KENDRA IS 16!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT??

My hooman girl, my bestest friend in the world, who gives me ice cubes (I LOVE ice cubes) and rubs my belly and scratches me and lets me kiss her is 16 today!
Happy Birthday Spunky girl!

I LOVE YOU!

I'm currently at the spa, will be home tomorrow. Mom took the kids to Duluth for the weekend, and Whiskers went to mom's auntie's house (she has two annoying Pomerania's). I am too big to go to auntie's (plus I can't stand those annoying poms) so I went to the spa. I will blog again when I get back. Still no kitty.......Its been a week. We've looked EVERYWHERE. Kitty: COME HOME!!!

Help is here!

So the great detective, Joseph Stains arrived here earlier today......he started to investigate the mystery behind the missing cat........I asked where Tanner was, and was told he is off partying somewhere. HMPH.

We interogatted Mr. Whiskers.......tell me what you did with that darn cat! He claims he doesn't know..... The funny thing is.......I THINK he's telling the truth. He's so old and crotchety what would he do with a CAT? (Plus he is Kendra's favorite since she got him first)

He interoggattedd me too. I say, look at this face.....would this face cat nap a cat? NO way!

So, the sad thing is that Kitty is still missing........Please return her! Send her home! She hasn't eaten in days! The girl is so sad...... I think Joe should interroggatted the stoopid hooman man that let her go outside.....ask HIM where he last saw Kitty!
Here kitty kitty.........

We are so sad here without the kitty............I can't even eat... OK maybe I can. Mom's calling me for din din.

Lillie V

We need Joe Stains detective!!

Ok so I need Joe Stains detective (and his trusty side kick Tan Torkelson)!! We have a serious issue going on here in Sauk Rapids. We've been cat napped! AND I don't mean that some dumb cat is napping. Someone stole my girls Kitty, Sox!!! I think that its a conspearisee because I'm trying to post her picture so Joe Stains knows what she looks like and STOOPID blogger won't let me! I know someone is out to get my kitty and stole her. She couldn't have run away (or could she?) Why would she run away? We LOVE her, SO MUCH!!!

Here's the details:

Last seen: Saturday night- outside with hooman man enjoying nice fire in fire pit. Hooman man thought she came in. Hooman man stoopid (sorry) and didn't pay attention. Kitty didn't come in!

Noticed missing: Sunday afternoon- wondering where is kitty? Searched entire house and no kitty- looked EVERY WHERE still no kitty. Not in Kendra's room (which is a mess) still no kitty! Looked in closets, shook cat food bag, no kitty!

Jordan put out an all cats bulletin in the neighborhood. Went on patrol to see if he could find her with his side kick Josh. NO kitty!

Monday: Still no kitty! Kitty where are you?!

What we do know:
1. She normally doesn't like to be outside, so where did she go? She is the biggest hugest chicken cat in the world. She NEVER goes outside. She is truly an indoor cat. REALLY!

2. I did NOT eat her. I am NOT guilty. I may eat her poo and occasionally her food but I did not eat the Kitty!!

3. Whiskers did not eat her. He is TOO picky and grumpy he doesn't even go by the kitty!

4. Kendra misses the Kitty and is crying.

5. PLEASE JOE STAINS CAN YOU HELP ME?

If you see our Kitty......please return her safe and sound!

Lillie V

Hot! Hot! Hot!

It was a hot one today....... I was dreaming and when I woke up I was in Arizona with MY Tan Torkelson! Sadly, it was just a dream.......But it is hot here today......not the dry hot heat like Tan is used to, but the hot, moist heat of Minnesota! It got to 89 degrees and tomorrow it is supposed to be 92! I'm not used to that! My hoomans turned on the air conditioning so I am nice and cool. Hope you are having a good week and staying cool!!

Love, Lillie V

I'm back! Sad story

Hi every pup! I finally got a few minutes on the compooter today.

