it's Freddie Girl!

The Phantom Cursor!

WOOOOOOOOOOO......WOOOOOOOOOOO.  Okay YOU GHOST....Get Outta Mommie's comuputer.  I mean it!  If I could see you....well, I'd just come BITE YOU or something.

Okay....here's the thing....the other day, Mommie was just typing away on her computer, just "happy as a clam"....when all of a sudden I heard Aaaaaaarghhhh!  Or at least something to that effect.  I was just minding my own business....chewing away on "Fluffy Bone"....and she scared me soooooo much....well, let's just say "Fluffy Bone" isn't anywhere near as "fluffy" as he used to be.  So, I went to see Mommie just to find out what all the fuss was about. 

Mommie said that when she was typing, the cursor would just move someplace else...and it would mess up whatever word she was typing....and then it would pop up and move again, and mess up something that was already typed.  Okay, so I'm thinking..."big deal....get over it Mommie"....but of course I kept that little sentiment to myself...until now.  Mommie apparently didn't have many nerves that day because she said this was getting on her "last nerve"!  I've been there when that happens, and believe me....IT IS NOT PRETTY!    Mommie doesn't get this way all that much so I thought I would be a little more supportive and go over and see for myself just what was going on. So, I'm sitting there watching and SHE WAS RIGHT....the cursor started moving around, and then boxes would pop up out of nowhere, things would get highlighted in blue, advertisements would just appear with talking and music.....it was just CRAZY!  It was like...like...it was like an " i POLTERGEIST"!  It had to be the work of "THE PHANTOM CURSOR"!  Approach the keyboard with EXTREME CAUTION! 

So now.....things have seemed to settle down.  GHOSTS COME....GHOSTS GO. Mommie used a couple of "unsavory" words during the ordeal.....words that she scolds me if I use....so I called her on it.  She denied using them....I'm sure just to reinforce to me that "my" usage of such words would definitely be frowned upon....and also because she knows that the next time I slip up and use one of them....I will recite the phrase that I will undoubtedly regret..."But you said it....why can't I?"  In Mommie's confident denial....she simply stated...."I NEVER  said any of those words.....it MUST have been...THE PHANTOM CURSER!

Woooooooooooooooo.  No....the ghost is not back.....that was just me.  I like to say Woooooooooooo.  It's fun...you should try it sometime.  

We added a new song to the iPawd Playlist today.  I thought since we were fighting a ghost today....THE FOO FIGHTERS would be a good band.   Mommie and I like the song  "Next Year".  It was used as the theme song in the first year of a TV show we liked called "ED".  Enjoy....hope you like it too.

BOO!

SONG OF THE DAY....."Next Year" by the FOO FIGHTERS

BACK AGAIN!

 Hey Peeps in Blogland....Like I said above, sorry for just disappearing off the face of the internet world.  I feel like I turned my back on you....but Noooooooo....it was really Mommie that turned her back on you.  I have been ready and willing to jump back into the blog....I have all kinds of stories to tell you.  It was Mommie that just couldn't find time in "her busy little schedule" to work on our blog.  Oh, there I go getting "sassy" again....sorry Mommie.  ( Mommie tends to withold my "mikky bones when I get out of line).

Anyway....here's the deal.  We are going to be back here as often as we can just talking about cool stuff, music, and just anything on our minds at the time.  Then we are starting another blog for all the comic strips.  Mommie is going to redraw some of the old ones with her new techniques, and sometimes make comments on them.  We will have a link available on this blog when we get the new on going.  

If you are on Facebook....I HAVE A FAN PAGE!  Look for "it's Freddie Girl" on FACEBOOK and also on TWITTER.   When Mommie learns how to do it...we will have the links for you.

I'll be back in a few minutes with some more tunes on the playlist....so stay tuned, and WELCOME BACK.....TELL EVERYBODY!  Thanks for coming back to visit....love, Freddie Girl (and Mommie)

I'm back....just like I promised with some more songs for the playlist.  None of the songs have any real meaning pertaining to anything today...just songs I like.  Hope you like them too.

Songs for the day....

"Glad It's Over" by WILCO

"Kandi" by ONE ESKIMO

"Out Of My Head" by FASTBALL

FUN WORDS TO SAY...SNARKY!

SNARKY...definition...sharply critical, cutting, snide, cranky, and irritable.

 Okay, you have to admit...SNARKY is just a fun word to say. And when somebody says or does something "sharply critical", "cutting", "snide",  or is simply "cranky" or "irritable" toward  you, it just takes some of the "ickiness" out of how it makes you feel to use the word SNARKY. Think of it as a "comfort word". For instance...say like, oh, I don't know...okay, you're thinking that you are lookin' good in your new collar and bandana, and then somebody looks at you with that "look" on their face and says..."you're not REALLY gonna wear that ARE YOU?" Then you get that kinda warm feeling all over and then you start feeling kinda stupid...yeah, you know what I'm talking about. So you usually just say it under your breath or to somebody else after THEY leave, something like..."WELL! That was a pretty SNARKY thing to say!" And then you're thinking that you should have said something TO THEM like "WELL, that was a kind of "not nice" thing to say, and GET THAT SNARKY LOOK off your face!" But most well mannered individuals don't ever communicate that to whoever made them feel..well,like some word I'm not allowed to say. So now YOU have become CRANKY, and IRRITABLE...and YOU are likely to do something SNARKY to somebody too! SNARKINESS BREEDS SNARKINESS! Excuse me...LIGHT BULB MOMENT! Soooooo, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED HERE? I'm thinking maybe we should all TRY TO BE A LITTLE LESS SNARKY. Or at least try to use a little more tact when being SNARKY, maybe just be SNARKYish. But, everybody is going to be a little SNARKY at one time or another...so let's just look at the positive side of this. It gives us all the opportunity to use the word SNARKY...and that is a good thing. Why you ask...BECAUSE IT IS A FUN WORD TO SAY!

SONG OF THE DAY..."NOTHING EVER HURT LIKE YOU" by James Morrison

I'm Feelin'...

Mommie was telling me that when she's feeling just "KINDASORTA" it makes her feel better than "kindasorta" to make herself go out and do something...something that she "kinda" wants to do, but "sorta" doesn't really want to either.  So...this past weekend was the big street festival in our town.  They have lot's of bands, and food, and arts and crafts.  And it's REALLY CROWDED too.  We missed out on Friday and Saturday night this year which made us "kindasorta" sad.  We really wanted to go, but really didn't feel like getting caught up in the crowds either.  Plus other things just came up and we ended up not going either night.  We had never gone on Sunday afternoon, so this year we did.  The band ORLEANS that had a bunch of hits in the 70's played later in the day.  They did the song "STILL THE ONE"...you know, the song that goes" we're still havin' fun, and you're still the one".  And they also do a pretty song called "DANCE WITH ME".   They have a new drummer who used to be in Elton John's band...and he had a "mysterious resemblance" to DR. JOSH!  Makes me wonder...is my vet a "real ROCKIN' DOC"?  You never know...he looked a lot like him.  Who knows what you will see at a good street festival.  Orleans was really good and we had a good time.  And the bonus was, we made friends with the nice lady we stood next to at the concert.  Let's just say "A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL"!

