Fridays with Gem - Bet

Howdy Ho Everybodies!

It's time for the formerly Wednesdays with .... and now it's Fridays with... and today's specially special guest is none other than...



GEM!!!!

Gem: Hi everyone, hello!  I'm so pleased to be here!  I couldn't wait until it was my turn to come in here for the interview, all of my brothers and sisters said they had such a good time with the interview and then it was my turn and I was like all happy and everything because it's fun and I love having fun are you having fun, I'm having fun, this is fun!!!!

Bet:  Um... well alrighty then, how about we go sit on the clouch and have our interview then, ok?

Gem: OOOH the clouch, I've heard so much about the clouches and you have two clouches and I'm sorry that whole deal with Opie didn't work out, I'm pretty sure he had no idea the Musher put a tracker on the purchases and whooo boy that was fun when the police guy came and yelled at the human person and OOOOOH I can jump over this chair, wanna see me jump over this chair, I can do it, I'm really good at jumping, let me jump over the chair ok, is that ok???

Bet: um...

Gem: I'm good, I got it, it was a bit higher than I thought but it's all good, the floor was a bit slippery, I wasn't expecting the floor to be so slippery otherwise I would have just jumped right over this arm thingie, but I got it, no really I'm fine.

Bet: um...

Gem: SEE!  I'm on the chair, I made it on the chair, the chair is pretty comfy actually, have you jumped in this chair, you're pretty springy, you could jump onto the chair, I bet you can make it, try to make it, can you make it???

Bet:  Um, no that's ok, how about we just go to the clouch and have our interview...

Gem: OOOOH there's a pretty candle on this table, that's one of the Pretty Curly Tails isn't it, I bet that's one of the Curly Tails from the kennel, I can't want to get into the big dog section it's so fun over there, they play all sorts of games and stuffs and they can also go for runs and pull the sled and run and run and run, I like to run, but I also like to jump I'm a good jumper...

Bet:  Um... we need to move over to the clouch for the interview now...

Gem: Ok, let's move to the clouches, the clouches are comfy, you know what, you know what, you know what, I bet I can jump over onto the clouches from here, I'm an excellent jumper, wanna see me jump, I can jump, I bet I can jump over there, oooh, I said "I bet" and that's your name Auntie Bet isn't that funny, ok, I'm gonna jump now!

Bet: Ummmmm

Gem: OOOH, that chair is slippery too, it's very slippery in here, I didn't expect it to be so slippery, but the clouch is nice, it smells like a lot of things, like cats, and there's my brothers and sisters, and has someone been eating waffles on here, I smell maple syrup, and a hint of shrimp, has there been shrimp lately, have you tried the tasty Eagle Pack Brand dog food yet, it's really tasty, and Eagle Pack Brand is the official sponsor of all of us!!!

Bet: Um, why yes, that's what I eat all the time and thank you for pointing that out...

Gem: LOOKY there's toys, look at the toys, I remember playing with these toys when I was just a tiny puppy in the pool, I really liked the pool it was fun being in the pool, is the octopus in here, I liked the octopus, we use to play tug the octopus in the pool before we went outside and then we don't have a lot of toys but there's plenty of fun things to play with out there so we don't need toys...

Bet:  Ok, can we start with the...

Gem: Oh look, there's the couch, I like the couch, I like jumping on the couch, I can jump on the couch even though it's really high, wanna see me jump on the couch, because I can jump on the couch...

Gem: See, the couch isn't that high, I can totally jump on the couch, it has a blanket on it, why does the couch have a blanket on it, that's kinda silly to put a blanket on the couch, it's not a bed it's a couch...

Bet: Um.....

Gem: Woooo it's pretty slippery, the floor is very slippery, but I'm sure I can make it on the couch, watch out I'm jumping on the couch, here I go running for the couch.

Bet: ok, be careful... sigh

Gem: See, I made it on the couch, I can jump really good, did you know I can jump really good, because I can jump really good, and you made it up here too, so you can jump really good too, we both can jump really good

Bet:  um... yeah

Gem: Oh look, it's Bait, I like Bait, he's a big kitty, I like big kitties, but he doesn't come to see us a lot any more for some reason, I think I'll go say hi to Bait

Bet: Um, you probably should leave him alone...

Gem: Oh look!  It's Tic!  Hi Tic, Hey Tic, Tic Tic Tic!!!  Come in and say Hi Tic!  What's up Tic, whatcha doing Tic, come on in, come on, come on in, Hey Tic!

Bet: Um, I don't think he wants to come in right now, I'm sure he's doing something important.

Gem: What's he doing?  What's so important, he can come in, he can take a break from stuffs and come in and say Hi, why doesn't he come in, he can come in, we can jump on things!

Bet: I think he's got an appointment or something.

