FUN NIGHT

These are the road crew boys on their last day of work on my side of town.  In the background is the jail where a few of them visited with Sheriff Dan awhile back.  In the front of them is Moms work place, I wonder what they are thinking as she is snapping that picture?????????  We said our goodbye's yesterday and I finks Mom breathed a sigh of relief as they drove out of town.  FANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BOYS.


So last night to celebrate play Mom and Dad took the three of us out to the fairgrounds to play.  It was kinda warm so Mom knew we could only stay for a little bit.

We all pile into the little blue streak.  Dad says it looks like a CLOWN CAR.  I cannot repeat what Mom said to him.

See ME and MAGS a running fast.

Hurry Mag Dad is faster than us, and he is OLDER!!

Wait I think I smell some peemail.

Stella enjoying the fairgrounds staying pretty close to our momma.

Mom loves to see Stella run, she is getting to be so brave.

Mom its getting a little hot for me, I finks we had better go home.

Come on Stella get in the car!!

Stella whispering nice words to Maggie about me!  Their cute brother.

What a fun night it was at the fairgrounds.  Maybe next time Mom and Dad will take us to the lakes.

Angus McConnell Long

DATE NIGHT #2-Angus

Wells my road crew boys and Isa been working on my date wif my SWEET LIBERTY when ours boss tells ALL of us wesa gonna haf to work overtime to get this cable laid.  I asked my boys just what overtime meant and they looked at each other and smiled.  First they said it meant more money and then they said something that made my pug blood run cold....that it also meant I would miss my date!!!!!!

I toles them there was NO WAY JOSE that I would miss my date so we put our heads together and thought up a plan.  This is what I did.

I found my cellphone and called Liberty up to see if she would like to come over and have our date through my extended lunch hour.  At first hers told me I was a cheapskate but I broke down and whimpered a bit (the boys toles me to do that) and I told her the truf that the ogre I work for says Isa haf to work late.  I pleaded wif her to bring me some lunch, and we would have a magical date.  So hers says YES!!

Hers even packed it in hers snoopy lunch box.  I asked her where she got her bike from and if she could give me a ride in the basket later and she said it was a present from her Daddy and he said I COULD NOT ride in her basket.  So I told her I would give her a ride on my big driving machine.

My boys even felt so bad that I missed my date that they had a hard hat waiting for Liberty when she got here.

Next I showed her the big hole I was digging and hers was really impressed.  I toles her not to get to close to it cos hers might fall in and I had left my Superman outfit at home for the day.

Once I even let her drive, while my Boss was out running an errand.  My boys said it would be just fine if I did that.

Maybe I should have kept my hands on the wheel.

I introduced her to "my boys" Bruce, Scott and Bubbaboo but Scott kept making eyes at her and once I saw him TRY to slip her his phone number.  I decided we had better spend some time all by ourselves!

Liberty said this was the bestest date she had ever been on AND she asked me if hers could come back another time.

I toles her to just call me and we would make a date.  What a fun day this turned out to be AND I made extra monies since I worked overtime.
Angus McConnell

P.S. Fanks Ms. Carol.

DATE NIGHT -1st part

So this is Stella Rose and I am gonna tell you all about my date night with my loving boyfriend Stan AND our guests.

This is Stan
You have met him before at blogville parties....

He is my handsome boy.  We have known each other for a long time.  So when I asked him to fly over from his home in Morecrombe England he said there was a slight hitch in plans!!  WHAT??!!  Well it seems now that he is 9 years old he is having some vision problems and cannot see well enough to get his pilots license renewed.  No pilots license, no flying the ole pugcopter!  But he told me, "darling I have it all taken care of!"  Seems that he has a friend named Jackson who CAN fly as long as I find him a date.

So I got on the phone and called up my pug friend Whitney (liberty's big sister) to see if she would like to go on a date wif a boy from England.  She said she was up to it justtttt fine.

This is Whitney with hers friend the Bunny.  You can tell she is happy.  cough..cough....


Here is Jackson and Stan being pals together.

No Jackson is not a pug.



So the night of the date Whitney came over to my house early so us girly girls could get ready together, first we used this

 

Isn't she beautiful...all dressed up to party

I decided to wear my Queen Crown so Stan and Jackson would be more comfortable....

 

 

 

 

and then we started getting our barbecue all ready

Dad had to get our grill lighted up for us cos Whitney nor I am allowed to use a lighter, and Angus was gone working.  We thought "the fly-boys" would like a down home good ole USA barbecue. 

