How we came to be The Walton Zoo

It all began one summer night in June of 1994...
...two years later we married and so began The Walton Zoo.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Heidi needs a forever home

My current foster would be the perfect dog for our family HOWEVER

However, she hates my cat and I think would like to possibly chase and eat him someday soon. If she did not do this, she would be near perfect.


Poor thing was a family dog for 2 years until her family dumped her at the pound for being 'too active' and due to the economy. She was there for a month - barely eating - when she made the transport up north. Heidi has learned nearly every command I've given her and will even 'focus' for me and leave the cat alone...for a small while. Then she is back up to obsessing over him.
Ugh....I don't know what to do....

Saturday, June 26, 2010

And so we begin right at the beginning...

I created this blog over a month ago thinking it would be great to show others some of the cool stuff I found on the web (I myself love referrals!) and showcase some of the things we do around here.
Then my commitment fear crept in...I had just given up computer time and was afraid I would be committing myself to something I couldn't get done. And I don't like to leave items on a to-do list for very long. I love the sensation of crossing off an item.
So my cute blog just sat empty with nothing but the springy grass green and blue watermark design I chose. I chose it because when the kids and I were planting flowers earlier this spring, it took me a while to realize my son's favorite flowers were 'the blowy kind' aka the seeds of the dandalion weed perfectly shaped into a ball waiting to be released into the wind kind. And every couple of days I would pop in here and add a picture or an update but I couldn't bring myself to post that first post.
BUT today....I feel so incredibly up (back easement getting restored!) and incredibly down (health insurance will keep me poor forever) that I had to do something...something!
This is my something. I'm going to commit to post on here when I can. Not a big commitment because I can't do that right now but I did that first step.
I am slowly building large portions of my life back up because I got stuck in a moment... Life is good and I think that each year it gets better and I get better at it too.