Gem: TIC!  HEY TIC!!!  TIC COME ON IN, COME ON TIC, RIGHT HERE COME ON IN TIC!!

Tic: Why do you keep doing this?

Bet: I honestly don't know, but thank you for coming in so she'd shut up.

Tic: Sure, any time... but you owe me next time there's shrimp.

Bet: fine, whatever.

Bet:  Ok, come on, we need to get on the clouch and do the interview

Gem: Ok, that's cool, can I jump on the clouch, I can jump on the clouch wanna see me jump on the clouch?

Bet: No, you don't have to jump on the clouch, just walk over and sit down.

Gem: but that's not fun, it's more fun to jump on the clouch, I can jump on the clouch, just watch me jump...

Bet: NO!

Gem: But I can just jump on the clouch, it'll be faster, just let me up so I can jump on the clouch and then we can do the interview, my brothers and sisters said the interview was fun and I've had fun so far so I'm sure the interview will be fun

Bet: Ok, look, you don't have to jump on the clouch because we're almost on the clouch now!  So we can start the interview!

Gem: You know what... I'm a bit tired now, can I take a nap first Auntie Bet?

Bet: sure... fine... sounds good to me.

- Bet

Race to the Sky - The Finish and Other Stuffs and Things - Bet

Howdy Ho Everybodies!

In case you weren't keeping track of stuffs and things on the Facebooks (and why weren't you?), the team finished, everybodies is fine, everybodies had fun and there were some good parts, and bad parts, and the bestest part of all was the team finished and the Musher is back (I worry when she's gone).

Since most of what happens during the race from my point of view is pretty much waiting, and waiting, and more waiting, and eating, and waiting, and arranging my ensembles, and then some waiting, and more waiting... I figured I'd post a few pictures that fans and my fantabulous personal assistants took while we were waiting and waiting, and doing some waiting, and before the race, and other stuffs and things.

They are in no order whatsoever, so try not to get dizzy and fall off your chair.  The Musher will do her after race report when we get back home, and I'm sure that will make a lot more sense... or not.

Okey Dokey, so here we go.


Here's the team!  That's Leigh, The Musher, and Julia.  Leigh and Julia have been extra special personal assistants this race, as they actually went out shopping for new ensembles for me before we left the Kennels to make sure that I had stunning and never before seen ensembles.  They went above and beyond the call of duty for me this race, and I really appreciate it!

These are pictures that super fan Anne Trygstad took of everybodies at the vet check thingie.

Yes, I look very serious because it is my duty to ensure the vet checks go well

The Pretty Curly Tails getting ready for vet checks and the race

Turtle getting vet checked

The vet is checking Turtle for tickliness

The color coordinated Musher and Vet 

psssst, Musher.... can I please have a snack before the vet pokes and prods me

Before the start, there's the Musher meeting, where the Musher drew bib #15, then there was some waiting.

The Musher was having a hard time deciding who the final dog on the team was going to be.  I truly thought that I could make a hugey huge contribution in this race, and decided to play "rock, paper, scissors" for the final spot.

Turns out I didn't make the cut... get it... scissors... make the cut...


So, that meant more waiting.

Some braiding

Then I got into my Start ensemble.

Then it was time to start, but they moved the start of the race because... um....

... there was a bit of lack of snow.

So, everybodies had to convoy up to the new start place where there was some snow.

Where we saw this sign and I tried to convince the Musher to just turn this truck around and go back and get a pizza.

At least they said there was snow, and there was... sorta... if you consider slush to be within the snow family.

I can tell you... that stuff when it squishes between your toes... not pleasant.

Wayward was unceremoniously pinned and taped to the sled for good measure

Then at 6pm Montanana time, it was eventually time for the team to start.

They were wearing their stylish and super cool Head-lites (proud sponsor of North Wapiti Kennels).

And just like that... the team left.

At this point, the Moose Gnome had become unbearably annoying, so I took care of that...

So that meant driving back to the hotel to start our waiting and waiting.

My personal assistants had a surprise for me, they arranged a date with Triad, one of Jackie Wepruk's team dogs (he has a leg owie).

He was very nice, and quite a gentleman, but he did hog a lot of the bed.

Don't worry, nothing happened.  I'm loyal to my Pretty Curly Tails (even though he comes from Pretty Curly Tail lines), it was purely an innocent sleep over.

Then we waited, and waited some more, while the Pretty Curly Tails and the Musher made it to the checkpoint for their rest.

The next morning we had breakfast (bacon on waffle), I was wearing my green ensemble.

Then we waited and waited and waited, and then when the team got closer, I got into my finish ensemble.

with matching doggles... of course

Before we knew it, here came the team!

Yippeeee!!!!

Here's the video!

We all drove back to the hotel, and I took a nap

Yep, that's pretty much what happened.

- Bet