Our neighbors and tenants, Western Coastal Mortgage (aka First Houston Bank) have moved. You can reach Mikel at 360.642.8034.

Here’s the exciting news: We’ve decided to take over the space ourselves! We’ll be moving the web kids (Sabrina, Kathy & Karl) to that side of the office this week. Everyone is very excited about spreading out since we’ve been sort of tripping over one another for some time now.  So, give us a week or two, then stop by and see our new digs!

(Karl is very excited to already have a corner office with a window…) 

Our beachdog family suffered a loss today.  Wendy’s 16 year-old Pumpkin crossed the rainbow bridge.

Pumpkin was an amazing girl I called her my cat dog because she was so independent and aloof she would let you pet her if she felt like it. She would let you admire her beauty.  She was the healthiest animal I ever knew.

When we first moved to the beach she would get on the beach and run so far and fast that one time I had to flag down a stranger for a ride to chase her down the beach loosing my Tiffany key chain and keyless entry in the process.

My favorite was when we lived in Portland and I found myself in the turn lane on 82nd avenue buck naked except for (thank God) my bathrobe–no shoes, nothing, trying to catch her.

Our neighbor told me this morning he would have people regularly tell him they saw a coyote in his yard. I was asked many times if she was a fox, such a pretty animal she was. Once she mellowed out she really truly became a perfect pet. I don’t think I will ever have another dog who will measure up.

~Wendy

Please join us in sending Wendy, Del, Royce and Avary some soft puppy kisses.

Blogs (web logs, or online diaries) are a great way to stay connected with friends & family, or customers.  Besides the fact that they are super-easy to update, and because most allow your visitors to comment on what you write, the super-cool thing is RSS feeds.  RSS, or “really simply syndication” essentially delivers what you write to your subscribers email box or RSS feed software.  Whoosh!

On the right is a blog that grew out of a family reunion.  Interested family members are able to upload photos and each has their own login for posting updates from their corner of the world.  On the left is a blog that allows friends and family to keep track of a hospitalized loved one’s progress.  It replaced phone and email trees and allows everyone to stay in touch at the time of day that is most convenient to them, all without further burdening the family.

For businesses, we like to set up domain-based, customized blogs.  Both of the samples shown here are nearly “out of the box” templates.  Using templates makes it super easy and inexpensive to get started on your own.  Blogger is a great way for anyone to get started blogging.  WordPress is our favorite.  Both are free!

We live in it!

Keleigh muses about it here:  www.washingtonsbestkeptsecret.com

…Just another example of a blog in action.

Here are a few more local blogs (in no particular order):

• South Pacific County Humane Society
• Long Beach Merchants Association
• City of Ilwaco & Ilwaco Merchants Association
• The Beachcomber
• Long Beach Washington City Administrator’s Blog
• Cheri Diehl
• Captain Lulabelle’s Fine Art
• Rotary Club of SW Pacific County Peninsula

It’s an exciting weekend here at beachdog.com.  Not only is it Rod Run AND Perdita’s 2nd birthday, Dr. Roof is giving the building a fresh coat of paint.  Here’s a BEFORE pic, for nostalgia’s sake. :-)

[caption id="attachment_268" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="This pic is about a year old. We lost that roof in "The Great Gale of December 2007""][/caption]