We welcome back Chica!

Hey Mati! Did you hear? I think we are going to make sno cones later.



Chica found this in the paper!



And then Dad pulled this out of the basement.



Maybe we'll have to try it out later!

Bye for now, Love Rock!

It's about time...

Where have you been? Oh, right, where have we been? Dad says he has been busy to help with the blog. Here we are waiting for a cookie after dinner...



And here's Mati gone to her bed after the cookie...



What a life - Sleep, Walk, Cookies. Sleep, Walk, Cookies. Always work, what a busy schedule we have.

It's about time...

Where have you been? Oh, right, where have we been? Dad says he has been busy to help with the blog. Here we are waiting for a cookie after dinner...



And here's Mati gone to her bed after the cookie...

I am the Rockstar I say

That's right, I am I say! Happy Independence Day everyone!

3 July's ago, I was featured on the cover of a "Grocery Store" free magazine celebrating the fourth of course! There I was sitting in my living room waiting for my photo shoot when Robin the photographer took a picture of me looking out the window...in the direction of our flag! That was not the intention of the photo shoot, but it caught Robin's eye... and long story short... here I am!




They even wrote up a nice little story about how I got to stay with my Dad.....



I can't recall, but I think Zim, Dave, Amber, or Storms of the AO4 told this story once before.... Anywho, Mati and I wish everyone a safe a happy Fourth!

Love Rock and Mati

PS: I've been TAG'd by the AO4 so here goes:

1) I am 10 and Mati is 12.

2) Dad heard I needed a home badly. (and actually had tried to adopt me in 1999 but the family refused to give me up - I was in Jail!) So, in 2001 Dad just pulled up in what we affectionately call the "LTC" (Lincoln town car) and I just hopped right in the back seat. Dad closed the door and we drove off! It was that simple and that fast!! Thank God!

Mati was adopted in January of this year from a co-worker of Dad. I'm soo glad she is here! We really get along!

3) In the past, I would go into the refrigerator to get something to eat when I was upset. Since Mati has been here, I haven't done that!

Mati is food assertive. If I drop food (biscuits), she swoops in and takes it away! Darn.

4) I love my walks! (But Dad doesn't let us walk too far). Mati absolutely demands a walk! Wow, I thought I was bad!

5) I have arthritis in the hips. Mati, although older, is like a pup. She is the bee's knees!

6) I keep an eye on my Dad. If I am outside by myself, I have to come inside to check on him every 15 minutes or so. Sometimes Dad plays a trick on me and hides. Then I start to panic checking every room...sheeesh! What does he think this is a game? Mati loves to sit outside with me too.

7) I can hear my Dad whisper a command from across the yard, and I snap to attention! Mati on the other hand is what Dad calls her ... an "Independent thinker". She can hear him, looks at him, but decides if that is what she wants to do. Oh boy.

Bonus TAG item: I love my Dad. (And Mati too)

Oh Yawn....

Yawn. Mati here. It was another mean awful morning... I must stay in bed a little longer. Daddy's mean work place that keeps him prisoner from us calls him in the wee hours of the morning, breaking up my beauty sleep!



And then, there's Rocky. He moved to the family room where he could keep an eye out the back door in case something happens. See his hot spot on his right leg? Poor guy, I'm glad I don't have them!



Back to sleep. It’s so nice and quiet in the house in the morning. I think I might sleep until the afternoon. zzzzzz- Love Mati

Helllooo Daisy!

Rocky and Mati here giving a big welcome to our new friend and neighbor Daisy!

Daisy is a Australian Cattle Dog - Chow. Wow! What a cutie!

Dad only let us say hello from the door. Mati and I were singing a song.. and singing out loud --- hmmm, Sing, sing a song, Sing out loud, Sing out strong .... oh, sorry. Dad says I should Woof like a big boy instead of singing crazy like I do. Well, as it turns out, Mati does the woofing and I do the singing. Together we make quite the quadruped-duet :-)

Welcome again Daisy!

Wooooof! ;-)

Biscuit Time

There goes Dad asking Mati to hold a biscuit on her nose.

I just don't get it.



Dad was so surprised. She did this on her first try! Wake up Dad and get into the 21st Century and get a video camera! What a horrible video phone!

Well that's all for now. I have to say, it's not my cup of tea. I prefer to be handed the biscuit where I ever so gently accept it from your hand.

Bye for now!
Love Rock

On our walk this morning, we were escorted by a Robin. Robin decided not to fly anywhere, but to walk ahead of us instead. So we decided to follow her. Robin would hop hop hop ahead and then stop and look at us. Then, hop hop hop and stop again. See her hopping along on the curb...?



Hey Robin! Where are you going? We turn left here, we don't cross the street!



There you go, up the walk way...don't get too far ahead...



Hey, we keep going, where are you going now? Are you in that shrub on the ground?



Helllloooooo?




Well, anyway, it was an exceptional walk this morning. Dad took us an additional block. He said the weather was good, so we wouldn't get too hot.

By for now! Rockstar