You know what else Mommie says helps get her out of a "kindasorta" mood?  NEW SHOES.  That usually always works for Mommie...and if they are on sale...all the better.  So we are going to make that the song of the day...."NEW SHOES" by Paolo Nutini.  Enjoy...and if you can't find a concert or street festival to go to...GO BUY NEW SHOES!

SONG OF THE DAY..."NEW SHOES" by Paolo Nutini

Mommie Is Still Practicing!

Hey everybody, SURPRISE!  It's actually a NEW POST!  Does that make me two for two?  I don't really know what that means exactly but it seemed like a good thing to say. Remember last time I told you Mommie was learning new stuff and new ways to do our blog and comic strip?  Well, she is still practicing and today I thought I would show you some of the stuff she's been practicing on.  Mommie used to just draw the strip exactly like you would see it.  But she's been going to the Southeast Chapter of the National Cartoonist Society for a while and all the nice cartoonists there who REALLY know what they are doing,  have been helping Mommie out with some "tweaking".  So now she is learning how to do more stuff on the computer and putting the strip together a different way.  Now she is taking each drawing of me frame by frame and putting it in strip form. More recently our strips have been frame by frame but reading downward.  Anywhooooo, Mommie practiced doing this with drawings she already had of me and we wrote some new captions on them, "just for the heck of it". You might also notice the "tweaking" of the drawing of me too.  She's been experimenting with how to get me "just the perfect color" for the web and for reproduction in print and stuff.  So here is the "practice strip".  You can help us out by letting us know which way you like it best.  The way it is today, you will probably have to click on it to make it big enough to read.  Frame by frame downward is big enough without having to click.  Um, okay...here it is.

"Watcha think"?  

We'll bring more stuff to you later, but for now let's get to the song of the day.  Actually today I'm gonna give you a song...PLUS a BONUS SONG!   Yay!  I'm really liking a group called Gomez today.  You are getting their songs "Airstream Driver" and "See the World".  Hope you enjoy them!

Have a good one....love, Freddie Girl and Mommie

SONG(S) OF THE DAY..."AIRSTREAM DRIVER" and "SEE THE WORLD", by Gomez

I'm Just Saying...(game shows)

Hey peeps! Well, what has been running through my mind today? I bet you are all just sitting around with baited breath waiting to find out. Okay, here's something. Mommie was flipping channels on TV on the other day and one of those game shows was on. In the beginning they introduce all the contestants one by one, and each gets to say a little something about themselves. I don't know if one of the requirements to be on the show is that they all have to have "Stepford families" or not, but COME ON. I mean, it's like they all start by saying "I'm married to my BEAUTIFUL wife", or "my AMAZING husband", and "I have three AWESOME children!" Do they...DO THEY REALLY? I'm waiting for that ONE CONTESTANT to come on the show and say "my husband is a real BLEEEEEEEP...and those kids! WHAT WAS I THINKING!" I'm sure that will never happen, but you wonder if that is sometimes what they really want to say. They are all soooo excited, they have to be "jacked up" on caffeine and decongestant or something...they HAVE to be. But then again, what do I know? I'm just a dog. I guess I'd be all "jumpy and screamy" if I had the chance to win a million dollars in front of a gazillion people on television. That could buy a lot of "meatballs"! Oh, but what if you are really stupid on the show and screw up on a really easy answer. Then all the late night comedians will be making fun of you on THEIR show, and you'll be the headline on everybody's internet homepage. You will definitely get MORE than your fifteen minutes of fame. AND THEN... some network executive might notice you and THEN you wind up on some "REALITY" TV show where you have to eat bugs and swim with snakes or something...AND if you are good at it...YOU WIN A MILLION DOLLARS! I think if you really want to WIN a million dollars, it might be better to just be as smart as you can be and try not to freak out on the show, rather than having to "consume" or "roll around with" all kinds of stuff that make you "hide your eyes" when you see them on the documentary channel. OR, you could just work hard and do what you do best....and maybe the million dollars will come to you anyway...I'M JUST SAYING!

SONG OF THE DAY..."MONEY FOR NOTHING" by Dire Straits

FIRST ANNUAL VETERINARY APPRECIATION DAY!

WOO HOO!  Veterinarians everywhere...HAVE A HAPPY, HAPPY DAY TODAY!  Today is your day!  They say "every dog has his day"....not sure exactly what they mean by that, but TODAY IS YOURS!  We APPRECIATE you every day, but like we mentioned in the post before....we thought TODAY would be a great day to CELEBRATE YOU!

Okay, Mommie and I are the one's that came up with this, so it's kind of like our own private holiday...but WE are gonna celebrate this holiday EVERY YEAR on APRIL 10TH,  so who knows if we spread it around...THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

So THANKS AGAIN Dr. Josh, Dr. H., and Doctor Bell who took care of me when I was just a pup, and a bunch of other doctors I had to see along the way.  HAVE A GREAT DAY!   love, Freddie Girl

Thank You Dr. Josh (and all the other veterinarians in the world!)

Hey everybody! We decided to have our own little holiday in honor of Dr. Josh and all the VETERINARIANS in the world. It's our blog, so I guess we can do whatever we want to, right? I'm gonna let Mommie tell you more about it...oh, and also THANK YOU to all the VETERANS who have taken care of us too! Thanks, love, Freddie Girl

Hi everyone. Thank you very much for reading our blog. As many of you may know or remember, the real Freddie Girl passed away last year on April 10th. It was a very, very sad day for me, so this year I decided to do something kind of "in honor" of my Freddie Girl. I can't express how much I miss her, but I do think she had a hand in sending my new puppy Oliver to me. He is a wonderful little cockapoo who could never take Freddie Girl's place, but he has a new special place in my heart just for him.

Freddie Girl lived to be 14 years old and I know I would never have had her for that long without the love and care of her veterinarians. So on April 10th, I thought it would be a good day to thank Dr. Josh (and Dr. H.) and share that appreciation with all the other wonderful veterinarians in the world. We invite you to join in and show YOUR appreciation to the SPECIAL VETERINARIANS  in your pet's life.

When I checked to see if there was already a holiday to celebrate veterinarians, I did find that WORLD VETERINARY DAY is held on April 25th this year. It is always the last Saturday in April. You can find more information on this at www.worldvet.org. Their purpose is to encourage practitioners to use the occasion of World Veterinary Day to promote the profession by holding open-door days, visiting schools, and showing clients and the public at large how veterinarians touch everyone's lives on a daily basis.

 So, not to infringe on an existing holiday, I thought we could still have a VETERINARIAN APPRECIATION DAY, to compliment World Veterinary Day. WVD involves time being donated by the veterinarians to show what they do and love...so VETERINARIAN APPRECIATION DAY could just be a day for all of us who already know and respect what they do...to simply say THANKS (and maybe throw a little gift or a card their way). 

This also coincides with NATIONAL PET MONTH which is April 4th through May 4th. April seems to be a good month to celebrate our pets and the people that love and take care of them. I hope you will join me in giving THANKS to all the VETERINARIANS in your world. 

I'm planning on making this an ANNUAL EVENT to be held EVERY YEAR on APRIL 10TH. So, if you are reading this, feel free to pass the blog address (itsfreddiegirlcomics.typepad.com) on to all your friends and family, and anyone else you think would be interested. Either way, thank you for reading and if you get a chance, say a BIG THANK YOU to your pet's doctor for taking care of your beloved best friends! Have a great day!      Love, Mommie (and Freddie Girl)

SONG OF THE DAY..."Fix You", by COLDPLAY

(pun "kind of " intended )   :-b

STUFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW!

