Catching up with memes

Ok here we go! First I was tagged by Mariuca, a little while ago. She tagged me for 3 memes but I'll only do 2 of them. The first, which applies to Mama( poor thing is a domesticated diva...),the second one is basically targeted to 2 legged people, talking about pizza, coke or pepsi, stuff I can't eat or drink so, I'm skipping that one and doing the third one which is short and sweet so let's get started! Mama, your turn to share some of your "most interesting" activities you do in your life, aren't you excited?

MEME 1

Mama says:

According to the rules, I am to list down the household chores I hate and why I hate them. Then copy the image provided and tag as many people as you want. Add your blogs link to the domesticated divas linky love and leave a comment at Stripe and Yellow to be added to the master list. Seems pretty simple enough and of course, there are plenty of household chores to choose from but I'll limit myself to 3! ;)

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1. Ironing ( worst of them all, agreed 100% Marzie!)
It really gets on my nerves especially when the fabric contains some sort of "stretch" and when one side gets all smooth and the other gets all wrinkled, then I fix that and the smooth side gets wrinkled; you just can't win...

2. Washing the bathroom
Everything is nasty, smells bad and requires a lot of hard work to scrub it all off not to mention the harmful vapors from the cleaning products. Wearing gloves is not pleasant either!

3. Doing the dishes and keeping the kitchen in order.
Although the dishwasher helps, there is always the need to rinse off the food from plates and silverware if you're not starting a load right away. Unless I have guests over, the dishwasher takes about 2 days to fill up with dirty dishes etc and I never turn it on half empty, not worth it.
That means scrubbing them all before they go in there for a proper wash.

Ok Done!

Thanks Mama, now it's my turn ! Or do you wanna do this one too?

Ok I'll let Mama do this one too!

And last but not least, this adorable and very simple meme came from AikoAiko, thanks so much!

Rules:

Copy the text from Start Copy Here
Post it in your blog. Make sure you copy it in compose mode (blogger) or visual mode for the others. This will enable you to copy all your friend's link as well. Have fun doing it.
In the next number, add your blog url and link it
Add the greetings that you use frequently or one that is in your traditional language.



Konichiwa Meme by AikoAiko
1. All About Kawaii says Konichiwa2. Mariuca's Perfume Gallery says HOLA!3. Yenzz's SeeNRead says Hi!4. laketrees says G'day5. A Great Pleasure says Aloha!6. restnrileks says Apa Khabar?7. Fida Abbot says Hello!8. My Pooch Life
says Oi!

Another meme came from Jean Chia, Ms.Yummy~Licious 's Woof Speakers kids, Ariel and Brownie.

What Makes You Happy and Sad?

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Here are the Rules:1. List things that makes you happy and what makes you sad..2. Add your blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs.3. Tag other online friends you know...

List:T☺ni's Attachments, Charmdestiny, Glossalicious, A Great Pleasure, Emila's Illustrated Blog, My Pooch Life

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What makes Sushi happy

3 Walks a day

Lots of treats and attention

Dog parks

What makes Sushi sad

Saying bye to Daddy when he goes to work or travels

Going to the hair salon

Being left home alone

I'm tagging my Aunt Claudia on these ones!

Wordless Wednesday: Sea Horses

Shedd Aquarium Chicago Aug 2008

I didn't really care for the balcony...until...

After we found a home featuring most of our must-haves, including my so wished for balcony, Mama comes to me and asks: " What's going on Sushi? Why aren't you using the balcony you wanted so, so bad ?"
I replied: "Mama, first, there's no backyard and second, for me to have a nice view, I have to stand on my back legs like this

and it's not comfortable at all!
So, I stayed away for a while to think about how I could enjoy the view better without having to remain in that position for so long. I looked all over the condo and found a solution! I saw a plastic drawer cart with 3 drawers sitting there, almost empty in the spare bedroom, just tall enough to be used as my new balcony observatory! I was so happy! I told Mama to push the cart, lift it and place it next to the rail so I could have a great view from the top of my new Observation Point! For extra comfort, I also asked Mama to place my comfy mattress on top of the drawers. I couldn't have asked for more! The only drawback was: I couldn't really climb to the top of it, so whenever I wanted go out, I had to ask Mama to carry me up there. Anyway, I thought this was a good temporary solution. If it rained, the plastic wouldn't get rusty and I could just remind Mama to remove my mattress. So, I enjoyed my OP last summer.

