Where did the last month and a half go?!

Well, I suppose I was wrong in my last post when I said I might be blogging more over the holidays. I did have a lot to write about, but no time in which to write. In early December (right about the time of my last post, curiously enough), I received a huge new assignment at work that is taking a lot of my time and all of my patience. I am now in charge of scheduling all staff at the branch where I work. I make the monthly schedule, the weekly schedule, and the daily schedules. I have to make sure they're updated whenever anyone calls in sick, make sure there is someone assigned to cover the desks and phones each hour, and make sure everything shows correctly on our online scheduling blog. And I'm doing all of this on top of my already busy job of running the children's room, presenting the programs, and ordering children's audio visual materials. It has been a nightmare getting used to this new assignment. Lots of sleepless nights in December...

Christmas was nice. It was low-key this year, since we stayed in the area and spent Christmas Day with my family. I worked the week between Christmas and New Year's, but then I was off the following week. It was nice to spend some time just hanging out at home. We did take a few days to go down and visit Logan's parents near San Luis Obispo, which was a very nice trip. And we made it through a huge storm just after New Year's- the storm cracked a window pane in our guest bedroom, so we had to get that replaced.

Logan and I took a day-trip over to Pescadero, our favorite beach, last month when we were off for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We drove over in the truck and Logan found a nice muddy area off the road where he could test out his 4-wheel drive. He had a HUGE grin on his face the whole time!

Our biggest news, however, is that we adopted a dog last weekend. On February 1st, Clark joined our family. We adopted him from the Humane Society, and he's already stolen our hearts. He is the sweetest little guy, and has such a happy personality. He's about nine months old and weighs about 40 pounds. We're not expecting him to get a lot bigger. He's part Chesapeake Bay Retriever, and we think part Pit Bull. He loves to go to the dog park, play with his squeaky toys (especially the green dog from Aunt Katie!), and go for jogs with us in the morning and afternoon.

I will add more pictures of him when I'm at home, but here are a few to start with:

(this is the photo we saw on the Humane Society website that made us want to adopt him.)

Clark on the couch playing with his "Dirty Rotten Kitty" (that's what the cat's nametag says!)