Blue Christmas

Some age old Christmas songs take on new meanings this year . .

BLUE CHRISTMAS

I'll have a Blue Christmas without you

I'll be so blue thinking about you

Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree

Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me

And when those blue snowflakes start fallin'

That's when those blue memories start callin'

You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white

But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

I'm dreamin' tonight of a place I love

Even more then I usually do

And although I know it's a long road back

I promise you

I'll be home for Christmas

You can count on me

Please have snow and mistletoe

And presents under the tree

Christmas Eve will find me

Where the love light beams

I'll be home for Christmas

If only in my dreams

I'll be home for Christmas

If only in my dreams

If only in my dreams

Love, Izzie

PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Bells will be ringing this sad sad New Years

Oh what a Christmas to have the blues

My baby's gone, I have no friends

To wish me greetings once again

Choirs will be singing Silent Night

Christmas carols by candlelight

Please come home for Christmas

Please come home for Christmas

If not for Christmas, by New Years night

Friends and relations send salutations

Sure as the stars shine above

But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear

The time of year to be with the ones you love

So won't you tell me you'll never more roam

Christmas and New Years will find you home

There'll be no more sorrow, no grief or pain

And I'll be happy, happy once again

Oh there'll be no more sorrow, no grief or pain

And I'll be happy, Christmas once again

Love, Mom & Dad & Opus

Worried About Izzie

With this snow, we just don't know what to think or say.

If it turns out that Izzie was taken in by someone, somewhere along the way, then she's as safe and warm as are all dogs living in homes with peope -- just not our home.

If she's out on her own, the possibilities are still endless for her survival, especially with the skills she's acquired over all these months. Food will be harder to obtain in snow like we have, but we've heard too many stories of dogs, even small ones like her, surviving hunger long enough to make it until they can get food. There are non-domestic animals of all kinds that make snowy areas their home, including those smaller than she is, that don't expire due to "snow".

We're going with the belief that she has found a way to keep herself safe if not warm, and that when the rest of us are all back out and about, Izzie will be too.

Keep Circulating the Word

I know, sometimes it's hard to believe we're still at it, with it having been so long since Izzie was sighted, but we want our girl back! Even when there are no leads to investigate, there's always spreading the word, searching for the people that have seen Izzie about as much as we're searching for Izzie. We've done a lot with fliering and with passing out business cards, and a lot with direct mail (snail mail and email), and a lot with advertising with media of all kinds and web-only options. Here's some of what we've done with media in the last week:

We've expanded our outreach to the News Messenger, a Christiansburg publication we haven't used before. Who's to say that Izzie isn't in Christiansburg?

Then we've now got a display ad in the New River Magazine, which we'd never have guessed we'd need, given that it's a bi-monthly publication.

We've put a classified ad with a picture of Izzie in the Pets section of the Virginia Leader.

We've been advertising in the Roanoke Times, but we were recently alerted that the ad isn't displaying correctly right now. Thanks to the person that has found a dog, and took the time to let us know this, while in the process of trying to find that dog's owner. Sadly, the dog that was found is not our Izzie.

If you've got ideas for how we can spread the word that you thind we might not have tried, please leave a comment! We're up for most anything to try to circulate the word that Izzie is lost and needs help finding her way home.