Thank you everyone for the nice compliments. :hugs: I am also very, very happy and thankful to have my boys with me. When it all came down to it...nothing else really mattered to me except them...my self respect...and a roof over my head. We've had a lot of changes...but we are all adjusting well. Honestly, I haven't felt so de-stressed in my life! This past 10 months during the process has been pretty stressful...but the environment we were in before was quite stressful as well so eliminating that factor has helped a lot.
I don't have much money now and am living on a very tight budget so I try to spend most of my free time with them- going for walks, to the park, brushing up on our training and of course grooming. I find grooming them very relaxing and they enjoy it too of course.
And I'm trying to work on my photography skills too- playing with my dSLR a lot. Just spending time on ME for once. It's actually a pretty good feeling (other than some budgetary constraints...but, hey, who doesn't have a budget right?). We are safe, secure, have great family and lots of wonderful friends so in my opinion nothing else matters.
Thank you to all of you for your neverending support and nice compliments on my boys. :hugs: