I'm SEVEN today!

Oh my DOG, what a year it's been! I feel so lucky to be seven. I had a tumor earlier this year and Doctor Jerry got it all out and it turned out benign. I don't know what we would have done with our friends who helped us through it. I'm feeling so good now that people think I'm just a PUPPY! Noooooooo....I'm SEVEN! Mom tells me there is more to come tonight. Could it be a pawty?!

I'm exhausted!

So, today we cleaned house. I did everything I could to help: licked the carpet, licked the windows, brought some of my toys out and arranged them in a pile only a Bichon could appreciate. Then Dad went out and got us lunch! I had the burger with nothing on it...my favorite!

After that, Mom went to her office and cleaned some more, while Dad got out the very loud Dyson. I told him I had already licked the carpets, but NOOOOOO!!! Anyhow, needless to say, I'm traumatized, but I should be over that soon. Leftover burger for dinner!

I love cleaning day, but it does leave me ready for an early bedtime.

Today's the Day!!!

I heard Dad talking on the phone last night. He was smiling and laughing, which I figure means that Mom is FINALLY coming home! I know they think I don't understand English, but honestly, next to the difficult languages of the many, many dogs out there, English is delightfully simple.

So, when Dad leaves this morning to go pick up my Mom, I'm gonna break out a cigar--the pawrents call them Dentabones (cute, huh?)--and celebrate!!

Like I have been saying, I miss my Mom! I was lost, but now I'm found!! Oh boy, Oh boy!!!

Smart, Hungry, and Missing My Mommy

I like to think. I'm a Bichon Frise after all! Both my pawrents are writers and they have taught me to love words. So, when I do that slight little grunt as they eat their turkey bacon, it's not because I want turkey bacon, it's...okay, it's because I want turkey bacon! But I also wish I could talk when I do that. I am really trying to say stuff like "That Dostoevsky was a great novelist" or "I'm opposed to war philosophically." Then again, I'm inspired to think that a nice omelet would go well with that turkey bacon. IT'S TURKEY BACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 Days Down

Got through Monday, but it wasn't easy! Dad came by at lunch and took me for a short walk in the wind. I hate the wind! Then a light lunch and Dad was off again! This is killing my little Bichon heart...where have all the humans gone? Tonight, I plan on making the old boy pay big time with tummy rubs and Cool Whip. A Bichon has to do what he can to stay on the radar, right? Beep...Beep...Beep...

While Mom's Away...

So, Dad & I went to the chicken store and got dinner. You guys know the one: old guy dressed in a white suit, beard, glasses. We got the roasted stuff, cuz Dad said Mom wouldn't get as mad at that choice, but I really wanted the extra crispy. I like the way it sounds when I bite down!

Now, I have to help with the folding of clothes. We are waiting for Mom to call from across the continent. Until today, I couldn't even SPELL continent, but Dad gave me my own dictionary. I thought it was dessert & with the proper amount of Cool Whip, even words are delicious!

I miss my Mom!!! More later....

A Special Friend

My friend Shana went to the Rainbow Bridge late yesterday and it was such a sad day on earth. I know she will be beautiful and happy in her new angel wings. Shana has a sister, Starr, and they made quite a pair of fluffy bichons! Shana was a real California girl. I will miss her. RIP Sweet Shana.

I won--again?!

I am one lucky dog, I tell ya. Today I was named "Dog of the Week" for November 2-8 on The Bichon Lover's Clubhouse" (BLC) on Dogster.com. I just love my BLC friends. That's how I met my best friend in the Whole Wide World, Reggie White, from Wisconsin (of course). Reggie won the Las Cruces Halloween costume contest! Ya just gotta hang out with the right people...er....dogs...BOL.

I won and I won!

Wow, what a great time to be me! First, I was chosen as one of the dogs to grace the pages of the Topel Wine Tails 2010 Calendar! I am....ahem....Mr. December. Mom and Aunt Jena took me to the pawty in Sonoma (wine country) yesterday. They had an artist there, Robert Harris, who did an oil painting of me! We gave it to Dad as an early Christmas present.

I have never been for such a long car ride and I loved it. I even saw the Golden Gate Bridge. We walked around Healdsburg and I met lots of dogs--Mom and Jena drank lots of great wine. Mom thought I would sleep in the car--and miss something--what was she thinking?! I was wide awake and smiling for the entire trip. Trucks and cars and people and oh my...it was quite a day

Also, the day before Halloween, I found out I was the First Place winner in the 2009 Bichon Lover's Clubhouse (BLC) Halloween contest! Yes, I wore my Sonny Bunny Show Girl costume. Topel Wines want it for their NEXT calendar as...of course...Mr. (or Miss?) April. What a month. I gotta sleep now!

Whine, whine, whine

So...my pawrents and hubro, Ryan, went to wine country and all I got was a "Wine Dog" bandana! OK, I do think I look good in it. I was all over Ryan. He played with me and we got to know each other all over again. He had forgotten how I get into suitcases.
When they all left me for Vinoville, I got a new petsitter, Chris. Oh man, I'm in hulove with her, which is very different than my puplove for My Biscuit. Chris and I played and played, went for long walks, and she put me to bed at night and was there in the morning when I woke up. She even called Mom to let her know everything was just fine. Mom worries way too much about these kinda things.
I am glad things are back to normal and I'm an official Wine Dog now! Anyone for a Wine Dog Club?