Resq TailsThe trials and triumphs of rescued dogs

I had every intention of posting before now, but I’m not really sure where this week has gone. I do know that as far as the update about the work portion of this post goes, I don’t have a whole lot of news. My husband waited all day yesterday for the possible call back for the second interview for the job he interviewed for on Friday. No calls I have mixed emotions about the other interview he did on Monday. It was with Home Depot. In the first interview they said that they only offer any new employee part time work for a period of three months. That definitely isn’t enough for us to live on, so the only way it will work is if it is a small enough amount of work that it doesn’t affect the unemployment. So, of course they have called back, but so far just to check on his availability, not to confirm a job offer. Bleh. Looks like I’ll be starting into the medical coding course in the next couple weeks.

As for the wedding part of the post…we got news that both my niece and my nephew will be getting married. We haven’t received any invitations yet, but we know that my nephews wedding is the 2nd of April. My niece will most likely be married in June sometime. Hard to believe that either of them are old enough to be getting married. Crazy!

And now for the winter part of the post. Everything was drying very nicely and…we all know what I’m going to say next. We got more snow today. We’ll see if we get more overnight, but I sure hope not. I have been working with Layla and Dare out in the yard for the last few days, but I haven’t had a chance to get video. I’d like to say that I will get some soon, but I’ll just have to see. This next week is going to be insanely busy.

I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing my crazy ramblings that have nothing to do with the dogs. I’m pretty sick of it myself, but I can’t seem to get away from the spinning in my head lately. It’s definitely a habit that I’d like to get rid of. It’s not so bad that I like to sort through things from every possible angle and then I want to come to a decision. The part of the habit I’d like to change is that when I’m trying to sort through something, sometimes I get stuck and I can’t seem to shut my brain down. I just spin and spin and spin about it in my head. My husband, on the other hand, likes to think about things in his own time and he rarely feels the terrible pressure to come to a decision quickly. So, the longer he takes to get around to thinking about things, the more time I have alone with my crazy thoughts. As a result, the more you’ll probably hear more of the same ramblings from me. Ugh! Sorry!

So, while I wear myself out mentally running through scenarios that haven’t happened yet, and might not ever happen, he is much more productive. He is looking for work, but he’s also just catching up on things around here that need to be done, like an oil change for the car. Or looking into a tune up for the truck. Another day he worked on some cabinets for his mom. The thing I envy most, is that he has the ability to just set aside his thoughts and relax too. I soo wish I could do that. He can just watch some tv, or surf for information about electronics that he’d like to get, or read about random stuff like an Acura Integra, a car we don’t even own. LOL I can do that too, but while I’m doing it, I’m thinking about ten other things. I don’t know…I better watch out, he’ll be ready to send me to the Houston auto repair place for an overhaul on my brain. Anyway, enough rambling for now. I’ll get back to dog training stuff later on today.

I am just exhausted tonight. I think I’m still dragging a bit from the 3 day agility trial, followed by a trip to Cedar City the next morning to get our taxes done, and then today I took on a housecleaning job. I haven’t done housecleaning for years now, but considering the fact that my husband’s not working, I’m doing just about anything that still gives me the freedom to take care of the kennel and spend time with the dogs. Anyway, I am totally out of shape for housecleaning apparently. LOL The five hour job has just wiped me out. Course after I finished the job, I had to come home and clean all the empty kennels from the boarders that had been picked up too and I don’t think that helped anything. As I sit here typing I have to wonder if some modern office furniture would be more comfortable. That or maybe I just need to settle on the couch with the laptop. That’s always comfy. Dangerous though, since I won’t want to get back up again.

We were supposed to be going to Salt Lake today to train with the dogs, but those plans have changed now! We got up to 9 inches of snow this morning and it’s still coming down. I think this might be the most snow we’ve had from one storm all year. Bleh! Just when everything had melted and the mud had dried out so we could play outside again, here we’ve got another batch of snow. LOL (Glad I resisted the urge to haul the agility equipment back out into the field)

I guess this just means that we’ll get another chance to take more pictures of the dogs playing in the snow this year. But for now, we’re staying in where it’s warm and watching from the window.

Here’s what it looks like outside at our place.

So, I thought that Layla’s “wait” had come along far enough to test it out on some group pictures. I was wrong. LOL Here’s some of the outtakes.

Setting everybody up….

“Did you see her drop something?”

Hmmm…wonder what I’m missing behind me?

Woops! We’ve lost someone…..LAYLA!

Wait, wait, there she is! She’s back, but not for long…

Layla says: “I’m outta here! I’ve got much better things to do than sit and wait for you to snap my picture.”

We’ve obviously got a ways to go before she’s going to make group pictures an easy task again. LOL

LOL Watch out world! Up till this weekend Layla has not been able to jump on our furniture. When we went up to Barbara and Jim’s house on Thurs. night though, she just made herself right at home on their couch, hopping on and off like she’d been doing it forever. When we got to Cynthia’s house she did the same thing, playing with Muffit and Tatum. Well, last night when we got home, I was suprised when I sat down on the couch and was joined shortly by my little shorty girl. Hehe So, watch out world, she thinks she’s pretty big now!!!

We’ve been walking as much as possible this winter to keep everybody busy. I thought I’d post some of the pictures from our walks. It cracks me up because on nearly every walk, Penny and Zoe end up together, Raven has Layla hot on her heels, Twist and Lucy head off to make their own trails, and Rogue stays with me.

My husband and I have owned and operated our own business in the past, so I know that self-employment is usually a matter of feast or famine when it comes to money and spare time. Having more time at home with my dogs was the main reason that I decided to open the boarding kennel last year. The problem is that when I have spare time, it’s because the kennel isn’t busy, and when I actually have money, my time is gone. Sure wish there was a way to coordinate the two better, but I don’t think there is. LOL Hindsight is 20/20.

In the meantime, November and December are probably the two of our busiest months for boarding dogs because people are traveling for the holidays. So, that’s good, but now I’m ready for things to slow back down a bit. I’m pretty tired of spending hours chiseling poop out of the snow, and then even worse is trying to chisel it out of the ice that we’ve had when the snow melted down and then refroze. It’s really a chore, and I personally can’t wait for warmer weather and easier clean up around here. On the other hand, I’m grateful that business was good this year, and it looks like it’s definitely picked up from last years baseline.