Gone Too Long!

I haven't seen Dave or Keller in nearly a week now! Sad. I sincerely hope nothing has been torn or shredded apart in Bloomington (from Keller...not Dave...lol).

On a side note, our carpet is fixed by the front door. We actually have a normal foyer again. I should get ahead of the game and spray it with bitter apple now before Keller comes home....

Keller Loves Food (Like Her Mom)

It goes against our vegetarian beliefs, but I had a coupon, and it was suggested to us by Nonnie to vary Keller's....well, pallette (sp?) (why did I make that french? lol...).

So I bought her some Alpo canned foods. BLECH....but she loves them. Look at that smiling puppy. That chops-lickin' puppy....

I've never been away from Keller this long before - nor have I left her in

Dave's hands for this long! How weird. Normally Dave's the one traveling for work, not me! I will miss them both but will see them Saturday. :) Or Sunday. Don't know.

Mush Keller, Mush!

We took Keller out rollerblading for the first time last Sunday. She's a rollerblading pro! As you can see, it's self-explanatory: Dave doesn't need to do any of the work, Keller pulls him the whole way. It's that husky in her....mush! Mush!

Perhaps Santa Claus is hiring...or looking for subs...

Short-Less Chasing

I let Keller out this morning and usually she lets me outside before she steps out. This morning she stepped out first, and saw the robin in the other yard, and took off after it. Sigh. I called her, and again, and she started coming back, only to find ANOTHER bird party going on - and ran off after them.

So I chased her - barefoot, just-rolled-out-of-bed hair half this way, half that, glasses on, and my t-shirt is long enough where it covers my shorts, so to all my neighbors potentially looking, I was running after a dog with no shorts on.

I was probably quite the sight for the day.

Keller, All-Star Ball Player

Just another night at home...come play with me, Mom!

Bed warmers

Keller is kinda spoiled. I was getting ready for work this morning (wake-up time: 2:20....ok, 2:27 a.m.) and I came back upstairs with a cup of coffee and found her parked in my spot, head on pillow and all! LOL - I couldn't help but laugh. She's a great bed warmer, and obviously, fairly confused over my recent work schedule.

I have to add - yesterday she was in the upstairs bathroom and sitting by the tub, with this indescribable, incredibly goofy look on her face. She was staring madly at either the seagull pictures or the clock on the wall (but I think it was the birds, given that's how she looks when she sees a bird outside) and I swore she was preparing to pounce if one of them moved. It was a bona fide stare-off for at least a minute.

Keller Sammich (With Cheese)

Keller herself enjoyed the Cheese Party (not that she told me - but I could tell). Bob and George (left) give Keller a big squeeze! It's a Keller Sammich - with Cheese!!!

Ted and Cara's Madeleine had come over with a feather boa that Keller could NOT get enough of - she kept trying to eat it after I ended up with it. A few times during the night, if I didn't watch the length of the boa wrapped around my neck, I would suddenly feel a sharp TUG as Keller attacked it.

Anyway, she did great, we worked on manners as people arrived, and she actually passed out for a good hour during the event, to the point of which I had to make sure she was OK. Totally not-Kellerish.

By the way, Keller did great with Duncan for the few days she was over there during our Splash-In trip. I didn't have cell phone service while we were in Whalan, so I got this text message from Randy on Monday that said, "BTW, Keller loves bacon." Apparently he had been frying up some bacon and here's this little snout next to him that's poking up in the air and it's Keller sniffing the bacon-filled air that obviously she's never smelled anywhere else, living with vegetarians, and Randy says he thinks to himself, "I wonder if Keller likes bacon...?"