Hey everybody...Mommie and I thought it might be kind of neat every now and then to share stuff with you that we find interesting....so that's what this column will be about.  We'll share the links with you at the bottom of the post so you can read the real story.  I'll just kind of summarize things for you.

So, we were reading in one of the newsletters we get about this thing called the "cuddle chemical".  It's some sort of hormone called oxytocin that goes up when mommies look at their babies...kind of like a love drug.  Well, they found out that the same thing happens in humans when they look into the eyes of their puppies and kittens! So, they tested people when they played with their dogs for 2 and half minutes...some of them kept making eye contact with their dog and the other people were instructed not to look into their dogs eyes.  Turns out the people that made eye contact had a 20% rise in their oxytocin levels and the other people's levels actually went down.  This oxytocin stuff is supposed to make your stress go away, breed trust and just lift your spirits in general....pretty cool, huh?  Soooooo, now I know when I do something that might make Mommie "not so happy" I just have to make sure I look her right in the eyes for at least 2 and a half minutes....then I'm home free!  Then Mommie will just melt instead of being mad at me....although Mommie melts when she looks at me anyway 'cause I'm just so darn cute...at least that's what Mommie tells me all the time.

Here are the links to the real story so you can read all about it for yourself...

www.newscientist.com/dognews and www.woofreport.com

Check them out and have a great day!  Love, Freddie Girl

Fun Words To Say... BOONDOGGLE

BOONDOGGLE...As a noun it means "work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value", or "a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft". As a verb it means "to waste money or time on such projects".

(edited on Wednesday at 3:41, just  'cause I felt like it!)

I was gonna talk about the meaning of the word boondoggle and why I chose that word, but quite frankly....how much can you really say about BOONDOGGLE? Turns out it is more fun to say than to talk about! So, hey, EVERYBODY SAY IT WITH ME!  Come on, it will be fun...BOONDOGGLE, BOONDOGGLE, BOONDOGGLE! But, admit it,  you gotta love the word because it has "DOG" in the middle of it.  Mommie said that there was some stuff going on now that the new President is having to deal with, and some of the newspeople have used the "boondoggle" word when referring to all that.  I'll have to check with my "newsie" friends, Preston and Ogelthorpe and see what they have to say.  Anyway, every now and then we will have a new "fun word to say". 

Now, let's use the word "boondoggle" in a sentence...

I think Sebastian is just trying to "boondoggle" me into thinking he is sooooo important by having to talk on his cell phone and check his messages all the time!

Song of the day..."SHOW ME WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR" by Carolina Liar

Job Insecurity!

Song of the day..."LET ME BE MYSELF", by Three Doors Down

 -------------------------------------------------------------------Just a couple of things....Once again, thank you to alphainventions.com for showing our blog on your blog and for bringing us sooooo many new readers. Thank you readers, please come back and visit, A LOT!

Also, Mommie is experimenting with color, so bear with us until she gets it figured out. Sometimes I might look paler than other times, and sometimes darker.  Today is more of a pale day, but consider it a work in progress, that you get to witness.  It's kind of hard to decide, considering I'm a black cocker spaniel, how dark to draw me....we still want you to see me, and not just a black ink spot!  Thanks for your patience while Mommie is "tweaking" the artwork.

Have  great weekend everybody, and keep checking in on us!  Love, Freddie Girl

Stay Tuned!

 I picked two songs for today just because I like them, they don't really go with any theme or anything today...just because I like them.

Okay, here's what else I'm thinking. As I've told you before, I really love listening to music and our upcoming strips and columns will be dealing a lot with music. So, Mommie and I heard a rumor a couple of weeks ago that Etta James was not all that thrilled with Beyonce singing her "signature song" AT LAST, at the Inaugural Ball. I had been thinking about this before, but more after hearing that....what songs just SHOULDN'T BE COVERED? I have been making my list, but what do you think? Which songs do you think should not be allowed to be covered, even though they probably have been already, and even though they sounded pretty good, they just kind of belong to a particular artist that is mostly known for doing that particular song? Think about it and leave me a comment with the NAME OF YOUR SONG and THE ARTIST'S NAME that did it, that you DON'T think SHOULD EVER BE COVERED, or SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN covered. I'll see how your ideas compare with mine, and get back to you later. Now that we have a few readers, I hope you will think this is fun and participate. Thanks in advance, and we'll see you later. Love, Freddie Girl

SONGS OF THE DAY..."I'D RATHER BE WITH YOU", by Joshua Radin and "BLUE EYES" BY Timmy Curran

Christmas In Blogland!

Hi everyone, indulge me for a moment while I praise a guy named Cheru Jackson who invented alphainventions.com. It is because of this genius that many of you are seeing this post. Like I said, I have no idea how they ran across my blog, but Mommie and I really appreciate the exposure you are bringing us. We REALLY, REALLY, REALLY appreciate all of you who have clicked on our site from seeing it on ALPHAINVENTIONS.com. We are going to work sooooo hard to make our blog the best it can be, and also to update it as fast as we can. We would love to hear from ALL of you. Just click on the comment link at the bottom of each post. We will TRY to reply back to each and every one of them if you would like.  Also, if you would like to get to know us better by reading back to the first comics and posts, just click on the ARCHIVES, or you can also click where it says subscribe to our feed near the bottom of the links, and read from the bottom up. Sorry this is so informative, but Mommie recently redesigned the blog so there wasn't so much scrolling.

Oh, I almost forgot...SONGS OF THE DAY!  The first song is for alphainventions.com...."YOU TO THANK", by Ben Folds, and the second is for all our readers...something we hope you will do when you click on our blog..."STOP AND STARE", by One Republic (although we hope you will do more than stare).

Thanks again....stay tuned.....please????  Have a great day, love Freddie Girl and Mommie

Songs of the day...."YOU TO THANK", by Ben Folds and "STOP AND STARE", by One Republic

Pet Toxins

First of all let me make a correction...this was posted on AOL on 02/11/09 instead of 02/01/09. The information in this post came from Fiona Fisher, D.V.M., veterinary expert at JustAnswer.com, who practices in Ontario.

 Now, GRAPES and RAISINS can cause kidney failure in dogs and cats. It has something to do with a chemical in the fruit's skin. Raisins are worse because they contain a concentrated supply of toxins. (so no raisin bran for me!)

 BREAD DOUGH can expand quickly because of our body heat. This can result in severe abdominal pain and bloating. In some cases death can occur if enough dough is eaten. (So all those times you lovingly call me Muffin and stuff like that, just call me that, don't turn me into one!)

CHEWING GUM, this is really because of the artificial sweetener, XYLITOL. This sweetener can cause a low-blood sugar crisis in pets. In fact, just one pack of gum can kill a dog, warns Fisher.

 Eating MACADAMIA NUTS can cause tremors, weakness, unsteadiness, depression, a rapid heart rate, and a dangerous rise in body temperature that can lead to other complications. Macadamia nut toxicity is scary and dangerous, but most dogs recover within a few days, says Fisher. 

NICOTINE is highly toxic and can cause seizures, coma and death. (Mommie catches me with cigarette butts in my mouth a lot...I think this is enough to make me kick the habit. So all you people out there that throw those butts on the ground...STOP IT! Go find a garbage can to throw them in...thank you very much!)

