March 18, 2012: Another Dog Day Afternoon! Checking the spam bin!

So, what's the weather like in your neck of the woods?  Here in Vancouver (it being Vancouver) it's been mostly overcast, cold, and rainy.  But yesterday, there was a rare break of sunshine, a sneak peek at the summer weather to come.  My dogs, of course, were quick to point out that it was perfect dog-walking weather.  "And how,"you may ask, "did your dogs point something like this out?".  Well, Lulu usually parks herself in front of the big window and stares wistfully out at the front yard, Jelly paces, and Bubba goes nuts.  "And what,"you may ask, "do I mean by nuts?"  Well, here's a little video snippet of my boy as we pulled up to the park yesterday afternoon…

He is positively outraged when he doesn't get to go out on a sunny day OR outraged he's not out there fast enough.

Anyway, we headed down to my old stomping grounds, Yaletown, for a stroll that thoroughly exhausted the crew.

A post-walk Jelly with tongue in full display.

They crashed all afternoon, made the time for dinner (natch), and headed upstairs to bed where they crashed again.

Check it out. Lulu was so tired she didn't even bother fully stepping over Jelly. She made it halfway then gave up and went to sleep.

So what are your sunny day game plans?  Walks?  Beach volleyball? Building a fort out of fresh lawn trimming on your front yard?

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Don't forget to finish watching Superman IV: The Quest for Peace! Tomorrow, our Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes and guest reviewer Cookie Monster will be weighing in with his thoughts on the film.

Wonder if he'll like it?