerouhD4xc_1FnysOgteKZJ9wbrDLhQhsGyxh2TrCr/s1600/IMG_8603.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z_mu2Xuudg7inYZ6WtkTQ7subygKFhwI1DZMW3qhJT9hZGdc4c4dIAn49z_orn88H7rOMRGW6wHpChnkdqArxynFCpJzWKDEyhUerouhD4xc_1FnysOgteKZJ9wbrDLhQhsGyxh2TrCr/s400/IMG_8603.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471924631577644402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Goober love,<br />Stanley<br /></span></span></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-54197399842468335442010-05-09T18:54:00.021-05:002010-05-09T19:44:36.241-05:00Truth in Reporting<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Okay. Let me set the scene here before you all jump to conclusions. My girl swears that these photos are evidence of me smoochin' on my sissy, Stella, but I'm here to tell you that they are NOT. These photos are simply evidence of top secret experiments in hypnosis that I have been conducting on a <span style="font-style: italic;">very </span>unwilling Stella. Notice how Stella's eye is open as we begin our session.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCzvP7A5aG69rnPapObtV6h_3CtKSqGdVssmaC9OcmjERPYN4ls7bsMScW37MciGPTh2PMPd_MT3zxJGuU-YEOgn2RSzDqOiMGyIfub17wPhNt2gUkhhQnlyEba39oUU8qc_yKVkx91XN/s1600/IMG_8644+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCzvP7A5aG69rnPapObtV6h_3CtKSqGdVssmaC9OcmjERPYN4ls7bsMScW37MciGPTh2PMPd_MT3zxJGuU-YEOgn2RSzDqOiMGyIfub17wPhNt2gUkhhQnlyEba39oUU8qc_yKVkx91XN/s400/IMG_8644+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469432817635804370" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Behold. Stella is under my power of suggestion.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-an4raeyfHCPAvzhFf_DS32vF1fhReHsuuYjcFdj_LW1AgyZpkMsPtZvIL02tTiTwb1c2ZezPmYvknuRWxfLGvuB-b8kx3DeV1y9Lvz81fuYI1Kekj85uQL_E9RHUeHRZMe-WoL8jp3j/s1600/IMG_8645+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-an4raeyfHCPAvzhFf_DS32vF1fhReHsuuYjcFdj_LW1AgyZpkMsPtZvIL02tTiTwb1c2ZezPmYvknuRWxfLGvuB-b8kx3DeV1y9Lvz81fuYI1Kekj85uQL_E9RHUeHRZMe-WoL8jp3j/s400/IMG_8645+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469426576424436850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay, so it only lasted for a few seconds, but it's a start. If you were in my position you'd be working on some mind control techniques too.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRrf3TvAiB4ZSZWqWO2EOroLQttz0MgxKCjZu-UGyj_IkOjTryF-hpbzTfKhc4-njUPYxTM3Mhoz2ooZjfyEGhXJQmyusp6BcV69dq2AQoYSM5jaNJL5d6J34nb3_G6Mvr2dbZiZC2JcL/s1600/IMG_8629+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRrf3TvAiB4ZSZWqWO2EOroLQttz0MgxKCjZu-UGyj_IkOjTryF-hpbzTfKhc4-njUPYxTM3Mhoz2ooZjfyEGhXJQmyusp6BcV69dq2AQoYSM5jaNJL5d6J34nb3_G6Mvr2dbZiZC2JcL/s400/IMG_8629+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469426089065021538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And of course, the ferocity of her subsequent snasslin' was off the charts.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXJfrhjI2gYEd6VDdDURF8r4oY8Ip6WVBLRaTBspA1CI9SWcvbaol7fOIuYzRvZnJMsVjPw8Bqfe1fRkVzD4pwaqk8FLWQjMf-tp8_pikklNuYGoFosoRjbN8ZHRWvLURv0ZBQF7pldy7/s1600/IMG_8630+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXJfrhjI2gYEd6VDdDURF8r4oY8Ip6WVBLRaTBspA1CI9SWcvbaol7fOIuYzRvZnJMsVjPw8Bqfe1fRkVzD4pwaqk8FLWQjMf-tp8_pikklNuYGoFosoRjbN8ZHRWvLURv0ZBQF7pldy7/s400/IMG_8630+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469425690475337458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some how I think she's enjoying herself just a <span style="font-style: italic;">little </span>too much.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtD7Zb36zTI57R6TiVLpZdgaDN8C7i6y1Oiryuglhx59oMP0QXNqjhkxeaQbhmrCc_znVEq1LvFck-VQB3idjMrarn6gufg6vlvEtTCqVf35ygeirxzSM-9DFbs1MiUFDOtFrG4BAmRW9/s1600/IMG_8657+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtD7Zb36zTI57R6TiVLpZdgaDN8C7i6y1Oiryuglhx59oMP0QXNqjhkxeaQbhmrCc_znVEq1LvFck-VQB3idjMrarn6gufg6vlvEtTCqVf35ygeirxzSM-9DFbs1MiUFDOtFrG4BAmRW9/s400/IMG_8657+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469425420075126018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She can't even bring it down a notch for the photo shoot. (I know. The camera LOVES me, man.)</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYxhfkGi4JbKq73jicSS5oIBifWTj2xF__G3qxVMWd1My10MITeVaGIOjUD31zzpNYynOKf3FCdiw8KB-DdKdi2r9lDRhB3wnwU18KGmMqlTuq07WfpnZStaJobbudK_oQiARNZ2n_9U7/s1600/IMG_8656+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYxhfkGi4JbKq73jicSS5oIBifWTj2xF__G3qxVMWd1My10MITeVaGIOjUD31zzpNYynOKf3FCdiw8KB-DdKdi2r9lDRhB3wnwU18KGmMqlTuq07WfpnZStaJobbudK_oQiARNZ2n_9U7/s400/IMG_8656+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469424863556335506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is definitely a case of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" if I've ever seen one!</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX7Rv40O60eZOimdzUKE1BVi6I_w4aW7fnHtB5R6mxVGyjxvVOFXI9i8LKj-V2XJnmZER_m7pQb6GaYvgohzDbNdGLrZ2zHwqWIOUYPbP92gz2SbjkpVYkEEiW2c4fQffajAgSDI35R9A/s1600/IMG_8658+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX7Rv40O60eZOimdzUKE1BVi6I_w4aW7fnHtB5R6mxVGyjxvVOFXI9i8LKj-V2XJnmZER_m7pQb6GaYvgohzDbNdGLrZ2zHwqWIOUYPbP92gz2SbjkpVYkEEiW2c4fQffajAgSDI35R9A/s400/IMG_8658+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469423309621621538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks to all who have been asking about our girl and her new job. She is thankful to be gainfully employed, but more motivated than ever to find a position that fits her better. We'll keep you posted<br /><br /><br /><br />Goober love,<br />Stanley (& Stella)<br /></span></span></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-62822746945104754382010-03-13T18:10:00.002-06:002010-03-13T23:05:37.946-06:00Crime of Fashion<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Last weekend a crime was committed in GooberStan. </span><br /></span></div><div align="center"></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFkfHT231aYyrf9PREmPabJHjLroOOH65RzCKed3jAnBdQAl3VmMjNQKvX-__5UR7k6QdoXTbpeb-k_aTwwNPyq19zLE-3aX_zbyy4rPMvyJ7n44dJctPLMVQLXUbb8x5ftNOLdUOrpsX/s1600-h/IMG_8540+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448252770687186306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFkfHT231aYyrf9PREmPabJHjLroOOH65RzCKed3jAnBdQAl3VmMjNQKvX-__5UR7k6QdoXTbpeb-k_aTwwNPyq19zLE-3aX_zbyy4rPMvyJ7n44dJctPLMVQLXUbb8x5ftNOLdUOrpsX/s400/IMG_8540+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Stella and I were snasslin', getting in a workout with our farting bowling pin, when my girl made an announcement.</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr40uVtjItKbcQJGFJ3S-LZrBQIAG8eP-ZaGaPW8hMzQFzOvjLs5cUsHQKNnlkviRqPYncHxDNPboCkAeThoVsin7FSgyalZx0FeK7MqEbCiFGvoDObIPKlGUSnKH-lbBCyevlsp6Nf2uc/s1600-h/IMG_8546+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448252457437561650" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr40uVtjItKbcQJGFJ3S-LZrBQIAG8eP-ZaGaPW8hMzQFzOvjLs5cUsHQKNnlkviRqPYncHxDNPboCkAeThoVsin7FSgyalZx0FeK7MqEbCiFGvoDObIPKlGUSnKH-lbBCyevlsp6Nf2uc/s400/IMG_8546+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >It was the kind of announcement that stops the party right in its tracks.</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm8ZmQf9y418VFOjJXUMXapIKrJ1LnlpoGeOmjjpRcCbMkwLSrAl50aCmopgtc6AtbmQWDtapi47Iw_7WH2iFIfRCyTU3kPV-PbySF1kqErHytxJ4F705G_ls-qLW_8I-F-SCsw1gZhE9/s1600-h/IMG_8547+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448252300563058722" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm8ZmQf9y418VFOjJXUMXapIKrJ1LnlpoGeOmjjpRcCbMkwLSrAl50aCmopgtc6AtbmQWDtapi47Iw_7WH2iFIfRCyTU3kPV-PbySF1kqErHytxJ4F705G_ls-qLW_8I-F-SCsw1gZhE9/s400/IMG_8547+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >My girl informed me that she was taking me do the D.Y.I. doggie bathing house of horrors so she could get me "stinkin' clean," to which I replied, "I'm already stinkin' just fine, thank you!"</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRXayu5R3_L5AgtaH6d2ytqTHG-LXPiWKGPCSquKvOROZK0p3OJFyze5URsV2ULHnYEDtEUp7LIkPaYSlnjsIRRcXZEI62es8OowFA7zdYtcaDXPHW_nW48L7b2BLFUxo7Zz5sx1JijFw/s1600-h/IMG_8548+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448252130242980546" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRXayu5R3_L5AgtaH6d2ytqTHG-LXPiWKGPCSquKvOROZK0p3OJFyze5URsV2ULHnYEDtEUp7LIkPaYSlnjsIRRcXZEI62es8OowFA7zdYtcaDXPHW_nW48L7b2BLFUxo7Zz5sx1JijFw/s400/IMG_8548+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >I was incredulous at the thought of a bath. Look at my glorious and gooberlicious level of fuzz. (There was a lot of stink hiding in that undercoat, and I'd invested a lot of time and good roachin' on achieving it.)</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IqyxVOL3evH_4rET1hBSkKjwyGtvuqK64XBHf_Oh0m9cnemuzOSAnnF2IXCX_p6dHhZ5ujk4kA_gy-IsjY0PU2JrfGGUrEEOwjKWmrEZG8CyIXzRkWHajCDu5OplCxkvy1vdahFeVpCY/s1600-h/IMG_8549+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448251958614884290" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IqyxVOL3evH_4rET1hBSkKjwyGtvuqK64XBHf_Oh0m9cnemuzOSAnnF2IXCX_p6dHhZ5ujk4kA_gy-IsjY0PU2JrfGGUrEEOwjKWmrEZG8CyIXzRkWHajCDu5OplCxkvy1vdahFeVpCY/s400/IMG_8549+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I tried a diversionary tactic, attempting to entice my girl to join in the game I was playing with my bowling pin. She remained unmoved.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcT9YKNX3vmxHRuZRG2XkxjyG-a2vVzAYcb0B5CILJL2DI5UZ-FHSAHCYYPkmpzJl2xAIFKqTF_7Ee4KbfoEPxV0RM_ZPBaxvzkCilw5ziY46TBpHaJLHts9noDlRWar53T7zz3F8FVpZ/s1600-h/IMG_8550+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448251804854421010" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcT9YKNX3vmxHRuZRG2XkxjyG-a2vVzAYcb0B5CILJL2DI5UZ-FHSAHCYYPkmpzJl2xAIFKqTF_7Ee4KbfoEPxV0RM_ZPBaxvzkCilw5ziY46TBpHaJLHts9noDlRWar53T7zz3F8FVpZ/s400/IMG_8550+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Stella and I had one other option available to us. We immediately went into E.C.S.M. - which of course is Extremely Cute Slug Mode. It usually works quite well for us.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgyewiVK1ojvgqt69_jLDlw_Z6ibH93VdBzwxWk5iGlDqfIArExypkauux9HePzQaJEO72s-q2eqla_nlxDgj2dW_3ZwUfocBvTGiDZMueemOd7DSd3VTfGX3AH0F75YSIj9rrAPSafw7/s1600-h/IMG_8552+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; display: block; height: 400px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448251564852442130" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgyewiVK1ojvgqt69_jLDlw_Z6ibH93VdBzwxWk5iGlDqfIArExypkauux9HePzQaJEO72s-q2eqla_nlxDgj2dW_3ZwUfocBvTGiDZMueemOd7DSd3VTfGX3AH0F75YSIj9rrAPSafw7/s400/IMG_8552+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >We have found that our closeness to each other while in Extremely Cute Slug Mode is directly related to how diverted our girl will become.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9KGK01B91AHOn9uwnk0LVemKq4zYiWgnJxMH86wxcN6HyKxUJTVAiL3meLfiB9awex4apHkqw3eBY2F158sltFVtYVkajq17NoEbutgJqFX-CQEISMFtMMzLOSGTKdlwi6EvbRztIBWB/s1600-h/IMG_8553+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; display: block; height: 400px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448251412264575090" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9KGK01B91AHOn9uwnk0LVemKq4zYiWgnJxMH86wxcN6HyKxUJTVAiL3meLfiB9awex4apHkqw3eBY2F158sltFVtYVkajq17NoEbutgJqFX-CQEISMFtMMzLOSGTKdlwi6EvbRztIBWB/s400/IMG_8553+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Little to no movement can be made if we want to achieve success.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHV9jR5_v4EwLmaIfWY8ecU6v7yQ7XoXTMIYbWcKEvAxWgb9xaWR6bEmeNfcRhon0yX6sMFgxrHmqywvYLXRHo6zUww6ecYAvxVQsGBWtMFIYq2uhpYJdkcXiekI9p-AfqN68HTnw9Qb5/s1600-h/IMG_8554+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448251247179165170" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHV9jR5_v4EwLmaIfWY8ecU6v7yQ7XoXTMIYbWcKEvAxWgb9xaWR6bEmeNfcRhon0yX6sMFgxrHmqywvYLXRHo6zUww6ecYAvxVQsGBWtMFIYq2uhpYJdkcXiekI9p-AfqN68HTnw9Qb5/s400/IMG_8554+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Sadly, my girl out-waited us and I changed position one too many times. It was off to the doggie bath house for me.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vihrInOL85ZWfXkVnDjsGrpSjWr13XPGN-MD8O1pr9UGTQw5BGLtRQT1AdCWf8yblfTa1hbXrIC5sBOF0inmuY_J5qfDJFqha5aVFl_4Cy2o36HsRHXCKAJ50MUVLMi_UfAuLFMSE0Ou/s1600-h/IMG_8555+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448251046951537762" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vihrInOL85ZWfXkVnDjsGrpSjWr13XPGN-MD8O1pr9UGTQw5BGLtRQT1AdCWf8yblfTa1hbXrIC5sBOF0inmuY_J5qfDJFqha5aVFl_4Cy2o36HsRHXCKAJ50MUVLMi_UfAuLFMSE0Ou/s400/IMG_8555+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >As if that was not enough of a crime, my girl decided to give me an inverted mohawk while she was grooming me. I refused to give her a good camera angle on it. Maybe the fact that she was laughing her booty off had something to do with the low quality of the photographic evidence she tried to obtain. (In this photo she had not even attempted to start on my legs, and I didn't make it easy for her once she did.)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZad1SrEbtbVewt5IP9OMPcRINaTdQuzect_9ZaRhVGSrlSoJ7-kJjYGxqyRG8DV0dticrirdacGpT6q9TVWbB-WRaXfzsz5jZ9_JKyICcbDfJhEfzeazd2blHadi3EUhEiFFyOJXOWIwx/s1600-h/IMG_8556+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 312px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448250877825464098" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZad1SrEbtbVewt5IP9OMPcRINaTdQuzect_9ZaRhVGSrlSoJ7-kJjYGxqyRG8DV0dticrirdacGpT6q9TVWbB-WRaXfzsz5jZ9_JKyICcbDfJhEfzeazd2blHadi3EUhEiFFyOJXOWIwx/s400/IMG_8556+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Needless to say, the style crime my girl perpetrated upon my goober bod lasted for most of the afternoon because everytime she tethered me up to finish my groom, she totally lost it howling and belly laughing. Believe me, you don't want a belly laughing hooman wielding high powered clippers anywhere near your body.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zo_5THocjTYcx94Aub9xSm-E-k3IcFSbVWkyxyQg5QCbxTY35RvXAUWsJU1NqVOBoXn2uk5GKZDSl06R-Xylyl3FDukvBCfgMFfFQaY2NXFHmafYweOZD87TxhuC_iTDm-gC5qQfyuKV/s1600-h/IMG_8558+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 366px; display: block; height: 400px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448250731787042210" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zo_5THocjTYcx94Aub9xSm-E-k3IcFSbVWkyxyQg5QCbxTY35RvXAUWsJU1NqVOBoXn2uk5GKZDSl06R-Xylyl3FDukvBCfgMFfFQaY2NXFHmafYweOZD87TxhuC_iTDm-gC5qQfyuKV/s400/IMG_8558+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Just so you know, my girl rectified the situation shortly after she snapped this photo, but I have yet to exact retribution and punitive damages for pain and suffering... All in good time.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRTyMhoyI_ZQz_QL5PzQIOvI36VaSRZNt5l1iWT5n-F0qHzel-IfFX_8qm_xFTFQD0ed-SdtZ0AxsYsFiLTqJv_N57SFHyb8oVp-nOiUYnhV74DrPmW8qjdt1tqAlAIEdmBuCDsnxTMy8/s1600-h/IMG_8557+edited.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 373px; display: block; height: 400px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448250587944742114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRTyMhoyI_ZQz_QL5PzQIOvI36VaSRZNt5l1iWT5n-F0qHzel-IfFX_8qm_xFTFQD0ed-SdtZ0AxsYsFiLTqJv_N57SFHyb8oVp-nOiUYnhV74DrPmW8qjdt1tqAlAIEdmBuCDsnxTMy8/s400/IMG_8557+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Goober love,</span><br /></div><div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Stanley</span></div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >Pee Ess</span></div><br /><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ></span></div><br /><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >My girl started a new job 3 weeks ago. It's not anything close to what she hopes to eventually find, but as she said, "The goobs and I have got to eat." So, while she's still in training for her "eating job" we'll still be a little sporadic in our posts and our ability to visit our friend's blogs. Fear not. We'll eventually be back in the saddle!</span></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-68193237842930689232010-02-12T12:00:00.006-06:002010-02-12T12:12:42.456-06:00Wally My Woober Boy<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My <a href="http://dogsthatblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Wally</span></a>, one of my best buds and THE BEST Corgador to ever live, went to the Bridge this morning. I am devastated.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0_O8YAGeg7oF0Y-T3B5NFDUYsdW_MERDe61Fxz6qW8tvxDiJ_Xlj2nb3BEzEowDPuTyrXVOVEzQmkW-QdiAstsJkbfjyuuPryKtC-CTAA3doo42kxEnG9LdpFFVR5AvvLvfk23OHXgaX/s1600-h/WallyWild.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437419487540683586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 343px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0_O8YAGeg7oF0Y-T3B5NFDUYsdW_MERDe61Fxz6qW8tvxDiJ_Xlj2nb3BEzEowDPuTyrXVOVEzQmkW-QdiAstsJkbfjyuuPryKtC-CTAA3doo42kxEnG9LdpFFVR5AvvLvfk23OHXgaX/s400/WallyWild.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">His Ma Ape says he died because his heart was,literally, too big for him.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-mDSaAk38ijx1tV_F6cmY2vNHu6sL7MbMAAAYTzA2d0_EtwJvmgZGwVhPgJrgazuYRtP-UxMcf5yjJKRZ-CO15HNhefk2VwY2cxFrtEEFGgM02EIbgdg24_nXki4A_aIYln_59EvAlkg/s1600-h/WallyTongue.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437419421430595746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 360px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-mDSaAk38ijx1tV_F6cmY2vNHu6sL7MbMAAAYTzA2d0_EtwJvmgZGwVhPgJrgazuYRtP-UxMcf5yjJKRZ-CO15HNhefk2VwY2cxFrtEEFGgM02EIbgdg24_nXki4A_aIYln_59EvAlkg/s400/WallyTongue.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I'm not surprised... but I'm sure gonna miss him.