Savingdogs-Saving the chickens

[savingdogs]

Well I know I'd be a basket case without you guys.

OFG your dart board and chocolate chips sound like a capital idea, but in all seriousness, I am happy on one hand, happy I don't have to drag myself out and face another day that is just too dang hard. Staying home is comfortable and MUCH less stressful. I do have Computer Nerd at home. He works from home and is a great comfort to me. I always know I can call on him or ask him to help me if needed. He is my great kid. The other two are still a work in progress, especially Trouble, but Computer Nerd is already Mr. Nice Guy.

I'm actually sitting here with my Raisin Bran and milk and cheap instant coffee and it seems grand. The view from my window is awesome! When the leaves are off of the trees, I can see the contours of the whole mountain and even see my neighbors's homes peeking through the trees. The sunrise is visible in the winter too and was very pretty this morning.

And it is still less than 400 dogs, our foster number only comes to 400 when you add cats (358 dogs is the current actual count). We are now on the wait list for a rhodesian ridgeback foster when one needs a place to go so we are back in the swing of that, but the pace will be incredibly slow after our former rescuing exploits. We used to do two at a time and now we will probably do two a year. To us, that feels like we have stopped but I know that is more "normal" especially considering our income and my health.

Hubby was so sweet yesterday, too. I told him when he works I was planning on working on projects around the house. He looked at me like I was crazy. He said I'm supposed to be resting, not getting things done and it should have nothing to do with his schedule.

Lori, you have friends, you have us, and me.

 

[murphysranch]

I understand about work friends. Sometimes we work so long and so hard, that we don't have outside of work friends. Thats the way it was with me. Plus the few that I had in our old neighborhood didn't have to work, so they talked about book clubs, tennis, coffee at Peets in the morning. I could talk about business processes, new contracts or manufacturers, financial dilemmas of certain companies, etc. Sometimes at parties I would end up talking to the men, with whom I had more in common.

Now that I'm isolated out here on the ranch, its the same as Lori. You all are my cyber friends.

 

[Javamama]

...ah, but it IS restful to do the things you want to do! Tell hubby it makes the soul feel good.

 

[savingdogs]

Well I've done some reorganizing when I have felt well enough and things are nicer around here. Spring cleaning came early. But I'm taking things kind of one little space at a time and making my projects small. Cleaning out under a cupboard one day, etc.

We are having some of our coldest weather of the year. Everything is frozen hard outside and we have to take the animals water twice a day. I always find this phenomenon interesting, being from Los Angeles where even getting a frost is uncommon. The duck pond could be a skating rink!

But nothing like the bitter cold some of you all are enduring. It makes me feel warm and toasty when it is 32 degrees out.

 

[lorihadams]

Our temps are supposed to drop back down into the 20s this week I think....

Duck pond, what duck pond....it's been so cold I haven't been able to have a duck pond in months.....

I have to sit down and figure out what to do with my garden and where it's gonna go. This property is waaaaaay different than our last, more wind and a lot more sun.

You could always get into soap operas......if you want some useless drama back in your life!

 

[savingdogs]

No soap operas for me, but I do like those silly craft show channels. I used to love to do craft hobbies and I hope to have time for that kind of stuff again.

For a long time we were so busy with rescue we did not do much else and I kind of stopped doing crafts and such. I think it is time for more balance in my life and more time for things like art and reading and crafts, cooking, and just being a better homemaker.

 

[savingdogs]

I've been away from my computer...visiting family in town and my granddaughter's birthday. I have very nice family and for the most part, enjoy them very much.

Someone sent us an anonymous gift card to our favorite feed store for 100! I have a limited number of people who know our address AND also know I shop at that particular feed store so I know it is either one or several of my ex co workers or one of the families who adopted a foster dog from us. There is one family in particular who adopted Harry, and I think that is actually who it is, but of course I'm not sure. Or there is one special person at my ex-work who knows I shop there and would seem likely to be the type to pass a hat around for me or dig from her own slim pockets. Either way, with that much I can feed this bunch here for awhile, maybe even through the winter, except for hay. I sent a Facebook thank you to whoever it was, bless them. I think the person who gave it will get the thank you.

Many of my ex co-workers have sent me beautiful notes.....I'm heartened. My exboss is unhappy with how I chose to leave? (thinking about OFG's dartboard idea) but others sent me nice letters over the last few days. The arrival of the gift card and the flurry of little notes from the group of them makes me think that they could have sent the gift card. The things I used to do must be undone by now.
And they are trying to figure out how to get my eggs.

My special friend from there, (I'll call her Nordic Goddess because Hubby asked me who the Nordic goddess was after he met my prior work crowd, she is so stunning), is a young college student. But of course is totally unaware of her beauty and is beautiful inside as well, so becomes more beautiful the longer you know her. She has been teaching me sign language. In any event, Nordic Goddess wants to take my eggs to her dog sitting customers as well as my ex-co-workers, she wants to leave her sitting clients with a fridge stocked with fresh milk, MY eggs and bread as a part of her service. Says I should have a business card with Dizzy Dog Ranch inside the egg cartons. I think this sounds like a nice plan and her customers are high-end so I could charge maybe as much as 4.00 to deliver eggs to them (and she and I live close together so her customers are more likely to be from around here). I thought that sounded like a pretty good plan, but it was her idea. She is one of those good souls you sometimes have occasion to meet and if you are really lucky, get to know.
But somebody nice was thinking about my animals!

 

[Javamama]

Wow! What a blessing about the gift card!

Your Nordic Goddess friend sounds lovely too.

 

[savingdogs]

I've often asked Nordic Goddess about her mother's child raising techniques. I would like to meet her and ask her herself, I am so impressed with her. I wish our lives had more ways to intercept.

 

[framing fowl]

Morning SD! Just thinking about you this morning. Sounds like you've had a good week last week! How are your buns doing? Wasn't one pregnant when you got it? Anyway, was just wondering how that project was going for you. Hope you have a great day!