Jumping off the Bridge

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Mom and I went for another walk around Sloan's Lake today and boy! Was it hot!
We had fun despite the heat, as you can see from the pictures included here.
First, I chased some geese.
Second, we found a little panda who is surely missing his friend...:(
Third, we watched the water lapping on the bank after a speed boat went by.
Fourth, we rested near some VERY scenic trash... and finally we met some mini winged devils and their Mama.
Jumping off the bridge in the title refers to the blog game that everyone seems to be doing these days...you know...that one where readers leave questions in the comments of a blog, and the blog author answers them.
So, since everyone else is doing it, we think that we should do it too! If you have any questions that you are dying to ask Mom, or myself (or Dad or the kitties) feel free to do so and we will answer the questions in a future post!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck
Ps: If you enbiggin' the picture of the baby winged devils you can totally see that the Mama was glaring at us with extreme malevolence. It was frightening! Don't her eyes look slightly red to you? Red and evil?
Love,
Jemima

Really Mom?

Did you have to? Really? Right now?
Humph.
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Mother's Day

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here with a much belated Mother's Day post.
This year, as last year, we had Grandma Marlane and Grandpa Steve, Grandma Andrea and Leo over for brunch on Mother's Day. It was a lot of fun!
Mom and Dad served fruit salad, bacon, eggs, and herbed cream cheese on bagel chips, as well as various drinks.
There was a Hello! Kitty theme and lots of presents AND I got to play with my Aunt Tyka! Yay!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Sloans Lake with Grandma Andrea

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Mom and I went for a walk around Sloan's Lake with Grandma Andrea today. We had a great time, but when I stopped to get a quick drink we ran into some winged devils - which Mom says are known as Canadian Goose (Gooses? Geese?).
I was pretty concerned about having to drink near them; after all, who knows what those pervs are doing under the surface of the water, but the hot Denver weather helped me to over come my perverted goose anxiety and I drank and drank and drank!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Thanks Grandma Andrea!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here with a quick thanks to Grandma Andrea who brought me a gourmet cookie from the Mall of America in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota!

Thanks Grandma Andrea! I loved it!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

2006 Gewurtztraminer

Hello! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Today was an exciting day for me...I got to meet the FedEx lady (sorry Great Aunt Marcia*)!
Why was the FedEx lady at our house, you might wonder? Why, to deliver Mom's 6 bottles of Stoney Mesa wine, of course!
No, Mom isn't a budding alcoholic, but when she and Dad went on the AAA Colorado Wine Train a few weeks ago, she did fall in love with two different wines. One of which, the Stoney Mesa Winery 2006 Gewurztraminer, she was silly enough to buy only one bottle of while she was at the Winery.
After realizing that she liked the wine enough to want more than one bottle, Mom called around to the various wine stores in Denver (and Boulder, and Castle Rock, Colorado Springs, and Ft Collins), to see if any of them carried it. It turned out that the wine is rare and award winning enough that it is only sold directly from the vineyard. So, Mom did the only sensible thing, and ordered a 1/2 case...although now she is wishing that she had ordered more, and is hopping for gift certificates to Stoney Mesa Winery for her birthday in August.
Mom says that if you like white wines you would LOVE this wine and that you should order some for yourself...but not so much that they sell out and she can't get more.
I was excited about the FedEx lady, and Wellington was frustrated by the Stoney Mesa box.
I am not sure that I have mentioned it before, but Wellington LOVES boxes. He loves boxes so much that I have even seen him try to squeeze himself into Kleenex boxes, cereal boxes, and, worst of all, a playing card box.
When Mom emptied the wine box and set it on the floor, Wellington immediately knocked it over and began attempting to squeeze his...uh hum..."chunky" self into the various wine slots. He has been trying to get into the box for the last hour...keep trying big dude! Eventually you'll crush one of those little slats and be able to squeeze in there!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck
*Great Aunt Marcia works for UPS

Memoir MeMe from Lex and Sophie and Dixie

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.
I have been tagged by two different dog blogs (Lex and Sophie and Dixie of Pug and Bugg) for the Six Word Memoir MeMe! Sorry that it has taken me so long to do the Meme but Mom has been lazy about uploading pictures for me and stuff!
Here are the rules:
1.) Write your own six word memoir.
2) Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
3.) Link to the person that tagged you in your post.
4) Tag at least five more blogs with links. (We are going to change this one and say that whoever is left out there in the blogosphere that wants to do this one is now officially invited)!
So, without further ado, here is my Six Word Memoir:
EXCITED TO LOVE, EAT, PLAY, SNUGGLE!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Of Dirt and Tin Foil

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Not much has been going on around the Beck household since we all came back from vacation...I have been missing Aunt Tyka and Mom and Dad have been missing not being at work.

