It's gonna be a bright (bright) sunshiny day!

Wow. It was a little over 70 degrees in the ATL Metro today! We got outside and enjoyed it while it lasts. Norman climbed the Shuttle Tower (swingset) for a better view, and I even coaxed  him down the slide a couple of times. Oh yeah, and I did manage to brush about 3 handfuls of undercoat out of him while we were outside too. What a beautiful day!

How Norm got his groove back.

Drawn by my 5yr old Emily

Drawn by my 7 year old Sarah.

The snow/ice finally softened enough for proper frapping to resume.Norman was very happy! The girls were out of school due to the ice for an ENTIRE week. They found lots of fun things to do, including drawing Norman. I thought their interpretations were pretty cute! Oh yeah....we got Norman 1yr ago on MLK Day! Happy Anniversary Norman! You are a very good boy.
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You Are Entering the No-Frap Zone.

We have been hit with about 4-5 inches of snow sandwiched between a layer of ice below it and a layer of freezing rain above it. Wed. will be NO school (or work)  for three days. Norm's first beginner obedience class at the Atlanta Obedience Club (mon) was canceled. North GA is paralyzed. We have neither the knowledge or experience to deal with this amount of ice here in the south. The streets are a huge skating rink. AND Norman...he can't even frap in this because this is really ice and not snow. Poor little guy doesn't really want to even go outside. He loves the powdery stuff, but not this!

An Extra Christmas Gift This Year!

We got snow on Christmas Day in  the Atlanta Metro! This was the first measurable snow in the ATL are on 12-25 since 1881 (they say). We had a White Christmas in Atlanta!  It was fabulous...about 3 inches. Enough to be pretty. Norman and the girls were, of course, thrilled!

They put My Picture on This Big Red Sock...Does This Mean Something?

Hello, this is Norman. It is Christmas Eve, and they gave me a big red empty sock with my picture on it. They told me Santa would put things in it tonight. I'm good with that. Merry Christmas everybody!

The Christmas Photo Shoot AKA Three-Ring Circus

Norman is a lot easier to handle than my girls, who shift into extreme-monkey mode when the camera comes out.

I saw Norman Kissing Santa Claws....

 Norman just loved Santa. I think he would have spent the day with him!

Please Vote for Norman in his Video Commercial Debut!

 A big favor to ask...This is an AT&T video contest....you have to be a Facebook user (I think) and go to 
http://simplify.att.com/videos/what-trees-are-good-for-2?fbid=-q5PCMXYvTl&wom=false to vote for Norman's commercial. I would really appreciate it!  Voting ends midnight Dec.7. Here is the video below too....

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What I did on T'giving Day (by Norman)

Norman and Co: The Retro Look

Sweet Baby boy Norman.

Doolittle, Belle, and Norman.

A pile of puppies with Norm on top...

"I didn't do it!"

Taryn was kind enough to send me these sweet pics she made of Norm and his littermates in Dec. 2009. That's about a month before we got him from Laura! I though everybody might enjoy looking at some puppy pictures...even if  they're not puppies anymore!