Cuteness in my City

I decided to give myself more time to edit the prom pics, and post some pics from this weekend today.
I'm making you wait for the prom pics.  Because I am evil like that.

But it's okay, because for today, I offer you CUTENESS OVERLOAD.

My Mother-in-Law just got her second toy Australian shepherd puppy.
Her good friend Sue did the same.  They now have four different toy Aussies of different ages and sizes, between the two of them.

It's like a Puppy Chow commercial when her friend is visiting.
TOO DARNED CUTE!!

Meet Tucker, my MIL's new pup.
He is 3.5 months old.

Tucker is sweet, cuddly, and kind of a fraidy-dog.
I wuv him.

This is Tanner, 8 weeks old.
He is feisty and probably thinks he's a rottweiler.
GRR!

"I am Tanner; I am FEROCIOUS!"

"I am also a big fan of belly rubs."

Tucker, Toby, and Tanner.
MIL's friend Sue's oldest dog, Buddy, would not pose for me.

And here's what I did today:
relaxed by MIL's pool.

Life is good! =) =)

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Monday Memes

I'm catching up on a couple of Memes today. Here we go.....

This first one is from AllMediocre, the blog promotion site that lists the web's BEST blogs!
This is the One Word Meme.

1. Where is your cell phone? counter

2. Your significant other? husband

3. Your hair? straight

4. Your mother? quirky

5. Your father? kooky

6. Your favorite thing? sleep

7. Your dream last night? strange

8 Your favorite drink? water

9. Your dream/goal? travel

10. The room you’re in? cluttered

11. Your hobby? blogging

12. Your fear? loss

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy

14. What you’re not? pushover

15. Muffins? no

16. One of your wish list items? camera

17. Where you grew up? Florida

18. The last thing you did? bloghop

19. What are you wearing? comfy

20. Favorite Gadget? camera

21. Your pets? spoiled

22. Your computer? outdated

23. Your mood? sleepy

24. Missing someone? yep

25. Your car? minivan

26. Something you’re not wearing? shoes

27. Favorite store? Target

28. Like someone? yep

29. Your favorite color? purple

30. When was the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? forgot

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I was tagged for this meme by my local friend, Irregular Tammie.

Six unimportant things about me:

1. I am in need of a hair trim & highlights.
2. I love taking pictures, and wish I had better skills and a better camera.
3. I'm extremely sleepy right now!
4. I don't usually like the stars that most people like. I'm not a Brad Pitt or George Clooney fan, at all.
5. I love Pixar films and can't wait to see Wall-E.
6. I never watched Sex in the City and you couldn't pay me to go see the movie.

Now, according to the rules I have to tag six more folks to play along. I'm not usually one to tag people, but what the heck. If you don't want to do it, no problem!

1. Chel How about a meme for me?
2. Krissy Take a break and do a meme!
3. Groovy Mom.......You have been MIA lately! How about a meme?
4. Lunanik......do you do memes?
5. Rock and Drool.......have time for a quick meme this summer?
6. Sue...how about you?

The rules are as follows:
1. Link back to the person that tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. Share six unimportant things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your entry.

**A couple of updates:
~We ARE keeping Suzie! I read all the comments and knew that you all were right. She is already where she belongs!
~The other foster puppy, Spikes, is being adopted - by the guy who adopted Tebow! The brothers will be together forever.
~I have now lost 77 lbs. Please check out Weighting for Change for my updates!

How About You Just Rip My Heart Out, Instead?

As most of you know, we foster dogs for a rescue group. We've done very well about not getting attached to the dogs, for the most part. In fact, the only foster dog we've kept is one that Dysfunctional Dad got attached to. It wasn't my fault! Other than him, we've been able to take these dogs, help them get healthy (in some cases, take them to heartworm treatments, have major dental work, etc), and then lovingly pass them on to forever homes.
Back a couple of months ago, I got an urgent call from a rescue member, asking me if I could pull a dog from my county shelter that day or she'd be euthanized. I got the message too late to go that day, and I panicked; but fortunately she'd talked them in to waiting until the next day. So first thing the next morning, I picked up Suzie.
Suzie was skin and bones, and had liquid poops. She was in terrible shape.
We took her to the vet, and treated her for whipworms, which were causing her bowel problems and her inability to put on weight. She now looks and feels so much better. But she's still very old, around 14 years old. She's frail. And she's very, very attached to me. She sleeps right next to me. She follows me everywhere. She doesn't care about any other person or dog; just me.
Just last week, I said to hubby, I think we are going to have to keep Suzie.
She probably doesn't have a whole lot of time left on this earth, and I don't really know how she'd handle leaving our home at this point. Hubby agreed with me ('cause he's awesome like that).
The only issue is her adoption fee; while it's not much at all really, every dollar right now is going to the down payment for the Ladybug's braces. But I figured, well, nobody's showed any interest in her so far, so we'll probably have time, after we get the braces out of the way next month, to get the adoption fee paid.
What I didn't know was that the rescue group hadn't gotten her bio up on the website yet. But just this week, they put Suzie's bio on the website. And already, TWO people have shown an interest in her.
Oh.Crap.
I know the rescue group would hold her if I asked them to. But I'm so torn. I want what's best for Suzie. What if these people would give her a happy, comfortable forever home? I try SO hard to remember that we are fostering these dogs, and the goal is to let them go. And I've never had a problem with that.
Until Suzie.
I just don't know if they'd understand her. One of them said they're looking for a companion for their other dog. Suzie doesn't hang out with other dogs. Suzie likes people. (Suzie likes ME.)
The other one asked if she plays with toys. Suzie mostly sleeps. She wakes up to eat and go outside. She's not into toys. She's not into playing. She's a feeble old lady. And I love her.
I just want what's best for Suzie, and I want to do the right thing as a foster.
Why does it have to be so hard?


Here's a puppy picture for your viewing pleasure. This is Spikes, the 8 week old pupster. Apparently he likes to sleep while inhaling the lovely aroma of Dysfunctional Dad's toejam.

Puppy Love

We've had a great weekend.
Saturday, Dysfunctional Dad and I played disc golf, ran errands, and hung around the house.
Today, Reh-Roh and her boyfriend came over. We had a blast! We all went to the springs, picked up puppies, and then cooked out.
Did you catch that? The picked up puppies part?
I got an email Friday night, asking if we could foster two puppies.
Heck yes! I have never fostered puppies, and I needed puppy breath in my life!
So Reh-roh and I picked them up this afternoon in a small town north of my town. The rescue group split them up in twos, I think there were six pups total. I got two boys. And they are absolutely the ultimate in cuteness! Check it out.

This is the one who looks like he may be a wirehair dachshund (they're mixed with something else, but nobody knows what). He's kind of a bully, and he's the sleepier brother. He also whines a lot.



This is the smooth coat boy. He's just total cuteness.



They are SLEEPING in this picture! Yes, both of them.



And Sasha, the little girl we adopted from a shelter in December, seems to think they're HER babies! She is extremely protective of them and follows them everywhere.




We're nearly on cute overload over here! It was a great weekend, and getting the pups was the cherry on top. I know they'll be adopted soon, so we're enjoying every minute with them.
Gotta go, one of them's chewing up my shoe!

~73 lbs, gone forever!