We’ve made it to the end – it’s been a scratch-filled journey for some of us, but we’re here on the last day of the April A to Z Challenge.
And not to worry – dress up will not end. I mean, next week we get both Star Wars Day and Cinco de Mayo, and I just found Choppy’s sombrero in the moving boxes (yes, we’re still unpacking eight months after moving in). I’m certainly not going to let those two days go by without torturing lovingly dressing up the dog and cat.



And what better way to end? Many congratulations on the month, Sarah. I’ve enjoyed every day of it (and I know I’m not alone in that).
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Thanks! I had a good time doing it – though I am happy not to have to think about new pics for a few days. The second year was harder than the first, as I couldn’t just go with the obvious (having used most of those last year!).
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Love the yuppies. Thats exactly how my cat would wear a sweater.
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I am working on getting ours to wear one properly – so far, no luck (as you can see in the pictures).
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Awesome! 🙂 Can’t believe the alphabet has gone by so quickly. Been great fun, thank you 🙂
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I feel like it was only yesterday I was dressing up Choppy as an alien…
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haha I know! 🙂
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Choppy is a fine zookeeper and overall great actor for the A to Z challenge.
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She is! Maybe by next year, we’ll have a cooperative cat as well. I’m not terribly optimistic on that point.
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Great job Sarah on the A to Z challenge. All very funny and an insight to what a fun person you are. Thanks.
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Thank you so much!
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Way to go Sarah! You and your Muses deserve a great big celebration for such a great job!
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Thanks! I think we’ll have some extra treats this week, now that it’s done (though there are further costumes to come, celebrating some upcoming holidays!).
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Congratulations on finishing the Challenge! I’m glad to have followed through out and look forward more crazy Choppy and Schooner antics!!
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Thank you! And there will definitely be more antics to come!
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What a wild ride. I look forward to year’s alphabet season.
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That it has been! And I’m already brainstorming ideas for next year. Perhaps I will get to work on them earlier this time!
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You could do two a year. Maybe the alphabet from another language or canine version of English lol
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Ha! I’m not sure I have enough ideas to do it twice a year!
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I reckon you might especially with all the jokes that could have alphabet connections.
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That might be something – still, I think once a year is good. We’ll stick to random holidays the rest of the year!
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Fair enough, I’m still a big fan of the Where’s Choppy posts.
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I may be adding some more – I think everyone is a big fan of them.
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Excellent, you can camouflage her too with the A–Z outfits and costumes.
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Kudos to you Sarah. You did a fab job and it is a perfect way to round up.
Hey Chops. Happy weekend guys. XO
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Thank you! We had a nice weekend seeing family – hope yours was great!
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Cats have ‘deadly breath?’ I’ve never noticed, but dogs… now that’s a different story! 😉
I really enjoyed this month, a good laugh every day (so healthy!)
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I think that might have been Zookeeper Choppy taking some liberty with signage.
And I am glad to have increased the general health of the readers around here! It’s a service I am happy to provide!
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🙂
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I don’t want to see it end! I have LOVED these! DakotasDen
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Don’t worry – we won’t have a new post every day, but there will be plenty of dress up to come!
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Great post. This is the first picture where I noticed that Schooner’s tail has a white tip! I guess I’m not very observant. I have enjoyed all of your alphabet also. Great job to you, Choppy, and Schooner!
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It’s not always obvious – I tend to cut off the end of his tail in pictures pretty regularly to get a better look at the costumes. And thank you for dropping by all the time and looking at our Challenge!
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Thank you for these. Had a great time looking at them with friends last night.
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Thank you for looking at them – and showing them off!
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Choppy is a calm zoo keeper. I’m impressed. And, I did not know about Star Wars day so thanks for the tip, That’s a day I can definitely celebrate. Can’t wait to see what comes next for Choppy and Schooner now that the A to Z Challenge is done.
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Choppy doesn’t let anything faze her – certainly not a mere house cat (though when he went to lick her ear yesterday, Choppy did look a little freaked out).
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Oh, I know this is late notice, but you could also do a May Day photo too!
Choppy looks like she is the best happiest fartiest zookeeper in all the land. 😀
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That would have been great! I missed my chance!
And she is definitely the fartiest zookeeper in the land, particularly when I give her certain types of dog food.
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Very loveful post, I enjoy reading it
thank you for sharing
Happy to discover and follow your blog too after your visit to mine
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Thank you!
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you’re welcome
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They are so cute! ^-^
Have a great day ! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Congratulations on completing the challenge!
@ScarlettBraden from
Frankly Scarlett
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Thank you! I am glad to be at the end!
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Well done to Choppy and Schooner for getting to the end without killing anyone, either each other or you! And thanks for all the laughs along the way.
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Thank you! I suppose a few injuries were worth all the amusement everyone got out of it – and far better than meeting our end while doing it!
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Oh, in that second photo it looks like he’s really reading the sign! And that hat is PERFECT!
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Thanks! Just don’t look too closely at the hat – it’s actually a ranger hat I picked up at the Grand Canyon years ago, and it says so right on the hat’s trim!
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A through Z I think I made almost all of them. Someday when I have time and may breeze back and catch a few more! They were great and very interesting posts. A lot of fun was had by all! 🙂
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I am going to post a link to all of them at some point (actually, I was thinking of doing a little poll and having people vote on their faves). That should at least get you some direct links to the posts, so you can see if you missed any of them!
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Choppy and Schooner are such great sports 🙂 so why not end the challenge with a memorable fart ! 🙂
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It is Choppy’s opinion of the whole thing!
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You made it through the challenge and it was fun!
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We did make it through – though some of the cat scratches I could have done without.
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haha yes I used to dress my cat up and it was very interesting! So I can imagine keeping cat in the photo and being so photogenic haha
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If Schooner is dressed up, usually Paul is behind the scenes making it work. I can wrangle Schooner when just a collar or a box is involved, but it’s a little much to wrangle both of them on my own.
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I was wondering and Schooner looks like an active guy! haha
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He is! We are not used to having such an active pet around – Choppy’s puppy days were a long, long time ago!
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Cats are so entertaining!
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Or annoying – if you ask Choppy!
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hahaha
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I don’t think Choppy’s using that whip right! Can’t wait to see what this week’s costumes bring…these pics have amused me to no end!
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I think Choppy needs to learn how to use many things right (she’d like to start with learning how to use the car). And there will be costumes again tomorrow! And Thursday! (Well, so long as I get my act together.)
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OOH! That is very exciting. I love the costumes. So many of them make me laugh, especially given their reactions to them. Sometimes they clearly LOVE them, and other times…not so much.
Choppy definitely doesn’t look old enough to drive!
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In dog years, she’s definitely old enough – she is into her 50s now!
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That’s crazy, she looks like a puppy! She’s a very healthy 50.
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She’s starting to have her old dog moments – we spent the weekend with Izzy, and she was exhausted. No more late nights and early mornings for Choppy!
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At least she’s learned to love the costumes. Or has resigned herself to the costumes 😉
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I think it’s the former. At least, she seems to enjoy it!
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