Card and Gift update

Hey!! Just hand over the cards and no one will get hurt!!

Card Count: Me and Addi----26   E-cards----7
The peeps----1
And Kim-----1
Aww.....just the way I like it!!! he..he..he..
They could only dream to be as popular as all of us are in Blogville!!!

Now bout the Gift Exchange: 
It is going really good, well as far as we know. There have been a few partners not getting in contact but we think they have been resolved. This makes my Mom SOoooo HAPPY that there are NO major problems. All gifts should be mailed out this week, no later that this coming weekend, so that they can get to your partner by Christmas. Remember you can open right away if your peeps let you and if not then you hafta wait until Christmas. Either way, remember to take pics and post them on your blog.

Me and Addi just finished up our shopping this weekend so we just  have to get our partners gifts wrapped and packed in a box and they will be right to you Shadow and Coccolino.
Christmas is so much Fun!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Oh gee...Wordless Wednesday. Mom has been working like 87 hours and she "did" remember Wednesday!!!
Hello!!

Goodbye!!

Love, Love, Love the Snow!!

A couple days ago, we had our very first Snow. We all love the first snow of the year. Mom ewws and awws at it and I reminded her about her attitude bout the snow come March bol

 Now I pawsonally love, love love the snow. I sniffed around every nook and krany of my yard and ran some zoomies of course~~I really had that ole snow just a flying!!

I had to check out what was going on in the back of the place......

and the front of the place...afterall this is my job...to have good security for my peeps.

Mom got me inside finally after threatening me within an inch of my life if....I didnt come in right NOW!!! Such a kill-joy!! Then suddenly I hear my name Jazzi, come play with us, JACKPOT...I get to go back out again!! Upon assessing the situation, I decided that it was best that I just stayed inside on the comfy couch. Sorry kiddos, this Scottie is smarter than that!!

And oh yah....thanks for going over and meeting my new friends Braeden and Seth. They got so many comments and their mom gave replies to all of them so you might want to pop back over and read em.
They are at Scottie Shenanigans. They felt so welcomed!!

The Christmas Card and Gift Exchanges

Jazzi's Mom here: I want to get a post up about the Christmas Exchanges. I was waiting for the Halloween festivities to get over plus I am in San Antonio visiting my daughter's family. Here's the information on The Christmas Card Exchange. You can send Christmas, Holiday and Hanukkah cards. For those of you that want to go Green, you may send E-cards also. It is just as much fun getting them online as in the mailbox. The deadline to get your name on the mailing list is Nov 9th. NO EXCEPTIONS!! Again, I can not emphasize this enough. You have just 6 days left until the deadline of Nov. 9th. Once the list is sent out, it is a pain to keep adding names to it and it isnt fair to those that got their information in on time, so hence the deadline. The list will be E-mailed in a spreadsheet form to you on Nov. 11th. If you are sending to any overseas, then you will want to get those out right away so that they will have time to get there. It gives you 6 weeks to get your cards all mailed out.

There are no rules: You can mail to everyone on the list or just to the ones you know. It is entirely up to you.

Riley's Mom Elyse, from  The adventures of a cattle dog, will be helping me and she will be making the spreadsheet and sending the list out. It will be easy to read and I think you all will love it. Elyse will do a great job.

To get your name and addy on the list, you will need to sign up. The information you will need is:
1.Your blog name
2.Your blogspot addy
3.All the dogs/cats name that you want the cards addressed to.
4.Your e-mail addy for those people going green and sending e-cards.
5.Your snail mail addy for mailing
Please make sure that all your information is correct before you send it. So hurry up and get your information sent to: Dcraftsalot@yahoo.com

Now for the Christmas Gift Exchange: This is our 5th annual Christmas gift exchange. If you would like to join in, there are  a few things that you need to know.  There are 2 ways to join, by Singles and Groups:
GROUPS~~Usually if you have more than 2-3 dogs, they do a group and you will be assigned another group of dogs. You buy your group a bunch of gifts for that group to share and the group that has your name would buy your dogs a bunch of toys to share.
SINGLES~~are of course single dogs. If you have 2 dogs, you could be a group or you could go single, it just depends on how many gifts you want to buy. If 2 dogs go single, then they would buy 2 gifts and receive 2 gifts.
~~For the overseas doggies, we match them up with other doggies close by in the same area, so that you are not shipping to the US to save $$,

The deadline to sign up is Nov 9th. There are NO EXCEPTIONS!!! no ands, ifs or buts about it. Once the names are out, it is very hard to add you in. So remember Nov 9th, mark your calendars.
You can sign-up from now until Nov 9th and then names would be posted on Nov. 11th. Once the names are posted, you get in contact with your name and get their mailing addresses and any information about what the dogs/cat likes and doesn't like.