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfACsZGqMrrpRy9QSHwd6_DHPlqSVBjmSRrmsculOj7hMaDdcGWA0n22g3U4L8aXRXVxThsqhXMHsMvrP22x7_oObeIx68ND7xdmwxQ8-WFXqWG5xETqFn5Xp_VCkCNbT0gFS7Na3PIGgf/s1600-h/Wally+Tongue+Roll.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437419312116436114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 360px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfACsZGqMrrpRy9QSHwd6_DHPlqSVBjmSRrmsculOj7hMaDdcGWA0n22g3U4L8aXRXVxThsqhXMHsMvrP22x7_oObeIx68ND7xdmwxQ8-WFXqWG5xETqFn5Xp_VCkCNbT0gFS7Na3PIGgf/s400/Wally+Tongue+Roll.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Run like the WIND, my little flipper-footed friend! I'll still be celebrating <a href="http://republicofgooberstan.blogspot.com/2009/02/wooberpalooza.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Woober-Palooza</span> </a>on February 22nd. Just so you know...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Always in my heart,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-42461525190325252312010-02-07T14:25:00.008-06:002010-02-07T16:45:20.230-06:00Pregame Smackdown<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">While waiting for the Super Bowl to start, thought I'd have a little pregame talk with Stella.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-C5CAgfk_MUryNEpyMn8rf_iSb5yDBrhPLrZszBa0pB5EGVYLx7qXygXoKNol_Hn7qC3LdZscuAMl63fj28eaCrlgoFRxVClmgxu6BcUX3TUFalUtkefREph4yf2FNY1wfJJ0ffHiPAC/s1600-h/IMG_8403+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435633526316633874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 316px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-C5CAgfk_MUryNEpyMn8rf_iSb5yDBrhPLrZszBa0pB5EGVYLx7qXygXoKNol_Hn7qC3LdZscuAMl63fj28eaCrlgoFRxVClmgxu6BcUX3TUFalUtkefREph4yf2FNY1wfJJ0ffHiPAC/s400/IMG_8403+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stella and I are having a little difference of opinion. She's all about Indianapolis and I'm pretty certain New Orleans is going to win. Nothing like a little friendly trash talk among siblings...</span><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBBPrS0lUrc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tBBPrS0lUrc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><div align="center"><br /><br /> </div><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Of course we <em>never</em> leave it at the talking stage. It <em>always</em> moves into the smackdown stage.</span></div><p align="center"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hDkzNH4_UJE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hDkzNH4_UJE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">You know, despite her bad taste in football teams...</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfh6WFGVWs3F_32SAfvY7-NyEDMv8SBYRNkj0w0ZqH8Gr34ocyxRNkxISG-4B1fgja_IdGnmO7j9mTrvfhcY-3ADutSiHTRJ6-ijV_TJSQJLde8CR6r-3TqEqLHRUZ5_UDSS9Zl1irPFp3/s1600-h/IMG_8440+edited+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435633282787426450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfh6WFGVWs3F_32SAfvY7-NyEDMv8SBYRNkj0w0ZqH8Gr34ocyxRNkxISG-4B1fgja_IdGnmO7j9mTrvfhcY-3ADutSiHTRJ6-ijV_TJSQJLde8CR6r-3TqEqLHRUZ5_UDSS9Zl1irPFp3/s400/IMG_8440+edited+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinw2oux8bsRO7pQHTR2F8wd8VXWdGEH9t7A6CfBX-GOso1hdw8LI2rN53n8hFp7WOd2P1Z-ClWhC7ekvt5qAcX6xxh7o-theYWrov0d1JxucwLffRuOjYtjjXQvpCiCMWxNBdR1jyGaGMb/s1600-h/IMG_8446+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435624375957101138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinw2oux8bsRO7pQHTR2F8wd8VXWdGEH9t7A6CfBX-GOso1hdw8LI2rN53n8hFp7WOd2P1Z-ClWhC7ekvt5qAcX6xxh7o-theYWrov0d1JxucwLffRuOjYtjjXQvpCiCMWxNBdR1jyGaGMb/s400/IMG_8446+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I actually DO love my sissy. Now that the smackdown is in the cool down phase, it's time to get the snacks ready. Mmmm... snacks.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MqR9DmnIbMR0rk7u4OpcDilUBon4158oOl3AjGDBG_VSQ9My6MaeWbrulLNVAYIcudSFYa_vVNllEAwJF63XtAAfM4Uj1GruIE8eXFPtqmwW2Ojp7kFR9h2wL7y6dYnNoDbbIoxDOEg1/s1600-h/IMG_8446+edited+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435623971086601202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MqR9DmnIbMR0rk7u4OpcDilUBon4158oOl3AjGDBG_VSQ9My6MaeWbrulLNVAYIcudSFYa_vVNllEAwJF63XtAAfM4Uj1GruIE8eXFPtqmwW2Ojp7kFR9h2wL7y6dYnNoDbbIoxDOEg1/s400/IMG_8446+edited+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober Love,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-31633406357922735032010-01-31T13:48:00.009-06:002010-01-31T15:30:50.541-06:00Guest Room Wars<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">See Stella. Stella thinks she's the Queen of the Guest Room (where we hang out a lot of the time while our hooman girl is on the puter).</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgy5ASF1r3BBAKfFxy8lND0cXGAxFs90C9cxvvlGVejgvhrsCwV3pwmFhw0eF8LfjAWH5fm-ZHXdwg7PcRl-Vu87By-9gblfdAXN6tE8oUj1-3Fuoqy5o2u7kDeym1QvsNvIUY4-7Z7Zel/s1600-h/IMG_8212+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433017706573033778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgy5ASF1r3BBAKfFxy8lND0cXGAxFs90C9cxvvlGVejgvhrsCwV3pwmFhw0eF8LfjAWH5fm-ZHXdwg7PcRl-Vu87By-9gblfdAXN6tE8oUj1-3Fuoqy5o2u7kDeym1QvsNvIUY4-7Z7Zel/s400/IMG_8212+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">See me taking Stella back to school.</span></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9n0Z4kM3WRyli8mRDtFoL0t_091VVDaOxYAVqbIp4EVoO9Ai4Jvtidq99l_W9jTwbhFRd8vko1pG_8TEKH0mfCMldmClXruPGW5gfcFU7IF5a-FLWWGBImBsYSaEyfvWeSTwgu-uAgamG/s1600-h/IMG_8206+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433011408513619394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9n0Z4kM3WRyli8mRDtFoL0t_091VVDaOxYAVqbIp4EVoO9Ai4Jvtidq99l_W9jTwbhFRd8vko1pG_8TEKH0mfCMldmClXruPGW5gfcFU7IF5a-FLWWGBImBsYSaEyfvWeSTwgu-uAgamG/s400/IMG_8206+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Oh, yeah. She's a formidable opponent...</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKM2TagqDsQLqTaZtTTSM-hGINa96KYxsh0CdJXkGFy3j3BxS0ciY7vgnhWTWgGc7aXNJUW0HyauXhMEhKSFUBMOmn9Hxva2ESJ26Y4QlVjqGyHASwgxSHdvENqTpmmpw66GqMjOUOsSr/s1600-h/IMG_8207+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433003495981829074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKM2TagqDsQLqTaZtTTSM-hGINa96KYxsh0CdJXkGFy3j3BxS0ciY7vgnhWTWgGc7aXNJUW0HyauXhMEhKSFUBMOmn9Hxva2ESJ26Y4QlVjqGyHASwgxSHdvENqTpmmpw66GqMjOUOsSr/s400/IMG_8207+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">... formidably ANNOYING...</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm3X_j_-fKeiAMpMDuSu5W7s6exijesbSxOrxe4YkjWqZ-eKDnLB3CkPLY5MNVaRNi2EwI8hSEWjZeRNu7MaFm650NDsQXNS46B5FlfgwTD90So-ad-64JU-1Y00UgUvG1Ax__csUQqLk/s1600-h/IMG_8208+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433003233977886754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm3X_j_-fKeiAMpMDuSu5W7s6exijesbSxOrxe4YkjWqZ-eKDnLB3CkPLY5MNVaRNi2EwI8hSEWjZeRNu7MaFm650NDsQXNS46B5FlfgwTD90So-ad-64JU-1Y00UgUvG1Ax__csUQqLk/s400/IMG_8208+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Here's where I let her think she's running me off...</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDCoElt7zxCpe81Hzt6wDQ-8CS96plOm9d1OfvpjPbwha3-b_jE3E_651AC32ZlNffxhZ3SbyIljbDH0hUkhmqKCPgZE7f6vS1DSCQAAScY3C8XXDWnQkcScGFL0xGgQXv4tOo788QLOf/s1600-h/IMG_8209+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433002842799650194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDCoElt7zxCpe81Hzt6wDQ-8CS96plOm9d1OfvpjPbwha3-b_jE3E_651AC32ZlNffxhZ3SbyIljbDH0hUkhmqKCPgZE7f6vS1DSCQAAScY3C8XXDWnQkcScGFL0xGgQXv4tOo788QLOf/s400/IMG_8209+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">... before I double back and stake claim to what is MINE! I am the undisputed King of the Guest Room! Was there <em>ever</em> any doubt?</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_AmtgwYJIVHnicsgDEkoci9zuMejXI-zWzLnzVXEH9b7Jo0SE2uQVuRwdFWcAC7gxeeNPuuJ2ycsJiAGmpYv-H2TuD0nWfdsMhyEvzEqDZjDyEMbZVQIYlglLJKHxjXTJBmI5rIGFDzd/s1600-h/IMG_8211+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432995520486917602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_AmtgwYJIVHnicsgDEkoci9zuMejXI-zWzLnzVXEH9b7Jo0SE2uQVuRwdFWcAC7gxeeNPuuJ2ycsJiAGmpYv-H2TuD0nWfdsMhyEvzEqDZjDyEMbZVQIYlglLJKHxjXTJBmI5rIGFDzd/s400/IMG_8211+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"> </div></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-42392612438203061052010-01-28T16:02:00.005-06:002010-01-28T16:16:42.786-06:00Diva Management<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In case you were wondering, I graduated from the Diva School of Management (DSM)... with honors.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKcTSjFdMff6rVcVzkh4XWyEA9FPIIvOb1v_qV3egSF0xy-gG9pf4T5PjmBOX8HkjgZtwh1PZmGg3lvZHHJk8ZXBROi6I2ZxmQZFPun8FEsxLX7Zt6trl2gkCugIvwxlkLBIfXhsaigZS/s1600-h/IMG_8223+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431915508712584994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKcTSjFdMff6rVcVzkh4XWyEA9FPIIvOb1v_qV3egSF0xy-gG9pf4T5PjmBOX8HkjgZtwh1PZmGg3lvZHHJk8ZXBROi6I2ZxmQZFPun8FEsxLX7Zt6trl2gkCugIvwxlkLBIfXhsaigZS/s400/IMG_8223+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The title of my graduate thesis was "Attitude Adjustments for Diminutive Divas." Did I mention I graduated with honors?</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjZOzTUBoNNAwbh0tT2iBjZFqF0sFoHxtxOlk-Mo0A2hLfgZkTAwLuKXeCl-_IWq29hp5UVsaqdvaBvwIHGpe9E560fyQPRbM2Tiwmx2TtMGACbt3tmnTLpg2A9WhltxnbVAdUHcSXzBh/s1600-h/IMG_8222+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431915210110412498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjZOzTUBoNNAwbh0tT2iBjZFqF0sFoHxtxOlk-Mo0A2hLfgZkTAwLuKXeCl-_IWq29hp5UVsaqdvaBvwIHGpe9E560fyQPRbM2Tiwmx2TtMGACbt3tmnTLpg2A9WhltxnbVAdUHcSXzBh/s400/IMG_8222+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Don't fret. No divas (diminutive or otherwise) were harmed during their "management" sessions. And, I'm still receiving the approving love of my hooman girl. (Notice the ear scritches lovingly given by the main hooman in my life... mmmm... they are of the atomic variety.)</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOe7jTP_xXPXpct-7xRFSZjLdBU7I4AF1Sahn5IgeHek_edRynyQ3KglpSPKzbmcfRJNBrczEw2kJhocpU296s6VyIM4xYgq8pEhpdNWTQCTDDIdv3AWFMEl38FYWIX_kbfJMIgELnBFQ/s1600-h/IMG_8227.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431914860554614066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOe7jTP_xXPXpct-7xRFSZjLdBU7I4AF1Sahn5IgeHek_edRynyQ3KglpSPKzbmcfRJNBrczEw2kJhocpU296s6VyIM4xYgq8pEhpdNWTQCTDDIdv3AWFMEl38FYWIX_kbfJMIgELnBFQ/s400/IMG_8227.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Taking care of business,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-75073535761322457732010-01-26T13:10:00.019-06:002010-01-26T14:02:46.640-06:00And A Bag of Chips<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Note: in this photo my sissy, Stella (aka The Stellanator) looks almost sedate... like a <em>normal</em> dog.</span><br /></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-SXG1fCz_PO0UAXOS_Km7lTAzepgizLh70yQfw5B8vddIA3t0bSZdO269Kd0-KOSb1arPqV1vQZR5rjqP4z2XaZM2tVj0Dd1sbH-9dLavpW_e2hYJEJ91JG8ZiaWEkoO1obqJxOr9Ql0/s1600-h/IMG_8272+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431134588216924850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-SXG1fCz_PO0UAXOS_Km7lTAzepgizLh70yQfw5B8vddIA3t0bSZdO269Kd0-KOSb1arPqV1vQZR5rjqP4z2XaZM2tVj0Dd1sbH-9dLavpW_e2hYJEJ91JG8ZiaWEkoO1obqJxOr9Ql0/s400/IMG_8272+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><br /><p><br /><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Add to that a bag of chips, and well, we're talking MAJOR goober attitude coming at ya full force.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGVoMbg448iDKhPKSJStA37aDqajG7OvuKwx7WLtHzuJTf1kFxDrO_-yPhgrwOajpJ1m2x4X-e3Ab0vCI6OWl3CVhr2Lx4aSBOejZ7RMInvUr0nzpT7UKUHdFRtJWt5GTmf7lYIlV-75A/s1600-h/IMG_8270+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431134125588364722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGVoMbg448iDKhPKSJStA37aDqajG7OvuKwx7WLtHzuJTf1kFxDrO_-yPhgrwOajpJ1m2x4X-e3Ab0vCI6OWl3CVhr2Lx4aSBOejZ7RMInvUr0nzpT7UKUHdFRtJWt5GTmf7lYIlV-75A/s400/IMG_8270+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">According to Stella... "I'm ALL THAT. This bag of chips confirms it. Need I say more?"</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtt5n6ly6-gvC6CYdS4efBE2vy_b0GH_aBzWRYFwTFDd0tC2nwfatgGPXefnqtix7Ae4dxloMZbrcUgX-0hzVtVlpNsszStqxSWKe_LPbOzzTpc46K7jniKuopjfqZfyysmwlLsCmkMTa_/s1600-h/IMG_8273+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431133835005590594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtt5n6ly6-gvC6CYdS4efBE2vy_b0GH_aBzWRYFwTFDd0tC2nwfatgGPXefnqtix7Ae4dxloMZbrcUgX-0hzVtVlpNsszStqxSWKe_LPbOzzTpc46K7jniKuopjfqZfyysmwlLsCmkMTa_/s400/IMG_8273+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">SHEESH!! Why'd she have to find that bag of chips?</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObJWEk-xnTAC7wDwWkkWUxl4uAEVd93rabN_QMSVjWahOIMAhYS8ZqitmJXEWsv7rfENJs3k_pNa7N7zvbht67Gno7rCofYGr8IVmNasNOrLp81StZNcgEXSkdIW-HQPYzUa9DlcgV_fF/s1600-h/IMG_8274+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431133575989763762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObJWEk-xnTAC7wDwWkkWUxl4uAEVd93rabN_QMSVjWahOIMAhYS8ZqitmJXEWsv7rfENJs3k_pNa7N7zvbht67Gno7rCofYGr8IVmNasNOrLp81StZNcgEXSkdIW-HQPYzUa9DlcgV_fF/s400/IMG_8274+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Okay. So the chips are mine and I told her she could play with them...</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CBlUZIE0TKJ7xgHpkNiN5Iop-M9jQAmSnrPeij3MRpideBRkxJCVTkC_sHxnpJqD5nlq6Id4M9v6nMB-tvd6chqqrMLxrO3vfoisMSQ0AyPnplwHZ1Xb3PQxRz76o8XzE9MMBNjv1D_D/s1600-h/IMG_8275+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431133394590966850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CBlUZIE0TKJ7xgHpkNiN5Iop-M9jQAmSnrPeij3MRpideBRkxJCVTkC_sHxnpJqD5nlq6Id4M9v6nMB-tvd6chqqrMLxrO3vfoisMSQ0AyPnplwHZ1Xb3PQxRz76o8XzE9MMBNjv1D_D/s400/IMG_8275+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">But I didn't think I'd be creating a Divanator! (Thanks <a href="http://agathaandarchiespage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Agatha</span> </a>& <a href="http://sophierulestheworld.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Sophie</span></a>. The world is an infinitely better place because you taught Stella how to access her inner diva.)</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sdK0i5vFjFvVx1elrhunTG5jgvfn5j6776JxLqqNXxqO392G5Z_QvysypGxjp32-LHsoT7GDukd1mGbBoX2YMDDsTDieRROzs94omZWuHqthU44It6VOvmThA6Twe-4uKmZ5ydy_VZ0Q/s1600-h/IMG_8277+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431133172100240274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sdK0i5vFjFvVx1elrhunTG5jgvfn5j6776JxLqqNXxqO392G5Z_QvysypGxjp32-LHsoT7GDukd1mGbBoX2YMDDsTDieRROzs94omZWuHqthU44It6VOvmThA6Twe-4uKmZ5ydy_VZ0Q/s400/IMG_8277+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">All because of a stupid crinkle toy I should have chucked a LONG time ago.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgP-RVym3JwhcYbHO6_0u89BQjVp0WmW84NTSnxYMZoR27hyNxc62DEI6jQDBrV1evgLjbEeZRT0KXMnb7237qlHe5Cts4D7B8ZhqAscBPTM8V6Xdg73mnUiEuH7FyBRfQr6ACLS6H5it/s1600-h/IMG_8281+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431132965260099410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgP-RVym3JwhcYbHO6_0u89BQjVp0WmW84NTSnxYMZoR27hyNxc62DEI6jQDBrV1evgLjbEeZRT0KXMnb7237qlHe5Cts4D7B8ZhqAscBPTM8V6Xdg73mnUiEuH7FyBRfQr6ACLS6H5it/s400/IMG_8281+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Lest we forget, here's just a little taste of Stella reminding us that she really is ALL THAT, with or without a bag of chips.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jilMoPuwqBs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jilMoPuwqBs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">I gotta tell you, though. Despite annoying <em>me</em> beyond reason, she has been cracking our girl up non-stop. At least she's providing a public service.</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSzxBS7KOMvNK3ZOuECFHanNhGSxe2iX1xhfKkBR3ZCAgofpQ60FBE-_BFXBNjD7t8tvy1AkDwvZw9EM8G2FMJt6bk849sPinjloWH2VSZLFaFtur6GENxE4ctxyezkfF_ER89klY0I_n/s1600-h/IMG_8284+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431132615860589858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSzxBS7KOMvNK3ZOuECFHanNhGSxe2iX1xhfKkBR3ZCAgofpQ60FBE-_BFXBNjD7t8tvy1AkDwvZw9EM8G2FMJt6bk849sPinjloWH2VSZLFaFtur6GENxE4ctxyezkfF_ER89klY0I_n/s400/IMG_8284+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Looks are deceiving. You'd never know that underneath all that fuzz and the cute little schnoz beats the heart of a Diva of the HIGHEST Order.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTWiYk2Ah9jW9NvzuUv0bENo4YE6rYwoyqf3xDWTT4UOUmdhergyYvaFQJc0-dsOgMNryxGy9YLDd2e4vl6Qohg0tOdflYu0tBFPtLdaOG0y7QDhOEih74WOMY6W7P0s8HEesLqTCV5Eu/s1600-h/IMG_8276+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431132381874125986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTWiYk2Ah9jW9NvzuUv0bENo4YE6rYwoyqf3xDWTT4UOUmdhergyYvaFQJc0-dsOgMNryxGy9YLDd2e4vl6Qohg0tOdflYu0tBFPtLdaOG0y7QDhOEih74WOMY6W7P0s8HEesLqTCV5Eu/s400/IMG_8276+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Barely keeping it together,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span> </div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-34408754334346961692010-01-11T19:33:00.012-06:002010-01-11T20:51:48.731-06:00Motivational Speaker<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I've been doing some serious thinking...</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425614443747718514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywXuP-NmPcPH196M2Ux9zNkliU-b7YS-4f4Y_cXzCl51FB6A5uhs8Ccnhe8oXvrkcgN2afuGTw4QPfPbKd8aFWR4F_5fNC4yP_v3HlvkmxEUDO7PXtE9rFDk3q51DO1qLLdFXq5fzg9Wp/s400/IMG_8141.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">while Stella's been slowly going insane.