ice and bumper cars in Redmond

We like snow and we like it cold and sunny. But BRRRR. The roads here are all covered with ice! Like at a ski resort except this is Redmond! Tamara and I walked and slid down the hill to Mercury's Coffee Company this morning. (Mercury's is where Carissa works making Tamara's coffee everyday and handing out Milkbone Biscotti for Cordy and I.). After we got our coffee, we stood around and watched people in their cars slide through the intersection and into each other. Tamara said it is called bumper cars. Tamara said she did not want to play bumper cars in the dog van, so we cancelled Adventures for today. Cordy and I played chase in the snow and found frozen tennis balls. Then we had a nap by the fire. More fun than playing bumper cars, for sure! Stay warm!! Have your People stay home too. (unless they WANT to play bumper cars. )

Voting

Look - two entries in our journal in one day! Tamara and I went to vote. Cordy sat in the car. Tamara went in this booth like thing but you could still see her legs! I could sit right next to her and look all around but she couldn't see anything! It was like hide and seek. Anyway...the nice ladies at the Happy Valley Grange ARE happy and they gave me cookies. I think we should go vote every week! (Is that allowed?)

The waters are rising fast

Because of the rain and flooding, most of our favorite local Adventure destinations are under water. Carnation and Fall City (the Tolt, Snoqualmie and Raging Rivers) are flooded - even the roads! And out by Camp Charlie, the roads and pastures are all flooded too. I am worried about the cows and horses. I hope someone collected them up and put them on higher dryer ground - preferably indoors! I hate going out in the rain to go to the bathroom but at least I can run back inside and sit by the fire. Those horses and cows don't get to do that. Poor things. So far the Dog Park at Marymoor is still above water but the River is pretty high there too! Stay dry. Wear a raincoat. Cordy says just stay inside and nap or make your People take you for a nice dry ride in the car. (That's cause she's older, you know..I still like to go out and play in the rain.) But I also remember how horrible it was after the Katrina flooding. My snout aches just remembering the smells. I hope the levees don't overflow in Carnation.

It's raining

It's raining finally. We've been wearing our raincoats. In my puppyhood I was embarassed to wear a raincoat. I was a foolish puppy! Tamara says the weather people where she used to work (NOAA) are saying there won't be much snow this year. This is bad on many levels. We like snow adventures! (For these we wear our fleece coats not our raincoats.) Do you have a fleecey sweater? Don't be embarrassed. BE WARM! We get lots of treats and attention from strangers when we wear our fleeces or coats! Some of our clients wear really nice coats too. But not JoJo. Sometimes he just wears a rainhat. Seriously..we'll post a picture on the website. A dog in a hat...