Ain't she cute

Ok, I'm a new mom. I have to brag and take pictures. You have to admit, she is adorable.

Cool School

One last shot from our trip to the thumb this past weekend. We passed by this wonderful elementary school.

I visited their website, and found that the windmills provide some of the energy for the school. What a great real learning experience for those children.

Polish Stonehenge

My back has been giving me problems over the past two years and I have not been able to plant some vegetables that I would like. My husband had the idea to make a raised garden so I wouldn't have to bend over as much. Of course being a recycler and free-thinker, he couldn't just do it like the magazine. So he had the idea to use cinder blocks and odd pieces of lumber... The result is what he refers to as his Polish Stonehenge. It won't be in Better Homes and Gardens, but it works. I have tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini planted. We found the scarecrow at a garage sale for 25cents....

Chloe in the Window

Here is what was waiting for me when I pulled in the driveway when I got home from work today. You have to admit, she's a cutie!

Sights in the Thumb

On Saturday we traveled to the "thumb" area of Michigan to get Chloe. On our travels we took the back roads, of course!  These are a couple of the sights that we saw and Fuzzy snapped.

My husband is a dog lover too and has a black lab at home. We saw this guy at a garage sale who greeted us with his pet monkey!

Two garage sale cuties!

No, this is not an altered photo. We had to snap this barn copping a lean.

Have you ever seen a statue wearing a raincoat?

Meet Chloe

Yup, she's ours.

We brought home our new family member on Saturday night. I kept her given name and added Michaela as a middle name in memory of my son, Michael. She is 4 years old, lively, affectionate, and we love her already!

New Family Member?

I am so excited. I have been looking for a little dog of my own for the last 2 years. We have a black lab, that my husband brought into our family, but I wanted my own dog. Something small, cuddly, cute, female and preferably not too sheddy.. I have put some parameters on petfinder, they send me a daily post of new rescue dogs in a 60 mile radius. Usually they are either the wrong size, sex, or are already adopted before I contact them. Well I may have lucked out today. I saw this little one and called this morning on it. She is in Elkton Mi, which is about 2 hours, but they are holding her for me until I go for a look-see this Saturday.. Her name is Chloe and is a Bichon Frise...Update in a few days......