Today, Mom and Dad took me to the Berkley Dog park where I encountered (and then conquered) a large pile of dirt.

You are all very impressed, I am sure.

It has been nice and warm here for the last day or so, but it was freezing for a few days last week - I am hoping that since it has warmed up again that the season of snow and cold is finally over.

In other news, Mom's Angry Coworker, Ryan, turned 34 on the 23rd of April, so, in keeping with office tradition, Mom and her friend/coworker Shannon - who you all have met here before - played a birthday prank on Ryan, The Angry Coworker. They tin-foiled his entire desk. Predictably, he was angry.

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

PS: We aren't exactly sure what the Angry Coworker is doing with his hand in that last picture, but if it means something negative please don't be offended!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

My Mad Sneak Kissing Skills

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here to show you a few pictures of my mad sneak kissing skills.
Mom and Dad aren't really big on letting me kiss them which, I think is a bummer because, well, who doesn't need lots and lots of puggy kisses?
So, I have developed a method of sneak kissing Mom and Dad as illustrated in the three pictures included here.
First, I lure my victim in with the promise of some nice snuggle time (illustrated picture 1).
Second, I lean in and give the victim "the nuzzle", my patented method to make the human heart melt and lower kissing defenses (illustrated picture 2).
Finally, I strike! Kissing my prey as many times as possible on the chin or neck, depending on which is most accessible (this morning I managed to get Mom's ear. She promptly jumped up screaming "Wet Willy Wet Willy! Ewwwwwwwwwwwy!" I am not sure what a Wet Willy is, but it really obviously upset Mom, so I am going to try not to Wet Willy anyone in the future). (illustrated picture 3).
Feel free to use my patented sneak kissing method on any of your resistant humans!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Vacation!!

Hi! Everyone! Long time no post, but I have been on vacation away from Mom's computer, so you will have to forgive me! As you may have guessed from the title of this post, Mom and Dad went on vacation last week. They left me with Grandma Marlane, Grandpa Steve, and my Aunt Tyka (pictured with me in the first photo)! I had a great week sitting in Grandma's lap, watching elk, playing in the snow, and playing with Tyka. Thanks to Grandpa Steve for the photos!

While I was at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Golden, Colorado, Mom and Dad were in Orlando, Florida at The Happiest Place on Earth aka Disney World.

I am not sure, but I think that Mom and Dad are both showing signs of trauma from sustained exposure to OPC's (Other People's Children - thanks Suki Sumo), ridiculous price gouging, high noise levels, crowds of biblical proportions, and mass consumerism.

But at least neither of them had to go to work last week (well, actually, Mom had to work Friday and today, but at least she got a four day break)!

Below, you can see a number of the pictures that Mom took at Disney World. Most of them are of Dad, but that should be OK, he's a good lookin' dude!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

Vineyard Interlopers!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Mom and Dad were out of town this weekend participating in a very popular trip that Mom's company runs, so I spent my weekend with Grandma Marlane, Grandpa Steve and Aunt Tyka.

Mom and Dad spent their weekend touring various vineyards in Grand Junction, Colorado and as such, they spent a lot of time eating food and tasting wine. What I didn't realize is that they would spend a lot of time petting various interlopers!

That's right everyone. Mom and Dad went away for the weekend, and while they were gone, they were "with" other animals! Apparently, several of the vineyards had Vineyard Dogs or Vineyard Cats which Mom and Dad not only callously petted and scratched, but also photographed!

Below, you can see Twiggy, one of the Carlson Vineyards Vineyard Cats, Sophia, the Plum Creek Winery Vineyard Cat, and Garfield, the Garfield Vineyards Vineyard Dog. As well as the biggest Cock that Mom and Dad have ever seen (get it? Hahahahaha!...Yeah, I don't really get it either).

