February 23, 2005

Last night I got to ride in the car with Mom to go get pizza. I love when we have pizza because I get to eat the pizza bones (crusts). Yum! When we got to town Mom said we had a flat tire, whatever that is. I guess it's not a good thing though. We went to the gas station and put some air in the tire and Mom said she'd hope that would work til we could go to Daigle's Garage in the morning. I guess it did because she's not in a hurry to go anywhere yet. My neighbor just left on his snowmobile to go ice fishing. Wish I could have gone with him. I rode on the snowmobile one time for 13 miles when I was younger. All the way down the lake from Lily Bay. Mom said it wasn't good for my eyes. Another time Kate and I got to ride in the sled thing that gets towed behind the snowmobile, that was fun too. Last year Pete and Joel were ice fishing in front of our house so Mom and I walked out to see them. They gave me pistachio's. I liked them! I hope they come fishing again this winter so I can go visit them. I'm going to have a little nap now and wait to see what Mom has planned for the morning. She has to work tonight, usually she doesn't work on Wednesdays, but this is Vacation Week and she has to work.

This is me when I was a puppy. 

February 22, 2005

My name is Willie and I'm a 9 1/2 year old English Springer Spaniel. My Mom wanted to learn how to make a Blog today, so she's doing one about me. That's ok with me, because I have lots of pictures and have been lots of places that I can tell you about. I think Winter is my least favorite season because we can't go out to play as much as we do the rest of the year. It's always too cold or too windy. In the fall we go bird hunting just about everyday. Early in the season we walk up around Little Squaw alot, Mom says I'm not much of a hunter anymore because I really like to chase squirrels now more than anything else. In Novemeber we usually go road hunting and Mom and I both have to wear orange so the deer hunters won't shoot us. In the summertime Mom and I usually walk into Big Squaw Pond every day that she doesn't have to work. I really like it there. I can swim and explore and sometimes I even sneak up on the hikers that are walking around the loop trail. Somedays we walk in to Fitzgerald Pond early in the morning for a quick swim before anyone else gets there. Every fall I get to go to the Nascar Race in Loudon, New Hampshire. I have gone to the races since I was a young pup. I had a girlfriend from Massachusetts that used to camp near us every year. She and I would go for a walk each morning together with our Moms. I didn't see her this year and that made me sad. This year Chico Roberts, Chris Roberts new puppy came with us. So did Max and Stella Mahoney, it was their first race with their Mom and Dad too.
Mom says she might get me a cat so I'm not so lonely while she's at work. I thought that's why we got those birds a couple years ago. They aren't much fun as far as I'm concerned. We babysat Lisa's cats a few winters ago and one ran away and the other died. Good thing I was riding in the car with Mom when that happened! I have a beagle friend named Woody who owns a bar with his Dad. Sometimes we get to play together. He is so funny! And he makes the craziest barking noise! We had Nate for a week while he was waiting to fly to Nicaraqua with Dad's friend. The night before he left he tore up a whole roll of toilet paper and carried it around the house! We were sad to see him go, but knew that Dad would be very happy to get him. He missed having a dog since Kate died.
I'm looking forward to Spring so I can go out and play more. When it's nice outside, even if Mom's at work, I can still watch the golfers while I'm laying on the couch. We live right on the 9th green, and the golf balls sometime hit our house!

This is me and Nate looking out the window at the first snow. 

This is Nate. He lived with us for a week before flying to Nicaraqua to live with Dad.  

This is me, after my Mom cut the hair on my ears, they're usually much longer than this. 

This is Kate, she was the Mother of my children. She died last year of a brain tumor. 

These are 8 out of 10 of my sons and daughters. They were a handful for my Mom, Dad and Kate.