January 24th

Exciting news! We have a puppy. We got her last week. Eddie and I had been discussing getting Vallerie a dog, so one night we were just looking online for info on breeds and searching shelters to see what was out there. We came across a shelter about an hour and a half away that had Australian Cattle dog/Shepherd puppies. There were a couple that we thought were super cute, so the next morning Eddie called the shelter. One of the pups was being adopted as he called (right when they opened) so he had them hold the other one so he and Vallerie could get there to check her out. I unfortunately had to work, so I didn't get to go, but they stopped by on their way home to show me the new addition to our family.

Vallerie bounced around some names, but finally settled on Zooka. (Other contenders were: No, Sky, Zuma, Stanky, and Stupid Jerk.) Zooka's middle name is Koopa, because I have brain freezes and can't always remember Zooka, I know. I'm too young to forget names. Sigh.

So far she's been great. She's potty training well. It's Vallerie that we're having problems with. She's just too rough. "No Vallerie, don't pick the puppy up by her neck" "Vallerie, don't pull on her arms" "Vallerie stop rolling over on her" "Vallerie you can't carry her by her neck/arms/legs/collar" "Vallerie, don't hit her with your toys" "Vallerie, don't run holding the dog" "Vallerie the dog doesn't like to dance in your arms" "Vallerie stop laying on her" "Vallerie you can't flip her with your spatula" "Vallerie, the dog doesn't like to play wheelbarrow".... Etc Etc Etc Etc... It's quite draining actually.

I can't really think of anything else that is going on. I've been wanting to crochet, but I can't think of anything to do. I printed off some sweater patterns for Vallerie, but I think those might be too difficult. Plus, by the time I have "free time" (haha) I don't really want to do anything. We'll probably have family movie night sometime next week. Cloudy With Meatballs 2 comes out on DVD Tuesday and I think we'll get that. We wanted to see it in theaters, but never did.