I Will Keep You In Suspense No Longer

Ta-Da!

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So there I was, in the dark of a winter's morning driving north. I had one hundred miles to go.

I chose, as is so often my fate, the worst possible winter's morning on record to be driving one hundred miles north.

I was whipped by gusts, drenched by alluvion waters of epic proportions. Though I knew the sun was supposed to be coming up, it just seemed to get darker and darker. My windshield wipers did their best to keep up, but it was a futile task. Sheets of water doused the car and filled up the leaky place on the floor of the back right side yet again.

Finally, praised be to God, I made it to the Humane Society with nary a wrong turn.

Collected my new friend above in jig time and loaded her up in the car with the help of one of the workers. She whined and looked at him out the back window as we drove off. I felt bad. But it spoke volumes to me that she could make fast friends in the 10 days that she was there.

Anyway....

As SOON as we made the turn onto the on ramp of the freeway.......

The sun came out.

It did not rain ONE drop on the way home!

Her real name was Sissy, which I did not have an affinity for and had been trying to think of a similar sounding name all the way up there, without success. Sashi? Suzy? Silly? Sushi? Missy?

Then it came to me, like the rays in my eyes.

Sunny.

And so she is.

She is part Jack Russel Terrier and part Australian Shepherd if you can believe that. Hub man favors the former, and I the latter, so we both got what we were looking for.

It is two years this month that Robbie passed away. It seemed a fitting tribute to find a new doggie friend at this season.

We have already made a short hike down to the creek, with a few lessons in not pulling on the leash, which she took in pretty good humor. I wanted her to know she had landed in a good spot.

Now Hamlet is another matter. He is not at all convinced that this is a good thing. He growls and spits and hisses and has a permanent fuzzed up tail for the last hour, but Sunny just looks at him like, "What's YOUR problem dude?"

We have yet to tackle the bath thing, which WILL happen today because she smells like a kennel, and now so do I because she is a bit of a hugger herself.
But Hub Man promises to come home early from work today, so I will have some help with that.

It's a happy day.

A very happy day indeed.

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Comments (16)

allimom (Legacy)

She is beautiful. What a sweet looking girl... good luck with the bath!!! It's been my experience that the sweeter the look, the harder the resistance against baths. At least, that is the case with Shelby!
Looks like you have a good dog there, enjoy her!
Alli

sezrah (Legacy)

hooray!!! allow me to be the first to offer my sincerest congratulations and to welcome sunny to your family :)

a happy day indeed

sez

welshamethyst (Legacy)

That is just about the happiest tongue I've seen in ages and ages! I'm so happy for all of you! Give Miss Sunny a hug from me, please!

sezrah (Legacy)

ok, so i just got pipped at the post by allimom ;)

i'll graciously be the second to offer wellwishes, hehe

ImNotLisa (Legacy)

Oh yay yay YAY!! Are you floating, I'll bet you are. She's beautiful!! Congratulations!

LifeOFLouise (Legacy)

Awww what a sweetie!

Louise x

Supertrooper (Legacy)

I just KNEW iT !!!

I am feeling decidly Sunny myself after reading your brilliant good news .

Congrats to all of you . She looks a VERY good dog indeed .

kordelle (Legacy)

that is a beautiful omen
she made the sun shine the name is fitting and just
congratulations
very cute indeedy
poor hamlet is not in the spotlight for a while adopted sibling rivalry ha ha

enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here is sending love and light to sunny
hamlet plug your little ears you didnt hear that
I am such a perv

kordelle (Legacy)

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HAPPY HANNUKAH
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that is what is so beautiful about canada so many celebrations come close to christmas and we enjoy them all
oh I admire that candelabra next year I will buy one

love and light
kordelle

Dananarama (Legacy)

Yaaaaaay! I am so happy for you, that you found a new friend.

Sunny is a really appropriate name for her too really, considering the day :o)

InStitches (Legacy)

A better Hannukah gift for you I could not have imagined and her new name so fitting. Welcome home Sunny. :)

bookworm (Legacy)

Ah, she's lovely and you picked such an excellent name for her. Hope the poor cat settles down soon. ;-)

Pragmatist (Legacy)

I knew it. I Knew it. I Knew it!! It had to be a dog.

Well, Hamlet will just have to get used to being no longer top dog...er cat. Well Top.

I hope y'all will become one happy family, and I'm looking forward to meeting Sunny.

Shalom

kordelle (Legacy)

although because I am not jewish it will be one of those very small candelabras and anyway it will be just one more divine reason to play with light
and actually I just dropped by really to say hi to sunny

CaraSusanetta (Legacy)

So exciting!! She's pretty. If you're having walkies issues, there's a non-pull halter by the Gentle Leader company that works a treat. We use it on our puller who would choke herself to death without and it is more pleasant for the walker than the head halter.

Sweetsummerbreeze (Legacy)

Congrats. What a beautiful addition to the family. Sunny is gorgeous.

Take care,
Hugs and love from the last frontier,
Cyndi