You see, my mom has been very busy the last few months. Some of you doggies may know that my auntie Laurie had something really bad in her brain...She had two surgeries to try and make it go away. It didn't go away. The last few months my momma has been helping her out, and she wasn't doing good at all. My momma spent lots and lots of time at my auntie's house, and even I got to go over there to see if I could cheer her up. Last Sunday, my auntie went to heaven momma says and momma hopes that she met Beau her doggie at Rainbow Bridge and Jordan hopes that Daisie was at Rainbow Bridge waiting for our Auntie too. My momma she is so sad, and I've been trying to help my momma to not feel so sad. Momma says as soon as things settle down, I can start blogging again. Momma was busy trying to keep a caring bridge site up for my Auntie and that is why I couldn'd do so much blogging. So hopefully I'll be back real soon

Happy Valentine's day every dog and TANNER!

My mom's still gone. HMPH. I don't know when she will be hoMe. I couldn't even send anY VanEntiNes to my doggie friends or to my husband since I've been abandonneded. So I'm sneaking on here to wish everyone a Happy Heart day.! Mine is beating for Tan Torkelson. Hope yours is beating for someone special too!
Enjoy your day!
Lillie ValentInE

Missing in action.....sorry

Hi everyone:
I know I've been missing for awhile but I can't help it. My mom has been busy with my Auntie Laurie. She has a brain tumor and is having surgery so my mom has been in Rochester and not at home with ME.

HMPH. Noone to chase after or beg from. Noone to hog the bed, or jump on. Noone to LOVE.

Say a prayer for my auntie and when mom gets back I PROMISE I will post again. Mom took some sporting new pictures of me and the hooman pups! I got a haircut and am looking very vogue...........

Love ya'll
Lillie

To my Tan Torkelson!

I got a message from Tan Torkelson a.k.a. Tanner Doofus (but remember he's not really a doofus). He said he' like me to blog since, I hadn't in quite a while, he'd like to see me. Well. HERE I AM!!

Its been pretty cold here in MN. Where we live we have about 24" of SNOW! Last week it was -29 one morning with a windchill of -50!! The hooman pups DIDN'T go to SCHOOL for 2 days. Can you believe it?

Then it warmed up (well sort of) until last night.....today when I woke up it was -11 with windchills from -26 to -36!! That is chilly. Right now I am chillin' with Kendra on the bed. She's making her hooman pup friend a birthday gift! I am helping. So I better go and help her finish! Talk to you all SOON! Oh and, I LOVE YOU TAN TORKELSON! I don't care if you have a booty mark on your face. I just hope that your mom doesn't take you back to that MEAN vet person! Maybe you should run away and come visit me. You'll need your parka, though!

My most handsomest husband, Tanner has asked me to talk about some secwets. I'm sposed to tell you three. Problem is I'm sposed to have the pictures to prove them. Yeah right. My most evilist mom hasn't let me blog for over a month! So I am going to try and see if we can come up with three.... I know this post is kinda late since he asked me to confess last week, but since we were behind on blogging, I thought I'd post my most secretest of confessions.

Here are the rules: Make 3 confessions (Conan O'Brien style) with the pictures to prove them. Then nominate at least 3 friends to do the same!

First of all: It was my hooman pups' birthday and I sneaked some of the frosting off the cake.....you can't really see where it is here in this picture because it is up on the top where it says "happy birthday". I guess I just thought the puppies were soooooo very cootie!!

Second......If I am hungry (which is most of the time) and my EVIIIILLL mom won't feed me, I knock over the food bucket and feed myself. This is what you call a doggie booffet. Notice Mr. Whiskers taking part in my boofet? I'm not so dumberest after all am I Mr. Whiskers???? huh, huh?!?

And lastly.....this picture shows a little bit of what I call "doggie heaven". Its a special place we go to once in a great while if I'm being really good. (We go there about once a week, silly girl!) It is my secret place where I can run off lead and chase rabbits and squirrels and snakes!! Mr. Whiskers comes too and its at my Grandma's house!! While the hoomans work to help Gran take care of the lawn, I run free...........and I come when I'm called and mom tells me what a good girlie I am. I like to go poo there because there are soooo many places! My gran says I don't go at home so I can go at her house!?!!!

Well, that's my three secrets confessions.. Not all that exciting. I wanted to confess my love for mom's hairdryer but I don't have a picture. Its hard for mom to take a picture of herself drying her hair and me loving that dryer up! Oh, and guess what! I had my birfday a couple weeks ago and I am now two!! I got some neat presents from my hoomans I'll have to post about. I got a stuffed flea!!

So now, I'm sposed to have 3 friends give their confeshons so, Maggie & Mitch if you are reading this......and girl girl, how about you???

