Tuckered Out...

Oh my, we had a *busy* day today. Craig and I went to school in the morning like normal. Then late this afternoon took Jilly to the barn to see Sophie and the other dogs while we dropped off a new container of Raspberry Leaves for Sophie. Jilly *loved* Hammer, a huge Lab mix. He liked her too. I was surprised because he's gigantic and bigger than any of the dogs at puppy class, but she wasn't scared of him at all. But now that I think about it, she liked the French Mastiff the best out of the other dogs at puppy class by the end of the classes too.

After the barn we went to Carriage Hill to go for a hike. We did somewhere around 2.6 miles and had a blast. We walked mainly, but would jog for a minute or two every now and then. Jilly did great on her stretchy lead, better than the last hike. She stayed even with us or ahead of us the whole time and when she did stop she would start walking ahead of us again as soon as we reached her, never causing *us* to stop or move her out of the way.

Toward the end of the hike we were getting back over to "our" parking lot Craig said, "There's a little dog over there, did you see it?" I hadn't seen it and asked him where it was, he told me we'd walk over so I could see it. I'm thinking it's across the pond on the trail or something. Then a little white and sable dog pops out from behind the shelter right by us...it's a Papillon!!!!! It looked like Jilly's mom. It was very cute, wearing a little pink cheerleading outfit. It was very friendly and her name is Skeeter. I didn't have my camera, so no pictures, but she and Jilly really enjoyed meeting each other. She was very tall though, like a supersized Papillon!

Jilly didn't seem tired by the time we were done, she was still racing ahead and greeting new people left and right, but she actually went up to the car on her own and walked right up to my door once I was sitting down in the seat. She also jumped up into my arms a little when I picked her up, she sat right down on my lap and after I gave her a drink in her portable water bowl she laid right down for the rest of the trip home. She did whimper a little on the way to the barn and on the way to Carriage Hill, but on the way home...not a peep.

As soon as we arrived at home our neighbors were just arriving home and Mitch was in the front yard, so Jilly chased Mitch around for a couple of minutes before he went inside. And I thought she'd be tired! We put her in the yard while we walked around the front of the house, let her in, she chased Kitty a bit, got something to drink and eat, and she is now zonked out on the couch...flat on her side. I think she is going to sleep *very* soundly tonight!

In other news, we will have to house hunt once we make it down to Florida in April. Unfortunately there was a problem with the house we were buying and we were unable to resolve the problem with the sellers. So, we're still looking.

Poor Craig...

I just put his silver chair from Ikea up on craigslist, already had 2 emails about it and it's only been up for a few minutes! He's heartbroken about losing it, but he is getting to keep his black recliner. We kept it after moving because Craig and I each have our "own" rooms here, but our two rooms are going to be compiled into one in the new house, so extra furniture has to go. Plus, it matches *nothing*!!!!!!

Our New House!!!

This is our new home in Florida! We love it and it's nearly perfect for us. As usual, you can click on the pictures to see them full size.

This, of course, is the outside of the house.


The entry way, we're hoping to put my parents piano where you see the shelves off to the side.


This is the hallway between the two guest rooms and the bathroom between them.


Guest room number one...


The guest bathroom...




Guest room number two...


The living area...one of the highlights of this house for us is the wide open floor plan, because we want the animals to have lots of room to chase each other around. Our current living room is a good size, but the Jilly and the cats can't run around the couch or anything, because it's against the wall.






The dining room...


I think we're going to put my bookshelves in this area, with a couple of chairs pointed toward them to make a reading area, since we don't have the furniture for a sitting area like the current owners have set up.


The beautiful kitchen! We love everything about the kitchen.






An extra room, not sure what we're going to do with it, maybe put the elliptical here?




Laundry room...


We're looking forward to having a pantry because we don't have one currently.


The backyard...we really like the backyard (and *love* the view), we just wish it had some kind of fence for Jilly. So we're going to build one, once we figure out what kind of fence we can build. We were initially worried that we wouldn't be able to put up *any* fence, because we thought our house was pondfront, but while the view is there, it's not technically considered to be pondfront. So, we'll be allowed to put up a fence!












And finally, the master bedroom. It's smaller than the one we have now, but the bathroom makes up for it.






C and I will each have our own closet (one on each side) on the hallway leading to the master bathroom.


The master bathroom is huge...






Craig and I will each have one of these sinks all to ourself! We have double sinks right now, but this seems a little nicer than even that, lol.






Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the tour! My grandpa was nice enough to supervise the home inspection for us and the house pretty much passed with flying colors. He's living in Florida for the winter, which is nice, because we got to see him while we were in Florida, and we'll be able to see him in the winter while we're living in Florida too. There are a couple of things the current owners are fixing (actually, fixed yesterday or the day before). Right now we're just waiting for paperwork, we'll be closing in April and should be able to move straight into the house, that way we won't have to board Jilly and the cats because we need to live in temporary lodging on base.