School is winding down. Chinese school ends in mid-March and Elementary School ends a week later. Summer will be busy - no doubt about that. Lilah Grace will go to camp and will continue her studies. She'll be taking Mandarin and will also take phonics based reading lessons. She just started allergy shots so that will take about 45 minutes once or twice a week.

I'll be doing more driving and my work is looking to be more demanding and stressful. We don't have any vacation plans for summer. None. Nada. That makes me a little sad. I really need some down time. We're slated to go on a cruise this fall, but I'm not certain that we will. I'm trying to make 2012, "The Year of Saving Money." Great goal, but not very fun.

We did get a new puppy named Turner. He is a Catahoula Leopard Dog and is six months old. He is full of himself and into everything. I love the youthful energy in the house even though he's quite a bit of trouble. He's going to be Lilah Grace's dog which she loves. Toby has always seemed to prefer me. I've heard it said that our dogs pick us and that does seem to be true at least in our case.