Bright sunny day!!

It's a bright sunny Monday morning and life is good! Over the weekend, we had a farewell party for Dinesh and Karen who will be leaving us as of this Friday to travel for a couple of months before heading back to their native Australia. I shall miss them terribly because they have become like family to us. But, we have a place now in Australia to visit on vacation!
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The new dog, Willow, is doing so much better since her last vet visit. She's very playful and loving. She's adjusted to her new home well and other than the occasional accident, she's doing well in the potty training area. The hardest thing we're dealing with is her ability to get onto any surface in the house...sofa, chair, dining room table, etc. There is no safe place to put things out of her reach. But, she's learning quickly!
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Willow and I had a little jaunt down to RSP yesterday to drop off some CDs for Lillian. We didn't get to see too many people as they were striking for Cabaret, but it was nice to run into Greg and Shaleen, Jessica, Mary Young, Amber, Dave Hushbeck, and a couple more that I haven't seen in quite some time. Sorry I didn't get to see Bob Baxter or Eileen Hushbeck whom I apparently just missed when I got there.
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James had this past weekend off entirely...both Saturday and Sunday. It was so nice spend the weekend with him. We get so little time together these days.
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Today is my mom's birthday! I need to call her later this morning to sing "Happy Birthday" to her. She says she will be back in Sacramento in about a month, so I'll take her to dinner when she returns!
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I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Puppy has been sick...

Willow's kennel cough got worse for a few days. On Sunday, she started having major coughing attacks which would last for 10 minutes or so. By Monday, the attacks were more severe and by Monday evening, they would last 20 to 30 minutes straight. Plus, she was coughing up a lot of mucous and I was very concerned. She had us up all night on Monday night. She would sleep for 30 minutes or so and then go into coughing fits for 30 to 45 minutes that would keep everyone in the house awake.

The vet saw her yesterday and gave her a cough suppressant and a stronger antibiotic. She actually slept all night last night curled up on the foot of the bed. This morning, she was very playful before I left for work. I'm happy she seems to be feeling better.

Hope your day is blessed!!

New puppy is at home!!

But I am very pissed...she has lost about a pound (she was only 9.5 pounds last week) and she has a terrible cough. Not to mention that the vet injured her paw while clipping her nails. It took ten days from the day I adopted her to get her spayed and ready for me to pick her up. She's so sick now!

She's curled up in the bed and I'm making her chicken soup and giving her treats today.

She's still adorable though!

New addition to the family...

After the loss of our Lucy girl, we knew the best way to honor her memory was to adopt another puppy from the pound. We hadn't planned to do this so soon, but this little girl found me.

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I dropped by Sacramento Animal Control on Bradshaw Sunday afternoon. They usually aren't open on those days, but on the first Sunday of each month, they have special adoption events. I dropped by only to leave a package of medications that Lucy had been on for the last few weeks. We didn't need them and I thought they might be useful to the vets there. After all, Lucy was the first of three dogs I adopted from them: Lucy, Ricky, and Odie.

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While visiting, this little bundle of joy was sitting in a cage with 3 other dogs. She was in the corner being very timid and shy. When the other dogs would get to close, she'd shiver and shake and start crying. A few other people were trying to get her to come over to the cage door so they could pet her. She was so scared that she wouldn't move. So, I knelt down and talked to her very quietly and said that everything was going to be okay. She ran to the cage door and climbed up the door trying to get to me.

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I was hooked.

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I got one of the officers to let her out for a while. I sat with her for about 30 minutes...she finally stopped shaking and started licking my face. The volunteers there said that she had been so afraid of everyone else that only one other person had taken her out of the cage. So, I paid my $111 fees and they scheduled her surgery. They said that she was found in a field and only know that she cowers when people reach for her like they are about to hit her.

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We believe that she is part Chihuahua and part miniature Doberman or Pinscher somewhere in the age range of 2 or 3 years old. She is truly a sweet dog and I can't wait to bring her home on March 12th after her surgery. We're looking at names and haven't made any decisions about that at all yet. They call her Tinker Bell at the pound, but James and I said "Absolutely not!"

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We miss our Lucy terribly, but I am sure she would be proud that we're giving another lost dog a shot at a long and happy life with us.

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Many blessings to you and yours!