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.

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?

Mish Mash Monday -- Photo Chaos

Mommy wanted to take a nice picture of me and Ben together.  She was able to take a picture of me (Lassie) looking handsome as ever!

Then Mommy called Benji over for the picture.  (Benji thought that meant playtime.)

This photo either looks like the dog who is closest to the camera  is turning his head backward -- or that dog  is ducking down.  It was scenario 2.  Benji is up front with his head down and I am looking over Benji's back.

More playtime action.  Looks like we are one long dog doesn't it.  We should really take advantage of how identical we almost look -- maybe we could get 2 for 1 admission  to someplace if we sneak in the building looking like one long dog.

We do some very artistic poses when we play -- don't we?

Not sure if this is 1 tail or 2.

Looks like Benji has 2 faces in this photo. 

Mommy never did get that 1 nice photo of us together.  Mommy stinks at taking photos!  Oh well, better luck next time. 

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin the Shelties (Lassie & Benji)

Mish Mash Monday - All Chewed Up

Look what the "aliens" did when Mommy and Grandma stepped out of the house. The aliens grabbed Grandma's Coffee Mate off the table and somehow chewed the cap off it and spilled coffee mate all over the living room carpet...down the hallway...and the empty container ended up in the bedroom... and the red lid to the container was in Benji's bed. (At least the "aliens" didn't try to frame me -- just Ben this time.)



Then Mommy was trying to clean the yard! She probably cleaned a third of it -- oh who am I kidding -- she cleaned less than that. Anyway, Mommy saw an egg under a bush in the backyard. Mommy carefully approached it and saw it already "hatched" whatever it was.

Then she's like -- wait a minute -- that's a plastic Easter Egg from an egg hunt.

We don't know where this plastic egg came from! The "aliens" must have planted it in our yard as another attempt to make us dogs look bad!

(That's me, Lassie, in the blurry mish-mash photo above if you can't tell us apart -- see, I'm all smiling cause I know I didn't chew up that thing.)


Did Benji chew thru the easter egg? Mommy's like -- wouldn't my boys be smart enough to figure out how to open it in the middle? (That's Benji in the photo above.)


Mommy kept looking at the both of us and showing us the egg -- butt, we didn't act guilty. So, Mommy realized that it must have been a chipmunk or cat-rat or something that chewed thru it.


Don't mind Mommy's super-dry skin in these photos, ok.



Mommy took the egg apart in the middle -- both ends were chewed up.

Mommy is kinda glad that the egg didn't turn out to be a real egg. Cause then she would be worried about what hatched out of it and where it was !!!

Have a great day!

Lassie & Benji

P.S. Mommy wanted to tell everyone a message -- butt she won't tell me or Benji what it is. So, here it is in Pig Latin. (I didn't know Mommy was fluent in that language.)

There is a UNNYB ABBITR living under the ECKD in the ARDY. I saw it OPPINGH around while I was mowing the grass and the OGSD were in the OUSEH. If the OGSD find out, they will ARKB at it non-stop and they will want to OG in the ARDY 24/7!!! I'm going to be in big trouble especially if it is a OMMYM ABBITR.

Mish Mash Monday - King and Jester

We were supposed to post this earlier today for Mish Mash Monday -- butt Mommy couldn't get her act together AGAIN !!!

Have a great night!

Lassiter Chase & Benjamin the Shelties