nice try

dear mrs teacher,
please excuse baxter poopie bottoms from school today.  as u can see he is not feeling very well and neither is duk duk the magnificent.  please do not bother calling me with their assignments today because i am sure they will catch back up upon their return. though i cannot guarantee baxter's butt will be any less stinky.

thank u for understanding and if u would, please send lil pink puppy home early so he can finish decrusting our wii.

yours truly,
mrs baxterpoopiebutt and duk duk's mom

etsy fresh: happy homieween!

dear diary,
yesterday mom said if duk duk and i helped her load new paper goodies to etsy then we could earn seventy-five cents each and of course we said heck yeah because duk duk said that would get us at least halfway to our flaming headless pumpkin project fundraiser goal.  or wait, did he say that it would hardly buy us even half a pumpkin?  anyhoo, seein's how our wii went kablooey cuz lil pink puppy spilled monkey chow milkshake on it yesterday morning while he n chocobot were playing barbie barbie sparkle revolution and we had to wait for it to dry, it seemed like sumptin fun to do anyway cuz it was kinda rainy most of the day and my poopies were a little loosey goosey which is more than i know u might want to know diary but it will become important very soon i promise. 

so anyhoo, i am so glad to have helped mom cuz looky - halloween will soon be here and now there is a card for all the snoop doggs and their homies out there.  fo shizzle doggie dizzle!

and every homie wants to celebrate thanksgiving right? especially when there is so much to be thankful for.  like, the rawhide. mmm, especially the rawhide.  and sometimes with all the talk about turkey n stuffing, moms and dads forget about this most very important tummy yummy detail so not only can my homies send sunshine with this card but it remind them about the rawhide, u know?

so anyhoo that was mostly my afternoon but u remember diary how i said my poopies were a little loosey on the goosey yesterday morning? well wouldn'tchoo know that i got my own special package of sunshine in the mail from miss kimberly and i could tell it had something extra extra yummy in it and i started to open it and everything but because my tummy was a little rumbly in the wrong sort of way, i had to say boo hoo cuz mom put it up but i am hoping that everything will be better today and so i can say yay and thank u very very much miss kimberly! :)


well diary, i best go now and see if the wii is dried out so me n duk duk can play some mario kart before lil pink puppy n chocobot wake up.

toodley-dizzley doo!
b. :)

plan b

dear diary,
this year me n duk duk thought it would be cool to build a flaming headless pumpkin robot for halloween but wouldntchoo know we would need like a hundred pumpkins and wouldntchoo know that mom says we have to buy all the pumpkins ourselves and wouldntchoo know that all the pumpkins at the grocery store cost like three dollars each?  that's like a whole year's snackie allowance just for one!  not to mention it would be a lot of trips to the grocery store since really me n duk duk could only take home one at a time in my pedal car and that would only be if somebuddy helps us load the pumpkin in the car after somebuddy lets us pay for the pumpkin in snackies. or poopie snakes -  which would be their choice, of course. 

but anyhoo, mom said there might be some chores we could help her with to earn real money for our project and so maybe if we are lucky i will get to tell u more about that 2morrow. but in the meantime diary, i wanted to wish u a very happy saturday!

toodley-doo!
b. :)

dapper doxie duds: happily ever after

Yippee! Today a sneaky peeky at some duds finished just in time for  Bogey and Remy to attend the third annual Stafford Oktoberfest Wiener Dog Race in royal style. First up, and modelled by tiny chumley, Bogey's turquoise and scarlet cape, made with rich shimmery velvet and complete with bullion embroidered kingly crests and antiqued brass chain.

mom, how come i don't have one of these?

And next up, everyone knows a knight needs a suit of armor.  But you say he has to race, too? No worries, cuz this is a faux chainmaille and studded leather harness and collar, sleekly cut and bound in tropical weight charcoal gray wool so Bogey can race like the wind.


oooh leather studded dud and collar? mom, how come i do not have one of these either??

