You know you have a dog when....

Over the last month, I've been adjusting to life with Ellie! Here are a few things that have changed....

-I now have a jumbo lint roller at home, one at work, one in my car, and one in my purse. And can still usually find Ellie hair on my clothes at any given time.

-I have found more than one dog treat at the bottom of my purse.

-As if it's not bad enough that I have to look at it, but I've caught myself talking to people about Ellie's poop.

-If you look close enough, you can see doggy claw prints have picked up most of my tights.

-I got a virus on my computer as I was trying to print out a coupon for dog food.

-I should have bought stock in Febreeze and carpet cleaner...the two back to back deworming treatments were not kind to my carpet!

-You can now always spot some sort of doggy toy or treat in my grocery bags.

-The installation of a doggy door was honestly a life-changer.

I definitely had a few doubts. Especially the two weeks when I had to get up every 2 hours during the night to take her outside in the freezing cold. Let's just say she did her share of fertilizing. But she's worth every brush of the lint roller and spray of Febreeze when she greets after work or curls up to go to sleep at my feet. From the amount of tail wagging she does, I think she's as happy in her new home as I am having her here!

Front Porch Friday

Told ya there would be lots of Ellie pictures! Here is what's going on from my "Front Porch" these days. These are scenes from New Year's Day. (I misplaced my camera chord for a few days....which is why I'm behind on my posting!) This pretty much sums up how we rung in 2011. A lazy morning....


Cooking, eating, magazine reading, snacking and napping!

Meet Ellie!

You KNOW I've wanted a dog for a while. Between renting, travel schedules, and roommates- I haven't had the chance to make the commitment yet. Until now. I've been stalking looking at Pets Inc.'s website for quite a while. And as soon as I got back in town from Christmas, I went to see the pups for myself.

Most of the puppy's they had that day were a bit younger than I really wanted. And they were almost all some sort of black lab mix. Nothing wrong with that, I just wanted something a little different. I took a stroll outside where more dogs were hanging out and came across a 4 month old blond German Shepherd mix all by her lonesome.

She "had me at hello" so adoption papers were signed and we were on our way! She's got enough puppy in her to be playful and fun, but not quite as needy as a 2 month old.

I can't speak highly enough about Pets Inc. and the staff there! I personally could never pay lots of money for a dog when there are so many good ones that need a home! You can definitely expect to see lots of pictures of Ellie in the coming months! I've only had her 3 weeks and she's already grown a lot! Any guesses of how big she'll be?