Broken bathtub

Mami tried to take a shower on Friday and all of a sudden the pully thingy on the spout didn't work, so she had to use a bucket to wash her hair, like the one she uses to give me a bath. She didn't like it very much, and I can understand because I don't like baths either. Then Papi had to use it too, and that's hard, cause it takes a lot of water to get Papi clean.
This morning after they ate pancakes, Mami and Papi went to the store and came back with a shiny new spout. It took two of them to figure out how to make it work, but they got it on finally, although it was hard to make the spout face the right direction! Mami was very excited when she turned on the water and it worked! Now they can take showers again. Which I guess they're happy about. As for me, the less I'm in the water, the better.

A new accessory

Mami brought home a very fashionable gift tonight for me. It's a choodle-sized purse! Isn't it elegant? It's a houndstooth coin purse, but I think I could carry kibble in it.
Actually she thinks she's going to use it as her coin purse for work, but I am going to keep it for myself! It's not often I find cool choodle accessories!

Lazy, cheese-eating day

Lulu here. It's gotten warm again, and muggy, so I've stationed myself at the top of the bookshelves, firmly ensconced in the office so that I can sleep without Emma getting my tail.
Lately I've been very concerned about the amount of noise coming from the attic. It appears that Emma's rat friends have made their way into the heating ducts, and have been fighting. Mami's just about to give up and put rat poison in the attic where none of us can reach it, but she feels bad to have to do it. I think she wishes there was a rat relocation program. I think she should just stick one of those bossy neighbor cats whose always in my yard up there for the night, and let them do a Thunderdome kind of battle to the death. But she's not going for it.

More pie!

Last night Mami went to visit Tia Lani's house to pick blackberries from her back yard. There is a whole wall of blackberry vines on the other side of her fence, and so Mami filled up a big plastic bucket with berries. Tia helped her. She says blackberries are a lot messier than blueberries to pick because they are squishy and stainy, and also, she got covered in itty bitty scratches, and got a thorn in her toe 'cause she was wearing flip flops. But then she came home and made a big pie, which you can see here is ready to go into the oven. This morning, I heard her having pie for breakfast so I hopped out of bed and came into the kitchen to let her know I'd like some too. She put pie juice in my kibble bowl and I ate the whole thing right up. Yummmy!

TVs boring again

So the Olympics are over and now what am I supposed to watch on t.v.? There was literally nothing on last night! Not a single thing worth watching. I had gotten used to seeing diving and running and all sorts of fast moving things on t.v., and it was kind of exciting. But now it's all boring shows about travel and decorating and fashion. Not my kinda stuff. Maybe Mami will let me watch reruns on the computer instead. I really like that track and field stuff.

Tia Candace

The other night Tia Candace and Charley came by and had dinner with us. We got chicken bento and it was delicious. Tia gave Charley and I lots and lots of snacks, in exchange for doing tricks. Charley knows lots more tricks than I do, but she's older.

Spiders!

Lulu here. This morning, Mami found a massive spider living in my litter box. It was quite shocking. She told me that I could have been bit in a very delicate place if she hadn't found him.
It took a lot of chasing him around the box with the scooper but she finally succeeded in bringing an end to the big guy. Normally she rescues them but he was too fast, and there was too much at stake. I stood next to the box and watched. It was very dramatic. I'm glad she found him before I climbed back into the box. That could have been ugly.

Rain + bed = sleepy

Remember last week when it was like 100 degrees every day and Mami and Papi had to put the air conditioner in the window to cool us all off? Well, that noisy thing is gone, thank goodness, but all of a sudden it's chilly and rainy and weird outside, and it makes me want to sleep in bed all day.
When it's cool out, Lulu gets all peppy and runs around mewing and prancing and demanding things, but it makes me want to curl up in a ball on Papi's side and stay there til Mami gets home from work. Not that Papi stays in bed all day. He's up by noon usually. But he lets me stay under the covers after he gets up, and that's where I wish I could be the whole time. It's just so gray and blah out now.

When blogs collide

I don't know if you remember my Tia Lani, who loves my besitos, but she has a really nice niece who was living in Australia, who has her own blog, just like me. Well, except that she's not a choodle. Anyway, she has a really cool baby named Gus, and she blogs about him the way that Mami blogs about me.
But now she has moved with her family to Oregon, and tonight, Mami and Papi went to go meet her. I wasn't allowed to go because Mami was afraid I'd have an accident on Tia's nice white carpet. But I hear that they were asking for me, which was nice.
So here is the very famous Gus. He is very handsome, and about three times as big as me. You can read about him on his own blog, 7000 Days.

