"New Dog" has a new home

New Dog now has a home. A lady who I work with decided to adopt her. She has two sweet little girls who have already named her Lily. I'm so happy she found a good home.

Update on Chi chi a.k.a. "new dog"

You may need to read yesterday's entry to catch up for this one. Chi chi is doing fine (see picture). Allee and Jesse are happy-go-lucky as always. Sissy is so jealous, but she plays with Chi-chi when the mood strikes her. The problem is, I CAN'T HAVE 3 DOGS AND A CAT!!! Vance and I have posted signs, called every vet on the beach, called the Humane Society and Animal Control, and I've posted a notice on petharbor.com. No one seems to be looking for this dog. She is so sweet. I don't want to take her to Animal Control because we all know what happens to dogs that don't get adopted there. If I take her to the Humane Society it's going to cost me $25 just to drop her off (but I'll do it if I need to because it's a no-kill shelter). No good deed goes unpunished. I'm going to give it a couple of days. Hopefully her owners will call. If not, maybe someone else I know will want her. BTW, thanks for your words of support Kate and Lauren. I love you girls and miss you lots.

What a day

So, today I had to take Sissy to the vet for surgery. She was spayed when we got her in March, but evidently her body rejected the suture. Anyway, on my way to bring her in, traffic was stopped on the street right outside of my neighborhood because an escaped chihauhua was weaving in and out of traffic. I decided to pick her up since I was on my way to the vet anyway. I was just terrrified she would be hit by a car. The vet kept her today and scanned her for a microchip (which she didn't have). So, anyway, the vet said that if I didn't take her home they would have to call Animal Control. It is obvious that the dog belongs to someone (probably near me) so I took her home. We're calling her Chi Chi and have hung signs up everywhere. We hope to find her home soon. In the meantime, she seems to be pretty comfy here. She's curled up on the couch with me right now and is getting along great with Allee, Jesse, and Sissy.

May Trip to Baton Rouge

Okay, so Vance and I were in BR last weekend. It was a quick trip so I'm sorry if we didn't get to see you. We did kind of sneak in. We drove in late Friday night, had family stuff on Saturday, a wedding Saturday night, and mother's day breakfast Sunday morning. Then, the 5 1/2 hour drive back home.

Our trip was fun and interesting. Bert and Stacy's wedding was absolutely gorgeous. Carson proved himself to be the perfect little ring bearer. We had a blast, especially after the wedding (see photos). At breakfast on Sunday, we were able to spend some quality time with our adorable nephew, Carson, and our beautiful niece, Layla, as well as Maw Maw, Paw Paw, my sisters, Shirley and Barb.

So now we're just getting ready for Memorial Day weekend. Tuesday is my last day of work at school. Then I will be getting the house ready for our guests. This weekend should be a blast. Lots of beach fun with friends. I'll post more pics next week. We hope everyone has a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend!

First Blog

Okay, so I'm really bad at keeping everyone updated on what's going on. So here's our blog. Vance and I can keep you all updated and you can keep us updated on you if you'd like.

Tomorrow's my last day with my students. I still have some work days and I start my summer job the week after next. This summer I will be working with the little ones at a beach day camp. I did it last summer too and it was fun. It should be a good change of pace.

Vance is working hard to get ready for one of his licensing exams in June. We are going to Orlando for it. Cross your fingers, pray, or whatever you do. We need him to pass this. Anyway, when Vance is finished with his test we will fly out to San Fransisco where we will stay for 3 nights, then we will drive to Livermore (Vance has family there) where we will overlook a vineyard for 2 nights. Other than that our summer is going to be pretty laid back. We'd love to have some guests. We've already had a few people reserve a weekend at Chateau Baldwin so don't wait too long. Of course, you could always pull a Jason and Mike and call us when you're an hour and a half from the house. :)