Skipper Lassiter Chase...

Lassie to Benji:  Stay back Ben...must investigate what this object is that Mommy pulled out of the shed.

Lassie: Looks like a steering wheel. 
Benji: And it smells like fish!!!

Lassie:  It's a boat steering wheel.
Benji:  Mommy, it's a...whatever Lassie said!  Yup, that's it!

Lassie to Mommy:  Mommy, I don't think you should touch that thing.
Benji to Mommy:  Yeah, the neighborhood cats might think you are a fish!

Lassie to Benji:   Benji, just stay back here with me where it's safe.

Benji to Lassie:  OK, I will back up to where it is safe.

Lassie to Benji:  You are a little too close to me now.

Benji:  What did you say?

Lassie yelling at Benji:    G I L L I G A N !!!

Benji to Mommy:  I think you should put that thing back in the shed now.

Ahoy there matey!   Look at what Mommy pulled out of our shed...a boat's steering wheel.  Mommy's brother bought it at some sort of yard sale once and it just sits in our shed.  (Well it used to hang on the wall in the house, but after Mommy's brother got married -- Mommy put it in the shed.)  So, Mommy finally mowed our lawn, so, she was able to pull out the steering wheel for a picture before she put the lawn mower back in the shed.  

Wasn't that a great adventure!



Have a great weekend!

"Skipper" Lassiter Chase & his "Little Buddy" Benjamin Gilligan  (aka Lassie & Benji)

Not a Wordless Wednesday - about a boat

Mommy intended this to be a Wordless Wednesday Post -- and it has like a million words in it!!!!  And to top it off -- it doesn't even have anything to do with us dogs in it!!!

On Mommy's way home from work, Mommy's car was behind a boat on the bridge.  Mommy thought -- that's funny -- being in a car, on a bridge, above a river, behind a boat. A truck was towing a boat and the boat's name was To ‘N Fro , the boat really stood out to Mommy, it was such a pretty boat.  So, Mommy said, I wonder if the boat has a history, so she looked it up on the internet, thinking she probably wouldn't find out anything about that boat.

As it turns out, the To ‘N Fro  boat is over 80 years old and was in Philadelphia being restored.  There is a blog with pictures of the To ‘N Fro boat (and other boats) being restored.  The To ‘N Fro used to carry people back and forth to a church that was on an island in NY.  (If you didn't have a boat to get to church, you could swim or ride the To ‘N Fro.)  The church was on Chapel Island on the Upper Saranac Lake.   The To ‘N Fro boat is retired. 

That's a very interesting boat!   (Guess some boats should start writing their own blogs too like us dogs -- bet they have a lot of very interesting stories to tell!)


Thanks for reading our post that had nothing to do with us dogs in it!!!

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin the Shelties

P.S.  All this talk about the boat on the blog gave us an idea.  We will try to take a picture of us this weekend (if Mommy ever mows the lawn) with something that is boat related!

Mish Mash Monday - Another Gilligan moment

Another reason why Benji's middle name is Gilligan.   We like to look out the screen door.  I like to bark at everything, leaves moving, neighbors walking around...   What did Benji do this weekend when he opened his mouth to bark -  he burped.  Mommy laughed so hard.  Gilligan!!!  

In case you can't tell our butts apart.  I'm on the left with my ear sticking up.  Benji is on the right, he has a bigger white marshmallow tail than me.

Flat Lassie & Benji's Trip to the Mall

Flat Lassie & Benji went to the mall with Mommy last weekend. 

Got to meet Micky Mouse!

Almost got vacuumed up by Noo Noo from the Teletubbies.

Drove a Race Car!

Rode in a Firetruck.  We even improved the sign on the front of the Firetruck to read... Kiddie Ride for Lassie & Benji Only!

Watched the indoor Merry-Go-Round at the mall.  It was an Underwater themed Merry-Go-Round with Dolphins, Sea Horses, Whales, etc.    (I wonder if there is a Dog Merry-Go-Round someplace in the world?  Probably.)

