Dog Week: a look at Pet Beds

(Elizabeth tried to post this yesterday, but it didn't work, so I'm posting it for her today)

 To-day (Friday) I was looking on the internet for a cute dog bed for Sugar, who doesn't have one.  Here's what I collected.

 My first stop, of coarse, was American Girl.  This summer, they issued their new Sleep & Snack Pet Bed.  It's fairly cute, but a little to modern for my taste. (http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/item/id/226543/uid/267)

  Next I looked at Esty, where I found the next three beds.

  This bed, from Cute 'n Sassy Creations , has such a fun print!  But I didn't think Sugar wouldn't like it.

Payne St. Doll Boutique made this very good, wooden bed.  However, it's over our budget at thirty dollars.

And last but not lest, this sweet dog house from Beds and Threads.  They have other colors besides black and white if you look at their shop.  This is over our budget as well.

Those are the ones I looked at.  Which do like the best?

Disclaimer: I am in no way connected with American Girl, Esty, CutenSassy, Payne St. Doll Boutique, or Beds and Threads .  All opinions are my own .

Puppy Love: a Photoshoot

Yesterday (Tuesday) Chocolate Chip and I played in the backyard.

 "Come here, my sweet puppy!"

  After our cuddle, Chocolate Chip, with a mischievous look on her furry face,  jumped on to my head and stole my sunglasses!

 "You come back with my sunglasses!" I yelled after my running doggie.

 But I wasn't a gymnast for nothing.  I did a flip and landed on top of Chocolate Chip.  Gotcha!

Laughing, I said "If you wanted to wear them, you should have just said so."

 Isn't she the cutest thing?

 Walking away from the last picture, I tripped over my running dog.

 "Oh! Chocolate Chip!" I screamed.  Looking reproachful, the furry canine licked my face softly.  "Oh, Chocolate Chip." I said, in a much different tone.

 How could you not love a dog like that?

P.S. There's only four more days to enter our photo contest!  So enter soon! 

Dog Week: Reader Photo Contest

 Ever since Chrissa and I started this blog, I have wanted to have a photo contest.  So, we are very excited to present... The Salty's first Reader Photo contest, "My Dog and I"!  

To enter your photo, follow these instructions…

1. Take a picture of your dog and yourself doing something together, like playing, traveling, reading... you could do anything!
2. To make our job easier, please resize your photos to 540 pixels wide.  This is easy to do using a free editor like picmonkey.com or ipiccy.com.
3. Save your file as your first name and the date – for example – name-aug14
4. Email your photo to thesaltysdollblog@gmail.com
5. Put “Dog Week Reader Photo Entry” in the subject line.
6. Make sure you include your name and a description for your photos
7. Chrissa and I will update THIS post with your entry. 

Winners

There will be two winners, first prize and second prize.  

First prize includes:

• One bandana of your chose (please specify A, B, or C)
•  Two yummy cinnamon dog treats
• And a Frisbee (Small Blue or Large Pink) 

Second prize includes:

•  One bandana (you can pick from which ever two the first prize winner didn't chose)
• And which ever Frisbee first prize did not chose

Other Details

• Every follower is aloud to enter one photo for the contest
• If you are under 13, please get your parent's permission to enter 
• Don't copy photos!  Your entry must be your own picture.   Taking someone else's picture will band you from all future photo contests on our blog.
•  You will be judged by Chrissa and I in Picture Quality/Creativity.
• Contest runs through August 13-18.
• We will post the entries in batches around every 24 hours. 

We'll be watching for your picture! 

Entry Number one:

My silly puppy likes to play chase with me! From Our AG Adventures
 

Dog Week on The Saltys!

That's right, we are having a dog celebration week that's starting today (Monday), and ending Sunday.  So just why are we having a dog week? you're probably asking.  Elizabeth and I noted that even though we love our dogs, we don't blog about them very much.  So we're devoting an entire week to our wonderful, energetic, lovely dogs.
There will be Puppy Tales, Doggie Crafts, the first ever Salty Flashback, and a Dog Photo Contest (with prizes)!
Stay tuned for lots of doggie fun!