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

The Sidewalk to Nowhere

Hi! All! Jemima Jones Beck here with some pictures of an urban oddity!
There's this sidewalk in the BLM Land area behind our apartment complex. It doesn't go anywhere. That really weirds Mom and Dad out for some reason. But I love it! Because, as we all know, pugs were not necessarily made to walk in tall grass and brambles...we were made to walk on the sidewalk (even if it does go nowhere)!
Speaking of going nowhere, Mom has a potluck at her office today. She says that the office politics involved in these things, and the ways that some people over-react to perceived slights about their cooking, or Tupperware (it's a long, stupid story people), make her want to run, screaming, to anywhere other than work. Hmmm... I thought that potlucks were supposed to be fun...?
Oh well!
UPDATE: Mom has just been to the potluck and has already garnered disfavor with one of her coworkers by choosing one cake over another. Apparently, she needs to eat all cakes and disregard the fact that she HATES chocolate cake. Oh! The DRAMA!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Hello!

Hi! Everyone! I am sorry that it has been so long since my last post, but so little has been happening that I just didn't think that I had anything to write about!

Goodboy Norman Featherstone reminded me that I should write with his post from earlier this morning........please don't delete me Norman! I promise that I will be a better pug blogger!

So, lets see, what is happening? Well...Mom is cooking dinner and I am chewing on my bone, and as soon as Dad comes home he is going to take me outside for a constitutional! The kitties are doing well; Mom and Dad have finally made the decision to get them all de-clawed, so I suppose that, where the cats to find out about the de-clawing plans, we might have a full scale mutiny on our hands, but they haven't so we don't.

Well, I bet that that is just about all the excitement that you can stand from the Beck household for one evening!

Onward!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

My Saturday

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. I had a very exciting Saturday this week! Here's what I did:

I took Mom for a walk around Sloans Lake.

I went to Berkley Dog Park and laid down in the dirt.

I went to PetsMart and helped Mom buy some kitty food.

I went to the Gas Station and watched Mom fill up the gas tank of Dad's Jeep, Cricket.

I helped Mom wash Cricket (see me helping?).

I inspected the parking lot of Dad's new warehouse.

I helped Dad pick the right tools for the job that he was doing (fixing Mom's car).

I supervised the work.

And I showed off my cute puggy grin!
Hope that you all had a great weekend as well!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Dishes

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.

Not much that requires my attention has occurred in the last few days at the Beck household, so I have begun to take an interest in things that would normally fall far short of my radar.

For instance, the dishes. Here you can see me supervising Dad while he does the dishes after Mom made dinner (I supervised dinner preparations as well, sorry, no pictures of that fascinating event).

Better go for now!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

PS: We are still taking guesses on our Movie MeMe. Mom and I added clues to hopefully make it easier!

Smooches,

Jemima

Laundry Night and A Movie MeMe

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. Last night was laundry night at the Beck household. Mom and Dad normally take their clothes to a Laundromat (which they both hate). But last night Grandma Marlane and Grandpa Steve let us all go over to their house to do laundry! Yay! Mom and Dad loved it because they didn't have to spend three hours dodging screaming kids and trying not to slip in whatever all those puddles are on the Laundromat floor, and I loved it because I got to go with them!
In the pictures included here you can see me keeping the laundry safe on the ride up to Grandma and Grandpa's house, me looking at a squirrel from Grandma Marlane's kitchen door, and the Fort thingy that Dad built out of Lincoln Logs while we were waiting for our laundry to be all done. What an awesome evening for a pug!
The only thing that would have made it better would have been if Aunt Tyk were there...oh well!
And now, onto a Movie MeMe that we saw on Goodboy Norman Featherstone's Blog.
Here are the Rules:
1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. When someone guesses correctly put who guessed it and the movie.
5. No Googling or IMDb-ing. That’s cheating and that’s no fun.
Here's our list: WE ARE NOW INCLUDING HINTS!

1. Wow! That toe is like DEAD! I...I...think I gotta take you to the hospital. I mean, I don't think that I can just let you put that back in the shoe. Lost in Translation correctly identified by More
2. (Character 1)Another dance and my reputation will be lost forever!
(Character 2) With enough courage you could do without a reputation
(Character 1) Why Rhett! You do talk scandalous! Gone With the Wind correctly identified by Lex!

3. ...Snag one? Uh uh! I've seen this movie! The black dude dies first! You snag it! HINT: This movie stars David Duchovany and Julianne Moore.

