I’m back! I can’t believe I haven’t written a blog post in over two weeks! Almost three, maybe? Wow.
I had planned to take a few days away from posting so I could freshen up the look of the blog a bit (notice the new header and a few little changes on the side bar, I’ll write more about that later and there are likely more changes to come!). It turns out I have no idea how to do anything in WordPress (which is why it has always looked the way it does), so it took me over a week to make the few small changes I’ve made.
Then I drove to Michigan to pick up two puppies*. I’ve barely looked at my computer since.
So. Puppies. Last Saturday I drove up through the U.P. (Upper Peninsula for you non-Michiganders) and across the Mackinaw Bridge for the first time to pick up our two Border Terrier puppies. I grew up in Michigan (near Detroit), but until last year’s skiing trip I had never been in the U.P. and had never even seen the Mackinaw Bridge in person. The U.P. is gorgeous. The bridge is pretty cool too.
I thought it would be a bit luxurious to have two eight-hour drives and an overnight stay in a hotel by myself. I was imagining uninterrupted audio books, and quiet time, and sleeping in, and it all seemed so thrilling. Turns out it wasn’t. My audiobook was awful and my hotel was a tad dumpy and all I could get for dinner there was a tiny piece of pizza (they only had one left) and a beer (thankfully).
But it was all fine, because in the morning, I went and picked up the newest additions to our family, Zinnia and Zeus. Aren’t they cute?
I kind of forgot how time-consuming it is to have a brand-new puppy (times two). The last time I had a tiny puppy I was in graduate school and thought I was going to die, because my six-week-old puppy was waking me up once or twice a night for a few weeks to go out and pee. Looking back now after having babies, I laugh at what a wimp I was. Once or twice a night for a few weeks. Ha!
At least these little ones are sleeping through the night (mostly). The hardest thing is that they have decided to make the time right after I put the girls to bed their time that they whine at the door repeatedly to go outside and chew on sticks. Oh my, I cannot adequately describe the frustration of sitting down with a glass of wine after putting my children to bed, planning to fold laundry and watch a movie (endless excitement over here), and having the dogs constantly going to the door and whining to go out**. I wouldn’t mind it so much if they whined at the door and then went outside and actually went, but they were only wanting to go out and play. I’m all for letting puppies play, but they can play just fine in the house when it’s Mama Time.
These little pups are so cute though, and really quite easy and good. It’s been hard to get many photos of them. They’re fast little suckers, and I’m trying to learn to shoot manual, so most of my pics have ended up looking like this:
They are great with the girls, who adore them. The girls have barely played with their toys, choosing instead to play with the puppies at every opportunity for the past week.
Lass has been a bit timid with the pups, but she is so sweet to watch with them. Every time one of the dogs comes near her or jumps up on her she says, with such adorable wonderment, “I just can’t believe how much they like me!” or “They really love me a lot, don’t they?” She’s getting braver too.
All the girls are puppy crazy. They refer to themselves as the dogs’ mommies.
We’re all getting into a groove, and we’re so happy with our new family members. I’m hoping to get back to blogging more regularly. I missed you all!
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* To my Michigan peeps, please don’t be offended that I came to Michigan and didn’t call you! I was in the northern part of the state, got in late-ish on Saturday and left early on Sunday after going to Mass and then picking up the puppies. I miss you and love you all!!
** My husband was away for the weekend butchering our hog. I was solo on puppy duty, which is the reason I could not sit for more than five minutes and one sip of wine before another whine 🙂
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