We would like to have all the packages mailed by Dec 9th so that your package has time to get to its partner.  For those that live out of the US, you will NEED to send early depending on how your mail is and how close your partner is to you so keep that in  mind ok? You can also find out from your partner about how long their mail takes to get to them.

The cost for a single is $10.00 and for a group is from $15.00 -$20.00. But.....remember...ONLY sign up if you really WANT to do this and CAN follow through. I can not emphasize this enough!! We have had a few in the past yrs where a dog didn't get a gift because their name didn't follow through and that isn't fair to the partner and is no fun for me!! I kinda go spastic!! LOL
Last year, it was so super smooth, no problems and everyone got their gifts and I was really pleased about that.

I am looking forward to a fun Christmas exchange. When you get your gift, it is up to you whether you want to open it then or wait until Christmas. (Jazzi and I have no self-control and we have to open them right then) We do want you to get pictures and do a post about it so we can all share in you opening your gift.

To join I need you to send me an e-mail. In this e-mail, I will need:
Your blog addy and e-mail
All the dogs names that are in the drawing
if you are signing up as a group or single
and what state/country that you live it.
Send to: Dcraftsalot@yahoo.com

One fun thing about the gift exchange is that you get to meet new friends, so here's to friends and a GREAT exchange!! AND a BIG thanks to all that have posted and helped get the word out about the exchanges. The numbers are down this year so far but hopeful for some more to come in.

LOOK

At what Kim bought my Mom. Can you belieive that there are NO treats inside?? Geezzz

Addi's come along ways!!

A couple years ago when Addi came to live with us, she was just 9 months old. She was just a tad bit skidish about wearing clothes or having objects put on her. It was a chore just to get her to sit still and hold the glasses on. See those claws out?? She was hanging on for dear life.

I tried to tell her, just let them put it on and it will be over with. She did better with the horns, least Mom didnt have to hold them on but it took 87 hrs to get this picture!!

As you can see not much luck with this one either!!

Making progress, note: there are even beads on her. Never mind the stink eye she is giving!! Just look at those toofers though, so cute!

And TADA.....her Halloween costume last year plus she even sat still for it. The Target Dog!!

When she comes over this week, we will be getting her costume for this year on and fingers crossed for an easy picture!!

The 5th annual Christmas gift exchange

I know it seems like awhile off but it will be here before we know it so we need to start dreaming about Santa Paws:

This will be our 5th annual Christmas gift exchange. If you would like to join in, there are  a few things that you need to know.  There are 2 ways to join, by Singles and Groups:
GROUPS~~Usually if you have more than 2-3 dogs, they do a group and you will be assigned another group of dogs. You buy your group a bunch of gifts for that group to share and the group that has your name would buy your dogs a bunch of toys to share.
SINGLES~~are of course single dogs. If you have 2 dogs, you could be a group or you could go single, it just depends on how many gifts you want to buy. If 2 dogs go single, then they would buy 2 gifts and receive 2 gifts.
~~For the overseas doggies, we match them up with other doggies close by in the same area, so that you are not shipping to the US to save $$,

The deadline to sign up is Nov 8th. There are NO EXCEPTIONS!!! no ands, ifs or buts about it. Once the names are out, it is very hard to add you in. So remember Nov 8th, mark your calendars.
You can sign-up from now until Nov 8th and then names would be posted on Nov. 11th. Once the names are posted, you get in contact with your name and get their mailing addresses and any information about what the dogs/cat likes and doesn't like.

We would like to have all the packages mailed by Dec 9th so that your package has time to get to its partner.  For those that live out of the US, you will NEED to send early depending on how your mail is and how close your partner is to you so keep that in  mind ok? You can also find out from your partner about how long their mail takes to get to them.

The cost for a single is $10.00 and for a group is from $15.00 -$20.00. But.....remember...ONLY sign up if you really WANT to do this and CAN follow through. I can not emphasize this enough!! We have had a few in the past yrs where a dog didn't get a gift because their name didn't follow through and that isn't fair to the partner and is no fun fur my mom!! She kinda goes well....lets say....spastic!!
You know what they say: If Mom isn't Happy, then no ones Happy!! and I love a Happy mom!! Last year, it was so super smooth, no problems and everyone got their gifts and we were really pleased about that.

We are looking forward to a fun Christmas exchange. When you get your gift, it is up to you whether you want to open it then or wait until Christmas. (I...Jazzi have no patience and have to open mine right then and there!!) We do want you to get pictures and do a post about it so we can all share in you opening your gift.

