Meet the mutts!

Sorry no post yesterday, but my son and wife came over and also his kids, 

and they stayed the night with me (the kids) and went

to church with  me on Sunday.  Bri has expressed an

interest in learning sign language!  She's spending the 

night Friday and going to class on Saturday with

me.  I am beyond excited.

Anyway, to the dogs.  They are both shelter dogs.

B'Elanna is a malti poo (maltese and poodle)

and Neelix is a yorkie.  The names are

from Star Trek Voyager in case

anyone wondered.  Everyone wants to 

know where I came up with such names.  The

vet's office laughed at B'Elanna's name as I was

spelling it for them.  Well, John was making

fun of me, too, in all fairness.  They have

really helped me through John's death.  

Being able to hold on to something living

when you are going through a hard time

helps tremendously.  B'Elanna is very sensitive

to my moods.  When we brought Neelix

home we didn't realize he was sick.  He's much

older than her and the shelter wanted to 

get rid of him, I think.  We weren't even

sure if he would survive.  I didn't know

dogs got colds (this being my very first

experience with dogs) but he also

had bad teeth and that didn't help.

Once we got him well the vet went

to getting those teeth taken care of.  Had we

not come along he probably would have

been euthanized, so God really had

a plan there.  He had a plan all the way around

because I never thought I liked dogs.  He knew

way ahead of time that I would need their

comfort.  But then He knows all.

Neelix is wearing a halloween costume and none

too happy about the situation.  B'Elanna on

the other hand, loves to be dressed and 

will even put her head and arms forward

just like a kid!  She also rubs her

eyes like a tired child.  They are 

both a lot of fun!