On the way back from the mall.  Mommy stopped at an outdoor market selling Vegetables and Statues.  Look what she saw.

Mommy didn't get the dog statue.  Boo!  She looked at the price and thought about a lot of dog treats she could buy with that kind of money, so she walked away.  The tag on the statue said it was a Collie.  Butt, we think it's a Sheltie because of it's size next to the Dalmation in the above photo.   Who knows, maybe if the statue gets marked down to a lower price even with the 20% discount, maybe she will buy it one day, if it's still there.

Here we are at home.  We made sure Mommy's  Noo Noo stuffie stayed far away from us so he didn't try to vacuum us up like the Noo Noo in the mall.

Have a great day,
Lassie and Benji

The Sheltie Doodles arrived in the mail!

We received the Sheltie Doodles in the mail that we ordered from the ETSY shop.  We love them.  In the photo, I (Lassie) am on the left and Benji is on the right. 

We ordered the Sheltie Doodles that the Cowspot Dog's mom made, and let us tell you pawsonally, that the Doodles are very pawsome!!!  We received them super quick in the mail, butt our Mommy was too tired/lazy to help us post the picture and video sooner.    We ordered them on the ETSY shop, it was super easy to order stuff and it came real fast.  There's a lot of neat doodles on there, and the proceeds benefit Elephants.  How cool is that! 

We made a short video of us opening the package.  We were so excited.  I have to warn you, I bark non-stop in the video, so make sure you wear earplugs when you watch the video, ok.  


http://youtu.be/80XsOTVk3Fs

Thanks again Cowspot Dog's Mom for doodling them.  We will take good care of the doodles. 

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin (Lassie & Benji)

Mish Mash Trash Can

Our bathroom Trash Can has been Mish Mashed!!!   Grandma complained that it was too hard to press the silver color  latch to get the lid open on the Trash Can. It seemed like the lid kept getting stuck and you couldn't open it.  So, Mommy fixed it with duct tape!  She added a little piece of cardboard so the lid wouldn't lock shut -- and said to herself, that looks like a tongue.  So, Mommy made a dog out of the duct tape.  Not her best work -- butt we are sure it's going to be some conversation piece at the next holiday when guests come over.  (In the picture, I, Lassie, am on the left, and Benji is on the right.  Benji is taller than me - unless you count my ear sticking up -- then I'm taller by an ear!!!) 

Mish Mash Monday - Dreams?

Mommy's Mish Mash Monday Dream

Mommy had a dream this morning. She dreamt she was shopping at a regular grocery store and there was a lady there selling some gourmet chocolate.  The chocolate was very expensive, Mommy doesn't remember exactly what the price was.  There were 2 types of chocolate: milk chocolate and dark chocolate.

When Mommy looked at the name on the wrapper of the milk chocolate bar it said "Lassie" on it.   Then she looked at the name of the wrapper of the dark chocolate bar and it said "Benji" on it.

Mommy said, "I'll take a dozen of each!"  (Mind you, Mommy could never afford 24 gourmet chocolate bars - she only wanted to buy them was because the chocolate bars were named Lassie and Benji .) 

So, then the lady selling the chocolate bars said, "You know, we sell those chocolates in bricks too!"  And then she pulled out bricks of chocolates with Lassie and Benji names all over it!



Mommy didn't know what to do -- Mommy said, "I'll just take the bars of chocolate" and the saleslady said, "Are you sure you don't want the bricks of chocolate -- you know they have Lassie and Benji names on it."  Mommy felt horrible about not buying the bricks of chocolate, and didn't know what to do -- she probably would have to take out a loan or something because it was going to be super expensive!  Mommy was in a panic.  So, Mommy said, "I just want the bars of chocolate, I'm sure." It was time for Mommy to pay the lady.  Mommy opened her purse and reached her hand in her purse, and wasn't sure if she made the right decision...

Then Mommy woke up.

Grandma said dreams on Monday morning don't come true.  (Too bad, Mommy is in the mood for some chocolate!)


