After spending several days pondering my place in the universe, I am going to go to our local humane society tomorrow and fill out an application to bottlefeed orphan puppies.

Annie and I are both quite desperate for some puppy love, so it should be fulfilling.

I would prefer to foster human babies, but we don't have room in our house or our car. So until we have a little more space, I will stick with the canines.

I am literally twiddling my thumbs. How odd.

Last time I felt this bored, I had another baby, but that doesn't seem like a good idea at this point.

I could clean the house, but I am not going to.

Janie and I had a great spring walk, with birds singing and bunnies and lizards running from us.

Well.

My littlest one scratches the neighbor's beagle in just the right spot:

Bob

We acquired the little white fluffball next to Daisy four days ago.



He is here on a trial basis, so we are struggling with whether he is the right dog for us.

He is friendly, affectionate, obedient, sweet, adorable and....he doesn't shed!

I am just not sure if we are up to the task of three dogs.

Bob, what are we gonna do about you?

The beasts...



...waiting for Daddy to come home.

I just had to share my joy at finding Haley and Morgan huddled together at the computer. Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle!

Their great-grandma Pat would be in heaven! (Umm...actually, she is.)

Well, we finally had our big rain, but instead of cleaning up the neighborhood, it just made it more messy. The soot and ash from the fires is so stubborn!

So far there have been no major mudslides, though, so that is good.

I couldn't sleep last night, so I slept in late today. Then we ate pizza, watched football play-offs, watched "Beyond Lochness" on the sci-fi channel and ate apple pie.

And of course the highlight of my day was feeding the dogs their new brand of dog food. It doesn't take a lot to please me. :)