 CHOCOLATE is a deadly treat to dogs. Caffeine-like stimulants in chocolate known as methylxanthines can produce vomiting, diarrhea, excessive thirst and urination, hyperactivity, abnormal heart rhythm, tremors, seizures and even death, cautions Fisher. (boy, that's a whole lot worse than Mommie not being able to zip up her pants!)

 ALCOHOL ingestion can lead to seizures, heart arythmia, vomiting, coma and death. So all you humans who think it is cute to give us a drink...STOP IT! I think this is enough to make me NOT want to be a BREW DOG! So be careful where you put your drink down and try not to spill it on the floor...we are fast and we don't know any better...we like to taste!

 PAIN RELIEVERS made for humans should never be given to pets. Especially IBURPROFEN and ACETAMINOPHEN...one tablet can kill a cat. So if we are in pain don't give us anything until you talk to "your Dr. Josh". Also be really careful when you are taking one yourself and don't drop it on the floor...if you do, get it before we do! 

TEA can be dangerous too, depending on the type of tea you are drinking. CAFFEINE in your tea (and I guess any other drink containing it) is toxic to both cats and dogs. Depending on how much is consumed and the size of your pet, ingesting it can lead to vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, seizures, coma and even death.

 ONIONS are toxic to dogs and cats whether they are raw or cooked. When ingested, onions can cause hemolytic anemia, a condition that destroys the red blood cells in the bloodstream. Dogs with onion poisoning may become lethargic and have difficulty breathing. A large amount of onions would need to be consumed to pose a serious threat to your dog, but cats are highly sensitive to onion toxicity.

 Well, there you have it. People...memorize this list and please do your best to take care of us. When we see something, we just lose our mind and try to get stuff in our mouth as fast as we can. We are quick too! So, next time, no matter how much we beg for something on this list, we will try to understand when you say "NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT...IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD". Just don't try to trick us by saying that when it is something safe for us to have...we love our treats!

 Thank you so much to www.aolhealth.com/healthy-living/feature/_a/pet-toxins...and to Dr. Fiona Fisher, D.V.M., veterinary expert at JustAnswer.com....and to Jennifer Fields for posting it on AOL. When Mommie and I saw this article we thought we just had to share the information in it with our readers who may not have seen it before.

 Thanks for reading everybody, and thanks to all the pet owners and pet lovers out there who do their best to take care of me and all my animal friends.

 Have a good day....love, Freddie Girl

Crows Leave Footprints On Your Face!

I picked the Bob Dylan song "Forever Young" for Mommie, one because it is one of her favorite songs, and also because I know that Mommie hopes everyone will always see her as being forever young...in spite of that old crow and his "gravity robbing" friends. Mommie said she's not sure about that saying about the "older you get, the wiser you get", but you do find yourself understanding the concept of gravity much better. And what's up with those "crow's feet" anyway. We lived in this other state before, I won't tell which one it is because I don't want to offend those who live there and like it a whole lot more than we did. Mommie called it the "collagen killing" state because it was so hot and it was just relentlessly sunny all the time...except for the daily 15 minute thunderstorms. It's also a popular state for older people to move to, and Mommie said everybody just looks 65, they are really 35, because of that collagen thing again. Don't misunderstand, it's a lovely state with a lot of lovely nice people, it just didn't suit Mommie's red hair and fair skin...but I think the crows are really attracted to fair skin. Mommie and I were also noticing that when women get crows feet and wrinkles everybody just talks about how old they look, and how you should do something to get rid of them. But when men like George Clooney get crows feet around their eyes, people talk about how cute they look with that "crinkley, smiley, eye thing". Why is it that wrinkley eyes are just endearing on men? Oh well. Mommie isn't exactly thrilled about the getting older bit, but it sure does beat the only other possible option. So, Mommie just figured out she might as well just keep laughing and enjoying life, and maybe people won't notice the road map of life that has started showing up on her face. So, here's to all the wrinkley, smiley eyed women out there....may you stay FOREVER YOUNG! 

SONG OF THE DAY...."Forever Young" by BOB DYLAN

Mommie's Turn

Hey everybody, and thank you Freddie Girl for letting me tell people why we haven't been around for awhile. Well, you see the picture above? That is why I haven't gotten much done for the last couple of months. His name is Oliver and he was born August 30th last year. He is a Cockapoo, part cocker spaniel, part poodle. I had a poodle growing up and Freddie Girl was a cocker spaniel. I thought...they were both great dogs, so let's just combine the breeds. They were both girls and Oliver is a boy...I had been warned that having a boy would be a totally different experience, yet loving and rewarding. I didn't realize how much work he would be. Let's just say he was "born to be wild"!  And THAT he is....WILD, but very, very sweet at the same time.  It's been a long time since I had a puppy, and I don't recall Freddie Girl being so full of energy.  Don't get me wrong, she had her moments, but Oliver, WHEW!  He is five months old now and calming down a little, and the baby teeth are falling out.  Boy are they sharp, Chicago Cutlery would be envious. I thought about asking Dr. Josh if he could just pull them all and let me bottle feed him until the new ones came in.  He didn't quite go for that idea.  Pair that with the endless energy, and sometimes he just looks like a "BOUNCING BALL OF TEETH"!  Oliver, of course like all puppies, is really into chewing, but he gets so passionate about it, his chewing turns into bites.  But he is a HAPPY BITER, not a vicious biter.   He is so excited just to be alive he wants to SINK HIS TEETH INTO EVERYTHING!  Mostly me, I am his favorite chew toy!  We have been going to "puppy school", really to TEACH ME!  What worked for Freddie Girl doesn't necessarily work for Oliver.  They tell me Oliver is really smart and he has the makings of a PERFECT DOG....if I can survive puppyhood!  

I don't mean to sound like I am complaining, I LOVE HIM more and more every day!  I knew I needed a dog that would be sweet like Freddie Girl, but different...so I wouldn't feel like I was replacing her.  I knew that when I did get another dog, he would be the PERFECT DOG for me.  And that is what Oliver is!  I am really looking forward to him growing old with me.  When he isn't being wild, he likes to cuddle and when he looks up at me with those adoring eyes, my heart melts.....and then he bites my nose!

So....that is pretty much what I have been up to for the last couple of months, and also why the blog suddenly went missing.  I've heard this from other dog owners, and it's probably not a really good excuse, but Oliver can't stand for me to be on the computer or the phone.  He usually gets incarcerated in his crate while I have to be on one of them....but I am what most people call a "softy".  So until I become one with a cold, cold, heart and make him stay in there until I get things done....I have been coming to Starbucks every day to get the blog back up and running.  Say what you will about Starbucks, but MY STARBUCKS is the best one in the world.  I have made some really good friends with the people that work there and with my neighbors who come in for their daily caffeine fix....and I appreciate them for letting me come and spend my time with them.

Okay, like Freddie Girl told you, we're working on a system to bring something to you on a pretty regular basis.  If you are reading this, we sure would love it if you could tell some of your friends about us, and then maybe they could tell some friends, and so on and so forth.   Freddie Girl helped me pick out a couple of "songs of the day" to welcome Oliver, and the "Theme From Cheers" is for my friends that work at Starbucks.  I always wanted a place around the corner like Cheers where everybody knows my name.  And now I do....I even have my little table, next to the electrical outlet, where I can hopefully get some blogging done.  Just call me "Norm"!

