The day started out nicely with breakfast at our new local favorite restaurant, complete with the entire staff coming to see the new pup. We've been instructed to bring her with us everytime from now on! They said, "We'll have her socialized in NO TIME!" The cook came out and stuck his nose near her face and she gave him a big old puppy kiss (skunk breath and all) and he grinned from ear to ear saying, "Yep, has to be a girl!" :)

Ok, from there, we stopped at the market (a feat in itself on a weekend but add to that that there is an ice storm and more snow predicted for today), made another large pot of chili (by request), and am now ready to paint another wall. Cookies are also in the future for later today (another request!).

LQF