What's going on?

I haven't written for awhile so here's a little update on Colorado life. I have officially been engaged for a year and 5 days and I still have about 4 and a half months left. We received our blessing in the form of CALSTRS check, the CA teacher's retirement association and was able to make a big dent in our vendor bills. The Woman's Club is almost paid off and, more importantly, we were able to pay my parents back all the money we owed them. If you know about my parents you know that is a big deal! Now they can't hold it over our heads. I wanted to use more of it for the wedding but we had to cover our unemployed roommate's part of the bills. We almost had to kick him out 2 weeks ago for being a week late on rent but we gave him until the end of this month to get a job or he is out. He's been without work since November and for lack of trying. It's been stressful covering what he owes as well as our parts. The whole point in having roommates is to get help with the bills. At least we have the other one pulling in his share.


But on to happier events. We adopted another dog, I know we are crazy! I'd like to think we saved her from being a fighting pitbull. Her name is Kiara and we met her two weeks ago at a friend of a friend's house. He wasn't able to take care of her fully due to his trucking job so he needed to sell her. It was either us or the brutal people that would buy her to fight her. We took her home the night we met her, spur of the moment but we are happy with our decision. How could you say no to those sweet brown eyes? She's 3 months old and already weighs 26 pounds. The vet said she will grow to be over 50 pounds so I have to enjoy my time picking her up and letting her be a lapdog while I can. She'll be bigger than Yogi when she is full grown and then he won't be able to bully her like he does now. He's a little jealous at the moment because we have to give her more attention with her house training and making sure she's comfy in her new home. So our family got a little bigger and now we have the sibling rivalry to add to the mix.