Dear to my heart.

 I never got the opportunity to introduce to you our lovely puppy Lola. Lola was an early Birthday present from some dear friends. She was PERFECT timing for me because I felt like I needed something else to take care of and speak english to. :)  She was SO TINY when she arrived...only six weeks old. We named her Lola after the Barry Manilow song "Copacabana"...you know... "Her name was Lola...she was a showgirl...haha. Anyway...just a fun, silly name.

Lola quickly grew on my heart and she really seemed to care about me. I love it when animals care about me...We kept her inside until we thought she was big enough... then, much to my dismay, we put her little bed outside and she seemed SO happy to be out there. She loved terrorizing Dudley who didn't want to have anything to do with her. She however, thought he was her best friend. =) It was so cute to watch them together... All the guests that visited here really loved her too...she made friends easily and we never worried about her. She was alot to handle...but we loved the responsibility...

Monday (11/29) it had rained all day long. I stayed upstairs and worked on the computer trying to get our newsletter finished... Andy and I went to the flower shop later that evening and when we returned I remembered I still hadn't seen Lola all day...I was a little worried but decided not to panic quite yet...Andy said he had seen her playing in the grass earler. We planted the flowers and then hunted through the yard for her...she didn't come when I called her name...and we looked everywhere. I got really nervous. Andy said the dogs had been in the back shop throughout the day because of the rain...so we hesitantly went back there. I took a few steps and then I saw her back legs...she was underneath one of the shelves on a towel. She wasn't moving and I knew right then she was dead. It took me a few seconds before the sobs began. I really really loved that dog and she meant so much to me! Andy hugged me for awhile then grabbed a shovel and burried Lola in the yard. When he came upstairs he told me he had found a half eaten square of rat poison right next to where Lola was...and some pretty convincing evidence that she had died from poison...

I'm so sad that i didn't post more pictures of her before she was no more. I guess things just work that way. This has been such a hard month with Thanksgiving (pictures soon. :)) and missing my family and... just alot. I will miss that little dog terribly...she took up so much of my time. I just wanted you all to finally meet her so you could miss her too. :) Here's Lola.

so tiny

I got her a shirt...but she didn't like it very much.. :/

She loved her naps with Daddy

Love her.