Oh, and for those of you that have inquired about whether Oliver will become a part of the "it's Freddie Girl" comic strip....I don't think so.  Freddie Girl's comic strip will continue to deal with Mommie, Dr. Josh, Preston & Ogelthorpe, Sebastian, and a lot of new friends...and of course her "Music Hound" career.  Oliver deserves his own comic strip...he is already hilarious.  So someday, Oliver will be the star of his OWN comic.

Thanks for listening and reading....and now, your songs of the day!  Love, MOMMIE 

SONGS OF THE DAY....

 "Bouncing Around the Room" by PHISH ..."Crazy In Love" by SWITCHFOOT.... "Theme from Cheers" by SOUTH

Sneakin' Back In...Part 2

Hey....everybody say "Yay"!  Did you say it?  Okay, I'm sayin' Yay 'cause I'm actually doing another post like I said I would.   Mommie's will come tomorrow because I have more to say from yesterday's....and the blog is called "it's Freddie Girl" not "Mommie's Blog"!

Well, first of all I forgot to say that I hope you all had a happy holiday season, since I kind of disappeared for it.   And also, kudos to everybody that voted in the Presidential election, and for those of you that didn't....I'm sure you had a good reason not to, like maybe you weren't old enough or lots of other stuff.  I kind of left you guys saying that when it comes to politics I'm a "watcher" not a "doer", but that was just about running for office...not voting.  I, of course, had a good reason not to vote....well, I'm a dog, and they wouldn't  let me.  Now that things have changed maybe it won't be too long before I can vote too!  We can always hope, right?

Now...I just wanted to do a little "music hounding" about why I picked the song "You Get What You Give" by the New Radicals for our first song of the year.  When we listened to the words, they inspired Mommie and me to really work hard this year to chase our dreams.  The first line of the song is "Wake up kids, we've got the dreamer's disease"....which if you've got to have a disease, that's not a bad one to have, I think.

It goes on and here are some more of the lyrics to the song:

But when the night is falling

And you cannot find the light

If you feel your dream is dying 

HOLD TIGHT

You've got the music in you

Don't let go

You've got the music in you

One dance left

This world is gonna pull through

Don't give up

You've got a reason to live

Can't forget

We only get what we give

There's a couple of more phrases but I'll give you the ones that hit me more and made me think....

But when the night is falling

And you cannot find a friend

You feel your tree is breaking

Just bend

Don't let go

I feel the music in you

Fly high

What's real can't die

You only get what you give

Don't let go

One dance left

It's a cool song and it just motivated me to get started back on our blog.  We only get what we give...it wasn't getting done with us just sitting around.   And when it seems like the world is about to fall apart, just go with the flow and ride it through.  Everything will be okay.   Don't let go, I feel the music in you....music just helps Mommie and me get through the day...and we are going to share a lot of music with all of you with our "song of the day".  

We didn't know that much about the NEW RADICALS other than they sang this song we liked so we did a little research.  Well, it turns out that the group that made this great song that made Mommie and me get up and continue to "reach for the stars" is what they call a "ONE HIT WONDER"! Pretty ironic, huh?  But, I guess they did catch their dreams with this one great song, and then maybe it wasn't fun for them anymore.  So, when they call you a "one hit wonder" and talk about you like you are failure after that...you shouldn't jump to those conclusions.  You can have lots of dreams, and if you achieve one of those goals, and then find out that's not the dream that makes you happy...it's okay to move onto another.   Maybe the REAL DREAM is to just be HAPPY!

Thanks for listening...Mommie will be on call tomorrow with some explanations as to why we have been missing in action for awhile.  Have a good weekend, love, Freddie Girl

An Ode to Ogie!

Ogie is my little mouse friend that I wrote a confidential note to on the July 24th, "Buddycatcher" post. Oh, let me just start from the beginning...Dr. Josh's office called one day and said someone had dropped off a mouse that they couldn't take care of. He had something wrong with his eye and the fur on one side of his face. He was very shy about showing that side of his face, kind of like Quasimoto and the Phantom of the Opera. Dr. Josh and everybody named him Ogelthorpe after my TV rats, Preston and Ogelthorpe. They started treating him to make his face better and started looking around for a permanent home for him. Mommie and I got kind of attached to him and tried to help them find a place for Ogie to live. We didn't have a lot of luck...that's when I wrote to Ogie on the blog to apologize for "missing the boat" on finding him a new home. It turned out there were a few more boats...AND WE MISSED THEM TOO!!! I thought we were going to have to find him a pal and build him an ark! And since I've gotten carried away on boat metaphors...it looked like it was "TITANIC CITY" for Ogie!

Dr. Josh started thinking Ogie wasn't going to get any better...but suddenly he started improving. So we kept looking for a new home for Ogie, with still no luck. Most people that weren't "creeped out" by pet mice had a cat. Then one day I found out the library in Mommie's hometown had 3 pet mice. They said he could come live with them. While Ogie was still getting better, some other mice snuck in and took his spot at the library. HOW RUDE IS THAT?!  Mommie and I didn't want to tell Ogie, OR Dr. Josh and everybody there about it, so we continued the search. One of Mommie's best friends came through for us and found a family for him to live with, also in her hometown. He's living with Holly and her son Ben and his brother and sister...AND a whole crew of animals. They have 2 little rat girls, and lots of dogs and cats. They used to have chickens too! Rumor has it their might be a snake or two, but let's hope that is just a rumor, or that they will never meet. I think he will be really happy there.

So, last week Mommie took him to his new home. He got to ride in the car with her and listen to music, much louder than he was probably used to. He LOVED it! He had a lot of shreaded paper in his cage he hid under, and when the new song by the "Goo Goo Dolls" REAL, came on, Mommie said the paper started shaking like Ogie was jammin' to the music. Then the song went off and he poked his head out like he wanted some more tunes. Then the "Smashing Pumpkins", the "Red Hot Chili Peppers", "Pearl Jam", "Green Day" and the "Foo Fighters", among others, came on. He BOOGIED THROUGH THEM ALL! He's just a "new era GRUNGE MOUSE"! Good taste I might add. Ogie, you are just a "happenin' little mouse!

Now, Mommie and I would like to thank Dr. Josh, Dr. H., Tiffany, Sarah, Jamie, Matt, Doreen and Marlaina (and probably more people we don't know) for taking such great care of our little friend, as I'm sure Ogie is very grateful too. Most people wouldn't have done as much as they did for a tiny mouse.  I know they will miss the little guy, well, most of them will, but I hear they WON'T be missing cleaning out his cage. He's just a little "poop machine". I should have hired him to work with me at my fertilizer business.

Since Ogie turns out to be such a "music mouse", Mommie and I picked out a few songs for him to add to my "ipawd" playlist. The first one is "Looking for Space" by John Denver, one of Mommie's favorite songs. The "element of space" has been a pretty hot topic around here, as well as trying to find a new space for Ogie...and really, just who doesn't love John Denver?! The other one's are songs we thought Ogie could really "get down" to. The last one..."All for You" by Sister Hazel, is for Ogie and Dr. Josh, and all the other peeps I mentioned above from the animal hospital. 

Well, Ogie...congrats on your new digs, maybe Mommie and I can come visit sometime. Soooooooooo... ROCK ON, OGIE...YOU THE MOUSE, DUDE!!! 

