This is Chance

Chance is the newest member of our family. He joined us in September 2007. He is such a darling. He had been at the Humane Society for 1 year when I met him and fell in love with him. Pat often wonders why I couldn't be happy until I took him home. I believe that when a dog steals a part of your heart, you don't ever feel whole again until you are with him.

Chance came with his set of challenges from being in a kennel for so long. It took months for him and Ivan to get along well but it was possible and we never gave up. I learned a lot about being a dog owner and being the Alpha of the group. I get to decide who what where and when. So, that was part of why Ivan and Chance get along well now.

Now, when I work on my laptop, I have a dog on each side of me. This is their favorite position, curled up and asleep. Chance just looks so cute when he's laying like this. He is a very social dog, likes to hang around the party, where Ivan says his hellos and then retreats to his chair or bed. I love them both and am very thankful for them everyday.

Ivan

I adopted Ivan from the Kootenai Humane Society 4 years ago and he has been such a darling. One of the things he liked to do at our previous house is to look outside the window. Our house now has a huge picture window and a window seat which he loves to jump on and bark at the dogs walking by. We have tried to train him not to go on the window seat. So, when a dog walks by our house, he just sits and rests his chin on the window seat instead and quietly watches. Good dog, Ivan!

Happy Anniversary

This is how we ended a full evening of fun celebrating our 13th year anniversary. Don't let this picture mislead you. The evening wasn't as crazy as this picture looked. It was a very nice evening. Good conversation, good food and good wine. Maybe the wine was too good, thus the crazy picture outside the restaurant, Angelo's. This restaurant seems to be our favorite to celebrate our anniversary. This is the 2nd or 3rd year we've celebrated our anniversary here. We ordered the same entree and same bottle of wine (L'ecole Merlot). Some things are too good to change, like Pat and Lizza.

FALL

This picture does not do it justice. These trees are fire red and are beautiful. For some reason this is the first year I truly noticed these trees and appreciate them. I am not sure where my head was all these years.

So far, we've had a great fall. Really pretty. Really sunny. I don't remember fall being so pretty. I wonder if its because I have a different job that this fall is different from all the falls I've had in past years. Different job, different perspective. Whatever the reason, I'm liking fall a lot.

Favorite things

One of the my favorite things is when I wake up in the morning and the sun is shinning and the sky is clear. The sun shines through all our windows and the great room area is just lit up. It's a beautiful fall morning and I enjoy my coffee and feed the dogs. Then I walked to church for the first time. The church I have been going to just built a community center right behind our back yard and they meet there every sunday. I haven't walked to church since I was 12 in the Philippines.

Another favorite of mine is walking my dogs, Ivan and Chance. Our neighborhood is fortunate to have a private walking path located bside a big farm. It's so relaxing to walk the dogs on the path as well as on the fields with the cows looking at us. I would usually let them run around one part of the farm with out being on a leash but lately, the cows have been grazing in that area and I didn't want to encounter cow poop. It makes for a messy experience with the dogs, especially Ivan. He likes to roll around in it. Gross.

The last 2 favorite things that I got to do today was to hangout with my dogs in front of the fire and hangout with Pat in the hot tub. Fall is a great time to relax and hangout.

Aniversaries

It is october 18 and I have been thinking about writing on this blog for weeks now. Each day something happens where I thought it would be nice to jot it down. I'm not really sure what I was waiting for to begin. Today, something compelled me to get started. Part of the reason is the fact that I will be celebrating 13 years with Pat next week. if you look at previous posts which was 3 years ago, I was writing about this time too, talking about my 10 year anniversary. So, i thought it would be appropriate to talk about my anniversary 3 years later.

Pat will be going hunting the week of our anniversary and i will be out of town. But we will celebrate on the weekend. I am looking forward to it as I always look forward to special occasions involving my husband and me. Occasions such as Valentines, my birthday, new job, promotion and anniversaries. They usually involve dinner out and celebration. Eating out is one of the things that we enjoy together. We don't share a lot of hobbies so I do cherish our common interests.

So, this is it, I started my blog in 08.