And for the little princess Remy? A tiara, of course, and sparkly hand sequined and beaded and lace appliqued removable butterfly wings.  To match her gilded lace and pleated jacquard ribbon harness, bound in  turquoise silk dupioni. And to match her removable ballgown skirt.  Because princess butterflies need to race too

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moooom, sparkly turquoise sequin and lace and beaded butterfly wings? and a removable ballgown skirt?  

mom promise u will make me something soon?
yes baby dog, i promise. but first help me clean up all the beads and sequins off the floor?

yep and yippee!! :) :)

my wooty wednesday

dear diary,
yippee! even though mom's studio is not back in order,  mom said since these past few days have been so gray n cloudy that maybe we could make a little sunshine of our own by opening one of the packages that came for us while she was gone and guess what -  she was right! cuz looky - i helped open a package from miss amy and jasper and not only did  it have jasper's fit model but it had tons of stuff just 4 me !! mom said i was beaming so much she almost had to put her sunglasses on.  i said, i wish she did because then maybe she would have been so busy she would not have noticed me trying to snitch a snackie before i took my thank u picture. 

anyhoo, i am so excited about my goodies, i think i will bring them to show n tell 2morrow - okay well maybe not the snackies cuz teacher says we have to share what we bring, but definitely my new toy because we can take turns playing tug o war! which teacher i am sure will like better than the guess whose foofie game she made us stop playing yesterday on account of how dizzy we were all getting from all those doozies.  methinks teacher does not understand that that getting dizzy is all part of the fun!

thank u so much miss amy n jasper! :)

toodley-doo!
b. :) 

what are little boys made of?

little webbed toes and dirty dog nails. :)

laundry day

Sixty-nine degrees out, the lady said on the radio when tiny chumley burrowed himself deep inside the steaming pile of linens that he found fresh from the dryer on the kitchen floor. 

ahhh, thanks for covering me with your down jacket, mom. if anybuddy calls for me can u please tell them that i am busy?  :)

Something tells me that this is going to be a very long winter for one little sausage boy.

sunday drive

ooo ooo r we going for riders?? sorry i cannot visit now.  i must pay attention to where we are going and sit very tall so the snackie lady can see me when we go thru the chik-fil-a drive thru!

- baxter, 4.75 years old,  on staying focused for his rideys but unaware that his favorite drive thru is closed on sundays. (but don't worry, he had a very fine time sniffing snackies at the pet store instead. :) )

little me

pardon me, but would u please remind mom n dad that i am where i am supposed to be while they are eating dinner and  because i am being such a good boy maybe u could ask if i could have an extra fishy snackie or two with my meal?  methinks my little tumbly is feeling a great big rumbly.  :) :)

get crafty: what's your shirt number?

Say what? Six bucks for a pet pumpkin tee from Target? Nah, not when the Goodwill infant bin has super cute stuff for only a buck thirty-nine, no crafty alternations necessary. :)



beep! beep! i'm a size 3T, how boutchoo? 

cinderfelly

hee hee hee, cinder-felly cinder-felly hope u like my poop it's smelly and your feet are really stinky here's a hankie for your stanky don't get cranky just say thanky.  ooooo , cinder-felly cinder-fe---

uh-oh didjoo hear that? methinks it was mom's car pulling into the garage!

 














if she sees that we have been playing again with the things she got to make remy's duds, we could get into super trouble and she might even take away our wii for an entire week! 

o what ever will we do??




















okay, everybuddy, i saw E.T do this and it worked -  stay very still,  and pretend to be stuffed animals!! and keep your paws crossed that she does not see us. :) :)

fringlish

dear diarhee,
afterrr much dee-liberation eet was decided zat our journey must still go on, only now een maggie's name and so today eez day deux of our great archeological digging journee to zee africa by vay of australia unt zee center of zee earth.  unt as zhou can see theengs are going vereee, ow u say, slowlee. mostlee because zere is a dee-ference of - what it is? - opeenion , regharding zee bathing unt zee schoolverk zat ees required of myself unt my jouetamis associates.  mom says ve must do both everyzeeday, but i say, vy bother vit eezer? but now ere i sit writing to u from zee bubblee bathtub.