Love, Freddie Girl and Mommie

TODAY'S SONGS....

"LOOKING FOR SPACE" by John Denver

"REAL" by the Goo Goo Dolls

"BELIEVE" by Staind

"BETTER NOW" by Collective Soul

"ALL FOR YOU" by Sister Hazel

It's Freddie Girl...Music Hound!

Hey again everybody.  Hope everyone is having a good day.  If you haven't noticed before from my "ipawd" playlist, I'm pretty much a MUSIC HOUND.  Mommie and I LOVE listening to music and we have it on ALL the time.  So we thought it would be cool to have a little column where I could talk about music we like or don't like, and the people that make it, and stuff like that.  I really hope YOU like it...but either way, I find it fun! 

First of all, have you ever thought about how some of those bands come up with their names?  Like...DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE...what were they thinking?!  Maybe one of the members had a bad night with his girlfriend, so he says to her..."Honey, let me call you a cab."  And then he mumbles to himself "yeah, DEATH CAB".  Pretty cruel on his part I might add.   But then she gets downstairs and...ooh, ooh, what if they are in New York, and she gets downstairs and she see's the cab he called, and on the other side of the street is CASH CAB!  So Cutie, wanting to be fair to the cabdrivers, gets in the DEATH CAB, not knowing that it is the death cab.  I think you will agree with me when I say..."CUTIE was havin' a BAD DAY!"  So then the boyfriend, trying to sound cool to his friend says "yeah, I called DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!"  Then the friend, who is having a "shallow" moment and not realizing the impact of a cab called DEATH CAB...says "hey, that would be a great name for our band...DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!"   I know, probably not...I'm just sayin'.

The name DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE actually came from a song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall.  It was performed by their band, BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND in the 1967 BEATLES film MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR...according to Wikepedia.  Who knows what was going on in their heads!

And what about the band WEEZER?!  Can you say ASTHMA?!  Nah, I don't have a clue how they came up with that one.

Now on to a song I'm liking pretty much...that I didn't want to like.  It's "ALL SUMMER LONG" by KID ROCK.  Okay, the reason I didn't want to like it is because when it starts you are hearing "SWEET HOME ALABAMA" and you are thinking, "oh, c'mon Kid, don't tell me you are doing a cover of LYNARD SKYNARD's song."  Even though it has been done before, I still consider that "sacred ground".   THEN, I'm hearing what sounds like WARREN ZEVON's  "WEREWOLVES OF LONDON", and I thought "you are REALLY treading on FORBIDDEN TERRITORY now Kid!"  BUT...you keep listening to it and you realize it's not a cover song, it's more of a song ABOUT those songs...and the good times he had while listening to those songs.  And if you have seen the video...Kid had a PRETTY GOOD TIME!  So....you did good KID...ROCK on!

Well, kick back, enjoy some tunes, dance to your own drummer...and just have a "chillin' good day"!    Love, your "music guru" Freddie Girl!

THREE SONGS TODAY!

"FOR WHAT REASON" by Death Cab for Cutie

"PORK AND BEANS" By Weezer

"ALL SUMMER LONG" by Kid Rock

Oh, what the heck....here's TWO MORE!

"SWEET HOME ALABAMA" by Lynard Skynard

"WEREWOLVES OF LONDON" by Warren Zevon

We're baaack!!

Hey blogland...did you think we had totally "flown the coop", "given up the ship", or plain and simply "thrown in the towel"?   NO WAY!  We couldn't do that to you!  Well, you may recall Mommie wasn't feeling so good.  Then she started feeling better but her ears got all stopped up...we had a lot of fun at Mommie's expense with that....sorry Mommie.  She had to take more medicine, but that just made her sick again.  She quit taking that stuff and she started feeling better.  Her ears started coming unstopped, but then her voice went away....I'll be a good Freddie Girl and just refrain from comment on that one.  Anyway, Mommie is just about back to normal...but it has been a long month.  Totally full of mixed emotions...happy times followed by sad times.  Finding out about a new life followed by finding out about the loss of life.   Getting to do something you always dreamed of...while having to wait and wait to see if something new is on the horizon.  It's been a "bouncy" month...full of "ups and downs".  So, I got to thinking....it really doesn't matter how much you believe in the power of positive thinking (or the Secret) because some days....the dog will still poop in the floor!  Believe me, it happens.  But, you just clean it up and move on and hope for the best.  It's really all you can do.  Besides, it's just more fun hoping for the best.

Thanks to everybody that checked in on us to see if we had anything new on our blog.  Mommie's learning some new "techniques" for the comic strip and we'll start sharing more of those with you pretty soon.  But, last time I PROMISED that we would have something new every day, Mommie got sick...so now I'll just say that we are going to "do our best" to bring something new to the table on a pretty regular basis.  Sometimes I might just "babble" about whatever is on my mind at the time...BUT stay tuned for my music column on the next post...which will be up shortly.  Thanks for coming back!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!   Toodles, love, Freddie Girl

 Song of the day...

"LEARN TO LIVE WITH WHAT YOU ARE"

 by Ben Folds

Excuses, Excuses!

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Song of the day...

"IT DON'T MATTER"

by Donavon Frankenreiter

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Well, Mommie had it all planned out to do a segment of me with Preston and Ogelthorpe all last week.  Then Mommie started feeling not so good and she wasn't up to all that drawing.  She thought she had a cold, but then her voice went away (which she says SOME people will call that a blessing in disguise)....then her ears got all stopped up and she couldn't hear so good (which also isn't a bad idea for me sometimes).  She went to her version of "Dr. Josh" and got stuff to make her better.  When I get sick Mommie calls me "her little science project".  So now I guess Mommie is mine this week.   I heard her say she was about to "COUGH HER HEAD OFF"! Now THAT would really be SOME SCIENCE PROJECT!  For awhile I thought that could be kind of cool to see, but then I got to thinking...that might be "a little too SWEENEY TODD" for me.  

Anyway, we hope Mommie will start feeling a lot better so she can help me with my stories.  Then when we get started again, we have some ideas of things we can do so we can post something new on the blog every day.  That is our goal.  And if you like what we are doing, feel free to tell all your friends and family to come visit our blog.  AND,  Mommie and I want to thank everybody who comes and checks in on us every now and then!

So stay tuned...Mommie should be feeling better soon.  Happy Monday everybody!

Love, Freddie Girl

Buddycatcher!

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Song of the day...

"DREAM CATCH ME" by Newton Faulkner                                                                                            

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CONFIDENTIAL to my little mouse buddy in the hospital that I was helping to find a new home for:

 Hey little guy.  How's it going?  Sorry I couldn't find you a permanent home, but you know...YOU are in the BEST PLACE  for you right now.  I heard your little face isn't getting much better, but that's no reason to hide.  You are still a cutie to me.  AND, you are NOT HOMELESS, you are with a bunch of really nice people every day who can take care of you.  You REALLY  have it made...if you had wound up someplace else, you could be SNAKE FOOD by now!  So get out from underneath that blanket and face the world!  It's a pretty cool place, you wouldn't want to miss anything.  So....hang in there buddy. 

