Wordless Wednesday

Etienne & Birki April 2010

I heart TotusMel!

One of my favorite blogs included me in a roundup of gears this week. She is so talented. Most well known for her tatting. The maker and crafter community loves her, as do I. Thanks for the love!

The set of gears featured is one of my personal favorites. They hang just right and make a statement on your neck (cuz they are big!) . Great for any gearhead, steampunk or just a fan of all things cog!

Meet Etienne

After many years of begging and searching and pleading my dear husband has allowed me to bring a dog into our life. The past few weeks have been a chaotic whirlwind of change in both the weather, our lives and our home.

We started by visiting Animal Control and the Humane Society shelters (we are so fortunate to have an operational shelter for HS of CLT!). Xaq was hesitant but soon found the sweet ones were hard not to fall in love with.

On a side note, I applied to visit with dogs at several rescue groups in the area and either never heard back from them or was told I didn’t have a fenced in yard so I couldn’t visit that dog. It was frustrating to work with the private groups and I was saddened to see them so unresponsive or unwilling to even meet or talk to me on the phone before denying my application.

After meeting Kylie, Kana, Ruby, Coco, Mylie, Cameron and Chelsea we decided on Chelsea. Funny thing was I had left work early to go meet another Chelsea at the HS who in a span of 2 hours was adopted. Then saddened I went to Animal Control to see if there were any new candidates. There I met their Chelsea. She was sweet, timid and oh so pretty.

After spending about an hour with her Xaq showed up to also visit. We spent another hour, hour and half with her before just at closing we decided we were going to do it.

She is doing well. We couldn’t have asked for a better dog. She is good with the cats, playful but not overly so, stays off the furniture, housetrained. The only backstory we know is that she was surrendered due to the owner not having enough time for a dog. L

I couldn’t imagine ever having to give her up. We have named her Etienne (or my version “EttyAnn” for us southern folks) after Etienne de la Boetie.