</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rnGb2M0fsxU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rnGb2M0fsxU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl has been going stir crazy, what with being laid off and then being sick for the 5 weeks after Thanksgiving... and it's been rubbing off on Stella & I. So, for the sake of everyone's sanity, I grabbed my fave stuffie of the moment (my Big Ass) and settled in for some deep thinking on how to jump start my girl's career search and the next step of our adventures here in GooberStan.</span></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7HPvq9Gci5KqKpYjdfV-vCOVt13fDySZrzfiQ1nrOEzmbEDHqrnhYNDm5ZecFgpsU2eEz-_j43ewbfilvgfyHwFtUuDOCchq5x-jfCjybuVNAFUmeDzYwV2p-DopNOHo3OPMtV23mz7q/s1600-h/IMG_8134+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425618841722510882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7HPvq9Gci5KqKpYjdfV-vCOVt13fDySZrzfiQ1nrOEzmbEDHqrnhYNDm5ZecFgpsU2eEz-_j43ewbfilvgfyHwFtUuDOCchq5x-jfCjybuVNAFUmeDzYwV2p-DopNOHo3OPMtV23mz7q/s400/IMG_8134+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I must thank <a href="http://northfordmaggie.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Maggie & Mitch</span> </a>for the gift of the Big Ass. They bestowed him upon me when I was on my cross-country roadtrip last spring, and he's been a faithful companion as I mine my deep thoughts.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWt4hY-QFwH2RQpHvZ0nK3pG3n0iq6zw1J_q9jGIgC2ARAnlG9_QGlJIC2sWZk3CrJSmHx00dmtkyHfDzH1dTtnnvdnqDm7sdQ1WVrbBJ1kCQ272cd8HoBleaYvZpdCRb7xqZoppleSWch/s1600-h/IMG_8136+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425618480963795058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWt4hY-QFwH2RQpHvZ0nK3pG3n0iq6zw1J_q9jGIgC2ARAnlG9_QGlJIC2sWZk3CrJSmHx00dmtkyHfDzH1dTtnnvdnqDm7sdQ1WVrbBJ1kCQ272cd8HoBleaYvZpdCRb7xqZoppleSWch/s400/IMG_8136+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I find that the more I chew and cuddle my Big Ass, the more clarity I have.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbEMMCyWmP8_9ewD-hUAHopyfeuccMjtd-GBCAKYnVQzMwgMLOHtLu-JH1iVUqO_27aC4Jz0ukTI2MY7ulX_6Ed3IAgH4A6EkZip2BTXe3DamJX6gJUDIUJDcM7WBGZ4dVa4a9qT6LJ99/s1600-h/IMG_8138+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425618030817897522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbEMMCyWmP8_9ewD-hUAHopyfeuccMjtd-GBCAKYnVQzMwgMLOHtLu-JH1iVUqO_27aC4Jz0ukTI2MY7ulX_6Ed3IAgH4A6EkZip2BTXe3DamJX6gJUDIUJDcM7WBGZ4dVa4a9qT6LJ99/s400/IMG_8138+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It may not look like it, but I'm really working the little grey cells here.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5enuG89pAkbNzumKq6Kby6Wh5oexwxm_zorq2u1OYGff0DVpbtCAAFouo-ayeny-w4H3AxCa2oC4mWBNPkYWD5eqjCd9GH7z8ec_7TrwlQlk1YT1qoDI5Q1X-Gc3Cd_wLWAxRsDQuj3V/s1600-h/IMG_8139+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425617784064185474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5enuG89pAkbNzumKq6Kby6Wh5oexwxm_zorq2u1OYGff0DVpbtCAAFouo-ayeny-w4H3AxCa2oC4mWBNPkYWD5eqjCd9GH7z8ec_7TrwlQlk1YT1qoDI5Q1X-Gc3Cd_wLWAxRsDQuj3V/s400/IMG_8139+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">When I'm in this position I almost have Stella fooled that I'm in an unbreakable trance. She usually doesn't mess with me once I reach my "zone."</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsbkrASqeKGOcJk-Pp34BOHyr_CZI8_rhIyrMMswkwt9RmloDArCABcqIuCruIr34eX9lmuqFl9kIFzFZLSMiq28TTsTveeWMa3dk52DuBuOpnVJMFAD8F2fWX72maJE4Sq3bWKidgQhM/s1600-h/IMG_8140+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425617511437158242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsbkrASqeKGOcJk-Pp34BOHyr_CZI8_rhIyrMMswkwt9RmloDArCABcqIuCruIr34eX9lmuqFl9kIFzFZLSMiq28TTsTveeWMa3dk52DuBuOpnVJMFAD8F2fWX72maJE4Sq3bWKidgQhM/s400/IMG_8140+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">After one last bite to the Big Ass (eliciting a very satisfying fart sound from him) I am ready to spring my motivational moves on my girl.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvTQSzEhZWK5cGTMHQ-Q2zmwO1L-CwzSb99DW2JAJZ4r19NDnAomRQIrgzEahx4-9Ei_uAr2zbz4mvl17btosIikEvhfkZ-jkygzPSh0Ph7FTEe0mhWVhHfmydS2k-l7LuDwOcdsPA4kF/s1600-h/IMG_8133+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425614739662899906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvTQSzEhZWK5cGTMHQ-Q2zmwO1L-CwzSb99DW2JAJZ4r19NDnAomRQIrgzEahx4-9Ei_uAr2zbz4mvl17btosIikEvhfkZ-jkygzPSh0Ph7FTEe0mhWVhHfmydS2k-l7LuDwOcdsPA4kF/s400/IMG_8133+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl doesn't know it yet, but I'm gonna light a fire under her to get her on the path to a job she loves and to living in a place where we will all flourish. (Smalltown Kansas has served its purpose, but is NOT where we want to stay.) I may not be a card-carrying <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1289543675297544080&ei=uOFLS8r9K6L6rAKJme1o&q=matt+foley+motivational+speaker&hl=en#docid=6072552395536590062"><span style="color:#ff0000;">motivational speaker</span></a>, (and I don't live in a van down by the river), but I got my girl to finish her thesis. I can get her to find a job. (By the way, do you like my devious face?)</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425619375170703906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GdWj8A8U_nZb0WgAptzmIOt5xLpN0C6qyUrec8b5mKaH335KeSxo9rHKz7hcs7kl9naoaNuLYE8AG-V0jgZcVhJGLZZtdDCidToah-IXxoSdcFv4OEx8yY8xMzTX7W0eCLWUbyoWDvFo/s400/IMG_8128+edited.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></p></div></div><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-57587610930924700422010-01-06T18:55:00.004-06:002010-01-06T19:04:05.146-06:00Bout Time<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I've been doing some pondering... It's time for some serious changes here in GooberStan. Don't mean to be so cryptic, but I'll let you in on the secret once I get my girl on board. (See <a href="http://grammiesk9s.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Grammie</span></a>? I'm still using the very snuggable blanket you made me.)</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQStB6S7cqEWK7Zt5047876fUs8kSwqk1GarfQzUsgZjL5jBWEAS2owTZvk7NF3a6IeaW8WaIx2op-Mr59zFaPUdx2B8plQSK2h4VPC5mni1o3D2pHCPcQA4HmrAEKQg57o2RZNkwf0RXe/s1600-h/IMG_8125+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423796466369128002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQStB6S7cqEWK7Zt5047876fUs8kSwqk1GarfQzUsgZjL5jBWEAS2owTZvk7NF3a6IeaW8WaIx2op-Mr59zFaPUdx2B8plQSK2h4VPC5mni1o3D2pHCPcQA4HmrAEKQg57o2RZNkwf0RXe/s400/IMG_8125+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-43844064486869249252009-12-15T20:54:00.011-06:002009-12-15T21:46:13.936-06:00Stella On Demand<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I've had a request... nay, a DEMAND, from the mama of <a href="http://joestains.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Joe Stains</span> </a>for more Stella photos. Evidently she's been jonesin' for a Stella fix. (I'm crushed, Mama Stains.) By popular demand, here are some photos from a little over a month ago at a meeting of the GooberStanian Snasslin' Association (GSA). Enjoy. [For those of you who don't remember, Snasslin' is a combination of Snuggling and Wrasslin' - with a little Brazilian Street Fighting thrown in.]</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We usually start out meeting head to head...</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxD3p_bOaWo2oIdO6h6K-71dk02MQyDxX9cLV6Swu9tG1-ohiB2iqz5pc4PvhbrLbym1fkw8aJMMFjK09JIdyJ0iuLxOeDOTVLfRShA3vJDSIrd-AHDUTcVYcp_7OjEuCdpRTdMNjXnbV/s1600-h/IMG_7718.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400651733252679474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxD3p_bOaWo2oIdO6h6K-71dk02MQyDxX9cLV6Swu9tG1-ohiB2iqz5pc4PvhbrLbym1fkw8aJMMFjK09JIdyJ0iuLxOeDOTVLfRShA3vJDSIrd-AHDUTcVYcp_7OjEuCdpRTdMNjXnbV/s400/IMG_7718.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">but we eventually end up booty to booty.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400650374935257234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPcU2yvispJNr6Di_EaHV5rDqzKvs-gI_SAw6DMDkIZkKQREVOFufi2mYhyphenhyphenWgLtD1wV7p0yIk3WWGgUKlSUFJVmd9tQrQuR7W4_gyIv58b5563r4oTyHWFwnPVkrfQSLcGh1Uzm9pIRo3/s400/IMG_7698.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In between we end up doing a little synchronized... well, synchronized something.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig66HW2Kef_oNKeV9U8VwZlCh2XMkSocy8jNl-v1c5yBzvtzB-a4K0LycbqOEoUen8C0NTspN1EMYrb44zAjjUwK13mVNaDbEiupC1Ppt5QKf_pUX7j9o8dywa50Yz5njrIJfsnZKlmRYN/s1600-h/IMG_7706.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400651521875377730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig66HW2Kef_oNKeV9U8VwZlCh2XMkSocy8jNl-v1c5yBzvtzB-a4K0LycbqOEoUen8C0NTspN1EMYrb44zAjjUwK13mVNaDbEiupC1Ppt5QKf_pUX7j9o8dywa50Yz5njrIJfsnZKlmRYN/s400/IMG_7706.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Here's where it starts to get interesting.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVPI08-xvjABRBHACZlwXMwXInvgRWyTYT083UUSf-2T9Ge0vkjP0vYsw1NSASTpTouOcg7dqtz_Qr74yBPZKjV9T2pN1Qqwhp4c8xOvdD30U759ZFYjkpZS8IaVQ9DFB2WOv0YUf3tKk/s1600-h/IMG_7705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400651385976835634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVPI08-xvjABRBHACZlwXMwXInvgRWyTYT083UUSf-2T9Ge0vkjP0vYsw1NSASTpTouOcg7dqtz_Qr74yBPZKjV9T2pN1Qqwhp4c8xOvdD30U759ZFYjkpZS8IaVQ9DFB2WOv0YUf3tKk/s400/IMG_7705.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I had her pinned for awhile, but then the little booger oozed out from underneath me.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfrk7cwTMtmYVyLkXUreT7VarqT8-ev12QKzyeubRu9BS7ak-LQkcn0AmTV1f14T0KnsabNTEwT8B3RptwRZ3-4Clz9YQzHz_JmfuwS7RBngjSvkB8kZQTiNo7heD-FeaLM1cA_HznFJE/s1600-h/IMG_7704.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400651238818469906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfrk7cwTMtmYVyLkXUreT7VarqT8-ev12QKzyeubRu9BS7ak-LQkcn0AmTV1f14T0KnsabNTEwT8B3RptwRZ3-4Clz9YQzHz_JmfuwS7RBngjSvkB8kZQTiNo7heD-FeaLM1cA_HznFJE/s400/IMG_7704.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Time to make another move...</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39n899K2CTOjIJs2ps35yIYCsL7QTrIahdT0LGwzDE9R7NCMUkQsxuAoFG-DdqnMeiAM8DdTYmNjbp4PhoE_hFRt8Zt1ierfjOGIihe4XGrwhdLFupy-BuVjjv2qQVppd23Icv_qpEcM9/s1600-h/IMG_7703.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400651031727146162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39n899K2CTOjIJs2ps35yIYCsL7QTrIahdT0LGwzDE9R7NCMUkQsxuAoFG-DdqnMeiAM8DdTYmNjbp4PhoE_hFRt8Zt1ierfjOGIihe4XGrwhdLFupy-BuVjjv2qQVppd23Icv_qpEcM9/s400/IMG_7703.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I've got you... almost... where I want you, Stella! (imagine my evil laugh here)</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9h-7TGi9PzVIQJGgeOfdliY_i0Ci4fF1mbVw8lqOWilcEOXZ3kH407reLwp_3tV7uJBQdHyc0IsVqmMjax5-6qPUzgRxDeszHhkMb23pmE6kR4cZFNc19-he5VbjXQAcNZOzeAiN9foS3/s1600-h/IMG_7702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400650904576141282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9h-7TGi9PzVIQJGgeOfdliY_i0Ci4fF1mbVw8lqOWilcEOXZ3kH407reLwp_3tV7uJBQdHyc0IsVqmMjax5-6qPUzgRxDeszHhkMb23pmE6kR4cZFNc19-he5VbjXQAcNZOzeAiN9foS3/s400/IMG_7702.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">C'mON! Say uncle, you little goobette.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTobRorkhM_0Yygu79EJw0cS6r84Y1524FS7QoOOqNIPdypTj70y6tohB29BRCpwRZU-JCNd-OlRpim5FwrNT6Ditckbuy7mYomnd_J3VSFOz_pMClwh9fWMgZH2CTyj8LXhm6cPh-nQt9/s1600-h/IMG_7700.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400650756115651730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTobRorkhM_0Yygu79EJw0cS6r84Y1524FS7QoOOqNIPdypTj70y6tohB29BRCpwRZU-JCNd-OlRpim5FwrNT6Ditckbuy7mYomnd_J3VSFOz_pMClwh9fWMgZH2CTyj8LXhm6cPh-nQt9/s400/IMG_7700.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Maybe if I go for a direct delivery wet willy.</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEcst4lGdhMlqGIl6GbvsR070rZ3XVxMi4QHA4wGfEZgciU8Nikfuh_OyHtyPnC5bsvNV6Y8InV5MttKfPfyi6lcn7CTooTTVuv6u5TPEz68-lI0lxWWlfVb1u5Ty7L8nWAKtHvOTpcnW/s1600-h/IMG_7699.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400650570783848642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEcst4lGdhMlqGIl6GbvsR070rZ3XVxMi4QHA4wGfEZgciU8Nikfuh_OyHtyPnC5bsvNV6Y8InV5MttKfPfyi6lcn7CTooTTVuv6u5TPEz68-lI0lxWWlfVb1u5Ty7L8nWAKtHvOTpcnW/s400/IMG_7699.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Nahhh. Stella HATES wet willies.</span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaX-wGqYq9nUGp3BXK3AsHFUjaVr5vfk0ypDJNNNhTTj-hvRXRYgda9R0hLeGf6NpfLTpASRkwcAXhMtHEPgqHQNwyuP19V97DRYuOysPzQglZHxl20qup66Ap_uW79itByv6rRi8feLa7/s1600-h/IMG_7694.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400650190106439666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaX-wGqYq9nUGp3BXK3AsHFUjaVr5vfk0ypDJNNNhTTj-hvRXRYgda9R0hLeGf6NpfLTpASRkwcAXhMtHEPgqHQNwyuP19V97DRYuOysPzQglZHxl20qup66Ap_uW79itByv6rRi8feLa7/s400/IMG_7694.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The rest of these photos are pretty much just me taunting Stella...</span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kYHnLXAisFt_br2DfzhwvIdxmNGhtXm9VpsYzhQvF9iQeejn6tkgWSXZVPljLmdCPwDt39bv_O25wrw7NkH0i3tVGvRLkkdxnQ8RO5aO4yeTXZgZ9NkfhP-qRtGqR35igY9MdjXrb-St/s1600-h/IMG_7691.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400649609650732130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kYHnLXAisFt_br2DfzhwvIdxmNGhtXm9VpsYzhQvF9iQeejn6tkgWSXZVPljLmdCPwDt39bv_O25wrw7NkH0i3tVGvRLkkdxnQ8RO5aO4yeTXZgZ9NkfhP-qRtGqR35igY9MdjXrb-St/s400/IMG_7691.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">... and Stella going for my jugular.</span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbXNaBTbDAdBubjCZ4hs_jGtE_PcPz_eohPSiuG8pc26VxSmm59O5RgiGb3jobocBhl-V5YdVINqsgLZpBL2z78TfBXgEgjnKSyb6eimrezR4xl_lg7mhqrcwlOGP6OC_7tfwT42FYVKz/s1600-h/IMG_7686.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400648889837967810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbXNaBTbDAdBubjCZ4hs_jGtE_PcPz_eohPSiuG8pc26VxSmm59O5RgiGb3jobocBhl-V5YdVINqsgLZpBL2z78TfBXgEgjnKSyb6eimrezR4xl_lg7mhqrcwlOGP6OC_7tfwT42FYVKz/s400/IMG_7686.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Then it's time for our cool down, and the conclusion of another successful meeting of the GooberStanian Snasslin' Association.</span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRhh7-RHX_zposvpD_0zuLtpWjc1O3ESGgBQhb8ASMBFFlHB2eblfN209O1tJP6LhdZspPKOVP5yrsAyQhw9Mp68s5n97LqtXYkQOWrY_RgdBi-95waS4AoGPfd9c7_r1fDunirBd_fBG/s1600-h/IMG_7739.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400648762687517138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRhh7-RHX_zposvpD_0zuLtpWjc1O3ESGgBQhb8ASMBFFlHB2eblfN209O1tJP6LhdZspPKOVP5yrsAyQhw9Mp68s5n97LqtXYkQOWrY_RgdBi-95waS4AoGPfd9c7_r1fDunirBd_fBG/s400/IMG_7739.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://joestains.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Mama Stains</span></a>, if I could figure out a way for you to mainline Stella from Arizona then I'd be all for it. Until that time comes, I hope this fix was enough for now.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div></div><div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-50471271432083979332009-12-14T21:11:00.001-06:002009-12-14T21:34:25.532-06:00Random Oregon<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Blame our girl. That's all I have to say about why we haven't been posting or visiting our friend's blogs! Just remember, she's the one with opposable thumbs. 'Nuff said. (Would these faces lie to you??)</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415300128090659810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 325px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHD11XNZiYMi17OQbQs-uoX63Ck-3R_fHDtwu6bdMKn2Y4ctQM4au5riXCqd68wuCZHJgF4ytAZu0yQM8fgD91svXaQnDMH266Fk8E3vjRERkYEgPjHLarX7Ngp7SC4le6M1dkUgUG3yvt/s400/IMG_8014+edited.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As a peace offering I give you a photo of one of Portland's most famous residents ~ one with whom my girl spent copious amounts of time ~ the signature voodoo doll donut from Portland's <a href="http://voodoodoughnut.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">VooDoo Doughnuts</span></a>! He's covered in chocolate, filled with very blood-like raspberry goo, and comes with his own pretzle "needle" for the purpose of torturing him before he is devoured one bite at a time! (What can I say? My girl likes her donuts!)</span></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415265954120889138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyk8L5CGT3HfIXdr2Ld1WAY8so7zDS7y9CJXamLXT2jzY3P-BMjWVg9NpFI76JYiDoPdo2NI-CnWAf7JH5gqPsjbNn9yXAcbu527JK9v7ypWDe8y9nXwouHPp0j4lUdpqdQHA1qwdb8hoO/s400/IMG_7825.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">But hey. We promised to reveal the mystery friends from <a href="http://www.dogswithblogs.com.au/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Dogs With Blogs</span> </a>my girl got to see and maybe this sweet terrier mug will give you a clue...</span><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415265299486632994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 324px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinV1OtuwPcyD29vuq4wpwpJOzlZwrt0S4ZAIEAp_cwT0WLgT4WQ1VaIofQxqYSVdSKUfGILUCljRbCqk5VnR9WbRWa6sQq4vM_NY2iRzG7GDTmPmubRfcUiDEcp888bea8IwqHslwMpvb3/s400/IMG_7808+edited.jpg" border="0" /> </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Clue number 2 ~ a certain psycho dog in Oregon...</span><br /><br /></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415265032400531938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KYlTJ_VYYrVQSeKtQZAqSoa1283sn_u2b9dIIiVElb1kYNZs5vbouphmal3UUBilcOBH9cAmWYof5noN_PJxOFYlD6oLlRIsSyJuHYTCvK-_qKDEOKHnjYbVpYWMDwSgIhgmzjxF3FsO/s400/IMG_7813+edited.jpg" border="0" /> </p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Clue number 3 ~ mellow slug dog in the same house...