Time Flies

It has been over a year since I last posted to this blog. In reflection a lot has happened in that time. In May of 09, our puppy baby girl Petra had to have surgery for a uterine growth. She came through well but by June she had a blood clot develop in her spine and we lost her. She would have been 10 in August. Monty and I went through some intensive nutritional counseling and the end of July had lap band surgery. It has truly changed our lives in a good way. I am 70lbs lighter and feel sooooo much better. Monty and I have thrown ourselves into trying to adopt better and healthy habits. We are riding our bikes, he is playing more disk golf and we are both spending more time outside and less time in front of the "boob tube".

I was just recovering from the surgery when I came home from the first day of school and found our sweet boy Falkor had mourned himself to death. He and Petra were mates and he was so bonded to her that even though we still had Lacy and Chrisi, he couldn't go on without Petra. Labor Day weekend we took off to get our new babies. Casi (short for Casiphia which is Hebrew for silvery white) and Gambit are the new joys of our lives. We now have 2 White German Shepherds again to join our Great Dane, Lacy, and our mutt, Chirsi. Gambit is from Petra's breeder and is so like her it is uncanny. Casi, although not related to either Petra or Falkor, is more like Falkor in her sweet and gentle nature.

We've had a few tough times since Jan. 2009, when I last posted but all in all, the passing time has been much more positive than negative. I pray that things will continue to be uplifting and positive in the days, weeks, months and years to come.
Peace!