Chick Magnet

Charlie the Wonder Dog is hanging out in my home. He's the banished brother of George and Stanley. He now calls the luxuries of Riss Lake home as he lives with Grandma. You might recognize him from his Hallmark Father's Day card where he claims to have seen you naked.

While Charlie visits me, The Boyz have their own man servant staying in their home down in Waldo. You see, MegMacB, her mom and Weez are off to Europe. They're visiting Amsterdam and all things Dutch. I bet you'll notice a dot on my new Clustr map from that area. No doubt someone looking to see if I'm posting any pics of Char. Loving the Clustr map, by the way. Got the idea from Meg's site. I look forward to seeing your dot!

Charlie is a great. He likes sleeping under the blanket, is very skittish and jumpy, hyper and active, a tad bit gassy, and has a huge - no HUGE -obsession with a red ball. He begs and begs for you to play with him by tossing, kicking, tugging that ball. When outside, he plays like a soccer goalie. He attacks and tackles the ball each time you kick it and retrieves for the next round. He's a good little guy and a real lover.

I've taken my first video with the new digital camera. It's titled "Dog with Red Ball." Once I figure out how to post it, you'll be notified of its debut.

Yesterday we ran errands. He has his own fancy car seat. Something only a grandma would provide. It was a beautiful fall day in Kansas City. We tooled around to Chipotle, Office Max and other locations with the windows cracked open. At one stop light on Vivion, we had a car load of younger, maybe high school, girls holler "You've got a cute dog, Mister!" That's the most attention I've gotten from babes in years. It was Charlie getting noticed, but he's willing to share the love.

Seems Charlie is an equal opportunist and attracts the masses. At another intersection, he peeked out at some dude blaring some sort of heavy, current-day music. Rap or something. I'm old and don't know for sure what it was. Loud. He had the windows open of his black Impala or some other "cool-dude" mobile. He hollered, "You gotta cool dog!" A thumbs up was my reply.

With all this dog sitting, as part of our United Way auction at work I donated a three-day, two-night doggie spa weekend at my home. Employees donate all kinds of goods and services for the auction. Some items receive very competitive bidding. My donation generated 60 bucks! Overall, the auction topped $5,000.

The "Wonder Dog" is getting impatient. I'll end for now.