A new addition!

This is Lacey!


Already playing with her new toys!


Lacey plays hard and she sleeps hard but she has to sleep close by to one of us.


Lacey's first bath.


Lacey and Daisy getting accquainted.

Call us crazy but with 2 weeks to go before we move we go a new dog--a puppy no less!

We had been talking about getting another dog so that Daisy has a playmate and company while we are at work. Scott was researching various breeds even though we knew we wanted a mixed breed from a shelter or rescue. He first decided on a Black Russian Terrier but there are not many breeders in the country (3 I think) and we couldn't find any information about rescues. So he kept researching and discovered that many of the traits he liked in the Black Russians are also traits in Airedale Terriers. So that is what he set his heart on--an Airedale mix. He searched the web for them. On Sunday he found a litter of puppys on petfinder.com. The litter was and airedale lab mix and located in Kingman AZ. We contacted the rescue and learned that the puppies were due to be transported to a larger facility in Southern California Wednesday morning at 6 am. If we could get to Kingman on Tuesday we could have one. So Tuesday morning we packed the van and prepared to get a new puppy. We narrowed it down to two puppies and came home with Lacey. We originally thought her name was going to be Sophie but on the way home it became Lacey--it seems to fit her better with that little tiny white patch on her chest--like a piece of lace. She is 8-9 weeks old and very cute--at least we think so! Daisy isn't too sure about her yet. I think her puppy energy may be a bit much for Daisy who is pretty calm and quiet. She will come around though.

New House update

The outside with most of the front landscaping done. Just waiting for some "astroturf" for the yard.


The niche in the front of the house. Any suggestions for decorating this? It is fairly deep about 10-12 inches I think although I haven't measured it.


Sorry for the glare here. This is looking through the back window at the carpeted stairs.

Ever wonder what is under astroturf? This is it. I don't know what it is but it looks like kitty litter to me.

It's been a while since I updated on the house. We haven't been able to get into the house for some time now; so all of our info is from looking at the outside and through the windows. I have no idea what the upstairs looks like right now. We have our final walkthrough scheduled for May 23. (any advice for what to look for/do is appreciated!) and we will get the keys on May 25 so it looks like we will be spending Memorial Day moving. Of course both of us are working that weekend too. Movers will be here on the Tuesday after to move us. We are hiring movers through Catholic Charities. The price is right and they do the screening.





As far as changes to the house this is what is going on: The front landscaping is pretty much done. The back landscaping is left for us to do--shouldn't be a big deal since the backyard is so small. LOL The outside doors have all been painted. The wrought iron embellishments are up. The wall is built and the gate is on. As far as the inside, the floors are tiled and the carpet is installed. We have only seen the carpet on the stairs from looking through the windows. So for all we know the upstairs is still bare floor. LOL The appliances are scheduled to be delivered and installed on May 21. We are still waiting for the window coverings to be installed. Then I think it is all done! Looks like things are right on target for us to get the keys; we have already signed all of the paperwork. We did learn that real estate transactions are handled very differently here than they are in Texas. The bridge that we were waiting for is open, we have used the bridge to walk over to look at the house since it is open.





Since I'm new to blogging I didn't realize that there were some comments--sorry I didn't answer them before but here are the answers: Here is a definition of a Demarc(I spelled it wrong before) courtesy of Scott:
A demarc (an abbreviation for demarcation point) marks the point where communications facilities owned by one organization interface with that of another organization. In telephone terminology, this is the interface between customer-premises equipment and network service provider equipment.
A synonym is network terminating interface (NTI).


I don't know who made the cabinets.