4. She's supposed to be some kind of consultant. Apparently she saw an alien once. HINT: This movie is part of a series that includes movies (4), books, comics, toys, and one or more of the stars can usually be found at your local "Star Con" or other Star Trek/scifi convention. Aliens correctly identified by Nevis!

5. I had two big accidents in my life Diego, the trolley and you... You are by far the worse. HINT: This movie is based on the life of a very famous Mexican artist. Frida correctly identified by The Devil Dog!

6. Hit this one, and I'll sleep with you. [ball hits an official] Too bad. You could've used the workout. Wimbledon correctly identified by Clover!

7. Look, I'm not stupid. It's the Big Man's wife. I'm gonna sit across from her, chew my food with my mouth closed, laugh at her fucking jokes, and that's it. Pulp Fiction correctly identified by Goodboy Norman Featherstone.

8. People break down into two groups when the experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.... HINT: This movie is absolutly terrifying. Mom had to sleep with the lights on for three months after seeing this movie and the title of the movie is included in the quote. Signs correctly identified by Lex.

9. Most people think Marv is crazy. He just had the rotten luck of being born in the wrong century. He'd be right at home on some ancient battlefield swinging an axe into somebody's face. Or in a Roman arena, taking his sword to other gladiators like him. They woulda tossed him girls like Nancy back then. Sin City correctly identified by Nevis!

10. Myrtle! I am not wearing any clothes! HINT: This movie stars Mom's favorite actor... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire correctly identified by Clover! Yay Clover!

Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

A Visit to a New Dog Park

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here! Happy St. Patrick's Day weekend to everyone! I hope that you are all enjoying your corned beef (yum), cabbage (um...) and green beer (yuck).
Mom and Dad are heading over Grandma Andrea's house to eat corned beef and cabbage later this evening. I think that I am going to be ditched here at home because the last time that I went to Grandma Andrea's house I pooped in the bedroom...something that I hadn't done in over a year...I am not sure why I was so bad that day...hmmmm....maybe I should think about that...
Anyways!
Today, Mom and Dad took me to a new dog park in Louisville, Colorado (I got to ride in Dad's Jeep, Cricket, and wear my favorite pink skull and cross bones scarf, as you can see in the first picture). It was a lot of fun! The park had benches for Mom and Dad to sit on, a walking trail for them to walk on, grass for me to run in, and a pond!
Now, I normally hate water, but I did consent to rescue my ball from the pond, twice.
Hope that ball appreciates my efforts!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Please, Not Another Bath...!

In this picture Mom is sitting on the side of the bathtub, waiting for it to fill up, as I hide between her legs pleading:
"Please Mom! Not another bath! Have a Heart! Pugs are supposed to smell like moldy bread"!
It didn't work.
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Mom and Dad are Weird

So, the other day, Mom and Dad went to this place where they put on these shoes, that had been worn by like 400 other people, and then they took these huge balls (that weighed like 16 pounds each) with three holes drilled into them, and rolled them (the balls) down a long alley and tried to use them (the balls again) to knock "pins" over. The more pins they knocked over in one turn the better....hmmm.....

You can see Dad after one particularly vigorous ball rolling attempt in the pictures included here.
Are my parents weird, or what?

Thanks very much to everyone who left us messages of support about Great Grandma Sue, we appreciate them very much! And we are sure that Great Grandma does as well...she is surely being kept good company by lots of positive thoughts and a few furry friends who are also where she is now!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Happy Trails Great Grandma Sue

Hi! Everyone! A very sad Jemima Jones Beck here.
My Mother's Grandma, my Great Grandma Sue, passed away this morning at about 11:00am.
Great Grandma had been sick for a long time so it is nice to know that she is not suffering any more.
I remember how Great Grandma always scratched my chest in just the right way and how she always wanted Mom and Dad to go out of town, so that I could stay with her for a few days and be spoiled with extra food and treats and unending attention.
Mom, who always has her camera with her, took some pictures of the last social visit that everyone made to Great Grandma on Saturday. In the first picture you can see Me, of course, and then Great Aunt Marcia, Grandma Andrea, Mom and Dad all dressed up for visiting Great Grandma Sue in the second picture. And finally, some of Great Grandma's nurses, who were all wearing very funky socks and cool colored pants, in the third picture.
Mom, Great Aunt Marcia, and Grandma Andrea were with Great Grandma at the hospital when she died today.
To view previous posts featuring Great Grandma Sue click here or here.
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Zzzzzzzzzzz

Huh? What? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

By Popular Demand

Dad in his Birthday Suit!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Something is Going on!