</span><br /><br /></p><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415265512840822418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KitAnMRuf5rr_gimMt2cXubiDn6IcfPPsMeASM5jhgPs51cOca3JWaKFn7jgOasdUAsvfWnjPyYzO-smCcjOIBqMHkvEkoSHAHiE0dW8itXKyyZ__ZwBrbw8aQshW-Qxs9FOkPR7WPSj/s400/IMG_7809.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">If you have not yet figured it out, then maybe this photo will enlighten you. We made an impromptu visit to <a href="http://grammiesk9s.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Moco, Foley, and Dawson</span> </a>and their hooman mama (and Peanut & Flash's Grammie)!!! I have been in love with Grammie ever since my buddy <a href="http://dogsthatblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Wally the Corgador</span> </a>brought her to my attention over 2 years ago. Even though she already has 2 granddogs in <a href="http://peanuts-thoughts.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#33ff33;">Flash & Peanut</span> </a>(hi, Flash & Peanut!), she adopted me along with Wally as her honorary granddogs, and my girl went to meet her without bringing me along for the ride! My girl said that Grammie is just as lovable as I always imagined and that they talked about me the ENTIRE time they spent together. (As it should be.) Grammie, I'm sorry you were disappointed that I was not with my girl. She SO does not understand our bond!</span><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415264796881563010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VYPVg0FpuviZDFRcaAeSwGvLC_Jyz5w3fvdkR2jrT8SAJu1ieQt6pgpcfx0AQU1X2rwfE4j71I0PRl1jF42NogkoAR2wev2OIYRnD9EwsusXzFtcWeSzdoluQcLTmPeoObYgcgqR8ffz/s400/IMG_7805.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The impromptu stop at Grammie's house occurred on the way to the Oregon Coast. My girl was taking our buddy, Noah, to see the Pacific Ocean for the first time, and wouldn't you know, it was the first day of bad weather they'd had all season! Pelting rain and 50-80 mph winds! Oooo Baby!</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HL_t0fYISeg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HL_t0fYISeg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Just a bit of Oregon and movie trivia here. My girl actually got to see Haystack Rock. It's the big dark thing in the photo below. For those of you who are fans of the movie <span style="color:#ff0000;">The </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089218/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Goonies </span></a>, you'll recognize it!</span><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415266492399075538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRp4ZDLgH-6fZ7K3fwOJeOwhe3ePe13ChLSsLQTrAn3kW6D0LGT1odJ418dFTZh7QdTSdqNL_OzAX0lhtHWuTfaH-kOCdqEUalxzzHRDZsPsyLm_UQ_fT_BAda4t9z5H8xjCTsPy17FKB/s400/SANY0036.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /> </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Since this post has devolved from the reveal of my girl's mystery visit to Grammie's house, let me just share a few more random Oregon tidbits with you from my girl's visit. My girl found out that the <a href="http://www.oregonzoo.org/Samudra/index.htm"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Portland Zoo had a baby elephant</span> </a>living there and she just HAD to go see him. She was so transfixed (she took over 30 photos and more than a few vids) she wanted you to see how cute he is. His name is Samudra (Sam for short), and he captured my girl's heart. I say, if she loves him so much why didn't she bring him home? If you're a baby elephant freak like my girl, please go to the link above to the Portland Zoo for even better photos and vids of the cute little pachaderm.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu-9I1xMrdTVTseSh3r6w6RigbLjeOiM3qIJ7a3VDc6gehPck-8bUUZrrKQrvxJYf-2G_NbcUd8k-kBvGTBW9PzIyIBA9nIcfQpE4U33yJqGnkwp1BtDXXtPHEQZwuWaaKzL5uPDnk6rV/s1600-h/IMG_7841.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415266194811164882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu-9I1xMrdTVTseSh3r6w6RigbLjeOiM3qIJ7a3VDc6gehPck-8bUUZrrKQrvxJYf-2G_NbcUd8k-kBvGTBW9PzIyIBA9nIcfQpE4U33yJqGnkwp1BtDXXtPHEQZwuWaaKzL5uPDnk6rV/s400/IMG_7841.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415268512036631058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWP-_85OqCmTw1FwnnA07Fd1ydcygPTU0WR56wAF_w3RhvCk_qxw2GO3w8x-lmONbMqvQM6t4Ew7wDYPG57C0RZQlhFBgRTlfKIReOU7wIEcNp0e2MxHFZJLK3p9vA0sQzn0w4qhJIKTbx/s400/IMG_7846.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Go ahead and say "Awwww." You know you want to.</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L7nOubM9ECc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L7nOubM9ECc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><br /><div><br /> </div><div></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Now this last landmark was brought to my girl's attention by none other than Bogart's mama, Lulu. I don't know if it appears in the book, <em><a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Roadside America</span></a></em>, but it should. Do you remember when the husband of figure skater Tanya Harding and a friend of his decided to travel out East to whack (literally) on the knee of rival figure skater Nancy Kerrigan? This is the dumpster where police supposedly found the weapon in Portland. Amazing... huh? You can get the whole story <a href="http://www.extremesportclips.com/video/2428/Fire-on-Ice-Tonya-Harding-vs-Nancy-Kerrigan.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">here</span> </a>if you're interested.</span><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415266966761438946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpFGoxRNxZhAMIq8bVzx8-58oXXHCqqQsPNNICJnDvsxzvJxf9aFoKx7RONwaf-XLTqlhd0ezobXRzyefmYQxAg6hVBcNp0XQAONDdl3DBLWYtZ2L5K97uqgNr6jMFcjvB2xznXHROxNA/s400/SANY0140.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stella and I hope you have enjoyed this wacky and weird travelogue. We apologize for the appalling lack of dog photos and hope to remedy that for you in our next post. <a href="http://grammiesk9s.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Grammie</span></a>, thank you for allowing my girl to come bask in your glow even if I wasn't with her to pave the way. You're the best!</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-3289672919918926442009-11-18T21:28:00.004-06:002009-11-19T11:12:19.632-06:00Bogart & Lulu & Buzzards... OH MY!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl is FINALLY getting her booty in gear to share about her trip to...</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEixUq3kOPAs1BU8UCqd1nRwegwBfuXKh-Dj2KwSC-iSuaUb4ST0VVtpqaGMAj-cBAa65A8AJVO04ZPYdjCMVwGMjRXoeSx_NryhAOmC_vVG47GCGC3KswJyZVeUMy3bwk3_msuiXInDA/s1600/Portland+Sign.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405634246820699202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 71px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEixUq3kOPAs1BU8UCqd1nRwegwBfuXKh-Dj2KwSC-iSuaUb4ST0VVtpqaGMAj-cBAa65A8AJVO04ZPYdjCMVwGMjRXoeSx_NryhAOmC_vVG47GCGC3KswJyZVeUMy3bwk3_msuiXInDA/s400/Portland+Sign.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJs3-BIISjubDE2zqXqkKidYlPxyprxVNORZL5AgGk_lN4Sy8e3HEkZkzNInxsST_CME5GmNvPkgTlM7Y87JRQEIfx2KOTwSb6OtfubWlPn17PaO2autCgWGF3-Z0orHXdDMWNkqwXpiuG/s1600/SANY0011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405507392824892050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJs3-BIISjubDE2zqXqkKidYlPxyprxVNORZL5AgGk_lN4Sy8e3HEkZkzNInxsST_CME5GmNvPkgTlM7Y87JRQEIfx2KOTwSb6OtfubWlPn17PaO2autCgWGF3-Z0orHXdDMWNkqwXpiuG/s400/SANY0011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">as my GooberStanian emissary to visit my good bud, <a href="http://toaireisdivine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Bogart Handsome Devil</span></a>!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NI7RVHFn-MzXQP-WHJwek3vPMZVP1t4rpJIMKxXA4eMtFKHz1EH4ZoOEoI00tqAYGHlz9sukqDb90Dsp9Rh80u-10w0r4jfZ7KPVg2KwD8YU_H8KtDBnDTphFg-KE4r0-AjUClo2c5m3/s1600/Bogart+Close+Up+Schnoz.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405506773045586930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NI7RVHFn-MzXQP-WHJwek3vPMZVP1t4rpJIMKxXA4eMtFKHz1EH4ZoOEoI00tqAYGHlz9sukqDb90Dsp9Rh80u-10w0r4jfZ7KPVg2KwD8YU_H8KtDBnDTphFg-KE4r0-AjUClo2c5m3/s400/Bogart+Close+Up+Schnoz.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl's accomplice in her adventures in Portland was my fave 17-year-old amigo, Noah. (He & I are cool, but in Stella's mind, he's her nemesis and she goes OFF whenever she sees him.) Luckily for him I trust him to roadtrip with my girl when I can't.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHiExXwaY9WA81P7BWBktL5mSiLTiCINqJbCgpeft7SaLwiUCZnhbIOEFDvG3Kjuk4MTWx0Pv_xClMwkCOAxfQCfgaPOSiNlUP5yE8QKE9AeMXVOUxylCDS6riWQtyJ1luVJGT-jqry2a/s1600/IMG_7868+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405505868678358434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHiExXwaY9WA81P7BWBktL5mSiLTiCINqJbCgpeft7SaLwiUCZnhbIOEFDvG3Kjuk4MTWx0Pv_xClMwkCOAxfQCfgaPOSiNlUP5yE8QKE9AeMXVOUxylCDS6riWQtyJ1luVJGT-jqry2a/s400/IMG_7868+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">He's a real musician (not just a wannabe), and made sure to sample some of the finest gui-tars in Portland while in town.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMFylmbAtc8Hqn7OpKUJA81si29Bh84fhU9m7y5e82onyAc3aBhUiI6elbfqlq5FUA9Z0Qnu81xBKYjjrLxrNDKTFoaYnGFS9uMpTxORJ_kSPgguQ68dQrr25dZi28C-5xrDU7fI5Ttot/s1600/IMG_7752+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405505651229802994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMFylmbAtc8Hqn7OpKUJA81si29Bh84fhU9m7y5e82onyAc3aBhUiI6elbfqlq5FUA9Z0Qnu81xBKYjjrLxrNDKTFoaYnGFS9uMpTxORJ_kSPgguQ68dQrr25dZi28C-5xrDU7fI5Ttot/s400/IMG_7752+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">My girl was all a-tingle about meeting <a href="http://toaireisdivine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Bogart</span> </a>and his mama, Lulu! This photo only begins to illustrate the beauty of <a href="http://www.dogswithblogs.com.au/"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Dogs With Blogs</span> </a>and how much you can grow to love someone you just met! (Noah was surprised to find out that Lulu and my girl had only messaged and emailed back & forth before that night. He said it seemed like they had been good friends for years. He also said that Lulu is one of the coolest adults he has EVER met.)</span><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405500896799988882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 345px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZNNFVbAh-nEpYN4sYxrJjbgAID8QxpzcW7glsJj1KbyWCS3PxMrEyqZe-64GYthEDIpYtxzUSwJpz_McpjDTWcESB1UzZDfua0PGsdwWOxtRVJcCn0zTLuuv45y5_WM9DMb8Jz60WjK6/s400/IMG_7785+edited.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl wanted to spend as much time with Lulu and Bogart as possible, and did, but first things first. As the GooberStanian emissary to BogartLand, my girl made sure to pay proper tribute to Bogart with our humble offerings of friendship... namely, this stuffed buzzard that made a comforting farting noise. (Do you think Bogart was intrigued by the buzzard or my girl's effervescent love for him?)</span><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405502676843245810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnk3aejCRwdQrFEVE_ssj8ZRJk7bY7ngRuQzIcR2LWaSwPy1_FCA553fLsMGnawlktpcJRWvaOxXIAxziwUlLB8FvwGUR9OMKnTg3XfsR-5-y5NSNlJn6c7ko86JwCyjEaFqSUdBB2bkY/s400/IMG_7783+edited.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It did not take long for Bogart to settle into a comfy relationship with his buzzard.</span><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405481728114335698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxbEmjfuqk1-vfQ790LjlmKZhEKIweK5eDlSzJ6iCv0w5FQH-ftuA2KXj2icOQbzKnmVGuLbf_A7pTIRkY-iyOQgggQcgX7ooTgz7Q7RHWY1z1jhoB7kHRQCKiKAWOmDfcNgm2KmD3qsd/s400/IMG_7804.JPG" border="0" /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl has always been fascinated with the thickness of Bogart's eyeliner. You may be seeing several of this type of photo... just sayin'...</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORiOEjrkNgMNELhv8iPw9bTc9j2oDWx8DSzxHflqUyJ7ecWzIdVChd2_G7hMaimsIrVtqdIekw7_CMlwO33NAmNAZJheBJie8F4xmfgqbzjrBctvpSvFhTii05y6hgCB8_NyF0hjktxLT/s1600/IMG_7787+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405503210086626194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORiOEjrkNgMNELhv8iPw9bTc9j2oDWx8DSzxHflqUyJ7ecWzIdVChd2_G7hMaimsIrVtqdIekw7_CMlwO33NAmNAZJheBJie8F4xmfgqbzjrBctvpSvFhTii05y6hgCB8_NyF0hjktxLT/s400/IMG_7787+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">While this is MY blog and this post is not, technically, about my girl's fetishes, she is also obssessed with Bogart's juicy schnoz to an extreme degree.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OtO0yx4RM6cv_kK60U3ORvkA4Y7lPemkRD51gAE8Y0-lYc5a1gV3wpC2iC0ZcPZPp_OT_MQmPyw3rDrTLXJekHPhs1RnCFDRrCL1A5lCo3Rh-AWpX5vLZnFsptIBq2d45W5lUpbyELV-/s1600/IMG_7791+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405503072221891794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OtO0yx4RM6cv_kK60U3ORvkA4Y7lPemkRD51gAE8Y0-lYc5a1gV3wpC2iC0ZcPZPp_OT_MQmPyw3rDrTLXJekHPhs1RnCFDRrCL1A5lCo3Rh-AWpX5vLZnFsptIBq2d45W5lUpbyELV-/s400/IMG_7791+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Such a happy boy!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9V99RIYqXmd1tn43eR7a4Od1cpyRWDRApM6O6FoLtMfIf34m1YENPnx0SoGh60dpRM40__G47nyyoA_dhVJioVNLluNh-UKBtKvMA-NJHX5Lc2BcjTp8uyR8xtrgSOSYFe5NJDlJ1JObN/s1600/IMG_7793+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405502885253402050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9V99RIYqXmd1tn43eR7a4Od1cpyRWDRApM6O6FoLtMfIf34m1YENPnx0SoGh60dpRM40__G47nyyoA_dhVJioVNLluNh-UKBtKvMA-NJHX5Lc2BcjTp8uyR8xtrgSOSYFe5NJDlJ1JObN/s400/IMG_7793+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl noticed that Bogart is a REAL mama's boy. As long as Lulu is close by then Bogart is happy.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPw-bEANAIXAtD8rQn52yFVAC72ZoKaemzm_7U7BQh41Zo9l7nTOcpLxVIKoEANrNrfVkbHu3tslyqJL0WfBDksWgAu__opJ0MhcZMZtNUSZj5V0uOE7xTQeM8-FpxOO3RWCUlN9Ndrqt/s1600/Bogart+and+Lulu+05.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405502453847504994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPw-bEANAIXAtD8rQn52yFVAC72ZoKaemzm_7U7BQh41Zo9l7nTOcpLxVIKoEANrNrfVkbHu3tslyqJL0WfBDksWgAu__opJ0MhcZMZtNUSZj5V0uOE7xTQeM8-FpxOO3RWCUlN9Ndrqt/s400/Bogart+and+Lulu+05.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Here Lulu is explaining the benefits of the Chuck-A-Duck.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0KpbjdYs84oQCPmagBDJcbE32-4mQ9yuWunhhdS13fi-gWzcrSq-UeznhGkh_beD-zsOJWsXsRnTYtDG7ADBXzeiMA3hdAg_BAeBtbQBSqnlziVEtZK-BIyqfg-LmmF9CFx85t6uKdnY/s1600/Bogart+and+Lulu+06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405502352797473586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0KpbjdYs84oQCPmagBDJcbE32-4mQ9yuWunhhdS13fi-gWzcrSq-UeznhGkh_beD-zsOJWsXsRnTYtDG7ADBXzeiMA3hdAg_BAeBtbQBSqnlziVEtZK-BIyqfg-LmmF9CFx85t6uKdnY/s400/Bogart+and+Lulu+06.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Bogart didn't require a lot of convincing.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wGYu7t_dEr2fBy-GyiTRfssnMnNzPX_Xwqd09WWCMcGtHIDP5pln8Epw3Rh_xrFY2w6Jg-H4IHBqFAvM1dZMuyrBu84GeiFJDfIiYmrChWswb0E0sCO49QDp2oT5P20CMw-gWEdUR8qL/s1600/Bogart+and+Lulu+07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405502235734441698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wGYu7t_dEr2fBy-GyiTRfssnMnNzPX_Xwqd09WWCMcGtHIDP5pln8Epw3Rh_xrFY2w6Jg-H4IHBqFAvM1dZMuyrBu84GeiFJDfIiYmrChWswb0E0sCO49QDp2oT5P20CMw-gWEdUR8qL/s400/Bogart+and+Lulu+07.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">That boy is a consummate camera slut!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmZv4S7JwIiIhyphenhyphennuf5ySiYjg6uN0weFfmEhX0-IPOFIymbGgRSYWeQPuQ_SvJoBU_xvECG3JQa6OfSLJe0ntGnAJlIyIL_yvzBOjJ_CfgrfBZPBmeSON53I-0lub6rQNeBvB8Wp-n5Vi8/s1600/IMG_7909+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405501952272889330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmZv4S7JwIiIhyphenhyphennuf5ySiYjg6uN0weFfmEhX0-IPOFIymbGgRSYWeQPuQ_SvJoBU_xvECG3JQa6OfSLJe0ntGnAJlIyIL_yvzBOjJ_CfgrfBZPBmeSON53I-0lub6rQNeBvB8Wp-n5Vi8/s400/IMG_7909+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Once he was a aware of the camera it was a FULL-ON fashion spread.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uIY2L0NH3ychuJBf3p4M-IwVsfuxFdgQyUS6RvHR3C_c4sPwlL-YYUFcSaQGe-hiUzgI-LxJ09rva33iFmC6Amm6MxuMe8eL1ZKx37OyuPkECb4HZXRgrglIh5PpR-ZZEaQt-awBBTFV/s1600/IMG_7911+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405501804520837890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uIY2L0NH3ychuJBf3p4M-IwVsfuxFdgQyUS6RvHR3C_c4sPwlL-YYUFcSaQGe-hiUzgI-LxJ09rva33iFmC6Amm6MxuMe8eL1ZKx37OyuPkECb4HZXRgrglIh5PpR-ZZEaQt-awBBTFV/s400/IMG_7911+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This photo is a two-fer: notice the close up of the great eyeliner AND the juicy schnoz!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfw5occ_4rq6OHsxMpZFgExtdRtMJ0ci1amu3VLcEPmGOUfGYavYyPPwE6t5Uo86zbG7ssOnUoQcd6BMjHJDIpLYp0d6KbmAvNYH1w2hZ2O3LNBam9k0nx9Wy_qkxkAxVlmAe1LhaRaeY/s1600/IMG_7911+schnoz.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405501630617007954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 348px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfw5occ_4rq6OHsxMpZFgExtdRtMJ0ci1amu3VLcEPmGOUfGYavYyPPwE6t5Uo86zbG7ssOnUoQcd6BMjHJDIpLYp0d6KbmAvNYH1w2hZ2O3LNBam9k0nx9Wy_qkxkAxVlmAe1LhaRaeY/s400/IMG_7911+schnoz.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Now this is the really interesting part. My girl has been promising Bogart her Atomic Booty Scratches (A.B.S.) for years. Here she is trying to ease him into the process. (It can be quite overwhelming for a dog not accustomed to it.)