New amigos

On Saturday night, Mami and Papi went to see some friends over in the next town for a big fiesta. There was cake and chicken and wine and lots and lots of something Papi calls "Takeela." I dunno what that is, but it comes in a really big bottle. Bigger than me. Anyway, I didn't get to go, but they met two new dog friends that are super nice, and they speak Spanish and English, just like me! Their names are Chato and Chiquita. Cute eh? They spend a lot of time lounging on the grass, and getting snuggled. It's a good life for dogs these days.

A new garden friend

Yesterday, Mami and Papi went on a drive and found a place that sells garden statues, and they came home with this one to put outside Papi's home office. It was very heavy and Mami got knicked on the ankle and she and Papi got covered in sweat trying to put it into place because it was so hot outside, but it looks very nice now that it's done.
At first, when I went outside, I barked and growled at her because I thought she was a real person, but then Mami showed me she was only stone. Now I think she's kinda nice.

Hot hot hot

Did I mention it's hot. Blazing, ridiculously hot. Last night, nobody got sleep. I walked around the bedroom all night. And then this morning, Mami put me in bed with Papi and I asked to get back down because it was too sweaty.
Tonight Mami and Papi put the air conditioner in the bedroom but there are cords all over to make it work and I don't like it because they had to move my bed. And the big box makes weird noises. Mami said its gonna be cooler now, but I'm not sure it's worth it.

Happy Birthday Annie!

One of my favorite people, Annie, is turning 12 today so I'm giving her a birthday shout out. Here we are together at Mami's birthday back in May. Annie is very very good with animals and might even be a veterinarian one day. Feliz cumpleanos!

Garden time

Here's me in the garden with Mami and Papi on Sunday. We don't do anything too exciting, it's been too hot to do much more than lounge.

Blueberry muffins & Buffy

I think it's possible to watch too much television. Last night, after a rousing game of throwing Snake in the garden, Mami and I came inside and watched three episodes of Buffy back to back. Then after she got back from the gym we watched another episode. I really like Buffy because the vampires are all growly and there's lots of action, but that was a little too much for me. Then I had weird dreams where Lulu's teeth were pointy and she was chasing me around the living room. Or maybe it wasn't a dream...

Frozen snacks and hot afternoons

Spent most of Sunday afternoon outside with Mami and Papi, just lounging outside in the shade because it was so hot. Mami dried clothes on the line and Papi played on his computer and I spent a lot of time running in the grass until Mami mowed.
I discovered that although I don't like regular blueberries, when they're frozen, they become really tasty! I cant get enough of them.

Mmm Pie!

Mami picked a whole bunch of berries yesterday and I helped her bake a pie! Now I don't care for raw blueberries, I tend to spit them out across the floor when they're presented to me. But put anything in a pie crust and I'll eat it! So when it was all baked and cooled off, I got a big piece of crust, and then Mami let me clean her pie plate afterward. Such cinnamony goodness! It turned my whiskers purple for a little while but it was worth it.

I'm a fighter

I'm not sure if you know, but I'm an excellent wrestler. I am ready at any time, any place, to take down a hand or even just a finger or two. Here you can see me practicing my moves on Mami's hand, which I finish off with a fierce lick that's my signature move. The music in this video is by the Bastard Fairies, by the way.

Lulu thinks about things

Lulu here, this time sitting with Mami during breakfast. I get her all to myself in the mornings usually, because Emma is asleep in the big bed with Papi. Which is fine by me, because then Mami and I can talk about sophisticated things, and I get her lap all to myself. This morning we used the computer camera and took glamor shots. But Mami's hair's all wet and funny and she didn't put on her lipgloss yet, so I have to say I'm the better looking one in these pics.
Today's gonna be like 90 so I am going to find myself a cool bookshelf and hide on top of it for the rest of the day. Have a good one.

Kitten friends

Mami went to take care of Tia Jennifer's cats today and took some fun photos of them. They are waiting for their Mami to come home from the beach. I guess they get pretty bored when they're left alone. I don't like to be left alone either. Lulu doesnt play with me very much so all I do is sleep. Maybe next time they should come visit me instead. You can see in the top photo that Smacky has learned something very shocking, but Mami wouldn't tell me what it was.