The day started out sad...

Joe Beta is no longer with us. He survived being the class pet with Randy in kindergarten and has happily lived with us for 2 1/2 years. He wasn't doing well for the past few months and he finally gave up today. He now resides in the garden, near the lavender. :(

The day did get better. We got a crate for Ace and he seems to like it. He goes in there on his own, so I'll feel a little better leaving him alone when I go to work. We looked up Undercover Ace's stats!http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?i=1222153 He won 7 races - that's 7 Twinkies for him!! He has 2 brothers and 2 sisters and we know who his parents are - they show the whole family tree.

Just in case anyone was wondering, the cats have moved upstairs. The only one who ventures down once in a while is Ginger - she's a brave girl. Max has a nice little apartment under Keith's bed and Henry just roams around up there. We have a gate on the stairs that does not allow Ace to go up. Ace doesn't bother the little piggy - not in the least, not even when he sounds like a super fun little squeaky toy. The cats just need to stop running from Ace and then I think all will be well.

Keith went to his friend's house for a little while today. Randy watered the garden, the plants and the trampoline. We ordered Papa John's Pizza for dinner tonight, because it's pizza night - fundraiser for the school and I don't have to make anything for dinner!

Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday the boys have half days. Thursday are the parent teacher conferences. And the following two weeks they'll be off for spring break. Feels more like summer though - it was 84 degrees today! I was hot - I'm not ready for 110 degrees!!! We don't have any plans for the break - I guess we'll just be staying home loving the doggie!