Our Blog Friend, Mango, is having a contest, the
Mango Minster Contest. His official website is
http://mangominster.blogspot.com .
The category we want to enter for the contest is the "Working Stiffs" Category. We had to do a blog post explaining why we wanted to enter this particular category, so here it goes...
First, let me explain, my name is Lassiter Chase (aka Lassie - butt that nickname sounds girly.) I'm a boy and I am the Head of the House. Now, let me explain. Mommy isn't married, so I am the eldest male living in the house, so that makes me Head of House. Here is a picture of me signing my official Head of House document.
The biggest project that we have going on at the house is that we need a new roof because ours is leaking. So, I had to choose the color tile for the roof. I narrowed it down to Barkwood and Shakewood, because dog's bark and shake too, so those names sounded nice. Butt in the end, I selected the color "Shakewood" because I figured after I get a bath, I "shake" all the water off me before I do zoomies to dry off. So, I'm hoping the new shingles for the roof will "shake" all the water off the "wood" on the house - get it -- "Shakewood". (If our house starts doing zoomies on the lawn after it rains -- then we are in deep trouble!)
The "Shakewood" color is the tan colored one in the 3rd column, 3rd row.
Now a new roof costs lots of money paper. So, everyone in the family, Mommy, Grandma and my little brother Benjamin (aka Benji) all have to make sacrifices to save up for the roof.
So, I'm the Chief Financial Officer in the family, and I had to make a budget so we can come up with the money paper for the roof.
Chart A = This chart above is our current Food budget. The first column represents the part of the food budget allocated to me (Lassie). As you can see, 35% of the food budget goes to my premium dog food (only the best food for me.) The second column is Benji's food budget, he has 35% as well, boy his puppy food is expensive. The third column represents Mommy and Grandma's food consumption at 30%. (Yes, Mommy makes sure Benji's and my needs come first, so that's why the human's food budget is less.)
Chart B = This is the revised budget I came up with so we can pay for the roof. I did a cost savings analysis which shows my (Lassie's) food stays the same at 35%. However, I came up with significant savings if we switch Benji to generic puppy food which will only cost 15% of the food budget. And Mommy and Grandma have to eat from the dollar menu for dinner -- so they only get 10% of the budget. So, in total - that saves 40% of the money paper that we can put towards the new roof. (Boy was Benji crying after I explained the new budget to him.) Some of you clever dogs might be asking -- why did the money allocated to Lassie's new Budget not change -- why is he still getting 35% -- well, that's because I'm the Head of the House, that's why!
We ran into a slight delay -- it snowed during the week. So, they aren't going to be putting the new roof on until next week. (By the way, this is Benji's first time in snow -- it snowed around Halloween, but Benji had an eye infection, and Mommy didn't let him out for Halloween. Butt, Benji sure liked the snow we had this week. I kinda have snow on my nose, because I was trying to teach Benji what snow is.)
So, I'm the Roofing Foreman during the roofing project. Here I am getting a head start assessing the water damage by the attic steps in the house. Usually I don't like wearing hats -- butt I smiled with pride for this photo.
Benji and I do other things around the house too. Here is a picture of us on a walk protecting Mommy from any dangers that might come her way!
Here is a picture from September when I power washed the walkway for Mommy. I was surprised I could fit my full name on the walkway!
Being the eldest male-- I have to make sure to teach Benji the ropes too. Here is a picture of Benji leaving the toilet seat up in the bathroom! Benji still has lots to learn, he is only 5 months old.
Benji and I aren't "working stiffs" all the time either. We love the Phillies. Here we are in our Phillies gear. (I think my fellow blog readers know that my middle name "Chase" comes from the baseball player "Chase Utley", that's Mommy's favorite player. And in real life Chase Utley has a son named "Benjamin". That's cool.)
And of course, when we aren't "Working stiffs" we like to kick our feet up and relax. This is a picture of us on Thanksgiving -- Boy did we eat a lot!
Lastly, we want to thank all the people for reading this post, our fellow blog readers and any new readers that may be visiting us for the first time!
Have a great day everyone and take some time to get some rest and relaxation! Don't work too hard!
Lassiter Chase and Benjamin the Shelties
