Now, I have no clear cut direction, so we shall just go along and see what happens.

I hope you join me over there as well. Thanks!

The last I posted here, I had just lost my little lady, IttyBit.  I was so sad and heartbroken. But since then, I’ve adopted another lovely lady from the Trumbull County Animal Rescue League. She’s a 4 yr old german shepherd/lab mix, named LadyBug. She is so sweet, affectionate, smart, and a quick learner!  I know that IttyBit would approve.

She’s also a real match for our Jack Russell Terrier, T-Bo. Although the first couple of days were touch ‘n’ go as far as them getting along, they’ve settled in and he’s got a new buddy to play with.  She’s much more active than IttyBit was, and T-Bo is tired when they come in from the backyard.  I am so proud of how well they’re doing.

I don’t have any pics of her yet, because every time I pick up the camera, she has to come sniff it. Nosey woman.    I’ll get some taken and posted up soon.

When I’ve needed to talk, she listens, without talking back.
When I’ve needed to laugh, or cry, or hugs someone (or something), she’s been there.
She sleeps with me every night.
She follows me around everywhere.
She’s at the door both when I leave and when I come home.
She loves to play with me (until she got too sick to play).
She never fails to say Thank You when I give her a treat (y’know, the lick of gratitude).

She’s been with me for 7 years, she’s almost 12 now. She has mammary tumors, can’t hold herself long enough for me to get her outside, so has frequent “accidents” in the house, can’t go up/down the stairs anymore because her back legs give out from under her. And now she hasn’t eaten in 4 days.

I think it’s time.  

She has been a faithful, loving little friend.   I sure will miss my little girl.   

According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources -

Ohio Department of Natural Resources officials have confirmed a 2.6-magnitude earthquake and the first tremor that’s ever been recorded in the immediate Youngstown area.

Read the story –>> 2.6-Magnitude Earthquake Confirmed in Youngstown

heh, I thought it was thunder that woke me up.  :lipzip:

WOW we’ve been getting slammed with the snow this winter.  As of the 13th of December, we’d already broken all snow record totals for the entire month!   I don’t mind it much tho, as long as I’m at home with my mug of hot chocolate. 

However, I do wish that my son liked to get out and play in the snow. It would be so much fun to get out there and throw snowballs, or build a snowman, or make a snow angel.  But alas, he’s not an outdoors kinda kid, doesn’t like to play outside in any season, snowy season being no different.

Then they retrieved a backup from back in September. Well ok, I could handle that, and they put it up for me.

THEN the miraculouos happened!  After working on the servers all day yesterday, they retrieved a recent backup, intact!  Nothing is missing at all! So my site is back and I’m raring to go. 

Be looking for new posts here. PLUS I’ll be starting a new community forum for parents called “We ♥ Our Kids!”.  That’ll be coming in January, and I hope to see you there. 

I looked at the date of my last post and realized I haven’t added anything since June. I’m so bad!

I’ve been busy busy busy, but will be writing more soon!

TBo is a Jack Russell terrier, a sweetheart, and a stubborn canine catastrophe!  I say that with the utmost love, of course, lol.  He wasn’t housebroken when we adopted him, and not knowing how stubborn Jack Russell’s are, I didn’t think there’d be a problem training him. WOW was I wrong. BUT I persevere!

I’ve attached a couple of pics of him, and of our other dog, IttyBit, who’s a female 11-yr-old shihtzu mix.