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I read online that Seattle had an abundance of cats and kittens at the
shelter so they were holding Catapalooza event. I decided to take the
girls to look at the kittens with a slight possibility of adopting
one. The kitten we wanted to see was being adopted by someone else so
the girls asked if they could check out the dogs. There were quite a
few dogs — most of them sleeping or barking at us. Then there was this
dog who just stood proudly and quietly looking at the suitors. Of
course the girls wanted to see her. I asked if we could check her out
but we found out that someone was considering adopting her and that we
would be second. The dog had been on TV that morning and their were
several people interested in her. The woman really wanted her but her
husband wanted another dog so we had our chance. She seemed like a
very good dog. She was given to the shelter because the people that
owned her were moving out of the country. She is a 2 year old fully
grown poodle mix weighing a little over 9 pounds. The girls started
begging and I paid to put a hold on her so I could have more time to
think about adopting her. After bringing Joe down and debating it long
and hard we are now officially dog owners.

Seattle just isn’t equipped to deal with extreme weather. An inch of
snow cancels school and shops close down in 100 degree temps. In Seattle’s
defense most people don’t have air conditioning and some don’t even
own a fan. Several of my friends booked hotels to stay at after their
crayons started to melt in the house. We all moved in to our master
bedroom where we had a small window air conditioner to keep us cool.

We had several days in Seattle where the temperatures reached into the
triple digits. New records were set all around the city. The DJ’s on
the radio were having fun with the high temperatures playing any song
with hot or heat in them.