Ladies and Gentlemen...we have a winner!

Hope you had a wonderful holiday!!

I'd like to announce this week's Caption Contest winner......and it issssssss....

...MISS LISA N.! We hope this big win makes your holiday that much sweeter.

As you can see...Pants is a little wiped out after all the celebrations (and that long night of delivering toys...). Lots of updates to come, but for now, we hope you are relaxing and enjoying the holidays as much as we are!

Caption Contest - Here Comes Santa Claus

Happy Caption Contest Wednesday!

In the spirit of the holidays (or..because its likely that I won't be able to get to a computer on Friday...), we'll extend this week's contest through Sunday (12/26) at 11:59pm EST.

Good luck to all and to all - Merry Christmas!

Little Sous

Ever the little helpful chef.
(I must admit...she keeps a tidy kitchen...floor at least)

All I Want For Christmas

Subtle request for a sweatshirt of her own?

Wooop Winner Winner

Happpppppy Friday, friends! As usual, thanks for the great entries this week! Although I appreciate the references in Lisa & Vinh's posts this week (both timely and in the Christmas spirit)....Auntie A referenced one of my absolute favorite movies....so she gets this week's crown!

(Plus, I couldn't stop laughing while mentally substituting Pants in all the famous scenes of the movie).

Here's our leading lady doing what she does best....sitting awkwardly and looking frumpy.

To those of you shouting RIGGED...just watch the clip below and tell me you don't love it, too.
Damn you, John Williams.

Caption Time!

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's caption time! I'm sure more than one of you can relate to Pants in this photo given DC's recent weather, so go for it and submit those captions by Friday at noon!

It should be noted that Pants ended up in this position of her own free will...Scott simply
woke up and snapped the photo.

Stripper pug

Apparently Pants isn't afraid to go topless.

Hey, whatever pays the bills.

Sad Sack

Yay! We had a revival of the caption contest in a huge way. Many thanks to those who submitted entries and the winner for this week is.....drumroll.....

Vinh!

Although the other entries touched on Pants' prissy and awkward sides (which are both very present)...Vinh acknowledged the true plague of Lily's meetup experience....

That it was outside....In the cold.

I think she's still peeved about it.

(notice the leash....I am pulling on her to try and get her to go for a
walk since she hasn't been out in, oh, something like EIGHT HOURS)

Caption Contest - Pug Meetup

Alrighty friends...given last week's lack of enthusiasm...I wanted to get this week's Caption Contest up nice and early to give you plenty of time to think of a good one. So, don't be shy....comment below! Do it!!!

Without further ado....

Contest ends 12/10/10 @ noon EST. Good luck to all!!!

Happy Frickin' Holidays

Lily is not quite ready for the festive holiday spirit.

You put your right foot out

One of Pants' more awkward favorites - to place one paw on her friends to keep them in place. Maybe she's just a weirdo, but we like to interpret it as a sign of affection.

Whamp whaaaamp

Maybe I jumped the gun on the holiday vibe? Or picked a doozy of a picture?

Either way, I get it, guys. You didn't like it. But that's okay....because we have a winner*....

Auntie A! Thanks for mustering up the holiday spirit to keep the ol' blog running.

Here is another photo op from the same day. Pants really enjoyed helping us put up Nana's tree. Hopefully she'll have the same energy to help us when we decorate this weekend! Have a good one, all!

*The official caption contest rules stipulate that one, in fact, can be a winner despite a lack of competition. Time to celebrate that big win!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Whoo hoo - it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. Caption Contest Wednesday! Hopefully your creative juices enjoyed the break and are rarin' to go for this week's contest:

Enter by noon on 12/3/10! Good luck to all (and to all a goodnight?)!

Close up....om nom nom

Karma treats

This weekend was the exciting (dreaded?) UVA vs. VA Tech football game.

...it did not go well.

My mother-in-law and I thought we might change the karma by giving Pants a football treat.

She was happy to oblige.

Unfortunately, we didn't think to give her a plate.

That's ok. She managed to use Daddy's backpack.

Unfortunately.....the treat did not help us in the game. At all. Pants was clearly disappointed, but somehow managed to feign indifference.

Thankful

No caption contest today - just want to take a minute to thank you all for reading and for loving our little Pants.

We couldn't be more thankful to have such a sweet girl. Happy Thanksgiving!

left leg = daddy, right leg = mommy, Pants = right in the middle

Oh, and apparently Pants is going to "meet" my parents' cat this evening. Fingers crossed...

"Yes, quite comfy, thank you."

Cold weather doesn't rain on my sunbathing parade

It's the end of another busy week! I am pleased to announce that Miss Lisa N. has dethroned Auntie A this week with her excellent caption. Thanks, as always, for participating.

Lily would thank you herself, but she's too busy sunbathing from the comfort of her bed.

Caption Contest - Shark attack!

