Keeping Quiet

Bubsy: We are representing a different team today in our pic below. Who’s digging us in RED? 

Sissy: Representing a city we’ve never been to. 🙄🤪 I must say…bro, we look good in red. 

Bubsy: But mom was taking advantage of the non play of the Cowboys today. So we show up today in some cool Cardinals gear. But let me revisit the subject of the Cowboys….FINALLY…they came to play. 

Sissy: Thing I enjoyed the most about the Cowboys game this past Thursday was how quiet it was in our house during the intense 4th quarter. 🤫 

Bubsy: Yep, since Mom goes to bed just a few minutes after halftime for all the night games, dad had to keep his celebrating for his Cowboys to a low level. 

Sissy: It was a beautiful thing. 🙉 

Bubsy: And since no Cowboys game today…it’s been rather quiet today during football. We can get some super good zzz’s. What else is going on around here?

Sissy: Mom and dad drove all over yesterday trying to find the thing mom wanted to look at. They came home with nothing. Mom has wanted to try another store today but dad is glued to the sofa. 

Bubsy: And mom seems slightly annoyed.😒 But I’m thinking they are staying home for the rest of the day. Fine by me, you can find me on mom’s lap if you are looking for me. 😉 

Sissy: Nobody else can get to mom’s lap thanks to you. 

Bubsy: Poor sissy! Although…wait…weren’t you mom’s lap dog early this morning? 

Sissy: I cannot confirm or deny. But perhaps, it’s my Sunday thing to occupy mom’s lap too. 😉

Bubsy: Well sissy, let’s wrap this up. It will soon be time for our afternoon walk. Everyone out there…have a beautiful week! 

The Boom

Bubsy: I have two big questions for you, sissy. How was your weekend and how is the power grid?

Sissy: You have gone thru all I’ve gone thru this weekend. And the power grid…where should I begin?

Bubsy: There we were enjoying a “normal” Saturday. Dad was watching college football. Mom was in the kitchen food prepping for her work week. When all of a sudden….

Sissy: A BOOM! 💥 

Bubsy: A big BOOM! The type of boom that made you stop in your tracks and make sure the house was still standing. 

Sissy: About 5 seconds after the boom, the lights flickered and then the power was out. 

Bubsy: Both of our parents reacted quick by running outside. Don’t think for a second they got out the door without the two of us. 😉 Much to our surprise…not a good surprise….smoke was billowing up. Then flames.🔥 

Sissy: Mom ran back inside to get her phone to call 911. While dad grabbed the garden hose. I barked at the situation. And Bubs ran along the side of dad. While mom’s on the phone with 911, dad was yelling to get us fur kids inside. Which mom did right away. 

Bubsy: Mom scooped up sissy in one hand then yelled my emergency command word I’ve been trained to respond to. And I quickly responded. 

Sissy: Three fire trucks arrived to fight the fire. 🔥 

Bubsy: So what happened, you ask? The power box exploded. The power box for the neighborhood is directly behind our fence. Our fence was saved. We are all fine. But it sure was an eventful Saturday. After the fire was out a large entourage of emergency electric workers were camped out directly behind our fence working to fix the latest blackout. 

Sissy: So many blackouts. I can’t take it! 😠 

Bubsy: Mom was super late getting all her food prepping accomplished but she finally finished.

Sissy: It took her forever! But anyway, let’s move on. I’ve been busy laying down the law around her. I’ve been chasing the cat. 

Bubsy: Sissy, you’ve been told many times today to stop being mean. And yet you have continued.

Sissy: I have to keep the cat in line. She was starting to go near mom, and I didn’t like that. 

Bubsy: You are so jealous and possessive. 

Sissy: That is not breaking news. Just like a power outage in Texas is no longer breaking news. Because it’s a given! 

Bubsy: Well friends, it’s time to end this. Since Sunday night football is coming on. Time to go cheer for ATL! Have a great week and happy first day of Autumn! 🍂 

The Fish

Bubsy: We got our taco bandanas on, so let’s fiesta. 🌮 

Sissy: I’m always up for a good fiesta. 🪅 Bring on the tacos and mom’s yummy queso dip I always hear about but never get to eat. 

Bubsy: Today is a noteworthy day…today is the anniversary of Mom and Dad’s FIRST date. It’s been 15 years. 

Sissy: I’m speechless…15 years. I can’t count beyond number 2. 

Bubsy: That first date led to a good courtship, that led to a wedding after a few years.

Sissy: That wedding led to living in Irving. Which led to moving to Fort Worth. 

Bubsy: That first date also led to the house we have. Then to the birth of little me. 

Sissy: And then the birth of ME! 

Bubsy: They got more than they bargained for with you, sissy. 

Sissy: I can’t disagree with that. I’m like good guacamole…gotta pay extra for the guac! 😉 

Bubsy: Mom and dad are just acknowledging this occasion they aren’t really celebrating it. But mom is making dad Mexican food for dinner to somewhat “acknowledge” it since that’s the type of food they had on their first date. In other news, let’s talk about the fishy situation of this past week. 

Sissy: Oh mercy! I’ll start it off. Mom needed more fish for her dinners. Dad offered to go to the store for her the next day while she was at work. Mom was skeptical that he’d be able to handle this task. She knows she’s picky about her cuts of fish now. 

Bubsy: But he assured her, he’d get it right. After all he goes with her and sees what she orders at the fish counter all the time. Let’s say mom was correct when she was skeptical about dad’s ability to handle this. 

