Missing the little pup

After our puppy sleepover (that involved more playing than sleeping) we had to put him in the neighbor's back yard in his make shift house with our blanket. It was so sad. We hated to leave him out there but the neighbor said someone was coming to pick him up that day. We worried about him the whole rainy day while we were at Duke but we hoped someone really had picked him up. We found out that our neighbor is severely allergic to dogs and that's why she left him outside.

When we got home he was sitting on our back patio pressed against our door and of course we brought him in. For about 20 seconds we considered keeping him but then neighbor came over and told us someone should be coming by that night to get him. We got to keep him for the evening until around 10:30 when a nice girl who seemed to really want him came and got him. It was a sad goodbye but we're very happy he found a home. We were so torn - we really wanted to keep him but we're gone for 10-12 hours a day and that's no way to raise a puppy.

We've been missing him ever since. He was such a sweet little thing.

puppy update

In the late afternoon we put him back outside with a blanket for a couple of hours. When we saw lights on at the neighbors' house we went over and talked to them. She said someone was coming to get him tomorrow and she had forgotten he was still in the backyard. We asked if we could keep him for the night and she heartily said yes.

No, we didn't get a dog

So we have this adorable puppy wrapped in a red blanket sleeping on the kitchen floor right now. Over the weekend we noticed that there were 3 adorable puppies learning how to walk in our neighbors' backyard. There is no fence between our yards so it seems more like we share a backyard. Last night I saw the three little ones cuddling and this morning they were there too. It's getting kind of cold now and it's been raining off and on. This morning while we were watching the puppies from the window we saw the neighbor come and pick up two of them and go inside. She left this one in the backyard. When we got home from church this little guy was still there all by himself. He was getting brave walking around and I was worried he would wander out to the street and get hit by a car. Sameer went out to visit him and a few minutes later it started raining. He (the puppy - not Sameer) started crying. We couldn't resist. One thing led to another. I held him in my arms for a while and he seemed so content. I rang their doorbell to see if they were home. All the lights were out. No one answered. We just couldn't leave this little guy out there in the rain without shelter so we brought him in and he's warm and happy; dreaming his puppy dreams. I left a note on their door. Hopefully we didn't ruin some grand dog training plot. I actually have a feeling that he's not their puppy - perhaps they are dog sitting. We told them once that we wanted to get a dog someday and they said they didn't like dogs....


So maybe we did the wrong thing. We couldn't resist. I know, I know - we should probably return him to the patio.

Last weekend

Roadtrip to New Haven. Little traffic. Many tolls. Sermons and Music. View of Manhattan. That smell in New Jersey. Crazy drivers in CT. Bakalava from Sahara. Christ Pres Coffeehouse. Happy reunions. Friendly faces. Buffalo wings from Archie Moore's. Tropical Storm Noel. Suddenly broken umbrella. Cold fingers. Beer at Richters. Lance and Cassie. Claire's Lithuanian coffee cake. The Wine Thief. The Green. The old man who wears the red hat. Autumn colors. Sunsets. The Owl Shop. BAR. Joel and Tiffany. Pizza with eggplant. White pie with mashed potatoes and bacon. Worship at Christ Presbyterian. Communion with the church. The walk to lunch after church. Drive to the top of East Rock. View of the haven. Koffee Too. Books. Copper Kitchen breakfast special. Watching squirrels. Walking through the green once more. Delightful. And it was only a weekend. And yes, that was quite a bit of eating for "only a weekend".