One goes to great pains (despite desperately pitiful facial expressions and pleas from one's corgis and close family members) to prevent one's long-backed corgi babies from becoming overindulged during the holidays. (Because one knows that overindulgent corgis turn into chunky corgi monkeys.) 

HOWEVER, no matter how hard one tries, one cannot - for the life of oneself - apply the same tough corgi-love logic to one's own overindulgent self.  [Chunky monkey junky…

Merry Christmas

and

Happy Winter…

....panted Dewi with childlike wonder. To which Jonny innocently replied, "Yeah, Dew, I think it is."

Oh, to be a well-fed Corgi with his best bud in a blanket of fluffy new snow.…

Spent a good two hours this morning trying to get a nice, respectable holiday photo of Jon and Dewi in front of the fireplace. [silence] With my point and shoot camera. [silence] Took about 70 photos. Not one decent photo in the bunch. Nope. In fact, it was like a two-hour obedience lesson gone horribly awry. (sit, stay, down, stay, sit, down, STAY!) I quit after this picture. …

Just wanted to share these photos from last Saturday's parade in Middleburg, VA. Dewi's breeder took Dewi's mother (blue merle) and sister (black) (pictured below). (I'm hoping to make it in 2011!) There were 60+ corgis (Corgi Corps) all together!

Click below to see the photo gallery (go to pages 3-4, starts with photo #25).…

What my husband is getting for Christmas from Jon and Dewi...

The following scenes were reinacted:

Jon to Dewi: "I double-dog dare you."

Dewi to Me:…