EXCITING WEEKEND IN THE POCONOS

Long weekend with old mom in Poconos. Our new dishwasher was delivered and I got tied outside so the workman could do his work in the kitchen. I got the patio door open and went inside and scared the workman and he hid behind the dishwasher. It was so funny that I just stared at him and didn't growl. He was yelling for old mom to come get me. Now guess what - I am locked outside and can't get the door open. It was so funny - a grown man scared of me!!!

I am so bad.....Then later we went on a walk and a little cocker spaniel dog(like the one above) came running at me and the owner went crazy because the dog wouldn't come to her and she couldn't get the dog to behave. I actually didn't even realize what was happenning because old mom was hiding my face in her legs and doing a body block so I wouldn't see the dog. I wasn't barking or acting mean at all until that little dog growled at me and then I growled back. I wish people would tie up their dogs or at least be able to control them.

I was on my leash and behaving and the other owner was not following the rules.
What's a dog to do.... when other dogs growl in their faces...

I also got in the trash which I never do at home but old mom left the lid loose and I opened the door so I figured - why not the trash can? Mom didn't like me doing that and she smacked me on my butt. I guess she was mad. We are friends again.

PAINTINGS OF ACE

Enjoy old mom's paintings that have me in them. " Near the Water" and "On the Rocks" are their titles.

ACE'S FIRST PORTRAIT

My old mom is now drawing again and has made a drawing of me. This is an original and worth many dollars.

She always draws 3 birds in the sky and since my name is Ace - she put the playing card in the drawing with a spade on it. I have a white patch on my neck which looks like a spade. I am famous once again. I also do this movement of my head when I am confused which is alot.

MY OLD MOM'S THOUGHTS ON THE "23 THINGS PROJECT" AND MINE TOO!

The entire purpose behind the "23 Things Project" was to Explore, Discover and Play.
I enjoyed blogging and using the online image generators the most. I used my web html skills to add gadgets to my blogspot blog.

My family and co-workers enjoyed reading my blog which was the “diary of a pit bull puppy” and we laughed together about the photos on it. I enjoyed being creative in making “Ace, the puppy” do the 23 Things and his comments as a puppy were sometimes funny.

I noticed that some items on the “23 Things Project” took more than 15 minutes to review and wondered how every staff person was going to find the time in their work day to complete.

I also wondered how all the people on Facebook and MySpace find time to keep their pages up to date. Are they staying home working on the computer rather than meeting with their friends “face to face”. Maybe that is why some individuals never make eye contact, are not "people friendly" and are so impatient doing such things as “waiting in lines” and “don’t know how to react to problems such as “ the cable going out" or "no electricity”.

Can you imagine if every day – you felt compelled to make an entry into your blog, check your e-mail accounts, update your facebook or myspace, check your voicemail, do twitter, put pictures on snapfish, search the internet and search you tube and do some online chatting? When would you find time to “visit with friends”, “shop”, “walk the dog”, “workout”, “read” and “work”?

It is all about choices – what do you want to do with your time?

Overall I learned many new skills but life is too short to be tethered to my computer or phone.
I want to Explore, Discover and Play Untethered.

A LIFE ON A TETHER IS NO LIFE AT ALL!

Next Tuesday 11/11

Old Mom said I am going to be “fixed” next Tuesday. I tried to explain that I wasn’t broken and didn’t need to be “fixed” but she didn’t laugh.

I am going to hide up here for awhile and maybe she will forget about it.

Learning New skills

My old Mom was telling me all about Learning 2.0 and Web 2.0. -she found 2 neat articles which I like. http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/03/teaching-a-dog-new-tricks.html- “Teaching a dog new tricks” and http://jackrussell51.blogspot.com/2008/02/web-20-or-library-20.html - "Jack's Life" My thoughts are: Learning new technology and discovering new methods of communication is similar to the methods that humans use in training their dogs. You start out learning to sit then you learn to lie down then you learn to do doggie pushups. Social networking is similar to my playing with all the puppies at Puppy Kindegarten.
Maybe I can introduce these new ideas to my 6 old cats that live with me and this photo will be me and one of them. I will try my new communication skills on them.....Wish me luck... I will need it...

My 2 Moms

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Here they are- the young one and the old one.