Merrylog

So, why sunglasses? 1. It makes the pug look a-dork-ably cute. 2. They’ll be good for photo shoots and the occasional summertime car ride with the windows down. 3. Merry needs to get to know a crochety old cat who’s never been around dogs (my boyfriends’s cat) so we can prepare to blend households in the future, and I’m terrified that she’ll lose an eye in the first few skirmishes. Yes, overprotective moms are the worst. These shades are Doggles brand and fit like a dream.

Once Merry had exhausted herself running circles around the bulldog, she plopped herself in front of Kallie with a big panting grin on her face.

The princess ran into one of her neighbourhood buddies, Kallie the bulldog, over the weekend and an impromptu play date ensued. Kallie is, bar none, one of the cutest bulldogs we’ve ever met, with a personality that nearly exactly matches the princess pug’s.

The real problem with a messy snowy slushy winter or even a bone chilling windy winter is that is seriously inhibits the amount of fabulousness a single diva can muster. When the weather went up a bit this weekend, the princess happily donned a lighter jacket with an over-the-top collar and a bit of orange blingy collar-ness.

One buggy googly eye, staring at me. Does she look surprised, startled, or like she’s giving me the evil eye?

Nothing the princess loves more than laying in decadence while her belly gets rubbed first thing in the morning. She was so cute this morning that I had to grab my camera.

The monkey’s not a patch on a nosy pug. At least once a day, she climbs up on the back of the couch like a cat, walks along it until she lands on the arm beside where I’m sitting, and proceeds to sniff my face – nosy britches – tickling my face with her whiskers. You might say this is payback for my sticking a camera in her face every day. But you couldn’t possibly be right. *wink*

Ladylike or not, the princess really seems to be saying: “Naah, naah, I get to play outside and you don’t! Pbltttth!” Oh, pug oh mine, you do make me laugh.

The princess, having been patient through weeks of back pain and then a bout of the flu, was only too happy to head out this morning and play her favorite game. Thanks, pumpkin, for putting up with me. :)

A few of you asked to see the princess on her Chinese bed again, so here you go! Here, the princess is modelling her new pearl necklace.