Tiny Tidbits: Blog Love and Ugly Sweaters

-My goal is to share some of my favorite reads from the past week with you all. On Mondays check out the page in the “blog talk” tab above that reads “blog love”…you’ll see some good stuff in there with a variety of topics!

-I mentioned briefly before that we took the plunge and decided to keep Victor E. Really the dog is flawless. You guys knew I didn’t stand a chance didn’t you? I love him. He’s my new best friend. Part cocker spaniel…part something else…I don’t know what. His hair is kind of wavy and it would really work perfect if he could be my own attention craving poodle, so I’m going to say he’s a poodle mix.

I told Ginger the rescue lady that we wanted to keep him and she went on and on about what a “gweat twainer” I must be with these dogs. She said foster parents are complaining about their pups and that one in particular was causing a raucous in her foster home…biting, peeing, barking, you name it.

Turns out GRETA is the one causing problems and she’s the EXACT dog I asked for when I realized Mickey was too ugly to bring home with us. Amen that she was already taken! Oh and as it turns out Ginger is the one who names all the dogs. One of the volunteers said she constantly repeats names…she pointed to one dog and said, “that’s the fourth Peanut Butter we’ve had come through the program”. All of the chihuahuas are named things like Rico and Diego and Juan.Victor, as it turns out, was named after that worker’s ex-boyfriend. Looks like Ginger has a bit of a sense of humor. The girls kept adding the Eee onto his name and it stuck.

-Two kids in the daycare are leaving me at the beginning of the year. I’m so sad. I hate losing good kids. The oldest will be in Kindergarten next year and needs a more school like environment and the youngest needs more intensive speech therapy than I am able to offer. I realize it’s for the best for the kids, but I’ve been taking care of them since the five year old was just one and I’m sad. If you need daycare call me mmkay?

-The best way to cure sadness is to swing by an “Ugly Sweater Christmas Party” that you weren’t invited to and take pictures of your friend in the ugliest outfit you’ve ever seen her in. Check and check.

-I’m still figuring out WordPress…one of the things I love about it is the ease of replying in the comment section. At first I did a lot of this, I think it’s a great way to respond to comments and even get a kind of forum going on whatever the topic might be. My question is…do people even go back and read my replies or is it a waste of time? What do you think? Would you prefer me to reply back via email or in the comments?