basket love

dear diary,
well diary, i am writing 2 u today with unfortunate news that operation duk and daffodil was a complete and utter kaflooey-louie.  but in our defense, nowhere in the secret ops chipscout manual does it tell u not to overindulge in monkey chow milkshakes the night before a big mission, which u think it might should considering while we were waiting for the easter bunny 2 arrive, me and duk duk both had a serious case of the foofies and that made our tea party totally unattendable  if u know what i mean.  so our lovely tea party had 2 be called off on account of stink, and with it, operation duk and daffodil.

lucky for us, though, by the time we packed up our gear and met up with chocobot and lil pink puppy back at the pokey, well wouldn'tchoo know we could hardly believe our eyes at what was waiting for us because right there in the pokey was an easter basket filled with yummy yummy treats!  somehow the easter bunny must have snuck past us and somehow he  managed to get in thru the pokey bars and somehow he even got the basket thru the bars without harming nary a thing.  yep,  something tells me we could learn a thing or two from the easter bunny when it comes to executing secret ops missions.

anyhoo,  diary, i hope u had has wonderful an easter as we did!

toodley-doo!
b. :)

duk and daffodil

shhhhhh, be vewy quiet...Operation Duk and Daffodil is now under way and we are expecting the easter bunny to arrive at any moment!!

 

- baxter, 5.25 years old, first class junior grade unicorn commando attack force chipscout, primed and ready to execute Operation Duk and Daffodil, a top secret ops mission that he and f.c.j.g.u.c.a.f.c duk duk devised wherein f.c.j.g.u.c.a.f.c duk duk - codename  "yellow bunny" -  uses the lovely tea party that they've set up to engage and distract the easter bunny long enough for f.c.j.g.u.c.a.f.c baxter - codename "the daffodil" - to sneak past the otherwise occupied easter bunny and his forces to covertly access the easter bunny's basket caravan and secure the easter bunny's spiced jelly bean reserve (bcuz nobuddy likes spiced jelly beans) so that they - yellow bunny and daffodil - can take the surplus yucky jelly beans to the candy store and trade them in for delicious gummy worms which they then intend to split 55-45, or 45-55, depending on who u talk to about whose job is harder.


Hee hee, Happy Easter!! :)

friday night's alright for fretting

two more weeks? but mom, if i am still in the pokey on sunday, how will the easter bunny give me my easter basket??

what a good boy gets

ooooOOOOoooo...hee hee hee,  yummy yummy yummy i've got love in my tummy!

- baxter, 5.25 years old, happy 2 find out it ain't all bad in the pokey. :) :)

poopship troopers

dear diary,
yippee!! me n duk duk's chipscout badges finally arrived yesterday and so mom put mine on my uniform and looky! yep, my official chipscout outfit is now complete!! and once i am out of the pokey, everybuddy will know that i am part of troop number 238, special attack force stealth commando unicorn squadron.  and that i earned a level 1 in swimming  and that i earned my mountain camping badge and that i earned the most coveted badge of all, the golden poopie boulder badge - in recognition of outstanding effort and achievement in the field of, yeah u guessed it, pooping!  and as a matter of fact, the only thing missing from this picture besides my neckerchief and neckerchief slide is the emergency snackie snack that every chipscout carries in their emergency snackie snack pocket.  And that is only because since my meals have been cut back because I cannot go walkies and I am in the pokey, well u know my tummy delared an emergency. so let's just say there was a emergency snack attack earlier if u know what i mean.

anyhoo, mom says i am only allowed to wear my uniform for a few minutes so i really must go now bcuz duk duk n lil pink puppy n chocobot are all due home from school any minute now as i write this and i want 2 make sure they know when they come up the driveway that they will be walking into the home of an official first class junior grade unicorn commando attack force chipscout. hee hee, i hope u r having as wonderful a day as i am!

toodley-doo!

b. :)

buns of glory

hello pretty sun
and lovely springtime flowers,
o how i miss u! 

- baxter, 5.25 years old,  on enjoying yesterday afternoon's pokey relocation to a sunny open window :)

etsy fresh: new paper goodies! :)

dear diary,
 well it turns out staying home from school is not all it is cracked up to be, especially when your toyfriends still have to go and u r left to spend time in the pokey all by yourself wrapped up in a warm blankie with george gently blowing on u (well okay, the blankie and george parts were very nice but the being by myself in the pokey not so much if u know what i mean).




 anyhoo, to help pass the time and to help earn money to buy our pirate ship, mom said i could help her add new paper goodies to etsy and looky, without duk duk and chocobot and lil pink puppy 2 distract me i loaded a ton of happy new birthday cards, an anniversary card, and cards for fathers day and mothers day, cuz u know, some of us have more than one mom or dad to shop for and bcuz no two moms and dads are alike, why should their cards be?