Love, Freddie Girl 

This song is for you.."MISSED THE BOAT" by Modest Mouse ...because you are a "modest mouse" and 'cause I "kinda sorta" missed the boat on finding you a new home.                                                                                          

The Freddie Girl Connection...a letter from Mommie

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Songs for Freddie Girl..."RAINBOW CONNECTION" by Kermit the Frog and "RETURN TO POOH CORNER" BY Kenny Loggins

Hey Freddie Girl...Mommie here. I'm here and YOU are not here. I miss you sooooo much. I know you are still here with me in spirit...that will NEVER go away, but I miss the YOU that I can hold and smell and give belly rubs to. I miss seeing that sweet little face first thing in the morning especially. I love how you would wake up and lay your little head on the bed and stare at me until I would get up to take you out. If that didn't work then you would make the cutest little panting noise hoping that would get me up, and if THAT didn't work you would take your little paw and scratch the bed ever so lightly as if you were saying "excuse me". Sometimes that would take a few times, getting a little firmer with your paw, and your little "excuse me" turned into a BIG "EXCUSE ME"!!!! You were a smart cookie, you did what you had to do, but you were nice about it.

I miss the excitement in your eyes with the anticipation of your meatballs that you got with your food every day. Oh, such happiness! I miss the "kerplop" sound you made when you laid down on the hardwood floors, and the little "clickety" noise your toenails made when you walked around the house. I miss how you would be lying down on the floor, but when you saw me your little tail would just wag off. I know sometimes I didn't sound too happy about having to take you out to do your business in the middle of the night when it was very cold, and I'm sorry about that. I would give anything to have those moments back.

I think what I miss the most is the "connection" that you and I had. I honestly felt like our brains were somehow attached to each other's. You were my best friend and we had that connection with our eyes, the look we would give each other when we heard a creepy noise, like we were both saying "what was that!", or if we just thought somebody was acting loud or silly we would give each other that look that only friends give each other. You "GOT ME" when it felt like nobody else in the world did.

I'm sorry for all the times I left you home alone for awhile. I'm sorry for the times I didn't really know what you wanted and just told you to go lay down, and you did because you were perfect. I'm sorry for all the times you thought I was "yanking your head off" with your chain when you were trying to eat things you found on the ground...like cigarette butts. Really, Freddie Girl, I thought I was going to have to "put you on the patch". I was just looking out for your well being because I love you so much. But, being a dog, I'm sure that took a lot of the fun out of things for you. I miss riding in the elevator with you, and playing with all your toys, and cuddling with you, and taking you on trips and staying in the Hampton Inn with you, and singing "woo, woo, woo" with you. I JUST MISS YOU!

I got to meet so many nice people, and made so many nice new friends that I wouldn't have if I didn't have you. Everybody had to stop and tell you, and me, how pretty you were. I am a much better person because of you, Freddie Girl.

It is very lonely without you...I talk to you all the time because I do feel like your soul is still here with me. But, just so people won't think I'm crazy, would you mind if I get a little fish or something to keep me company? Maybe just one, and I could name it Abe Vigoda, or Les Nesman or something like that. Or MAYBE I could name it George Clooney....what do you think? Just know that I could never replace you...there will never be another Freddie Girl. You will always hold the MOST special place in my heart, but maybe one day you will find a little brother or sister that might need for me to take care of them. Whenever we find each other....remember they can NEVER take away ANY of my love for you.

Okay, Okay, I'm about done now, so we can get on with telling your stories. Freddie Girl, I MISS YOU AND I LOVE YOU more than you could ever know, but I'm pretty sure you had a WONDERFUL and HAPPY life, and MY WORLD was a much better place with YOU in it. I learned a lot from you and I hope that I can always remember and put to use everything you taught me. YOU are, and always will be THE BEST, Freddie Girl.

Now, when we left off from Freddie Girl's story...Freddie was still at Dr. Josh's trying to come to grips with why she had the cone on her head, and she was thinking somebody shaved all her hair off............to be continued soon (hopefully by tonight or tomorrow morning)......

It's Still Freddie Girl...Mommie's Little Angel 12/12/93 - 4/10/08

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Song for Freddie Girl..."I KNEW I LOVED YOU", by Savage Garden

Hey there everyone. I need to apologize for the blog coming to such a sudden stop, but thank you to all who continued to check in. Many of you may know this already, but I have some very sad news to report.

For those of you who didn't know, Freddie Girl was a real dog, a beautiful dog, my pride and joy. She was almost 14 and a half years old, and she was my miracle dog. She has had a lot of health issues in her lifetime, but being the "little trooper" she was, she overcame most of them. She was a two time cancer survivor and had many various surgeries over the years. After I posted the last blog on April 6th, Freddie Girl got sick with a blood disease that comes on really quick. We hoped and prayed that she could squeak through this one too. She did everything she could, but unfortunately on April 10th, she lost the fight. She was at home on her pillow with me, her favorite toys by her side. She really is Mommie's little angel.

I'd like to thank the real "Dr. Josh" and all our friends at the Animal Hospital for doing everything they could to keep Freddie Girl with us for as long as they did. Thanks also to Dr. Bell and his clinic at our other home for all they did during the first part of Freddie Girl's life. And to our special groomers over the years, thank you for making sure Freddie Girl had very few "bad hair days", and for giving her special care when she didn't really feel like 'having a day at the spa".

Last, but SO not least, thank you to my family, friends and neighbors (friends also), who have shown so much concern and kindness for Freddie Girl and me. I honestly don't know what I would have done without all of you. It is such a blessing to be surrounded by so many people that loved Freddie Girl too, and that know she was more than "just a dog" to her daddy and me...she was my baby, my best friend, my "little sweetie-pie".

Freddie Girl had a lot of stories she wanted me to tell, so in her honor, the blog, comic strip, cards and future plans will keep her living on. I know it would make Freddie Girl's heart happy and tail wag to know that her life was continuing on in print. You will have to bear with me a little though, Freddie Girl always had to approve all my drawings with her "nose of approval". For Freddie Girl, I promise to do my best to share all the humor and sheer joy that she gave me, with all of you.

It was truly a blessing and a privilege to have been Freddie Girl's mommie for nearly 14 and a half years. I miss her terribly....but HER LOVE LIVES ON!

Thanks!

Hey everybody....Mommie and I just wanted to take a minute to thank YOU, our readers for coming back to see us. Sorry we haven't had anything new in a bit...it's been quite a week. BUT, in a few minutes we will have another comic strip....the continuing "saga of the conehead", that we hope you like. Then hopefully tonight we will add another one. We are trying to get a good routine going, so thanks for being patient with us. ALSO...we REALLY want to thank MISS KIM over at DAISY COTTAGE for mentioning our blog! THANK YOU soooo much to all of Miss Kim's readers who popped over to visit and check out our blog. WE REALLY HOPE YOU WILL COME BACK...and all of our other wonderful readers too (you know who you are)! Thanks again, love, Freddie Girl and Mommie

Working Like a Dog!

