super super thank you

A special thanks to our secret pal, she found some awesome gifts that I had not seen in the stores. That is quite a feat.

We amused our selves for a few minutes torturing the dogs with the crazy sounds and then we put them away in Magpie's room.

Thanks so much for your continued kindness and overwhelming generosity. We love the cards you send each month and your personal touches.

Also, a wonderful surprise was in the mail yesterday. We received this awesome stuffed animal from an incredible person I've met online. I won't link to her here to maintain her privacy. But she knows who she is, and as I said on the phone it's wonderful. Thank you.

This dog reminds me of a toy I remember from my childhood. there are pictures of me with it when I must have been around a year old, I remember when I was slightly older, maybe 4-5 and I still had it. I saw it at my mom's years ago but haven't seen it since. It was this faded, old, tiny run down and much loved stuffed dog, barely more than 5 inches square.

On a separate note, anyone remember the holiday swap I did, well, I have yet to find out who the anonymous person was that sent it to us. I continue to have 3 people in mind, but no one has given us one iota of info on it! I wonder how long it will be silent. Will we be matched again this holiday season? If so that would drive me bonkers.

Lastly, Zane is doing better, thanks for all the kindness offline. She was misdiagnosed, they do not believe it was pancreatitus. The new vet got the records, blood results, ran new blood tests and let us know that it's likely they diagnosed the symptoms and missed the cause. They believe she has an 'irratible bowel', a much less concerning issue, though we now have irratible bowels too after paying all the vet bills. She's on special food, likely for life, and as long as she continues to keep food down, her fever down and all the other things, we're in a holding pattern.