Abby: Shadow and Lassie

As Andrew said before, the people that we are staying with have two huge dogs. They are very friendly but they could scare the wits out of anyone. Shadow is the big mostly-black one. Although he is the size of a young lion and has a very ferocious bark, he is very sweet! Lassie is the one that I'm petting in the picture. She is also very sweet. The day that we got the picture of Lassie, Shadow was not looking so friendly because he had just finished barking his head off (yes that is him in the background). They are both German Shepherds even though Shadow only kind of looks like one.

Yesterday my grandma on my dad's side came. The people we are staying with took my grandma, and my dad's cousin's college age kids, and our family out to eat. At the restaurant I started to get a bump on my lip and my stomach started to hurt. The friend we are staying with took my mom and me home. I lay down for a few minutes and then I really felt like I like I was going to throw up. So I ran to the bathroom and threw up. I slept for five or six hours. It was probably an allergic reaction to nuts that had accidentally gotten into my food somehow. I hope it doesn't happen again!

On a happier note I had been worrying about finding sugar-free gum. Today I found some Orbit gum and for only about a third of the price in the U.S.! Besides spearmint, it also comes in lime and mixed fruit flavors. Yesterday we saw Tic Tacs in cherry and mango flavors (along with the usual orange and peppermint) and they were only twenty cents a box!