Chloe's First Day

We lost our dog and cat about a year ago due to health issues – about a month apart from each other. Since then, it’s always bothered me that PJ didn’t have a dog to grow up with. A few weeks ago our neighbor, Mary Alice, came over and asked us if we’d be interested in an 8-week old puppy. I told Ron about it and he instantly said “NO;” but told me to go check it out anyway. After a little more discussion about it, we started to lean a bit more toward doing it, then just decided it was too young and our schedules were not really conducive to having a puppy that little.

A few days later, at Easter services, we happened to sit in the same row with our former groomer, Wilma. I jokingly said “you don’t know anyone who has a small dog to give away/adopt?” To which she replied, “I just might, give me a couple days & I’ll call you.”
Well…on Tuesday we got the call. A groomer friend of hers knew of someone in Rantoul who had small children and needed to find a home for their 6-month old Shih Tzu. She gave me the number of the person to call. I contacted them the next evening, got all the details about the puppy – Chloe – and relayed all the info to Ron. He then came up with the idea of asking them if we could “try her out for the weekend.” Basically, put down a “deposit” on her, then bring her home and see if it all would really work out.
We made arrangements for Gma & Gpa to pick up PJ, so we could go get her and brought her home on Friday, March 28th. When they arrived with PJ, he knew there was a surprise in the house and we told him she was just visiting, but it was LOVE at first sight.

He had an absolute ball playing with her and that night, he even got his sleeping bag out so he could sleep with her – she of course was in her cage, but that didn’t detour him.
By Saturday morning, the decision was pretty much made – she was staying. Today she officially became ours.

D's Little Helper

Our daycare provider, Miss Gina, has been building an addition onto their house which will officially be the “new playroom.” Mr. David & Mr. Scottie lift a roof truss into place.

Of course, the weather hasn’t helped. If it wasn’t raining, it was dumping tons of snow on the whole project, but it never stopped them. There have been many long nights to keep the construction on track.

The kids have had lots of fun watching the progress of the addition; however, nothing could have please PJ more than to be able to help Mr. David with the playroom. Today PJ got to go upstairs and help hammer some nails. Give the boy some tools & he’s occupied for hours.

GO! DIEGO GO!

My friend Darci knew that I was interested in taking Parker to see Go! Diego Go! at the Assembly Hall, but hadn't really found out about it until it was really too late to get decent tickets and frankly, it just wasn't the right time money-wise either.

The week before the show, she told me that one of the radio stations was giving a 4-pack of tickets away, so I needed to listen to that station. I was very religious about it. Tried everytime they announced it, but nothing.

Then....on the last day they were giving them away, I heard another co-worker, Linda, yelling "She got them, she got them Susi." I went up front to see what they were talking about and Darci had managed to get through on the phone and win the tickets for me! I was so excited.

That day, even though we were getting dumped on with snow, I drove to the radio station on my lunch hour to get the tickets & I surprised PJ with them when I got home.

Daddy wasn't going to be able to go with us, and some of PJ's friends were already going, so we invited Saydra to go. After dinner at Monicals Pizza, we went to the show.

We had LOTS of fun - it was a great time!