HURRAY, I'm ONE Today!!

Today I woke up and my hooman pups said "Happy Birthday, Lillie"! I wasn't sure what that meant, or what was in store for me, but I knew that Tanner just had one and he got lots of pressies. THEN......today, in the mail, on MY BIRTHDAY, I got a pressie from girl girl in Singapore. THANK-YOU Girl Girl!!
I got a NEW bandanna, and girl girl sent this cute luving lionel to Kendra for HER birthday. How cool is that? I thought the lionel was to eat though, and I stole it on her and mom had to get it away from me. It came with this cute little pin that Kendra put on her back pack. THANK-YOU from Kendra! She took them to school and her friends really thought it was COOL.

Here is a picture of me (looking rather doofussy) in my new bandanna. Kendra thought I should go for the "Brett Michael's of Poison" look. She said all I need is a cowboy hat. I say NO THANK YOU~!

Many of you are probably wondering if I got a cake or not. The answer is, well, no. My hooman's got these cupcakes but I couldn't have it because they were marble and you all know that we dogs can't have chocolate. I really wanted that cupcake, and you can tell from this picture. I am NOT as well behaved as Sunshade and Jaffa. I didn't want to let that nummy cupcake teasing me. They weren't not going to give that cupcake to me!!! HMPH!

This was all the closer I would allow that cupcake. I will let you know, that mom DID let me have the yellow frosting from the cupcake. Then, as a good airegirl, I let Jordan eat the cake!

If you can tell by this picture, I was trying to get that cupcake from Kendra. It didn't work, though.

I also got this cool pressie from my hooman pup sibs. Here is Kendra giving me the gift. It is a stuffie. It is a stuffed Chinese take out box. I love it!!

So, that was MY day. It was really special and now I can say I AM ONE!! YEAH!!! Thanks for everyone wishing me a happy birthday and helping me make my day a special one!!

Thanks for stopping by- and thanks again girl girl for the gift gifts! They are great great!!

Pee Ess: If I don't update my blog for awhile its because my mom has to have surgery tomorrow. She's going to be o-k so don't worry. She doesn't have to stay in the hospital or anything. She'll be home with me for a about a week so maybe she'll let me go on the computer and have some supervised time.

Love,

Lillie Valentine

Merci, Faya! I got my first barkday pressie!!

Hi Everypup! Mom has been talking about this very special day that is coming up soon. It happened shortly after Kendra's birthday last year. I am confused as to what it is exactly, but I am catching on quick. It seems that my husband TANNER (not doofus) just had one last week, and of course, you know Kendra had one too on the 7th. Then, to my SURPRISE, the postman brought me THIS package.

It traveled a very long way. I'll be honest, it didn't look like this when the postman brought it. I probably shouldn't call her a postman I should call her a postwoman because our post person is a SHE. Anyhow, dad said I HAD TO WAIT until MOM got home...... HMPH. I said. He put this lovely package on the counter, and when he turned his back, I took it.
AFTER ALL......it had MY name on it. I could smell that it came from a wonderful DALE. It came all the way from Switzerland, from my friendale FAYA!!! Thank-you, Merci, Merci!!! (mom took french in Jr. high but she didn't do very well, she did, however remember how to properly say "thank-you".
I wanted to open it so badly, but dad said "NO!" I thought there must be something very good smelling in it, and I was right cuz when mom got home I ripped that package right open. (mom: She didn't need much help- she had it open most of the way by the time I got home from work).

There was this great card, with a picture of my friendale in it. Isn't she pretty?? It was hand made and everything!
It wishes me a happy birthday!! That is what mom was talking about- that special day! She tells me it is just a couple of days away and I will be "1"! My very first barkday with my family. I hope that I get lots of love and pressies from my family.......AND do you think I'll get a cake like Kendra did??? Do you? Do you? I can't wait. Sorry....I got side tracked thinking about my special day. Sometimes I do that.....Back to my pressie from Faya.

I got this cool birdie toy. It was great. You can't see it very well cuz once I took ahold of it I wouldn't share it OR let anyone see it!! MINE! MINE! Thank-you, I LOVE IT!
Then there were these treats. They are shaped like sausages and they are nummy. Mom made me share with Mr. Whiskers, and she said I can't have too many or I might get a tummy ache. They are very tasty!!
There was more, too! A cool bandanna. Its blue and I can't wait for mom to try it on me.
Thank-You FAYA for the wonderful 1st barkday pressie. I didn't even know it was my barkday until I got this. It was so sweet of you! I can't wait to see what OTHER surprises await me.

A Special Birthday!

Tomorrow (Friday, September 7th) is a very special day!!

No, it's not MY birthday (although I wish it were. What is a birthday? Mom says mine is coming soon 9-25-07.

No, I didn't win the miss amaireica contest.

It is my hooman pups birthday!! I want to take this moment to wish Miss Spunky Kendra a very Happy 14th Birthday!!! I hope that you will all drop her a note in my comments section to help her celebrate this special day!
Isn't this just the greatest picture of the two of us? You can tell I am being a typical AIREgirl. Can you see how I am laughing at her??