aneee-ow, i must go as my companion zee duk duk eez getting tired of floating in zee tub like a rubber duckee unt i still must scrub behind my ears before ve both can leave so i must bid u...

toodley-zee-do!
b :)

hug

dear diary,
normally i would not write u at this time of day but mom n dad are huggin all over me, and i guess today, that is ok, because i think i need it too. so if u see duk duk, can u please tell him i will be late for recess?

thank u , diary. :)
luv,
b.

the pact

Baxter and I have a pact.  That he will never leave me and I will never leave him.  And I know it's official, because we shake on it every day.  Shaking multiple times, using both paws and hands to be extra sure and even sealing it with a snackie and a kiss. Because it is that important.  Because it simply has to be.

Yet despite our best efforts, I know there will come a day when one of us won't be able to hold up our end of the bargain.   When one of us must say goodbye and join his brothers before him.  But I hope it is not for a very very very very long time.

Rest in peace, sweet Maggie, and the warmest of hugs to Joey and his dad.


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diggereedo

I suppose I will never know why it is that tiny chumley enjoys digging in the dirt, taking pause every so often to deeply inhale the freshly disturbed soil as though it were a freshly baked loaf of bread, and getting his nose so encrusted with dirt that he himself becomes the relic in need of archeological excavation.

mom, really?  a bath?  but i haven't even reached the center of the earth yet and at this rate i will never reach australia by noon 2morrow much less africa by dinner time!

tiny visitor

Two little kielbasas frolicked in our house yesterday afternoon, goofing about and getting plenty of snackies and catching up as only little dachshunds do, til finally both were tuckered out and it was time for Baxter's little friend Lulu and her mom to go home. 

goodbye lulu but not for lo-ooong! i cannot wait til u come back next month to spend a few days with us and if u cannot wait either u are always welcome to spend the day with me and we can drink monkey chow milkshakes and play on the wii with duk duk n lil pink puppy n chocobot! :) :)

a separate peace

Tiny chumley knows little about the moments in life for which we must pause and reflect.  And, I must admit, I rather hope it stays that way.

yippee yesirree!

Santa's little helper not only helped me upload his happy new double sided Naughty or Nice Christmas card to Etsy recently, but he also decided it was high time he had more say in the dapper doxie dud creative process.






mom, tiny chumley proclaimed as he plunked down his contribution while I took pictures of necktie dud combinations for blue's mom's consideration, me definitely thinks that this could use some pink polkadot sheep, dontchoo?  




Well I'll be.  Yes baby dog, I do believe it does. Now how bout we get a snackie to celebrate? :)


yippee yesirree! :) :)

a place for everything

I am hopeful that everything will eventually find its place once the dust settles and my crafty space is reorganized, but there is one little pumpkin who has already made it clear that his needs must be met first.

mom, dontchoo think a nice bed and snackie shelf will be perfect here under your desk so i can keep u company while u work? :)

messopotamia

So long as there are little pathways and rabbit tunnels for Baxter to navigate his world, I think by now tiny chumley is hardly ever phased at what goes on in his house.  But right now the mounds of stuff are even more moundy than usual, thanks to my determined and much needed effort to make the time to reorganize and restructure my crafty space.

Even though stuff is everywhere, I can hardly find a thing at the moment, save for a little four legged boy who patiently waits for the day when his mom is done moving stuff and making noise with the vacuum cleaner.  With any luck (and a little help from IKEA), Baxter and I will resume our crafty adventures sometime next week, but in the meanwhile, my patient boy makes do, playing and living in messopotamia.

oooh mom can me n duk duk play hide n seek with chocobot n lil pink puppy in here? there are so many more places to hide now!!