VonHoledigger's Share What kind of Car They would DRIVE!

Sir Thomas Thorton in the back of mommy's Jeep!

So, I have taken  bit of a break from posting.  I just was not in the right frame of mind.  The parents have decided to take on a new, healthier lifestyle and decided they were watching too much television.  So what did they do but get rid of Comcast.  Yes, I was in pure shock.  What was life going to be with out my on demand.  I  love reality television and watched it all.  You could only imagine my disappointment.  I thought it would only last a month, but we are going on four months!
The plus side is the parents are getting healthier and we have many nights of Scrabble, pool parties, gardening, talking, and walking.  So, I guess it has been a plus.
Now, I am going to share the next crazy part of this process.  Mom and Dad were talking one night while playing Scrabble and started saying if our children could drive, what kind of car would they drive?  This is going to be a series of what we would dress like, drink, where we would live, etc.  They say we all have unique, human like personalities.  So stay tuned.

Tonight’s topic is what kind of car we would drive, so here it goes:

Freeway Freida- Ford Pick-up
Wally- Jeep Wrangler
Henry- Mazda Miata Convertible
George- Mini-Van, so he could pick-up the young puppies.  PERVERT!
Freddie Mercury- El Camino
Vinnie-  Old Jeep Wagoneer, it’s mommy’s favorite with the wood sides!
Danny-  Audi TT
Barney-  Suburban with the silver bull balls hanging off the back and chrome girl mud flaps, REDNECK!
Bogey- Cadillac Coupe De Ville
Putter- Ford Fiesta
Johnny- Pacer Station Wagon with flames.
Yes, I am the first to admit our parents are eccentric but it’s always fun in the VonHoledigger house!

-President Vinnie Laine

Now, I would like to add one of the VonHoledigger's favorite songs they like to play when they are cruising!

P.S. We love you Bruce!

Wildflowers

What is the meaning of life,  it’s  a philosophical question concerning the significance of life or existence in general.

I have been pondering this question for about a week now and I think I understand what it means…

I take the meaning of life as something precious.  Someone who goes out and makes the World a better place.  As Ralph Waldo Emerson is famous for saying:

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.

My mommy was telling me she used this quote when her mom died of Ovarian Cancer.  She said it was very true to how she felt and today she says she see’s it.  My Grandmother was super smart according to mom, she was a children’s librarian.  She radiated intelligence.  She thought that kids could become whatever they wanted and teach the World. 
Mommy  says when people pass-on that  Heaven is a glorious location where there is an absence of pain, disease, sex, depression, etc. and where people live in new, spiritual bodies, in the presence of Jesus Christ.
I think I like the sounds of this.  The parents will share the bible with us:

Ephesians 2:8-10

8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.


I believe some people will come closer to obeying God than others, but no one ever hits the bull’s eye of perfection.   I also, understand some people will have something to say about mom typing this for us because dogs don’t have value in their minds.  However, if it helps a dog lover heal, I tell the parents to print it!

-Henry Thomas

Thank you Jason Lemmons!

Barney exhausted from Johnny!

Thank you Jason!
What is he talking about I kept thinking.  I have heard this for the past week.
Finally, mommy says what are you talking about?
Daddy says I am thanking Jason for my Birkenstock shoes being chewed, not one but both.  I thanked Jason for my floor being ruined, I really feel thankful for the White Pines I just planted being taken up.
But, mostly I am thanking Jason for the blessing he gave me named Johnny!
That mutt has added constant chaos to our lives, but I must admit I like the little guy!
 -Barney
                                         

P.S.  I think part of Johnny's problem is mommy sings to him a song that makes his head big.  This is part of the lyrics I have to hear: 

His mother told him someday he would be a man And he would be the leader of a big old band Many people coming from miles around To hear him play his music when the sun go down Maybe someday your name would be in lights Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight

VonHoledigger's Want to go to Public School

Imagine the pure shock I had today when I woke up to find that the water was emptied out of my pool!  I don’t care if it’s snowing,  I need to work on my fitness.  This is nonsense.  Daddy emptied the water out yesterday and flipped my pool. 
I showed him.  I stood there and protested and tried to find that useless duck in the bottom of the pool with his goggles.

I also think it stinks that we are home schooled and we did not get a day off from school.  Daddy said class was in session like normal.  I am thinking I want to go to the Public schools and ride the bus.  I could try to be social with others.

We had an extended recess where we tore it up.  Danny walked around with his dirty pillowcase, he likes to help with laundry.  Barney and Johnny wrestled, if you noticed in the picture Barney had Johnny by his side.  Henry is such a suck-up he is eager to get back to class,  he likes learning.  Wally, George, and Freeway Freida have graduated.  Freddie Mercury is a delinquent who skips.  Bogey and Putter don’t have to go because they are also finished with their education.   I think they went to some private school in Michigan.

I believe all of my anger stems from the simple fact that I couldn’t go swimming today!

-Vinnie

*Freddie Mercury, Bogey & Putter are not in any of the pictures because they are lazy and would not go out in the snow. 

Caught In Action

Barney & Vinnie

Caught in action.  We have fooled all of you and made mom and dad look like liars.  When company comes over Vinnie and I fight terribly.  We rumble like no other.  Bad words are flying and teeth showing.  Mom will always say they get along real well when it's just us.  I don't know why they do this? 
I'll tell you why:  We are bored and want to mess with you.  That's all.  Just a little friendly teeth showing.  Vinnie actually is such a lunatic he has to go on a leash. 
I love it.  So my best buddy Vinnie and I will continue to carry-on and pull practical pranks on all of you.
The only problem is mom captured this picture to tell on us.

-Barney

Freida's Love Story

What is love?

I find love to be easy.  I love my family, friends, music, flowers, and buddy bisquits.

I love my late Birki, and miss him every day.  He was the love of my life.  Each Valentine’s Day  I think of the two of us and feel happy but a bit sad.  When Birki walked on a leash I was right next to him, I never needed a leash when he was there because I never wanted to run or leave him . When he went swimming I swam next to him, when he guarded the house, I was his back-up.   We were truly in love.  I miss him so.
Today I see love in so many different ways.  I see the way the boys will push the food bowl to me, how Vinnie washes my face, Wally talks to me, Barney  plays with me and George is my constant companion.  I am loved and feel so happy.
I see daddy grab moms hand, dance with her in the living room or play countless  hours of Scrabble over small talk.  To me that is love.
I want to wish you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day, it’s not always chocolate and roses but the small things that make your heart swell.

-Freeway Freida Marie

This is for you Birki

Here's Johnny!

I am a puppy on the move.  I can’t understand for the life of me why everyone has a problem with me?
I am sick of the name calling.  Skid Mark, come on I can’t help it that I am white and every VonHoledigger that tries to teach me a lesson puts there red clay paw marks on me or tosses me down the hill.
I am only 3.5 months old.  I am suppose to be annoying.
The parental units are the ones who feed us with old pots and pans the handles just stick out and make me want to grab them and drag them down the hall in the middle of the night.  The noise soothes me, along with the broom, plunger, scrub brushes, and any thing else I can find.
I love glasses, keyboards, toilet paper, shoes, shampoo bottles, cords, underpants, CDS, planters, furniture, vacuums, purses, dirty laundry, clean laundry, keys, plants, flooring, drywall, VonHolediggers, cats, birds, poop, hats, curtains, ponytail holders, wood, milk, beer cans, neighbors, measuring sticks, Scrabble, trimmers, slippers, boxes, dishes, pictures, closets, etc.
I am a lover and want to share my love with anything I can find or destroy.
I am not a naughty puppy.  Oh, that is another name I am called…

-Johnny Hilton