</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WHSFX4fC8IfYvPlk2DxkSsauYPlYmb0Kkd17_yz82gVuQcLqy2TDbpzHElqbvvQXIp5w58RyVqQf-EYLb6nFkv_yQhXuIjHPeDz9QufF83U1m1WixrQ6hf5IelvN-1Lercto9KQ5oU-7/s1600/IMG_7797+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405501268881038738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WHSFX4fC8IfYvPlk2DxkSsauYPlYmb0Kkd17_yz82gVuQcLqy2TDbpzHElqbvvQXIp5w58RyVqQf-EYLb6nFkv_yQhXuIjHPeDz9QufF83U1m1WixrQ6hf5IelvN-1Lercto9KQ5oU-7/s400/IMG_7797+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As the Atomic nature of the booty scratch began to sink in, Bogart began mumbling like an old man and gave in to the scratching.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkCVm85ny-38ru91QkgpRhAyRiZuSVpdCJ7w5sQkTa8oFWSQWxceHR7xEy-EerYe3qvRPiQl5JXJELQt0vI91Zn1VdAYIsC5RYTBHI4djV4UrA9lOTwA_aMHWsmUbRBAu2gbPB0XvUL-M/s1600/IMG_7798+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405501088614195938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkCVm85ny-38ru91QkgpRhAyRiZuSVpdCJ7w5sQkTa8oFWSQWxceHR7xEy-EerYe3qvRPiQl5JXJELQt0vI91Zn1VdAYIsC5RYTBHI4djV4UrA9lOTwA_aMHWsmUbRBAu2gbPB0XvUL-M/s400/IMG_7798+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Most of my girl's time with Bogie and his mama was spent out on the streets of Portland.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0EthSJdw2moY5pLlT_cN68Z1S5u1SLTXopHWs7flDh4kMhYIdnTbj2Flgpo9LL5M4bFEXw-xMWXkIuVe3fldH97DIc7M5mGzI_rXC4SbQMbbCixh2uGoiDhUrcraX1QZiR4XinvqZrcy/s1600/Bogart+and+Lulu+02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405500692050908482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0EthSJdw2moY5pLlT_cN68Z1S5u1SLTXopHWs7flDh4kMhYIdnTbj2Flgpo9LL5M4bFEXw-xMWXkIuVe3fldH97DIc7M5mGzI_rXC4SbQMbbCixh2uGoiDhUrcraX1QZiR4XinvqZrcy/s400/Bogart+and+Lulu+02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">From this photo I think it's evident who encourages Bogart's saucey attitude and joie de vivre!</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bNiPu5_ShbNDpX8Fvcft9LItQeN8E6dSvzxp7P657_zL4qZmDI_ZfAhJK-e_r4VtvQxRP77DE75nZqG_BYHPtE60EUB1r4wAvsRuFdvXpg5LWZBBVVSrNkR-_LR4PNfny4zYai0YW3-u/s1600/IMG_7896+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405497868964562146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bNiPu5_ShbNDpX8Fvcft9LItQeN8E6dSvzxp7P657_zL4qZmDI_ZfAhJK-e_r4VtvQxRP77DE75nZqG_BYHPtE60EUB1r4wAvsRuFdvXpg5LWZBBVVSrNkR-_LR4PNfny4zYai0YW3-u/s400/IMG_7896+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Since my girl had no navigational copilot with her (as I was home in GooberStan), Bogart was more than willing to take on the responsibility. He was very attentive to Noah's needs.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-P7RVin1-Gi3V4zGRw_V0ImqS-Fs3Rk3C3jUO3IQaSyiJYf9upE4OBepSVJR7Ac8WwuLB55Ntf3_K68rzXK7VlBIXCGo-n73qYLpBwxhpX25BUsGaAkefxpNHvMWW7xO1i5ykys_5FpZ/s1600/IMG_7895+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405497620344128578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-P7RVin1-Gi3V4zGRw_V0ImqS-Fs3Rk3C3jUO3IQaSyiJYf9upE4OBepSVJR7Ac8WwuLB55Ntf3_K68rzXK7VlBIXCGo-n73qYLpBwxhpX25BUsGaAkefxpNHvMWW7xO1i5ykys_5FpZ/s400/IMG_7895+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">And of course, Bogart got to experience the added treat of riding with his trusty assistant (and mama).</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0k9zZ9CBVNjFbOXkuwU89XpUys6gcADEzu1TP7WQ8bm2kpAYealHQtnzFmUixayIamXGcFKP2JEHOLERDLBvVM0o3MFnFNIH1FB7U5K6cuGjakiWozUvvRZ63wbrKuG_TxvCtwjhOD6Bd/s1600/Bogart+and+Lulu+01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405496990560700866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0k9zZ9CBVNjFbOXkuwU89XpUys6gcADEzu1TP7WQ8bm2kpAYealHQtnzFmUixayIamXGcFKP2JEHOLERDLBvVM0o3MFnFNIH1FB7U5K6cuGjakiWozUvvRZ63wbrKuG_TxvCtwjhOD6Bd/s400/Bogart+and+Lulu+01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My girl was eager to show this photo (for my benefit evidently) saying, "Awww! Bogie LOVES his mama!"</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOOSGHzdWT6WE6z8uAU4zFAlh1h2zUPD2Z3tGE9je-1B9zX_ym2P4lITqQtWeuzLl8vp1xJKzFYR4JXtupAM09ncaWZtB9WMyK8g-qx457u3zI6FJQb_WOqactMFxdFTTEfDbISjIdUVD/s1600/Bogart+and+Lulu+03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405496770783254018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOOSGHzdWT6WE6z8uAU4zFAlh1h2zUPD2Z3tGE9je-1B9zX_ym2P4lITqQtWeuzLl8vp1xJKzFYR4JXtupAM09ncaWZtB9WMyK8g-qx457u3zI6FJQb_WOqactMFxdFTTEfDbISjIdUVD/s400/Bogart+and+Lulu+03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It's pretty obvious that these two are TOTALLY connected! My girl is already having withdrawal from them both.</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZevl5Tq39PXi76L5mtCsdDQHF-HBNBm2SjtpWUQs8dYfnvhjcqnMHnAZOy21LjXIk-jEHM743t5BO452yFkZZsHLGp7ADvgGKi_LRkObZC1xTiBVMc8GHlvVDG9WJvSnB8LXqVPmF1uT/s1600/Bogart+and+Lulu+04.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405496572783601474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZevl5Tq39PXi76L5mtCsdDQHF-HBNBm2SjtpWUQs8dYfnvhjcqnMHnAZOy21LjXIk-jEHM743t5BO452yFkZZsHLGp7ADvgGKi_LRkObZC1xTiBVMc8GHlvVDG9WJvSnB8LXqVPmF1uT/s400/Bogart+and+Lulu+04.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Wish I could have been there myself, Bogie! Thanks for taking care of our girl, man. Stella, Merv & I are STINKIN' glad to have her home! And, she has even MORE to tell about her northwest adventure, and even met some other outstanding and famous DWB celebrities... who could it be??!! Guess you'll just have to wait to find out.</span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-77206886472668759322009-10-28T23:57:00.001-05:002009-10-29T00:42:58.856-05:00SO Not Fair<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Since inquiring minds want to know, we'll spill the beans (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mmmm</span>.... beans...) about what had us galloping through the house at warp speed in our last post. Here's a little clue... Recognize that juicy schnoz?! Hmm?</span></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397884493912565106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz7THWqEjZqGK3y10-li8c29jYgIEqbu0e7lA-_UVg2DJ_uTMEMTLImnehtPZZ4dJHnRdkaSitOvwIeOyQZBvLcSxitn-nK6fRq3grYtwwLSY8BVldfBxfLoQr04iI0eJ-qLtXxaF7iKc/s400/Bogart+4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">See, we heard our girl talking about taking a trip to Portland, Oregon where she plans to meet up with one of our fave dog/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hooman</span> combinations - <a href="http://toaireisdivine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Bogart</span> </a>and his mama Lulu! So of course, we came running to help with the planning for our trip.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15KTgzXKcKVZ7PlkKCKxC_EPJISRaDsNIYu4HQJ3LaLWVm3Dl532zowJv7n9kS4FzXNom1-hTWlclRCV1YZsU0jTiCbBR44-KLEzb6mX45cMuzomNN0UInzXH8ns7pKylf4VEweENiN40/s1600-h/Lulu+and+Bogart+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397884592860882370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 373px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15KTgzXKcKVZ7PlkKCKxC_EPJISRaDsNIYu4HQJ3LaLWVm3Dl532zowJv7n9kS4FzXNom1-hTWlclRCV1YZsU0jTiCbBR44-KLEzb6mX45cMuzomNN0UInzXH8ns7pKylf4VEweENiN40/s400/Lulu+and+Bogart+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I immediately got my things ready and was packed in a flash.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397874300174443330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBJgUal9mJrTeubILIU-Idf083iXL-vbxFovjqMTB0bvcgUTBCXILx5S_MiRZMfGSpkUL-CzqCzAwUzZeF9y4KNEWju__8mLl63gC8pTiyYiO4UQ1YgW28g1u-dlZxbMAdq3p1IErRlzO/s400/Springtime+in+GooberStan+118.JPG" border="0" /><br /> </p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcaqoE2FxKKGDWMV_5qMmA1kpEIvD83Bn1pzeAXx8AxSAlj9C6StmcklwCiBSjtQcEiuO-gKDvpuMNWKMhYfwKbj84NkrOCmRrLO4zZNDlRrsoR6JS79JtMtx_nS3vIAZOEqbDZeASYBF/s1600-h/Bogart+5.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Imagine my surprise when my girl told me that since she's flying and does not want me riding in the cargo hold that I will not be accompanying her on this trip. I assumed she had to be messing with me and threw her my best "you've GOT to be kidding me" look (*wink* *wink*).</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_sdJotHbVqJVG4s3LihzPKLdN03a9xdTo-367xncB5aMj6RupFqw-PjhPpLGDXmi-8s_ZBpO4-Lc0bSMYD4mEJB3_5Cw-alMvOSWocYHDs3sIFK3rjrashgZnFTMmOEArKK8q-s6hX5G/s1600-h/IMG_1075.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397878007755848642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_sdJotHbVqJVG4s3LihzPKLdN03a9xdTo-367xncB5aMj6RupFqw-PjhPpLGDXmi-8s_ZBpO4-Lc0bSMYD4mEJB3_5Cw-alMvOSWocYHDs3sIFK3rjrashgZnFTMmOEArKK8q-s6hX5G/s400/IMG_1075.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Apparently she's NOT kidding, so I tried a variety of faces on her to get her to change her mind about what part I would play in her trip. Instead of automatically trying a goober mind meld on her, I first whipped out my sad face. It's been known to get a 93% return on all requests I make with it. Apparently my girl falls in the other 7%.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD17RZGyllcdbGjfjznOaOxJAPD7pO0IVyL9Xp4SLE3sVHcReUCTEkEhhYeHsw2K9r9Qd-j7tmTMknoWbDfBR1Nv8KnPwjZfRTb1tHq3V7K1x_PZB0Wa8dwvxsbciAKAMLs-q3VrTpEQ5/s1600-h/Sad+Face+Stan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397877598588807058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 355px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD17RZGyllcdbGjfjznOaOxJAPD7pO0IVyL9Xp4SLE3sVHcReUCTEkEhhYeHsw2K9r9Qd-j7tmTMknoWbDfBR1Nv8KnPwjZfRTb1tHq3V7K1x_PZB0Wa8dwvxsbciAKAMLs-q3VrTpEQ5/s400/Sad+Face+Stan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I decided it was time for the BIG GUNS, so I pulled out a few of my favorite stink eye expressions to influence her decision.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQY5ce2JSMkGUMNZfxmZXLsJXYunw2iOVwRdJyQUYuy1F_jTjO71Abr4_sw0i-hbQeIXJI7geO8DKFGSHL7geiRV4xbW4e6hsScd0mtNLRxxnT1aD_Yim45kGSLNhlccSOIZDaG_JiLcq/s1600-h/stinkeye+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397876036584807842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQY5ce2JSMkGUMNZfxmZXLsJXYunw2iOVwRdJyQUYuy1F_jTjO71Abr4_sw0i-hbQeIXJI7geO8DKFGSHL7geiRV4xbW4e6hsScd0mtNLRxxnT1aD_Yim45kGSLNhlccSOIZDaG_JiLcq/s400/stinkeye+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Personally, I think my googly stink eye is quite <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">irresistible</span>.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtnD5G28YdlqWvMGl-SmcAyJR0mvl92syEEYpaOWByQQnQ6aIvLZCpok0dOolb4FXae_H3fxJS2haDvjRc3rN88q8MSNj5VeR-kFhszs7yJlM_bwbhT8jJCx3CQMOwNOojCnUsa2_pE_5/s1600-h/stinkeye+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397875915647022914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtnD5G28YdlqWvMGl-SmcAyJR0mvl92syEEYpaOWByQQnQ6aIvLZCpok0dOolb4FXae_H3fxJS2haDvjRc3rN88q8MSNj5VeR-kFhszs7yJlM_bwbhT8jJCx3CQMOwNOojCnUsa2_pE_5/s400/stinkeye+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Now, I know this one is overkill, but it's my ultimate stink eye expression. I thought this was important enough to do it right, so I whipped this face out to prove just how imperative it was that I accompany my girl to Portland.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS_IvmE6WTiW3ER6Ah9BMDLA6tlxbzFw_KuivVmPDR_ZFLe9YM7X40cemIJdeBb02GwvDK5BDu5RYtVnYVEzmn26tMbxC6VBH22tTKJ4SW1lRbS6_xKHAlrhF9E925ylkljtfr6oPTXB_/s1600-h/Roadtrip+Stink+Eye.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397874603805485746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS_IvmE6WTiW3ER6Ah9BMDLA6tlxbzFw_KuivVmPDR_ZFLe9YM7X40cemIJdeBb02GwvDK5BDu5RYtVnYVEzmn26tMbxC6VBH22tTKJ4SW1lRbS6_xKHAlrhF9E925ylkljtfr6oPTXB_/s400/Roadtrip+Stink+Eye.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It is now obvious to me in no uncertain terms that I'm evidently NOT as irresistible as I thought. My girl definitely could resist... even the goober mind meld. Stella & Merv were so bummed about the idea of staying home that they joined forces in a major hissy fit followed by a long and silent sulk.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2wwR-f-rWgY8c6QUwCC0j8huqKN4Ao6tlcDa9fuVnE_y4i_OERKhYCkoM46eC9r-mP0r3nxJ4XZY2tm8_zbOneETiDo6L-vDxAH5oefw9cjzIjn7mtFQKPBN5biU1UNnrBvfUmWTkRLO/s1600-h/IMG_7614.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397873304808194786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2wwR-f-rWgY8c6QUwCC0j8huqKN4Ao6tlcDa9fuVnE_y4i_OERKhYCkoM46eC9r-mP0r3nxJ4XZY2tm8_zbOneETiDo6L-vDxAH5oefw9cjzIjn7mtFQKPBN5biU1UNnrBvfUmWTkRLO/s400/IMG_7614.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I don't know if you can tell here, but Merv is one pissed off cat. You really wouldn't want to mess with him right now.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl_RzGpSD7RS_WiiOrQS3kKy04W9fwXBIAzn1fusfTofHykenEh27Qkgh8f2MCUPWCNLuC-p1i3ihwBaX1O4tnCgi1J-uNetidRXUo59ke1nK_afYDqP_xcudSh78CZnluXh-sE4pMoeu/s1600-h/IMG_7615.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397873044082019154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl_RzGpSD7RS_WiiOrQS3kKy04W9fwXBIAzn1fusfTofHykenEh27Qkgh8f2MCUPWCNLuC-p1i3ihwBaX1O4tnCgi1J-uNetidRXUo59ke1nK_afYDqP_xcudSh78CZnluXh-sE4pMoeu/s400/IMG_7615.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">By this time next week my girl will be in Portland for 5 days, and she'll be spending some of that time whooping it up with <a href="http://toaireisdivine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Bogart </span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">& Lulu</span>. Stella has not yet given up and is still hounding our girl to let her go on the trip. I personally think she's wasting her breath, but I told her to knock herself out.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcdo4AeAbjcefvjfTxeI_XFANJ7-JEq8Arj2zWl6_QO17-gy4A5xOZuFnISqTUYAF13g-hqwe0kdW1TIEs5QP3ZKlCuCG2bOzoHPHY4SFt6tGNxtN9zersoCebKkXLp6nlHOTZ2J4CLhw/s1600-h/IMG_7625.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397872823503359522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcdo4AeAbjcefvjfTxeI_XFANJ7-JEq8Arj2zWl6_QO17-gy4A5xOZuFnISqTUYAF13g-hqwe0kdW1TIEs5QP3ZKlCuCG2bOzoHPHY4SFt6tGNxtN9zersoCebKkXLp6nlHOTZ2J4CLhw/s400/IMG_7625.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Looks to me like she's got her work cut out for her. We all want to go to Portland so bad we can almost taste it (mmmm... Portland...)!</span><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Wallowing in self pity,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-41100930840754817002009-10-25T23:50:00.001-05:002009-10-26T01:12:46.216-05:00Goobs on the Run<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">What could possibly have these goobs running at break-neck speed?</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9QRDGhah9PAQN4KmdKLB0qbzUSbdlfdMc5Wk-15ZOWus-_hoFuNf1Z8V_wrWbZRMm6ikcL413tlTuwhKnTPQaqbfeQMUxcsrf10k4FfkpBof6reGsEHydLQjLmIipWyfZAk29sfes9rT/s1600-h/IMG_7557+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396786802392123954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9QRDGhah9PAQN4KmdKLB0qbzUSbdlfdMc5Wk-15ZOWus-_hoFuNf1Z8V_wrWbZRMm6ikcL413tlTuwhKnTPQaqbfeQMUxcsrf10k4FfkpBof6reGsEHydLQjLmIipWyfZAk29sfes9rT/s400/IMG_7557+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hmmmm?</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8-njIhmVQkqZ8TVwxpM-By7OiXmzdWcUiCO7wbtdzJsTIzXkw5VMNIwuGusTwFTZaz8t3fhIM4cEQw7Trspc13on-rBjY1uvad6Ri3zleG-lacqtWur0Jo8do7dY1oxi3VDHEmrLf6vA/s1600-h/IMG_7558+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396786692189634866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8-njIhmVQkqZ8TVwxpM-By7OiXmzdWcUiCO7wbtdzJsTIzXkw5VMNIwuGusTwFTZaz8t3fhIM4cEQw7Trspc13on-rBjY1uvad6Ri3zleG-lacqtWur0Jo8do7dY1oxi3VDHEmrLf6vA/s400/IMG_7558+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Wouldn't YOU like to know?</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5G0YyS65pQT0WHqxJoLXvHTMvaQCVI9_TTBoh9stUdWpdFo-GPajS4XSI_rg6L7g704LAkjub3KpszW0l9d7ZbBp77TzJlGpLaVajTHlP7UwUw_sWmWw9AAZXhrTIT9rLmiJpJG62aVz9/s1600-h/IMG_7567+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396786536820155234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5G0YyS65pQT0WHqxJoLXvHTMvaQCVI9_TTBoh9stUdWpdFo-GPajS4XSI_rg6L7g704LAkjub3KpszW0l9d7ZbBp77TzJlGpLaVajTHlP7UwUw_sWmWw9AAZXhrTIT9rLmiJpJG62aVz9/s400/IMG_7567+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93Mg2ObaZggb0Hz5LWr5yxND_zMVzIJL5wpazh88kOt1mAmBLRZwaMdFGUwJLAgEjpjFqhEqK6OdanmfK4jbr44DCbi7cGIH_IzFm_WfAaw1aW3qZfDDp6Jjrl5pR4oItmPQBZeesYLlP/s1600-h/IMG_7504.JPG"></a><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Don't fret. I'll be sure to let you know... eventually.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-35042646243995179892009-10-23T08:03:00.019-05:002009-10-23T08:30:38.845-05:00Princess Bean Bean<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Two years ago today my girl took crazy to a whole new level by flying down to Orlando, Florida to pick up a sissy for me. She was described as a little "bratty" pup who had a LOT of attitude. (Just what my girl thought I needed in a sissy.) At first sight my girl fell in love, dubbed her Stella Bean Latifah, and my crazy world became even crazier!</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbEZG88mwWdVtV9VXN5rneQmR_ewM7C35Rtif32oYR20djbcCH7HQ3TITQBstzFnFw-u91fK3MBtVWtIIVi4OsmICZOQFxnyW8Lip2aOfV-x4CNh6PFuvp90su5BFWBj45gwMELpE9IN8/s1600-h/IMG_7503.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395782191564897154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbEZG88mwWdVtV9VXN5rneQmR_ewM7C35Rtif32oYR20djbcCH7HQ3TITQBstzFnFw-u91fK3MBtVWtIIVi4OsmICZOQFxnyW8Lip2aOfV-x4CNh6PFuvp90su5BFWBj45gwMELpE9IN8/s400/IMG_7503.