I'll admit, I had no idea what to do with this one. Until I was walking around with my camera and noticed Schatzi in her customary spot under the coffee table in the hearth room.

Yes, we call all the rooms in our house fancy things like "hearth rooms". Just kidding. We absolutely do not.

July 5th: On the Floor

Schatzi became a part of the Stoker family right around my mom's birthday in 2001. Eleven years old! But she doesn't seem a day past four or five. She can still give Sophie a run for her money, and Sophie actually is five years old.

Even though she does get a tad... ok really jealous, she is deserving of her namesake. Having just moved home from Germany, we thought the German word for sweetheart would be a cute name for our new dog. So sweetheart is what she was named, and that's just what she is.