Snow!

Yippee!  Nothing like snow to get the feet flying!

Of course, we've been enjoying the weekend snow a bit more than Dad; he started off with a snowblower, and had to move to the plow because the snow was thick and heavy...

Since Dad wasn't having much fun with the snow, we did our best to have enough fun for him, too!

Is it me, or does Abby have Crazy Eyes in those last two pictures?

Yesterday it snowed pretty much all day, and Abby and I took full advantage of the Bitey Face While Snowing opportunities.

 

 Seriously, bitey-face in new snow is just awesome!

Of course, zoomies in new snow Totally Rock, too!

This picture looks a lot like the first one in the post, but in this picture, it's snowing, which makes it a Completely Different Photo!  Heehee.

Oh yeah!

And for those of you snowless doggies, I feel your pain.  In fact, in order to draw attention to your plight, I am going to strike serious poses and smackdown my sister in the hopes that the world will recognize what a tragedy it is to see dogs without snow of their own.  Feel free to join me in this cause!

Snowless doggies, I feel your pain.

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Snow and Snooters and Stuff

Hiya!  Mom's been slacking on the blogging (writing and reading) as of late, because, well, she has decided that her job as Doggie Chauffeur/Care-taker doesn't offer a good health plan, and so she's got some job thingy that will give both Mom and Dad health insurance that will be almost as good as what Abby and I currently have.  Yep.  You heard it right; Mom's got a job.  She's doing something super-nerdy at the University.  Or she will be doing something super-nerdy once they actually get her a computer; apparently Mom can't perform complex statistical calculations by hand.  Even when she takes off her shoes and socks!  Heehee!

Which means we will be spending lots of quality time with Dad, while Mom gets up at the wee hours of the day so she can hurry home in the afternoon to spend quality time with us before the sun sets.  That's okay.  Dad has proven himself to be quite the competent solo dog walker, and Mom's stocking up on bribes, erm, bully sticks, so Abby and I are quite happy about the arrangement!

Oh, and for those of you who were asking, here's Mom's new car.  (Apparently the Jeep doesn't get the best gas mileage in the world, so Mom got this little AWD car for commuting - good gas mileage, and it was really inexpensive, so it almost pays for itself.  And it's BLUE!)

Abby and I went for our first ride on Sunday, and gave it two nose-prints of approval!  When Mom got it, she swapped out the regular tires for snow tires (you know, since now that it has started snowing, it won't stop until May!).  Which was a Very Good Plan, because it snowed the morning she picked it up.

Abby and I went out early in the morning and discovered one of our neighbors had come to pay a social visit!

Since he didn't seem interested in playing, Abby chased him off the property (and earned herself a private 'recall' lesson, since she was more interested in chasing him down the driveway than heeding Mom's calls...).

Once our yard was ours again, we engaged in some serious bitey-face action.  Because, say it with me, bitey-face is ALWAYS better in new snow!

Good times!

After much bitey-ing, Mom felt the need to get snooter pictures. See, Mango's been giving our buddy Bert a hard time about his big snooter (frankly, we think Bert is Most Handsome, and has a perfectly proportioned snooter - see?)

So we wanted to show Bert out support with our own snooter pictures...

Yes, we think Abby's nose is fake!

Me? I look regal even with a snowy snooter!

Heehee.  Anyhoo, we got more snow this afternoon, and Mom's computer won't be ready until NOON tomorrow (Seriously!), so we fully expect Mom to get more snow photos.  No idea when she might get around to posting them, but she'll post them sometime...

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Yipee!!!

Heh.  It's a good thing Mom did all her raking and fertilizing and whatnot on Sunday, as she was crippled on Monday, erm, we got snow today.  Actually, when we helpfully woke Mom up at 6:30 this morning, it was raining, but by 8am it was snowing! 

It snowed for a couple of hours, and then it cleared up, and then we had some flurries, and now it's clearing up again.  But we're supposed to get more snow on Friday, so we've really got to get our early-season bitey-face action going!  Because we all know that bitey-face is MUCH BETTER in new snow!!!

Yep, I got Mad Skillz!
 

 

Oh yeah, and zoomies.  We got in a bunch of zoomies.  Bitey-face is an anaerobic activity, so we have to balance our training with some aerobic zoomie time!

Wheeee!   I can fly!

Zoom-zoom!

Oh, and while I wouldn't ordinarily embarrass my sister on the interwebs (well, okay, I totally would...) this picture was just Too Priceless not to post.  If you look closely, you'll notice my dear sweet Hippobottomused sister has done a total face plant!  We were racing around the bush seen in the above photo, and Abby came dashing down the hill at a high rate of speed, and well, SPLAT! 

Not to worry.  No fluffy Hippobottomi were hurt.  If Mom hadn't gotten the resulting face plant on camera, it would be like it never happened!  Heehee.

And really, we had a great time in the snow together!

Caninus Goofius

Mmmm!  Love the taste of fresh snow!

We'll keep you updated with all the snow excitement!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Fall Funballs!

Heehee.  After seeing the weather forecast, Mom decided that today was The Day.  She had to rake leaves and get the fall fertilizer down on the yard, so she could 'call it quits' on the lawn.  We're supposed to have rain/snow on Tuesday and then some more weather on Friday, so Mom was doing all sorts of yard work-y things.

See all those leaves?  Mom raked up most of them and removed them.  (I say 'most' because about halfway through the whole raking adventure, Mom decided that her raking muscles had atrophied over the summer, and so removing 'most' of the leaves was good enough...)

While Mom was coming up with reasons to justify a shoddy raking job, Abby and I took the opportunity to enjoy the nice fall day.

 

  

 

And zoomies?  Boy, oh boy!  The cool day (the high was in the mid-50s) was MADE for serious zoomies!

  

 

As you can see in this last picture, our grass is mostly leaf-free.  For now.  Not all the leaves have fallen off the trees, but Mom has declared herself 'done' with the yard until springtime!

After Mom did all the whining, erm, raking, and noticed that it was windy, and there were still leaves yet to fall, she hustled us off to Home Depot so she could get the 'fall fertilizer'  (apparently our fertilizer contributions were not appreciated - either that or Mom is going to bronze them, as she picks them up each and every day...).  So now she is really done with the yard.  And all she has left is to clean up all the leaves off the deck!  Heehee.

In other excitement, we had another doggie class this weekend.  You'll notice that I was paying SuperClose attention to Dad (he's NOT looking at his watch in this picture - he was just moving his hand, but Mom only got a couple of pictures, so she had to use what she had...)

 

Abby?  Not so much on the paying attention thing...

Yeah, she was doing what she was supposed to be doing, but instead of paying attention to Mom, Abby was busy checking out her boyfriend Axel a goofy chocolate lab.  (Is 'goofy lab' redundant?  Yeah, I thought so!)  In fairness to Abby, this was during the last 10 minutes of class, and Abby's puppy brain tends to melt after about 30 minutes of class!

For all of you who got snow in the East?  We'll be firing up AirFiona for a visit - we need a snow fix!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus