MY NEW PASTTIME

The reason I've not been posting to the blog is because I've gotten a little sidetracked!  Just a little!  Last year, after my brother's death, I realized that my grandchildren needed to know who their ancestors were.  I decided to do a little family research & signed up on Ancestry.com.  Well, that was life-altering!  I was hooked!  One piece of info lead to another.  So for the last 16 months I have been sitting at the computer looking for all those lost ancestors.  I've covered a lot of ground in a short period of time.  I have a couple of "brick walls" that may do me in though!  I've started trying to limit the time I spend working on genealogy.  So now I'm back blogging.  I know Facebook, etc. are popular these days but I'm just not ready for that!  You can look for updates right here on the ol' blog.

MY NEW BABY

 It's been 4 years since I had to put Rowdy to sleep.  I have finally recovered enough to get a new "baby".  I did a lot of searching for a good breeder & hopefully this one will be better than the one I picked the first time around.  Mike & I went a couple of weeks ago to meet the lady & see her current litter of puppies.  We walked into the kitchen & there, in a plastic swimming pool, were the 8 precious puppies...4 tri-color girls & 4 Blenheim boys.  I knew I wanted another Blenheim boy.  We were just going to look.
I started crying when I saw them & it was all over.  My boy, whose name is still uncertain, is coming home next weekend.  I can't wait!  I've researched to get just the right food & I'm busy setting everything up.  The reason he doesn't have a name yet is that I can't decide on just the right one!  I've narrowed it down to two.  I'm having trouble pleasing Mike.  He wants a name that's easy to yell when he poops in the floor!  Kade wants to name it Volcano or Rocky.  Men!

Our little guy is on the left.  Mike, of course, liked the one on the right but he was sold.  (I like the one we got!)  I have to say that Cavies are the absolute cutest puppies ever!

Mimi's Little Slugger!

Well, now we are starting over with sports.  Bleacher Butt again!  Kade had his first T-ball game last week.  Talk about cute!  There are three girls on his team...all with pink bats!  Kara & I had taken him to the big city to shop for his "gear".  That was fun!  He latched onto a batting helmet & there was no taking it away.  He actually didn't need one, but I figured he could use it when we have to hunker down in the storm room.  Then Pawpaw made a trip to Academy...he had a big time too!  So...Kade was decked out in his uniform & cute as can be.  He actually did a really good job.  He knew exactly where to throw the ball which surprised us.  The big challenge...keeping Coach Kara's mouth shut in the bleachers!  Duck tape, maybe?!