Disown Me

I know that my family is going to disown me... not my immediate family... the people that I live with day in and day out. They already know that I am totally nuts with not one sane cell in my body. No, the ones who will disown me are the ones that gave me life, my mom and dad. They have told me and told me that we should wait, wait, wait to add a dog to our family. I have no idea why, but I have had this unending desire to bring yet another beast into our home. So, today I made the appointment to have a fence added to our backyard. They will do it the week that we return from our trip... As for the dog, well, we are in the process of taking care of that, as well. I know, throw all the words at me - stupid, nuts, insane, crazy, overstretched, overcommitted... I know. I have said them all to myself, too. But, I really do think that this is going to work out. Believe me, I have a horrible fear of failure on this one... especially since the last attempt didn't go well. I've researched. I've met the dogs. I've prayed. I've talked to Doug and the kiddos. And, still I have an itch that needs scratched. So, here goes nothing...

This is the girl that we are considering. Here name is Shasta, and we met her at PetFest. She is a "sweetheart baby", her foster mommy says.