A New Year

I know it's been awhile since I've written. December is always busier than I think it will be. Most notable from the month is that Chaco turned ten on January 1. It's hard to believe he's been with eight years and friends who came over to see us on Sunday (who now live in California) noted that he doesn't look ten. And with the cold we've had, he hasn't been acting like ten either. They've all been running around a little on the nutty side (while I've been thinking hibernation might be nice). Joe said to me that Chaco has been with me almost a fourth of my life which also is hard to believe. Sometimes I try to remember life without dogs and it seems that all I can remember is that we could come and go on trips when we chose without needing a pet sitter. As I write this, Hattie is staring at me. If I only I knew what she was thinking. Well, maybe I don't want to know and I should leave it at that. Happy new year!

Happy new year and Chaco's birthday

Happy new year everyone and happy birthday Chaco! He is eight today and has been with us six years. The dog that started all my dog madness! Seems like just yesterday that we walked him home from our neighbor's house where we were going to "try" him out for the night. He was so quiet that we hardly knew he was around, but we quickly realized we were going to be his new pet parents and have tried to give him the best home possible. Oh, that's my lemon lime souffle pie in the photo for our new year's shindig last night.