Happy Valentine's Day

Sending you lots of love and kisses.


Yours always,
Ellie

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Why me?!

Dear all,

Mommy was home today because of icy and snowy roads and who has to suffer? Me. What's so darn funny about putting a green octopus on my head? It's not that it is flattering or makes me look any thinner. I am just being used as an object that one can make fun of. Shame on you, mom. And you're welcome everybody who is now laughing at me for looking silly. Glad I could make your day!

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Where I have been and what I have done:

Some of you might have been wondering, why I have not posted anything for a while. Well, globetrotting beagles like me once in a while have to go on road trips with the rest of the pack (mom and dad, of course) to broaden their horizon.

Me in my tour gear.

 So a few weeks ago, mommy stuffed pretty much the entire house and a whole supermarket into her car, packed some coolers with food for me and daddy (hard boiled eggs, my friends!) and off we went to visit grandma in California.

It's a bit like "Where is Waldo?"

 First we drove from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohia to Indiana and we saw a whole lot of, well, nothing. I mean, there were just corn fields and potato fields and more corn fields and more potato fields. You have no idea. 

There is really NOTHING!

Then from Indiana, to Illinois to Nebraska. We stayed at a really nice hotel there in Lincoln, they even allowed dogs on the bed there - I think.....

Me in Nebraska!

And then....more driving....BORING.....

Bored to death in NOWHERE!

We also saw this hound howling at the sun in the middle of the day....

What is he howling at in middle of the day?

 After driving through Nebraska FOREVER we ended up in Wyoming. But, man, I gotta tell you, they have spooky stuff in there hotels.

I saw this dude in Evanston in the lobby of the Best Western and even though I barked at him like crazy, he would not go away. Instead, mommy pulled me out of the lobby - she was probably afraid that I would scare the hell out of the bear!

Scared the hell out of him! He didn't even move - that's how scared he was!

 Thank came, you guessed it, more nothing....

More nothing in Utah.

...and then we ended up at this strange lake that was made all out of salt. Mommy yelled at daddy for letting me walk on it and I had to have my paws cleaned with water afterwards. They called it the Salt Flats and daddy got all excited and wanted to drive the car over it!

Me and daddy on the weird looking lake.

After Utah came Nevada and if I thought before that there was a whole lot of nothing out there. Nevada had even more nothing - and rattlesnakes on top of it!

Mommy said I had to hold my pee until there were no more snakes and I totally got it.

No pee for me!

After four days in the car, three hotels, lots of treats, pee stops in every state along the way, we made it to the Pacific Coast.

And I will tell you all about it in my next blog.

So stay tuned and wait, there are more adventures to come. Like the one time when I almost......

OK, gotta go. It's my birthday today. See you next week.

Love, Ellie

I'm dreaming of.....

Go, Germany! Win the Cup and get me treats!

...well, usually I would be dreaming of finally playing with a cat or having bacon for breakfast every morning, but apparently, it is still Soccer World Cup and mommy´s team is still in, so I was told that all I am allowed to dream of is the German Team winning. To help me achieve my goal, mommy propped me in the German flag this morning. I tried very hard, to just think of the German Team, but all that came to mind was German Bratwurst and Gulasch and Sauerbraten. Sorry, mom. I still hope that the German Team wins tonight, cause when mommy is happy, the treat rate goes up significantly here. Mommy even promised me a car ride with the German flag hanging out the window.

So, go Germany! For the sake of happy beagles and lots of treats, bring the World Cup home to Germany!

Just to set the record straight.....

....my mom wants all of you to know that I support the German soccer team during the 2014 World Cup! Not sure why I have to wear this stupid ribbon thing on my head for that, but mommy said that I have to sit still,  not eat the thing and look like a happy soccer fan - only then I would get a delicious treat!

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 And, as we all know, for good food and long belly rubs I support any team you want and hold off on shredding the ribbon thing.

Go, Deutschland! (And now give me that treat!)!

In my free time...

..when I am not sniffing, eating, chasing squirrels and sleeping, I have an awesome side job: I am a certified table tester!

Table with view into yard - premium quality

It does not pay very well, actually, most times, my best customers (mom and dad) even yell at me for testing, but I get great satisfaction out of the fact that I get to lay in the sun, elevated, so that I can see everything, and get a whole new perspective on life. The best rating for table comfort that my customers can get is the "worth laying on it"-label.

Sunny tables preferred!

I prefer indoor table testing over outdoors: Indoors there is always a chance of some food left on the table or an old bill to shred,

Testing a friend's table - free of charge.

..while outdoors you can get your paws dirty and, once in a while, even have to stand on stinky old moss. I mean, most times I like stinky, but moss is just not my flavor.

Outside testing, under protest.

So if you have a table that I can test for you, just let me know and I can swing by any time.

Any chance,...

....just if you have like 15 or 20 minutes or maybe an hour.....

.....that you could give me, because I really deserve it and have been a good girl today,

a magnificent, wonderful, fantastic, long overdue, so needed

 

 BELLY RUB???

Thank you for your consideration!