Peace, Love And Grooviness

P.S. When I took the cake to the neighbors in the blue house Dave's wife came out to see how the dogs were today. She's about 7 or 8 months pregnant. I had not known that she had also been looking for them. First, walking up and down the busy road with her two-year-old in his stroller because she was afraid they might try to cross back to this side of the street. When she didn't see them after a while, she went back home and got the truck and drove up and down the busy road - pulling into driveways, driving into a couple of developments under construction and doing everything I would have done if I could have been in two places at one time. What generous people!

I see in your reply to fredo that he is only a year old. He's still a puppy in many ways, and was just getting into typical puppy mischief! If you haven't done any organized, regular training with him, you might try that. Make him earn Everything until he learns that you are the Alpha. Make him sit before he goes outside and sit again before he comes in and after he comes in. Make im sit before he eats. You get the idea. Also, if he's a velcro dog, he may very well have separation anxiety. If you don't have a holistic vet in your area, you might ask your vet if he'll prescribe some prozac for him. It's $4 a month at some of the big chain stores. My Bella is on it and it helps her quite a bit. She has some major anxiety issues. Good luck!

Excellent post Sue. I wrote you a comment but it got so long, I'll make it a post on my own blog. However I agree with that principal about the No Child Left Behind nonsense. What a crock!

When I'm faced with major decisions, I sit down and make lists of the choices. It's not an ordinary list though with pros on the left side of the page and cons on the right. It is a system that gives points to each "thing" on the list. The points range from 0 to 6 with 6 being what is very, very important to you. If you have a couple of things in mind, you would make two lists, then add up the points. The one with the highest total is probably the one you want to do. HTH.

Wow! What a deal. It sounds like the mortgage will be paid off in no time and then you can go for your dream job or non-job.

Like Jeri, I changed careers when I was about 40 too. I was 39 when I got my first full time teaching job. It took three years of college (on top of a bachelor's and a masters) to do it but it was soooooo worth it. I loved every minute of it. If it's your mortgage that's holding you back, sell your condo and go for the change. Sell it even if you lose money on the deal. I've known people that have lost $20,000 or $30,000 when selling their houses but were delighted to do it. Go for it!

Jon! Sorry about all your aches and pains and even more sorry that I missed your birthday. I hope you had a happy one - it certainly sounds as though you did with four bottles of booze. So, Happy Birthday a bit late. I hope you have many more.

Oh no! I don't know how I missed this! I'll head over to his blog to give him some belated birthday wishes. Great post Cindy.

Waterloo, it sounds as though you are having lots of different experiences! I'm sure you loved going to the beach. My Bella would love it too but she doesn't always get along with other dogs so it would have to be our own private beach and that's not going to happen any time soon. I have lots of different leashes in different colors too but they are supposed to go with my dogs collars, not my outfits. I'm glad you hear from you - take care and let us know what's going on with you.

I just went through this and hated it too. I don't know you at all but if you still love each other, go for it. Don't let the lawyers bully you into going through with the divorce if you don't want it. They do that sometimes... Can you put the divorce action on "pause" for a while until you both know what you want?

I hope you're feeling better today? Are you going to have more surgery? Let us know what's going on with you, okay?

Wonder what she's gonna do with that pretzel? On second thought, maybe I don't want to know.

Way to go Huxley! Your surgery doesn't seem to have dampened your appetite any!

This is essentially a story of some men who men believe they are entitled to sex with others who are unable to say no. Of course it's our business!
Why would we punish the children by separating them from their mothers? Is it really punishment if those mothers are teaching their children they must say yes to that sex? Women who are not in that religion are arrested and imprisoned for allowing their children to be used sexually. This is no different!
What if the men were sacrificing all 13-year-old blue-eyed-blond virgins. Would our society stand back and say, well, it's their religion...

Those mothers aren't protecting their children, at worst they are encouraging the rape of their daughters and at best ignoring it. Our federal, state and probably local governments all have laws against child labor and child sexual abuse, so I agree with the decision to remove those children from both parents - neither one was parenting in my book. The children may be innocent now, but how long would the girls remain there if left in that situation?