A sweet story for the new year...

Hello :) Hope your new year is off to a good start! I have been sick since Monday so I hope that isnt any indication of how this year will be, lol. So needless to say, I haven't been doing much at all this week. Monday, I wasn't feeling too terrible yet so I did take down all of my Christmas decor. Usually by the first, I cant wait to take it all down and get back to normal. I also always feel like de-cluttering and changing things up a bit. So that is what I hope to do next week. I have appointments today and tomorrow that cant be missed and Emily will be here this weekend. Her birthday was Tuesday, so we need to go shopping for her tomorrow. Dave wants to get her cupcakes from Nom Nom's, instead of a cake. I'm gonna be sad if I cant taste one, lol. Love their cupcakes.

I wanted to share a special story with you all. Do you believe in signs? I do. When I got back in contact with Dave, their were eerie signs that we should be together. Well, I had those eerie signs again last week. If you have read my blog over the last month or so, you know that my sweet husky Bella ran away. We searched and searched for her. She would appear in my dreams every night. Even if just for a second, she would just be there. Bella has always been in tune with my feelings. Well, I had given up on ever finding her again after a month or so. Monday, December 26th, Dave said he was taking me to the Humane Society to get me a new dog for Christmas. I missed having a big snuggly dog sooo much! I like a nice big dog that I can squeeze. When we got there, we looked at the dogs. I didn't see any that I really connected with. But then I saw this huge, beautiful, shiny black dog with the sweetest, saddest eyes. I said she is the one. I need to meet her. So, I went and got someone to set us up in the room with her. She was a purebred Newfoundland named Helper. Five months old, fixed and house trained. She was gorgeous and sooo sweet. She put her paws up on my shoulders and gave me a big bear hug. By the way, that is what she looks like, a bear. Dave said "wow, she loves you already!" We decided to get her. They made us go home and get Slinky first to see how they got along before we could adopt her. So, we went and got slinky and brought her to meet Helper.


When we walked into the humane society with Slinky, a husky was standing there. It was a male and he was gorgeous. He had an all white face, much like the one pictured above. And those haunting blue eyes that only a husky has. I got chills when I saw him and felt so sad :( He made me miss Bella so much :( Since Bella has been gone, Slinky has stopped eating, her hair is falling out and she does nothing but lay under a blanket. So I was shocked that when we got there with Slinky, a husky was there getting checked in. Anyway, they brought out Helper and immediately, the two dogs tried to fight. Well, Slinky is a mini dachshund and Helper is 150 pounds, the size of a Saint Bernard and not done growing, lol. So, the guy said it is not a match and we couldn't get her. Dave and I were both sad :( We went to Olive Garden for dinner and talked. We decided that maybe it wasn't the best time to get another dog.

Saturday, New Years Eve, I told Dave I wanted to go to the Humane Society again, just to look. So on the way to pick up my boys, we stopped in. Just to look.
And look who was there!!!! I screamed and yelled this is our dog!!! Our dog Bella!!!
Obviously we brought her home!! Bella was giving us signs all along saying, don't give up on me, I'm here!! When she saw us she jumped and twirled and howled. She knew right away she was going home. All of our kids were soooo happy!! Bella was showered with so much love all weekend :) Since she has been home, she has been very different. I don't know what happened to her in the month that she was gone. We think she was abused :( She is very skinny. Bella was normally very playful. But now, she wont come downstairs and lays on Dave and my bed with one of her balls tucked under her. A ball that she never cared about before. She was always hot and would never ever sleep under a blanket. They are sled dogs for crying out loud! But every night now, she sleeps in between Dave and I, under the covers. It is so sad to see her this way. But we are showering her with lots of love and hugs. We are just so happy to have her home!!!

Thank you for visiting me :) Have a lovely weekend!