Happy Birfday To Me!

'Ello fellow blogging dogs. This is Kendra, Lillie's hooman pup sister. Today on Septemember 7th, 1993 I was born. So that makes me 15!!!!! Dudes watch out I will be driving soon. HAHA. Anyways I took a lot of force to get Lillie to let me blog so I better make it quick. So today I got some of the bestest gifts in the whole world! From my mom and dad I got this really cool camera. But mom says I can't put pictures on yet. From my Grandma Cheryl I got the rest of my books. My friend got me started on this series called Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. You dogs and hoomans may have heard of it. Its pretty popular and it's going to be a movie. I was so happy I screamed!! I also got a Roxy Sweatshirt, socks and lots of money. I guess I made a haul. And at my church today my mom and grandma made me get up infront of everyone and they sang Happy Birthday to me.
Well maybe I'll get on again. But Ta Ta For Now. Thats what Tiggers say.

Attention, Attention everypup & their hoomans

Hello, everyone. This is a very important AND serious post. The information it contains is serious and maybe you even know about it. I might be telling you something you already know. Mom wishes she would have known it. Well, actually she did know it, but didn't realize it. The story goes like this......

Mom has a friend named Wanda (yes folks, she has a friend!) and her friend had a bischon named Codi. Mom was camping with Wanda a couple weeks ago. Mom asked Wanda who was watching Codi since no dogs were allowed on this trip. That is when Wanda told mom that Codi had died. Mom felt really bad, and Wanda proceded to tell Mom that Codi died of what they thought was pancreatitis and after he passed away the vet told him he thought that Codi got into sugarless gum. Mom didn't think anything of this until...... Fast forward to last night at the Gross house.
Mom took the hooman pups to do the last of their school shopping. In the checkout line the kids ask for gum. Of course they can have gum.....OR should they?

Now, you know kids. They LUV me. They LUV their stuff. I LUV their stuff. Kendra (who feels TERRIBLE) left her gum on the coffee table. You know, airedales....They are nosey and love to eat and sniff stuff out. Well, I found the gum. Now don't worry because I'm alright. There I was, minding my OWN business when boomerest. Someone slugged me in the headerest. I had that gum in my jaws, but darnest that Jordan got the nasty stinky (actually gooderest smelling) gum away from me. He took it to Kendra and she inspected the package....then she took it to mom. HMPH. I was NOT happy that they interupted me and my gum chewing. So anyhow, they got the gum away from me, like I said. Mom looked at tha package and it was totally destroyed. Then suddenly as though a lightbulb went on inside mom's head- she remembered what happened to Wanda's Codester. Now since the hoomans didn't know if I ingested the gum or not, (and mom checked me for fresh breath- none for me thanks) mom decided to watch me. She looked up a few things on the internet about Xylitol, which happens to be baderest for us doggies so don't even any of you think of stealing sugar free gum from your hoomans I am telling you this! Mom got a little nervous because everything she saw said to call your vet immediately. It also said that usually symptoms of (large quantities) ingestion occur in as little as 15 to 30 minutes. Since mom didn't really know if I ate any or not, she didn't call the vet. What apparently happens, or so mom says, that the Xylitol causes a drop in blood sugar, and can cause hypoglycemia (whatever that is) and seizures, as well as liver damage. She was really nervous, but she took really good care of me. She continued to watch me, and the kiderest cried because they thought something bad might happen, but I didn't appear sick. Which is good. But it was very scary for my family. Today I am still well, and mom is going to continue to keep an eye on me. We are thankful (or I should say I AM) that the littlest pupster, Jordan whackered me on the headerest to get that nasty stuff out of my mouth. AND mom says now, NO SUGAR FREE GUM! NO WAY NO HOW. We will not be taking that chance again. Please pass this information on to all your friends who may not know about this nasty xylitol. Mom wishes that she would have remembered it BEFORE she let the kids have the gum. For more information, go to: www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/xylitol.asp if mom KNEW what she was doing she'd be able to direct you there from here.

Now, I know my mom LUVS me, because she has been watching me like a hawk since this incident. I even slept in BED with her last night! She was so worried and I just took advantagerest of the sitchooashon. I'm eating ,drinking, and acting like a goofy airedale, and NO MORE GUM FOR ME!