She is the bestest hooman pup in the world (besides you, Jordan IF you are reading this hee hee).

So I wrote her this little poem: An original poem by Lovely Lillie

Kendra you are the very best.

Your loving me is second best.

I know you call me a little pest.

but I love you so.

You take me out to go potty.

You tell mom on me when I am naughty.

You love me no matter what I do.
I will always love you!

We love you Kendra! Mom told me that I can't share with you what we got her for her birthday so we don't ruin the suprise. We are having a party on Sunday and I can't wait! I hope that I get some CAKE!

Thanks for helping me make Kendra's birthday a memorable one! MUAH!
Lillie Valentine

End of Summer (Long post)

IAugust has been a really busy month! I have been able to partake in a few events, but my hoomans have also left me home for some events for which I got VERY mad!! One event they did take me to was "Avalanche Ranch" "Avalanche Ranch" was a wild west bible adventure at my hooman's church. They do this thing every year called vacashun bible school and this years theme was a ranch, and no ranch would be complete without an Airedale!! So, mom brought me a couple nights and I got to play with a bunch of hooman pups and I got SO much attenshun that it was the GREATESTEST ranch ever. I met this horse, his name was Star. You can't tell it, but he is 26 years old! He was really nice to me. We got along really well. He left me these nummy treats called "horse apples". They were the bestest snack ever. I didn't know that he would personally give me this treat. I wish I could have boxed a bunch up and send them to Miss Sunshade because I know she would have LOVED these special apples.
I had alot of fun talking to Star. We had alot in common. We both like to smell butts. We both like hay. I got to try hay and it tasted, well.....like hay and it wasn't too bad.
Hear are some more pictures of my bestest new friend, Star!

I was really hot on the ranch because the weather was HOT and my fur is shaggy! I need a haircut and mom told me to be patient, it would be coming that weekend. I could have played both the ranch hand dog and a sheep!
You can see in this next picture what a great help I was. Here I am helping Anson (the guy in the cool hat) get Star ready for horse back rides for the kids.
Well, I really did like Star. He and I got along so well. There were these sheepies there too and I did NOT like them! They liked me but I didn't like them!

Mom will tell you that I rarely bark....Only if I have to go outside to got potty, and once in awhile if I think someone is coming in our house, but I really don't bark as much as Mr. Whiskers. Anyway, I barked at these guys ALOT. I had alot to say to them. Like.....get out of my face, and there isn't enough room on this ranch for me and you!So after all this ranching and fun with the kids, my hoomans go and leave me. It was a cruddy weekend, and they were going to go to this renasonce festival, whatever that is, but the weather was rainy so they took off to the Mall of America to do some school shopping. They left me and Mr. Whiskers home alone and luckily grandma came over and let me out to go pee or I might have peed right no that floor.

Mom and dad and the pups went to Underwater World which is inside the MOA and look at what they saw. They saw this biggest shark thing and I am glad it is only a picture because I think it looks like it could come right out and bitest me. So the nextest day I was supposed to go here to get my hair cut but the lady called in sick so I had to wait a week. And that weekend was badest too because on Saturday they left me and Mr. Whiskers home again, and grandma came over to let us out so we didn't go pee on the floor. The pups and the hooman big ones went to Valley Fair. Mom rode two roller coasters and so did the littlest hooman pup.

So on Sunday, after the hoomans had spent the day at Valley Fair the day before, they take me to Pet Smart. I am thinking its because I deserve a nice treat for being left home alone, but NO. They trickied me. I was getting my hair cut. "See you in a couple hours" they told me.
After the haircut, mom did let me do a little of shopping on my own. Its about time I say. I have been a good girl and all you do is run around.
So I looked at the toys, and the treats, and she must have been feeling bad because she got me a collar, toys AND a treat!

Here I am paying for my stuff. The lady behind the counter had dove jerky. It was really good. She told Jordan hooman pup he could try it to if he wanted but he said "ICK"!
Finally we got everything we needed so I could go home and play and eat my treats.Dad was out at grandmas cutting lawn. I like to go there so we went out there because I can run everywhere off my lead. No leash for me out there. Just RUN-RUN-RUN!

Don't I look bootuful in my new hair cut? I feel so much cooler too.

I just took it easy for the rest of the afternoon. I had had such a busy day.

Now, you all know what a good girl I can be, but you also know how lonely we all get when our hoomans leave us and that made me really mad. Mom almost made me post a for sale sign because I did this to something of hers and something of my dads. I am glad that they decided to keep me, because I could have been thrown out on my be-hind.

I tried to eat moms glasses. She couldn't even take me to get my haircut because she couldn't see. Dad had to drive us around. Needless to say, mom had to get a new pair of glasses!

I also got ahold of my dad's NEW MN gophers hat. I must say it really didn't taste very good. So, that is what I've been up to these last few weeks. As you can see I have been busy being left alone and doing lots of fun things. I'm glad that you all stopped by and checked on us.

