I'm sorry for the leave of absence. Would you forgive me if I told you I have a good excuse? Well, for the last week at least. I got a dog! A beautiful puppy named Zipsie. She's a Cocker Spaniel/Pomeranian mix, and Jamie and I drove down to Vegas over the holiday weekend to pick her up. She is challenging, funny, smart, tiring, and loveable. And since you're bound to ask eventually...her name is from a My Little Pony movie that Princess and I watched together about a year ago. :)