To join I need you to send me an e-mail. In this e-mail, I will need:
Your blog addy and e-mail
All the dogs names that are in the drawing
if you are signing up as a group or single
and what state/country that you live it.
Send to: Dcraftsalot@yahoo.com

One fun thing about the gift exchange is that you get to meet new friends, so here's to friends and good ole Santa Paws!!

National Taco Day is Today!!!!

It's here!! National Taco Day. Instead of making mine, she went and bought it at Taco Bell and that was just fine with me!! I love Taco Bell. I always get the beefy, lettuce and cheese taco. Ok, you got the picture, can I have my Taco now???

Oh, This beefy taco is so yummy!!

I am a member of the clean plate club!! and this was double lip smackin...Good!!!

Ok, Mom, it is all clean, you can probably just put the plate back in the cabinet cuz I cleaned it up for you, I am helpful that way hehehe. Oh! you dont think so!! Geezzzz

I Loved my taco and I hope you all did too. I am looking forward to seeing all of your pictures!!
Join in on the blog hop and Moms: Bring on the Tacos!!

I'm ready

Yup, I'm ready...Well.....Maybe just a tad bit too ready!!!
Tomorrow....Bring on the TACOS!!!!

My Gotcha Day!!

This is my Gotcha Day. I was gotted 7 yrs ago when I was just 4 months old. This picture was my very 1st picture in my new house. Little did I know about that flashy box!! I used to be named Sugar and they changed my name to Jasmine, Jazzi or Jazz for short.

I have a wonderful family and have plenty of grand peeps to play with and Miss Dog-zilla to contend with, ;-) I wouldn't change anything and am so glad for and love my family.

Although... I am getting the word that my peeps are leaving me Sunday morning to go on a 3rd  honeymoon to Colorado!! Gee....how many honeymoons do peeps need?? I am being left with Kim but on the flip side, she is sooooo easy to snatch food from so this could be a win win for  me. That means that I wont be able to visit many blogs for a week or so. I will try to pop on when I can.

Get Ready.....

Yep, umm...umm... ANNOUNCING that the time is getting near for.....National Taco Day.

National Taco Day is the one day a year that you ARE allowed to have a Taco. We have done this for 3 yrs now and it has been so much fun and increasing each year. Your Tacos can have whatever your little heart desires...Beef, chicken, fish, fruit, hotdogs and cheetos, green beans, etc. You can have the hard shell or soft shell. Just be creative and have fun with it.

Tell your peeps about it and get the creative juices flowing for the coolest Taco round. There will be a blog hop so we all can see each others Tacos. I promise you a lip smackin...good ole time!! Blog about it on Oct 4th and show us pics of you devouring the taco. BOL!! Pass the word along to all your friends.
It's gonna be FUN!!!

Project Day

Today, I have the job of Snoopervising Moms latest project. The basement was empty so the grand peeps  have requested a playroom...so she is trying to make it really cute for them. She is fixing a kitchen area for the girls, truck area for the boys, and dress up for both. We will show pics when it is all done. They all need chairs and she is too cheap to buy them when she can figure something out with stuff we have. So...we have crates, fabrics from the room, and padding....so looks like she is all set.

Whoala!!! 1 super snazzy seat.

Within 87 min, 2 more were made until she ran out of padding.

Here they are at the table. She just needs 1 more for now.

I do believe that this table is..... the perfect size to eat Tacos from, I'm just sayin......

Chatty Jazzi

Mom calls me a real "Chatty Jazzi" When she lets me out in the morning and I bark and bark. Within a few seconds you can hear other dogs talking back at me and of course I hafta reply back!! They live way down the street and she is just amazed at how they even hear me and how we understand each other. I keep telling her that us dogs just know. Do any of you talk to other dogs?? Peeps just dont get it, BOL

Going batty

Remember this shoe that Mom made for Birthday boy Kaleb??

Do you know what peeps did with it?? They strung that good looking shoe up a tree, got a bat and not the black flying ones and they were swingng and trying to break the shoe open and that shoe took so much time to make. Being the smart Scottie that I am backed way...way off!!! My momma didn't raise a dummy!!!

Weird thing is....that they ALL wanted to hit it and they all did....

But....once it is broken...there are treats galore. I could hardly keep up with them!!

A very valuable lesson was learned and guess what it was??
DON'T put packages of Smarties or Pixi Sticks in a Pinata, cuz...well....they like all break outta their packages and the powder was dropping like crazy!! BOL I tell you Peeps do weird things!!

Come on and Join in!!

