Love love love datenight

Jacob and I went to datenight last night at Olive Garden - it was wonderful! I mean, we constantly think to ourselves, "how wonderful is it that 1) our kids are such sleepers, and 2) that my parents are down the street and can come down for datenight EVERY Wednesday..."
Sure enough, at 7:15 PM, Mom/Dad come down and the girls are already asleep. Yes, they are. Asleep and we go to the old Olive Garden, which I dont' think I've been to since I went to homecoming in High school haha.
It was wonderful, and cheap too - dinners/drinks/dessert. I was thinking $60. It was $30. We'll be back. And the conversation, to just sit and talk and enjoy adult company and conversation was priceless.
I LOVE datenight.

Rosie and Orvis customer service

I don't think I've yet blogged about our new dog, Rosie-
Rosie, the 1 1/2 year old pointer mix, joined our family shortly after Thanksgiving. My Mom was driving around on one of those busier neighborhood-type roads (~35 mph speed limit) and she was dodging traffic. Mom popped open the hatchback of her Jeep and Rosie jumped in.
Mom took her home and began researching no-kill shelters in the area. They were all packed. She took Rosie to the vet and she was severely underweight. Even though she had a collar, the vet/Mom decided not to seek out the owner b/c she was so underweight and was running in the streets. Within about a week's time, Rosie had gained 5 pounds and was looking happier and happier.
And she now had a name.
The pound was out of question. Who was going to adopt an insanely wild mix-dog? Albeit cute, but wild as an out of control pup.
Mom scheduled to have her spayed at a local not-for-profit vet that spays strays.
We continued searching. We took pictures of her and Mom circulated them among email friends. No takers.
She considered making a "donation" to a no-kill shelter in exchange for them taking her... no such luck.
Mom had an appt with PetSmart, and there was a friend's friend who thought *maybe* they could keep this adorable black/white wild Pointer mix.
And the more and more Jacob and I watched Rosie with Toby, and Rosie/Toby with Issa, we decided it was meant to be.
And so you have it. We now are a family of four plus two dogs, and they are so thankful to have a warm home. Toby, on the other hand, went from sleeping between 20-21 hours a day to always being prompted to play... always.
But they cuddle, and they are playmates. It is a good match for everyone, especially Rosie.

On to the next portion of this post. Orvis.
Mom got Toby/Rosie an XL touchchew bed for Christmas - a beautiful plaid red, with a huge fluffy down inside.
One night after we got it, Rosie had shredded it, almost like, "I dare you to put forth a guarantee of 'unchewable' to me"...
So off to Orvis I go.
No questions asked, I got a brand new liner and a brand new red plaid bed.
Consider forking over the extra funds for these beds; you won't be disappointed in the quality and customer service!

new camera

I officially lost my Nikon CoolPix - it is either:
1) in the trash can by mistake, or
2) in a very safe place in my house somewhere.

I just got an adorable Kodak Easyshare. I was about to upload an incredible picture. But the program doesn't yet throw the photos in my Pictures folder. Must research how to do that... when I have time... :)
Chilly day today! Night night,

back online

Thanks to Sukru of Stargate Technologies, we are back online and working. He even cleaned up/hooked up my old Sony Vaio, so we now have two functional online computers.

I thought I'd leave you with an old picture, since I'm here on my old computer... :)

I think today we're going to get Issa's hair cut for the first time! BUT JUST A SNIP/TRIM DON'T YOU DREAM OF CUTTING MY BABY'S CURLY LOCKS OFF...

In dire need of

laptop repair. Been without for 2 weeks now - how did we function before computers??? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!