Clarification...

We call our dog Teo. Bill Jack was the random name the shelter gave to Teo, which quite honestly, was lame. So our dog is named Teo, short for Teomner.

It's a Boy!

We are so excited to announce a new member of our family!

Brought into our family on Thursday, May 20 2010

Hair: Black and Blonde

Eyes: Brown

Name: Teomner Arii Quillen

Weight: 46 lbs

Age: 1 year (give or take)

We have officially adopted a dog! Therefore, our house is officially a mess. We (by we, here, i mean mostly JD and a little bit me) were pining for a little furry companion of our own because, basically, we were looking into the face of a beautiful and very lonely summer when we brought the family dog whom we were caring for back to the family home. And who doesn't want a living being to love and enjoy warm weather with?

So, after weeks of research, JD popped into the Denver Dumb Friends League and called me to tell me he found 2 possible furry friends.

Exhibit A) Mario: (pronounced may-ree-oh) a Lost and Found miniature pinscher who is scared of loud noises and also readily responds to the name Tom, inexplicably. ( though I'm not sure why I'd expect anything about him to be explained, since no one knows his previous history..)

hold on a sec ---

(dog was eating my socks and had to be stopped)

Exhibit B) Bill Jack: (which degenerated into Ajax very quickly for me) a Lost and Found Australian Cattle Dog/ German Shepard mix who is very playful and friendly although a little bigger than we'd wanted (by we, here, i mean me because i don't want a dog who is bigger than me).

Our choice - Bill "Ajax" Jack. He has taken to JD - it could be said that while he doesn't DISLIKE me, he is certainly not as enthused about my existence as he is about JD.

It turns out that he is a VERY smart, playful, friendly to people and dogs, loves to chew things, especially if they squeak and is basically an ideal adopt-a-situation.

Mammoth Fun

So a while back, Lianna and I went on a date to a Colorado Mammoth game. For those who don't know, thats Colorado's professional lacrosse team. It was so much fun. They aren't very good, but it was way fun to watch, and very exciting. Not like one of those boring Rockies games (Im gonna get disowned from my family for saying that) =) But here are some pics!

Promise Im not that fat looking lol.

New Car, Mammoths

Also, we finally returned our rental car - can you believe it cost more than 2 months of our old car payment to rent a car for 12 days at the discounted price?



We will try to get reimbursed.



Anyway, here is the new one! It is currently covered in dirt, but I refuse to wash it until i have used at least 1 ful tank of gas. If I had a Subaru, it would look cool, now i suppose it just looks unkempt.

Also, a few weeks ago J and I were able to go to the last Mammoth Lacrosse game of their season. I work with the team chiropractor, so he got us free tickets. Section 144, row 14, seats 17 and 18. Above one side goal - it was fun! J got a little homesick for his old lacrosse days, so we may find him a local team to be a part of. I don't know if it would do more to DEstress his upcoming school, or to UPstress it.


And, last but not least, Our birthdays! Well.. next post will feature our birthdays. Today is J's big 26! Happy Birthday Old Man - er. Sweet Heart of my Life! He's more than the best husband I ever imagined for myself. 'Nuff said. (For now.)

Finally they're here

Here is our woefully undecorated bedroom: Heres our tiny kitchen:
THIS IS THE SPACE that Lianna needs help deciding what to put next to the painting of Christ.
Heres our front room:
Here it is from next to the front door

And thats it. Sorry it took so long to get them up.

Pictures still forthcoming

We've settled in!

That means that soon - or as soon as I or JD have the time and energy concurrently to clean the house we will have pictures!

Also i need SUGGESTIONS! We have a space on our wall in the dining area that is blank. It's a wall space. From Left to Right the wall has a set of shadowboxes (2, stacked above each other) with items from South America inside, a rectangular pic of Christ, and then NOTHING! it's lopsided.

Help!

I really am at a loss, so the best suggestion will WIN and make its appearance in our condo.

I don't mind rearranging the other stuff on the wall either. I'd post a picture of what it currently is like, but that would reveal how messy the table is... so please visualize a nice clean space with the above decor =D

Bad car karma!

So as many of you know, Lianna got in an accident. Well, its final. The car was totaled. Yeah, that's how hard she got hit. But luckily since Honda rocks our socks off (look, no socks), Lianna came out of it relatively uninjured. Sore, yes, but nothing too major.

Our car though, has had a rough time. First, it got in an accident. Bad news at Blackrock for the Good guys. Anyway, because my wife is so sweet, she was more worried about keeping the lady that hit her from going into shock to get her insurance info. After that, Lianna never got a chance to get it (between the police talking to the lady and the paramedics tending to the lady's injuries.) So we had to wait a week and a half for the stupid police report to get the ball rolling.

It finally came, and when I called the insurance company listed on the accident report and gave them the info, they said, "Im sorry, but that's no where near one of our policy numbers. They gave you the wrong insurance company." SERIOUSLY? I know right. Lame. Anyway, Liberty Mutual (the one listed on the report) was very helpful at giving me all possible insurance companies with the name Liberty in it. Finally after calling around, I got lucky and found it.

Then, while our car is sitting in the lot of crashed cars, another van from the business next door wasn't put in park, and rolled into our car, smashing the door. OMgoodness. For real? Anyway, the insurance company appraising our car said they had to deduct the damage from their total cost because it was "pre-existing," even though they knew full well that it had happened after the accident.

Anyway, hopefully this will all be over soon. I think I can see the end! On good news, we are 99% moved into our condo! Pictures forthcoming.