Then Whitney helped me pack this

So then we waited for them to land in the lot across from our house, and we waited and we waited until finally

It was Jackson's vintage plane....wowzer!!!!

Later after we had eaten, and taken a stroll around our town, we relaxed on the hillside and watched these

Whitney promised Jackson to write him and to come visit when they came back to my house.  It was a great night.
Stella Rose, Whitney, Jackson and Stan

A PRESENT IN THE MAIL

Guess what came in our mail last night.  Yep, a present from Mr. Pip and his momma.  We were LUCKY enough to win a copy of his new book that just hit the book shelves all overs the world.  Momma read it to us at bedtime and we laughed and cried.  We loved looking at all the pictures of sweet Pip and we loved even more how much he enjoyed his life in big and simple ways.  If you want to go check out his new book and how you can order it go to his page at noreply@blogger.com.

His momma also sent us some magnets that we are gonna put on our WALL Of FAME right beside his buddy, Puddles...who wesa finks is on a long extended vacation...we are wondering if there is high fencing all around hers vacation spot.??

Fanks again Ms. Avery...fanks for savings Pips life and showing him what real love feels like and fanks for sending us such a heartfelt gift.

Now Pip wesa just wanted to tell you wesa will never forgets you and Puddles stay at ours house when you visited us.  Doncha worry that hole in Moms wall is all fixed up now, and Sheriff Dan has finally cooled down.  Fanks also for visiting us in our dreams.

Your Buddies
Stella Rose, Margaret Mae and of course Angus McConnell

I AM A WORKING BOY

FURST I need to tell my BOSS Officer Bites that I received his email and I is only working this week here in our town.  SEE Officer Bites I need to raise a little cash for my date>> blush>>blush with Sweet Liberty, and my piggy bank is only full of pennies.  SO the road crew boys offered to let me work wif them until Friday.  SO it will NEVER interfere wif my job as JR. OFFICER ANGUS MCCONNELL and the next time I take a part time job I will ask you FURST.

 

 

Fanks Ms. Carol for coming by and taking pictures of me a working.

Angus McConnell

Going to Work

 

ITs OFFICIAL

Angus McConnell

DATE NIGHT

Date night is coming up on Blogville and we are making plans here in Iowa to have a fun night.  I toles my girls that we also haf to haf a safe night cos after all I is a Jr. Officer and I ALWAYS follows Officer Bites rules and regulations...cough...cough...

So I asked my Sweet Liberty to goes wif me, by sending her a E-Card on her momma's facebook page, but her Momma couldn't opens it up so I just ended up sending hers a telepathic message and hers said "of course Angus you handsome hunk of pug!"  Or maybe hers just said yes, I couldn't understand cos of all the static....

Hers looks kinda peeved at her momma

And then Maggie send Peyton a card and asked him to go wif her, cos Maggie is a "girl in charge" and I finks he was to scared to say no to hers, but I didn't tell hers that cos after all hers my girl and I didn't want to hurt her feelings.

Peyton is such a kind little guy

And then Stella Rose asked her man Stan if he wanted to go wif her, and he said of course my sweet stella love. He always talks real gushy to hers cos he is 9 years old and nose how to do that more than me.  Isa gonna ask him if he can teach me some of his lovey dovey words and moves.

Stan winning his ribbons.

WELL Isa was talking to my road crew boys out in front of our house the others night and telling them alls about our dates coming up and they being the kind of boys that they are agreed to help me make plans for that night!!! 

At first my Momma and my girls said NO WAY, but then Momma listened to their plans and said OKAY!  So stay tuned to see just what we are doing on our date night, I finks we are gonna haf fun!

Today is also SEE BEAUTIFUL...and Isa see beautiful all around me in my family, and friends.
Angus McConnell

DEAR FRIEND

Today I am thinking of a dear friend of mine.

Stella Rose's Momma

500th Post Tribute to Zeus

(We wanted this tribute to Zeus to be our 500th Post, after all he is the one that started it all!!)



Once upon a time there was a little boy minpin that lived with a mean ole cat and his mom and dad.  He belonged to his Daddy but listened too and adored his Mommy much more.  Zeus was 12 weeks old when he came to live wif them and he lived wif them until he was 12 years old.

