Snow Play

Hey All.

On Sunday my momma decided to take me on a hike.  AND we stopped by to pick up my pal Bert.  With Miss Vickie still recovering from her knee surgery Bert sort of has cabin fever and he really need to get out to stretch his legs.  The thing is in the last week it has snowed several feet.  Here is a little bit of a video of the fun we had. 

The snow was so deep it was deeper than I am tall.  Sometimes as my momma trudged through the white stuff it was up to her mid thigh.  But I had tons of fun.  And Bert showed me how to make snow doggie angels.  What a great time we had, I'm still worn out from all the fun.

Blessings,
Buddy

Which One

Hey All.

You know on that show Sesame Street they play a game called "Which One of These Things Don't Belong"?  You know you see a group of things and one thing doesn't belong with the others.  Lets play that game.  Look at the photo below and see if you can guess.

Can you guess?  No?  Here a hint.  This is a photo of Therapy Dogs.  Now can you guess?  OK last hint.  Look at the middle of the photo.  Do you see it?  Yep it's me!!  This here is a photo of all my wonderful friends who are therapy dogs.  Yep each and every one of them.  Now to say I don't belong might be a bit harsh.  I get to romp and play with them, and I even get to be with them when they do their continued training.  Bert says I am an important part of their training and I am indeed apart of their group.  I tip my paw to this amazing group of friends for all the work they do at the hospital, airport, schools, library, senior centers.  They bring so much joy and smiles to so many.  I'm a blessed pup to be their friend.

Blessings,
Buddy

My Secret Santa Paws

Hey All.

Guess who my secret Santa Paw was?????  It was SARGE!!!  And oh dog did he hook me up.  Let me show you.

Momma told me this came for me a couple of weeks ago, but she kept it hidden so I wouldn't open it before Christmas.

Look at all this wonderfulness!

It even gets better after all the wrapping is off.

Oh yea GIVE the Buddy a Milk Bone.

And a BALL!!!!

You know I love me a ball.  And it matches my bandana.

PLUS there was this yummy chew that is good for my teeth.  Sarge you are the BEST, I love love it all. 

 

Blessings,

Buddy

Momma's in Love

Hey All.

It happened Friday night.  Momma went to the staff Christmas party for The Lantern House Homeless Shelter she works for.  All the employees met at a restaurant with gifts in hand.  Everyone had a secret Santa.  Guess what my momma's secret Santa gave her? 

THIS!

No not the kiss.  Momma's boss, Jeni was her secret Santa.  And Miss Jeni gave my momma this awesome art piece of a Pit Bull.  How cool is that?!  My momma loves it so much.  So much in fact that after momma opened it she gave Jeni a BIG hug (momma is not much of a hugger sort of person, well except with me).

I was blown over by it too. 

Let me tell you one more beautiful thing.  See Miss Jeni is not a Pit Bull fan, nope not at all.  Can you believe that?  But guess what?  It seems that I have changed her mind.  When I met Miss Jeni right after I came to live with my momma, I just rolled right over on my back on Miss Jeni's feet.  "Go ahead rub my belly" I told her.  "But be careful because I just might kiss ya to death Miss Jeni."  That was the beginning of showing someone who had "reservations" about my breed that us Pit Bulls are just like other dogs, we just want to be loved and more importantly we want to GIVE love. 

Thanks Miss Jeni for giving my momma such a wonderful gift, she is in love with it.  And thank you for letting me show you I am nothing but a big love bug.

Blessings,
Buddy

Special Gift

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On Monday it was, as my momma said, "A very trying day".  Poor Momma, it started at 2:08 in the morning and did not end until 7:30pm.  I won't "bore" you with details but just know it was trying.  As momma and I drove home after she picked me up from Bert's place I could tell she was feeling drained.  She knew when we got home she had stuff to do, church stuff, puss it snowed almost a foot so there was the big driveway to shovel, oh and let me not forget the insurance nightmare she had to deal with and fix before midnight and it went on and on all the stuff that still needed to be done.  Oh I tried to comfort her and she smiled at me several times on the way home, but still.  BUT  when we began to pull into the drive way what did we see?  Someone had cleared our big driveway of all that snow, ALL OF IT!  Then went we walk to the back door that same sweet soul had cleared out patio and wrote a sweet note in the snow dust on the patio about how much they loved my momma and that they also left some bean soup for her just inside the door.  As my momma says, she has the most beautiful friends in the world.  Then she grabbed the snow shovel to clear the sidewalk to the front door and what should she find?  A package all the way from South Carolina for her.  Who could it be from, she could not recall knowing anyone who lived there.  When she opened it it was from someone who loved my angel brother Goose, someone who followed this blog.  Want to see what was in the box?

It was a beautiful picture of my brother Goose being held by an angel.

Here is a close up. 

Momma's eyes teared up and you know what?  All the yuk stuff of a very long day just melted away.  Oh sure all that yuk stuff was still lingering around but at that moment and for moments after that it all didn't matter.  Momma says she is overwhelming blessed to have such wonderfully beautiful friends who live near us and love us so much and beautiful friends far away that we have never met who make this life we live so beautiful.

Blessings,
Buddy

Counting Cards

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Yep just sitting here in front of all these beautiful cards.  I don't even mind wearing the hat. 