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We asked Stella what she wanted for her gotcha day this year, and she thought it was time she had a throne. ("I'm a PRINCESS after all!") </span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTlAOhOA2XuWAbHUYmGyZ5lHQX3dU0qtdx_mQIQvxMhFcChhI3kH5xfqQeACDqi7d-0bkWmpW5Nmj4FOKh-MqxrIAnz9FdA95loa2I8xnGNtF-dpZpk7FPjEmkY1dnDJ4kS6SOG4J_MFm/s1600-h/IMG_7573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395782049692617634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTlAOhOA2XuWAbHUYmGyZ5lHQX3dU0qtdx_mQIQvxMhFcChhI3kH5xfqQeACDqi7d-0bkWmpW5Nmj4FOKh-MqxrIAnz9FdA95loa2I8xnGNtF-dpZpk7FPjEmkY1dnDJ4kS6SOG4J_MFm/s400/IMG_7573.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stella fell in love with this ugly old chair and claimed it as hers.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Myo_T2ymDp_UTVJgOpAssntosuWcG3ru-FwKNBvLJbdQfdADb1SpBwfj17X-yjDzSdxe96eVqMQVdOOgYpE1uM9ozxkGHDWcLqQNy_r62qqbDhtYhbY6dmYr8o9Ip1oaIxrptpsd7W8-/s1600-h/IMG_7574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395781943804038258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Myo_T2ymDp_UTVJgOpAssntosuWcG3ru-FwKNBvLJbdQfdADb1SpBwfj17X-yjDzSdxe96eVqMQVdOOgYpE1uM9ozxkGHDWcLqQNy_r62qqbDhtYhbY6dmYr8o9Ip1oaIxrptpsd7W8-/s400/IMG_7574.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As you can see from the expression on her face even SHE gets bored holding court.</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRh4IeGMyNsQELv9eAt1fHWzi8X7QMMaZQk4wbnDXwnE0GpMfNCjRQdkUPDhgHkyrIVCP1WCWjpYoa5EGF8rx2nOFn8SPvwHhzztAConIfNWVn2IlbqHXGiYlHV0ytjBY2fM1CE_v7M5Q/s1600-h/IMG_7575.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395781831118140690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRh4IeGMyNsQELv9eAt1fHWzi8X7QMMaZQk4wbnDXwnE0GpMfNCjRQdkUPDhgHkyrIVCP1WCWjpYoa5EGF8rx2nOFn8SPvwHhzztAConIfNWVn2IlbqHXGiYlHV0ytjBY2fM1CE_v7M5Q/s400/IMG_7575.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">And... when Stella Bean gets bored her inner exhibitionist comes out.</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsl-sDzZSXUIXVuEN0n3a7esUf8pwrTMAQO54wTbighgv-yq8gDfDGr-yY1whuJKVqq5IUqRrDI6zXV5-5IEsDR308pT3HN2OShhNf7lgXpnoruLM6Ry2fHlGYtDq1Ju-RRLk5zaGdtwDn/s1600-h/IMG_7576.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395781690299650402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsl-sDzZSXUIXVuEN0n3a7esUf8pwrTMAQO54wTbighgv-yq8gDfDGr-yY1whuJKVqq5IUqRrDI6zXV5-5IEsDR308pT3HN2OShhNf7lgXpnoruLM6Ry2fHlGYtDq1Ju-RRLk5zaGdtwDn/s400/IMG_7576.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Nothing like a little attitude for the camera person.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApcwRHKB8S39XRGmgno8uGCCMpX1dBvmxA5RkZd5JpVL8trQY-vvjFjtKxHjo6v2HWgreArVOyQm-FGY20tnjQOHGhqqnHUqqWMbYTfV657ygrh9WEwHOaxAA8zBZKW42ciMZB5q8FlnV/s1600-h/IMG_7577.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395781569133661938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApcwRHKB8S39XRGmgno8uGCCMpX1dBvmxA5RkZd5JpVL8trQY-vvjFjtKxHjo6v2HWgreArVOyQm-FGY20tnjQOHGhqqnHUqqWMbYTfV657ygrh9WEwHOaxAA8zBZKW42ciMZB5q8FlnV/s400/IMG_7577.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">My girl often calls Stella by the name Stella Bean, which eventually morphed into Bean Bean.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYij2tiHtEUB33KGaMXL1whdqFzjOeFwQg4Lj5T86Rji7VjbsGRG7Gg9yjmRnt_HRDZfeUZbMe5OL1Gh8DzKpPPNHKl5EL1v7uh6O4Iyo1Pghl7qJ8WBqUULXpIhbwTzB9tmJNjdqo_I0Z/s1600-h/IMG_7578.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395781462603926738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYij2tiHtEUB33KGaMXL1whdqFzjOeFwQg4Lj5T86Rji7VjbsGRG7Gg9yjmRnt_HRDZfeUZbMe5OL1Gh8DzKpPPNHKl5EL1v7uh6O4Iyo1Pghl7qJ8WBqUULXpIhbwTzB9tmJNjdqo_I0Z/s400/IMG_7578.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Now Stella insists that we call her Princess Bean Bean!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzmNcsJswlsKUMQuqvPHEjBjJSo3RPBWh-y6hc-4REj0ICBTzX2LiRA_zgVzqCOBn9yODbKNS6NbCL6NZwaoC_dYg6hL9qAowNLgj8aJ-gt94zc1CKq1b8HlFkdIMCKjXMplveyN_GfVc/s1600-h/IMG_7579.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395781347632443522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzmNcsJswlsKUMQuqvPHEjBjJSo3RPBWh-y6hc-4REj0ICBTzX2LiRA_zgVzqCOBn9yODbKNS6NbCL6NZwaoC_dYg6hL9qAowNLgj8aJ-gt94zc1CKq1b8HlFkdIMCKjXMplveyN_GfVc/s400/IMG_7579.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">She practically had a fit when we told her we'd think about it.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcRIgTuLAOU-L8j-EmDflkqCIktlCfrRX-a_s0C1qZ5vbdkfGONzKqzU4ZXFWwuR1p-PkXiPXXih76RDMmBBDOPleoA8UtPNgcdKtK5YJDPffcMUIGJCdVFI_aLMHGLLpG31tx1Sf3CZw/s1600-h/IMG_7582.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395781082776636290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcRIgTuLAOU-L8j-EmDflkqCIktlCfrRX-a_s0C1qZ5vbdkfGONzKqzU4ZXFWwuR1p-PkXiPXXih76RDMmBBDOPleoA8UtPNgcdKtK5YJDPffcMUIGJCdVFI_aLMHGLLpG31tx1Sf3CZw/s400/IMG_7582.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">However, once we agreed to her request she announced that the audience with her public was over. (She had squeakies to mangle at a Merv cat to stalk.)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkk3osqRZtcn-_Q99SIZ_SCCVwRv0meAS1HtWJtMzmbkj3BK-JXLDsGdsOmdJZQ9m6fxwsgEjDe0sAR9kz473ucZgK-5vXPpuFXhLssce7uOeJokNkgk9oAVOLiLJKRO5oo4SIZ9Sqe67/s1600-h/IMG_7584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395780972717976706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkk3osqRZtcn-_Q99SIZ_SCCVwRv0meAS1HtWJtMzmbkj3BK-JXLDsGdsOmdJZQ9m6fxwsgEjDe0sAR9kz473ucZgK-5vXPpuFXhLssce7uOeJokNkgk9oAVOLiLJKRO5oo4SIZ9Sqe67/s400/IMG_7584.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">All I could think was, "Thank doG!" I was more than a little bored with her princess schtick, and decided I would start the celebration festivities out in my favorite position.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOI2_hLj-tSkioM_WLQX7Bon7xjiFyDEkN9aWNsT0xU5NBT2VOWdT13CEFah8fQhQJ0Mw-26MHpAnFAMTIJYhAxPWGT-FLYrJVVNdXADd1-lVNIby4xvV8JQE5BZNe1uBVKyhxwRLQ5W3/s1600-h/IMG_7619.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395780791103501682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOI2_hLj-tSkioM_WLQX7Bon7xjiFyDEkN9aWNsT0xU5NBT2VOWdT13CEFah8fQhQJ0Mw-26MHpAnFAMTIJYhAxPWGT-FLYrJVVNdXADd1-lVNIby4xvV8JQE5BZNe1uBVKyhxwRLQ5W3/s400/IMG_7619.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Despite her diva antics, I've got to say I love the little fuzz ball and I'm glad she's my sissy! So, Happy Gotcha Day, Princess Bean Bean! GooberStan would definitely not be the same without you!</span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober Love,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley, the hooman girl, and Merv</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-49348308504390119552009-08-26T01:47:00.005-05:002009-08-26T02:32:48.036-05:00Goobtastic Mission of Love<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A few days ago Stella went on a mission...</span></span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrSqlJ18WjyxWZNfClvtjtfTES442VEfF4zBoGEZK4Dv96UJu6yMWBB43zx9MqJtJyr6AgSeHV9AB4asDafY3JWKtVPC19SqOPxh7dY2uGdgDp6ovy94TeTxZfpi8Vq7IM_5DNm-1SOQM/s1600-h/IMG_7456+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374101512702747378" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrSqlJ18WjyxWZNfClvtjtfTES442VEfF4zBoGEZK4Dv96UJu6yMWBB43zx9MqJtJyr6AgSeHV9AB4asDafY3JWKtVPC19SqOPxh7dY2uGdgDp6ovy94TeTxZfpi8Vq7IM_5DNm-1SOQM/s400/IMG_7456+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">a mission she could NOT wait to fulfill.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTya_Hb3r78RW-LLlxI_AllrkcM2JGQrSd_a8BJboJylD2V64UFlZOLcl5T3JYvz3b_cUbSe1w2r_l_4E0UI6Iezx-BOPKfqvCRcL_cNL4SGUrLK1Vt3BVrvWD68KQ-7bRhXkbax064ts3/s1600-h/IMG_7457+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374101146166476962" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 365px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTya_Hb3r78RW-LLlxI_AllrkcM2JGQrSd_a8BJboJylD2V64UFlZOLcl5T3JYvz3b_cUbSe1w2r_l_4E0UI6Iezx-BOPKfqvCRcL_cNL4SGUrLK1Vt3BVrvWD68KQ-7bRhXkbax064ts3/s400/IMG_7457+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">She was on a Goobtastic Mission of Love.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLd2ItLJYG1GYJGKtgbKrpNhvdRr836hqT-wAryvvI4Qjcgm7lE2OpPXyXJs2oRzgPH74JRmbBzMp3_LPUGHNrAK6OHE3X8qKMPrskzcmH5ijHBUw6XiTOlO3GRNUyIbk7P8P2wBp6fBZ/s1600-h/IMG_7458+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374100957780146194" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 294px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLd2ItLJYG1GYJGKtgbKrpNhvdRr836hqT-wAryvvI4Qjcgm7lE2OpPXyXJs2oRzgPH74JRmbBzMp3_LPUGHNrAK6OHE3X8qKMPrskzcmH5ijHBUw6XiTOlO3GRNUyIbk7P8P2wBp6fBZ/s400/IMG_7458+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">This mission concerned one Airebud extraordiAire, <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://keepyourtogaon.blogspot.com/">Hercules</a>...</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNK7FiLB8Q7pDBD6Sp9WNPF_XrDDFVSTyWQaSqQRPeqmpCfwG01aKPwEJFB-72_Euxg4_vcYBspxehx4hEmbEeuKkpZZxS4lbZbwqRI6FryLwVTz3iG0k96JoMY8S4KYnTQCXBRQv6ki9/s1600-h/IMG_7470+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374100704597415618" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 305px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNK7FiLB8Q7pDBD6Sp9WNPF_XrDDFVSTyWQaSqQRPeqmpCfwG01aKPwEJFB-72_Euxg4_vcYBspxehx4hEmbEeuKkpZZxS4lbZbwqRI6FryLwVTz3iG0k96JoMY8S4KYnTQCXBRQv6ki9/s400/IMG_7470+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">and his smoochin' hooman sissy, Kylie.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8almaIEDlZZsbkuZCMCusEhSGbrfqPaYMKBf-qezJmyIAvD-8bE47D2-thA3jcJynOyqkQy9OEi4VRruRZBGgs-jTAb9p2BUc6Be8VjdwzS2y9Z03D1sT1TWbF6oLSrvjUoWqAOrjCei/s1600-h/IMG_7460+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374100359822297634" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 319px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8almaIEDlZZsbkuZCMCusEhSGbrfqPaYMKBf-qezJmyIAvD-8bE47D2-thA3jcJynOyqkQy9OEi4VRruRZBGgs-jTAb9p2BUc6Be8VjdwzS2y9Z03D1sT1TWbF6oLSrvjUoWqAOrjCei/s400/IMG_7460+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">You see, Stella has spent a fair bit of time breaking <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://keepyourtogaon.blogspot.com/">Hercules </a>in as her ideal playmate and honorary brother. She's also spent a lot of time lip-locked with Kylie, who can't get enough of Stella whenever they're together!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QuonSn_2XD_i2oByDAxR6wtAkpu4uPZXPkuOzxfDsDSAx6eR0L6eRfj2gePyvEhXCaWrYKxZn_RK6mKXUraq3irX2bfr7UP5fbPOev2M5I9r_4RGmFcnomFMgu4mUvJLPGh9IqEdpxJc/s1600-h/IMG_7461+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374100086879376962" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QuonSn_2XD_i2oByDAxR6wtAkpu4uPZXPkuOzxfDsDSAx6eR0L6eRfj2gePyvEhXCaWrYKxZn_RK6mKXUraq3irX2bfr7UP5fbPOev2M5I9r_4RGmFcnomFMgu4mUvJLPGh9IqEdpxJc/s400/IMG_7461+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's been a little while since Stella has gotten to spread the love, hence, the mission. Kylie was more than a little excited when Stella landed in her living room unannounced.</span></span>..<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj43Wt_CclEA01xbTgdDZXkhfqUrzYrKUC2cFztqGTebOvKfnQA5BYfURQgkG989rsiXjRUgMV6Ad8_4EgyXZPB5LrkWJLwRl3CWk3wLzaDlHuh7zShe49Uox1K7mtJBZdsGbr5JSZWSbC/s1600-h/IMG_7462+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374099812462112802" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 295px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj43Wt_CclEA01xbTgdDZXkhfqUrzYrKUC2cFztqGTebOvKfnQA5BYfURQgkG989rsiXjRUgMV6Ad8_4EgyXZPB5LrkWJLwRl3CWk3wLzaDlHuh7zShe49Uox1K7mtJBZdsGbr5JSZWSbC/s400/IMG_7462+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and tried to get as many smooches from Stella as she could.</span></span><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TS2Bp5PEVBc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TS2Bp5PEVBc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Needless to say, Stella and <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://keepyourtogaon.blogspot.com/">Hercules </a>were a little worn out after the lovefest with the Kyster!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw14sApncWI4XoyPBp1S8B3Ulx3WQTnh_EygouLUqBMnU7WF8v33CVTFjUqHyT_jvgy6sKPab5qp-bxThv437LFvqAhunIfMWcecSkwpc9qH_wIE0OynU9Xu20G31JIPu81ryKY4dkvgSl/s1600-h/IMG_7484+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374099615625442402" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 325px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw14sApncWI4XoyPBp1S8B3Ulx3WQTnh_EygouLUqBMnU7WF8v33CVTFjUqHyT_jvgy6sKPab5qp-bxThv437LFvqAhunIfMWcecSkwpc9qH_wIE0OynU9Xu20G31JIPu81ryKY4dkvgSl/s400/IMG_7484+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Stella could NEVER be too worn out to share some of the love with Herc's mama, Shelly!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8hplF50DGzhJH1xjhE2Z5hinK-xHsYoH3zJRpsY-Rxz2CluWQsC8KA9kNeNynuk7ETIpFOknItnVDv2V_VOyhV-7ZwgQ2aMoHc_E_eRlIvyvXCqZdAo1C-BFt-O1Pr2vG6VtUERp5YDv/s1600-h/IMG_7488+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374099368428082386" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8hplF50DGzhJH1xjhE2Z5hinK-xHsYoH3zJRpsY-Rxz2CluWQsC8KA9kNeNynuk7ETIpFOknItnVDv2V_VOyhV-7ZwgQ2aMoHc_E_eRlIvyvXCqZdAo1C-BFt-O1Pr2vG6VtUERp5YDv/s400/IMG_7488+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">They're CRAZY about each other.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79YtV1WxqGiQwxoYsgAHXdTNDZ9peGee75owJguhKIatUZiZpOS6nsVGpjrO-PXoABykWKSYL1Mqo_RNnoRhXqPpiFlx1cnECDYx7HYXNg4VKKIubMnojJijnuWoqqouwH_FnDYRRf8SS/s1600-h/IMG_7487+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374099180380443298" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79YtV1WxqGiQwxoYsgAHXdTNDZ9peGee75owJguhKIatUZiZpOS6nsVGpjrO-PXoABykWKSYL1Mqo_RNnoRhXqPpiFlx1cnECDYx7HYXNg4VKKIubMnojJijnuWoqqouwH_FnDYRRf8SS/s400/IMG_7487+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">And I always thought <span style="font-style: italic;">I </span>was her fave!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAmnsfcykB4tq2uvZNawrOSq8PAfTlJTEBxdaWc3qA4fk8_X7ahlYEusLSqDwHAVgY3yEed0faaO76W-wC1B1pA1r1ZFNKbOrMMdnKIBoGW35sQTrvtrIhPeyXXDf3LfVC7fs5RWwsJfQ/s1600-h/IMG_7504+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374098874017255618" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAmnsfcykB4tq2uvZNawrOSq8PAfTlJTEBxdaWc3qA4fk8_X7ahlYEusLSqDwHAVgY3yEed0faaO76W-wC1B1pA1r1ZFNKbOrMMdnKIBoGW35sQTrvtrIhPeyXXDf3LfVC7fs5RWwsJfQ/s400/IMG_7504+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Goober love, </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Stanley<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Pee S</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br />We've been conspicuously absent from blogging for the past 3 weeks. We apologize for that, and will try to get some more scoop to you about that in our next few posts. We've really missed all of you!!<br /></span></span></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-73123993166578295952009-07-30T07:42:00.005-05:002009-07-30T08:24:44.821-05:00Diplomacy ~ GooberStyle<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Alright. Our girl has been a little neglectful lately, but that doesn't mean Stella and I have not been keeping ourselves stimulated.</span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAPxpNBaQXW7UEOfhHPKQFudd68rvKqAi9cJup7oBK6YWTnkicUwYcPv1i9h_ucl2I1R1OYVD6N1baEmjSNccZC5g33rksIbVwpU5daQ6lEXnWDz_FvMHFIKGAQ7ZORGF7MzdchFQ30Gi/s1600-h/IMG_7217+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363616612753939874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAPxpNBaQXW7UEOfhHPKQFudd68rvKqAi9cJup7oBK6YWTnkicUwYcPv1i9h_ucl2I1R1OYVD6N1baEmjSNccZC5g33rksIbVwpU5daQ6lEXnWDz_FvMHFIKGAQ7ZORGF7MzdchFQ30Gi/s400/IMG_7217+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We've been fueding over this aMAZing flamingo <a href="http://leuradales.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Noah and his sissies</span> </a>sent us from the Land Down Under at the beginning of the year.</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVApOU_Biavm2vFjl5aKRFLS2l8Zmx_rS7N55e49oSAQoeMuYDvv2qgnO7ncmC14NjSL_3v8d911jbXvZ5XwIUjPoDfbalRAhZ_qDG94trVobu3xgxZDWru-0viV8Pe3F2bhA0maZeoAcL/s1600-h/IMG_7374+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363615478295761746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVApOU_Biavm2vFjl5aKRFLS2l8Zmx_rS7N55e49oSAQoeMuYDvv2qgnO7ncmC14NjSL_3v8d911jbXvZ5XwIUjPoDfbalRAhZ_qDG94trVobu3xgxZDWru-0viV8Pe3F2bhA0maZeoAcL/s400/IMG_7374+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I love this flamingo so much that I took him with me on my roadtrip to New York.</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCty8rkWNOeMbMbp3uxZwl96zoVWyeAqMx6Ba8iCjiwV_QgQPWJUV9nNosMqg8v7ZUwnkaCkL5E0mVvwitS9GJTk650ynEBfayfIPM5_uj-OFV4tqePJWfXzor433C-ZTFCGPnY5cpvP2H/s1600-h/IMG_7375+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363613457368498178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCty8rkWNOeMbMbp3uxZwl96zoVWyeAqMx6Ba8iCjiwV_QgQPWJUV9nNosMqg8v7ZUwnkaCkL5E0mVvwitS9GJTk650ynEBfayfIPM5_uj-OFV4tqePJWfXzor433C-ZTFCGPnY5cpvP2H/s400/IMG_7375+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Up until recently all in the land of GooberStan acknowledged that I had MAJOR dibs on this little guy. Stella would play with him, but only when I was asleep or otherwise occupied.</span></div><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtw8x9oL-xvBKCM9a7x72zpdQlGhCMraCqVHvHmv1uQi8F-uBe1rsPb23sElzP-tGXthDFmHx7tzS4v7B0Wcm5Q0l3nL-GDkO0G3zzmMXWkUjIGC3CXNRLBx4m9aZvsycUvn2E3g7pLVJK/s1600-h/IMG_7377+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363613154899075602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtw8x9oL-xvBKCM9a7x72zpdQlGhCMraCqVHvHmv1uQi8F-uBe1rsPb23sElzP-tGXthDFmHx7tzS4v7B0Wcm5Q0l3nL-GDkO0G3zzmMXWkUjIGC3CXNRLBx4m9aZvsycUvn2E3g7pLVJK/s400/IMG_7377+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">She knew not to disturb a flamingo-focused goob in the middle of his flamingo worship.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8uxsi72mUkVLMGnkn6izerRAl34UxHQAkQQh8qCon53q4_kXZ5s7tOIUPBiMclI50Fal-bmrviDH4DrifvncjXUfLyWSE0dWYryrPvXfyKMlHtGQCgKyuS_8VqPQ87eHsAUO-5L5tt6g/s1600-h/IMG_7378+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363611922189042994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8uxsi72mUkVLMGnkn6izerRAl34UxHQAkQQh8qCon53q4_kXZ5s7tOIUPBiMclI50Fal-bmrviDH4DrifvncjXUfLyWSE0dWYryrPvXfyKMlHtGQCgKyuS_8VqPQ87eHsAUO-5L5tt6g/s400/IMG_7378+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">All of that changed this week, however.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1dqhIH31ueEYhS_g8qJg0Tv1EZKbU5Qn9GhRDa7RqdUHWRYDaRH221x34k25tVv98rpSIEYsG-2ZQtXTBIytF-4SoPYT2Mz9GCMDtOCySOuhgZMAuVcNRMMSV-_t41RMZvf0Wh83y1Id/s1600-h/IMG_7379+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363609697533202770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1dqhIH31ueEYhS_g8qJg0Tv1EZKbU5Qn9GhRDa7RqdUHWRYDaRH221x34k25tVv98rpSIEYsG-2ZQtXTBIytF-4SoPYT2Mz9GCMDtOCySOuhgZMAuVcNRMMSV-_t41RMZvf0Wh83y1Id/s400/IMG_7379+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Every chance she has gotten, she's been dogging me and my Aussie mingo bud.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQrJC5OmxNXJfxkRkVqnXqrHwwMeAt_PsLvcaKupqLqbVQ8yGU90PVzwfu_jR0Hq_an9ZvFJL8mCHAxf0oSFsyUxJb3ePfxozUHHcojRF5l0O-92Iv6ltDelN4h6PBIWbvxFhKlDiW1Mb/s1600-h/IMG_7382+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363602944698580210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQrJC5OmxNXJfxkRkVqnXqrHwwMeAt_PsLvcaKupqLqbVQ8yGU90PVzwfu_jR0Hq_an9ZvFJL8mCHAxf0oSFsyUxJb3ePfxozUHHcojRF5l0O-92Iv6ltDelN4h6PBIWbvxFhKlDiW1Mb/s400/IMG_7382+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Tugging, growling... you know, talkin' lots of trash...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ82wdMYmjd5Nskke8EKswoiG0RAjk6ov2NAmSd207Pu3t-O8Wo2viaM2fH5oPt3XT7_-VJrXPL0rRl0WWuxjZl9kQgVlzKUbnpeazfQdoqiR5RowGYfGZWvR1AAf4IV3ii3BqBkHbpOC/s1600-h/IMG_7383+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363598652230126482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ82wdMYmjd5Nskke8EKswoiG0RAjk6ov2NAmSd207Pu3t-O8Wo2viaM2fH5oPt3XT7_-VJrXPL0rRl0WWuxjZl9kQgVlzKUbnpeazfQdoqiR5RowGYfGZWvR1AAf4IV3ii3BqBkHbpOC/s400/IMG_7383+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">and going to the mattresses over that flamingo...</span><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CAtjYgIHOD1b3PkejcB-n7pPNY4ZozwqY1ng8wtarh0YheNU7iD_aRc7LFqi2ZeoJ4r3ihYAn0YMx8TMVL_sVupVhvSGbRH-ko6TUFyOCIgcmvnl6T3iZCcDEXwtDoop9mTVX3PjcTZM/s1600-h/IMG_7384+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363598276032781570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CAtjYgIHOD1b3PkejcB-n7pPNY4ZozwqY1ng8wtarh0YheNU7iD_aRc7LFqi2ZeoJ4r3ihYAn0YMx8TMVL_sVupVhvSGbRH-ko6TUFyOCIgcmvnl6T3iZCcDEXwtDoop9mTVX3PjcTZM/s400/IMG_7384+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">until something fortuitous happened.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7SgWmQ7lc8EM2EqTRaGpGCX-L_t3K7KoM-v6fUZGqdsdpopO-OnPNT34nH2n3Yf80DSweR2c5pAXz9Ea3hIqBxq0tXiuY84EppnYOWQ_NXV5LTsoFez_2c-mnJe8rY6_47qpue8Lh9Bu-/s1600-h/IMG_7385+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363597975623081410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7SgWmQ7lc8EM2EqTRaGpGCX-L_t3K7KoM-v6fUZGqdsdpopO-OnPNT34nH2n3Yf80DSweR2c5pAXz9Ea3hIqBxq0tXiuY84EppnYOWQ_NXV5LTsoFez_2c-mnJe8rY6_47qpue8Lh9Bu-/s400/IMG_7385+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">His head popped off!</span><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363575050556057954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_3EB4X1BGVgzgntcd4j9YceUakL0Wkcl7s4trlFI2GYYHQLpdzP0B7OXAeRerD-EH6fpEDV-bJzEIdBbNPhPcD2MO_y8YqpObMvWCtT9tyv4RZ9KHrMyM7GjH42OnqT1yQ59jSmjGBl_/s400/IMG_7391+edited.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Now Stella has HER piece of the mingo,</span><br /></div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUH0jx1MNsfe6krBJL2-T3flLFx_uTzm_knj2jHRCAJgODhUkWYyUBqr8K3KAKBodjqZZrBU-jmr5hXVPhBDgoYHoUSdG6XFn_KiqAtgK1XN-z8yqOzFcc0ra7HD8MPiG2p-ZHFrDY5IKU/s1600-h/IMG_7387+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363597823453916082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 315px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUH0jx1MNsfe6krBJL2-T3flLFx_uTzm_knj2jHRCAJgODhUkWYyUBqr8K3KAKBodjqZZrBU-jmr5hXVPhBDgoYHoUSdG6XFn_KiqAtgK1XN-z8yqOzFcc0ra7HD8MPiG2p-ZHFrDY5IKU/s400/IMG_7387+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">and I have MINE!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3Rb7BNUAC4PJtF2Mn9uJIhpLDLuGOjemvtXQqY5YhF5ag1KzX2kRT2I6-55B1eXEo-iOdT9n89R3frfdV7NqYGlBHj9BdodVlJw36wfP5CqNfM6jvmgS2WPPQOy9K_2KN3oI0Aa7fivR/s1600-h/IMG_7393+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363575166108961634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 330px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3Rb7BNUAC4PJtF2Mn9uJIhpLDLuGOjemvtXQqY5YhF5ag1KzX2kRT2I6-55B1eXEo-iOdT9n89R3frfdV7NqYGlBHj9BdodVlJw36wfP5CqNfM6jvmgS2WPPQOy9K_2KN3oI0Aa7fivR/s400/IMG_7393+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Needless to say, Stella is STINKIN' happy about that. That's what we in the country-running business call <em>diplomacy</em>.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoYSzlQ8g_Fc1pZfxnj_BtHTqdjRg_KMyqZwfEkTjX4Lj6IYxQUQdLjJeEmdRWOOsThso70vYD7COGGSYfSZZPA18b44bRHcu6pDAiGvMtAB1dlrJvUUOyQ9qhRQKFpbUyR0XhXlDggMn/s1600-h/IMG_7372+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363562396999192066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoYSzlQ8g_Fc1pZfxnj_BtHTqdjRg_KMyqZwfEkTjX4Lj6IYxQUQdLjJeEmdRWOOsThso70vYD7COGGSYfSZZPA18b44bRHcu6pDAiGvMtAB1dlrJvUUOyQ9qhRQKFpbUyR0XhXlDggMn/s400/IMG_7372+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-83177075090768106862009-07-23T01:34:00.010-05:002009-07-23T02:19:06.824-05:00Fuzzy Mermaid<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A couple of days ago my girl told Stella & I to pack ourselves into the GoobMobile for a little ride.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4xhtISfYsrsi5ZDgVfWWgblRHRntNWpRp0sqBQjmTKvo2vao0xKyXbqLJ3JlvFZPkBKyyyz2fhv2P6JlwJsdjqEI-WFEm0WHxs3xXDdGO7YcYFN1TOdTRJELJoZQA6WWliOXYqdSI5wg/s1600-h/IMG_7341.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361453695002794450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4xhtISfYsrsi5ZDgVfWWgblRHRntNWpRp0sqBQjmTKvo2vao0xKyXbqLJ3JlvFZPkBKyyyz2fhv2P6JlwJsdjqEI-WFEm0WHxs3xXDdGO7YcYFN1TOdTRJELJoZQA6WWliOXYqdSI5wg/s400/IMG_7341.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We LOVE going mobile.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Xr_IK8RIa9gVuSXsV_s35zeHVkLsm5_KevMdF-g6t_J2Hsck6fFGw0cGC2FSl-fT9CkQ2CHJ4pz7fo5IUeSSFQNSkiSnWAawITS4hSjdg7cev7KCTqO5jk1vUQV04Pta9Vr-89eIZw-/s1600-h/IMG_7340+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361453578749462226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2Xr_IK8RIa9gVuSXsV_s35zeHVkLsm5_KevMdF-g6t_J2Hsck6fFGw0cGC2FSl-fT9CkQ2CHJ4pz7fo5IUeSSFQNSkiSnWAawITS4hSjdg7cev7KCTqO5jk1vUQV04Pta9Vr-89eIZw-/s400/IMG_7340+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stella even agreed to be the navigational co-pilot.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr3xI6TJMZ8Bntv0W8JWr_Giw0aOYNkjajibYoGtp9L4SFt7TxiP5K96qI-rgn4LuQ-82OdFyCK4SNCr_7sAYI55A_6Nyhjd3l3Mg5IMvikCWC_0EGxNY4GBcAP8S7Kc3IVvcqUTgOtrP/s1600-h/IMG_7338+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361453435206787442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr3xI6TJMZ8Bntv0W8JWr_Giw0aOYNkjajibYoGtp9L4SFt7TxiP5K96qI-rgn4LuQ-82OdFyCK4SNCr_7sAYI55A_6Nyhjd3l3Mg5IMvikCWC_0EGxNY4GBcAP8S7Kc3IVvcqUTgOtrP/s400/IMG_7338+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We hadn't been to this particular dog park since last October, so I wasted no time getting reacquainted with all of the amenities. The spa facilities are fabulous.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVG51e2DkWMK98BbxVtmKIXfYYepWYRU7KuN5aBXfZ1u-Y5Jfk5wc_V7LuZYymXLPpvKE9jKbKa19wR3g7VNK-zTqSCVlFvI1AxaSIrE1Feb9s5xBDgMT9kVVFAFcdFAakShjSFBUrdso/s1600-h/IMG_7342+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361453247201573938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVG51e2DkWMK98BbxVtmKIXfYYepWYRU7KuN5aBXfZ1u-Y5Jfk5wc_V7LuZYymXLPpvKE9jKbKa19wR3g7VNK-zTqSCVlFvI1AxaSIrE1Feb9s5xBDgMT9kVVFAFcdFAakShjSFBUrdso/s400/IMG_7342+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Come ON, Stella! We'll hike the perimeter then I'll show you the swimmin' hole!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJZO-U6e57ZsSapvxogb63L-ma7WtneWxstsNn-cDokid7APBkO-G9hQV4_pM-P2KIT_fJcL5H5Ml14qWwUSZzlRK_m-92qgj2loigEJ-9veKrRpHbHaC75n4KrXf3Eug42TOLQ-dI-Bm/s1600-h/IMG_7343+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361453105653952034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJZO-U6e57ZsSapvxogb63L-ma7WtneWxstsNn-cDokid7APBkO-G9hQV4_pM-P2KIT_fJcL5H5Ml14qWwUSZzlRK_m-92qgj2loigEJ-9veKrRpHbHaC75n4KrXf3Eug42TOLQ-dI-Bm/s400/IMG_7343+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Uh... listen, Stella. Since you can't be trusted and are tethered to the girl... </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGo5tl7Xf5MlKfeWxaTcNbIFsFOAA8arE9nNlDWiUj1xq2wj6dCxEzZJ3B0-ohwAMlHOZgMvyEe1mVSHdbqvBV9PyQOPwCn12t7zk5btlOO3pCMhdg_4vAp8i1X1_2f5gyBXwBfkbZX0m/s1600-h/IMG_7346+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361452907591271282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGo5tl7Xf5MlKfeWxaTcNbIFsFOAA8arE9nNlDWiUj1xq2wj6dCxEzZJ3B0-ohwAMlHOZgMvyEe1mVSHdbqvBV9PyQOPwCn12t7zk5btlOO3pCMhdg_4vAp8i1X1_2f5gyBXwBfkbZX0m/s400/IMG_7346+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I'll just go ahead to scout things out.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioboXSeTaDWn1NVYVaDWR_CnkEQ1h5ma-rNDDWFDFTlQhzPjr7iVNdKQcJ87wHwAQuvLuKJPSatZFfxzz7dDsLFt8Du6qYPSmLnS-NhFeMSaDOi4PBRW5FRFJvqk0cKY9YuyN1euQ_1oxO/s1600-h/IMG_7345+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361452798105980274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioboXSeTaDWn1NVYVaDWR_CnkEQ1h5ma-rNDDWFDFTlQhzPjr7iVNdKQcJ87wHwAQuvLuKJPSatZFfxzz7dDsLFt8Du6qYPSmLnS-NhFeMSaDOi4PBRW5FRFJvqk0cKY9YuyN1euQ_1oxO/s400/IMG_7345+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Once we got to the pond, Stella jumped right in.</span><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361452551021577490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBJ8XTyDBRmXwfQtjHVSCQL7CzvniI_puwBuOHAyclCIPutbofSWjYB9MDy7ZgAXXPbZpr3KbrkYyBHCQzLJfLcqj2d0Ofbc-HdSBAWERm-EW870SnAtYem05Z2TOzmG8qt3qLVtsFJNb/s400/IMG_7349+edited.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">She's always been a big fan of water, but we'd never had her in water over her head before.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaPSWUxbhjDMHOJVn4ee1cLM8PY2muSHPTUi2pvSTFBt0_bwah5Af5WjvIsOP91uW7D1HEn5wv-4HngYvGAvAIzBxFy6KkCN6EKYyZL70u8O_moof0Qcj0qmaq3_CgxeUua1mP-CiL5nb/s1600-h/IMG_7348+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361452644407524082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaPSWUxbhjDMHOJVn4ee1cLM8PY2muSHPTUi2pvSTFBt0_bwah5Af5WjvIsOP91uW7D1HEn5wv-4HngYvGAvAIzBxFy6KkCN6EKYyZL70u8O_moof0Qcj0qmaq3_CgxeUua1mP-CiL5nb/s400/IMG_7348+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As a side note, doesn't it look like someone deflated her usually fluffy back legs?</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzVPcEECEtZ7HhExfqfriZwQlsmzycWd7BW_3BfKUfICeT3SbTVFY_rdnPFqMFLNaz3gpF5Flvjt2cJRD0RkXRx2yMrxfiTyT43TSHjexD0giA7iUqP_uG-r-cCCORupKDZw-N9NR0TVw/s1600-h/IMG_7352+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361452403467512050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzVPcEECEtZ7HhExfqfriZwQlsmzycWd7BW_3BfKUfICeT3SbTVFY_rdnPFqMFLNaz3gpF5Flvjt2cJRD0RkXRx2yMrxfiTyT43TSHjexD0giA7iUqP_uG-r-cCCORupKDZw-N9NR0TVw/s400/IMG_7352+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">She watched me splash around for a couple of minutes...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeu1vuU4sTIredzkS9Ck6SNDURJ7uK0Xktzwkl635vAOhtILZiD5F1juPRztMFMUiBB09rUpERG3wMY9VEpb8E6fiVpC_oGYpN4885zBZK8TXRF53opV4CgwONlz7tPLxXTRIJkxJU068/s1600-h/IMG_7355+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361452184512657362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeu1vuU4sTIredzkS9Ck6SNDURJ7uK0Xktzwkl635vAOhtILZiD5F1juPRztMFMUiBB09rUpERG3wMY9VEpb8E6fiVpC_oGYpN4885zBZK8TXRF53opV4CgwONlz7tPLxXTRIJkxJU068/s400/IMG_7355+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">then decided to briefly test drive the deep water.</span><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X7mJT8bXmhU&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&color1=" color2="0xcd311b" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">From that point on she was a SWIMMIN' FOOL!</span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rQ-8EAfGNPg8PjWavJx7ztgelcF20L-y5ZhzDqEV9A9sbcCynvc5MT4vn4NjEMe9w-pq3og10vmWsfSMPnGbrKyBIBnrF_r_EOmFkgs7CW9uH2-XStXYL5Oh4zOoOEuMopiAREWmr2_X/s1600-h/IMG_7357+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361452037475667378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rQ-8EAfGNPg8PjWavJx7ztgelcF20L-y5ZhzDqEV9A9sbcCynvc5MT4vn4NjEMe9w-pq3og10vmWsfSMPnGbrKyBIBnrF_r_EOmFkgs7CW9uH2-XStXYL5Oh4zOoOEuMopiAREWmr2_X/s400/IMG_7357+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I watched my fuzzy mermaid of a sissy try to drag our girl (who was holding on to Stella's 15 foot leash) out to sea and across the pond. Too bad our girl doesn't trust Stella to come when she's called. Given the freedom, that little ball of merfuzz would have been across the lake and back several times!</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Hg_pjyihoZ5AKnzzEYxq256Wqn_p1DP69lnk6JcXE16gMJHLbLTOFdO4Q5OZyn83So9Asj7ZETwL7a7rrKhaUXBYG55JTMHt1S4uq2tztoqXOvHXpOKFp57HPv46vKSKAN6i8hwcWlPB/s1600-h/IMG_7358+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361451943589834642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Hg_pjyihoZ5AKnzzEYxq256Wqn_p1DP69lnk6JcXE16gMJHLbLTOFdO4Q5OZyn83So9Asj7ZETwL7a7rrKhaUXBYG55JTMHt1S4uq2tztoqXOvHXpOKFp57HPv46vKSKAN6i8hwcWlPB/s400/IMG_7358+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">After our swim we headed up toward the main gates to see who else was parkin' it, and Stella met this sweet elderlab.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXv2Sa_flu5phaUp_ZUzMKoLXzwTh7NzPIGGOvX2TSwr1biNWk7cWU0ipLIDcG7gMK_A2Fl7B3KKmE-41e_NRFB-lV2RLJ1d9JU4xwLczgrb_a9vdwwchwmQZtJyBb1yyDZ9Y4xgV3NasR/s1600-h/IMG_7362+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361450012997183730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXv2Sa_flu5phaUp_ZUzMKoLXzwTh7NzPIGGOvX2TSwr1biNWk7cWU0ipLIDcG7gMK_A2Fl7B3KKmE-41e_NRFB-lV2RLJ1d9JU4xwLczgrb_a9vdwwchwmQZtJyBb1yyDZ9Y4xgV3NasR/s400/IMG_7362+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stella and I hung out with the lab pups for a few minutes, until something a little disturbing happened. There was an older man close by who had another lab (not pictured) with him. I was hoping for a little playtime with her, and when she growled at me I started playing with her like I do with Stella. I used my usual strategy of keeping my booty and the rest of my body between her head and my head, talkin' trash and being loud. Before I knew it, the guy who owned the lab girl started screaming at my girl and then kicked me a few times in the ribs. I thought he wanted in on the wrasslin' action until my girl came over and took me by the collar and stepped back from the lab. My girl was confused and so was I. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We were just going to walk away until the lab owner yelled some HBO words at my girl and then said that he'd seen me out at the park a few weeks before and that I ALWAYS attack other dogs. My girl asked if his dog was okay and mentioned that we had not been out at that park for several months and that my mouth had been nowhere near his dog, and the lady who was with him kept saying, "He was biting her all over! He was BITING her!" (The few times I have put my mouth on another dog my girl has gone out of her way to apologize and take responsibility for the fact that it's her fault, not mine. But this was not that kind of situation.)</span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Well, my girl could tell there was no reasoning with these people and would have walked away and left it at that (even though this guy was maligning my character and Stella was now talkin' trash at him for all she was worth), until the guy called her another HBO word and told her that she needed to learn how to keep me under control and that I was going to get someone killed. He was walking away from her as he yelled all of these things, and my girl (who NEVER goes off on people in public) lost it. She told the guy that if he was going to be an ASS, then maybe HE should take his dog and go home. The guy then flipped her the bird, to which she replied, "VERY mature, grandpa," and walked away. (As another side note, we did notice a police vehicle pull up a few minutes after the exchange, but we were already hiking back around the park by then. There was noone waiting to talk to us when we went to the parking lot to leave so we figured that was that.)</span><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lMokHfWQXQeA0SI5ePwtJviymMbMANUA0YFrdEVzeJwEsilzTK7fPkW-tQkeFqcGr7nvQIhmCUGD9A8M81yX9MNKKZEO4lPJ4KPPZIgNxrv4rh2Re0Lq0JkaLw2J0ymfnprQyDOZnzDz/s1600-h/IMG_7363.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361449148167463138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lMokHfWQXQeA0SI5ePwtJviymMbMANUA0YFrdEVzeJwEsilzTK7fPkW-tQkeFqcGr7nvQIhmCUGD9A8M81yX9MNKKZEO4lPJ4KPPZIgNxrv4rh2Re0Lq0JkaLw2J0ymfnprQyDOZnzDz/s400/IMG_7363.