NEW POST Yeee Hawww!

I know I haven't posted anything new in quite a while, so here is a small video to pacify you until I can sit down and tell you all about the past 5 or 6 weeks.

Enjoy this video

Handy Man

Mark and I have lived in this house for a few years now and we thought it was about time we decided on some fixer-upper projects.  

Our kitchen has been lit by one single solitary 75 watt light bulb the entire time we've lived here.  There was some under cabinet lighting, but only one worked.  Yesterday that all changed.  We now have 5 light fixtures PLUS I installed all new under cabinet lighting.    The down side to this is now we can see how dingy and pitiful our kitchen is, and we are depressed about it's ugliness.  So, now we're thinking about remodeling.  Limited remodeling.  We're considering taking out the wall that separates the kitchen from the living room and replacing it with a breakfast bar, and putting in new counter tops, probably Silestone but possibly just formica.  However, this would mean moving the dish washer to a new place, which in turn means re-routing some plumbing.... to me this sounds expensive, so we'll see if we actually do any of it.

Mark has become an HGTV addict.  Last night before going to sleep he told me that he feels he needs to stop watching all the house shows because he's getting too many ideas that we can't afford.  We'll see how that goes.

Memorial Day Weekend - Late

I know it's take me a week to get to this, but...

My little brother Darren and his wife Nicole came for a Birthday - Anniversary - Memorial Day weekend visit.  It's always nice to have family in town.  Mark and I don't normally do much socializing, so it was a welcome change to get out of the house.

 I have included some pictures from a trip to the pool.

Horseing around with uncle Jack

L-R

Mark, Mother Boarnet, Meme, Jody

Swim Time

Alex was trying to follow instructions from Jack to learn to swim.

Back To Normal

The San Antonio Pug Rescue approved an adoptive family for our foster pug, Polly, so she has now found a Forever home.  It was sad to part with her, but in the end, it's for the best.   During our fostering period, which was very brief, we came to the conclusion that we already have the 3 best dogs in the universe, so why mess with a good thing.

Happy Birthday Jody and Darren.  We'll see you at mom and dad's tonight.

Abigail is out, Polly is IN.

Our foster pug, Abigail, has returned to the rescue group for more training.  In her place is Polly.  Polly is a 6 year old female who is very loving AND fully house trained.  

This experience should be a good example to all prospective dog owners that just because a dog looks sweet and is basically good natured, does not mean she will be a good match for you.  Abigail was very sweet, but she was extremely skittish and loved to poop in the kitchen and pee in the office.  These are not good traits for a dog to have in OUR house.  With constant monitoring and patience, she could have been trained, but we aren't inclined to go through that right now.   

The pug rescue still needed out help, so I brought home Polly.  She's much more socialized.  She and Jake are already best friends.  It doesn't hurt that they also look almost like twins.  In the pictures, Polly is the one with the pink harness.

Have a great week!

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Foster Parenting (no, it's not what you think)

Yesterday I got a call from the San Antonio Pug Rescue and they were in desperate need of some foster families due to a big batch of puppies that was surrendered.  Being the kind hearted, selfless person that I am, I rushed over and picked up this sweet adult female that was a "breeder".   She's very sweet, but somewhat hesitant about letting strangers touch her until she gets to know them.  She learned how to use the dog door in about 30 minutes, but that hasn't stopped her from peeing on the bath matt.  Ah, the trials of parenthood!

She didn't have a name, so we named her Abigail.  Her tongue hangs out most of the time, so we figured with such a pitiful face, the least we can do is give her a dignified name.   

She's really sad because when she sees you petting another dog, she's really curious about what you're doing and comes up to watch, but then if you try to pet her, she runs away scared.  It's obvious to me that she hasn't been properly socialized, but hopefully she'll come around pretty quickly.  She did sit on my lap for about ah hour last night, so that's something.

I also included a pictures of the big lizard that lives inside a tree in our backyard.  I'm not exactly sure why I included it, but I did.