I am officially an IDOL!

Yes - you may worship me......

Because today I received a very special parcel!

Gertrude helped me to open it.......

It was my TROPHY! I have just won

Planet Airedale's AIREDALE IDOL 2007 Competition!!

http://www.planetairedale.com/

The Results are announced each year on

Christmas Eve.......!

You can see I am very happy with this new title!

I also got a cool bandanna of my very own, and some

yummy treats which I have shared with 'le Grenouille/Gertrick' (Gertrude)

Here I am having a quiet moment to reflect on my new-found honour....

......I am just not sure I can pull it off.

We also had lots of excitement today with Stanley's beard contest results! We would like to congratulate Buster for his AMAZING beard! And of course, congratulations to all the other entrants! We loved all of your beards - they were quite stunning.

We loved taking part and I am frankly quite amazed that my beard has grown the most....hmmmm......and I'm not entirley sure the measurements stated are quite accurate, but I'm not complaining!! I had thought Gertrude had done quite a good job of cropping it for me, but perhaps all that extra saliva she has provided did the trick and made it GROW?? Or perhaps it was her expert pruning skills - to divert the growth downwards rather than outwards...? Who knows - it may just be all the treats I eat, heeheehee!

Well - that's enough excitement for one day!
Time for a snooze on my throne.

LOVE

Idol Molly

and

her Princess Lady Gertrude

xxxx

The Beardometer

Thanks Stanley!

We weren't sure when your fantastic beard competition

was due to close.......

And now we know!

Here was Molly's beard back in October - a very

luschious 8 cm.....

Now - this evening there was a sudden flurry of

hair-brushes, combs and a new beardometer...

uh oh, I thought -

Not this again!

There is no way you are measuring MY beard all over again....

I think I'll just laze about here for a bit looking fluffy.

Aaagh! Captured. Ok then, go ahead -

measure me up.

And the results??

Well - Gertrude's beard has grown from an impressive 8cm to - err -

an even more impressive 8CM!! (sorry Gerta)

And Molly's beard has grown from 8cm to a glorious, babylicious
incredible, bushy, beardy 9CM!!

Oh Gertrude - you did try so hard (to trim my beard for me....!)

We have added a photo of your beard at the top of the post

just for good measure -

you do look funny!

Thanks for the fun Stan -

Love Molly and Gertrude

xx

Christmas fun!

Well - phew!! This is Gertrude flopped out on various people

during and after all the

Christmas/birthday celebrations.....

But why is she so exhausted......?

....... Because we all had so much FUN!!

There were guests and presents galore

Here we are opening some special presents ALL the way from....

AUSTRALIA!

Normally we would just rip open the wrapping

but this time we were under supervision!

We got a lovely pink collar (that'll be mine!),

a squeaky fluffy toy(that's to share)

and......

.......A PINK DALEDANA!!!

(Gertrude has decided that's for her!)

She looks very cute wearing it.

Here we all are on Christmas Day - in the

calm before the storm!

Thank you for all your lovely Christmas good wishes!
Love from Molly and Gertrude

xx

Dastardly Dogs!

Well - we have some new books in the house that make for

exceeedingly good reading!

No.1 - we have the best-ever cook-book as it is just for us!

It even comes with a bone-shaped cookie cutter so we can make some

delicious treats of our very own!

No.2 - Here I am having a good old laugh at some of the

funny tales in the Dastardly Book for Dogs.

It really does have soem great advice for us Dales and other doggies -

for instance: 'How and where to hide a bone' 'How to embarass your owner'

'How to avoid wearing silly costumes' 'How to lick all the peanut butter off a not-so-cunningly-hidden pill' and 'When is it ok to eat another dog's poo'.....! (ps - the answer is 'always' of course)

It really is priceless!!

Now here I am swotting up on what I might bake after Christmas...

mmm - peanut butter and cheese cookies.... tasty tea-time snacks.....

beef and onion biscuits.....

My tummy is rumbling just thinking about it!

So that's me set for Christmas -

I shall settle down by the fire with a glass of something and a

jolly good read.

Happy Christmas folks!

Love Molly

xx

It's Christmas!!

Yippee! It's that lovely, magical time of year again!

CHRISTMAS!!

It is that time of year to start getting cosy in the evenings,

and to watch the twinkling lights on the Christmas tree.....

(there's a funny 'angel' on the Christmas tree this year)

We LOVE Christmas so much!

We love the crunchy frosty ground under our paws!

It is an exciting time and we hope it brings

lots of love and magic to you all

xx

Happy Christmas from Molly and Gertrude

xx

Thanks Mojo!

Oh wow! We are lucky girls.

Mojo sent us this beautiful golden rose award.......we love it!

One day Mojo, we really must go for a lovely run together - we would love to meet you!

Thankyou x

We are going to send this rose onto our good friend Ellie in Melbourne - we think she could do with it right now xx

Love Molly and Gertrude

xxxx

Goodbye Harley Bear

Dear dear Harley bear -

we are so sorry you had to go but we know you are now somewhere where you

will be happy forever and nothing can ever hurt you again.

Sleep tight little girl and watch over Jo, Tim and Ellie always.

xx