Thoughts of a Sprite

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Another addition to the family!

I would like to introduce a new member of the family, Aidan. James has been wanting to get a dog since we met, perhaps before, so today we went to the humane society and adopted Aidan. He is a two and a half year old beagle/basset hound mix, and seems to be a really good boy. After the adoption process, (which took FOREVER) we went to petsmart and spent a ton of money on him! He got a bed, toys, shampoo, treats, a leash, collar, brush, bowls, I think that is it. We got him home and gave him a bath, and I cleaned his ears really good with Draco's ear cleaner, and he looks and smells great now!

I am not sure that Draco likes him just yet, but I think that will come with time. There are several dog parks here in Gainesville, and weather permitting we are going to go to one tomorrow. Aidan rides well in the car, and has already learned to chew his bone on his bed.

OK~ so in other news, the awards dinner was last night. James met my family, and most of my coworkers, and that went well. My mom likes him, which I knew she would. I got a Certificate of Commendation for being an excellent employee that goes above and beyond. Then after dinner, we went to my grandparents house, and he met my grandparents. This I thought may be a little harder, but he did fine. My grandmother called me afterwards to tell me that he is a keeper. Now, coming from my grandmother ~ this is shocking!

Larry got the Civilian of the Year award, I am very glad, he deserved it! He busted his ass this year, well he does every year, but this year was even harder he trained a ton of people, took over the city network administrator task, and was promoted to communications supervisor! GO Larry! :)

Sorry about the lack of updates this week, I was slammed with assiting in the set up and execution of the awards ceremony!

Thought for the day: Where there is great love, there are always miracles. ~Willa Cather

Factiod: A palindrome is a word that spells the same thing whether it is written forwards or backwards. ABABA a genus of beetles... SOOSOOS Gangetic dolphins

LINK: a page of palindromes, scroll down a ways for an alphabetical listing!

Espanol: camiseta = t-shirt bolsa = purse falda = skirt zapatos = shoes

well that is all I have for now... Hope everyone is having a good weekend! Check yall later!

shes_a_sprite @ 6:22 PM.

7 comments

Unknown said...

Awwww he is gorgeous! The eyes surely have it!
Congratulations on the award, same goes to Larry.
Grandma is older and wiser than all, so James must be a keeper ;}
x

5:28 PM

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures!

Also, I am trying to get ahold of you about the flogging molly songs, but typepad won't let me view your email for some reason!! Grr! I am interested, so if you could email me first, I'd appreciate it, lol.

jrbennett96 @ hotmail.com

Thanks

7:18 PM

Miss Me said...

He's beautiful, I now want a dog too (only my mom hates dogs) I really envy you right now.

2:10 AM

Larry said...

hmmm... palindrome, I wonder if cancrine which means palindromic is related?
Thanks for the atta-boy and the inital recomendation.

11:05 PM

Miss Me said...

I wanted to thank you for "pushing" me into asking Jordi (I first thought it was Joeri, but it's Jordi) 'cause all these great people encouraging me to do it made me do it =D I'm way to freaking happy

Happy Valentine's Day (and that for a girl that normally was cursing on valentine's day, whaha)

2:23 AM

starbender said...

I gotta agree with u carmel!
He is adorable!

9:23 AM

Out Of Jersey said...

am I the only one who thinks the dog looks rather confused?

9:38 AM