Me and Like A LOT of Kids

Saturday, July 11, 2020  Our family has completely fallen for this cute fluff ball Peaches, as has many others in the neighborhood. She's got a lot of sass and tries to let Flash know she's boss. He tolerates her mostly. He's like a teenager annoyed with the younger sibling.   We ’ d spent the last couple weeks with the Wilber side of the family who came to town to visit us. That night we were going down the street with our cousins for our friend’s birthday party. As I was walking out the door, I HAD A THOUGHT to put Peaches in her kennel. We don't usually leave her out because she is so small and I don't want her getting into anything. But Mom Wilber, Greg's sister Katie, and her husband Jake would be staying at the house. I IGNORED THE FEELING and left her out to roam.   We had a fun filled evening with dancing, karaoke, and seeing neighborhood friends we hadn't seen in months. As the evening was winding down Greg disappeared. I knew we needed to g...

My kids have been trying to convince us to get another dog for about a year. They even had a slide show presentation about why we needed another dog. As cute, and impressive, as the power point was, we did not get another dog.   I made the mistake of telling them all my criteria I would require for another dog. They would have to be responsible with their chores. I wanted a small, no...tiny dog. I love toy poodles. My grandparents bred their toy poodles. I've always loved them since! However, I wanted a true "toy" poodle which is basically less than 10 lbs. A lot of people list their over 10 lb or more poodles as "toy" and they are actually "miniature." I wanted roughly a 5 lb (so each parent needs to be about 5 lbs) girl that was black or maybe brown if she was the perfect chocolate shade. I also wanted a puppy for much less money than they are normally sold for and she needed to have AKC papers. I thought this was a near impossible list to find. ...