Poll for best picture of my sweet Angel.

I was driving my son to school this morning and I found out that one of the local radio stations is having a "Cutest Dog Contest". Well, I think I do own the cutest dog in Arizona anyway. I know, I know, all my dogs are cute but, my little one takes the cake. She is really cute and photogenic too. I have so many cute pictures of her. I can't decide which one to send in. I have a few more days so I wanted to ask you guys to help me out in picking a picture. So here they are. The poll is to the left. If you have any other comments feel free to leave them.

Vegetarianism and good food.

One thing that I have noticed is that on a lot of vegetarian blogs, they love their food. There is a lot of really tasty vegetarian cuisine.

Now I have wanted to go vegetarian but, with a family full of meat eating boys (and my man), this was going to prove difficult. So, my plan is to eat veggie until dinner. Then, when ever possible, I am going to have a veggie dinner as well. Environmentally and morally, I think I can live with this.

I discovered these Indian dishes at my local health food store. They are called tasty bite. I have had a few different kinds and they were all wonderful. I served them over brown rice. Which is for me since I have a gluten intolerance.I also like that you do not have to refrigerate them so, they are easy to pack on trips or for work (as if had a real job:))

Angel helped with the photos as you can see.

Wow, where have I been? At the pound!

These have been busy days. I just haven't had too much time, it seems.
First of all, Saturday, we adopted a 10 month old puppy from the ASPCA (aka "the pound"). What a deal this is. I mean, you pay a certain amount based on the animal's age. For our puppy (Lu Lu) we paid 100$. For this we got

1. A puppy, spade and with all of her shots.
2. Well puppy checkup with in one week of adoption.
3. Free micro chip (because we adopted her on a weekend).
4. Free dog food. Like 3 bags of free dog food!
5. Insurance for the first few months she is covered for $500 in vet bills.

I have to say, I am amazed at this deal. Besides all of this, you get that warm fuzzy feeling of giving a poor discarded animal a good home.

Lu Lu is a sweetie too. She seems to be at least partially potty trained. She is also a little skittish. She is smart, she can come in through the dog door, but won't go out through it yet. She hates bathes. She has already chewed up two of my shoes.

We got Lu Lu for my husband, as a fathers day gift. He was very pleasantly surprised. We wanted to give her to him on Father's Day. We wanted to hide her somehow and surprise him that morning. The pound wouldn't let us do that. They said he would have to come down there and see her. It is understandable. I mean, what if he was mad or really didn't want her. They do not want us to return her. For us, it worked out, it was love at first site.

My husband brought Angel (our pekingese) to the ASPCA to meet Lu Lu before we brought her home and Angel wasn't very interested in Lu Lu. She wasn't interested in very much but me. She didn't even blink at the cats, or the rabbits. Angel just wanted me to take her home. I think that she thought she was at the vet. Now they are friendly, well on their way to becoming life long friends.

Angel doing tricks.

Angel is doing tricks! Oh, it is so cute! I taught her to sit, shake, and lay down. I taught her this in the span of three days. Now, I have been trying to teach her to go through the dog door. She just won't do it. She just seems so confused. I throw the treat through the door and say, "go get it!" and nothing. It is like out of site out of mind. I shoved her through it, walked around to the other side, stuck treats where she could smell them and nothing. When it comes to the dog door she has the brain capacity of a six month old. Now, I know what you are thinking. She is a small dog, maybe three tricks are all she can fit in her cute little brain. No. I had a friend come over today (for an hour and a half, mind you) and her daughter taught her to guess which hand had a treat. The little girl even had my little Angel tapping the girl's hand with her paw when she guessed. I was amazed. This little girl is going to be a dog trainer to the stars one day. I am always saying she isn't the sharpest tack in the box. Maybe she hears me say that and it blows her self confidence. Who knows.