Bugglorette Finalists

Sophie has really dropped the ball on Dixie's search for love, but who can blame her, what with surgery and all! SO- Mommy will fix it!

Dixie and I talked and narrowed down the candidates to two hunks! One is a Pug and one is a BT, both special in their own way!

The first is Coco! We liked Coco because he doesn't let his "disability" stop him from seeing how beautiful Dah Bugg really is! Check out his cute comment about Dixie girl here.

The other finalist is Murphy!We really liked Murphy because of his tough, go-with-the-flow attitude, even though it quickly melts away when he talks about Dixie! See for yourself here!

So, I, as Sophie and Dixie's beloved Mom and owner, am starting the vote! Please vote on the upper right hand side of the blog (above "About Me") for whichever bachelor you think is right for Bugg. The sensitive, poetic pug? The energetic bad boy BT? Choose wisely! Voting will end Monday, October 13th at 8:00pm Eastern Time!

Halloweenie Pwesents!

Halloweenie Pwesents... that's what our Mom is calling the new stuff in our house! Some of it was boring... pumpkin shaped candle holders and candy holders and stuff we can't sniff or eat or whatever. No pictures of that. But this was cool... our Grandma (Dad's Mom) did something called a home-a-rama and got some stuff that she gave our Mom...

They're red and Mom and Dad cook in them. They say "Paula Deen" on them, I don't know what that is, but they're SUPER pretty!

Oh look, stupid TOWELS even have pumpkins on them... yawn!

Mommy also bought a rug to make our kitchen more comfy. We have not peed on it yet, but plan on it soon.

Mommy Staying Home!!!!

Hi it's Sophie. I am pretty miffed about this collar cone thing I have to wear. However I get it off to eat and to go on walkies. My plan is to take as long on walkies as possible- it's working, since the more I hold out, the longer I stay outside without it on. Yippeeee! I love contemplating escapes from my cone.

My Mommy is home today. Daddy has been taking amazingly great care of me but it's nice to have a warm body to snuggle with all day too. Mommy got home really late Saturday and we played together Sunday, then she worked yesterday, but has off today and tomorrow!!

I know she loves me too! We are going to Pugtoberfest this weekend in Kentucky!!!!!! Any other pugs going?? There is a costume contest again, and we don't think our winning costumes should come out of retirement. Plus the hood wouldn't fit over my cone! Any ideas what kind of costume Mommy and I could turn my cone into?? She's very creative! Bonus if you can think of a pair that go together, so Dixie isn't left out!!! Thanks for the ideas! Now back to snuggling with Mommy.

I'm BACK!!!!!!!!

I'm finally back, and boy did I miss Brian and the girls!! Sophie's surgery went well- thanks to those of you who emailed the girls' yahoo account to ask about it. I am tired and will be doing more updating soon (and reading the over 200 blogs I have to read!!!!) but here are some pictures Brian took on Thursday after Sophie's surgery. We call it: The Cone of Hate.

Apparently, she's really gotten used to it. But walks and meals she gets to take it off!

However, she can't get on or off the couch with it, so Brian takes care of that.

Poor Sophie!

We are just glad she is okay... and got her DENTAL and NAILS done too!!! YAY!!! Poor frankenpug!

Notre Dame

Great so I (Sophie) get diagnosed with a cancerous TUMOR and what do the humans do? Pamper me? No. Treat me? No. Go away for the whole day? Sure, why not.

They went to Notre Dame which is like super far north. It was a football game and their team won.

Yea yea. Lots of people, no pugs allowed.

Some guy called Touchdown Jesus. Whatever. Touchdown pug would be MUCH cooler.

While they were gone I put some extra curl in Dixie's tail... trust me, she needed it.

Mah Sophie!

Mah Sophie haz dah massd sell toomer on hur fase. I had wun on mah butt.

Datz wut she getz fur stikin hur fase in mah butt an sniffun all dah tyme.

Mast Cells Strike Again

Poor Sophie is barely getting the blog attention for this that Dixie did, but yes, she has a mast cell tumor too. The vet commended us on bringing her in for it. I guess I'm just anal ever since Dixie's butt bump turned out to be a mast cell tumor.

