Today is the day 10 years ago we bought our house. We did not expect to move in so quickly. We thought we were going to have to build. The memories already in the house is sometimes fun to think about......We closed on April Fools Day!!! The house was newly built so we are the only owners. All of the floors have since been replaced, every single room has been painted sometimes two and three times. Being an animal foster home for a while made for interesting finds when we came home from work.
Before the kids at our maximum capacity we had three dogs and six cats. The three dogs were Leia (died last year, she was 12 years old), Angel (adopted out), lady (still with us at 11 years old). Lady started having seizures when we would bring a new dog in so we had to stop and just kept Lady and Leia. The cats were Mr. Sophie (died, ill), Kelly (died, ill), Tigger (took from my sister and found a home), Sam and Boots(went to a new foster home), Forrest, Lt Dan and Bubba (went back to the shelter). We found out our son was allergic and we had to find homes for the cats.
It is still so strange to have a house with just one animal when the house used to be filled. Lady gets all the privileges and is spoiled rotten. But being a bigger dog and still occasionally having seizures she will only be with us for probably another year or two. I can't imagine her living past thirteen. Although our house will be very empty in one sense it will be very full in another.
Think about it in two years Kaitlynn will be 8, Jackson will be 6 and Madelynn will be 3. No need for the animals our house will be wild enough without any pets for a while. Phil and I always thought it was kind of funny we closed on our house on April Fool's Day. Later this year we will celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary. Where has the time gone?????
Have a Great Hump Day!!!
TTFN
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