SEXY!!!!!

Tanner watches too much HBO and Rhonda his mom doesn't watch her dogson very well AT ALL. I went to his blog and found this picture!
It says he's a PIMP. What the HECK is a pimp? Did he mean he's a PINK because he is wearing a PINK shirt? I don't think my husband is a PIMP.
But since he thinks he's a pimp, then I'm a SEXY GRRLLL. What'd ya say BOYZZZZZ???????????

Hangin' out

This week I've been hangin' out with my people because mom has off from work because the kids have vacation bible school at church in the evening. Its been nice that they are home......Here are some pictures of me before that awwful haiwcut. I was really fuzzy and cute.

This is how I look now....I know alot of people have been wondewing what I look like and if it is really that awwful.
You can decide for yourself.....I'm gonna go stick my head in the sand.......

BuZZed..............PART deuce

Well, I've had a few requests to post my post grooming picture, but I just can't get myself to do it. BUT, I do have something to share with you! You remember that girl that Kendra knows that was hurt in that fire pit accident? You all helped me send her lots of love and support and my HUSBAND Tanner asked you guys for a favor and you all came through? Well, they raised over $20,000.00!!! ISN't THAT aMAzing?? That would buy US dogs lots of doggie biscuits, but this money will help Taylor's family with the expenses that they are incurring. Anyhow, the MAYOR of our TOWN, said if they raised at least 20 thowsand doggers I mean dollars he'd SHAVE HIS HEAD!! and so, I bring to you, for your viewing pleasure, the MAYOR getting his head shaved!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9BVUjTKcJ0 and YOU CAN SEE IT! You would rather see Mark, Mayor of Sauk Rapids get his hair buzzed off then see me and how awwful I look. Mayor Campbell is such a great guy! Now, I'm going to go hide~!
Pee Ess: MAYBE I'll post a picture in a few days- maybe in a few days my hair will be grown out.

BuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzED!

I can barely even get myself to talk about the following subject. You see, I am SO SO embawwessed about it. On Wednesday, MOM took me for a ride in the caw early in the morning. It was the SECOND trip to the Vet in less than ONE WEEK!!! Now, don't get me wrong, I LUV the vet, but I had NO IDEA what I was getting in to. So Mom dropped me off (tail wagging) and went to work. HOURS passed, and when she came to get me, I did not look the same. The reason why she dropped me off was she wanted the nice lady at the vet (the groomer) to "groom" me. I tried to tell that EVIL lady I did NOT need GROOMING, but she insisted. When mom picked me up she went all gaga over me, but I don't know why? I look AWFUL! I can't even post a picture of myself here. It would be like posing NEWD for PLAYDOG. I am so embawessed that I am going into hiding and I don't know if I ever will come out!

Important message!

I have an important message and I hope that you will all take a look at this:

Miss Kendra goes to school with Taylor, and she was burned very severely in a fire pit accident in April. She has had many surgeries and is a very STRONG and DETERMINED young lady! She could be an AIREDALE if she were a DOG!! Anyhow, there is an internet telethon on Wednesday, and if you'd be so kind to check it out and wish her well, that would be GURATE. The lady of MY house, doesn't know how to BLOG and because she can't BLOG my BLOG sometimes stinks like dirty socks. Anyhow, since she is BLOGGER illiterate she doesn't know how to put a link in here that you could just click on, but if you go to http://www.prayfortay.com/ you will be able to view the live internet telethon. This will help the family and they will know that there are many people and DOGGIES out there that care about her! Otherwise you can go to http://www.caringbridge.com/ and enter taylorstrand and you can read her story. She has a long road ahead of her, but has come a LONG way and is getting better and making ALOT of progress. Please add her to your prayers ! I knew I could count on all of my DOGGIE friends and their hoomans to help us help Taylor's family!! THANK-YOU!

I am not a POODLE for DOGS sake !!!!!

I know that I haven't been around lately.....and I'm really sorry. My hoomans went on vacation and sent me to jail (mom: uhm, I think it was rather like a spa, Lillie). I hearded that my husband the handsomest BT on the planet earth was missing me. I miss him too. Can't he please come visit me??? He could have come to see me instead of going to the BEACH!!!!

