Shelby's blog

On the Friday after Thanksgiving, the chauffeur, the maid and I are going to Auburn, Ca. to see my foster parents.

Their names are Kathleen and Jim and they are really special people. They were the ones who took care of me after my amputation. They have others dogs also but they foster Golden’s for Homeward Bound and I don’t know how they do it. They open their home and their hearts to help dogs like me then someone comes along and adopts “us”, then they get another Golden and do it all again.

We are going to meet them so I can give them their Christmas presents. I’ve never celebrated Christmas before. I’m a little nervous about it because it seems like a big deal to some folks and not so much to others, I don’t really understand that.

Our neighbors are putting like a ka zillion lights on his house and so is the guy next to him. They’re OK, they have a border collie, just like my big sister. Penny is so pretty and dad tells me she’s the best big sister in the whole world!

I’m giving my foster mom and dad some pictures of me. I know that sounds arrogant but I want them to see how happy I am and how much fun I have when I get to run with all my tripawd friends and…I don’t want them to ever forget me.

We are going to meet them at the In and Out Burger in Auburn, so I may be able to score some cheeseburger and a couple of fries, then we are going to walk around Auburn and look at the lights. Mom says the lights are really pretty and put her in the Christmas spirit, and dad says, ya, right, it’s a 2 1/2 hour drive, can we go home yet?

I’ll let you know how it goes in Auburn. Dad says there’s a couple of Harley dealers on the way, so he’s happy,  I’m happy because I get to see my fosters again and Mom’s happy because she gets to see the lights.

Sounds like a pretty good day to me!