Mommy thinks part of her dream has to do with Benji being a naughty boy over the weekend on Saturday-- he did potty in the house, twice.  He had plenty of chances to go in the yard, butt he just stood in the doorway or goofed around on the back porch (Gilligan). He doesn't normally do potty in the house, so this was very odd.   We think he was just testing us -- and decided to be bad and show his dark side to see if he could get away with it.

Mommy made Benji sit outside as his time-out for about 10 minutes.  I was very apologetic to Mommy on Benji's behalf -- I kept offering my paw to Mommy and giving her these puppy dog faces on behalf of Benji being bad (aren't I a good big brother or what!)  On Sunday, Benji was a good boy and didn't do any potty in the house.

 Mommy loves us both equally, even if Benji apparently has a dark side!  Guess that's why she bought the same number of chocolate bars.  

Not sure about the brick part of the dream.  Maybe it has to do with just being happy with the little things you got.   Butt, I think Mommy is still going to buy a lottery ticket anyway, just in case she analyzed the dream wrong!   :)   

Anyone else dreaming of chocolate too -- or is it just Mommy?

Our Blogville Olympics Recap...Photo slideshow

We had so much fun at the Blogville Olympics!!! Thanks to all the hosts of all the events!  The games were  PAWSOME! 

We made a photo slideshow of us at the Blogville Olympics.  Also, there are some bonus photos in there of us practicing for the events, etc.  Mommy played the Baritone Horn to a CD for the video, so make sure to turn OFF your speaker volume, so we want to say thanks to Mommy for putting some background music to the photos.  See what we have to put up with Hope you enjoy listening to the music.

http://youtu.be/FavucQdCe_k

These are the links to events we pawticipated in.  We just wanted to have all the links in one spot so we can look back and watch it over and over again. So, that's why we put the list below together.

1. OPENING EXTRAVAGANZA ~ JULY 27

http://www.roosdoins.com/2012/07/olympics-opening-extravaganza.html

2. PARADE OF ATHLETES ~ JULY 27

http://posiedorg.blogspot.com/2012/07/parayde-owf-da-afthletes.html

3. SWIMMING ~ JULY 28
http://sargespeaksout.blogspot.com/2012/07/olympic-swimmingsplashing-salmon.html

4. SYNCHRONIZED SLEEPERS ~ JULY 29
http://oskarsblog.com/2012/07/the-blogville-olympics-is-proud-to-present-synchronized-sleeping/

5. BEACH BALL ~ JULY 30
http://www.twofrenchbulldogs.com/2012/07/beach-ball-olympics-mid-morning-event.html

6. GYMNASTICS ~ JULY 31

http://downhomeinnc.blogspot.com/2012/07/blogville-olympics-gymnastics-event.html

7. FRISBEE ~ AUGUST 1
http://pipinthegame.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympic-frisbee-anyone.html

8. TEAM STICK CARRY ~ AUGUST 2
http://gospelofgoose.blogspot.com/2012/08/athletes-take-your-mark.html

 9. POLE JUMPING ~ AUGUST 2
http://fourleggedviews.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympic-pole-jumping-competition.html

10. MARATHON CHEWING ~ AUGUST 3
Authorized Division:
http://murphyandstanley.blogspot.com/2012/08/marathon-chewing-authorized-division.html

Freelance Chewing:
http://murphyandstanley.blogspot.com/2012/08/marathon-chewing-freelance.html

11. TUNEFUL FARTING ~ AUGUST 4
http://www.declansdogsblog.co.uk/2012/08/tuneful-farting-2012.html

12. KEEP AWAY ~ AUGUST 4  (*Benjamin's 1st Birthday*)

http://savetheboxers.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympics-keep-away.html

13. EQUESTRIAN ~ AUGUST 5

http://rubieadventures.blogspot.com/2012/08/equestrian-blogville-olympic-games-2012.html

14. SYNCHRONIZED PEEING ~ AUGUST 6

http://beagle-home.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympics-today-synchronized-peeing.html