The little bump has been there forever, but it's acting like Dixie's... fluctuating in size and getting red/weird when you touch or poke it. The vet took a sample and actually was able to check it out right then. You can see it in the above (older) picture of her (older as evidenced by her harness, it's like carbon dating for pug pictures!) It's above her nose to the left (her right) directly next to her eye. It just appears to be a small bump or mole (like Dixie's) but turns out of course to be a tumor. My poor heart and wallet cannot take too much of this!! She has to get surgery next week- when I'm in Miami. ::SOB!::

Keep Sophie in your thoughts! (And me, Brian, and Dixie too!)

Friday Survey Time!

I stole this from Nevis and LadyPug Mugs... yay Friday!
1. Would you rather join the Ghostbusters to hunt ghosts or join the Sesame Street bunch? Why?
OBVIOUSLY I would rather join Ghostbusters. I love love loved the movies as a kid because my dad loved them. I always wanted to be an exciting superhero or spy when I was little... Ghostbusters fit the bill. Plus, the Sesame Street gang are all about being polite, politically correct, teaching new skills and learning new values. It sounds like my 8-5 life already. I'll take a life of ghost-exterminating, thank you.
2. What is the most you are willing to do to get out of a police officer giving you a ticket?
The first time I got pulled over, I just got a warning. I was like, shaking though. The second time I got pulled over... hysterically cried. Still got the ticket. But I only cried when he came up to me with the ticket. He kind of alluded that it was okay, I wasn't in trouble, blah blah blah, and I said "No, I'm crying because of my insurance!" I didn't want my insurance to go up, haha! I don't think anything works, but I guess just being nice will be my POA next time. PS- both times I got pulled over? North Carolina. See a pattern, Rachel?
3. What popular movies do you find to be overrated?
The Shining. I hear it is super scary, top 10 scariest of all time, etc etc- I laughed my way through that movie. I still don't get it.
4. What is in (and/or on) your bedside table)?
A lamp, our cell phones charging (at night) a picture of Brian as a baby, a picture of my dad and I and his prayer card, and a meerkat stuffed animal from a trip to the Museum of Natural History in NYC last Thanksgiving.
5. Have you ever had or fantasized about having a relationship with a boss before?
Nope. Except all the interns at where I worked in NYC thought that the boss of the PR side was SUPER hot. It made for interesting lunchtimes. He looked sort of like Lance Armstrong.
6. If you had a personal assistant, what would you have them do?
Clean!!! And do my laundry, and cook my food. However I would have to spend MONTHS training them because I am anal and particular, even though I'm not very clean... like many items of my clothes hang dry, and I only like my eggs cooked a certain way, etc.
7. Have you ever faked static, loss of cell phone reception or anything else on the telephone line to get out of a conversation?
Nope, never had to! If I have to or want to go I just tell them. I love it when in the movies they ruffle candy wrappers on the phone to fake static- I wonder if it works!

Pawty

My mom had a Pampered Chef Pawty on Wednesday night. Dixie and I are still recovering. We did lots of plate licking and selling of products. Oh and Mommy's friend brought her handsome male dog, Llama.

Llama came wearing his diaper and purple bow tie... mrrrow, SEXAY!! S-Dog, if I wasn't dating you, you'd have competition!!! Dixie tried on the bow, she looked like a sad, stupid present.

We just ran and ran and ran while everyhuman cooked and cooked and cooked.

After, we got to lick the plates. Mom had a lot of this stuff called "whine" and was like, "SURE! The girls can lick the plates!" We LOVE the whine stuff it makes mom lots nicer.

That's it! We promise more writing soon. Mom got a haircut so she'll probably want to post... BORRRR-ING!

H-D-T-V

Mommy is having a very busy week. She leaves us to go to Miami on Monday till SATURDAY. That's six days. Which is like, 42 or so days in dog days. Today and yesterday she has been so busy at work, then SO tired after... she's totally boring. Anyways that's not the only reason our humans have been slacking at life.

New H-D-T-V. We don't know what that means, but it is big and pretty. What happened to the older one?

It's OURS now!

This tiny thing is our old one. So, we can't really be mad at the humans... Animal Planet is SO much more entertaining on our big screen!