any-anyhoo, diary, that is what i was up to yesterday.  today, mom said if the weather is still nice we might set up my pokey so i can help her get ready for our visit from the easter bunny...i sure hope it involves setting up poopie snake filled bunny booby traps.

toodley-doo!
b. :)

where toyfriends dare

(whispering) pssst - hey, duk duk! i got the ipad u baked in the cake u gave me yesterday but i do not know how turn on the netflix. maybe we should get lil pink puppy to squeeze thru the pokey bars with chocobot bcuz lil pink puppy is the only one who knows how to work this thing and then by the time u climb over we can all start watching and hopefull finish before mom gets home.

  hurry up duk duk, wonderpets is starting and it is the one about the unicorn!!

um, pardon me, but besides not telling mom about this, u r welcome to join us but before you do, would you please close the curtains so we can see the screen a little better? thank u :) :)

poopillon

dear diary,
well it is my fourth day here in the pokey and bcuz he is lying right next to me i am whisper writing to tell you a very big secret.  r u ready cuz here it is - not only does he snore really loud and steals your kibble when u r not looking but scooby doo stinks at solving mysteries.  especially ones that involve getting u both out of the pokey if u know what i mean.  so next time if u ever have an opportunity to choose your pokey mate, think twice about choosing scooby doo.  and even though she is a girl u might want to pick strawberry shortcake bcuz at least she smells like strawberries and cake.  which is more than i can say for useless scooby poopie bottoms doo.

anyhoo, i hope u r having a wonderful sunday and i promise 2 write again soon.

toodley-doo!
b. :)

the poopie dumpling gang

 



 


well boys, i see we have ourselves a bona fide d-i... d-i-l-l-i...no, no, wait, d-i-l-i-m-m-u-....i see we have ourselves in a fine predica-dica-dookiement we do.  chocobot, how's about u trade in them keys u found for some grub for us whydontcha and in the meanwhile me n duk duk will think up another way to bust me out of this here pokey..

- baxter 5.25 years old, upon realizing he probably should have paid more attention in his spelling and vocabulary class, and that the keys his poopie dumpling gang rustled up to break him out of the pokey won't work without a keyhole to put them in.

visiting hour

hello, duk duk, chocobot, and lil pink puppy!! me so glad u could stop by for a visit. :)
- baxter, 5.25 years old, patiently biding his time in the pokey , all with a little help from his toyfriends.

 

pokeyed puppy

Staring at the tiny white hairs that comprise tiny chumley's ever expanding milk moustache, I can't help but feel our time left together here on Earth with Baxter is already short enough.  If we are lucky, if things are as I hope them to be,  we will celebrate at least another ten Christmases together, another ten birthdays, another ten but hopefully more years of yippee skippee squirrel chasing, hole digging, poopie snake making eventually just snooze all day happy go lucky joy.   Ten years that in my mind have never felt so short.  So I hate it when things happen now that detract from our ability to enjoy one another's company.  But maybe it is because we have over enjoyed each other's company already that we find ourselves at this point, where for the second time in his life, Baxter's neck pain has flared up.

Although Baxter's symptoms are much less significant than his friends who have suffered from IVDD bouts recently, I have spent more than a few sleepless nights worrying and researching about what to do, and if or when to do it.  Talking with vets and friends and crawling through dodgerslist and the rest of the internet, hoping that there would be an instant cure for the intermittent yips-if-he-moves-the-wrong-way cervical pain that ails my little tiny boyfriend. Wishing that everything didn't have its risks.  Wishing that he could be made of the bouncy rubber that he thinks he's made of, rather than the fragile glass that I've been treating him as lately.

But I've come to realize and mostly accept that at this stage in the game, and with the help of anti inflammatories, pain meds and cage rest, it is really the passage of time that will hopefully help my little kielbasa.  The very time that I already feel I no longer have in abundance.  But, no matter where this might take us, I know I will take what I can get from my time with Baxter here on this planet. Whether we spend it together frolicking in the sun, or lying quietly side by side, separated by the walls of an ex-pen, this time, our time no matter how it is spent, will always be mine to treasure.

Three weeks in the pokey, my little friend.  And I will be with you all the way. :)

milk moustache

hello, milk moustache!

mom sighs when she looks at u,

but i think you're cool.  :)

- baxter, 5.25 years old, and his mom, on the little white hairs that are slowly migrating to his upper lip and beyond.

double posties: easter is almost here!

Yippee, today is double posties day because  I just looked at my calendar and realized just how quickly time flies!  But lucky for all of us,  it's not too late to visit the kalyxcraftopia etsy shop and send your favorite homies and homettes a happy little Easter greeting, courtesy of u know who. 

