White-out!!!

[judy]

Awww! What's sweeter than coming home to a yorkie?

[Lindsey]

Maybe coming home to more than one? We're considering maybe getting a second dog after we're more settled. It would be nice to have some company for Layla during the day, if we can find a dog that's suited well to her personality.

I fell in love with a little rescue dog I found on Petfinder. She's a yorkie mix and a special needs dog since she has had hip surgery. But she is very very submissive, which I think would be great for Layla since she gets upset when other dogs get right in her face and all she wants to do is hide behind me!

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/15819998?recno=3

Isn't she adorable??? She is located quite far from me, but only about a half hour away from my best friend, who is now pregnant and also just bought a house So we will be going to visit her and her husband in the next few months and if this little dog is still there I think we will also be going to see her!

[paula1961]

Aww Lindsey! She is just adorable and I love her name. I hope you get her.

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by paula1961

Aww Lindsey! She is just adorable and I love her name. I hope you get her.

Thanks! I hope so too! I will be sad if she's gone before we can see her, but at least she'd be in a good home which is better than a shelter. I don't know of any dogs with the surgery she had, but I did a little bit of research and it seems like she would be okay. I worry with all the stairs in our house!

[judy]

She is a real cutie pie Linds, and needs a good home. Good luck! Layla would love her!

[Lindsey]

I thought so too! I did email about her yesterday and they told me their dogs absolutely do not get trials Every shelter or rescue around here will do a trial but this one won't. So we'll need to be 100% sure that she will do well in our family before we get her. So it's something to think about!

On another note, I ABSOLUTELY love my new town!!! Yesterday it finally stopped raining and snowing and the sun started shining! So after work I put on my flip-flops and hauled the patio furniture out of the garage, and ran around the yard with Layla for a little while. Scott tried out our underground sprinklers in the back yard and got them working. Then we took Layla for a walk! We saw a few families out walking and everyone cheerfully said hi to us. We wandered downtown and read the "Heritage Building" signs on almost every building. They've all been there since the early 1900's! Even all of the churches are very old. The United Church downtown is the most beautiful! There was also a Roman Catholic church and an Anglican Church (the smallest of the three... figures because I'm Anglican lol!) And we decided that maybe when we get married we'll just do the ceremony there and have it small with close friends and family, and then do a reception in the city so more people can come and have hotels to stay in Anyways, it was just great to imagine our whole lives playing out there!

On our way home it was getting dark and we could hear the owls calling Little things like that make me feel so much more at home than I was in the city! I think I was smiling all night!

[gja1000]

I'm so happy for you Lindsay! Your new home sounds just perfect! I love hearing happy endings to stories!

How far is it to drive to work? I don't remember your mentioning how far you have to drive each day. I hope it's not far and/or doesn't take long. Is the traffic bad at all?

I'm sorry to hear about the shelter not doing a trial. THat just doesn't sound very practical.