D.I.Y. pug

I've "hired" dad to insulate and dry wall the garage this fall so it stays nice and toasty when I go there to, um, take care of business this winter.  For some weird reason the cold weather increases the frequency of my PDE related "bathroom" seizures.  To avoid this, mom and dad got me a Porch Potty to use in the garage when it drops below 50 degrees.  Our first order of business was to price-check the material, so a couple of weeks before our Chicago trip, I got to accompany them to Home Depot!

I own this place!

Me and mom doing some shopping.

Me and dad on the way to the dry wall department.
Dad is wearing his Chicago Bears Walter PAYTON t-shirt!

Me and dad pricing the insulation.

I had so much fun!  If I can't be eating or sleeping or playing, then shopping is my next choice.  But I haven't even gotten to the best part of this day...  Everyone was hungry; we were about 20 minutes from home and it was 5 minutes till lunch, but they didn't bring my food.  I know, the nerve!  But they made up for it big time, cause before I knew it, we were in the drive-thru line.  Mom and dad got McCheesy Pounders!  And they gave me some of the meat and cheese to tide me over till we got home!  Can you believe it?!?  Salinger, I finally got one!  Oh, I was in heaven!  I wish there was a picture to remember the occasion by, but mom wasn't about to try and juggle the camera while trying to keep me away from her burger in the car.  I'm not afraid to admit that at the first opportunity I would have snagged that McCheesy Pounder faster than you could say "Super Size me"!  I almost can't stop talking about it, but I better since I've got more to share.

So as if this wasn't a good enough day, after dinner, mom and dad and Gampy and Gammy took me to a yummy frozen custard joint called Bobby's!  And dad let me taste a cashew and then lick from his bowl when he was done!  Again there is no picture for obvious reasons.  But here's a cool picture of me and dad in front of the dessert paradise (that's my Gampy in line wearing the pinkish t-shirt and dark shorts over my dad's right shoulder).

I love doing stuff with mom and dad.  I wish that all places would allow us pugs.  After all, we are almost human (sometimes more so than some people are).  Anyway, all this thought of manual labor has got me tired.  I think I'll take a nap now.  Got to rest up for all that supervising I'll be doing this weekend...

Love,
Payton

PS.  I just have to get this off of my chest...I HATE BLOGGER!  I had this post scheduled for publishing at 7 this morning Central time and it still wasn't showing up in my Reading List on the Dashboard.  For the past month or two the delay has only been an hour or two at most.  I know this has happened to a few of you too, and it sucks!  So frustrating!  I finally gave up waiting and just manually re-published it.  UGH!!  Does anyone know what may be causing this issue?