Sunday, August 28, 2011

Happy Birthday Max - 4 months

Today is Max's birthday. Well, sortish. He turns 4 months, so it's a quarter of a birthday!

What has mister Le Woof been up to lately? Well....

1. Eating dirt from my potted plant. Tsk tsk
2. Playing with his new tunnel from IKEA (he won't admit it, but he was terrified of the thing at first, now he seems to find any excuse to run through it).
3. Trying to dig the wooden floor at work to hide his bones. It's actually very adorable. He will start whimpering with the bone in his mouth, then walk around a bit, start clawing the floor, then put the bone there and pretend it's well hidden.
4. Hiding his bone between the cushions on the couch. I found it out the hard way when I tried laying on said couch and my side met with something solid and rather uncomfortable.
5. Niclas has been showing him to seek. He hides the ball and then asks him to get the ball. It works! It's so amazing. Of course, it doesn't work all the time, but gosh this is fun and I find it great that he understands the concept.
6. He's a climber. At work, if left alone, he'll find a way to get on my desk and wander around the place. I had to wash my water glass a few times and throw some almonds that were innocently laying by my keyboard. Oh yes, I've also learned to push my chair all the way in when I leave, although it doesn't always deter him. It's a good thing I can increase the height of my desk with a simple button.
7. He loves to jump... down high places that make me go "You crazy dog, you'll break your bones! Arrrrg NOOOO!"

So, enough with words and let's see some pictures!
Max likes to jump.

How much is that dog, in the car window? Woof woof!
Typical day at work for Max.
He's my little handsome gentlemandog

Saturday, August 13, 2011

My Little Helper

I think the key of getting me to post is actually making shorter posts, so this one is about my little helper.

A new house means more space. Tons of space compared to our apartment, which was still nice mind you. This house has lots of rooms and as Niclas got his garage, I wrestled away one room for my crafting. I have been slowly furnishing it and making it a nice a place to do lots of crap fun projects.
This first picture is from July 25th, so bear in mind that my little helper has been growing since then, despite my most vocal objections.
I'm a genius! There's no way her chair will roll over my fur over here!
The next picture is from a little over a week ago, when I finally and proudly finished my TARDIS table for my sewing corner. He just followed me around as I carried it from the garage then plumped himself right under it while I decided to do a quick photo shoot with my phone (it was late in the evening, so the light was bad, hence the poor quality).

For those who are not familiar with the TARDIS, it stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space and it is the space/time ship of the Doctor in the British TV series Doctor Who. Its chameleon circuits are stuck so it also looks like a Police Box.

Given that this is technically the door, I suppose Max is inside the TARDIS.
Tonight, as I tested out my sewing machine on a project I had been postponing for months, I had my Little Helper keeping my left foot warm as he showed his encouragement with his cheerful snoring.