Sissy: He came home with the right type of fish. So score one point for that. 

Bubsy: He came home with an ENTIRE fish. It was huge! He immediately decided to put it in the freezer. It had to go in the freezer at an angle because it was longer than the freezer. 😆😱

Sissy: Mom got home a couple hours after that. And was shocked when dad told her the fish was in the freezer. She quickly got it out of the freezer, since it wasn’t frozen solid yet and she started sectioning it out. What a sight…watching mom cut this half frozen fish into sections. 

Bubsy: For everyone out there, never place a LARGE fish in the freezer before sectioning it out. Because once it’s fully frozen like that then you have to fully defrost and eat right away. You section out then freeze the sections in the appropriate sizes before freezing. 

Sissy: Look how educational our blog is today. Fish 101! 🐟 

Bubsy: After that explanation it’s time to wrap this up and go watch more football. 

Sissy: Thank you, Cowboys for making my prediction that y’all would stink it up today in the home opener. 🙄

Bubsy: What an embarrassment! 😔 Hide your eyes when you see that score. 🫣 Anyway, have a good week everyone. 

Football Time

Bubsy: Welcome to football season…are you geared up, sissy?

Sissy: I’m geared up! Cowboys are playing well!

Bubsy: They better play well! They have the two HIGHEST paid players in the league. 🤑 

Sissy: And clearly Dak overpaid for that jacket he wore today when he arrived at the stadium. I thought he was cross dressing with that jacket choice. 😬

Bubsy: Enough about all that lack of good fashion for Dak. What else is going on in our world?

Sissy: Lots of rain this past week. And the most eerie power grid failure to date. ⚡️ 

Bubsy: Oh man, there we were walking in the wee hours of the morning because mom goes to work before the rooster down the street crows. So yeah, we were walking when all of a sudden the power failed. Complete blackout….mind you, we walk when it’s dark out and then the power grid fails and no street lights, no porch lights…NOTHING! 

Sissy: I’m not sure which one of us was more freaked out…me, you, or mom. Yikes! 😬 

Bubsy: We made it thru…and here’s an interesting fact for everyone out there. When the power is restored it takes the street lights about 5 minutes to warm up and come back on fully. 

Sissy: FIVE LONG MINUTES! 

Bubsy: What else is going on sissy? Were you a good girl this week? 

Sissy: I’m always good. 

Bubsy: No you aren’t. You were especially naughty. It was not a good week for the fur baby girls.  They were battling by marking the toy tunnel we have. First our cat sister peed on the tunnel then Sissy went over and peed on the tunnel hours later. She got a barely anything reprimand from dad when she peed on the tunnel. Skip ahead to a few hours later she went back to pee on the tunnel after seeing our cat sister go in the tunnel. Mom happened to come down the hallway at the time of all this and…oh…my…goodness! TROUBLE!

Sissy: I heard my full name used in mom’s booming teacher voice with the fear of God voice mixed in. Good thing I’d already peed because that voice almost made me pee again. Mercy me! 😱🫣 

Bubsy: I guess you learned your lesson.

Sissy: I guess I did! Never going to battle the cat in a marking the tunnel game ever again. 😔 

Bubsy: And you know who minded his own business and DID NOT get in trouble this past week…yours truly. 😇…well friends it’s time for us to get back to the Cowboys game….halftime is over. Have a beautiful week! 🏈 

Labor Free

Bubsy: Take a whiff….do you smell that sissy? 🍖 

Sissy: I sure do!

Bubsy: That is the smell of Labor Day weekend. Better known as the smell of meat being smoked in this grand state of ours. Oh and whatever you do sissy…don’t do any labor this weekend or tomorrow. 😉

Sissy: Too bad our parents aren’t currently smoking meat. And don’t worry…I never do any labor. I lead a labor free life! 🐾

Bubsy: Welcome to September everyone. It’s already cooling down slightly for us. Raise your paw or your hand(if you happen to be human) if you watched football last night. Football is back! 

Sissy: I guess that’s a good thing. I haven’t decided. As long as the Eagles stay off my tv, I’m good.

Bubsy: Your tv? Who bought that tv? It wasn’t you because you weren’t born yet. I wasn’t born yet either .

Sissy: Everything in here is technically mine, even though I bought none of it. I’m a rather possessive pup.😉

Bubsy: Well I can definitely agree with that last sentence. 😬 Oh hey, let’s change subjects for a quick second. Congratulations is in order for one of our parents. Something pretty cool happened this week. Sissy do you know what happened?

Sissy: I don’t know what happened, I never know these types of things. But mom did come home quite happy on Friday.

Bubsy: Congratulations to our momma for scoring her first ever RAISE as a teacher! 👩‍🏫 👏

Sissy: Woot-Woot! Let me go get my trusty calculator. 

Bubsy: Sissy, what do you need a calculator for?

Sissy: Upon this new found info I have to calculate my raise of my allowance. Inflation, bro. Gotta factor in some inflation. 

Bubsy: Don’t be greedy like the rest of the world. Be like me, a toy and sock hoarder. 😆😉 Anyway, it’s Labor Day weekend, momma is home tomorrow and we have plans at the pool today and tomorrow. So let’s end this by saying Happy Labor Day to all! 👷‍♂️🔨👩‍🏫 Our pic of the week is a little bit…tropical bird-ish, I guess to celebrate the “end” of summer.