A Special Day!!

Well today started out like any other ordinary day.


I dug a new hole.



Marked my my trees, poles, branches, snowballs, leaves, bags, garbage's, paper bags, soda cans, and etc.



Rolled around on the icy snow.



Had my nap on the snow.




Stole mum's right hand glove so her hand would get too cold to be snapping pictures.



And I did my usual roll just before getting into the house to make sure I bring as much snow inside as possible.



Oh and I made sure I cooled my tongue off. That is a precious tongue, it won me the photo of the month award!! (this picture is a close up of the last one, you know with the butt up and all)



However, everything changed when mum heard a msg on our phone from our next door neighbour. Our neighbour left a message saying:

"Hi Elaine, it's Malcolm here. We have here a lot of your mails, actually, none of them are for you. They are all for Sunshade. You can come and pick them up anytime."

Oh boy, more mails for me??



They were from:



1. Daisie Duke, Lillie, Kendra, Jordan, and Amy
2. Simba
3. Butchy & Snickers
4. Chiyo
5. Boo
6. Grandpa - YUP! (mum: hahahahahahahaha)
7. Dory & Liza

Some of them were from the X-mas Card Exchange:



I LOVED them all!! Thank you Butchy & Snickers (and your parents LOL), Boo, Simba, and Dory & Liza! I think mum is officially freaking out by receiving all these cards as we are far from done our cards... Told you she got too ambitious, and she can't finish them the way she had imagined...


There were also "3" B-day cards/presents!! Wow wow wow, that's like celebrating my B-Day all over again!!

First card was from my dear grandpa, you know, the one who bought me, the one who technically owns me since I was registered under his name (mum was too young), the one who paid for all my expensive surgeries because I was his dog (mum: hehehehe), the one who flew all the way here from Taiwan to look after me while mum was away, and the one who forgot I'm not bilingual.......



This is what the card looks like outside.



This magnet came with the card.



The second card was from the bootiful Chiyo.



See the bear breaking the fence?? Chiyo said that's like me breaking down my fence to go after the raccoons, and digging big holes.

Oh and you know that present? This is what's inside the present!! Chiyo knew how I love them Mousies!!



Not only was Chiyo very literary,



She was also very talented. Look at the cross stitching name patch she made for me!!! I LOVED IT!!!



The 3rd card and present came from Daisie Duke, Lillie, Kendra, Jordan and Amy!! I think this present was sent before Daisie went to the bridge because I could smell her scent on it.



This is the card from Daisie, Lillie, Amy, and my favoritest hooman pups Kendra & Jordan!!



And are you guys ready for this? This is my present made by Amy with Daisie's help.

(Daisie and I used to write e-mails to each other and she almost spoiled my surprise, but her mum Amy took over before she told me what it was...hehehe)



It's a scrap book for me to put my pictures on, and it's all PINK!!! My favoritest colour!!



And look, there are pockets for me to put things in. I was gonna put my pine cones in there, but mum said NOOOOO..... it's for flat things like pictures and certificates..... HMMMPH..



Thank you Amy, the hooman pups Kendra & Jordan, Lillie, and of course Angel Daisie!!!


Isn't this a special day??

I gotta admit tho, all those card reading and present opening got me quite tired sooo......

I feel asleep on my X-mas Cards....AND B-day cards.....

From Mum

You are the one I think about when I go to bed,

You are the one I dream about when I'm asleep,

You are the one I smile about when I wake up,

You are the one I wouldn't trade a second of my life to be without.


You are my love

You own my heart

You are my Good Girl, Sunshade,

Good Girl!


Happy Birthday girlie, I hope you have another fabulous year!!

My Birfday pressies - including the THING!

I know I know, you all have been waiting for this, but let's start from the beginning......


This is a emergency door/window decal mum's friend A got me, and of course, MY rockie from Boo!!



These are boots made by Ruffwear. They have non-skid rubber soles, and mum had said she wanted to get a pair (actually, a box or two pairs LOL) for me. So her friend B got these for me!!




This is me opening my present from friend C:

(you must realize by now that they don't wish to be named?? Most of them don't understand why a "dog's" B-Day is such a big deal but they come and give me presents just to make mum happy ..... hehe!)



Oh oh oh, balls, more balls, I LOVE balls!!!! Thank you thank you!!

Opening present from friend D:



Mum kept saying "Sunshade wait, let me get a good picture first."

But I said,





I knew if I let her have it, she was just gonna take it away - which she did. She said she was trying to figure out how this weird thing worked. Yea right, she was just hogging it!!!






This was my initial react to this Ice Age squirrelie thingy,

This was my reaction after........



He's so annoying, you take his pine cone, he cries and that's it!! (Mum: Hmmm...sounds like somebody...)


THEN, IT WAS TIME!!!

It was time for the revelation of the THING:

Mum snuck upstairs, and on her way down the stair, the THING made that noise again, so I went and meet mum half way up the stairs. Yes, ChickenDALE was temporary missing.

Mum had wrapped it like this,



This is what the THING does:

This was me with the THING......

Me again when mum gave the THING a break,

Anyway, so I proceeded to opening my present from friend E,



While keeping an eye on the THING!




WOW WOW WOW.... it's another tunnel!!! Oh boy, my living room is gonna be sooo fun!



LOOK! All my pressies!! That's my pillow from Butchy & Snickers on the left!!



Of course, I had to pose with all my pressies.



See, me and the THING made friends, and we decided to look the opposite way just as mum was snapping the photo!!




And this was me, after all the chaos LOL....

Nope, the THING wasn't that exciting at all. I thought it was going to be a real THING you know... what a bummer!! Mum said that's as close to a real THING as I'll get... Why why why?? I mean you saw it, I played with it nicely didn't I?

Lastly, I also received a bag of Feel So Good Liver Brownies from my rehab clinic. Thank you Carolyn, Belinda, and Jeff!!

Oh oh, Carolyn's yellow Lab pup "Fern" also turned one on Nov. 25th. So Happy Birfday to Fern too!!

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Thank you EVERYBODY, I LOVED all your pressies and cards and e-cards and b-day wishes!! You all have made my 7th B-Day very memorable, one that I'll always remember (mum: so will I!)!! I am so lucky to have so many nice friends, be it hoomans, dogs, or hamster-rier!!

Lots of love nibbles to all,
Miss Sunshade