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Song of the day..."IT'S IN THE WAY THAT YOU USE IT"                                                         by Eric Clapton

 I got the idea for my company, "FGP&P", one day when I was out doing my "business" and Mommie said, "WOW, that's some pretty good fertilizer there, Freddie Girl!" So I thought to myself, that's what I can do! And I'm good at it too! I have a VERY HIGH level of production. I like to carry my stick with me when I go to work so people will know that I'm on the clock. Everybody knows that I'M IN CHARGE because I'm the one carrying the big stick. Unfortunately, sometimes duty calls in the middle of the night and I have to wake up Mommie or Daddy to take me to work. Daddy gets a little cranky when I have to wake him up to take me and he mutters some 4 LETTER WORDS. I'm thinking that when he does that he is talking about my fertilizer. The ingredients must be TOP SECRET because then he tells me to NEVER EVER repeat those words. I'm also thinking Daddy might be in the same line of work as me because I have heard him say those same 4 letter words when he talks about HIS job! I also know that my formula is HIGH QUALITY because Mommie would occasionally have to take samples to Dr. Bell. He was the Director of Quality Control at FGP&P. Where we live now, it is a farther walk to work and sometimes I just can't contain myself! I am so anxious to get working! There is a lot of concrete on the way and apparently my fertilizer is just TOO POTENT for it. Mommie has to get it picked up ASAP! Now she carries some kind of apparatus with her (it looks like a frying pan to me, but what do I know), but now she can catch it before it hits the ground. I am now offering a liquid formula that is a FABULOUS weed killer. Unfortunately, if I don't aim exactly right, it kills the grass too. HELLO! Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the fertilizer?!! It's such a vicious cycle being in business. Well, as I mentioned before, over the years my formula has become much stronger, NEW AND IMPROVED, I guess you could say. I focus on and investigate every blade of grass individually to make sure I fertilize in the area that needs it the most. Then Mommie IMMEDIATELY collects it in a bag (because it is so potent), and we go make our deposit in the HUGE BIN in the parking lot. Then the Quality Control Department here picks it up in a big truck. When I get home after a good job, Mommie gives me a bonus of either 'meatballs" or "puppysicles" (Daddy just calls them cubes). Getting a bonus really motivates me to work harder because after about an hour...I'M READY TO GO BACK TO WORK! I know some people get really tired after a hard day's work, but not me...I'M NEVER POOPED OUT!

And Here's Sebastian!

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Song of the day... "THE PUPPY SONG"  by Harry Nilsson

 

ALL ABOUT ME, ME, ME! Well, where should I start? Oh, I know....I'll start with Mommie wanting me. Well, my people Mommie and Daddy had a little tough luck with the people babies, so Mommie decided that she wanted a puppy like me. Mommie wanted me for a long time and when Daddy got...yet, ANOTHER set of golf clubs, he decided Mommie might be happier if he went ahead and started looking for me. So, I was born on December 12th and I was the baby of about 10 other puppies! I was the only black cocker spaniel in the whole bunch! Everybody else was blonde...go figure. I'll save the blonde jokes for you. So, of COURSE I was the cutest and stood out in the crowd...WELL, IT'S TRUE! (just kidding...not really). No offense to the relatives though, although I haven't seen ANY of them since! Then on New Year's Eve, Mommie and Daddy came to see us. It was dinner time and since I was the littlest I didn't always make it to the dinner table in time to get any food. I knew that the lady that took care of us would bring me a bottle soon, so I just went back to my little corner. Then my new Mommie picked me up and said "this is just the sweetest little puppy! And look at those eyelashes! They are soooooo long!" Mommie knew that I was the one for her and she didn't even pick up any of my brothers or sisters. I kind of liked her too, at least I knew she had good taste! It was love at first sight for all of us. So, we had to wait a couple of weeks before I could go home with my new Mommie and Daddy, and I just couldn't wait! Then one day Daddy picked me up and took me home to Mommie. It was GREAT! They had already picked out my new name. I'm named after some golfer...Fred Couples. I think that since the reason they got me WHEN they did had to do with golf clubs, it was only fitting that they name me after Mommie's favorite golfer. She thinks Fred Couples is cute. Plus she always said that if Fred Couples were a puppy, he would be a cute little black cocker spaniel like me. They say TIMING IS EVERYTHING...so I'm glad Daddy decided to get new golf clubs when he did. If he had gotten them earlier, I WASN'T BORN YET! And if he got them later, I might be living with OTHER PEOPLE! I'm sure there are lots of other nice people in the world...but I'm REALLY HAPPY living with MY peeps! More ME later...love, Freddie Girl!

Let the Music Play!!!!!!

Hey people! Can you hear it? Mommie FINALLY figured out how to get me some music on my blog. The stereo or whatever you want to call it is a little big for the space we have, but don't tell Mommie I said anything about it. She tried soooo hard to get it for me. She tried to make it fit better, and she must have pushed the wrong button or something, because the WHOLE BLOG disappeared!!!! Mommie panicked, and I got so nervous I had to go outside and do MY business...and I almost didn't make it! We took a few deep breaths and tried to remain calm...and then Mommie found it all, but it was in a funky order. She played around some more and got it back the way it was, and she got the music back on it. We may leave it the way it is for awhile because Mommie is afraid she will lose it again...in more ways than one! Daddy always buys big stereo equipment for the house and Mommie makes it look okay, eventually, so maybe we can make it look good later. This weekend we are going to learn to add some pretty cool links to stuff we like and to places that have information about dogs and how to take care of us and all that. We'll get something on our ABOUT page too so if anybody ever reads this that doesn't know me already...well, they'll get to know me and Mommie better, which might sound a little frightening to some. Oh, and the songs I picked, well, I like them, but they kind of go with the posts too. Start with "Hey There Delilah" with the "Hay There" post and work your way back up. Hope everybody has a GREAT weekend. Stay in touch....love, Freddie Girl! UPDATE....Mommie learned how to reverse the songs so they are in order now. And you will notice that next to each post will be the name and artist of the song of the day, or the song of the post, which will sometimes happen. Then, if you want, you can click on the name of the song in the stereo widget....and that song will play. How cool is that!!!!! Oh, yeah, "Ooh La La" by Faces goes with this post.

Official Day One!

Hey Everybody! Well, since I told a couple of you guys that my blog would be made public today, I guess I better go ahead and take the plunge. Mommie and me didn't get everything done on it that we wanted to for the first day, but we can still work on it. We worked all day trying to figure out how to get some music on it for you to enjoy. We figured out how to do the playlists, and we figured out how to get my "ipawd" on the screen....but we can't figure out how to get the music to play on the "ipawd"! So we'll be working on that tomorrow. We are also working on a couple of other things....but we will figure those out too. The plan is to have a new comic strip EVERYDAY! So sometime Tuesday afternoon there should be a new strip for you to check out. Sorry the first one is repetetive with the banner....that was supposed to be the introductory comic strip, and then Mommie figured out how to use it as a banner. We've been having fun learning all this new stuff. Hopefully we will get better at it, and YOU WILL JUST LOVE OUR BLOG!!!! And if you love it, you can tell all your friends and family to come visit our blog. We welcome comments and e-mails, we need your feedback so we can make it the best comic blog out there. Well, we better get back to it, and you'll get to know me and my friends as we go along. Hope you all have a WONDERFUL Tuesday....and please come back and visit. Love, Freddie Girl!

Hey again!

Hey again....it's me, Freddie Girl. I'm the little black dog in the cartoon strip. Mommie and me are new at this blogging thing so be patient with us. I just wanted to let you know that if you click on the comic strip it gets REALLY BIG! You can read it better that way. Well, we've got some really big plans for this blog and we'll show them to you once we figure out how to do them. And once we get going on this we would love for you to leave comments and if you have a blog too, we could visit you! I have a bunch of new animal friends that you will eventually be meeting, and since I LOVE music, I'll be putting together my playlist for you. It's gonna be SO MUCH FUN!!! See you later....Freddie Girl