She's home!

We found the Husky a home and helped some kids get over the recent loss of a beloved pet.

I called Paul and asked him if he knew of anyone that would take the dog. My friend's allergy absolutely negates them keeping her and her daughter is becoming more & more fearful as the dog grows anyhow. They're going to look into getting a chihuahua - good dogs for allergy burdened folk.

As it turned out, Paul witnessed an accident and stopped to help on his way home from work one afternoon last week - a transport truck hit a German Shepherd, belonging to some people he knows. After a few calls back and forth and would they be interested and why she needs a home, the family that lost the Shep have taken the Husky in its place and it has worked out tremendously well for everyone.

good intentions, bad idea

So we're not going to take the Husky pup...after much consideration (more than I'd given it before I said we'd take the dog) and on the advice of my MJ I've decided it's too much for our lifestyle. I work 9-5 Monday to Friday and my work isn't close enough to afford me going home on my lunch to tend to the dog. MJ told me about his brother's experiences with Huskies (he had a team of sled-dogs) and that was more than enough to change my mind.

MJ's going to look into finding us a more suitable dog for our lifestyle...a golden retriever most likely. This breed is much better suited to my mini-me's temperment and less likely to be high-strung.

the sniffles and a new addition to the family?

After such an awesome weekend I've come down with a nasty cold and I know exactly where I got it after listening to him talk about his cold...argh! Serves me right, but he's just so darn smoochable!

A friend of mine has a 6 month old female Husky pup that she can't keep. She got the dog for her daughter for Christmas and has discovered that she's allergic to the animal and has since been trying to find it a home but hasn't had any luck. I've been thinking for quite a while that a dog would be a great calming influence on my mini-me and also an inspiration to have to get out and walk more!

I called and left her a message telling her we'd take her if she hasn't found a home yet - we'll go get her tonight if she hasn't!

Boing...boing...boing...

We had Easter with my folks on Saturday afternoon and all the immediate family including Grandma W and Mum & Dad's Rotary exchange student, David. He's Columbian 17 years old, in his second year of law school. He took 2 years worth of schooling in one to get ahead and their schools run January to December - 12 months of the year.

Frankly, I think our kids would do much better academically if we were to adopt a schooling system such as this. As our country develops & evolves it's no longer a necessity to have the summer months off so we can help our families on farms as was historically necessary. As the family farm disappears and big corporations are running mega-farms times are changing fast.

I can just hear the resistance from teachers now...oy! It'd be a real bastard to have to work for a living 12 months out of the year like the rest of us, eh?

I got to see Paul this weekend *big cheesy grin*...I can't wait 'til the weather improves enough so we can go camping & take the kids. His & mine - I think they'll get along great when they finally meet!

Spunk

Apparently I have it...or at the very least, I fake it well. (ha ha - I know, no self-deprecating comments, it is contrary to The Rules)

My boss threw me to the Lions today - to fill a need and more importantly, to pacify me, we've been having meetings with a guy from communications to work towards some solutions that will eventually make our jobs easier. That way, we're more able to better serve our customers..blah blah blah

But she made ME run the meeting and I coulda killed her. I do shadows and wallflower very well thank you very much and even though I was warned - Friday - that she had every intention of letting me run the show because it's been my baby all along actually...

Huh...

I just now figured it out as I write...I hadn't so thoroughly analyzed what she was doing coz I was too busy being freaked out by BEING IN CHARGE...

OK, I get it now...

Thank you...

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My MJ was here earlier...seems I had to provide a solution to a problem I'd caused with a certain link I sent to him...

Those girls had spunk too.

So do I...again.