Hi! Everyone! Guess what? Saturday is Dad's birthday! He is going to be 24 human years old! Wow, that's like math that I can't do in Pug years!

I guess that that means that "something" is going on in our lives these days! No more boring posts about how nothing much is going on...(for a few day's at least)! Yay!

Mom, the Kitties and I got Dad this, this and this for his birthday (shhhh, don't tell). Dad sure likes his cycling - huh?

Included in this post please see the awesome picture of me which shows (aside from my big, beautiful, googly eyes) how very colorful our house is; my green burger, my purple and pink toys in the background, the orange "crinkle cave" behind me to the left and our purple bookshelves.

Also included are two of those most illusive of beasts - PICTURES OF MOM'S FACE! Gasp! We haven't seen any of these in the Beck house- hold since last August (Mom says that the lighting is bad at her job (where she took the pictures) so please don't judge her TO harshly).

Anyways, I better go get ready for bed!

Love,

Jemima Jones Beck

Dance!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. There still isn't much going on in our lives here in Colorado.
So, tonight, I have a picture for you of one of my tricks - "dance".
I learned "dance" back when I was a puppy. It is always a big hit with kids and ballerinas, although, ballerinas don't usually carry treats in their tutu's, so, I don't like them much...
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Happy Valentines Day!

Hello! All!
Been wondering where I am? Why I haven't been posting? No? Oh. Well, I'll tell you anyway.
I have been at home. Nothing has been going on. Mom has been working, as has Dad.
Tomorrow is Valentines Day, so THEY are going out to dinner, and, guess what? Once again, I am not invited! That's right, Jemima Jones Beck jilted by her parents on Valentines Day yet again.
Oh well.
Updates to come when something interesting happens!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Dad and I

Aaahh! Yes! Face scratches. I love it!
Jemima Jones Beck

Horrible!

Every once in a while Mom takes Tabatha the Black Beetle and me to this really horrifying place.
We drive to this place, Mom gets out of the car, and after a few minutes, she starts squirting Tabatha with water and Pink Stuff.
I always try to defend Tabatha by biting the water and Pink Stuff, but I never can quite reach it. There seems to be this tinted black barrier in my way every time that I bite at the water...hmmmm.....
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

Teal is Totally My Color

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here.
I am back from Camp Bow Wow Denver Southeast. The traffic on the way home was still really bad, but this time it wasn't Barack Obama's fault...it was the snow's fault!
Mom made us homemade pizza for supper and Dad and I sat by the oven while it cooked because we were both so cold! Brrrr!
Poor Dad's nose and forehead are still all cut up. I want to lick it better for him, but he has been cleaning his cuts with Hydrogen peroxide, which tastes really bad. Yuck!
I am very excited for this weekend because Mom has both days off instead of working a half day on Saturday! Yay! I am sure that we will go to the dog park and maybe to Sloans Lake! Pictures to follow as events warrent!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck

That Presidential Candidate Made Me Late!

Hi! Everyone! Jemima Jones Beck here. I am currently at Camp Bow Wow Denver Southeast, but I almost had to go to work with Mom instead. Why? Because of some dude named Barack Obama.
You see, this guy is running for president of the United States (to see the candidate that I support, click here), and so he is spending a lot of time and money going all over the country giving speeches to people.
It just so happens that he is in Colorado today at the University of Denver which, happens to be about 1 mile from where I attend Camp and about 2 miles from where Mom works.
Now, normally it takes Mom about 40 minutes to take me to camp and then get to work, but today the traffic was literally backed up for miles and miles and miles on the freeway, so it took more like an hour and 40 minutes for Mom to take me to camp and then go to work. Mom was almost late to work and she didn't get to go to the gym like she planned! And I was definitely late to Camp!
I must say that this development does not help Mr. Obama's chances with this little pug! Nope! Not at all! I take lateness to Camp seriously!
Advice to other presidential candidates that are planning on coming to Denver: make your speeches somewhere where they will not effect my Camp time, or at least announce your schedule on the radio so that mom can hear it and leave extra early (we don't have a TV so, even if his presence in Colorado was announced on all of the News stations, we wouldn't know).
Vote for Tad!
Love,
Jemima Jones Beck
PS: It's National Pancake Week (not making this one up) eat some to celebrate!