it's my totally epic 100th post pawty!!

i can hardly believe it, everybuddy!  today is my 100th post!

little did i know that when i pawed my very first post all the way back in february, i would get to meet so many super duper awesome doggies and kitties and hoomans!  bloggin' has been the bestest experience that i could have evarrr imagined!  me and asa and mama want to thank ya'll bunches 'n tons for being our friendz and sharing in all the crazy go nuts thingies that life has to offer.  ya'll are one big bloggin' family to us, and we are way grateful like for your support!
i'm invitin' all of you to my 100th post pawty!!  it's gonna be totally off the hook!  there will be cake 'n ice cream, games, and a cool giveaway!  if you wanna come and join in the funsies and be entered into my giveaway, just leave me a woof anytime from now through next monday, october 18th.  then on tuesday, october 19th, i will put the names of everybuddy who entered into my spiffy baggie and draw one lucky ducky surprise pressie winner!  it could be YOU!!

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ya'll, there have been some seriously awesome developments at my house over the past couple of days!  let's just get right on down to the good stuff, okie dokie?
here's me in my room, which doubles as the laundry room.  i chill here while mama and daddy are at work, but most important like, this is where i had been snoozin' at night.  i'll give you a quick tour.

what's that?  you wanna ask what's above my head in the picture?  (ya'll get cookies for followin' directions!  teehee.)

well, that would be me and asa's super duper way cool friendz wall!  this is where i hang pictures and notes from my friendz!  for starters, i have my lovely brindle furred girlfriend, miss mayzie.  let's see...then i've got a pretty card with a nice note from auntie ina and my alaska cousins...miss puddles tryin' to look all full of the angelics and then together with her brother, albert, and her sister, miss whitney...miss inky and miss molly in their santa suits...miss sugar in her adorable ruffly collar...another cute card from miss dory and jacob and bilbo...and miss daisy's sittin' down in the big picture!

now this is where we make a quick trip to tangentville.   i am puttin' in my shameless plug for my friendz wall.  you so totally know that you want to send me your bestest picture evarrr or a fun card so that i can add you to my wall!  yuppers, you really really do!!  just send me a bark mail with your most favoritest picture, or if you need my snail mail address to send a picture or card, just ask!
time to get back on task.  so the whole point of my post was to woof about the excitements that had happened at my house.  see, i sleep alone in my room at night and not with mama and daddy and asa.  that's cuz mama said that i would "bother asa at ridiculous hours of the night" before.  hmmph.  i just wanted to play wrestle mania, that's all!  it's not my fault that i was all energetical at 3 in the morning.  anywho, mama and daddy had a little chat the other day, and mama was like, "you know, i think booker might be old enough now to sleep with us in the bedroom.  should we give it a try?".  next thingie i knew, i went from this:

 

to this:

i slept in the big bed on sunday night and monday night, and, boy howdy, was i on my bestest behaviors cuz i wanna snooze here forevarrr!!

the booker man could sooooooo get used to this!

fridays with asa: a special day

i awoke this morning to beams of sunlight dancing through my mom and dad's bedroom window.  in that peaceful instant, i deemed that today would be a most glorious day.  after a drawn-out stretch, i inched up the bed to my mom's pillow and licked her on the cheek.  she slowly opened her eyes in a half awake squint and smiled at me.  taking my face in her hands, she planted a kiss on the top of my head and whispered, "happy 8th birthday, asa!" 
yes, today, i celebrate my 8th birthday.  while it is true that my mom and dad do not know the exact day in which i was born, they do know that i entered this world in october of 2002.  my mom decided, therefore, that my birthday would be celebrated every year on october 1st.
like most women, i enjoy an occasion to dress in my finest, and what better occasion than my birthday?  i elected to dress in my favorite paisley scarf, and while i may not be completely at ease with the camera, i deemed it appropriate for mom to photograph me.

shortly after our photography session, i partook of my breakfast, which was supplemented with a healthy dollop of yogurt and some sliced carrots for my birthday.  then mom informed me that she was going to bake me some of my favorite petits biscuits au fromage, or cheesy biscuits, as one would refer to them in english.

while i waited patiently for my petits biscuits to bake in the oven, i prepared for my hot air balloon excursion to paris with my handsome gentledog, brodie.  actually, it was to be a double date as my little brother booker and his sweet lady friend mayzie were attending also.
a few hours later, my mom removed my petits biscuits from the oven, and just as they had finished cooling, i caught a glimpse of brodie's stunning, multi-hued hot air balloon arriving from the west!

mom aided me in quickly packaging the petits biscuits so that i might share them, along with my favorite bottle of beaujolais, with brodie, booker, and mayzie on our balloon trip to paris.

at this precise moment, i am penning my words from the hot air balloon, which is equipped with the most advanced technology.  in all honesty, i am quite befuddled that a hot air balloon could even possess wireless internet capabilities, but i digress.  we are gently floating over the majestic atlantic ocean, sipping the beaujolais from fine crystal glasses and nibbling on the delicious petits biscuits.  the light breeze tickles my furs, and the sunshine illuminates my eyes.  paris shall be exquisite at this time of year, non?