Beach Day!

Hi Everybuddy!

We went to the beach! It was cold. It's almost always cold at the beach here. That's why I'm wearing my purple hoodie. It keeps me warm, but it's a little bit hard to wear the hood up because of my ears. Mostly I just wear it down.

I also got a new harness. It's a Cloak & Dawgie harness that velcroes around me. I like it because it's comfy. Mommy likes it because it's brown and she thinks it matches my furs nicely.

In this picture I'm looking for grass. I'm always looking for grass. I think it makes a tasty snack. I'm not supposed to eat grass from potentially dirty locations (ahem...like the dirt next to the beach parking lot), but sometimes I do anyway. Yum!

Bye for now,

Poppy the LBC

Cold and Chilly February Not Appreciated by Little Blonde Chihuahua

Hi Fur-iends!

I am spending ample amounts of time sleeping on the couch these days. It's just so darn cold outside! Who wants to go out to poop when you can sleep on the couch instead?! And then of course half the fun is waking Mommy up in the middle of the night because NOW I have to poop. At 3:00 am. Yes. Heh heh, sorry.

I do go out in the backyard a little, if it's warm and sunny, as you can see in the picture. But it's winter, so of course I prefer to lie on the couch or in front of the heater. Let's hear it for being spoiled! Woo hoo!

Poppy the Little Blonde Chihuahua

Pee Ess: All the supplies used to make this scrapbook page are from Katie Pertiet and Andrea Victoria.  Oh, except the wooden alphabet. That's from Digital Design Essentials.

January Sunbathing Scrapbook Page

One of my favorite activities:

This scrapbook page was made using products from Andrea Victoria, Katie Pertiet, Pattie Knox, and Digital Design Essentials.

Have a great day!

Poppy the Little Blonde Chihuahua

One Year Ago

One year ago today, my big sister Clover died. We still miss her and think about her a lot. She was really the best kitty ever. This is Mommy's absolute favorite picture of Clover:
She used to love to lie in front of the big window and soak up all the heat and sunshine that she could. Mommy and Daddy even put special UV-blocking film on the windows so she wouldn't get sunburned.

This is Mommy's favorite picture of me and Clover together:
We are both soaking up the sunshine. I learned from her!

In other news, I want to tell you about a recent adventure I had at a cabin in Lake Tahoe two weekends ago. It was very cold there because there was lots of snow. Mommy and I went for a walk in the neighborhood, but I was not happy with having my feet touch the ground. I only walked less than a block before Mommy decided to take pity on me and tuck me snugly into my orange backpack to be carried the rest of the way. It was much more fun then!

After we got back from our walk, I discovered the wonder of the fireplace! Mommy put my bed right in front of it so I could get warm. It was soooooo nice! I snuggled up in front of that fireplace every chance I got from then on:

Bye for now,
Poppy the Little Blonde Chihuahua

Merry Christmas Furiends!!!

Hello Furiends!

I have had a very nice Christmas season so far. I got to go on an outing to cut our Christmas tree and I was very helpful in choosing the right one. There were a lot of nice smells at that tree farm, and of course I had to add one of my own. Poo and kick!

After we decorated the tree I was forced to endure a photo shoot session with a bunch of Christmas balls in front of the tree. It actually wasn't that bad because I got to eat lots of treats! Mommy thinks the pictures turned out pretty cute.
Of course they are not quite as cute as the picture she found online and was using for inspiration. Check it out!

I have a new addition to my extensive wardrobe. Last week Mommy was at Target doing some Christmas shopping (not for me) when she--ahem--JUST HAPPENED to walk through the dog section. There she saw a really super cute Christmas jacket, but of course they didn't have it in my size (small). They had a small in teal, but she wanted a small in red. Who wants a teal Christmas jacket? She was a little bummed, and walked around the whole area for about fifteen minutes just to see if she could find one. She couldn't, so she finished her shopping and went home.

When she got home, she kept thinking about that jacket. So she decided to go out again to another Target in a different town. Her logic was that we must have a lot of chihuahuas in our town, so all the smalls were gone, but maybe this other town is populated mainly by mastiffs and great danes. Flawless logic, as you can see. So she drove all the way over there, and guess what! They had a small one in red! Yay!

It turns out that it's really more of a cape than a jacket. This is me as Little Red Poppy Hood:
The hood is actually quite nice because it keeps my ears warm when I go outside to poop.

I hope you are all having a nice holiday too!

Bye for now,
Little Red Poppy Hood

Fort Funston, Leaf Walk, and Cuddling!

Last month we went to Fort Funston. (Yes, I said "last month" and I'm just now getting around to posting about it.) It was a super great day. The weather was so warm that I didn't even have to wear my jacket the whole time! We went down to the beach and when my feet hit the sand I totally freaked out! I tried to run in circles as fast as a tornado! I love the beach!!!!! I even met a new friend down there. I don't know his name, but he was really nice and we hit it off really well. In this picture you can see an action shot of us playing.

Before we left, Mommy and Daddy wrote my name really big in the sand. I tried to do a nice pose, but the beach is a very distracting place!

The other day we went on a fall leaf walk. Daddy took lots of pictures of the colorful leaves, and a couple of me too. Mommy really likes this fuzzy purple stuff.

Lately I have been doing a lot of aggressive cuddling, which means I squirm and wiggle until I get into the perfect position to maximize body contact and heat transfer. It has been super cold here!!!
I hope all my furiends can forgive me for my long absences from my blog and my lack of commenting. The truth is, Mommy has become a teeny bit obsessed with digital scrapbooking. So every time she is on the computer, she scrapbooks pictures of me instead of helping me check my blogs!

Bye for now,
Poppy the LBC

Movie Friday: I Waaaant!

Excuse me please...why am I not allowed to have this burrito?



I asked so nicely, but they didn't give it to me! At least they gave me a few beans from it though. I'm lucky because I always get some beans when Mommy and Daddy have Mexican food. Yay! But that burrito was so huge--couldn't they at least have given me a bite?

Bye for now!
Poppy the Little Blonde Chihuahua