And do not worry if you need different quantities, as always please feel free to etsy convo and if you are looking for other goodies, not only is the Peter Cottontail Easter card there too, but also the Tomodachi Dog and Bunny Friends card and art prints and a whole lot of other fun and happy cards and tiny tiny gifties that you might want to include in this year's Easter basket!  Happy Spring, friends!! :)

ps - don't forget to scroll on down a bit  or clicky here to checky checky what the little b's been up to in his happy little world.  :)

loan application

well mom, let me first say we are prepared to pay u back in poopie snakes plus fifteen percent interest, thirty and maybe even forty percent interest if u would remember to feed me canned food and fiber more often.   and, if we r lucky and while we are out at sea and find someone to actually pirate, we might even be able to pay u back in valuable pirate treasure!  but to answer your question, no, in case it does not fit in the bathtub, i do not know where we would park our giant pirate ship when we are not using it.  and no, i do not think me and duk duk will have any problems being together for so long out at sea because as captain of our pirate ship,  i-
 

duk duk! will u quit poking me? i won the captain's tag fair and square and we would not even have to be asking mom for a loan if u didn't eat all the gummy worms we were saving to buy our pirate ship in the first place, mister poopie breath! 

ummm, yes...so....do we have a deal mom?  pleeeze?? :)

shed a light on me

Tiny little red hairs have been speckling our floors lately, a sign of the little kielbasa was long overdue for a good brushing and grooming.  But no sooner than I finish did my tiny boyfriend show me what grooming truly meant to him.

oooo, we're grooming?  here mom, i'll show u how it's done!! :)

gesundheit

a-a-a...achOO! um, okay mom maybe we better close the window after all but may i please keep george on?  :) 

- baxter, 5.25 years old, on having to give up on the notion of having his cake and eating it too, or in this case, having the window open and running his heater friend george also. 

Yep, the pollen is a little heavier than usual for this time of year....

freezing point

but mom, what do u mean i cannot have the window open and george on at the same time?  it is already happening and the weather channel says it is only seventy seven degrees out right now which u know is less than the eighty that george is set at and even though it is so cold out i need to keep the window open so i can smell all the pretty flowers outside and describe them in my science report that is due on monday and in any case teacher said it is good for us to get fresh air and i do not see why the only way u can do that is to be outside, especially when it is so cold out still, know what i mean? :)

- baxter, 5.25 years old, on redefining the meaning of freezing cold.

dapper doxie duds: take me out to the ball game

dear diary,
yesterday i finished modeling the last of the duds mom made while i was away, and i must say i sure hope mom will be making more duds soon bcuz me and my tummy will not otherwise know how to make up for the loss in the snackie bonuses we have been receiving all week. but even if that doesn't happen soon, at least we went out with a double header bcuz this pair of super cool red sox baseball duds were made for my wonderful friends  bogey and remy. i certainly hope they have as much fun wearing them as i did modeling them, because as you can see they are quite versatile and in fact bogey n remy could even make a movie with them and probably win an oscar because as you can see the duds and how u wear them can really help a pup elicit very nuanced emotion.

well diary, speaking of movies, i best get going bcuz me n duk duk are going start production on our top secret feature film project for school. i cannot tell you much about it but if u know of where we can buy a bowl big enough to make 5000 gallons of jello, u know where to find me.

toodley-doo!
b.:)

dapper doxie duds: tucker's LSU Sporty Dud

hee hee, okay, one more time mister dragon, but this time, kick AND foofie!

- baxter, 5.25 years old, on teaching the finer points of foofie football to his friend mister dragon.

Well hello, it's me, Baxter, your roving rover reporter reporting to you today on another dud my mom made while me and duk duk were away on spring break camping on foofie mountain.  Today, it's all about football.  Or, LSU football that is. Which, I really don't know how to play even though I had a chance to learn and earn a badge for it back on foofie mountain but did not because I was busy making - er, hunting - poopie snakes, but as u can probably tell from the picture above, it really doesn't matter.  Cuz mostly I think u kick and tackle and run and well, all the stuff we do in foofie football except for the foofie part. So I hope my friend Tucker will still feel right at home wearing his new dud because from what I hear, his little sister Tilly is all about tackling him, just like it's done in either game.  Hee hee, come to think of it, maybe she needs a football dud, too.

Anyhoo, even though my tummy and I had a fine time modeling Tucker's LSU football dud, I am so glad to give you an opportunity to see Tucker modeling his own dud too. Doesn't he look swell?  I hope he has plenty of swell adventures in it.

This is Baxter your roving rover reporter, wishing you a very happy and poopie filled Thursday.  :)