Lake Superior Mini-Vacay

A vacation was much needed and although I wasn't hopping on a plane to go somewhere I was going to one of my favorite places... the North Shore. There is nothing more beautiful or peaceful than the shores of Lake Superior. It is one of the few places that I am content and can relax without hesitation.

Joe, Gordie and I headed up to Chateau Leveaux near Lutsen and met Jon and Talicia up there for three days of doing nothing but eating, drinking, game playing and relaxing. We had a great time and definitely are thinking about making the trip up that way more often. Especially once the weather gets better so we can take Gordie outside to do some hiking and exploring. The cold and snow prevented that a little this trip. Thankfully, Gordie was more than content just laying around watching us and he also took a liking to sitting out on the patio to watch the scenery.

 

 

All in all, it was the exact little mini vacation that was needed.

The Big T-W-O!

Yesterday, Gordie turned the big T-W-O!

Yes, I even enjoy celebrating my dogs birthday and not just my own :) In the last year he has changed sooooo much! Although he is still a crazy little maniac at times with more spirit than any other dog I know, he's also learned how to be mellow as well. Shocking. He now sleeps in later than I do...how does that work?! If only I could figure out how to take advantage of that and sleep in with him. Ha!

In true 'new' Gordie fashion, he spent his birthday snuggled up sleeping. He had a big day of hunting with Joe the day before. And unfortunately, I have no pictures from that adventure.

:: Side note, we're still waiting to hear what phase he's in with the advertising spot process. To be continued. ::

Possible Superstar?!?...

Earlier this week I received an interesting email...it was from a PR Agency. I'm sure most of you are thinking, "what's so great about that? You work in that industry..." Well, this was actually to inform me that they came across a picture of Gordie through my various social media sites and this here blog and that they were interested in Gordie participating in a chance to become a spokes dog for a large international brand. At first I thought this was spam...it definitely turned out not to be. He is currently in the running with five other dogs to have a shot at TV commercials and print ads for this particular brand. EXCITING!!

Out of the top five that he's already a part of, the next phase narrows it down to two and from there...a winner. We submitted all the necessary info, videos, and pictures needed for him to participate and now we wait. Not exactly my strong suit. Joe and I have been joking that we may have to become 'stage parents' if Gordie is indeed selected.

Even if Gordie isn't selected, the fact that he was hand selected out of millions of dogs across the country is a great compliment. We didn't enter into anything, they came to us...social media definitely has it's perks!

We have nearly two weeks to wait to see if he makes it to the next round. Fingers crossed for our handsome guy!