Zeus always thought he was a big Doberman dog and never knew he only stood like 11 inches tall.  He and that mean cat guarded their castle by walking the rock wall perimeter twice daily.  Sometimes minion's on their lunchtime walks would get to close to the wall and Zeus had to remind them to BACK AWAY.  One time a minion called his Mom and complained so Mom had to tell him and the cat to dial it down a bit.

Zeus grew up with the grandmonster boys.  They would play wif him and his toys, and they would all run up and down the hall.  When Zeus got tired of those boys he just hid behind the couch and went to sleep. 

Zeus and the mean cat got along just fine.  Zeus knew he was the King of the house and the mean cat knew he was the Emperor.  They never touched each others toys or food.  Things were never spoken as far as rules.

 Our Current Prison Guard

Zeus always slept in the big recliner at night.  He never slept wif his parents.  He told them it was easier for him to guard the castle that way.  Zeus also NEVER had an accident in his parents house until he started to get sick.  It spoiled his parents into thinking ALL dogs behaved this well. 

Zeus and the mean cat also never had a problem if their Mom and Dad had to work late.  They knew that work meant money and money meant food.  So it was no big deal.  His parents then thought all dogs were this way.

One day after Zeus was old and sick he told Mom and Dad it was time for them to step up and be the kind of parents that he knew they were and so........ they had to let him go.

THEN HOLEY HELL BROKE LOOSE.

I came to live wif them and Zeus has been laughing ever since.  He knew he was the most well behaved dog they would ever have in their lives again.  He knew that there would be accidents, thousands of pee pads purchased, destroyed stuffies, fights between the cat and the pugs, and he knew just what lesson he was going to leave behind for them to learn. 

If we are real quiet late in the evening I swear we can hear him a chuckling.

Stella Rose, Margaret Mae and Angus McConnell

RePrint of First Post Ever

It has taken mom months and months to figure out how to start my new blog.  I am so excited cos today is the day and I think we might actually have a blog page.  Until today I have been writing on facebook my stories of what it is like to live in a house with two pugs and a mean old cat named Dietzman.  Some of my stories I even chuckle at and sometimes I am downright smart about things in life.  I have had complete strangers come up to me and rub my little velvet ears just so they could calm down and sleep better that evening. Life as a pug is rather exhausting at times. 

 

 I came to live with mom and dad after their little minpin zeus went to stay at the rainbow bridge.  Mom decided NEVER to get another furry kid and then someone took her to a puppy mill (back then she called it a dog kennel) and they showed her me.  I was living in a little cage with three big dogs and was losing my eyesight cos of them scratching my eyes.  She picked me up and laughed cos i looked like a baby gorilla. But after that she couldn't put me back in there.  So I came home with her.  I was VERY VERY naughty for about 4 months cos i didn't know how to behave in a real home, and Mom tells me back then they sprayed LOTS of BiTTer APPle spray all over their hands and feet just so they could move around the house.  They thought I was a true devil dog! 

 

 One day tho on Thanksgiving they came bringing home my little brother (Sam) and after that I straightened up and started realizing they were never ever gonna hurt me, or Sammer, and just how much they loved us.

 

 

 

  About 6 months ago Dad came bringing home another pug this time a fawn little girl who they named trudie.  She is 6 years old and was a breeder dog.  At first mom was ferious cos she thought she only had a big enuf heart for just me and Sam and then after Trudie spending about one minute on her lap, her grinch heart cracked and trudie became her little girl also. 

 

 

 

 So there you have it in a nutshell.  Mom is gonna try to learn to take pictures so she can post them on here with my stories.  Gosh how long do you think that will take?  S. R.

GONE FOR A FEW DAYS

We will be gone for just a few days, nope NOT on Vacation, BUT Mom is playing catch up at work....sigh.......
StellaRose

ALMOST 500 PoSTS

First there was me-Stella Rose

AND

Sammy J. Simpson  and Me

And then

Aunt Trudie




Then there was just me

THEN

Me and Margaret Mae

AND THEN

Angus McConnell

We never knew when we posted our #1 post  the changes our #496 post would bring.  What changes would happen in our house, what we would win, or what we could lose,

 We never knew how special a blogville friend would be to our hearts, how we would meet some of you, talk to you on the phone, and send you emails each and everyday.

We never knew.

We never knew when we started our own blog we would be gaining friendships so near and dear to our hearts that when you are hurting we hurt for you.

We never knew.

We never knew there would be hello's and laughs from all around the world, we never even thought there would be cracks left in our hearts from the cracks left in yours.

