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Not Much Happening

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I seem to be blogging once a month these days. I guess I just dont have much to say. Things are the same as always. Well, for me at home at least. We got some bad news recently that Mom is loosing her eye sight. She has chronic glaucoma and it’s bad. She cant drive and has a hard time reading or watching tv. She has to take it easy and not do too much. Which is hard for her. She has always been one to be on the go all the time.

Since Dad died 2 years ago, I dont think she has really had a break. With remodeling her condo and moving, then her sister having cancer. She really hasnt taken time to just sit and catch her breath. Now she has no choice. I totally understand how it feels to have to just stop. When I hurt my neck, it was the same for me. I had to stop, and watch the world move on without me. It’s a terrible feeling to know that your life has suddenly changed.

She will adjust, as we all do. Hopefully the doctors can help her in some way. With time, she will learn how to live with her poor eye sight.

What else has be going on? Well, Gregg is still working, but not sure for how long. Might only be another month and then back to job hunting. He is hoping that the company will hire him on full time. That would be great. To finally have all those years of schooling paying off.

We pout the cats on a diet..lol. Well, Duncan was going in and eating the cat food. So now we feed them twice a day. They seem to be fine with that. They might even loose a few pounds. Baby REALLY needs to loose about 10lbs. He is huge! Bunny has a tiny muffin top…hehe

Well, thats about all I got for today.

House Full

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Our home seems a bit fuller now with Skeeter here. We dont mind, he is a great addition to our family. He is such a happy dog. Soon we will have another dog with us. We have a new foster dog coming this weekend. I sure hope having 2 will work out in a condo. I guess we will have to figure out how to train both of them together. With my bad wrist we will have to each walk a dog.

I do have to say that having Skeeter here has made my dizzies a lot less. I had a couple days this week that were rough, but since he has been here I think I’ve only had about 10 dizzy days in these 2 months. I still have the daily dizzies that I cope with. I can only hope that it will keep getting better.

With the weather getting warmer and the sun setting later, we can now go for walks in the evening. This will be great to help Gregg loose weight and for me to get in shape. All these years of dealing with my dizzies and back pain and so many other health issues, I am starting to feel a bit more in control and able to start doing more. I do have to get my wrist fixed soon. Once that is done I will be able to do so much more. I have an ultrasound on April 30th.

I did start a new project that I have been wanting to do for a while now. I started scanning all the photos in the house. This will be a huge job. It really needs to be done so that I can get rid of all the printed photos. I will keep some and put them in albums, but the rest are going. Once all that is done I have some old VHS tapes that I need to copy to my PC and put on to dvd.

Well I better get to some cleaning. Need to make room for the new dog and have to stay on top of the vacuuming and dusting since Skeeter has a thing about dust. Oh yeah, I cut all my hair off. I wanted to have it short for the summer.

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It’s a Boy!

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Chair Sitting
Image by The Gordons via Flickr

Yup! We have added a new member to our family. We have decided to keep Skeeter. Originally we were only going to foster him till we found a good home for him. The last 2 weeks we have had to go thru a lot with him. The pills he has been on have made him loose control of his bladder. He pee’s without even realizing he is doing it. At least we havent had poop accidents. He let’s us know when he needs to go out for that business.

I honestly didnt think I would get attached to the little guy. I wanted a different breed. But he is so good. So quiet and well behaved. He loves to cuddle and doesnt care if he is in the middle of playing. He will stop and cuddle with you. He is great in the car. Sits in the back seat and goes to sleep. I think in time he will grow into a great dog. He is well on his way already. The best part about him is that he is happy. Just wants to please you and tries so hard to be good.

SO, to my family… Dont worry, he will not be coming into your homes unless you say its ok. He will be with us most of the time and when visiting he can stay in the car. This will be done until we know that he can be trusted at home with the cats. Might take a few months. Also we want to make sure he is completely housebroken before he gets to go visiting in other homes. He is very close and we will find out better when he is done his last pill on Tuesday. One good thing about him being part grey hound, he doesnt seem to have a very strong doggy odor. As for shedding, it’s hardly noticeable now that he isnt afraid and shaking like the first couple weeks. With regular brushing it’s kept to a minimum.

Now to find the right name for him…..hmmmmm

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A Familiar Place

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As you know I have been looking for something to do with my life now for some time. Since I had my neck injury my life changed dramatically. I had to give up a lot and learn to live again to help me deal with my disability. Its now been 10 years since the injury. I have finally gotten to where I can handle my dizziness on a daily bases.

Over the last few years I have tried to figure out what it is that I could do from home. I can’t work a normal job, not even part time. I need something that I could do at home. Well, there isn’t that much out there for a woman over 40 with little to no job experience. I have lots of life experience, but that doesn’t seem to mean a lot these days.

So, a few days before Christmas, Gregg and I dog sat for our friend. We have done it a few times now and really enjoy it. We got to talking and we realized that we both miss having a dog around. Gregg had dogs when he lived at home and I grew up with cats and then dogs when I was on my own. In the 10 years that we have been together there has been no dog. We talked about getting one a few years ago, but I was still having a lot of dizzy spells and we decided not to do it.

I guess by now you figured out what we are doing…lol Yes we are getting a dog.  We agreed that we would get a puppy for Christmas, that was our gift to each other. We started looking online at the shelters and going to the local SPCA and Animal Control Shelters. We didnt find what we wanted and left it during Christmas. After the holidays we started searching again. We looked at a few dogs but didnt like any of them.

After 2 weeks of searching and finding nothing, I was getting very frustrated. We had a few long talks and I started to feel the need to do something. We wanted to get the right dog for us, so we filled out an application for Dhana Metta Rescue Society. One of the workers (Mandarin) came out and did a home visit last Sunday. They needed to make sure we were a good home for a dog. She met our cats and we had a good talk. A couple days later we had been approved.

So now we are on the list for a dog! This is where is changes. As much as we would like to have our very own little dog, and someday we will find the right one. Until then, we have decided to be foster parents. I felt the pull in my heart once again to return to rescue work. I have found where I am needed. And it feels right.

Those 3 years of rescue work I did so long ago were some of my favorite times. From there I went to having my own dogs that I bred and showed for 12 years.  I always loved my dogs and I have really missed having them in my life. Now We are going to give back and help the dogs as best we can. We are limited in what we can do. We can only have 1 dog under 25lbs stay with us. That’s fine. It gives me more one on one training time. Gregg has offered to help with website and computer related things.

I am very excited about this and I know I have made the right choice. Gregg and I both agree that there are so many dogs out there that need help and if we can help some of them to find a forever home then that is what we will do. Our reward will be to see a happy dog with its new family.

I know that some of you out there might think that this is nothing special or that it’s a waste of time, and you are welcome to think whatever you like, but I really don’t care. This is my life and this is what is reaching out to me. My soft heart wins again and that is just fine.

NOW! let me introduce you to our first foster dog!

Sketch!(Skeeter)

Chair Sitting Closeup

He is a fuzzy little guy. Weighs about 12lbs. Not really sure what he is. He has some long legs and big ears, as you can see. Possibly a mix with some Italian Greyhound with terrier. He has a cute little face. He is a bit shy and not sure who he is yet, but we will work with him and teach him how to be a great dog. He is housebroken, has his shots and been neutered plus micro-chipped.

He is about 11 months old and his adoption fee is $395.00

He met Baby and right away was jumping around and wanting to play. Baby was not having any of it. Bunny is in the tree making sure she is out of the way.

I will be doing many updates on him and any other dogs that come our way.I will be setting up a doggy blog so that this one stays as my personal blog. For those of you that dont want to read the dog stuff.