Good Morning!

I hope you all have been enjoying the beautiful weather we have been having lately. I'm updating via email because the last time I attempted to add pictures to the blog it did not work.

As many of you know T.J. and I got another dog, her name is Molly. Molly is a Labradoodle just like Zoey and they love to play. I wasn't sure at first when T.J. sent me a picture of Molly on my cell phone and below it wrote "Can we get her?" My initial reaction was NO absolutely not! I don't want to got through the potty training, kenneling, getting up in the middle of the night to let her out etc all over again. Zoey had just gotten to the point where we did not kennel her up anymore when we left just let her run the house. Well, after a couple of days of convincing and finding out T.J. had been watching her add on keloland.com since she was born in June I gave in and said OK. We got molly on Sept. 13 and she was 14 weeks old at that time. We got her from South Dakota Labradoodles in Stratford (by Aberdeen), the breeder also raises horses. She told us she was basically potty trained and kennel trained already so that was a plus.....we thought. After about 2 weeks Molly was still having accidents and we found out she had a bladder infection, put her on antibiotics and she never had an accident again. I'm convinced she was potty trained already, the infection just didn't allow her to hold it and caused urgency and made her feel like she always had to go. All of my anxiety and doubts about getting another dog are long gone because it is so much fun. It's true what they say about having 2 dogs, the little one learns from the older one. For the first 3 weeks until we were sure Molly was potty trained she slept in the kennel and we did have to get up and let her out a few times during the night but every since she started sleeping in our room with us and Zoey they both sleep through the entire night. They wear each other out. Zoey is currently 45 lbs and 21-22 inches at the shoulders and Molly is 35 lbs and just a little shorter than Zoey. The breeder we got Molly from said their labradoodles typically get 60-70 lbs and around 27 inches at the shoulders! Sounds like Molly will be bigger than Zoey!

T.J. is done coaching JR football for the year and stays busy at work. His shoulder is feeling great and he has permission to golf in February when we go to Arizona with the Speer family! He is very excited for that, as am I. We are going to stay in a house Scottsdale, AZ for a week with Stan, Nancy, Scott, Lindsay and little Miss Ava. He has full range of motion and best of all NO PAIN!

Since T.J.'s surgery, for the past 10 weeks or so, we decided to buckle down and start eating healthier because our eating habits were a definite reflection of the numbers on the scale. We have been watching what we eat and counting calories (never thought I would stick with it that long) and staying away from the "crap" we typically eat. T.J. has lost 35 pounds! He looks great and feels great! I have not lost 35 pounds but am almost to my goal of 20 lbs. The website we use is called myfitnesspal.com. It's Free!

I have been staying busy with work also. We have not seen much of the H1N1 admitted to my floor but I'm sure the ER has seen their fair share. On my days off I usually have some homework to do :p I am currently taking a general Chemistry class online and I do not like it. I love the flexibility of taking classes online but teaching myself chemistry....Ugh. I have to take Organic Chemistry next semester so I'll just have to get over it I guess.

I hope this email finds you all healthy and happy! I am working Thanksgiving so I won't be around but I'll be shopping on black Friday so I'll see some of you then! Enjoy the Pics of Zoey and Molly:)

T.J. & Lisa

Miss Molly

Molly and Zoey in bed

Molly

Molly (left) and Zoey (right)