Hello, I'm Spotty, the President's EnglishSpringer Spaniel. (I'm the spotted dog in the picture with Laura Bush
and my pal, Barney, the Scottish Terrier.)
Posted on 07/01/2002 6:00:58 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
Hello, I'm Spotty, the President's English
Springer Spaniel. (I'm the spotted dog in the picture with Laura Bush
and my pal, Barney, the Scottish Terrier.)
I love this house and thought you would enjoy a tour…from a dog's point of view. I've heard there are many different names for this house. Some call it the "People's House" while others call it the "White House."
The White House is larger than any dog house I've ever seen, that's for sure. There are six floors, 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 147 windows, 412 doors, 12 chimneys, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators. As you can see, it's easy to lose your tennis ball in this place. My favorite room is the chief usher's office. I love to sleep on the floor next to his desk.
This is the Vermeil Room. I like to call this room the "Fur may" Room, but the correct pronunciation is "vur-may." I heard the curator say that vermeil objects are silver pieces that have been dipped in gold. Wow! Maybe I can get a vermeil dog tag one day. Several portraits of First Ladies hang on the walls in this room.
The White House Library is a great room to do something really exciting…read! The curator told me that the books in this room are all by American authors. Maybe one day I can put my favorite book, Hank the Cowdog, on the shelf in here. First Lady Abigail Fillmore (1850-53) asked Congress to buy books for the White House. The American Booksellers Association began to add to the collection in the 1930s. Today, many of these books are on display in the library. My owner, First Lady Laura Bush, loves books. She was a public school librarian and a teacher, and she still enjoys sharing the joy of reading with children.
Are you stuck inside today with the kids because it's too hot? Raining? Spend a few minutes with the kids and take Spotty's tour of The White House!
It's fun and the kids won't even know they're learning!
Click the link to tour all eight rooms. Spotty's White House Tour Lots of other fun stuff to do on the kids White House page too.
Wishing everyone has an excellent day!
Dr.j'sfirst is going to have a really good day. Read all about it here. We look forward to your report dr.j'sfirst!
Martha Stewart may be taking her show to Washington. She reportedly may be called before a congressional committee demanding she spill the beans on whether she lied about her role in the ImClone inside-trading scandal. Newsweek magazine said her possible debut on Capitol Hill hinges on what her social-climbing stockbroker Peter Bacanovic tells probers about her sale of her ImClone holdings a day before federal regulators rejected the company's much anticipated cancer drug and the stock tanked.
"We're going to keep dogging her," an investigator told the magazine. full story, NY Post.
At a Fourth of July at Waksal's Hamptons spread three years ago, Martha Stewart arrived with an entourage that included three of her Chow dogs — none on a leash.
Stewart worked her way through the party to the yard, where one of the black-tongued beasts jumped up on a little boy and sunk its teeth into his thigh. The child happened to be Waksal's nephew Jesse.
Guests, who included MTV's Serena Altschul, Planet Hollywood founder Keith Barish and entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman, saw Jesse writhing on the grass as Waksal leaned over him. Stewart stood by with her arms folded over her chest. Guests exchanged looks, and one quipped about a possible injury lawsuit against Stewart: "Perhaps soon she'll have to change the name of her magazine to Martha and Jesse Living."
After the party, we called Waksal about the incident and he told us: "The dog just jumped up on Jesse and frightened him. He never bit him. The dog was overaffectionate."
Perhaps Waksal didn't realize that we were at the party, standing right across from the child as we watched the bleeding from two holes as big as vampire bites. And we watched Grubman — in pure Hamptons style — run up and ask, "Is it the Lexus or the Mercedes that has the first-aid kit?!" before helpfully bolting to the road, chockablock with SUVs, to find one. NY Daily News
116 posted on 7/1/02 9:09 AM Eastern by mountaineer
Couldn't leave this behind. :-) Everyone knows the Mercedes has the first-aid kit! Duh!
Pool puds showed up this morning! It's not raining yet... keep your fingers crossed for me please.
I'm with ladyinred. Being incredibly sad when your child is hurt, or your husband loses an election is normal.....not insanity.
(And having a wife who claims to be mentally ill is not a good way to win an election. Keep it up gores. The more you talk, the worse you both look).
"I couldn't believe that the voting would be stopped."
Calling Dr Freud! Calling Dr. Freud!
That reminds me of how popular I used to be with the ranch hands when I'd be called out to help bull calves graduate to the girls choir. Ah, the glory days of youth.
ROTFLOL!!!!!
You want to play ball?
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