Puppy Bowl Cuties

Cuteness alert!!! Animal Planet is airing Puppy Bowl VIII on Sunday, February 5 at 3 p.m sharp (unless the puppies are napping). As we mentioned last year, this is the cutest thing to do Super Bowl Sunday ever (and will be on my tv pre-game, a warning to my friends coming over). The ref will be will be watching out for "unnecessary ruff, ruff, ruff-ness" from these residents of the ASPCA, which will be reminding us all that adoption from shelters is a fine option.** Hello There Cuties!!! xxxo

** Doug adopted his dogs and I Amelie the bunny via local shelters... a fabulous option Hello There Cutie endorses!

Dust Bunnies Are Cute

Sunday is usually housecleaning day, and I wish my dust bunnies looked like these from Japan! Ok, I know this is just an illustration but can't I hope for some cuties like these instead??? xxxo

Sunday Morning Cuties

One of my fondest childhood memories was waking up to the Sunday Funnies in our local newspaper. My favorites included Peanuts, Dennis the Menace, Nancy, Hi & Lois and Bil Keane's The Family Circus. According to sources, the strip began in February 1960 on the 29th (Leap Year Day!) under the title The Family Circle, but was changed to avoid confusion with the women's magazine of the same name. The single-panel daily strip appears in more than 1500 newspapers today and still tells the simple, sweet and cute stories of the Keane Family - father Bill, mother Thelma, and their tykes: Billy, Dolly, Jeffy and PJ. Grandparents sometimes appear (one is a ghost) as well pets Barfy, Sam and Kittycat.
The Sunday version of the strip breaks out of the single rounded panel and often tells a complete story through clever visuals. For more info visit The Family Circus website.

Cute & Christian

As mentioned yesterday, the late Art Clokey also created Davey and Goliath, a series of short animated stories that told morality tales through the adventures of a Protestant family that include trouble-prone Davey, his little sister Sally and their talking dog Goliath. These simple shorts ran Sunday morning on local TV stations throughout the 1960s up until the 80s and were clever and cute. I'd rather watch these then go to church!