My new friend has four legs and a tail, and I love her

It's me again! Sorry it's been so long since I blogged. In short, I loved my trip to Hawaii (had to much fun in the sun to take time to blog) and have been working like crazy since I get back to wrap up the 2010 campaign for United Way and get ready to launch the 2011 campaign.

But the newest, most exciting thing in my life is a 7-week old english springer spaniel puppy. Her name is Isabelle and she is sooo sweet. And her she is.

My family was so surprised that I actually got a dog. While I don't mind dogs - I've never been a dog lover. But I rethought my idea about owning a dog after getting sick. It's been so nice to come home to find someone who loves me, no matter what. She doesn't care that I'm sick, that I can't eat some foods. She'll curl up in my lap no matter what.

Isabelle has the cutest markings. She has two little brown dots over her eyes that look like eye shadow. And the white spot on her head forms a heart. And her little nose look like she dipped her pink nose in black ink.

Besides how cute she is, she has a great personality. She is a snuggler. Whenever she gets ready to fall asleep, she either wants to curl up in my lap or curl up right at my feet. Like this morning when I got ready for work, she sat sleeping right at my feet while I curled my hair. And I can tell she knows I'm her mom. When she's scared, she'll coming running to hide behind my feet. She's really sneaky too, she'll all the sudden be at my feet or when I'm not paying attention she'll bite my toes. Her little puppy teeth hurt. And one of her favorite things to do right now is crawl under tight spaces (like under the couch, my bed or my kitchen table) It's really cute, expect when she comes out covered in dust bunnies. Guess I don't clean under there as well as I should.

We're still working on house training her - she's had a few accidents but she's been pretty good. And I really wish she would sleep thru the night. But I love her.