Wowee Wow Wow

Posted on June 2, 2012 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

What a week we’ve had. It started a little rocky with Monday’s Mischievous remote control, however, by midweek, Ish’s eggs were in the fridge, we found that cool swimming elephant picture and received The Sunshine Award from Savannah and the Liebster Award from my adopted, Little Sister, Poppy. We absolutely LOVE sharing and passing the awards forward.

Mom’s week went well, too. After six, yes SIX visits to the Division of Motor Vehicles, she finally received her new driver’s license yesterday. (the issues were all paper and eyesight related, not driving test related, in case you were worried!) She caught up on this stuff called bank reconciliations which made her face turn purplish on Monday. She had three unexpected good things happen in Kitchen Counselor world. And… despite last night’s Heat/Celtic game results (congratulations Celtics, well played), so far, our Heaters are up 2-1 in the series.

JJ, Mom, and I had a few good things happen together. We made three constitutional walks, two at night and one in the morning before or in between bands of horrendous downpours. You know how um… uh… ok PETRIFIED I am about storms, so, we consider any time we can get out during this type of weather pattern a victory.

During our Tuesday evening constitutional, we noticed a beige, waterlogged little cutie running across a yard into the street. Mom cajoled (vocabulary builder) it (him after further investigation) to join us. Mom checked his tag and learned his name was Gizmo. He looked like a pug wrapped in apricot poodle fur! The tag only had a phone number and we left our phone home. He kind of looked like this except he had much curlier, poodle fur and he was missing an eye.

Mom rang the first bell and a nice lady (mortified of K9s) agreed to dial the number and then pass the phone to Mom. We left a vm. Mom, JJ, Gizmo and I rang 2 more bells until we learned from Miss Kitty at the 3^rd house she thought Gizmo belonged diagonally across the street. We trekked over there and rang the bell. A lady answered and confirmed Gizmo was hers. She had looked and looked and needed a shower before looking more.

Mom told us how proud she was that we helped return a K9 to his loving family, creating a happy ending.

Another great week!

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Mischief Monday – No On, No Off

Posted on May 27, 2012 by heyitsjethere

Hey It’s Jet Here.

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Mom, JJ and I frequently watch TV in Mom’s bed. She has this thingie called a DVR which allows us to watch our favorite shows like The Dog Whisperer, Dogs 101, Tanked, as well as lots of Miami Heat games. (If you’ve read our blog for awhile, you know Mom LOVES basketball.) She says my handsome black fur is perfect for the Heat’s colors (red/black with a little white, orange and yellow thrown in.) Oops, I digressed again.

Anyway, last week, when Mom felt ill, she recorded the Heat/Pacer game 6, thinking she would catch up when she felt better. My human sister, Rachel, kept Mom company until she wanted to go to sleep. Mom thought she would watch the game to distract her from her tummy discomfort. She picked up the remote control and… nothing… She pushed two buttons in sequence, just in case our paws had confused the remote, which happens on occasion. Nothing… She called Rachel in to turn on the set manually, determined the tv made her feel worse, called Rachel in again to turn it off and decided to deal with the remote later.

The next afternoon, she tried again…nothing. Once the tv went on manually, everything worked except ON/OFF and VOLUME. Now here in the tropics, when the air conditioner goes on, you always need to increase the volume and vice versa when the cycle ends. Also, those tricky TV people make the commercials louder than the programs.

Mom tried switching the batteries, switching the remote from the family room… nothing…

Mom’s TV will celebrate its 20^th birthday later this year, so, she appreciates the service it provides. For now, we think the mischief belongs to the remote!!!

Another great, except for No ON/OFF, day.

Uh Mom… I Need a Flat Screen with a Remote Please

Posted on April 21, 2012 by heyitsjethere

Hey it’s Jet Here.

DOGTV… you read correctly, DOGTV, the newest channel to hit cable. Mom says they’re testing programming right now in this far away place called San Diego. Imagine, eight hours of daily programming where the sounds, color and pace reflect our K9 sensitivities.

Red and green – OUT, blue and yellow – IN.
No ambulances, high pitches or blaring sounds, no sir-ee Bob!
Waves of calming shows for our researched resting times.
Activities like surfing, running and fetching to stimulate us during our busy hours.

And don’t make fun of the slug moving across the screen, you skeptics out there. These DOGTV humans studied our brains, behavior and all that kind of stuff. They filmed on our level, down loowww to the ground. Back in those analog, dinosaur tv days (sorry Mom), we did not reap many benefits. Now we can physically take advantage of huge screens, digital, high def and better sound.

Start saving your $4.99/month Mom, DogTV is crossing the country. And… you know what’s next… yup! CatTV!