I still got a lot of leavin left to do

I am starting to lose my faith in people...

this is very generally speaking...

but does this mean that I am becoming realistic, or cynical?

this troubles me... as that was one thing that I thought made me, ME. (i.e. blog title: hopeless optimist)

maybe its just temporary... or maybe not...

I think for sure, it means I need to leave this place (on many levels)...

puppy update

tiba & ralphie
Originally uploaded by hollybrekken.

I am back down to one dog (Tiba is the little one) - and it is bliss
I could never handle 2 for more than... 10 minutes....

We never found out where ralphie really came from- but luckily a nice couple up the street wanted to adopt him.

But they named him max... ralphie is way better...

to each their own

A new man came into my life today...

This morning, circa 7 am, I hear a knock on the door. Normally that knock would have gone unanswered, but since I was already awake, and needed to get up anyway, and I figured there was only one person it could be... I answered. There was my neighbor, the one I figured it was, with a dog. Not her dog. A stranger. A full grown beagle.

My confused greeting: "Well, hello...?"

Apparently she had found this sweet creature wandering around, with no tags, and very hungry. She asked if I would take it in for the day- until she could call the Humane Society when she got home from work.

So I agreed to shelter the little guy for the day, gave him some food, made a place for him to sleep. I named him Ralphie. It just seemed to fit. Tiba had plenty of fun with him this morning, poor guy, she is such a bully. So I had to separate them when I left for work.

Well, welcome to the family (Temporarily!), Ralphie.

Hope you are not destroying my house right now!