15. DE-STUFFING ~ AUGUST 6

http://k-9katastrophie.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympics-de-stuffing-event-part-1.html

16. FREE STYLE ZOOMIES ~ AUGUST 7

http://susieandsidebite.blogspot.com/2012/08/zoomie-running-event-6.html

17. SQUIRREL HURDLES ~ AUGUST 8
http://sheltietimes.blogspot.com/2012/08/squirrel-hurdles.html

18. BOXING ~ AUGUST 9

http://chicamom85-sassysasha.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympic-boxing-event.html

19. EXTREME WEATHER SPORTS ~ AUGUST 9

http://theadventuresofthetank.blogspot.com/2012/08/extreme-weather-sports.html

20. SNOOPENDOUS SNIFF-A-THON ~ AUGUST 10

http://lunadogslife.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-snoopendous-sniff-thon.html

21. THE GREAT TENNIS BALL TOURNAMENT ~ AUGUST 11(TBD)
http://kwing-dogeared.blogspot.com

22. BATHTUB WRESTLING ~ AUGUST 11

http://ro-uj-iz.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympic-bathtub-wrestling-event-2012.html

23. CLOSING CEREMONY ~ AUGUST 12

http://finnhoward.blogspot.com/2012/08/2012-blogville-olympics-closing-ceremony.html

Me and Benji pawty-ing after the Olympics! Actually, Mommy wanted us to wear flower leis in all the Olympic Events -- butt we didn't want to cooperate - thank dog we got our way!.  What was Mommy thinking? Us dogs are boys for crying out loud!!!

Have a great day everyone!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin the Shelties (aka Lassie and Benji)

Benjamin's 1st Birthday!!!

Today is Benjamin Gilligan's 1st Birthday!  Happy Birthday, Benji! 

We had a blast at the Blogville Olympic "Keep Away" event today.  In case you didn't see it, here is the link to the "Keep Away" Olympic Event where Benji celebrated his birthday. 

http://savetheboxers.blogspot.com/2012/08/olympics-keep-away.html

Here is a behind the scenes video from the Birthday Pawty!  It was pawsome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb31IGCK5YQ

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes for Benji!  He got a lot of treats and the 2 stuffies that Mommy bought for us to share --  a Hershey Bar Shaped Dog Toy Stuffie and a Reese Dog Toy Rope Thingy -- don't worry they aren't made from real chocolate.  Benji is really liking the Reese Dog Toy Rope Thingy the best!  Oh and of course, I am enjoying sampling some of his birthday dog treats!

Have a great day everyone!  We are off to go enjoy the Tuneful Farting Event at the Blogville Olympic games! Busy Busy Day!

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties

Tomato Garden update

Just a quick post during the Blogville Olympics to let you know  Mommy hasn't been attending to our Vegetable Garden during the Blogville Olympic games.  Yesterday was Sticks and Pole Jumping during the Olympics -- it was pawsome!!!  Mommy was so proud of us that she got herself all teary eyed.  She gets all teary eyed when she is happy!   So, you would think she would put all that crying to good use -- and water our Tomato garden while it's hot outside -- NOPE!  

Grandma made Stuffed Peppers with meat and rice.  See those 2 tiny peppers in the middle (You may need a magnifying glass to see them) -- those are from our Vegetable garden.  The rest of the peppers were bought at the store.  (Another pathetic attempted at growing vegetables of our own.)

Mommy already went thru and cut off dead branches from the tomato plants a couple of weeks ago when it was 100+ degrees.  Now look at it again -- dead branches again.    We did manage to get some tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers to grow -- butt they are what you call "heirloom" ones -- you know, not perfect ones.   Well, the season isn't over yet -- maybe Mommy can salvage our garden somehow. 

Tomorrow is Benji's 1st Birthday -- and we can't wait to celebrate at the "Keep Away" event at the Blogville Olympics.   (Don't worry -- Benji and I still have plans to spend the rest of the day with Mommy and Grandma for Benji's birthday - we won't be at the Olympics all day!!!)