BRING ON THE SPRING SHOWERS – MAY FLOWERS… all that jazz.
I need to hike, to golf, to swim.
Thankfully we kept busy.
Brian and his Dad’s handiwork in the basement:
I should really hire these two out, they did awesome on our built-ins in the basement!
Meet our newest fur-monster:
Meet Bay. After our last adoption-fail, we decided to try again. We hesitated, researched rescues and breeds… did our best to prepare to bring home Anchor’s perfect match. And boy, did we find him! Bay was originally named Patches and was an “owner surrender” in Texas. Apparently the area he was surrendered in is notorious for drop offs due to low funds, health issue and is poverty stricken. When “Patches” met one of the volunteers at the high kill shelter he was abandoned in, she fell in love. He was also heartworm positive, which in a high kill shelter means you’re the first to go. She had ties with Operation Pets for Homes, located in Virginia, and contacted the owner. OPH then pulled “Patches”, renaming him “Picasso”, and flew him to South Carolina where he began his commute to his foster home in Virginia. In my search I ran across this sweet face staring back at me:
I immediately sent him to Brian who responded “isn’t that a goofy looking dog?” with a link to a DIFFERENT dog. Apparently it wasn’t love at first site for us all.
I applied, didn’t hear (it was Christmas time) for 2 days, and started calling & e-mailing people. Patience is not my virtue. Finally I heard back and everything the foster had to say was everything we wanted to hear. He is 5, a little smaller than Anchor, and cuddly. SOLD!
After a few days we received approval of our application and set up a meet and greet with the two dogs. We loaded up Anchor for the 2 hours south to meet her potential brother. Due to his heartworm treatment he was required to be kept calm. They went on a short walk together, played a little and I snuck in some serious cuddles. Brian admitted he is much cuter in person. We then had to wait an additional 3 weeks before we could bring him home. I ordered all the goodies I thought he may need, and some he didn’t, and waited the 3 weeks required. Finally!!! It was time for his freedom ride. We sat in the back of Brian’s truck for two hours and he hardly moved. He just wanted to be held. And I did just that. We had 4 more weeks of “down time”, where the interaction between him and Anchor was limited.. but I believe it helped the transition go much smoother. He is now 100% cleared of heartworm and is Anchor and our favorite playmate and cuddly buddy… we are still working on the cat.
We hosted another successful New Year's Eve party:
And now patio plans going into place:
We kept busy. And man, does it help. But now that I can hear spring knocking on the door, but still feeling the brisk winds of winter, I am over it. I want to get this patio kicked into gear and start enjoying it some.
My vision… reds, blues, purples, yellows… flowers (lots and lots of flowers), pergola, fire pit, hammock… lemonade… edision lights and farmhouse tables all swirled into one 600 sq. ft. piece of paradise.
All in all this winter, while long, was pretty awesome. I am ready to bid it farewell, but am grateful for all of the awesome things we’ve experienced in the artic months!