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Even though I could tell my girl and Stella were both keyed up, I was blissfully unaffected!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsbefOjH83ivzyH7ijYb8Vo2v8puBn3TzO6mUJTzyb0laNwQfK-Cqk-cHZjQUPPp53gLWKSYfhGCiT6H-CrNuFqGyOtF1Y2ta5PZOYo6jt07jIzDxpriHKtlUMyP3hnqFdtmOkCpgYFrD/s1600-h/IMG_7361+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361448770856471650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsbefOjH83ivzyH7ijYb8Vo2v8puBn3TzO6mUJTzyb0laNwQfK-Cqk-cHZjQUPPp53gLWKSYfhGCiT6H-CrNuFqGyOtF1Y2ta5PZOYo6jt07jIzDxpriHKtlUMyP3hnqFdtmOkCpgYFrD/s400/IMG_7361+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stay cool,</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Pee S from my girl...</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">This is Stanley's girl. I do not advocate getting into an argument with ANYone in public for something so ridiculous as being called a name or because someone falsely accused my dog of something. There are some other things in my life right now that have me angry, I have been ignoring that anger, and this is an example of how misplaced anger can bubble up at an inappropriate time. The whole situation is too absurd to even be embarrassed about, but at least I've tapped into the anger and am starting to deal with it. I'm just glad the guy who kicked Stanley kicks like a wimp, and that Stanley wasn't hurt. If Stella spoke English I think all of our ears would have been burning, though. You should have HEARD her telling off that guy. Whew!</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-66382847855453664032009-07-20T09:47:00.008-05:002009-07-20T09:51:22.981-05:00Lazy No More<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I've been CLIMBING THE WALLS here over the last week.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvQBu3XR5pYIQ8J4IIvXlK4PzY8GfAt5_xzELAFPtbAiW-Yiv8CjnPHFnqtc2TUXXzwecwgFNrwXuhV5wZmD0FlW5fLYR1CiTrZJLA-xor4b8pYfafIHdxAliUwzqqDsH82YffBhyno3T/s1600-h/IMG_7330.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360553390859512754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvQBu3XR5pYIQ8J4IIvXlK4PzY8GfAt5_xzELAFPtbAiW-Yiv8CjnPHFnqtc2TUXXzwecwgFNrwXuhV5wZmD0FlW5fLYR1CiTrZJLA-xor4b8pYfafIHdxAliUwzqqDsH82YffBhyno3T/s400/IMG_7330.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It's been slightly boring around here, and Stella & I have been trying to get our girl off of her lazy booty.</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEpM7f8gSsAReFuNq-uRLbrU5IvAPbrtC9NIWqK9SDyETsdzBK10V8iuIU79Q3wbd6NCMg7wQ4QCYaT8poubE8knNbZnSDSD_z2aZ9TtbO6KAj5HIVZ0G_zDjmQD7dIdRF_qXBd7CUeHg/s1600-h/IMG_7329.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360553180773703426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEpM7f8gSsAReFuNq-uRLbrU5IvAPbrtC9NIWqK9SDyETsdzBK10V8iuIU79Q3wbd6NCMg7wQ4QCYaT8poubE8knNbZnSDSD_z2aZ9TtbO6KAj5HIVZ0G_zDjmQD7dIdRF_qXBd7CUeHg/s400/IMG_7329.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I believe I've finally succeeded! She's taking me swimming today (so she says)!</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-62QlQwbxPOxoqSn6lpn4xG6A90rz0EVYzvpujtVkO0PqPYaFCRKjPqY4HhL7kW78lRH2LKY7wHxCqZWX86XRjIF4Jm2J25BbgxRdQcv0EIDiBErf5zvyPfNbF3ma6loleFvWdbhwBGAY/s1600-h/IMG_7331.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360552940874243842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-62QlQwbxPOxoqSn6lpn4xG6A90rz0EVYzvpujtVkO0PqPYaFCRKjPqY4HhL7kW78lRH2LKY7wHxCqZWX86XRjIF4Jm2J25BbgxRdQcv0EIDiBErf5zvyPfNbF3ma6loleFvWdbhwBGAY/s400/IMG_7331.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now. Here's a little kitty treat from one of my fave websites, stuffonmycat.com</span><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.stuffonmycat.com/Food-On-My-Cat/20090120-unknown.html"><img src="http://www.stuffonmycat.com/images/stories/20090120_unknown.jpg" /></a></span><br /><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><em>"You want to run away and get married? Sorry. I cantaloupe."</em></span></p></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hope you're enjoying tons of cataloupe and Wally melon out there!</span></div><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></p><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.stuffonmycat.com/Food-On-My-Cat/20090120-unknown.html"></a></p>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-55503276338923813542009-07-08T19:37:00.005-05:002009-07-08T19:46:46.142-05:00Asta Archives<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I've been really missing my sweetpea <a href="http://astasworld.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Asta</span></a>, so I prowled through my girl's photo archives from our roadtrip the other day, and I found some very fun photos of Asta. These first few are a series of photos I've entitled "Wild Wire." (I bring out the animal her... I think.)</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmGe8yvaawqdIKJ75baFywm0egl33n9KorKPR0bWneHjoU_HDtL6ffqvTyy1NokihsV19j9d5PQwGzVK8LL7O_8JfFY1l0MEuTRfxwr0-40Ngux7CR5OtOAoXbGjJYZHfJM7Q4-bwJ6mi/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349894019455294738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmGe8yvaawqdIKJ75baFywm0egl33n9KorKPR0bWneHjoU_HDtL6ffqvTyy1NokihsV19j9d5PQwGzVK8LL7O_8JfFY1l0MEuTRfxwr0-40Ngux7CR5OtOAoXbGjJYZHfJM7Q4-bwJ6mi/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKrRReHLjIV_YqGFkHCo653BA0alKcjf3USnTIDFCqgwSTqPPbhCXSbeK9isSDEO2SgB1fggzhgGfCCfyprQI-0Nta51OF-QZb1U1fDncSA111fPpcvCogdIvKGWds1vh6E8rhcAJtXF-/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349893865204615314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKrRReHLjIV_YqGFkHCo653BA0alKcjf3USnTIDFCqgwSTqPPbhCXSbeK9isSDEO2SgB1fggzhgGfCCfyprQI-0Nta51OF-QZb1U1fDncSA111fPpcvCogdIvKGWds1vh6E8rhcAJtXF-/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhly0IjvvSVKB1nOxW_si4QH77GDrCU0k94QwbNOYnUuIWGSRVOco_Ov0eovemyZjbfT7oOCyZvQdUANj2MWfGaTRymb0G6zDBLuXUW73w4nQqO34ogG9zh1NCBDFXPawklmpca448cCZfv/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349893707328080162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhly0IjvvSVKB1nOxW_si4QH77GDrCU0k94QwbNOYnUuIWGSRVOco_Ov0eovemyZjbfT7oOCyZvQdUANj2MWfGaTRymb0G6zDBLuXUW73w4nQqO34ogG9zh1NCBDFXPawklmpca448cCZfv/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqoSEcRIS_nVI0d4XBb3KVAOR8SeLf4A54cyTnCgOvOGmt7KKlCpft7z9hCUvPIVVLN-41Ro3hUuHHokV9bVdOY0w0ftL9aYyp0wcT_9NSRDPq80wLnNBa0JmoAgI0tY9kIzr1GBc2T3u/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349893532553542018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqoSEcRIS_nVI0d4XBb3KVAOR8SeLf4A54cyTnCgOvOGmt7KKlCpft7z9hCUvPIVVLN-41Ro3hUuHHokV9bVdOY0w0ftL9aYyp0wcT_9NSRDPq80wLnNBa0JmoAgI0tY9kIzr1GBc2T3u/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXSXUnhSemv4mtRbNT9On6-WC-sUdteO9XzOSKJjG3hJ5G7lsy-4iyIn3kfVt_G8806syBhSJTi6V2wL9GJjZvIU7ZmF5VS9MQfI-xFS0UBKa6JtntXwbuYlrI54dtWksm5cHu6IWE_JJ/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349893346575815890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXSXUnhSemv4mtRbNT9On6-WC-sUdteO9XzOSKJjG3hJ5G7lsy-4iyIn3kfVt_G8806syBhSJTi6V2wL9GJjZvIU7ZmF5VS9MQfI-xFS0UBKa6JtntXwbuYlrI54dtWksm5cHu6IWE_JJ/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HBGcitjmqNRV9CgbDdKvm5QuCY5ADOhB-GMcoXekCqDMazPjQuxvs_6w0vHa0a8QCzr3Hit6HGClZJ-Y5bQVjqKwjoPTjerZZI9DBvGNMo-9r-GnDcbED0eIqB_ZzoDdBxDphV3oqGQ-/s1600-h/021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349892943577346322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HBGcitjmqNRV9CgbDdKvm5QuCY5ADOhB-GMcoXekCqDMazPjQuxvs_6w0vHa0a8QCzr3Hit6HGClZJ-Y5bQVjqKwjoPTjerZZI9DBvGNMo-9r-GnDcbED0eIqB_ZzoDdBxDphV3oqGQ-/s400/021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQyEk6GEKrbwyU6pyeU6wIfsIRMAR2zzfdZaeEd9OQRBJBSkxU1OZje4mYfOJlNcJCzuXh2dhnlO4NdlQNqa9jgXRdhfIO5a-8n1pOzfysvCG5LCMc0y0lUL-gYKRQwlHn_UOB-_toxrT/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349892732719307090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQyEk6GEKrbwyU6pyeU6wIfsIRMAR2zzfdZaeEd9OQRBJBSkxU1OZje4mYfOJlNcJCzuXh2dhnlO4NdlQNqa9jgXRdhfIO5a-8n1pOzfysvCG5LCMc0y0lUL-gYKRQwlHn_UOB-_toxrT/s400/022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">These next couple of photos are of stolen moments together on the streets of New York...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEY6-nqe6xhPo050XhncI9C1Nl1dFvbEhmPYQdUiqqkbggaGVyhE2hwdHQCgmxHOzzVjbUoqt8WPXlp1ZQ37I90zjS8NTThUouozvKUCQj-ySNnBuYsXUkKI6X0ayg_O4eFnpRVEbqKOZ/s1600-h/030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349892439290567810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEY6-nqe6xhPo050XhncI9C1Nl1dFvbEhmPYQdUiqqkbggaGVyhE2hwdHQCgmxHOzzVjbUoqt8WPXlp1ZQ37I90zjS8NTThUouozvKUCQj-ySNnBuYsXUkKI6X0ayg_O4eFnpRVEbqKOZ/s400/030.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUDRRYFLGlv4wE4xEF_65hTMPJA6xh_pNfhJ_FSrhfo872Qp59lnALMhuht8G000PrRHca5xqX5vsN_SrnmX7X4oqghrU8Fne5k5xxxJDJMnOyTNb4EMsJErqVM_fy0vfNCYyT5dC7Cwx/s1600-h/027+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891834282928050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUDRRYFLGlv4wE4xEF_65hTMPJA6xh_pNfhJ_FSrhfo872Qp59lnALMhuht8G000PrRHca5xqX5vsN_SrnmX7X4oqghrU8Fne5k5xxxJDJMnOyTNb4EMsJErqVM_fy0vfNCYyT5dC7Cwx/s400/027+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">... and how we were, literally, attached at the monkey.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyYkbGUd498hnWlBSvJH2n7fCJ9xGD6VWEWZ3LnGGPmx6hyycIwDeCEE259yekHQezyapCg6Mmx9Fui3sZkMKBAT4ygZh59wpaXb7VrLBH7aJCVqmbFKjdY4MbreS1GxjkMy_h34cRjKf/s1600-h/Roadtrip+4+025+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891321904357858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyYkbGUd498hnWlBSvJH2n7fCJ9xGD6VWEWZ3LnGGPmx6hyycIwDeCEE259yekHQezyapCg6Mmx9Fui3sZkMKBAT4ygZh59wpaXb7VrLBH7aJCVqmbFKjdY4MbreS1GxjkMy_h34cRjKf/s400/Roadtrip+4+025+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I miss her spunk...</span><br /><br /><br /><object height="364" width="445"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fk8r9XYuKXs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fk8r9XYuKXs&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">her wit...</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjgNjb1kjk0BHQk58sb4FEAWc3HAB2EA9TBWMkJGKtFkY94BF57u59G1dJ_rkLfJ4otLlZ7s3iUUqLo7l7_ApXwzqOp2NDW1HL2tXqMivtl63XFWmpCUT1h9-fwV-ZnQoTi2i87Oh41PO/s1600-h/Roadtrip+4+044+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349891073744692098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjgNjb1kjk0BHQk58sb4FEAWc3HAB2EA9TBWMkJGKtFkY94BF57u59G1dJ_rkLfJ4otLlZ7s3iUUqLo7l7_ApXwzqOp2NDW1HL2tXqMivtl63XFWmpCUT1h9-fwV-ZnQoTi2i87Oh41PO/s400/Roadtrip+4+044+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">her smoochies...</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349890610623131634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETSTpFfdtYZv5hGMm0cwntdAGAwZb6ejMKu3ufYPOG9BSeCtLI4nPN4gW-yVooD1afOtlcty3bgtGjPWOF6jNfDYSATt36oJyHEOfeeTklihJl4rULpifiZHdBPcshgAemwzADnu7nYog/s400/Roadtrip+2+078.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">and her sweet & sassy ways!</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXeEpKkK0jdkk2tXHN51-nIXFTEt9aSEyH7T3-3JaMQOEp4vyG4SoRwlbcmTibZytcfLPBoZNd8PwE34e5af4E0bAcafAWg4CU0XEROTFTVuBp9BKLY8-gPpsIKW0NitU4Z2MZH7SPB6C/s1600-h/Roadtrip+3+004+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349890844099006146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXeEpKkK0jdkk2tXHN51-nIXFTEt9aSEyH7T3-3JaMQOEp4vyG4SoRwlbcmTibZytcfLPBoZNd8PwE34e5af4E0bAcafAWg4CU0XEROTFTVuBp9BKLY8-gPpsIKW0NitU4Z2MZH7SPB6C/s400/Roadtrip+3+004+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Oh yeah. I miss her hugs too. Right back at ya, sweetness!</span></div><br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356251308012024082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszSLUW0LyYQ6Ac88Gz6A0uA1Hi6UUok_bh88tLOaxDiAiPAiSuiAthpqqu6LeSOvRE6pN4IvwzPklR9lvN9LBunfdKUh2L8tlBmzJxU73Jg4HpF2CJJs6sraugAhRUbVgcbrMZe8Ll6UY/s400/Roadtrip+2+070.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Your Goober Boy,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><p align="center"></p>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142675795765247558.post-66340632370442760522009-07-07T14:45:00.013-05:002009-07-07T15:24:31.170-05:00Pinch-Snassler<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Today I was a little wiped out from my weekend.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM7ahh5vVT3qt8pAL0BI401ylq-JnOC0_AROWWq4O4byBAvH5mrWaLWG67lR-tpDx2EFMbndvki16IrXMtIDwWsZc2Dhmf6DTfGKvroGtTea6h3UJxRoiAoQ8t79mf6yk6UY_ZNqWss3z/s1600-h/IMG_7289+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355809044168548642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM7ahh5vVT3qt8pAL0BI401ylq-JnOC0_AROWWq4O4byBAvH5mrWaLWG67lR-tpDx2EFMbndvki16IrXMtIDwWsZc2Dhmf6DTfGKvroGtTea6h3UJxRoiAoQ8t79mf6yk6UY_ZNqWss3z/s400/IMG_7289+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">When we called today's meeting of the GSA (GooberStanian Snasslin' Association) to order, I wasn't ready for all the snasslin' that Stella had in mind,</span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIBecC-EIuym-_48MvjL52qc8DkrlPr0idOt7WUNTtGhtnA_7tLu7An-JKwzsJsvqce_e1YvYMlmh8SyDFOLXI_YRRKpFaEu7La4c1u5Olma4BhCkvmgN307hZvXghuaGvvQ5nCBcY1Fp/s1600-h/IMG_7285+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355808727613097618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIBecC-EIuym-_48MvjL52qc8DkrlPr0idOt7WUNTtGhtnA_7tLu7An-JKwzsJsvqce_e1YvYMlmh8SyDFOLXI_YRRKpFaEu7La4c1u5Olma4BhCkvmgN307hZvXghuaGvvQ5nCBcY1Fp/s400/IMG_7285+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It's not that I didn't want to generate good vibes to send out to all our friends who are sick or hurting or needing some love. I was just pooped.</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92eVXZ-m7CGxcCy-dpmjyOOaO67IhHHuP93doVeZzRo445QCsEIrZCyE_42wWIqrt8BzKXBUXhWvjDxtBEDzbgRHArZqUHGzNyiT4ssEbolMXVPVOERWbizCLUUjPuodVg60nNRxhkhno/s1600-h/IMG_7283+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355808411374229938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92eVXZ-m7CGxcCy-dpmjyOOaO67IhHHuP93doVeZzRo445QCsEIrZCyE_42wWIqrt8BzKXBUXhWvjDxtBEDzbgRHArZqUHGzNyiT4ssEbolMXVPVOERWbizCLUUjPuodVg60nNRxhkhno/s400/IMG_7283+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stella was able to fire me up enough to get my googley eyes going...</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu6kdQFZiwvN8PApzNQVmwaoi64TJ5rb4imvk-BPTF-c0B18cEqb-odRN-TNizRusgoJMM-KDFUGjrHLOgv4DZMLHj_lKH3oBmmFuXwlAoWjWhgoT2qNHWMYMhJW9scVKRTm6IGMsqqHi/s1600-h/IMG_7286+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355808078284069362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZu6kdQFZiwvN8PApzNQVmwaoi64TJ5rb4imvk-BPTF-c0B18cEqb-odRN-TNizRusgoJMM-KDFUGjrHLOgv4DZMLHj_lKH3oBmmFuXwlAoWjWhgoT2qNHWMYMhJW9scVKRTm6IGMsqqHi/s400/IMG_7286+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Yep. Googley eyes.</span><br /><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduEeiwDePDmQY1mfVDgu1IzsT9YrtW4fS8wGeBJuRxKCsXrHLTrdNzRTNK8h_GltlJaNdvBc8EMxIW_7_31X4bwarMd45-ghV1E619t0Jq-hOeY1THpQzHy48S2P7htdJvjwNGDxFdT4d/s1600-h/google+eye+Stanley+01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355807767383561266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduEeiwDePDmQY1mfVDgu1IzsT9YrtW4fS8wGeBJuRxKCsXrHLTrdNzRTNK8h_GltlJaNdvBc8EMxIW_7_31X4bwarMd45-ghV1E619t0Jq-hOeY1THpQzHy48S2P7htdJvjwNGDxFdT4d/s400/google+eye+Stanley+01.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p></p><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This led to a very short (and for Stella, an unfulfilling) low-impact snasslin' session.</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c1oVmGJ8xjk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c1oVmGJ8xjk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /></p><p align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Before long I was all snassled out.</span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355807538026661234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9gLHYJoAkgrKYDcE1WqEC-S5G4lo0v2qEsu01_QofbSnnJXR4J1v1mNf84lolOHtDKZrPIjsA7I3ZYWKGzHArZCutZ_eUWLvVh5sg8sfxNZe9L6MnoZgjTD7SrKmVv4xsGqv9NGjSXAt/s400/IMG_7291+edited.jpg" border="0" /></p><p></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Stella wasn't finished with her snasslin', so what did she do? She recruited our hooman girl to snassle a little more with her. I'm going to warn you. It's pretty high impact stuff!</span></p><p align="center"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/grtTOK0gJOM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/grtTOK0gJOM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Eventually, even Stella was satisfied.</span></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLLctfEj50_8xPmdZYDWG_E73UI5q9a3CuGCMx6UKBLLtT71XOip3ZELznVh3k8VUt4Y4s4hXEOoblNqnPRx8nxjGtg6z9RpMv0e8f1Jx5agnQqXMzypPMr-_66GpJYHdPIqXl5SHhelY/s1600-h/IMG_7298+edited.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355807266697187410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLLctfEj50_8xPmdZYDWG_E73UI5q9a3CuGCMx6UKBLLtT71XOip3ZELznVh3k8VUt4Y4s4hXEOoblNqnPRx8nxjGtg6z9RpMv0e8f1Jx5agnQqXMzypPMr-_66GpJYHdPIqXl5SHhelY/s400/IMG_7298+edited.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This week we're sending all of our good snassle-induced vibes to all of our friends who are sick, needing comfort, or just needing a little extra love! If you're one of those friends, we hope you feel it! And special thanks to our hooman girl for standing in for me on the snasslin' front. We couldn't have done it this week without you!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Goober love,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Stanley & Stella</span></div></div>Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906593667590226175noreply@blogger.com29