It Was Time

Two great rides this weekend. Saturday with the VQ Crew, doing LT's out the yin-yang, and this am with, get this: 3 Steve's & Lotte. How can 3 Steve's and Lotte be on one ride? Go figure. We did the hills out to Metamora on a beautiful morning, just about a 50 miler, and it was awesome! Thanks guys for a great ride. Lotte "sprinted" against me, but I got in his head, mentally at the start of each sprint, until he was crushed. That's what sprinters do I guess.

G & I have been talking for a while, and decided to "look" for new doggies. We miss Sam & Darby so much, but we are dog people, and knew it was time, to look at least. We went to the animal shelter, TAPS in Pekin, IL to "look" for a couple of doggies. We, of course fell in love with two really great, sweet dogs. The first one we saw, (below) HoBo, is a Jack Russell, 2 years old, and was such a lover. He was so sweet, we had to have him. We filled out the application, to be told that we were on a waiting list to adopt him, and we are # 7 in line.

We then met "Clara", who is now Maggie. She is a 4 year old Rat Terrier, and is the sweetest dog in the whole world also. They said we could take her today if we wanted. G & I shed tears, and of course, have a new addition to our family. She came home with us, and off to PetSmart for all of the goodies: harness, bed, food, treats, lead etc. She loves it at home, and we are so pleased. Our lives have been a little void lately, and our doggies are our kids, so it was time. We both agreed.

We are crossing our fingers on HoBo, and hopefully the first 6 people in front of us wont want him, or don't fit the criteria on the application to have him. It would be great to complete the picture again with two sweet doggies. Sam even sent me a mental message from The Rainbow Bridge, and said it was perfectly OK with her, so we are OK as well.

Here's Maggie! Didn't take her too long to get comfortable at her new home, sleeping on the bed she picked out at PetSmart!