she's here!

and we LOVE her!!!! Desi is so perfect! She loves to run outside with the kids but will stop and calm down as soon you tell her to. She doesn't jump on people or furniture. She doesn't bark. She seems to be housetrained. She went in her crate right away and slept in it all night without a sound. She doesn't beg. She usually listens when called or told to sit. And she is really, really good with kids.She is just sooo sweet!

introducing

Destiny! Our new dog! We went to visit my parents yesterday and took a look at their Humane Society and we found this sweetie! We get to pick her up tomorrow! I am so excited, I had a hard time sleeping last night. She is medium sized. Not as big as we were expecting to get, but that's probably a good thing, she won't be hopping our fence! She is very very friendly, I really have no worries about her with the kids, although I know we will still need to be cautious especially in the beginning. We're not too fond of her name, but she's 3 or 4 yrs old so we probably won't change it. I think we'll call her Desi. I just can't wait to have a dog again! I'm a little nervous because I've never been 'in charge' of a dog before, but with an older dog there's not so much to worry about like with a puppy. I'm happy.
:)

no go

Well, we went to Ethan's new school on Wednesday night for a parent orientation type thing. It scared me! Only a few more months and he'll be going to junior kindergarten- he's only 3! It seems like a nice school, fairly small. The teacher seems nice and the principal seems very nice.
Yesterday, we found out we were approved by the Humane Society, so we went in to see Kodiak again. The visit went fairly well. It was the first time that we got to socialize with him outside of the cage. He was very scared and shy at first, it took about 15 mins to get him to the point where we could pet him without him getting jumpy. All seemed to go well, until the guy that was with us told us that Kodiak had charged at him twice recently, with his teeth bared. Well, with two kids that don't always listen when we say not to run at him, etc. we can't take that chance. And, because he didn't get overly interactive with us it's hard to tell what he really thought. So, we'll see what happens. I think we will look for another dog, but it may be after our vacation in July. I'm a bit sad, I was looking forward to having this dog, but the kids are more important and I'm sure that there is a dog that is more suited to our family.
Have a good weekend!

trouble

OH boy! The kids drove us nuts yesterday! Gavin slept in until 8:45, but somehow still managed to be alot of trouble before we went out. After breakfast, we went to visit my Mom and Aunt and Rain. That was fine. Perry was installing the new thermostat for our furnace. Then I bring them home and we go for a walk. That was fine. Then we come home... that was not so fine. We wanted to do a little yard work because we have alot to do!!! (I mean a lot!) They were just doing everything they shouldn't do. I planted some pots and cleared out some of the over grown perennials in the garden, Perry was ripping a board off the seat on our deck that was water logged. Anyways, they were just not listening to anything. When we came in Ethan was pretty good, but Gavin just won't ever sit still, so if Ethan isn't playing with him, then he's looking for trouble. They, for some reason, were very tired today (even though Gavin got almost 15hrs of sleep the night before).
In other news, we bought the first season of Prison Break and only have 2 episodes left. What a great show! Now we have to get the second season before the new one starts! And the Lost and AI finales are this week. We will have to tape both we have plans those nights!! :(
Happy Tuesday!

:)

I think that we are going to drop a pre-approval off at the OSPCA today. There is a gorgeous Husky there that I would love to bring home. I have been wanting a dog for so long. It's seems like as good a time as any, now that we have no pets. We'll see what happens.

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Thursday May 18, 2007
1. Perry's Mom and Dad came over for a bout 4 hrs
2. I actually had enough supper defrosted to feed them, too
3. another short nap!
4. boys were really good
5. furnace is closer to being installed

Friday May 19, 2007
1. kids at babysitter
2. sun came out
3. when we took the cat in, the had a very nice private room for the procedure
4. Pip went very quickly, no movements or anything
5. I got some scrapbooking done