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Cookies

Yay! My person finally did it. After all the hard work I’ve been doing cleaning up the kitchen floor lately she finally decided to reward me. I didn’t know it at first. I went to clean the floor as usual, and something tasted a little different. I didn’t know why.

And then when my person pulled those cookies out of the oven they smelled different. They didn’t smell like the usual run of the mill people cookies that she’s been making lately.

And then I got the best surprise of all. My person gave me a cookie. She let me eat one. Sweet!!! She said she got the recipe from one of my blogging buddies at For the Love of My Dogs. You can check the recipe out here. My person would never have made me cookies if she hadn’t seen that post so I am really thankful. It would be great if all my dog blogging friends got special cookies for Christmas.

But you know what my person did after she made those cookies? She packaged them up and put a bow on top and put them in the freezer. She said I don’t get any more cookies until Christmas. She said they’re a Christmas present for me.

What’s with this Christmas thing? I want my cookies now!

If you want to see more of my Christmas wishes (and Scratchy’s too – my person made me mention Scratchy) then hop on over to Rumpy’s blog. He posted our letters to Santa Paws.

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Posted by Bongo on December 23, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Christmas, Christmas cookies, Cookie, Pets

It’s My Cubby

22 Dec

This is Scratchy here. Bongo and I were having a slight disagreement and I won, so I get to write on his blog today. All I was doing was trying to find a good hidey place – somewhere that I could have some peace and quiet. Somewhere where Bongo wouldn’t bug me.

So what does Bongo do? He’s totally jealous that I found this little cubby that I can fit into. Much too small for Bongo, but perfect for me. So he starts harassing me.

I know all of you who read Bongo’s blog think he’s some kind of perfect dog or something, but believe me he isn’t. Oh, the stories I could tell about him. After all, I’m just a poor little innocent kitty, and Bongo tried to chase me out of my cubby.

Well, I’ll get him this time. I’ve found the perfect place. It’s a good thing it’s Christmas time because for some reason my people only give me this place for a short time every year. And you know why it’s so perfect? Because Bongo gets yelled at if he tries to get back here.

Can You See Me?

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Posted by Bongo on December 22, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Christmas, Christmas tree, Pets, Scratchy

The Box

21 Dec

I don’t know what Scratchy is thinking – but he does this every year. As soon as the Christmas tree comes out and my people put it up he jumps into the empty box. I wonder what he thinks he’s going to find in there.

It’s just a big old empty cardboard box – and pretty beat up too. I’d help finish it off by chewing on it, but I know I would get in trouble if I did. But Scratchy has to get in there every time. Maybe he thinks there’s a catnip garden inside – or some fun kitty toys. Maybe he thinks he’ll find a nice soft bed that he can fluff up with his paws and then curl up into. Maybe he knows that box is empty and he’s just got to check it out to make sure. You know, like box patrol. He’s got to make sure everything is okay with the box.

Once he’s gotten in the box and checked it out he doesn’t stay long. He jumps right back out of that box, like everything’s okay with the box for another year. I wonder what he’d do if that box appeared in the middle of the summer?

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Posted by Bongo on December 21, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cat, Christmas, Pets, Scratchy

Working Hard

20 Dec

My person is messy in the kitchen and this time of year she really makes a mess. Little bits of things sprinkling down to the floor. She’s making cookies. She always does that this time of year, but it means I have to work extra hard to keep the kitchen clean.

You see, my job is to clean up the floor. I’m not sure why, but I’ve been assigned to that job ever since I’ve lived here. Lots of times there’s not much to clean up, but lately it’s been almost every night.

You’d think my person would give me a cookie or two for doing such a good job of cleaning. But no. Not only does she not give me a cookie, she threatens to brush my teeth after I’ve been working hard for her. I mean, I’m so good that I’m right in there while she’s still working – cleaning up around her feet.

I’ve got to go now. There’s some more cleaning to do. Oh yeah, don’t tell my person that I really like this floor cleaning job. I’m afraid if she knew that she’d take the job away from me and give it to Scratchy.

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Posted by Bongo on December 20, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Christmas, cookies, Pets, Scratchy

Under the Tree

19 Dec

Around Christmastime my person receives large cardboard boxes in the mail from her sister and brother. The boxes are filled with smaller boxes wrapped in brightly colored paper – mostly red and green. My person used to put the smaller boxes under the Christmas tree and leave them there until Christmas Day.

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Sometimes my people would visit their family when it wasn’t Christmas. On the way between my person’s parent’s house and her sister’s house is a candy store and my person would stop there and buy malt balls for her sister. Then my person’s sister discovered that a grocery store near her house had very good malt balls, so when my people visited her she would have malt balls for my younger person.

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It was my first Christmas at my house, there were presents under the tree, and Scratchy and I were the only ones home – and something under the tree smelled very good. So I sniffed around and found which package that smell came from.

It didn’t take much to tear into that package and the contents tasted extra special. Don’t worry younger person, I left you the malt ball wrapper.

I’m not sure why, but my person never leaves brightly colored boxes under the Christmas tree anymore.

Click this picture to find more mischievous pets.

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Posted by Bongo on December 19, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Christmas, Christmas tree, Pets

It’s at the Mall!

17 Dec

My people left me again today. They both took off and left me alone in the house – well, alone with Scratchy, if you can call him company.

They were gone for awhile and then they came back and my person showed me something. I couldn’t believe what they showed me. It was amazing!

My person said they went to a mall to go Christmas shopping. I didn’t know what a mall was so my person told me it was a place where you can buy lots of things. I asked her if you can buy dog things there and if they went Christmas shopping for me. My person wouldn’t tell me. No fair!

Well, my person said when they went into one store in the mall they saw it. They saw my name on big signs all over the place. I’m so excited! That means that my blog has gotten so famous that people are advertising it in the malls. I hope my people will take me with them to that mall. I think I might have to make some public appearances.

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Posted by Bongo on December 17, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Christmas, Pets, Shopping mall

The Christmas Elf

13 Dec

Ever since my younger person was little my family had a Christmas tradition. As soon as the tree went up a special visitor came to their house every night. That visitor was the Christmas Elf. The elf would leave candy for my younger person in special containers under the Christmas tree. A couple days before Christmas the elf would even leave some small gifts.

My younger person used to look forward to getting up in the morning and checking to see what the Christmas Elf had brought him. It was kind of like a mini Christmas.

That all changed when I came to live here. I’d been here for several months before Christmas finally came around so I was pretty much part of the family by then. Well, they put the tree up and that night the Christmas Elf showed up. There were chocolates here and there under the tree. They smelled so good and since they were left where I could reach them I figured they must be for me – so I ate them. Mmmmm delicious!

The next day I didn’t feel so good and my person noticed that all the candy was missing. I didn’t get in much trouble because my person figured the natural consequences of my actions were punishment enough (What did I just say? I was sick and that was bad enough.)

I was never tempted by chocolate again so I guess you could say I learned my lesson. Actually, I’d probably gobble it right up if I ever found any chocolate, but that was the last time the Christmas Elf ever came to our house. I’m not sure where he went, but it isn’t here.

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Posted by Bongo on December 13, 2011 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Christmas, Christmas Elf, Pets