As we have been with our friend Benny~~he is Fighting like a Frenchie and we are all supporting him and proud of him for fighting. He has had 87 chemo shots and his blood counts are doing good. I know there have been lots of raffles and giveaways going on. I am sponsoring a raffle to help raise funds for Benny.  American Greetings wants to help Benny too. So American Greetings is giving the winner of the raffle a FREE 1 yr subscription to their on line cards. This is really cool you guys and your peeps can use this for all of the holidays. They are also gave Benny's mom a FREE 1 yr subscription already. We think that is pretty cool of them to do this. They are very excited about helping Benny out and raising money for our dear friend.

American Greetings has about 87 kinds of cards for any holiday, plus they have E-cards to send. With the E-cards you can add tones, talking voices and they have pet cards too. Their latest are the cool Video cards . With the video cards, you can also add talking voices to them and they have cards with songs, they are so cute. You can send them via e-mail and even facebook and they are super easy to send. You can even post date them to send later on to make sure that you don't miss that important occasion, for one of your friends or your peeps friend, so this is quite a prize. When I had the Father's day contest, Sasha won and her mom recieved a subscription and her mommy loves it.

So here's how it works. For every dollar that is donated, that is how many times, your name will be added to the pot. Ex. You donate $5.00 your name goes in 5 times, $10.00 your name goes in 10 times etc. You will be donating using the Go Fund me that is linked up with Benny. Go fund me doesn't take anything lower than $5.00 so it you will automatically have your name in 5 times for donating $5.00. You go to the Go Fund Me click Donate and add a note that this is for Jazzi's raffle. Then leave me a comment, letting me know how many times your name needs to go in the pot so that we can get them put in there.  The winner will be announced on August 24th.
I do have some names in the pot but I would really really like more names. Come on, Lets keep on supporting our friend Benny!! 

A Happy Birthday goes to......

our Grand peep Kaleb. He lives with us and today is 6 yrs old. WHEW!! How time flies, he was just 1 when he came to live with us and Boy!! did he keep me on my paws when he was doin..all that crawling round and pullin....my ears stuff!! He got these converse for school and Mom calls them Big Blue, bol

He wanted a pinata for his b-day so they all whipped him one up today and decorated it and here is Big Blue. It is full of candy so seeing how us Scotties are so quick, I should have some FUN when that baby is busted open.

 

Kaleb's mommy fixed him a balloon wall on his door. Wont he be surprised in the morning?? hehehe

 

Happy Birthday to Kaleb!!

Flying

Moms been busy working and so I was surfin...the net and look what I found....a really cool airplane. Watch this airplane fly.  We have a beautiful country!!

Guess what I did??

Tom went out of town to a cabin up North so we are dog sitting Miss Dog-zilla. I think she forgot who IS boss round here!! She came over and started in on me during my nice nap on the mini tramp. I fought and snipped and growled and she just wouldn't give it up.

So....guess what I did?? I moved to the couch and I Locked her out!! BOL

I am Back!!

My Mom and Dad went to Texas for a week, I got home from Uncle Ed's and they brought this guy home with them from Texas. This is Tyler and he just turned 6 yrs old which is why they went to Texas. They surprised him at the door and he had NO idea that they were coming. The first night he was here we had a birthday party for him and this is his cool batman car. Luckily for me it isn't remote control or anything, Thanks so much for that Mom!!

There was a bunch of grand peeps here this past week.
I had my paws full.

Tyler caught his very first 2 fireflies.....

They wouldn't be happy until they got me on the tramp. Where was Addi when I needed her, she LOVES this thing!! The kid's favorite game was walking me all over the place with my leash and wouldn't you know that this was a time for them to take turns!! I vote for NOT taking turns, so this messed up my napping schedule!!

They painted t-shirts with Glow in the Dark paint and it really works!!

We took some trips to Addi's house so that the could torment her also. She chased them ALL over the house, upstairs and back down. Wanna hear kids scream, get Addi on their tails!! bol I just sat on the chair and watched, no way was I getting involved!!

More jumping with the sprinkler under it and I was NO where to be found for this one!!
I hid that ole leash BOL

Mom kept the kids busy with shopping, movies, getting ice-cream, visiting family, going out to eat, and to the park so we haven't been around much. It came time for Tyler to go home. Goodbyes are always hard and he gave us our final goodbye hugs....

He doesn't look to happy to leave huh?? As much as we hate to see him go, his Mom and Dad missed him and someone else really special!!

His little sister Molly really missed him and she ran up and have him a big hug!!

We do hope that Tyler can come back again but for now I gotta rest. This has been exhausting for me!!