We have a new addition to our family!!

So now we found our puppy, His name is Sancho (boyfriend in Spanish) he's not old enough to come home with us yet, and he lives in Athol ID which is waaay north so we are planning a road trip to go get him in may, the breeders are great, they send us tons of pic's and updates almost everyday.

This fall we went suit shopping at the mall for Jaime, the girls and I decided to go look at the pet shop while he was trying on suits. They had tons of puppies they were all cute, but only one caught my eye enough to even give it a second glance. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen, it wasn't jumping or barking it was looking around and kind of....like smiling at people, it was the weirdest thing. When Jaime was done I told him to come and look at this puppy, he groaned but came anyway, when he seen it he agreed that he (I'm not sure male or female) really looked like a great dog, neither of us had ever seen a dog like that before so I asked the guy what kind of dog he was, and he said a Welsh Pembroke Corgi.

I've never really been a dog fan, they can be almost as much work as a kid! So I had no clue about breeds or temperament or anything, plus we had just moved into our new house so it wasn't good timing anyway. I went home and started researching and much to my surprise I found out that those short little dogs are cattle dogs! They are super agile and athletic, very calm and smart and they absolutely love people, esp kids. one of their many jobs on welsh farms is to help babysit the children! Jaime started looking on-line for local breeders and we went to go see some grown and some puppies, the girls thought that they were great, we finally found one in our price range that looked like they were really taken care of at this Corgi website.

Daylight saving time

This is officially a venting session, if you love daylight savings time, please take no offense, I will still try to think of you the same way.

I absolutely loath daylight savings time!! I cannot believe congress took a joke made by Benjamin Franklin seriously. I have heard rumors that it is for the benefit of farmers, that is a lie from the pit of the devil!! I grew up in a farming community, and I never heard of any farmer saying, "I sure loves daylight savings time, 'cuz I can get more work done." Hello! farmers wake up before dawn anyway regardless of what the clock says, so instead of waking up at 4 to do the morning milking they just wake up at 5! Cows don't do daylight savings time. And have you seen any tractors lately, they have headlights, they can work whenever they want!

The other excuse for this all-time-dumbest-law-in-the-history-of-the-world, is that is saves energy. Who's energy I would love to know, as a mother of two young children I know for a fact it takes alot more energy to put your kids to bed when it is still light outside and wake them up when it is dark. How exactly does it save energy to turn lights on in the morning and at night, when just a few weeks ago we only turned them on for a few hrs at night. I hate how the day flies by during daylight savings, I am not a morning person, so now instead of dragging until 10 it's now 11... and instead of drifting off to sleep around 11:30 I am tossing and turning in bed...seething with anger....until 12:30. I feel like I loose 4 hrs instead of 1.

All those who are with me say AYE... those against... go eat mud!

St Patties Day

I'm not sure exactly when we started celebrating Saint Patrick's day but we've been doing it for quite some time now. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that my Mom hates snakes and thinks that anyone who would chase all the snakes out of a country deserves a special dinner in his name. Either that or it's because corned beef is always on sale around that time. Whatever the reason, we always have a great time, playing games, getting loud and singing songs off key..... almost like Thanksgiving with different food. That is one of the great things about coming from so many cultures, we get to enjoy all kinds of celebrations.

May you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire.