Ok, just checking if this works, did a post before and would not let my picture post... well at 10:15 they took me for a walk and I did nothing but immediately came in the house and peed... Mama not happy, she said in the morning she is walking me until I pee.

My name is Bella

Hi Everyone, I wanted to introduce myself... my name was Broklyn but at the age of not quite five months, I went to a new home and now my name is Bella. I really like the 12 year old girl in the house, she pays so much attention to me and keeps me away from this other bichon that is trying to hump me. I like when sister walks me and won't go with anyone else. I wonder if I will sleep with sister this evening. The Mom in this house has not fallen in love with me yet... she does not like that my nose in not black and she says I need a hair cut... gosh, talk about judging a book by its cover, what's up with her??? Mom is not that please that I pooped in the house either... I used puppy pads at the other house and Mom does not want me to use them here... Just to let you know I am not getting a hair cut for like 10 days but I will surely post pictures when I get it!

my hours are numbered!

So sorry I did not do a post yesterday... it was too busy of a day... well let me start with the night before... Mama found a five month old bichon frise girl on the internet and Dada came in to look at it and he was melting on the floor... Mama told me that my days were numbered... well those days have turned into minutes... we are getting a puppy in less than 36 hours!!! I do not know how I feel about this but everyone else is making a huge deal of it. Also Mama said with every kid that leaves the house she would get another bichon but only one kid has left and the other one is not leaving for another year so what's up with this...I will keep you posted and I guess my facebook account is going to be littered with her pictures and hey, this is my blog! Wish me luck!

Present to brother

Sorry for not blogging yesterday, it would not let me post a picture and won't today either but I do want to blog so I will do it without a picture... well for the past two weeks Mama has been collecting my hair after she brushes me and yesterday she put all my hair in a plastic bag inside a tea box with some chocolate on the bottom and mailed it to brother at college with a note that said "if you are cold, hope this warms you up"! I know it will put a smile on his face! Hopefully I can post a picture tomorrow; I am too cute not to post a picture of me!

Perfect Day to take a nap

Well I guess everyday is a perfect day to take a nap if you are a dog and I guess even a cat but I don't like cats so forget that last remark. Anyway, today was a perfect day for a nap since my wish came true and it rained A LOT today. I am almost certain that not only did all the fertilizer get absorbed into the ground but that it probably went all into the sewers since we had a downpour; it was raining elephants and tigers! Well this is a picture of me on sisters bed, Mom thought it was so cute she had to take a picture. I am telling you the truth, Mom did not plant me in this position, I laid my cute little head of the green polka dot pillow that sister made and I just went to sleep. OMG, I look so cute!!

Watch out for Fertilizer!

What a divine night it was to go for a walk! Can't believe it may rain tomorrow but please let me tell you why I am hoping for rain... and this is important for all you dogs out there.... My Dad and brother fertilized the yard today... I had one day of hanging out in the front yard to enjoy the nice weather and they have to ruin it by putting chemicals on the grass that I hang out in. Fertilizer is very dangerous for us dogs, it can get into our blood stream and make us very sick and even give us cancer (what doesn't give you cancer these days)... anyway, please friends... be very careful walking this time of year... if you see any white pebble like stuff on the grass or on the sidewalks, please wash your paws when you come home! And also because the sun is getting bright this time of year, please remember to put sun screen on your nose! Yes our noses do get sunburn and I found that out from a friend of mine, Silva...you know it must be true... look at my nose in this picture... this is maybe the first year I was in my new home... my nose is as black as coal... now it is very pink and you know why... my Mom is a sun goddess and she has me sit outside with her, I really think the sun has bleached my nose!!!!! I feel I have lost my powers without my black nose!

Good Morning... sloosh

Gosh, what a glorious day today was. Really could not ask for a better day weather wise... went for nice walks, guarded the front yard and took the best walk this evening with not only Mom but Dad too! Please keep your paws crossed that I don't have another poop accident like I did last night. When Dad woke up he stepped right in it! Mom really thinks it is the new Chicken Pot Pie from Blue Buffulo and I am hoping she is right.