Anyhow, lately I've been attending several soccer events that my hooman pups participate in. I really love going to the soccer field and watching.......except when I get bonked with the ball!! That happend to me two times tonight!! So, now on to the point of this blog.

I sit at the soccer field with my MOM and I am such a gooderst girlie. I let peoples I don't know and kiddies that I don't know touch and pet me. Most of the time they ask my mom what kind of dog I am and mom will tell them. But for some reason there are some stoopid hoomans out there that seem to think I'm a POODLE!!!! No offense to you poodles out there, but I AM NOT A POODLE!!! I DON'T LOOK LIKE A POODLE! POODLES DO NOT HAVE BRoWN FUR WITH A BLACK SADDLE. Sorry...I was yelling but it irckks the he$$ out of me that people would think that I am a poodle. Yes, I have curly hair. Yes I am big like a standard poodle, but I don't have a poodle head and poodles do not have perfect ears like me or have a square head like me. I tried to tell these people by yelling (try barking) at them that I am an AIREDALE!!!

I am a bootiful, friendly AIREDALE that LOVES to go to the soccer field and be called an AIREDALE!!

That's all for now. I need to go settle down. All this venting makes a girlie really tired.

Tanner if you are out there I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TOO. I will try to be a better blogger but mom hogs the compooter and won't help me blog.

See you next time.......
Lillie

Wedding Crashers? OR Goin' to the Chapel cuz I'm gonna see Tanner's mom and dad get married!

Ruby had the bestest idea! Ruby said that she would get aire ruby ready and take WHOEVER wanted to go to the wedding......urh "crash" the wedding of Joey and my cuterest husband, Tanner's mom and dad! Isn't that a GrEat idEa? They will be so exciterest to have us dogs there cuz we need to make sure that the WeDdinG cake is safe to eat and the other food is safe to eat and that the BeeR is safe to drink!! We wouldn't want the wedding couple to get sick at their specialist day!! SO, if you want to come with us, head on over to Ruby's blog, and let her know you want to join us!! The MOre the MerRier. I can't wait to see my little pooky bear, Tanner!!
Remember, it is proper ediket (what in the world is ediket?) to bring a present to the wedding and I think it would be most appropriate to bring an annOyIng toY for the boyz. That way when the NewLeeWeds want some alone time (have to keep this page family friendly but you get the idea.....) Joey and Tanner can take the annoying toys and pester the NewLeeWeds! So see you soon on AireRuby and we're off to the WeDding of the Year!!

Back! Finally.....

WHAT'S UPPPPP?????????????????????????????????
Hi Tanner! Hi Everyone! I'm back. My hoomans were gone this weekend and made me go to the kennels and I didn't like it very much! Now I am back and I am so excitederest cuz MY husband, Tanner's mom & dad are getting MARRIED!!! Isn't that great news? Now I can't wait until the big vows get taken but I can't get to Arizona because I don't have a ride but I'd like to wish them well and if I could be there I'd ask Tanner's mom if I could be the flowerest girl, and Tanner could be the ring bearerest. Not like bearering naked but carrying the ring. So I am back and I say to you all WHAT's UP??????????????????????????????????I LUV YOU TANNER!!!!! YOU ARE SO CUTEREST!! I LOVE BOSTON TERRORESTS!! Mr. Whiskers told me to cut the caps cuz that means I'm yelling. SORRY!! I'm just so exciterest that I'm out of that darned kennels and that I'm back home with my family and school will be out soon and the pups will be home with me for the entire summer!!

Later Dudes and Dudettes!
Lillie V

HELP! Part III Joe Stains to the rescue

BUSTED

So AireRuby flew my two detectives in tonight...and it was a good thing too!I knew it wouldn't take Joe Stains long and he'd have the case cracked and my name would be cleared. It's ALWAYS the quiet, innocent looking one! We didn't even know he LIKED to play! Is that Madden's 2007 you are playing?

While Joe was off doing detective work, me and Tanner got to spend some quality time together. It didn't take him long at all to figure out that Mr. Whiskers ate the controller and blamed ME!!

Head on over to Joe Stains blog to see the "Master Detective" and tell him what an AWESOME job he did. Thanks so much Detective Joey! I really appreciated your help.

Now, where did Mr. Whiskers put that PS2 control? I think its my turn to play........

Many thanks also to AireRuby for the transportation!