"Hey momma how many cards do I have?"
"Plenty."
"Hey momma how many cards do you have?"
"I've lost count."
"I'll count for you."
"That's ok Buddy, you don't need to do that.  I am sure we are close, you might have a few more, but it's close.  How about I get you a little treat for being so helpful."
"Oh if I am going to get a treat I better do something for it.  Lets see, 1,2,3,4......."

Card Count: Buddy -36, Momma -4, Together -4

"Hey momma your right it's real close, neck and neck.  Now where is that treat?"

Blessings,
Buddy

See Beautiful

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Guess what?  It's time for This Moment See Beautiful.  I know I normally show you a short video of all the ways I See Beautiful but this month I want to tell you a See Beautiful Story.  See back in September/October my momma's kids (that's the youth at our church) did something beautiful.  They saw on the See Beautiful blog a thingy about the "Fight to Live Woman" in Rwanda.  These are 48 woman who came together to support one another because of the terrible things that has happened there.  They all have kids and things were bleak and they not only worried about themselves but worried about the care and future of their children. 

So these woman came together and bought a piece of land and wanted to start a coffee farm to ensure their survival but the hope for the future of their kids by providing a reliable income.  And income that would provide their kids an education so that their future would be brighter and filled with hope.  But these woman needed help in getting coffee trees to plant.  That's where Kula Project came in to lend a hand.  And through Kula project they could get help in buying 1,000 coffee trees which with hard work would provide them with a sustainable income.  And that's where my momma's kids come in.  The kids spend over a month raising awareness and money to send them so they could buy the trees.  Momma's kid worked so hard and did all kinds of stuff to raise that awareness and money.  The kids just fell in love with those 48 Fight to Live woman.  Momma was so proud of her kids.  And they raised a lot of green papers to help.  Those green papers were sent to Kula Project along with beautiful hand made cards and posters the kids made to encourage these woman.  And all that was hand delivered by Kula Project and by none other than Miss Lydia from See Beautiful.  Momma's kids have not stopped there.  They continue to pray for these woman and their children and they continue to raise awareness about their fight.  Just last week momma received a very special gift from Kula Project and from these woman and here it is.

It is a BEAUTIFUL Peace Basket

WOW!  See when you see beautiful, then share beautiful, beautiful just comes right back around right to you.  And the world is becoming more and more beautiful.  Come on and join in seeing, sharing, and creating beautiful.

Blessings,
Buddy

She Never Saw it Coming

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Last post I showed you how I greet my momma when she picks me up from Bert's place.  I just can't help it I love love her so much and I miss her when I am not with her.  And to answer Murphy and Stanly's question:  NO I do not do this to anyone else.  momma says that jumping on people, especially into their arms is not nice.  Any way I am not the only pup at Bert's place who loves my momma.  All the doggies greet her with enthusiasm, each in their own way.

Momma always gives me a big hug when she walks in.

Then she gets on the floor to play with all of us.

Everyone wants to play with her.

She hugs and kisses all the doggies.  And of course she just loves Mr. Bert

And when she plays hide the ball with Bert I spring into action to help my pal Bert.  She never saw this coming.  Just give me a cape and call me Super Buddy.

Blessings,
Buddy

Jump

Hey All.

Last night Miss Vickie (Bert's Vickie) made a little video of how I greet my momma when she comes to pick me up.

I just can't help myself.  I love my momma.  And whenever she comes to pick me up from Bert's place I just can't help but jump into her arms. 

Blessings,
Buddy

Card Count: Momma- 2, Buddy- 25, Together-2

P.S.- Also I would very much appreciate it if all of ya all would send your good vibes, prayers and healing thoughts to Miss Vickie..  Last Wednesday she had knee replacement.  She came home on Sunday and has a few weeks recovery.  I am not sure if you can imagine what a few weeks of recovery would look like when you run a doggy daycare and extended stay.  She is trying to take it easy, but well Miss Vickie just can't take it to easy with 30 or more dogs to take care of.  So I know she would really appreciate all the goodness you can send her.  And trust me, me and Bert are being very gentle with her and are on our bestest behavior so we don't hit her knee or trip her.

Card Count

Hey All.

WOW!! I just can't believe this whole receiving card thing. 

Momma hung up this card holding thing she made for my angel brother Goose, then she started hanging all my cards on it.

 

"Really momma I'm going to get so many cards that the ribbons will be all covered up?"  She said from her experience with Goose that the ribbons won't even hold all the cards I'll get.  So far I have 14 cards and 4 e-cards!!  I was so excited, then this happened.....

She put a Christmas sweater on me.

My reindeer Christmas sweater.  Well I guess it's not so bad.  It keeps me warm and it is the holiday season after all, so I guess wearing it will be ok.  But then.....

She put this on my head!

And then this!!!!!!!  All this just because I have more cards than her.  Not fair.  I mean look at me, I am wearing a Christmas sweater and have lights or a reindeer on MY HEAD.  Momma is all kinds of crazy.

Soon I fell asleep dreaming of when Santapaws will come to my house.

 

OFFICIAL CARD COUNT: Buddy-18   Momma-0

Blessings,
Buddy