We never knew.

We have gotten private emails about hurt in your lives, just like what we were going through, stories that had not been told, till you read ours, tears that had been cried behind a closet door, until you saw ours right out in front of all our blogville friends.

We never knew.

WE never knew that our little blog would bring us daily joys, tears, understanding, and acceptance for everything we are feeling that day.  We have went to dances, parties, picnics, races, and dates.  We have went to the Moon, talked to an Alien, tried on our mom's underclothes, reviewed treats and supported other blogs with auctions and games.  WE have had to say goodbye and remember the lesson that was taught no matter how hard it was to see ...and feel.  We have told ourselves with each goodbye to make sure we say hello....cos you are all important in our small piece of the world. 

We never knew.
But now we do.
Stella Rose, Margaret Mae and Angus McConnell

FANK YOUUUUU FRIENDS

 

Big Angus

AFTER reading all your comments about it being NOT FAIR that I didn't get to sleep in my Momma's bed cos of Margaret Mae being to HOT my Daddy brought me in after Stella an Mags fell asleep last night......ahhhhhh.....right next to my Momma.

Angus McConnell wins again!

Baby Angus

SNEAKY STELLA

Hi, this is Deb, before Gussie tells his story I wanted to let you know that Gussie's story was all true except the part about him being at the pub (at least I hope it was not there) both road crews did get in a huge fight downtown and some of them ended up visiting the jail and others the hospital.  We will all be glad when they head out of town AFTER they fix the hole in my driveway.

 

 

Boy Mom that is not a very good picture of me.  Okay so last night Momma goes to bed and I hear her and Dad whispering something about Stella the perfect smelling rose....um...I wonder just what they are cooking up?  Then  after Momma leaves I look out of the corner of my eye and Daddy opens the baby gate up for hers and hers run through it to their bedroom.  WHAT!!!  Well, Momma hears this piggy snorting coming from hers side of the bed, and lets Stellie up to sleep wif her!!!WHAT!!  I is miffed and heartbroked....heartbroked!  After all I is baby gussie my momma's one and only boy!!

 

I go to tell Maggie on them and hers just says not to worry about it cos that makes more room for us in ours bed!  I just shake my head and tells her its not fair!

 

So I runs over to mys Dad and then run over to the gate...I looked at him pleadingly and run over to mys Dad and run overs to the gate, I haf to do this 1,000 times before his evil spirited heart cracks and he lets Maggie and I run into the bedroom...whew!! I was worried it would take 2,000 times.

So Momma hears us running in the room and yipping and yayying I is so excited I JUMP right up on theirs bed all by myself!!  I run over to mys mom and throw myself down in the crook of her arm and fall asleep like a little baby that I is.  Stella the perfect smelling Rose scoots down and stretches all out and Maggie burrows under the covers.

THEN Maggie gets to hot, and comes out and wakes us all back up cos her is breathing like a linebacker on a hot day!  Mom tries to cool her down and pretty soon hers falls back to sleep, I grumble around about hers waking me up from a dream about my Sweet Liberty and I snuggle against my momma's neck.  THEN Maggie gets all hot again and wakes us all back up wif her breathing and Mom tells Dad hers haf to go to the sweatshop tomorrow so maybe they should all go back in their OWN beds.  So Dad gets up and takes Maggie to hers bed, then he takes Stellie and by this time I haf it figured out that I ain't gonna get to sleep with my lovely Momma and I hides under her arm so Dad can't see me.  DOES IT WORK you ask....NO! He finds me even though I stiffen up and play dead, and puts me in my bed wif my girls. 

I is so mad that Maggie for her hot breathin that I didn't even say "Good Morning Sunshine" like I usually do.  I is gonna haf to have a talk wif her about sleeping over by Dad where the fan blows on her and not by my momma where hers gets to hot. 

I hopes you all had a good weekend, I mostly was the perimeter guard around Alcatraz.  We were invaded twice by the church kids next door who think my yard and toys are their yard and toys.  I barked and barked and snarfed at them but they got on the trikes.  Mom toles me to knock it off and try to act more neighborly but I didn't listen to hers.  I used my training at Officer Bites taught me.  Mom is just gonna haf to accept that I am a trained guard dog now.

I finks my momma is making fun of me and my fearlessness in this picture.  Yes folks that is a baby stroller....blush ...blush.....

Angus McConnell Long