The Dachshund, The Puzzle, and Counting Days

I'm taking a page from my buddy Heather Webber today and posting about three things. ; )

* For most of the weekend, I stayed home and kept Suzy, our little wiener dog, company. She's been wandering around the house, looking for her beagle buddy, and generally looking depressed. On Friday, I did go out and get a massage. I heard she waited at the door for me the whole time! Poor little thing. This morning, I took her out early on our town's bike trail and we went for a little walk.

And, I have to admit, to now being addicted to www.petfinder.com. It's been fun looking at dachshunds in need of a new home. Don't think we'll be getting another pet anytime soon, but the idea of a new dog or (puppy!) is on my mind…

* It was so hot on Saturday that I started a puzzle. Yesterday, my daughter ended up working on it with me for almost  two hours. This is not a usual thing, so I was very glad I started this latest puzzle. It's an easy one-birds and flowers of every state. I had to laugh, I looked at things like backgrounds and colors…she would read the words on the box and say things like 'I'm trying to find the columbine, state flower of Colorado.'  Hmm…no wonder she did so well on vocabulary in school!

* We're now to less than 20 days until my daughter goes to college, and 10 days until my son comes home from summer school. He'll be home for a week, then will go back to Alabama the day before we drive our daughter down to Lexington. My husband has predicted that in 21 days I'll either be very sad or hugging a new puppy! I hope I won't be either…but I do have a feeling that being an empty nester is going to take some adjusting…

Hope everyone has a good Monday! I'm going back to work on my Amish book, The Missing.

Shelley