I scared a lady this evening!

Not to be mean or anything but Mama really got a laugh out of this one tonight. It was a gorgeous Virginia night and we were driving over to pick up sister from a school event. My car window was open and my head was out having the cool breeze hit my hair. It was dark. All of a sudden there was a Mother with her three kids walking in the dark street towards their car as I drove by and all of a sudden I gave out a huge bark where there was silence. The Mother screamed! It made Mom laugh all the way to school. Guess both of us were a little naughty tonight!

I think I may have a girl friend

Well if you lived in my neighborhood, you would know that I am known as the "great white of the neighborhood"... because you can hear when I am walking towards your house, always barking at cars and kids and dogs, big time barking at dogs. Well today, sister was invited to go for a walk with me with the girl across the street with her dog... anyway so the two girls walked and I, the Bichon that I am walked along with the lady dog and guess what .... I did not bark once! Sister was amazed! She even told Mom that I squatted once to pee like a girl! Well how is that for a first date???

Feeling Green for a different reason!

Well I am posting early today... this is a picture of me with a green ribbon for St. Patrick's Day but it is after my hard morning...I typically sleep in bed with Mama until Daddy gets in bed and then I jump down and either go in my kennel or my own bed which is right next to Mama. Well this morning around 3:30 am I was feeling a "little green" and it was not because I was celebrating St. Patti's... Mama thought there was something up when I got out of my bed and was just standing on the floor and then she put in me bed and instead of laying down like I always do I stood there... Mama thought in the back of her mind to walk me at 4:00am but she was concerned about skunks outside so she rubbed my tummy a looong time to settle me down. So when Dad got up and Mama was still sleeping, I went to his side of the bed and uh... well.. let's just say the green came out of me. I felt real bad that I did that but I had no choice... I did not get breakfast until 11:00 and I am laxing in the sun right now. I guess no beer for me today!

The Sun Finally Came Out!

Gosh, I am so excited, I have three followers, how exciting!!!

Finally after maybe 8 days of damp, wet muddy days, the sun decided to show its beauty and the sky was the color of my chair! What a glorious day it was! Mama feeling a bit better; she decided to go to PetSmart today but good thing she did not bring me, there were so many dogs, I would of worked her into a tizzy! She went to return some Blue Buffalo Dog Food. I love Blue Buffalo, it is a Holistic Dog Food that was started by a dog owner in California who swears he lost his dog to cancer from all the yucky stuff like food dyes and chemicals the manufacturers put in dog food. So he started this yummo company. I eat the turkey, chicken, lamb, and used to eat the Salmon but they just changed things up a bit and instead of Salmon they have White Fish. I do not like the White Fish so Mama had to return 8 cans. Now the company has a new line of Chicken Pot Pie, Turduckin, Lamb Stew; it is more chunky (all wet) and kicks things up a notch! Well that is it for this evening. Nighty night.

Oh gosh, today was a rough day... Mama got up at her usual 6:20 to drive brother to school and she was very dizzy... she managed to drive him but came home and gave me a quick walk and went right to bed after she fed me. She did not even wash my face after I ate but she sure paid for that... I jumped in the bed with my stinky fish breath and boy did she feel sick then! We asked sister to make us a nurse hat with a red cross on it well as you can see, she kinda did that, I look more like the Pope than a nurse but you guys get the picture... I stayed by Mama's side the entire day. I am her BFF!

Ok, I think I will consider this my first offical blog since now I understand what a blog is. So from now on I am going to try to post something once a day about something that has happened to me or my family member. Well since it is "all about me" I will write about me. So, here in Virginia not only it the sun not out but it has been raining on and off the past few days and it is very muddy out there... hence you see a picture of me in the kitchen sink getting ready to get my feet cleaned. I am licking my chops since I know I get a treat after this task... now I am wierd about my treats, I really like veggies and fruit but being the dainty Prince that I am, my food must be cut into an appropriately small piece... even a blueberry must be cut into at least half or sometimes thirds or I will spit it out. You can call me what you want, but I am precautious and Mama likes that in me. You know being precautious is a sign of being intelligent. I am pretty smart about some stuff... like weekends mean more food for me, especially peanut butter from Dad in the mornings and tons of table scraps from sister in the evening! Gosh, I can go on and one but I must get ready to drive brother and sister to their orchestra practice... brother really does not like me in the car with him because as perfect as a dog that I am, I bark at cars at red lights but Mama does like to get me out in the car since I love the car!

