Wednesday was quite uneventful until evening time and I’ll get to that in a bit. Here is a picture of the kids eating a delicious grilled cheese and Kale lunch Lily made for them.
Here is a picture of Lydia looking over Lily’s shoulder. I’m guessing that they are both looking at something about puppies on the computer.
Lily and Lydia both have been researching dogs incessantly for a couple of months now. Everyone really wants one, and Lily and Lydia have been putting in the time to learn all about what breed would be best for our family, how to train and care for dogs etc etc. A couple weeks ago, Lydia announced she had almost $500 worth of dog things in an Amazon cart all ready for us to pick out. Lydia went through a Basset Hound phase in which she had an imaginary Basset Hound that she gave a lot of attention to. There was only one issue. Apparently, we are not the only ones to decide to get a dog during Covid. Seemingly all of the breeders for the dogs we want have long wait lists. We already put $500 down for a Bernadoodle, but a few days ago, Lily learned it might be a year before we get that dog. We were already planning on getting two dogs, so we decided to get the other dog first, but we just couldn’t find one we wanted that was ready now. We really wanted one now since we are all stuck at home with no travel due to Covid. We wanted to seize this time. In the evening, Lily was researching dogs and just coming up empty. Nothing we wanted was ready now. Then she sat back and visualized what she wanted in a dog, and she concluded that Bernadoodles were just the best type of dog for our family. Then she said a prayer to the effect of, “God, please help me find a dog that will be the right fit for our family.” Within 30 seconds, Lily found an advertisement for a miniature Bernadoodle. It had already been claimed for presumably a long time, but the intended buyer backed out at the very last second (we later found out it was due to renovations the intended buyer was planning for their home that would not work with puppy raising, even thought they hoped until the last minute to make it work.) The dog breeder was eager to find a new owner quickly and even lowered the price for someone that could take him within 3 days. He looked perfect and had the most wonderful eyebrows. Lily saw the advertisement within 3-4 hours of when it was posted. She called the breeder, and the rest is history. I saw the advertisement before having a phone call to catch up with my brothers. I didn’t know all the details about Lily’s phone call to the breeder, but I figured something might be up when Lydia interrupted my call by running around me energetically. After my call, I learned that the breeder would hold the dog for us to come see him, and we scheduled a 7AM visit to see him the next day.
What a day!