A Friday Night Sleepover with Julie

Last night, Chrissa and I had a sleepover with Julie
, because we hadn't seen her in two and a half mouths!  It was so wonderful to see her again!

 

"Oh Julie, I missed you SO INCREDIBLY MUCH!" Chrissa almost shouted.

"I missed you too!" Julie replied.  "Do you have any plans for tonight?"

"No, not really." I said.

"Hey- why don't we go swimming at our community pool?" Chrissa threw out.

"That sounds... AWESOME!" Julie said.

 So we did.

 "A-a, this is the life." Chrissa sighed with content.

" I know, right?  It is a bummer that you just got back and there is barley any summer left!" Julie said.

 "What a beautiful sunset." I said, enjoying the radiance of the sinking sun.

 "It is pretty!" our gust agreed wholeheartedly.

After some refreshing swimming, Julie, Chrissa and I biked back to our beach house and went to bed.  Unlike Julie and Chrissa, I awakened early and made breakfast, not forgetting about Julie's gluten allergy.

 "It all looks so good.  I can't decide what I want to eat!" Chrissa exclaimed. "Wait-are those STRAWBERRIES?  Never mind!"

"What?" Chrissa asked, as Julie and I bust out laughing.

 Here's all of us together.

And here's Chrissa's breakfast.  It was so wonderful to have a sleepover with Julie.

Please read the post scripts at the bottom of this post.

P.S.1. Read Julie's side of our sleepover by checking out her blog at http://jloveadollblog.blogspot.com/

P.S.2. If you look at Julie's post My Happy Reunion on Jlove, you will note that we have the same pictures (more or less).  All the photos on that post are taken by our new camera.

What We Did July 27- August 6

Hi all!  It's so nice to be home!  Isn't that picture of me amazing?  Elizabeth captured it on our vacation. So what have we been doing?! you ask.  Well, here's your answer.  July 27 and 28 we were mostly just driving.   We went into Glacier National Park on the 29th.   It is so pretty.

The 30th we drove more, and July 31 we spent a day in Spokane, WA.

The first day of the new month, August 1st, we mostly drove, then arrived in Packwood,WA...

...And stayed in a cute, rustic lodge.

When we went into Mount Rainier National Park on August 2, it was kind of foggy.  But look at the beautiful view on this postcard I picked up!

On the 3 Elizabeth and I excitedly went to the American Girl Store in Seattle, and we got to eat dessert in the Cafe!

August  4th we went sightseeing in Seattle.

 The next day, we walked to the Pike Market.  And rode on Ferry.
Elizabeth and I packed on the 5th, and flew back home to Florida on the 6th.
And that's what Elizabeth and I did July 27- August 6th.

July 22-26: Our Week at Yellowstone National Park

First of all, I appreciate your patience as I wrote this post.  I know it's over two weeks since Chrissa last posted.

We had a great time in Yellowstone National Park!  We hiked, took many pictures (that's part of the reason that you had to wait so long for this post), waded across mountain streams, breathed fresh mountain air, ate picnic lunches in the park, and, most of all, gasped at astonishing views.

Sunday, July 21, we drove 300 miles and stayed at a Holiday Inn. 

The next day, Monday, we drove through Grand Teton National Park on our way (the mountains at the top of the picture); and gladly arrived in Yellowstone.

Tuesday Chrissa and I enjoyed the park.  We hiked to Wrath Falls (1&2); gobbled up lunch (well, at lest Chrissa did) by a river (3); saw Mammoth Hot Springs (4&5); stopped by Gibben Falls (6,7&8); and lastly briefly glanced at Sheepeater cliff (9&10).

  

On Wednesday, we witnessed many interesting things, including a bison walking right in front of our car!  We also saw beautiful Tower Falls.

Thursday obviously not the only day we saw waterfalls and rivers, but that's the main thing that we looked at.  Inspiration Point was not very inspiring, because the part where you saw the beautiful view had fallen off in a earthquake.

Our last day in the Park, Friday, we spent our time around Old Faithful area.  (From top to bottom, left to right): A waterfall (I don't remember the name); Celestine Pool; Clepsydra Geyser, Silex Spring, Old Faithful; and Old Faithful Lodge (where we had lunch).

That was our amazing week at Yellowstone National Park.