Happy Gotcha Day!

Two years ago today I made a decision to adopt a little beastie who was named Laney by the rescue.  She was three months old and weighed all of 5 pounds!  She looked different from her siblings, as you can see by this picture which was on the Petfinder profile of her sister, Lucy (the little black pup). Along with her brother Lenny, they were listed as Poodle-Wire Haired Terrier Mix.  

I brought her home, named her Riley and life's been an adventure every since!  We went through housebreaking, puppy teeth and puppy shots and an Indiana road trip by the time she was 6 months old.  By the end of April she had made a two day ride in the car down to Florida and was boarded for the first time.  Since then, she's traveled a few more times to Indiana and Florida and has been to northern Georgia both summers, she's welcomed company and has learned to snuggle in bed with mama, and that when the Game of Thrones theme starts, she's in for snuggle time on the couch.  

Yesterday she got a Kong Wubba that she played with and today we walked over to Kriser's and got a selection of treats, including a treat bag they gave us when I mentioned it was her Gotcha Day.  

So Happy Gotcha Day, baby girl!  May the adventures continue!

A Very Special 13th

This weekend a very special blogger friend is celebrating a very special birthday.  That's right! It's Sugar and she's lucky 13 years old!!  We got to meet Sugar in the fur this week, just in time for this special weekend!

Happy Birthday, Sugar, with smiles, from your friend Riley!

A Morning at The Glen

Yesterday morning Riley and I got into the car and drove north for a little bit to 'The Glen' in Glenview.  We were going to meet up with one of our blogging friends, Sugar!  After arriving just a little bit early (we weren't sure how bad traffic was going to be), Riley wanted out of the car.  We walked around by the stores a little and by the fountain with the Navy statues.  Riley was a little confused because while these statues looked like people, they sure didn't smell like people.  I told her this was to honor the Naval aviators because this whole area used to be the Glenview Naval Air Station.  Before long a car pulled up and there was our blogging friend Sugar and her mom!! After some initial sniffs, we all walked together for a while.  We saw a family of ducks and some Canadian geese and some real nice lilypads that Sugar's mom said looked like a Monet painting!  The park area of the Glen is pretty, with a real prairie feel.  You can even see some of the nice little touches behind Sugar - there are cut outs in the wood in the shape of dragonflies! Riley and I had been to the Glen once before after finding out about it from Sugar's mom.  But we both agree it was a lot more fun to enjoy it with friends!