The Hopeless Doodle Addict Trophy is in Fort Myers, FL!!!!!

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

I really cannot believe that I am in custody of this prestigious award – my dh is questioning my sanity but I mean it when I say that it is a real honor to be added to the list of HDA winners.  It all started, this addiction, back on August 27, 2010 (11 short months ago).   Rooney had been born 10 days earlier and I was internet browsing, looking for doodle info, I came across DK by accident and have never left.   It started off innocently enough, an hour here or there – at first just lurking and reading, watching, figuring out the key players and learning a ton.  Once on that slippery slope my DK time went to multiple hour long sessions, asking questions, starting to make comments – it wasn’t long before I could spend the better part of the day here, posting baby Rooney photos, making friends, wishing people happy b-day.  Once Rooney came home I loved you all for loving him, thinking he was cute & special as much as I did!  There have been more laughs than I can count, some tears, a disagreement or two but always advice, acceptance, support & love.   Each of you has inspired me in so many different ways.  I learned the joy of unconditional love from reading the rescue stories and then I was blessed with my darling baby Stuart. 

I received the box this weekend from Belinda in Richmond, VA.  There were some awesome goodies along with that famous trophy and the HDA journal.  I’ll fess up that I sat with a glass of wine and read every page in that journal, with tears in my eyes – I was moved by the love of doodles shared by all these different people from places near and far.

Thank you Belinda for our Greater Richmond Area Doodle bandannas & Crunchy Treats w/Berries for both the boys, some Virginia Diner Gourmet Salted Peanuts, a Virginia is for lover’s magnet & bumper sticker and my favorite gift – a flashlight that is absolutely the perfect size for taking the boys out after dark!

Without DK; my house would be cleaner, my butt would be thinner, there would be less wine drinking, my golf game would be better, my tan would be deeper, there would be gourmet cooked dinners, (possibly more sex but don’t let on to dh) and more hours to sleep but there would also be a huge hole in my heart that DK has filled.   Thank you all.  So continue to watch to see – who will become the next Hopeless Doodle Addict Award Winner!!!!!!  But not too fast - I want to savor the moment!

 

 

 

 

[Ann Kendig]

Congratulations and welcome to the club Jane!  Your boys are incredibly handsome!

[Linda and Murphy]

Congrats Jane!

[Adina P]

Congratulations Jane---you did rise to the top quickly!

[GBK]

Welcome to the HDA club!!!!  Your pictures are Adorable!!!!!!

 

[F, Calla & Luca]

Congratulations to a deserving mom of two doodles.

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Congratulations! Cooper loves those treats and they smell amazing - id have eaten some if they didnt have chicken in them (im veggie). The boys look super smart and cute in their bandannas!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Congratulations and welcome to the club!  I love that I can see Rooney and Stuart's sizes next to you.

[Phoebe's Mom]

Congratulations!  You are most deserving of the title.  I enjoy your posts immensely and the small glimpses I get of your gorgeous house...and beautiful doodles!!!...make my day.  Enjoy the moment.

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

Yippee!  You certainly deserve being honored with the trophy!   What fun!

[Lynn & Casey]

Congrats

[Jennifer and Jack]

Congrats to you my friend, I am so happy for you.. I have to say Rooney just takes the best pictures ever. He always looks like he is smiling and so full of pride.. I just can see how well loved they both are.

 

It makes me so very happy to have you here on DK, I love my DK family, and all the DK dogs too, Hearing the stories, trials, tribulations, comparing poops, and training styles.. Nothing beats it,

 

You are a blessed women and your two furry sons are so lucky to be so loved.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Jane, congratulations! That's so great! You are my new hero! Is it sad that I long to be an HDA myself? Well, I already am one at heart so I guess it's too late for me anyway. Your boys are just the cutest little things ever!