This wraps up our "costumes that could have been" Caption Contest theme. Our little Jaws didn't cut it, but will your comment swim to the top? We'll find out on Friday @ noon EST!


wow. I just reread that. yikes.

Cuddle up

This pretty girl was happy to cuddle up with Mom, Dad and a blanket after a weekend home alone.

HISTORY IS MADE and Fallness

Happy Friday, lovely readers! I believe we had a record breaking (or maybe tying...I can't remember...and I'm too lazy to check...either way, well done!) number of entries for this week's caption contest! Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to check in with Pants and me.

Without further ado, I give you the historical winner....AUNTIE A!

This is the first time in APugsLife history that we've crowned the same winner two weeks in a row. And I have to say, that it could not have gone to a more faithful reader than Pants' aunt.

And speaking of our favorite girl, here she is, living up our chilly fall weather by playing in the leaves*.

*disclaimer - to Pants, "playing in the leaves" usually means "searching for discarded gum next to trees"
...but who's judging?

Contest time!

Whoopsie....I guess the blog has suffered a bit this week. You know, because of my need to work and make money, etc, blah blah.

But fear not, faithful readers. I have a caption contest for you this week! I realized I hadn't yet shared some of the "rejects" from Halloween 2K10. For your viewing pleasure, please compete for the appropriate caption for reject costume # 1:

Ends Friday @ Noon EST. Happy captioning!

You guys are getting creepy...

...have you figured out a way to read my mind? Bugged my house? Mastered telepathy?

Well, for the 2nd week in a row, the winner of this week's Caption Contest takes the crown with an eerily perfect caption to go along with Pants' mood this week. And that winner is.....JESSICA!

As you can see, she has been very dramatic about the temperature of our apartment, and not only insisted on her own sweater and blanket...

but also decided that she needed them for the walk to eat dinner.

Drama queen much? We get the point, Pants.

Happy weekend!

Already caption time?

You bet your sweet November it is! This week is really flying by.

But back to the point - I'm looking forward to some great captions this week. Contest ends 11/5 @ Noon EST. Good luck to all!

Halloween!

Hope everyone had a happy & safe Halloween!

We celebrated with lots of friends. And now...it's time for the big reveal:

Here is Pants in all of her ferocious-dragon glory! Sorry for the less-than-ideal pictures....unusually she was not in a modeling mood on Saturday. But we were impressed that the costume stayed on all night. What do you think?

Winner & silliness

CONGRATULATIONS go to.......AUNTIE A! I have no doubt that Pants intended to hold my slipper hostage until we returned her precious bed. Thank goodness we amicably negotiated the hostage situation and both slipper and bed are doing fine.

I am trying to decide what to say about this photo....I think for the time being, I'll just let it speak for itself:

Have a Happy Halloween weekend!

C-A-P-T-I-O-N Time!

Ends Friday @ Noon EST. May the best caption win!

(Note: object in photo is my slipper)

Subtle protest

Clearly, Pants disapproved of the decision to wash her bedcover last night, therefore rendering it unusable for an hour.

Caption: distraught

Sleepy girl

Catchin' some zzz's after our weekend road trip in her usual, awkward fashion!

Winner!....and Spooky

TGIF! And thanks to this week's caption contest entries for some excellent captions! This week's winner is....

JESSICA!

Congrats on capturing the diva mentality our little Pants has adopted since the cold weather set in.

Or perhaps the unnecessary shivering comes from a holiday-appropriate feeling of being watched?

CAPTION CONTEST WEDNESDAY!

Your favorite time of the week is here....its CAPTION CONTEST Wednesday!
(These ought to be good....)

Ends Friday, 10/22 @ NOON EST. Caption away!

Can't read my....

Showin' off some card skillz.

Fiesty

Happy Monday! And thanks for the votes for Pants' costume. The clear winner was "taco!"

I wish I could say that Pants would in fact be a taco for Halloween, but unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances...an alternate costume has been selected. We'll do the big reveal for Halloween! Can you stand the suspense??

I'd like to take a minute now to thank Pants for continually providing blog-worthy moments. Like, for example, when she randomly charged her bed last week and tried to knock it over. I couldn't have scripted better ridiculousness!

Why are you doing this??

We'll never know.

Woooo we're getting fancy

Hello there, friends!

In lieu of our normal Wednesday caption contest, we're doing something a bit more seasonal here at A Pug's Life.

One of the best thing about owning a pug is that they look ridiculous almost 100% of the time. What's even better is that at one particular time of year you are not only encouraged, but almost required to enhance this natural apperance with an equally ridiculous costume.

And you (yes, YOU) have the power to determine which Halloween costume we will buy. Check the handy little poll I whipped up to the right, make your selection, and stay tuned for the big reveal next week.

GO VOTE!!

Visual aids below:

Laundry assistant

One of the many ways she earns her keep.

There's Only One October

Pants can't miss the playoffs.