Well my husband knows me better than I know myself. We promised (foolishly?) the girls that we would get two new dogs (what?) after we were settled in and it just so happens that briguy also told the girls that after we finished our room painting projects that we would start seriously looking.
The girls had off of school today so I decided that we would go look (our plan was to find a standard schnauzer and a dachsund probably purebred) so I planned on going to a rescue shelter and meeting with an adoption agent and talking to them about what we were looking for and getting on a waiting list for when something came up. I then went online and found the local humane society and saw the many dogs and thought that we should just look to get an idea of what we might like. Well needless to say we adopted two dogs ( one appears to be a purebred dachsund and the other a black schnauzer/terrier mix). I am such a bleeding heart, there were probably a handful more that I wanted to take home with us. The girls were so good there and we may actually make a habit of going there and walking dogs for a family service project. They are so cute and get along so well. We spent the day taking them to the vet for a check and going to PetSmart and picking up needed supplies.
We named the dachsund Jaxin and he is so cuddly and calm. We named the terrier Luna. Big sis picked the name which was way better than the original name (Shadow=black). The plan was to have the dogs sleep in their rooms on the floor and not in there beds but guess what happened. Oh well guess I have to give on some things. Well kids go back to school tomorrow and I will be manning the fort, so to speak. No rest for the weary, I'm sure. Good times!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
FREE weekend
Yeah for free stuff (which I know I have been known to tell my girls nothing is for free)- but we found some here.
Yesterday we went to Dinosaur Ridge- way cool! Got to see preserved dinosaur tracks and bones along the mountain. It was awesome. My girls must have been praying on our walk back- because the nice lady who drove the trolley thought they looked really tired and offered us a free ride back. Now I would have been fine walking the rest as it was all downhill (where was she for the way up?!) but the girls squealed with excitement.
Went to our new church and had a movie night with FREE popcorn and invitied our gregarious 9 yr old neighbor- who is big sis's new best friend. Boy is she a talker and a giggler- they really are polar opposites. She stated as we were driving off that she is the newest member of our family as she went hiking with us last weekend too. She is great because she does provide some comic relief in a slightly serious family.
Today, the final day of our FREE weekend, we went to the Museum of Nature and Science and it was SOOO awesome. They had a special FREE fiesta day and got to make crafts and listen to music. The exhibits were so awesome and hands on. They got to see a real lung dissected and to see a healthy lung vs. a smokers lung. Hopefully they won't forget that one!!! The dioramas and the collections they have are absolutely amazing.
Tomorrow the girls have testing and then we are going to visit an animal adoption agency in hopes of beginning our dog search! Fun! Fun!
Finally finished all of my room painting projects and now hope to have my 2nd interview for the job I am interested in, so I can resume REAL life again.
Swee-T
Yesterday we went to Dinosaur Ridge- way cool! Got to see preserved dinosaur tracks and bones along the mountain. It was awesome. My girls must have been praying on our walk back- because the nice lady who drove the trolley thought they looked really tired and offered us a free ride back. Now I would have been fine walking the rest as it was all downhill (where was she for the way up?!) but the girls squealed with excitement.
Went to our new church and had a movie night with FREE popcorn and invitied our gregarious 9 yr old neighbor- who is big sis's new best friend. Boy is she a talker and a giggler- they really are polar opposites. She stated as we were driving off that she is the newest member of our family as she went hiking with us last weekend too. She is great because she does provide some comic relief in a slightly serious family.
Today, the final day of our FREE weekend, we went to the Museum of Nature and Science and it was SOOO awesome. They had a special FREE fiesta day and got to make crafts and listen to music. The exhibits were so awesome and hands on. They got to see a real lung dissected and to see a healthy lung vs. a smokers lung. Hopefully they won't forget that one!!! The dioramas and the collections they have are absolutely amazing.
Tomorrow the girls have testing and then we are going to visit an animal adoption agency in hopes of beginning our dog search! Fun! Fun!
Finally finished all of my room painting projects and now hope to have my 2nd interview for the job I am interested in, so I can resume REAL life again.
Swee-T
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