Alayne noticed blind Widget climbing into the laundry basket bed one recent morning and thought, "uh oh, isn't Dexter in the basket too?" She had seen him get into the basket earlier in the morning but didn't see him in it at the moment, so he had either climbed out ... or buried himself in the blankets at the bottom of the basket. Yet there was no sound and no movement as Widget started to settle herself in on top of the pile of blankets, and Alayne figured Dexter was on another bed somewhere in the house.
But as Widget went around in circles, trying to get the bedding just-so, the blankets started to move. And move. This annoyed Widget, who kept trying to get them fixed up just the way she wanted them for her morning nap. There was still no sound, however, only the silent movement of the bedding underneath her. The more she tried to settle down, the more the bedding moved. Widget couldn't figure out why the blankets seemed to have a mind of their own, but by this time Alayne realized what was going on and picked up the camera off the desk.
Just when Widget decided to overlook her growing sense of motion sickness and try to nap anyway -- that's the photo above -- up popped Dexter in the corner of the basket:
Not a happy face, eh?
Here's a side-shot of Old Snaggle-Tooth himself:
You can see that at this point Widget didn't care about the disruption any longer, though Dexter certainly did ... and he subsequently climbed out in search of less crowded accommodations.
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New Shelter Challenge Begins Monday
Yes, a new Shelter Challenge starts tomorrow, Monday, January 10th, and ends at midnight on March 20th. Grand prize in this round is $5,000. There are no second- and third-place prizes this time, but new categories ... please see the Shelter Challenge website for details.
Their site says Best Friends is not eligible to win the Grand Prize in any of the 2011 Shelter Challenge contests because they were the "Challenge Champion" in 2010, having won the most total votes during the year, so that gives us a shot again at winning first place!
And remember, you can vote every day, so consider bookmarking the voting page to make it easy.
You can vote in the Shelter Challenge here.
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Because of your votes, we came in 2nd nationwide and won $5,000 in the Shelter Challenge that ended in December 2010. Please help us win this round of the contest by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too. Thank you!
I think Dexter would have given Widget the 'stink-eye' if he thought she would see it.
Posted by: Anne | January 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Any news on what the cats are up to these days?? Been a long time since we have heard about them.
Posted by: Anne | January 11, 2011 at 08:49 AM
Adorable!!!! Just so everyone who has an IPhone knows....you can vote on your phone as well as the Internet. On the iPhone, you may have to check the search button twice but it will allow you to vote. So for me, I vote twice everyday! WooHoo!! Let's go RDR!
Posted by: Jennifer McRoberts | January 10, 2011 at 08:40 PM
Ah, poor Widget. Just can't get away from Mr. Dexter T. Dickens can she. It's bad enough she has to sleep in the same room with him at night, now he's also invading her "daytime" snooze! What's a girl to do?
Posted by: Cathy Silvestro | January 10, 2011 at 06:21 PM
What a great way to start out a cold Monday--a hilarious story & wonderful pictures !
Posted by: Kathy Hertzel | January 10, 2011 at 09:39 AM
I can never get enough of basket follies! Dexter cracks me up each and every time. :)
Posted by: Barbara Techel | January 10, 2011 at 09:25 AM
So does this make Widget the Princess since she just IGNORED the pea?
Posted by: Amy A | January 10, 2011 at 07:30 AM
These pictures put a big smile on my face and got a good chuckle out of me. The 2nd picture of Dexter with that look on his face is priceless...that's the epitome of the "evil eye"!
Everyone, please remember to vote in the Shelter Challenge every day and to tell everyone you know. If you have more than one browser on your computer (i.e. Internet Explorer and Firefox), you can use each one to cast a vote. The more votes, the better chance of taking first prize!
Posted by: Ann | January 10, 2011 at 05:14 AM
Imagine waking up and finding someone sleeping on your head. Imagine trying to sleep and finding someone sleeping underneath you. When you're at RDR, there's never a dull moment.
Posted by: Moon Rani | January 10, 2011 at 12:24 AM
Hahahaha!!!!
Posted by: Carrie | January 09, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Too funny!
Posted by: Leila - Washington | January 09, 2011 at 08:50 PM
The pics are too funny!!!
I'll be voting!
Posted by: Ev | January 09, 2011 at 08:46 PM
And Widget won again!!! Yeahhh!!! She's the best!!!
Posted by: Mauro Salles | January 09, 2011 at 06:17 PM
Adorable!
Posted by: Shirley * James/Portland, OR | January 09, 2011 at 05:05 PM
so cute!!
Posted by: jen | January 09, 2011 at 03:23 PM