Here is a pix of my two brothers at Christmas... notice my stocking on the right hand side!

I can be very patriotic too! Snow for President!

The things I allow them to do to me... how humiliating!

This is an up to date picture of me helping Mom at work.

This is a rare photogragh to get Daddy sitting down relaxing so I had to join in!

Hey, are you on Facebook? Is so, friend me under Snow Harmata...anyway, sis took this picture of me and I got many compliments on FB. Sis wants to be a photographer when she grows up.

Ok, here I am in my raincoat, don't laugh, it really helps me not get wet!

Can you recognize what this necklace is??? No it is not a heart sideways... look closer, it is a profile of me, a Bichon Frise! Want one of your pooch, check out the website: http://www.maizu.com. It is VERY good quality and the necklace and pendant are tarnish resistant!

Oh here is a picture of me, Mom and Dad at a polo match at Kings Winery in Virginia. We have a vacation home near Charlotesville Virginia and when we visit we go to the polo matches on Sunday. It is a lot of fun to watch all the people in their Sunday attire. I owe my life to my sis, one time the horse was coming towards me and I started to leave mama's lap to chase after then and my leash got caught in sisters foot. Thank you sister for saving my life!

Gosh I have a big nose in this picture, most be the angle of the camera!

Mama enjoys giving me baths in the kitchen sink and I am a good boy when she does.

I love snoozing all over the house, preferably on top of stuff, like here untop of clean folded laundry, especially sisters underwear!

Last but not least, this is my one and only sis... this picture is from like three years ago but sister looks so young and cute here, I am sure Mama will post some more pictures of her! I don't look the happiest of campers here, I wonder why!

I have studied all over the world and love singing Italian opera!

This is me with my middle brother.. it was taken a few years ago but Mama likes the picture and she is the one creating this blog. So since brother wears a tuxedo, I had to get one too...

This is me with my Daddy; he is always working on project at the house and I am always helping him. Just don't pull out that metal measure tap, it freaks me out!

Well this is my oldest brother. He normally looks much neater than this but he was letting his hair grow for a charity event. I do not see him much since he is away at college. I do miss him. Mama says that she deprived him of a true childhood since he did not get a dog until he was 17.

Having a dog adds so much joy to a house!

Now I even have my own lookout carseat and I do love getting brushed daily if Mom has the time. Ok, back to my family...

OMG, I just found a picture of me when I first came to the Harmata house. I was so matted down that my previous owner has to get me shaved. I really did not look like a true bichon and my new family was kinda sceptical that I was a bichon but in a few months I was beautiful!

Ok, so here is Paula... check out the bichon earings, she is kinda a fanatic about me. In the background you see two pictures of two of my human siblings, Nathan and Lena... more on them later.

Well, I am assuming the position on Mama's lap as she types away learning how to do this Blog thing. Mama, also know as Paula, waited 47 years to have a dog since her Daddy was allergic to dogs. With three kids, one going to college back then in a few months, she was ready for a change and decided it was now or never so she got me! Hey since she is the one doing this blog, I will post another picture of her!

Hi Everyone! Bear with me (or should I say "dog with me") as me and Mom try our first attempt at making a blog! So to get started, let me introduce myself. My name is Snow Harmata. I was not always a Harmata. I was born in Belgium and as a puppy my first family moved to Virginia and were gone from 5am to 7pm, way too long for a little guy like me, so they posted an ad on Craigslist and that is how I became a Harmata at the age of three. I have been living in my new house now for four years. Let me show you some pictures of my entire family.