Time to catch up on some recent events.

First and foremost, our biggest news is the addition of Lily, our cocker spaniel! We picked her up on Friday, June 27th from a couple that rescues dogs that are about to be put down. The couple held a sort of “mini dog fair” at PetCo and Evelyn and I decided to check it out. We had seen Lily online, among some other dogs, and she was automatically my favorite. Once we saw her in person though, we knew we wanted her. After some waiting (we were number 3 in line to get her), we were handed her paperwork and had quite a bit of shopping to do. The first few days were an interesting adjustment period, and we’re still adjusting. Initially, Lily didn’t want to eat out of her bowl. We’d have to take the dog food out and place it right in front of her or hand feed her. Thankfully, she’s over that now, though she likes to grab a biteful of food, and walk it a few feet away to snack on it. Silly dog. She loves walking, but needs to learn not to pull on the leash. And she’s even learning a few commands; Sit, Stay, and her name. We love her lots and can’t wait till she likes to sleep in her crate.

Not quite on the same level as a new dog, but around the same time as we got Lily, I noticed my Xbox 360 acting up. It was starting to freeze in games and then eventually when you turned on the system. Disappointing, for sure, but I had heard that Microsoft extended their warrenty on the systems to 3 years, and mine was less than 2 years old. So I called up the service center and was told that since I wasn’t getting any Red Rings on the front of the console, that it was not cover by warrenty and that it would cost me $100 to fix. In a state of un-pleased-ness, I tried my system again to make the rings show up. Thankfully, and I never thought I’d be thankful for this, the red rings showed up, and I immediately called customer service again. I called on July 1st, they shipped me out a box on July 3rd, I packaged it up and shipped on the same day (the 3rd), it arrived at the service center on July 10th, and they have now shipped me out a replacement! Now, whether it’s new or refurbished is yet to be determined. But I’m glad this hasn’t taken 4-6 weeks like some people have said.

Lastly, after weeks and weeks of searching, we are the proud owners the Wii Fit. Wow, I can’t believe how difficult it was to get one of these. About 2 months ago, we went to wait in line at Best Buy. We got there at 9:40am which turned out to be too late – there were at least 30 people in line, and they had only about 15 vouchers for the Wii Fit. Next, we went to Target at 7:10am (they opened at 8:00am). We were probably 7th or 8th in line and we felt pretty good. They had the Wii Fit advertised so naturally, they should have it. Nope. At 5 till, the manager walks out and tells us that they didn’t get a shipment in. Wow, suck. We bolted to another Target near us, but it was too late. So yesterday I decided to try out Circuit City (again, with the Wii Fit advertised). I was number 10 in line when I got there at 9:15am. I had overheard that someone from the store informed those in line that they got at least enough for everyone in line. Meaning, everyone up to me. Hmmm, I had hope though. When the Circuit City employee came out with vouchers, he said they had 9. Great. Juuuust great. I was number 10. But, thankfully, there were two thoughtful couples who were intending to buy one each, but instead bought just one together. So me and the guy behind me both got vouchers. Veerrrrry lucky. And now we can get fit! Wiiiiii Fit!