Love ya lots!
MUAH!!
Lillie Valentine

He's NO doofus! He's Tanner!!!

This Blog is for my boyfriend/husband Tanner. His big brother, Joey likes to call him Doofus, but I tell you he is NO doofus to me! He's MY Tanner!
Noone is going to make fun of MY Tanner! It's just NOT nice! Mom tells me (and the hooman pups) that we must focus on the positive in people, not the negative. There are many good qualities of everypup out there! So what if he slobbers all over when he eats. I slop ALOT when I drink water. Does that make ME a doofus? Mom just wipes off my beard and away I go...... How could anyone call this little face a doofus? Doesn't he look just so cute in his fourth of July shirt? My mom dresses me up sometimes too.
I weigh 61 pounds (or so- mom hasn't weighed me for awhile) I don't look FAT.....and who cares if you have a few extra pounds as long as you are happy. Its just all the MORE to LUV! (and mom says if you get sick you have a little to go off of incase you can't eat).
Another thing we have in common are tennis balls. I love tennis balls and so does Tanner. Isn't he just cute here chewing on his little tennis ball? The other thing we have in common is that we BOTH love to smile! Mom says its nice to smile and I like to smile too and Tanner likes to smile so that is just another thing WE have in common! Mom says there is NO breed standard called DOOFUS so Tanner HAS to be a BOSTON TERROR!! That's another thing we have in common- I am a TERROR too! (Mom: that'd be terrier- but you can terrorize things, your'e right.) So, that's all I have to say about that! Tanner if you are listening/reading I love you just the way you are- DOOFUS or NOT. I prefer to call you Tanner and I think you are the bestes and if they call me Mrs. Tanner Doofus I don't care!

I think you are the mostes cutestest Boston Terrier around. Until next time........
MUAH!
Lillie Valentine

Cloudy Day

Today is a cloudy day. No rain, just clouds. Mom says she wishes it would rain because the crops need it so badly. So yesterday, I like was telling you about the pool and while I was fooling around here with the computer I found these pictures. Here is a picture of a hooman pup in the pool. This was when it was actually up an din running order. The tree that fell, well you can't see it cuz its too dark in the background.

So like this was what our pool looked like in the beginning, then one day we came home from work and found this........We had a small spurt of rain that day but really no winds. Dad looked out the window and what the heck???!? The tree was down. So he had to go empty the pool. Mom didn't get home til later and this is what SHE saw. Dad had managed to move the pool away from the tree after he emptied the water. He had to empty the pool and try and move it a bit because the tree was in it and he was afraid it would get ruined.

These are all the leaves that dad cut off the tree that fell. There sure are alot of them. He poled them right next to where me and Mr. Whiskers play.

This is another picture that mom took that shows the play set. The tree fell on the slide. The play set had been over farther, where the pool is sitting, but dad moved it so we could put the pool there. If we wouldn't have put the pool up the tree would have fallen on the play set!

So today is a lazy day. Mom is at work at the shop, Jordan is playing with a friend, Kendra is doing what ever 13 year old girls do, and dad is cleaning the "cat" room. The "cat" room.....I love that room. That is where the cat sleeps and hides. Plus there is this box in there that has these turds in it......that if mom let me I would send to Miss Sunshade, but dad is constantly cleaning it out so I can't get it there. HUMPH! These hoomans really aren't fun sometimes! O-k so I am getting off the subject. Well, friends, I best get going before someone finds out that I am on the puter unsupervised!!!!

Love ya all!
MUAH!!
Lillie Valentine

SASSY

I'm finally back and look what my mom puts for the title of my post. "SASSY". I want all of you to know that I am NOT sassy! My mom is MEAN!!! She hasn't let me post FOREVER! First, she was on vacation, and my idea of a vacation is my hoomans being at home WITH ME. BUT NO!! They were running all over the place and me and Mr. Whiskers had to stay home.

We did have a couple fires in our fire pit though- that was fun. Here is a picture of ME guarding our driveway. Its hard work!
The weather has been REALLY hot. Mom keeps the aireconditioner on most of the time cuz otherwise I get overheated.
We did spend a great deal of time outdoors and here I am guarding MY backyard. Dad was busy putting up swimming pool for the hooman pups and I was supervising. The pups didn't get to enjoy it much though- a couple days later a tree fell over in our backyard and guess where it landed?
Right in the pool! That wasn't the only problem my mom and dad had with that pool. Mom would rather I not go into the details as it ticks her off. She said that the tree falling in the pool confirmed her suspicions that OUR family was NOT meant to have a POOL! So, sadly much to the dismay of Kendra and Jordan, Dad put the pool away. Good thing too cuz after dad got that tree cleaned up another part of it fell and it would have been on the pool again!

Thanks for stopping by to visit me. Hopefully it won't be so long now in between posts. Mom has been having some issues with her lap top and not being able to access the Internet. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. Otherwise I have to go with her to the shop and update my blog and dogs aren't allowed in the shopping complex she is in. Do you know how hard it is to sneak a 61 pound dog into a mall?

MUAH!

Lillie