Merrylog

Welcome to the new Merrylog.com! The design of the site isn’t much to write home about, I don’t have a Blogroll up and running or the images of Merry all categorized up the way I’d like, but at least all of the links and images work, which means for better or worse… we’re here. :)

The princess misses all of you dearly, and can’t wait to tell you about her newest adventures. But first, she wanted to treat you with her head-tilt-butter-wouldn’t-melt-who-me-bark-at-something? pose, which is her all time favorite pose to strike around the house. *laughs*

The place is full of boxes, we haven’t unpacked yet, and we’re likely to find lots of things that got lost or broken in the move… but we’re in our new digs! More details soon; I’m focusing on getting all posts and images showing up and then I’ll have more to say. :)

Isn’t she adorable? My stepdaughter actually caught her fully asleep during our holidays last week – that almost never happens, as the moment she (supermodel, remember) hears a camera shutter, she opens her eyes, sits up, and waits to pose. She’s SO cute! But it makes it tough to get a sleeping shot.

Folks, stuff is happening but I’m not at liberty to divulge – hopefully I will have good news for you all soon!

I love her eyes. Even with the cataract (left eye) and the destroyed retina (right eye) her little peeps are still just the sweetest thing ever. It’s not always easy to remember that she’s 100% blind now, because sometimes she’ll actually “look” right at you with those lovely little peeps, and then you fall in love all over again. :)

I love when she gives me this look – like she’d never do anything wrong in the world. Like lick the entire house and its owners half to death. Like bark at 2 am because the dust motes were not pleasing to her.

Not that I should complain – really, all things considered she’s probably the easiest dog to have around. She loves people, loves to play, loves to cuddle, loves hanging out in the kitchen (a.k.a. hoping for food). She’s not aggressive but not passive and wants nothing more than to be loved.

Which is, of course, why we do. :)

This blog will be moving to its own domain mid-August: bookmark Merrylog.com now to be sure you find it!

Merry was stretched out, dead to the world on her Daddy’s legs the other night and I had to run and get the camera to capture it. As I suspected, she peeped open her eyes at me once she heard the camera (I had hoped to capture her in full-on adorable sleep mode) but it still shows how unbelievably cute she looked. Seriously.

Folks, I still own Merrylog.com and plan to keep this blog going in that location, but it may take me a week or two to get it set up in the new location. Do me a favor, and add www.merrylog.com to your bookmarks now so you can find the new version of this blog once I get things all settled. Or email angie@merrylog.com to be notified when the new blog is ready to go in August!

Here are a couple more from Merry’s birthday play date in the park. As you can see, a great time was had by all!

Finally, I’ve gotten the images from Merry’s belated birthday celebration processed. The Sunday after her birthday, we took the little one to the park and spent an hour or two in the park doing her favorite thing: playing fetch. No party hats, no cake (since we still weren’t sure of her tummy) but lots of time with her favorite humans doing what she loves best.

(Doesn’t she look happy?)

Two photos today; a couple more tomorrow, too! Stay tuned!

Today, Merry’s Grandma turns a svelte and youthful 39 years old… again. Merry, as you can see, is very happy about her Grandma’s birthday. There have been some fun years in her not-too-distant past when we were worried about having her around at all today, and both the pug and I are incredibly grateful to still have her alive and givin’ us hell.

What a rare and wonderful treat it is to have a puglet that makes you laugh. Merry’s Dad and I spent time last night zooming around YouTube looking at pug videos and were reduced to tears giggling at: Pug Head Tilt X 4, the hysterical follow up Pugs Watching Themselves on YouTube, and Pug Puppies 4 Weeks Old.

Do any of you have funny videos to share? Post ‘em below and Merry’s Dad & I will check ‘em out.