>>>>>>>I lived on Goerte street in a condo right off Michigan Avenue. I worked at State and Dearborn. My Grandparents and Parents were from Illinois. I have lots of family in Illinois to this day including my son and his family.
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>>>>>>State and Dearborn? Don't they run parallel? IAC I worked at State and Wacker for years. Well, the office was there. I was usually out in the field, all over the U.S.
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>>>>>Yes they do.. LOL.. I worked at 500 N Dearborn on the 4th floor. I forgot what the cross stree name was. I guess it must have been w. Illinois....
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>>>>Sure, I know where that is. Illinois probably is the E-W cross street, just south of Grand. Near the IBM tower.
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>>>While the state of Illinois is simply that place south of Wisconsin with all that crime... :o)
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>>No, you misunderstand. Wisconsin is a dairy farm for Chicago ;-)
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>>Emily and I were up there this afternoon, in Burlington. I woman ran an ad in the local free paper for a puggle she wanted to sell. Emily was on a big puggle kick a year or two ago and even has a picture of one in her room. 2 year old female. We both liked her so I said yes. How much difference is there really between 2 dogs and 3? ;-) The only thing is I may need to take her to a different vet. Not really, but I asked Dr. Barcus (that's really her name) about puggles when Emily first got interested in them. She said in her opinion they combine the worst traits of both breeds -- the spaciness of a pug and the stubbornness of a beagle (LOL). We'll see....
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>I hope you have wonderful times with your puggle! :o)

So far, so good. The energy level sure has gone up, though. Before now it was relatively calm even with a puppy (now 15 months old) in the house, because the other dog is an 11 year old female who spends 99% of her time lying around. Now Crash and the puggle (still not renamed) are literally chasing each other around the house. It's mostly hardwood floors and they both keep wiping out on turns. It's keeping us amused.