"Let us not have tears. Partings are a natural part of life."

Today our sweet little Dolly found a new home. I told Ben last night that someone was going to come and get her today, he seemed totally unphased. Dolly did seem a bit nervous when I grabbed her dog-house and put it over our gate, and gathered up all of the dog things from the back yard. Poor dog. But it is for the best. We are not a dog family. Sometimes it's just best to realize your limitations and to accept them.

I have been laughing hysterically as I flashed back to this post. Just so you know, most of the "Pro's" on my list proved to be myths. Interestingly, with Dolly, so did most of the "Con's". She didn't even have a wet nose.

Truly, I experienced way too much dog-induced guilt. Those sad little eyes staring at me through the sliding glass door . . . ALL. DAY. LONG. I wish her the best, and I can't wait to get my screen door replaced and keep it open ALL. DAY. LONG.

Oh, and ten points to whoever can identify the movie quoted in the title of this post.

Update on Dolly

Yes, Dolly is still with us. She is still sweet and very cute. I'm not sure how fair it is to her to be part of our family. It has been so hot lately that we have been staying indoors. But, she is well fed and, when we do spend time out of doors, she is well loved .

I've considered putting the sprinkler on for her on the hottest of days, but she is terrified of water and hides in the bushes even when we're just filling her water bowl. Poor thing.

Um . . . Goodbye Dolly??

Free to Good Home, or at least a home that doesn't mind middle of the night howling and barking, and who has no need for in-tact screen doors!

This is the ad which will be placed SHORTLY if things don't improve dramatically very soon!

Hello Dolly!

O.k., so we went and picked up our little Dolly from the only home she's ever known. She is really cute, and seems to have a very mellow temperment. She is not a pure-bred, but seems to have a lot of Welsh Corgi in her. She is six years old, which in dog years makes her the oldest in our family. That's nice for me, because Ben loves to point out often that I'm the oldest, so now he's got to change his tune.



I think Dolly is still wondering, "Why did these nice people take me away from my family??" She is really good for us, but her little tail hasn't been a-waggin'. I hope she adjusts soon, and accepts us as her new family. I'm also hoping that her mellow temperment isn't just the result of having her world turned upside down.



Ben simply adores her, and, according to him, he's given her no fewer than "a thousand" dog biscuits today! He had two friends over today and they played out back with Dolly off and on all afternoon. At one point, when they had been inside for a while, I heard Ben announce, "I'm just going to check on Dolly. She's my dog, so I need to check on her." He also told them, "I just love Dolly. Even though she's a girl, I still love her!"


Brianna is very cute with Dolly. It was about an hour car ride back home after we picked Dolly up. At first Brianna seemed terrified. But soon, she was reaching her little hand over, and tentatively petting Dolly. Today, every time she saw her, she would get so excited. If we were outside with Dolly, Brianna would come right up to her and pet her a little bit. She kept bending over and "talking" loudly to her. It was very funny. Maybe Dolly is hard of hearing and Brianna's the only one who's figured it out!

I forgot to take pictures before the kids went to bed. So, I tried to get a few of just Dolly, but she wasn't very cooperative for her photo shoot. This was my best picture, unfortunately, it shows the awful condition of our deck. Hopefully that will be fixed by the end of summer!


Dolly seems to be very clever. Today she figured out how to open the screen on our sliding glass door. And she also managed to carry her food dish all the way down the deck stairs without spilling all of it! She did spill a little, but more stayed in the bowl than was lost. I was pretty impressed. I'd like to see a human carry a bowl full of food in their teeth, head-first, down a flight of stairs and not spill it. In fact, I don't care if they do spill it, if they're willing to provide that kind of entertainment for me!!


Oh, one funny story. I called James today to tell him that Dolly seems to be favoring her front left paw. He said, "Great. It's just like when we bought that car, and the transmission went out the next day." He's so funny. She seems to be o.k., but we'll watch that paw!