Pugtoberfest! Part Two.

  we played a round of pug bingo. phyllis didn't win though.   here we are ready for the costume contest! for some reason i didn't get a picture of priscilla!  she wore her skeleton costume of course.   they got to walk down a red carpet. very glamorous.   look at this sweet blind baby. i think her name was buttercup. we didn't win the costume contest either. i can't remember who won... kissing contest! so hilarious. they were looking for longest continuous kiss.   the girls were getting really tired, but we were waiting for one last contest. banana eating. can you spot travis and priscilla waiting to start? phyllis and i watched from the side lines. she isn't a fast eater so we didn't enter her.

there was some INTENSE focus from the other pugs.  

priscilla wasn't so intense and she didn't gobble down her banana like she usually does at home. all that training for nothing! hahah. training means sometimes if i ate a banana, i would give priscilla a few bites.

  so then we headed out.   of course we had to stop by this dog bakery to pick up the prize priscilla won for winning the pug race.     they were really cute! i was tempted to try it myself. haha. travis' brother and his wife live in louisville so we met up with them since we were so close. the girls got to sleep in their apartment (since they pretty much sleep 20 hours a day, going places with us exhausts them) and we went to a restaurant called hammerheads. the food was sooooo goooood. i overindulged and felt so full and terrible on the way home, but it was worth it.
fries with truffle oil. oh man they were so good.  jordan got smoked mac and cheese with truffle oil that was great too. crispy smoked catfish sandwich. very very good. i didn't finish half of it, it was so huge! travis and i keep trying to go full vegetarian (right now we're technically pescetarian) but we can't give up fried fish! the ride home was almost uneventful except for a doggy bathroom episode that i will spare you. but let's say it involved us having to leave both the dog beds on the side of the interstate. but other than that, we had a great time at pugtoberfest!

Pugtoberfest! Part One

So I took a LOT of pictures at pugtoberfest last weekend, then it took me forever to go through them because so many were terrible. I really need to learn more about taking descent pictures in low light! and then half of them were pictures of phyllis and priscilla, so I had to decide how many it was acceptable to post. haha. so here you go!



travis checked this audiobook out for us to listen to on the drive (almost 3 hours!). it made me realize i would NEVER want to have a pet owl. you basically can't have any friends come over because the owl will try to pluck out their eyes. and you have to spend part of every day killing mice. not worth it!

 we drove past cave city, the most magical place on earth. next time we need to stop and get a picture of the pugs on one of those big plastic dinos.  i put the girls in a crate this time instead of buckled in on the advice of some people on the pug village forum. it worked pretty well! priscilla didn't cry and bark the WHOLE time. just part of the time.  wouldn't you love to be just randomly driving through town and see a sign like that? i would.  so this was pugtoberfest! it is a fund raiser for the kentuckiana pug rescue. it wasn't as big as pugfest in atlanta last year, but it was still fun. i like any time i can pet other people's dogs.  the first thing we saw was a pug race! so cute! we entered priscilla in the 9 and up category. we didn't enter phyllis because she runs for no one. she KNOWS you will come pick her up, so if you call her she just sits down and looks at your expectantly. little stinker.  priscilla won first place in her division! can't you see how thrilled she is?she couldn't see travis or hear him calling her, so i had to kind of run in front of her so she knew where to go.    then we bought a bunch of raffle tickets. i wanted this wreath! mostly for the little knitted pug.  or this funny thing! but bummer time, we didn't win one single basket we put tickets in for! oh well, the money was for the pugs anyway.  look at these cute babies! they were so focused on their owner they didn't care that i came over to pet them.   we put them in the stroller to rest. they didn't like it much. they wanted to be out getting petted and meeting all the pugs!  we found a place to sit on the floor to wait for more contests. they were both entered in the costume contest, and priscilla entered the banana eating contest! i'll leave you in suspense of how they turned out.....

On the road to Pugtoberfest!

As you are reading this in the morning i'm probably on my way, or at Pugtoberfest! I can't wait to pet a bunch of pugs and give some money to support the rescue. and we're going to see pug races and costume contests! and of course i'll take lots of pictures to spam you with.

so in celebration here are some cute pictures of my two little rescue girls. 

this is the first of hopefully three pug events i'm attending this month. october is the best month for pug lovers!

A day in great detail: pugfest

all right, i hope you guys are ready for this...

PUGFEST 2010!!!!!


that might be the cutest thing i've ever seen!!

i picked out my clothes the night before so i wouldn't wake up travis.


she is so pissed that i made her sit in the back. even though she was 1 foot from me.

five hours later we're almost there!!


look at that tongue!
won this in the silent auction. it's a lamp. and amazing.

pug kissing booth!!!!!! totally worth a dollar!

it was almost too much!





this little baby had both of her eyes removed! it made me want to cry!

potty break before the costume contest!

banana split!

we freaked out about this french maid. look at that little duster!

i wish i had a herd of pugs.

sister sofie!

antoine dobson pug!!! no one in the crowd got it, but brittany and i were dying!

so in love with this little critter!
we stood and watched all the contests, like most wrinkles, longest tongue, curliest tail, best kisser!

there was lots of pug love going around.

but look at this coven of cuteness!!
another visit to the kissing booth.
i was so thankful that brittany came with me. it would have been impossible to hold rose/take pics/buy stuff/eat all at once.



it's starting to wind down. they did the ipad drawing (i didn't win) closed the silent auctions, etc. etc.

back in the crate. rose yells that she is ready to go home.

we pick cds for the ride home! we listened to NOW that's what i call music volume 1 all morning. haha.
rose changes into her pugfest shirt so she'll be comfy. she passed out about an hour into the ride home.we finally get home. i throw some food out for rose then give myself 10 minutes to get ready for a halloween party. normally i wouldn't have wanted to go out after such a long day but it was the 5th annual halloween masquerade ball!

hmmm a vampire will be easy, i've got enough stuff in my costume stash for that.

left a huge mess behind. but i was in a hurry!

i wish i had better pics of the setup. the theme this year was "the birds". i missed almost everything, but i showed up in time to dance like crazy for 2 hours!

my friend meredith MADE this freaking dress! it was amazing!

she made the shoes too!

sweaty aftermath. i can't remember the last time i danced so much. it was awesome.

after party at steak and shake!

brett is the one who threw the party. he always goes all out.

"back to the future pose"


double mmmm.

bye guys! it's 2 am, i have to go!

sweet little husband waiting outside for me to get home.

after this i jump in the shower then crash into bed and immediately fall asleep. what a great day!