Female Puppy #844

Today we received our individual puppy pictures. It seems like we have been waiting for them forever. We thought we would have our choice of three female puppies but as it turned out, someone edged us out and put their deposit in before us between the time we initially talked to the breeder and the time we actually sent the deposit in. So, we only had our choice of two and that was hard enough. In the end, we decided on female puppy #844 because her pictures seemed to convey she was good looking, curious and laid back, just like her new puppy daddy, David. We have exhausted of buying all of the supplies we possibly can for the puppy, so we have moved on to buying accessories for her new puppy mommy, Anne. Since there has been so much rain lately, and I will have morning duty, we went to buy a rain coat. Now, there is nothing left to do but wait for her to arrive and the waiting is the hardest part. In the meantime, David will continue to coach swimming and I will try to get some work done on my independent study.

New Addition to the Horak Family

David went to Texas over Spring Break and I went to visit Erin in North Carolina. Erin knows everything there is to know about dogs so I asked her about cocker spaniels because David and I had run into one when we were walking on the running path in our neighborhood the previous weekend. She suggested that we consider the Irish Terrier instead. David was surprised when he got a phone call saying that I wanted an Irish Terrier, but as soon as he saw a picture of one he knew why. We spent a month researching them and now we have our very own little girl on the way. She will arrive June 13th from a breeder in Missouri. Here is a picture of her litter. We are busy getting ready for her. We have found a vet just down the street and we are looking for a pet sitter for the fall when David goes back to school. We are looking for some obedience training classes too. We are getting everything we need together and cleaning out and making room. We are both very excited.

Sitting Down to Dinner

David and I went to Albany for Katrina's Christening. This is the video of the whole family trying to sit down to dinner. It takes seven minutes. And it is complete chaos. It always takes this long. The irony is, we never really sit in very different seats. See if you can count how many times Tyler changes seats.

This is Carolyn

For my Policy class this semester, I had to do a PSA on a topic in education. As soon as I was given the assignment, I knew immediately what I wanted to do. As many times before, I drew inspiration from Carolyn and had a vision to do a PSA about her story. When David and I flew up for Katrina's baptism, Carolyn agreed to let me spend some time taping her and Tyler.

After hearing from Carolyn how she had been treated by her son's school, it was important that my message be versatile enough to speak both to educators and to parents to say that parents, all parents make a difference in their child's life. I hope this video shows how proud I am of her.

The video on the bottom with the blank screen is the final version. The one on the top that says "This is Carolyn" is a draft version.

Condo For Sale

On March 12, we put the condo on the market. After following the market for several years, we finally felt like we found the home that we wanted to move into on the market in our neighborhood. You can see our condo listed at the link below.

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7825-Harrowgate-Circle-Unit-141-A_Springfield_VA_22152_1107566769

Unfortunately, the house we wanted to sold this past week. But, David and I are optimistic. We have had some traffic in the condo and the feedback has been positive. There are a lot of townhomes on the market in the neighborhood and we know what we want. We are fairly certain we will be able to find something when the time comes.