These pictures show some storage boxes being used as my OP instead of the drawer cart; I'd say we were just testing the idea. I don't think I have a picture on top of the cart itself though... I O U guys one! Anyway, I felt pretty good up there too!

Whassup?



Not too bad...





Eureka! It works!

A little break

Hi everybody,long time no see! Missed you all! Yesterday, I put another WW post in the blog and realized I haven't done much since my last WW. No drops,no commenting,no posting. I had to take a break last week because Grandma A, Grandpa W and Aunty V came all the way from Hermann,MO to Chicago by car( 7 hours) to visit with us, so I didn't have much time to use my computer. We were very busy sightseeing with them. I will write more about this visit in a future post. Stay tuned!

Wordless Wednesday: Mother & Baby

I don't believe it's Wednesday again!

Shot taken in the primate house at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago DEC 2007

Wordless Wednesday: Buckle up!

Next month I'll turn 3 years old. In the 4-legged people's world, I'll be about 21 years old, waaaaaay past the time I should've gotten my driver's license. Anyway.... it's never too late and, better late than later...

I've got my driver's license YAAAAY !!!! BUCKLE UP, BABY !!!!

Tags of Four meme

I was tagged by Jean Chia aka Ms.Yummy~licious on this Tags of Four meme.


***RULES***

What you are supposed to do…and please don’t spoil the fun…Click copy/paste, delete my answers, type in your answers and tag 4 people in your lists!


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A) Four places I go over and over:
Balcony
Parks
Beach
For a walk

B) Four people who e-mail me regularly:
My Grandma C
My Grandpa K
My Uncle K
My Aunty H

C) Four of my favorite places to eat?
My bowl in my corner
On the living room rug
On my pad in the sofa
On the hardwood floors

D) Four places you’d rather be?
Back in my deck in the old house in St. Louis.
Grandma J's backyard
Daddy's lap
Mommy's lap

E) Four people I think will respond:
Mariuca
Lady Java
Faizal
Farah

F) Four TV shows I could watch over and over:
Project Runway ( with Mama)
The greatest American Dog ( with Mom & Dad)
Oprah ( with Mama )
The Microwave( that's my own special TV screen, specially when Mama makes me some "porridge" by adding a little water to my kibbles and warming them up in the microwave. YUM!)

Okay, that's it. Now you know me better or not? :)

My first digiscraps

Will I ever catch up with my 3rd season? There is always something... but this is something GOOD! Especially because it's the weekend and why not have a break? That's what weekends are for, aren't they? So... I'm into digiscrapping now thanks to Ms. Yummy~licious(Jean Chia), who is also into this, and she posted some beautiful ones with pictures of her lovely niece Chloe, in her blog so, I got inspired and decided to do a couple of attempts. First I made a little one of myself in 3 different phases of my life : baby, hairy and when I borrowed my Dad's hat which looked more like a French beret on me :) I also put Coldplay's new song: Viva la Vida ( Spanish for Live Life) and the lyrics, not that the lyrics have to do with the digiscrap, just for fun!
The second one I made has four pages and they show pictures of Mom & Dad in 4 different American states : California ( LA,SF & SD), Nevada(Las Vegas and Grand Canyon), Missouri(St.Louis) and New York (NYC).
Have fun and have a wonderful weekend you guys!

Coldplay Lyrics

We finally found a new home!

After 2 months of intensive house hunting we finally found a new home! It's a condo with a balcony in a Sushi friendly apartment building in a nice and safe neighborhood. The first day we moved in, a year ago (JUL 31st), there was no funiture; only the kitchen cabinets and appliances were already there. It was so empty that when Mama & Dad talked to each other I could hear the echo of their voices. There is a loooong corridor like a bowling alley which my parents did not fully appreciate but, I was happy because, what better place than a long corridor for racing and also playing fetch ?
The movers came the next day and they had a long day unpacking and checking if everything came over intact from St. Louis. Some small things got lost and/or damaged and they lost one carton that to this day, neither Mom nor Dad remembers what was in that carton...I bet it was some of my old toys! GRRR! I don't remember either!
I couldn't wait to check my must-have in the house: The Balcony! YAY!

View from the living room balcony, nothing special just some other buildings across from ours. We'll need some window treatments for sure! The neighbors could be snoopy...



Not a gooooorgeous view but, definetely very entertaining: I see cars, buses, two and four-legged people from here. We're on the 3rd floor so I can see everything very well!