Saturday, August 18, 2007

Uh Oh, It's Magic...

We've had quite a few visitors this summer at the Penner casa, but the newest one is certainly the most "intriguing". His name is Magic, and we're dog-sitting him this weekend. Magic was adopted by our friends Jim and Jen 3 weeks ago from the pound, so we don't really know his history. All we do know is that when he first met Chewy, he liked her in a not-just-friends kind of way. Chewy's no hussy, so she has bobbed and weaved her way to safety on numerous occasions.

Just in case you are worried about Chewy, I should mention that he has toned it down a bit, and I will make sure to debrief and process with Chewy when Magic leaves as she might have some PTSD.



More than anything, I'm just wondering what the protocol is for when one of those huge eyeballs pops out?? Can it be shoved back in? Is it supposed to fall out? When you look into his eyes, all you can think of is how the heck they haven't fallen out already. I'll guess I'll have to keep you posted! ****If you love pugs, I'm sorry if this post is offensive, but I just don't understand the "magic".****

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Views From the Penner Casa

My sis was asking for some random pics of our house, so here are a few to enjoy:










Here's a pic of our side yard and also a shot of Chewy. I was trying to make it less boring by adding the dog-in-action...kind of a two-for-one huh?













Per my sister Amy's request, this is the view from our front porch. I apologize for not having Chewy in the picture-- I could have placed her in the street, but I figured it wasn't worth the risk (Duane would have called me deadbeat mom)!











From our patio, you can see they are building something, and that something is Lucky 13, a sweetly awesome pizza joint. Alas, I may never ever learn to cook anything but Crunchy Chews...












I had to add this picture b/c this is one of the three hawks that seem to stalk Chewy. They are about the same size, but they have some serious hamhocks--I'm sure they do squats and romanian deadlifts...anyway, they happen to be our neighbors so there's nothing we can do about it (unless we were to cut down their tree--hmm)

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

The Mariners are playin' hardball...


So Duane and I met his brothers and his dad in Seattle for a Mariners game on Monday night. Everything was perfecto--good food, good weather, great game. Too bad I forgot to take pics once we got to the stadium!! I got so excited about where our seats were (24 rows up behind the enemy's dugout) that my brains fell out and I was just drooling and watching the game (I might have had a beer as well). Anyway, I did take a few pics before we got to the game:







Are those two twins? A lot of people were asking us that--it actually got quite annoying--but no, that's just my pa-in-law Jim. We both got these sweet t-shirts in the gift shop.









Here's a pic of the Penner clan; Bob's in the back b/c he's kinda shy (or maybe, more accurately, he was being a poohead and doing it on purpose)!! You may want to observe the way that Duane and his dad are standing--they look exactly the same! And rumor has it, Jim can still beat Duane in a foot race (a very short one, but still). Oh yeah!!!





The restaurant where we ate supper was very good, but they did not serve their Stella in the proper glasses, which is ALWAYS a party foul. This picture (below) was taken before the wrongful Stella serving glass debacle, so as you can see, we were very cheery and unaware. Ignorance is bliss!






Oh man, in this picture (below)we were looking right at the stadium, but for some stupid reason I thought the picture of the city was more important right then. Sheesh. Anyway, this is the last picture for the night. There were a lot of things I probably could have taken pictures of: the foul ball that was caught 5 seats away from us, the crazy peanut vendor that I wouldn't have bought anything from no matter what, the Mariner's star player Ichiro Suzuki at bat (he is a fantastic player but his batting stance is hilarious--it looks like he has to "go" really bad), the cute little kid that squirmed for three hours straight on his mom's lap (she was a patient lady), or the huge Starbucks coffee I got for like 20 bucks when it started getting chilly (of course they sell Starbucks--it's Seattle!).







Before we left, Duane and I had to stop off at our favorite pizza joint that we always try to visit when we go to Seattle. You gotta love Seattle pizza!!


Hee haw hee haw hee!!!