Hello out there ...

It's me, Olivia!  And I've really missed all my Blogland 

friends lately ...

Have you missed me?

Wordless Wednesday: From the Archives of Love

Olivia & Tanner snuggling

Tucker & Olivia touching noses

Tucker snuggling with brand new sis, Phoebe (the second door of the kennel is open which is what makes the photo even cuter ... they were packed in there like sardines by choice!)

Indiana ... Iowa ... Kansas ... & Kentucky

                   

So tonight we're going to combine our 50 Shelters / 50 States Series (which has gone on way too long because I'm a pitiful slacker!) and the Back in Black Adoption Event (which after today only has four more days to run!).  

And so that I can feel like I'm making some progress, we're going to do four states tonight (Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky), featuring one black dog and one black cat from each state.

Here we go ... 

My Indiana picks were: 

                                                                   

Trina

      

... and ...

Purry

              

From Iowa I chose: 

Lexi

... and ...



Clark

From Kansas I selected: 


Spot

... and ... 


Faryn


And from Kentucky my picks were: 



Hugo

... and ... 


Lucian

All of them are so beautiful ... I certainly hope they find loving homes very soon.  

Remember - don't forget to leave your comment HERE for Finn's Back in Black Adoption Event Comment-A-Thon.  We have 55 comments to go and only four days left, and we really want to give away the $100 donation to the random winner's rescue group or shelter of choice!  Even if you've already left a comment, that's ok.  You can leave one per day until 11:59 pm on the 17th!

A day of remembrance ...

There seems to be little to say on a day like this, at least nothing that has not already been said by those far more eloquent than I.  I have been sitting in front of the television since early this morning, listening to survivors' recollections of the day that changed the lives of all Americans, including those yet unborn, forever.  I have listened to the quivering voices of the families of the Ground Zero victims reading out their names.  

Ten years have passed since that day, and in some ways the wounds seem as fresh as they were in the first days and weeks after the attacks, and in others, it seems, we have moved on far too well from the day that both shattered our collective innocence and united us in a way that nothing else has in my lifetime.

- Corbis Images                                                

For those who lost someone you loved that day, please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers, and that the memories of those you loved will always be kept sacred by those other than yourselves.  

It's Friday ...

but I DO have a job ... 

and I've got lots of ... well, stuff ... to do!

And I think I have to work late, too.  

What's the point of it being Friday if I can't start my weekend?  

And ... and ... and ... GUESS WHAT?  It's raining, too!

Pfttt!

Oh, hey ... Finn would want me to remind you to leave your comment HERE for his Back in Black 

Comment-A-Thon!  We've only got 8 days and 60 comments to go, so leave yours now!  And if you left us one already that's ok.  You can leave one comment a day until the 17th and each comment is another chance to win up to $100 for your shelter or rescue group!