A Movie and a Surprise

 Today, after school, Chrissa asked me if I wanted to watch a movie with her.

"What one were you thinking of?" I inquired.

"McKenna shoots for the Stars." she replied.  "I love watching the gymnasts!"

"They are interesting." I said.  "So I think I will join you."

"Great! I'll go set up the movie." Chrissa said as she ran down the stairs.

"And I will make some popcorn."

 Chrissa and I settled down to watch our movie, and our dogs joined us.

 But personally, I think they were more interested in the popcorn than the movie.  When McKenna ended, I went to get the mail.

"Chrissa!" I said happily.  "Look, we got a package from Liberty!"

"Ya!  I've been waiting for her letter!" Chrissa said.

"What's this?" I said.  "A present from Marie-Grace!"

 "Wow, that's pretty." Chrissa said, looking over my shoulder.

 

 Liberty sent me a letter along with the package.  Inside, it said: 

'Dear Elizabeth,

 Happy Birthday!  A few days ago I got a

 package from Marie.  Inside was a 

letter for me and a present for you. Marie

 ... wishes you a very happy birthday. ...'

"My birthday's not tell November." I said, puzzled.

"Maybe she got mixed up." Chrissa cheerfully suggested.  I don't know, but and early birthday gift was a nice surprise.

A Salty Flashback: Sugar

 Well, it's the last day of our Dog Week.  Chrissa and I have had so much fun posting about our dogs, and no doubt Sugar and Chocolate Chip have loved the attention!  My final post is, as promised, the first ever Salty Flashback.  How did we get this whole flashback thing anyway?  I'll explain...

 Last week, I was cleaning out our closet.  On the very bottom shelf  I found a forgotten box.

"I thought I'd lost this forever!" I said excitedly.  "Sugar!"  My sweet dog came running.  She cocked her head as if to say, "Yes? What is it?"

 "Do you remember these?"  I asked Sugar, taking a tiny doggie coat out of the box.  She gave an excited yap as if to say yes.

 "All your old dog coats that Nana sewed for you!"

 "Hmm... I wonder if I have any pictures of you in these little coats." I said, more to myself than Sugar.  As it turns out, I did.  You can see them below.

In a teapot...

 On a shelf...

 

  ... Even in the Landry basket!

Which picture do you like the best?  My personal favorite is this one in our pink Landry tub.

 My puppy is all grown up now, but she's just as loveable as ever.

 P.S. TODAY is the LAST DAY to enter our contest!

Tomorow is the Last Day to Enter Our Contest!

Hi readers!  Chrissa here, just reminding you that tomorrow (Sunday) is the last to enter our contest (which you can do here: http://thesaltysadollblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/dog-week-reader-photo-contest.html).

 

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.